US PATENT SUBCLASS 414 / 792.8
.~.~.~ Includes horizontally shiftable, article elevating device

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414 /   HD   MATERIAL OR ARTICLE HANDLING

788  DF  APPARATUS FOR MOVING INTERSUPPORTING ARTICLES INTO, WITHIN, OR FROM FREESTANDING, ORDERLY LAYERED, OR MUTUALLY STABILIZING ORDERLY GROUP {4}
788.1  DF  .~ Stack forming apparatus {17}
792.7  DF  .~.~ Positions lowest article of stack first {8}
792.8.~.~.~ Includes horizontally shiftable, article elevating device {1}
792.9  DF  .~.~.~.~> With article gripping means

DEFINITION

Classification: 414/792.8

Includes horizontally shiftable, article elevating device:

(under subclass 792.7) Apparatus including a device which (a) moves as a unit in a horizontal direction to the stacking site from another location and (b) raises or lowers article supporting structure forming a component thereof vertically when placing an article onto the top of the stack*.

(1) Note. To be proper for this and the indented subclass the horizontal distance traveled by the elevating device (e.g.,., traversing hoist) must be longer than the mere width of the stack*.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

793.8, and 794.1, for a vertically moving article support which shifts horizontally the width of its stack*.