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DEFINITION
Classification: 472/44
Having carrier rotating about horizontal axis:
(under subclass 1) Subject matter wherein the circuitous path apparatus includes person or object bearing structure turning completely around an axial region which is perpendicular to vertical, i.e., horizontal.
(1) Note. The horizontal axis must remain horizontal during routine operation of the roundabout. An axis which changes its angular position with respect to vertical and merely passes through a horizontal position is, therefore, excluded. An angular transition to or from a loading or unloading position is permitted provided the carrier rotates about a horizontal axis thereafter.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
47, for a carrier which rotates about an axis having a changing angular position with respect to vertical during regular operation.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS
104, Railways, particularly
76, for an amusement railway in which a car carried on a railway truck assembly rotates about a horizontal axis.
