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Class Number: 414 Class Title: MATERIAL OR ARTICLE HANDLING Subclass Subclass Number Title 1 ARTICLE MANIPULATOR MOVES ANALOGOUS WITH HUMAN HAND, FINGER, OR ARM MOVEMENT 2 .Motion of hand, finger, or arm member multiplied or reduced in its transmission to article manipulator means 3 .Having means to transmit motion through an imperforate barrier 4 .Electric or fluid motor drive for manipulator 5 ..Having means to transmit feedback signal from manipulator means to hand, finger, or arm 6 ..For grip force amplification 7 .Having flexible motion transmission means 8 .Having sealing or radiation shielding means 9 HUMAN BODY OPERATED EATING AID 10 APPARATUS FOR MOVING MATERIAL TO A POSITION IN THE ERECTION OR REPAIR OF A BUILDING 11 .Flat wall or ceiling member manipulating means 12 .Boxlike building module manipulating means 13 LAUNDRY HANDLING DEVICE 14 STOCK PULLING OR PUSHING 15 .With means ejecting stock remnant 16 .With additional diverse motion of stock 17 .With fluid pressure actuated pushing or pulling means 18 .Stock end face pushers 19 ..For sheet stock 20 .Sheet stock lead end pullers 21 WITH WEIGHING 22.51 WELL PIPE OR ROD RACKING MECHANISM 22.52 .With slope change 22.53 ..For nonvertical drilling 22.54 ..Horizontal to/from vertical 22.55 ...Boom pivoting about horizontal axis 22.56 ....Pivoting derrick 22.57 ...Guided skate or pusher 22.58 ...Pipe or rod guide 22.59 ..Guided skate or pusher 22.61 ..Pipe or rod guide 22.62 .Horizontal rack 22.63 .Vertical rack 22.64 ..Compensating for support shift (e.g., ship roll, etc.) 22.65 ..Pivotal carriage 22.66 ...Carousel 22.67 ...Pivotal derrick 22.68 ..With laterally guided pipe or rod support 22.69 ...On inclined derrick mounted track 22.71 ...Both upper and lower pipe or rod holding and guiding means 23 POLE OR TREE HANDLERS 24 GLASS CYLINDERS 24.5 ROUND HAY BALE HANDLING 24.6 .Unrolling 25 HAY DISTRIBUTORS 26 TOBACCO STRINGERS OR UNSTRINGERS 27 APPARATUS FOR STRINGING ARTICLES ON A SUPPORT IN ABUTTING RELATION 788 APPARATUS FOR MOVING INTERSUPPORTING ARTICLES INTO, WITHIN, OR FROM FREESTANDING, ORDERLY LAYERED, OR MUTUALLY STABILIZING ORDERLY GROUP 788.1 .Stack forming apparatus 788.2 ..Stacking tapered or nestable articles 788.3 ...And varying orientation of tapered articles in stack 788.4 ..Takes articles for stack from another group 788.5 ...And turns article about horizontal axis 788.6 ...And turns plural articles as a unit about vertical axis 788.7 ...And transports articles through working, treating, or inspecting station located therebetween 788.8 ..Including separate unstacking means 788.9 ..With means vertically aligning stack being formed 789 ...And acting as discharge gate 789.1 ...Powered means (e.g., jogger, etc.) 789.2 ..Forms layered stack or row and then upends it 789.3 ...Tiers or layers formed and sequentially added to stack prior to upending 789.4 ....Includes means for crossing articles in layer 789.5 ..Inserts separator into stack 789.6 ..Plural article sources 789.7 ..Includes means on or linked with transporting vehicle for forming and discharging stack 789.8 ..Creates single stack by juxtaposing separately formed tiers 789.9 ..With means for removing completed stack from stacking location 790 ...Interfingers with stack support moving vertically relative to removing means 790.1 ....Articles received and stack discharged at interfingering location 790.2 ...Includes stack gripping device 790.3 ...Pusher 790.4 ...Includes carrier having distinct supports each successively receiving a stack thereon 790.5 ...Includes gravity unloaded movable support 790.6 ....And conveyor for receiving unloaded stack 790.7 ...Includes driven conveyor whereon continuously supported stack is formed 790.8 ...With temporary support for incoming articles during discharge of stack 790.9 ..Stacks articles on different supports 791 ...And combines into single stack 791.1 ...Includes conveyor for feeding articles to sequentially formed stacks 791.2 ..Offsets or crosses adjacent articles in single article wide stack 791.3 ..Articles inverted in adjacent levels or layers 791.4 ...Layers 791.5 ..Formed with sloped or stepped side 791.6 ..Sequentially forms or adds completed layers 791.7 ...Offsets circular articles within adjacent rows of layer 791.8 ...Leaves void between articles in layer 791.9 ....To facilitate insertion of handling means 792 ...Crosses articles in adjacent layers 792.1 ....Includes swingable pusher for turning article shoved to layer 792.2 ....With rotating stack support 792.3 .....Rotated between addition of completed layers 792.4 ....Turns completed layer about vertical axis before stacking 792.5 ...Offsets articles within parallel adjacent superposed rows 792.6 ...Adds rows of articles to layer 792.7 ..Positions lowest article of stack first 792.8 ...Includes horizontally shiftable, article elevating device 792.9 ....With article gripping means 793 ...Includes suction-type article gripping means 793.1 ....And endless belt for transporting 793.2 ...Includes magnetic-type article gripping means 793.3 ....And endless belt for transporting 793.4 ...Includes support vertically alignable with stack then shiftable from beneath article 793.5 ....Support carried or formed by endless belt conveyor 793.6 .....With belt and article moving vertically together above discharge 793.7 ......And additional noncoaxial endless belt coacting therewith to support article above discharge 793.8 ....Support adjusts vertically as height of stack increases 793.9 ....Support revolves around central axis during shifting and return 794 ....Support swings during shifting and return 794.1 ....Support travels vertically spaced paths during shifting and return 794.2 ....Plural coacting supports shifting in opposite directions 794.3 ....And movable stop engaging article during shifting of support 794.4 ...Includes endless belt for delivering 794.5 ....Having discharge vertically shiftable 794.6 ...Having discharge vertically shiftable as stack