US PATENT SUBCLASS 55 / 428
RESIDUE ACCESS, HANDLING OR REMOVING MEANS

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55 /   HD   GAS SEPARATION

428RESIDUE ACCESS, HANDLING OR REMOVING MEANS {4}
428.1  DF  .~> With heating or cooling means
429  DF  .~> Separable collection container
430  DF  .~> With means effecting or assisting discharge of residue (e.g., endless belt) {1}
432  DF  .~> With movable or manipulable means controlling escape of residue {1}

DEFINITION

Classification: 55/428

(under the class definition) Apparatus having means associated with a gas separating device for manipulating, transporting, or providing access to a collected mass of nongaseous residue or concentrate comprising (1) affirmative means to transport or carry away the separated material, (2) means (e.g. a valve) which selectively retains the separated material within an apparatus part or permits the material to escape from said part, (3) removable receptacles for nongaseous material, or (4) movable means (e.g. hinged doors) for permitting admission to the interior of nongaseous material receptacles.

(1) Note. Concentrate collection receptacles or retainers provided with gas escape means and which serve to permit concentrate to be in part air borne to the said receptacle and therefore may act as a secondary separator are not considered as separators for classification with serially arranged separators or with diverse separators for subclass 428 or subclasses 342+, respectively but as proper subject matter under this definition.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

282+, for means for removing separated constituent from the interstices or surfaces of a separator.

466, for means conducting or conditioning a flowing mass of separated materials, said materials having continuous flow and at no stage being collected as a mass or transported by affirmative means.