.~ Means to move, guide, or permit free fall or flight of product {13}
157
.~.~ Tiltable or withdrawable support
DEFINITION
Classification: 83/157
(under subclass 109) Device which permits downward movement of the product by either pivotal movement of a means holding the product against gravity, thereby to provide an inclined surface down which the product may slide; or by complete removal of such means from beneath the product, thereby to permit free fall.
(1) Note. The platform of this subclass must be moved after, or simultaneously with, the cutting stroke which produces the product to be handled by the platform. If a platform is, for instance, tilted to an inclined position prior to the cutting stroke (so that the product, instead of being supported on a platform which may tilt to urge the product to slide, is allowed to drop onto an inclined plane), such platform is considered an adjustable or movable chute or plane, the search for which is in subclass 165.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
165, for a chute or inclined plane down which product may slide; and see (1) Note, above.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS
198, Conveyors: Power-Driven, 535+, for a chute swingable between horizontal and inclined positions.