grows 794.7 ...Includes pusher conveyor for delivering 794.8 ...Includes roller conveyor for delivering 794.9 ..Positions highest article of stack first 795 ...Includes rotary deliverer 795.1 ....Coacting screws 795.2 ...Includes means for raising highest article and lowering it upon newly delivered article 795.3 ...Includes means raising article up to stack 795.4 .Unstacking apparatus 795.5 ..Utilizes fluid blast to remove article 795.6 ..Unstacking tapered or nestable articles 795.7 ..With means vertically aligning stack 795.8 ..With means replacing depleted stack 795.9 ..Removes complete tier from multitier stack 796 ..Separates stack into smaller stacks 796.1 ...Removes smaller stack from bottom 796.2 ..Removes layer as unit 796.3 ...And changes position or orientation of articles within layer 796.4 ..With means for reorienting article after unstacking 796.5 ..Removes highest article first from stack 796.6 ...With means offsetting highest article prior to removal 796.7 ...With stack elevating means 796.8 ....Pusher separates article from stack after elevation 796.9 ...Includes article gripping device 797 ....By suction 797.1 ....By magnetic force 797.2 ...Includes endless belt article separator 797.3 ...Includes rotary article separator 797.4 ..Removes lowest article first from stack 797.5 ...Includes means for elevating remainder of stack therefrom 797.6 ...Includes endless belt article separator 797.7 ...Includes rotary article separator 797.8 ...Includes article separator with gripping device 797.9 ...Includes pusher article separator 798 ...Includes movable stack support for gravity unloading article 798.1 ....And means for temporarily holding remainder of stack 798.2 .Positions intersupporting article into row 798.3 ..Takes article therefor from another spaced group 798.4 ..Tapered or nestable articles positioned 798.5 ..Includes revolving or swinging handler 798.6 ...And pusher conveyor for delivering 798.7 ..Includes pusher conveyor for delivering 798.8 ..Includes nonpowered guide for delivering 798.9 .Removes intersupporting article from row 111 VEHICLE-CARRIED BALE ACCUMULATOR 132 HAY STACK SHAPERS 133 COAL STORAGE TYPE 137.1 MARINE LOADING OR UNLOADING SYSTEM 137.2 .Loading or unloading aircraft under marine conditions 137.3 ..Underwater loading or unloading 137.4 .With weather cover 137.5 .Marine vessel to/from well 137.6 .Marine vessel to/from air vessel 137.7 .Marine vessel to/from water 137.8 ..Marine vessel to/from lighter to/from water 137.9 .Marine vessel to marine vessel 138.1 ..With means to effect relative vertical movement of marine vessel 138.2 ..With means to compensate for relative marine vessel movement 138.3 ...Including means to sense position of marine vessel 138.4 ...Line tension control 138.5 ..Marine vessel to/from lighter to/from marine vessel 138.6 ...By use of endless belt conveyor 138.7 ..Marine vessel to/from lighter to/from shore 138.8 ...With marine vessel holding or moving device 138.9 ...Serial marine vessels supporting conveyor 139.1 ...By use of endless belt conveyor 139.2 ..One marine vessel towing the other 139.3 ..By use of endless belt conveyor 139.4 .Marine vessel to/from shore 139.5 ..Personnel loading or unloading 139.6 ..With means to compensate for marine vessel movement 139.7 ...Including means to sense vertical position of marine vessel (e.g., draft, etc.) 139.8 ..With marine vessel holding or moving device 139.9 ..Marine vessel to/from land or rail vehicle distinct from system 140.1 ...By use of marine vessel to/from shore gangway for land or rail vessel 140.2 ...By use of endless belt conveyor 140.3 ...By use of laterally moving crane 140.4 ...By use of swinging crane 140.5 ...By use of conveyor chute 140.6 ..By lifting marine vessel or by changing water level 140.7 ..By use of screw conveyor 140.8 ..By use of endless belt conveyor 140.9 ...For "bulk" (e.g., granular, etc.) cargo 141.1 ....Including orbiting bucket 141.2 ....With grab bucket 141.3 ..By use of laterally moving crane 141.4 ...Having swinging portion 141.5 ...On marine vessel 141.6 ..By use of swinging crane 141.7 ..By use of hoist line 141.8 ..By use of conveyor chute 141.9 .By use of screw conveyor on marine vessel 142.1 .By use of endless belt conveyor on marine vessel 142.2 ..For "bulk" (e.g., granular, etc.) cargo 142.3 ...Belt extending parallel to marine vessel beneath cargo hold 142.4 ....Sequential endless belts 142.5 ...Including orbiting bucket 142.6 .By use of laterally moving crane on marine vessel 142.7 .By use of swinging crane on marine vessel 142.8 .By use of hoist line 142.9 ..Scoop or scraper on marine vessel 143.1 .By use of conveyor chute 143.2 .Stowage arrangement on marine vessel 146 CHARGING OR DISCHARGING MEANS ADAPTED FOR USE IN A RADIOACTIVE ENVIRONMENT 147 CHAMBER OF A TYPE UTILIZED FOR A HEATING FUNCTION AND MATERIAL CHARGING OR DISCHARGING MEANS THEREFOR 148 .With alarm, indicator, or signal 149 .Driven, rotatable chamber 150 .Including driven device and/or inclined flow path to carry or convey material into, within, and out of chamber 151 ..In helical or tortuous path 152 ..With means outside of chamber to carry or guide material to, or from, device or path 153 ..With driven means within chamber to manipulate or transfer material 154 ..Including track-guided, wheeled vehicle 155 ...Having means to support material suspended therebelow 156 ..Including reciprocating or vibratory conveyor 157 ..Including endless conveyor (e.g., apron, pusher type, etc.) 158 ..Including screw, rotary, or rotating pusher, conveyor 159 ..Including roller conveyor 160 .Charging of chamber 161 ..With control system responsive to condition in chamber 162 ..Through plural ports in top of chamber 163 ...From vehicle-carried hopper located above port 164 ....With closures for ports and means on vehicle to manipulate them 165 ..By depositing material onto surface of glass melt 166 ...With pushing device to move material therealong 167 ..By driven device for transporting material to a stationary, at least in part, accumulating means for subsequent release into chamber by gravity 168 ...Receptacle moved back and forth along inclined way (e.g., skip, etc.) 169 ....Accumulating means includes serially arranged closures 170 .....Each comprising bell of bell and hopper type accumulating means 171 ...Conveyor 172 ..By driven device for transporting material to and/or into, or into and within, chamber 173 ...Plural, successive, driven devices 174 ....Thrower and at least one feeder conveyor therefor 175 .....Including screw conveyor 176 .....Including pusher conveyor 177 ....Two or more conveyors, one traversing open top, or opening in top of, chamber 178 ...Receptacle moved back and forth along inclined way (e.g., skip, etc.) 179 ...Movably mounted conveyor traverses open top, or opening in top of, chamber 180 ...Including apparatus to advance a material-supporting element to a point within chamber, release material, and retract element 181 ....With driven means to eject material from element 182 ....Element comprises tiltable, material-underlying support 183 .....Receptacle separable from apparatus (e.g., for refilling, etc.) 184 .....Receptacle tiltable about axis parallel to direction of apparatus advance 185 ....Element comprises receptacle having bottom outlet 186 ....Element comprises grab 187 ...Material accumulating and holding structure, and driven conveyor therein serving to move (e.g., eject, etc.) material from structure to chamber 188 ....Including wheeled carriage for supporting the structure 189 ....Driven conveyor comprises rotatable, pocketed gate 190 ....Screw conveyor 191 ...Traversing hoist having material-underlying support or material attracting or gripping means 192 ...Carrier-mounted, tiltable receptacle 193 ...Thrower 194 ....Reciprocating or oscillating 195 ....Rotary 196 ...Conveyor 197 ....Screw 198 ....Reciprocating pusher or reciprocating conveying surface 199 ..By material supporting structure movable, or having a movable component, to release material into chamber by gravity 200 ...Including serially arranged closures 201 ....At least one comprising bell of bell and hopper type supporting structure 202 .....With means to improve seal between mating surfaces 203 .....Having bell and/or hopper mounted for rotation 204 ...Bell and hopper 205 ....With means to distribute material after release from structure 206 ...With means to distribute material after release from structure 207 ...Comprising a tiltable material containing member 208 ..By inclined flow path 209 .Discharging of chamber by driven device 210 ..With means beyond chamber exit to move or guide material discharged therefrom by the device 211 ...Means comprises endless or rotary conveyor 212 ...Means comprises portable (e.g., vehicle mounted, etc.) material receiving chute 213 ..Device comprises screw conveyor 214 ..Device comprises pushing or pulling mechanism 215 ...Mechanism repositionable for serving plural chambers 216 .Discharging of chamber by gravity, and means beyond exit thereof to guide, move, or stop material 217 APPARATUS FOR MOVING MATERIAL BETWEEN ZONES HAVING DIFFERENT PRESSURES AND INHIBITING CHANGE IN PRESSURE GRADIENT THEREBETWEEN 218 .Including screw conveyor 219 .Including trap chamber having horizontal axis of rotation 220 ..With means for changing pressure in trap chamber 221 .Including serially arranged valves in path having a vertical component (e.g., airlocks, etc.) 222 APPARATUS FOR CHARGING A LOAD HOLDING OR SUPPORTING ELEMENT FROM A SOURCE, AND MEANS FOR TRANSPORTING THE ELEMENT TO A WORKING, TREATING, OR INSPECTING STATION 223 .Supply source includes member capable of 360 degree revolution 224 .Supply source includes a chute 225 .Load holding or supporting element includes gripping means 226 ..Including pivoted jaw 227 APPARATUS PARTICULARLY ADAPTED FOR CHARGING OR DISCHARGING A FACILITY COMPRISING ONE OR MORE SITES FOR THE PARKING OF WHEELED VEHICLES 228 .Facility includes structure (e.g., ramp, angularly related successive locations for a vehicle, etc.) necessitating self-propellability or steerability of vehicle 229 ..Upwardly inclined, pivotable parking site for receiving driven vehicle 230 ...Caused to pivot by advancing vehicle 231 .With control system responsive to changeable operating instructions 232 .With means to sense condition of site 233 .Including one or more movable sites 234 ..Vehicle assigned to particular supporting member (e.g., platform, dolly, cage, etc.) having some degree of independence either as to means, time, or direction of movement 235 ...Supporting member separable from endless, member-transporting carrier, or disengageable from endless drive means, and movable away therefrom for receiving, discharging, or storing vehicle 236 ...Plurality of supporting members moved in recirculating fashion by succession of driving devices 237 ....Path of moving member describes generally rectangular loop 238 .....Successive devices each include endless, member-driving element (e.g., belt, cable, chain, etc.) 239 ...One or more separate supporting members and means to impart independent, linear or partly linear, movement thereto 240 ....Member moving from particular location to discharge and/or receive vehicle, and returning thereto 241 ...With means to transfer vehicle to or from supporting member 242 ..On driven, plural-site carrier initially receiving vehicle 243 ...With loading means, external to carrier, at facility entrance 244 ...Serving also movable site on subsequent driven carrier, or fixed site 245 ....By moving linearly in a horizontal direction 246 .....And moving vertically (e.g., laterally shiftable elevator, etc.) 247 ....By moving linearly in vertical direction or orbiting in vertical plane 248 .....Endless carrier having sites attached thereto (e.g., suspended therefrom, etc.) 249 ...Moving linearly in vertical direction or orbiting in vertical plane 250 ....Revolving about single, horizontal axis 251 ....Endless carrier having sites attached thereto (e.g., suspended therefrom, etc.) 252 .With vehicle storage or retrieval system responsive to manual designation of destination 253 .With means to transfer, or facilitate transfer of, vehicle from carrier to site or vice versa 254 ..Including sets of intermeshing support elements having relative vertical movement 255 ..By exerting upward, in addition to generally horizontal, force 256 ...And forming sole support for vehicle 257 ..Complementary, driven, vehicle-supporting conveyors on carrier and site 258 ..Tiltable or inclined means for supporting vehicle on carrier or site 259 ..By exerting generally horizontal force 260 ...Comprising component of carrier having both horizontal and vertical paths of travel 261 .Carrier-facility-site relationship 262 ..Route to site utilizes plural carriers 263 ..Sites arranged radially of carrier rotatable in whole or in part 264 ..Sites arranged in superposed, longitudinal rows and in confronting relationship to carrier in intervening aisle 265 GUIDED, WHEELED DEVICE FOR TRANSPORTING MAIL AND EXTERNAL MEANS COOPERATING THEREWITH FOR LOADING OR UNLOADING THE DEVICE 266 PLURAL, STATIC STRUCTURES FOR SUPPORTING DISCRETE LOADS AND CHARGING OR DISCHARGING MEANS THEREFOR 267 .Load-underlying members (e.g., racks, receptacles (or a compartmented receptacle), shelves, troughs, etc.) 268 ..With means for selectively charging a plurality of receptacles from a single source, or selectively discharging a plurality of receptacles to a single destination 269 ...Charging a plurality of receptacles 270 ....Condition responsive 271 ....By driven conveyor having gated discharging locations spaced therealong 272 ....By conveyor movable (e.g., pivotable, etc.) to reposition outlet thereof 273 ..With control system responsive to changeable operating instructions 274 ...With means on charging or discharging means to determine status of member 275 ...With means to detect obstruction and alter movement of charging or discharging means 276 ..Inclined members 277 ..Charging or discharging means includes load sustaining surface and device to transfer load, with horizontal component of movement, from or to surface or member 278 ...Device comprises one or more conveyors of driven roller or endless apron type 279 ...Device includes self-powered, track-guided car 280 ...Device includes push-pull mechanism 281 ..Charging or discharging means includes elevating device, movable in horizontal direction (e.g., portable, etc.), having load-sustaining surface 282 ...Including additional means to move surface horizontally relative to device 283 ....Pivotably or rotatably 284 ...With detachably associated auxiliary carrier for transporting device during portion of its horizontal travel 285 ..Charging or discharging means comprises plural endless conveyors or plural runs of single endless conveyor 286 ..With load-supporting pallet 287 STATIC RECEPTACLE OF A MATERIAL CONDITIONING TYPE AND MEANS TO MOVE, OR FACILITATE MOVEMENT OF, MATERIAL TO, WITHIN, OR FROM THE RECEPTACLE 288 STATIC RECEPTACLE AND MEANS FOR CHARGING OR DISCHARGING, OR FACILITATING THE CHARGING OR DISCHARGING OF, THE RECEPTACLE 289 .With alarm, indicator, or signal 290 .Receptacle contains liquid in which charge is submergibly sealed 291 .With means to handle (e.g., recirculate, remove, etc.) dust 292 .With means to seal receptacle in vicinity of entrance for charging or discharging means 293 .Charging or charge-distributing means 294 ..Condition responsive 295 ...Position of charging means controlled by level of material in receptacle 296 ...Drive means of charging conveyor controlled by level of material in receptacle 297 ..With means to ream or cut, or with collapsible means to form, vertical discharge passage in material during charging 298 ..Serving also to discharge receptacle 299 ..Terminal portion of means comprises gravity flow path (e.g., chute, etc.) 300 ..Having charge distributing means of driven type 301 ...Rotary type 302 ....Having one or more conveyors rotatable about a vertical axis at an end thereof 303 ..Charging a static receptacle by gravity flow from a portable load carrier 304 .Nongravity discharging means 305 ..Including at least one discharge assistant of the compound motion type 306 ...Having compound motion assistant located proximate to bottom of receptacle and displaceable generally parallel thereto 307 ....Condition responsive 308 ....Assistant separable from receptacle 309 ....Pivotably displaceable assistant and member for shielding its fixed end 310 ....Comprising screw conveyor 311 .....Including means for loosening packed material 312 .....Having receptacle-reacting element of displaceable-movement drive means located on conveyor 313 ...Having compound motion assistant operating on top of material 314 ....Including wall cleaning means 315 ....Condition responsive 316 .....To maintain material surface horizontal 317 ....Route of material being discharged includes vertical segment through remainder of charge 318 ....With conveyor extending to discharge opening in sidewall of receptacle 319 ....Screw-type pickup conveyor 320 .....Including plural screw elements 321 .....Including means for loosening packed material 322 ....Means for displacing assistant involves driven, wheel-like, support member rolling on surface of material 323 ..Condition responsive 324 ..Including flail 325 ..Including one or more driven conveyors located within or partly within receptacle for making initial pickup of material 326 ...At least one of screw type 327 ...At least one of endless type 328 .Gravity discharge of a gated, static receptacle to one or more vehicle-mounted receivers 329 ..Located on moving vehicle 331 MOVABLE RACK HAVING SUPERPOSED, CHARGE-SUPPORTING ELEMENTS, AND EXTERNAL MEANS FOR CHARGING OR DISCHARGING THE ELEMENTS 332 RECEPTACLE HAVING CHARGING OR DISCHARGING MEANS AND ADAPTED FOR RELOCATION FROM ONE TO ANOTHER OF A PLURALITY OF SITES OF INTERIM USE 333 LOADING OR UNLOADING A RAILWAY CAR BY UTILIZING THE TRACTOR OF A TRACTOR TRAILER, LOAD-TRANSPORTING TYPE VEHICLE TO MANEUVER THE TRAILER, OR A PART THEREOF, ONTO OR OFF THE CAR 334 MOVING, WHEELED, LOAD-TRANSPORTING TYPE VEHICLE AND LOADING OR UNLOADING DEVICE THEREFOR, SUPPORTED AT LEAST IN PART INDEPENDENTLY OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAVELING THEREWITH DURING TRANSFER OF LOAD THEREBETWEEN 335 .Loading device having capability for controlling direction of output therefrom 336 .Suspendedly supported device 337 WHEELED, LOAD-TRANSPORTING TYPE VEHICLE UTILIZES ITS UNINTERRUPTED, FORWARD MOTION TO CAUSE AN EXTERNAL, LOAD-ENGAGING STRUCTURE TO REMOVE ITS LOAD 338 WHEELED, LOAD-TRANSPORTING TYPE VEHICLE UTILIZES ITS UNINTERRUPTED, FORWARD MOTION TO CAUSE AN EXTERNALLY SUPPORTED LOAD TO BE TRANSFERRED TO IT 339 WHEELED, LOAD-TRANSPORTING TYPE VEHICLES FORMING A TRAIN, AND LOADING OR UNLOADING MEANS THEREFOR, LOCATED AT LEAST IN PART THEREON 340 WHEELED, LOAD-TRANSPORTING TYPE VEHICLES AND MEANS FOR TRANSFERRING, OR ENABLING TRANSFER OF, LOAD FROM ONE VEHICLE TO ANOTHER 341 .By additional load-supporting vehicle for moving with load from one load-transporting type vehicle to the other 342 ..Additional vehicle comprises overhead traversing hoist 343 .With means on each vehicle cooperating to effect, or facilitate, transfer of load 344 .With driven load engaging device, supported at least in part externally of the vehicles, for moving load therebetween 345 .Means is confined to one of the vehicles 346 ..Means comprises tiltable load-supporting portion 347 ..Means comprises elevatable load-supporting portion traveling in path including vertical, rectilinear movement 348 ...Having portion suspended from vehicle on overhead way 349 WHEELED, LOAD-TRANSPORTING TYPE VEHICLE HAVING DRIVEN MEANS THEREON FOR REPOSITIONING LOAD SUPPORTING PORTION OF VEHICLE TO CAUSE OR FACILITATE MOVEMENT OF LOAD TO OR FROM AN EXTERNAL COOPERATING MEANS 350 .Load-supporting portion pivotable about horizontal axis 351 .Cooperating means comprises or includes a conveyor 352 WHEELED, LOAD-TRANSPORTING TYPE VEHICLE HAVING DRIVEN MEANS THEREON FOR ENGAGING AND MOVING LOAD HORIZONTALLY, OR WITH HORIZONTAL COMPONENT, TO OR FROM AN EXTERNAL COOPERATING MEANS 353 .Cooperating means comprises or includes a conveyor 354 WHEELED, LOAD-TRANSPORTING TYPE VEHICLE AND EXTERNAL MEANS FOR SUPPORTING VEHICLE IN TOTO AND REORIENTING IT INTO LOAD-RELEASING ATTITUDE 355 .With driven carrier for receiving released load 356 ..Endless-type conveyor 357 .Vehicle of rail-guided type and track section having rails configured to tilt or invert vehicle as result of moving thereonto or progressing therealong 358 .Vehicle-holding member rollable along underlying support (i.e., axis of pivot of vehicle travels laterally) 359 .Vehicle-holding framework rotatable about fixed axis passing through framework and parallel to longitudinal axis of vehicle 360 ..Including movable element to clamp vehicle to framework 361 ...With rotation responsive moving means 362 .Pivotably movable structure, at least initially in underlying relation to vehicle 363 ..With means to agitate vehicle or its load 364 ..With means for shifting axis of pivot or tilt of structure in vertical direction 365 ...With means to affect exit of load from vehicle 366 ...Axis of pivot parallels longitudinal axis of vehicle 367 ..With means to retard or stop vehicle approaching structure 368 ..With means to guide departing load toward vehicle exit 369 ..With means to operate vehicle-mounted closure member 370 ..With nonaligned paths for approach and departure of vehicle 371 ..Axis of pivot or tilt of structure parallels longitudinal axis of vehicle thereon 372 ...With movable element to clamp vehicle to structure 373 LOAD-TRANSPORTING TYPE VEHICLE AND EXTERNAL MEANS COOPERATING IN THE LOADING OR UNLOADING THEREOF 374 .Means decelerates moving, wheeled vehicle, load continues to move and leaves vehicle 375 .Means agitates, shakes, or vibrates wheeled vehicle or load therein to loosen load for departure from vehicle 376 .Involving movement of load by gravity from wheeled vehicle 377 ..Means initiates unloading of vehicle of type having load body, or other load holding means, suspended therefrom 378 ...Bottom unloading body 379 ....Bucketlike body having horizontal, reciprocable movement, and flexible strand means for driving it in at least one direction 380 .....Flexible strand means serves also as initiating means 381 ...Tilting body 382 ....About axis parallel to direction of vehicle travel 383 ..Means cooperates with motion of vehicle to reorient load body, relative to wheels, into load releasing attitude 384 ...By pivoting body about axis parallel to longitudinal axis of vehicle to unload from side 385 ..Means comprises driven device for raising one end of vehicle upwardly relative to other end thereof 386 ..Means comprises driven device for engaging and moving pivotable load body relative to remainder of vehicle 387 ..Means comprises device or structure for cooperating with motion of vehicle to initiate relocation of body component (e.g., floor or floor section, gate, etc.) thereof 388 ...Component comprises oppositely swinging, operatively interconnected gates 389 .Means comprises structure for cooperating with a maneuvering, wheeled vehicle to engage and acquire a load therefrom or to give up a load thereto 390 .Of driven type, for unloading a wheeled vehicle 391 ..Including load raising or lowering device 392 ...Having means for also moving load laterally 393 ....With flexible, load-underlying element or surface 394 ....With bucket or scoop-type holder 395 ..Including load pushing or pulling device 396 ...With additional means for aligning vehicle and an external load support 397 .Means comprises repositionable supporting and/or guiding structure (e.g., chute, etc.) for conducting load moving by gravity to a wheeled vehicle 398 .Power-driven conveyor for loading a wheeled vehicle 399 .Raising or lowering device of driven type for loading a wheeled vehicle 400 .Pushing or pulling device for loading a wheeled vehicle by exerting a generally horizontal force on load 401 .Means serves to align wheeled vehicle and load receiving or relinquishing structure 402 .Means comprises stationary guide or fixed anchor for cooperating with loading or unloading means located, at least in part, on wheeled vehicle 403 DEVICE FOR EMPTYING PORTABLE RECEPTACLE 404 .For emptying contents thereof into portable receiving means 405 ..By inverting both receptacle and receiving means in order to transfer contents from one to other 406 ..Having receiving means mounted on wheeled vehicle 407 ...With closure for receiving means and receptacle-responsive operating means for closure 408 ...Device includes vertically swinging arm and receptacle support pivotably attached thereto 409 ...Device includes track-guided, receptacle-supporting carrier 410 ...Device includes haulage cable 411 .With container opening means 412 ..Rupturing or cutting type 413 .Successive dumping from conveyed stack 414 .With gate or closure-type discharge control means 415 .With jarring means 416 .Nongravity type 417 ..Ejector 418 .Orienting endless, roller, or gravity conveyor 419 .Rotary cradle 420 ..Nonfixed pivot 421 ..Oscillated 422 .Elevator type 423 ..Differentially operated cables 424 ..Coacting catch or support 425 .Upending (e.g., rocking or tilting about end, etc.) 799 APPARATUS FOR POSITIONING PLURAL ORDERLY ARTICLES ONTO PALLET 426 WHEEL AND WHEEL-TYPE ARTICLE HANDLER AND TRANSPORTER 427 .Elevator-type engaging means 428 .Vertically swinging article engager 429 .Opposed horizontally reciprocable engaging elements 430 .Ramp-type truck 431 ARTICLE ENGAGED BETWEEN ENDS FOR ROTATION AND ADVANCEMENT 432 .Driven, canted roll or ring 433 ARTICLE ROTATOR, ROLLER TYPE 434 MOTION OR DRAFT RESPONSIVE LOAD HANDLER AND TRANSPORTER 435 .Movably connected vehicle sections (e.g., articulated, etc.) 436 ..Vertically swinging 437 .Ground engageable means 438 ..Lifting leg type 439 ..Wheel operated 440 ...Locked to wheel 441 ...Elevator type 442 ...Vertically swinging support 443 ....Cable and drum actuated 444 TILTING VEHICLE-TYPE HANDLER (I.E., PORTABLE GRAPPLE) 445 .Article actuated engaging means 446 .Separable load rack 447 .Successive engaging means 448 .With band-type engager 449 .Flexible strand attached load gripper 450 .Opposed movable jaw grippers 451 ..Slidable 452 ..Toggle-type operator 453 .Single movable jaw gripper 454 ..With operating means 455 ..Adjustable 456 ...Slidable 457 .Rigid-type grapple engaging means (e.g., hooks, etc.) 458 OPPOSED SHELF-TYPE ELEVATOR AND TRANSPORTER 459 .Load bridging vehicle 460 LOAD BRIDGING VEHICLE 461 .Removable transverse load support 462 VEHICLE ATTACHED AUXILIARY CARRIERS 463 .For rim, tire, or wheel 464 ..Plural 465 ..Movement about spaced pivot axes 466 ..Simple arcuate or rectilinear movement 467 SELF-LOADING OR UNLOADING VEHICLES 468 .With load-receiving portion comprising horizontally disposed, rotatable cylinder 469 .With load-receiving portion, or significant section thereof, pivotable relative to horizontal 470 ..Having axis of pivot parallel to longitudinal axis of vehicle for side loading or unloading 471 ..Elevatable type 472 ..Discharge gate-carried loading means 473 ..Interrelated movements or drives for load body and loading means 474 ..By adjustably attaching element of running gear (e.g., wheel, axle, etc.) to load-receiving portion, or support member (e.g., chassis, frame, etc.) therefor, to enable relative movement therebetween 475 ...Element shiftable linearly toward front or rear of vehicle 476 ...Pivotably 477 ..Load-receiving portion also shiftable longitudinally 478 ...With driven means to move load relative to portion 479 ....Means serves also to shift portion in at least one direction 480 ..Load-receiving portion includes means which extends longitudinally therefrom to form ramp when portion pivots 481 ..Trailer-type vehicle and adjustable or removable tow-engaging structure associated therewith enabling lowering of forward end of vehicle for loading 482 ..Trailer-type vehicle having load-receiving portion pivotable relative to at least one other component of vehicle 483 ...About joint or other connection in structure (e.g., drawbar, frame, etc.) normally extending linearly, or planarly, from tow-engaging end of vehicle to axis of wheels of vehicle, and relative to said end 484 ...About axis located between or adjacent to wheel sets of vehicle having plural, tandemly arranged sets of rear wheels, and relative to tow-engaging end of vehicle 485 ...About axis of wheels of vehicle having two wheels, and relative to tow-engaging end of vehicle 486 ..With means to raise load above load-receiving portion for deposit thereon or therein 487 ...Including receptaclelike (e.g., bucket, scoop, etc.) holder for load 488 ...Comprising driven conveyor 489 ..With driven conveyor to receive load departing from pivoted load-receiving portion 490 ..Two wheel, manually propelled vehicle pivotable about axis of wheels (e.g., hand truck, etc.) and provided with attendant-operated, load-handling means 491 ..With driven means to move load relative to load-receiving portion 492 ...Including pusher element 493 ....Pivotably mounted element 494 ...Including haulage cable 495 .Having elevating load body 496 ..With traversing hoist 497 ..With reciprocating conveyor (e.g., ejector type, etc.) 498 .Separable load rack 499 ..Conveyor operated 500 ..Cable operated 501 .Successive handling means 502 ..Power-driven conveyors 503 ...Movably mounted 504 ....Universally 505 ....Pivotally 506 .Winch and idler-pulley-traversing haulage cable for ejecting load from vehicle 507 .Conveyor 508 ..With worker support 509 ..Comprising load-engaging element reciprocably movable parallel to generally horizontal load-supporting component of vehicle for ejecting load therefrom 510 ...Three-dimensional load-receiving portion includes movable load-underlying surface, and element comprises upright member attached to surface 511 ...Pusher moved by ram movable to different positions along load-supporting platform 512 ...Plural pushers on same vehicle 513 ...Pusher guide means 514 ...Pusher moved by flexible means 515 ....Connected to winch 516 ....Connected to ram actuated by fluid pressure 517 ...Pusher moved by ram actuated by fluid pressure 518 ..Power-driven with cooperating handling means 519 ..With gate means 520 ...Multiple gates 521 ..With movable upright plate 522 ..Laterally movable rigid platform type 523 ..Shiftable or removable conveyor unit 525.1 ..Reciprocating type 525.2 ...Compactor vehicle including compacting plate 525.3 ....Reverse-flow ejection 525.4 .....Sequentially acting compacting plates or with closure over compacting plate 525.5 .....Compacting plate movable along controlled arc 525.51 ......Including moving compacting plate pivot 525.52 .......Plate pivot moves rectilinearly 525.53 ........With pivot-effecting hydraulic cylinder carried on pivot 525.54 .......Pivot carried by arm turning about fixed second pivot 525.55 ....Sequentially acting compacting plates or with closure over compacting plate 525.6 ....Rectilinearly reciprocating compacting plate 525.7 ...Vibratory 525.8 ....Detachable vibrator 525.9 ...Walking beam 526 ..Screw type 527 ..Flexible conveyor type 528 ...Endless 529 ..Load-engaging roller or rollerway 530 ...With means for locking roller against rotation 531 ...With separate means movable vertically between load supporting and retracted positions 532 ...Shiftably or removably supported on vehicle 533 ....Roller connected to support pivotally mounted on vehicle base 534 .....Support pivotal about horizontal axis 535 ....Vertically shiftable 536 ...With means for preventing movement of load relative thereto 537 ..Skidway 538 ...With haulage means (e.g., cable, etc.) 539 .Loading or unloading by other carrier or mover means, and the load movement thereof 540 ..Raising or lowering of load or load holder includes vertical, rectilinear movement 541 ...And carrier or mover includes means enabling additional movement having horizontal component 542 ....Hoist having traversing (i.e., horizontal) movement 543 .....Having boom pivotable about a vertical axis 544 ....Elevator with laterally shiftable guides 545 ...Carrier comprises movable component of load-receiving portion (e.g., tailgate, section of floor, etc.) 546 ..Raising or lowering of load or load holder includes curvilinear movement 547 ...Pivotable, telescopic arm imparts path of plural radii 548 ...Unloader actuated by gravity-influenced load 549 ...Carrier or mover includes means enabling additional movement of a rectilinear nature in a direction other than vertical 550 ...Carrier or mover includes means enabling additional movement about a vertical axis 551 ...Load holder located relative to vehicle in such manner as to accrue load during travel of vehicle 552 ....Carrier or mover pivots about axis parallel to longitudinal axis of vehicle 553 ....Load holder or portion thereof has additional axis of pivot relative to swinging arm-type carrier or mover 554 ....Load holder pivotable about lower edge of opening in end of load-receiving portion 555 ...With means to grasp load 556 ...Carrier comprises movable component of load-receiving portion 557 ....Tailgate 558 ...Carrier movable to storage position beneath vehicle 559 ..Loading by haulage cable imparting principally horizontal movement to load or load holder 560 TRAVERSING HOIST TYPE 561 .Traveling crane 562 ..Switch system 563 .Tow truck type 564 HOIST OR ELEVATOR AND ENDLESS OR ROTARY CARRIER 565 VERTICALLY SWINGING SHOVEL AND AUXILIARY CARRIER 566 .Vertically swinging shovel having an orbital path 567 VERTICALLY SWINGING LOAD SUPPORT AND ENDLESS OR ROTARY CARRIER 568 .For handling bottles 569 VERTICALLY SWINGING LOAD SUPPORT AND HOIST OR DRAG LINE 570 ENDLESS OR ROTARY CARRIER AND DRAG LINE SCOOP 571 SKIDWAY WITH HOISTING ROPE 572 LOAD-TRANSPORTING TYPE VEHICLE TO BE LOADED OR UNLOADED, OR EXTERNAL MEANS FOR THE LOADING OR UNLOADING, OR FOR COOPERATING THEREWITH, OF SUCH A VEHICLE 573 .Means includes driven carrier for receiving a load from a vehicle at an unloading station 574 ..Endless apron-type conveyor 575 .Means comprises device for changing the attitude of a vehicle, or its load body, relative to the horizontal for unloading by gravity 576 ..Framework for holding a vehicle, pivotable about fixed axis through framework parallel to longitudinal axis of vehicle 577 ..Pivotably movable structure for supporting a vehicle in toto, positioned, at least initially, in underlying relation thereto 578 ...With means for adapting structure to accomodate more than one length of vehicle 579 ...With fluid or mechanical friction brake to regulate movement of structure 580 ...With means for limiting longitudinal movement of vehicle on structure 581 ...Having axis of pivot parallel to longitudinal axis of vehicle 582 ..By raising one end of a vehicle relative to other end thereof 583 ...Including a vertically swinging, lifting member 584 .Means comprises device or member for moving or causing movement of either a vehicle or a load receiving or relinquishing structure for an alignment purpose 585 .Means includes a load-engaging surface or element for pushing load from vehicle 586 DEVICE OR ELEMENT ASSOCIATED WITH THE HANDLING OR MOVING OF A CHARGE FOR A HEATING-TYPE CHAMBER 587 .Charge leveler 588 ..Of rotary type 589 LOAD SUPPORT HAS LINEAR VERTICAL MOVEMENT AND ADDITIONAL MOVEMENT FOR ALIGNING AND MOUNTING LOAD AT A SPECIFIC LOCATION 590 .Additional movement is rotational 591 GUIDED HOIST WITH LOAD-SUPPORTING GRAB MEANS MOVABLE HORIZONTALLY BY MEANS WHICH SWINGS HORIZONTALLY OR MOVES LINEARLY 592 ELEVATOR OR HOIST AND LOADING OR UNLOADING MEANS THEREFOR 593 .Mail 594 .Load lowering, automatic return 595 .Inclined track 596 ..Ditching type 597 ...Pivoted track 598 ..Tilting carrier 599 ...Tilting track section 600 ...Running out from base 601 ....Return, buffer, or counterweight feature 602 ...Return, buffer, or counterweight feature 603 ...Skeleton or fork 604 ..Outhaul feature 605 ..Carrier running out from base 606 .Magnet and grab 607 .Convertible attachment 608 .Separable rack 609 .With external cooperating movable feeding or discharging means 610 ..Elevator carrier movement responsive 611 ...Vehicle handling 612 ...Loading means 613 ....Flow control mechanism (i.e., volume) 614 .....Trap chamber type 615 ....Movable to feeding position over carrier 616 ...Valved carrier 617 ..Adjustably mounted discharge guide 618 .Grab 619 ..Cantilevered type (e.g., industrial truck, etc.) 620 ...Movable about horizontal axis 621 ...Movable rigid jaw clamping type 622 ....Horizontal support with coacting element or holddown 623 ....Multiple article or rack type 624 ..Clamshell 625 ...Guided 626 ..Suspended 627 ..Suction gripper type 628 .Elevator wherein means comprises guide mounted for relative movement, and tiltable carrier thereon 629 ..Portable (e.g., vehicle-mounted, etc.) elevator 630 .Elevator wherein means comprises guide mounted for relative movement 631 ..Portable (e.g., vehicle-mounted, etc.) elevator 632 ...Having one or more axes of pivotable movement 633 ....Including vertical axis 634 ....Single axis, horizontal and fixed 635 .....With fluid drive for movement thereabout 636 ......And means for limiting the movement 637 ..Having one or more axes of pivotable movement 638 ...Single axis, horizontal and fixed 639 .Tilting carrier 640 ..With operator-controlled tilting means 641 ...Portable (e.g., vehicle-mounted, etc.) elevator 642 ....Tiltable about axis perpendicular to direction of travel of portable elevator (e.g., forwardly tiltable, etc.) 643 ..Sectional platform type 644 ..Valved 645 ..Latch release 646 ...With carrier engaging cam means 647 ...Cantilevered carrier 648 ..Camming trackway 649 ...Adjustable 650 ...Yoke suspended carrier 651 ..Tethered type 652 ..Abutment or limit stop 653 ...Swinging 654 ...Engageable upon reversal or lowering of carrier 655 ....Cantilevered carrier 656 ...Carrier and guide supported cooperating elements 657 .Valved 658 ..Cam or abutment operated 659 .Comprising device on carrier to move or carry load laterally thereto or therefrom 660 ..Device raises load relative to carrier prior to moving it laterally 661 ..Push-pull device 662 .Comprising means enabling additional movement of carrier or portion thereof relative to its support 663 ..On portable (e.g., vehicle-mounted, etc.) elevator 664 ...Carrier comprises spaced, elongated, horizontally coplanar, load-supporting members, at least one being movable 665 ....Pivotable in horizontal plane 666 .....And otherwise movable therein 667 ....Shiftable in horizontal plane perpendicularly to axis of elongation 668 ..Carrier comprises spaced, elongated, horizontally coplanar, load-supporting members, at least one being movable 669 ...Pivotable in horizontal plane 670 ....And otherwise movable therein 671 ...Shiftable in horizontal plane perpendicularly to axis of elongation 672 ..Carrier comprises swingable or rotatable, load-underlying surface 673 .Return, buffer, or counterweight feature 674 .Automatic stop 675 COUNTING AIDS 676 ARTICLE SUPPORTED BY AIR AND MOVED BY MECHANICAL OR MANUAL MEANS 677 FEED TABLES FOR SHEARING MACHINES 678 LAND VEHICLE OR BOAT TILTING AND LIFTING DEVICES 679 VEHICLE WITH LOAD-RECEIVING PORTION AND MEANS FOR RELOCATING A LOAD THEREALONG OR THEREWITHIN 680 VERTICALLY SWINGING LOAD SUPPORT 681 .Track-supported rocker 682 ..Horizontally swinging 683 .Cement mixer loader 684 .Coil handler 684.3 .Door remover 685 .Shovel or fork type 686 ..With means to facilitate attachment of boom to vehicle 687 ..Horizontally swinging 688 ...Vertically adjustable 689 ...Trolley supported pivoted handle 690 ...Reciprocating handle 691 ....Link supported 692 ....Tilting 693 ....Single cable for crowding and hauling 694 ...Handle pivoted to boom 695 ....Adjustable horizontal swing axis 695.5 ....Linear cylinder 695.6 ....Flexible connector 695.7 ....Rack and pinion 695.8 ....Rotary motor 696 ..Guided 697 ..Tilting 698 ...Including indicator 699 ...Control means responsive to sensed condition 700 ....To maintain pitch during swinging 701 ....To stop tilting at selected angle 702 ...Overshot type 703 ...Swinging member attached to rear mounted draft member 704 ...Including load ejector, striker, or retainer 705 ...Laterally tiltable or shiftable shovel or fork 706 ...During swinging to stabilize pitch 707 ....On link mounted swinging support 708 ....By hydraulic compensation 709 ....By tensioned flexible connector 710 ....By linkage pivoting on base support 711 .....Yoke mounted shovel or fork 712 .....Linkage extensible for other tilting 713 ......Swinging support mounted linkage 714 ...Induced by swing of swinging support 715 ...By extensible link between load engager and swinging support 716 ...Holdable in different pitch positions during loading 717 ...On unlatching from swinging support 718 ..Extensible support 719 ..Return, buffer, or counterweight feature 720 ...Spring 721 ..Hay retainers 722 ..Shovel, rake, handle, or boom structure 723 ...With means to facilitate attachment of shovel or rake to handle or boom 724 ...Handling device releasably attached to bucket or rake 725 ...Means for ejecting load from shovel 726 ...Shovel forming members pivoted relative to each other to dump load 727 ...Handle body structure 728 .With rectilinear translation 729 .Grab 730 ..Programmable or condition responsive means controls grab operation 731 ..With auxiliary support for load 732 ..Grab movable relative to its supporting arm 733 ...Grab orientation maintained during supporting arm manipulation 734 ....Grab suspended to swing freely 735 ...Grab has swinging movement in plural planes 736 ..Movable grab support has plurality of grabs attached thereto 737 ..Grab is a suction or magnetic article engaging means 738 ..Grab supported and moved by a pivotably mounted member 739 ...Grab has pivoted jaw member 740 ....With fixed jaw member 741 ...Grab has reciprocating jaw member 742 .Nonfixed pivot 743 .Tilting carrier 744.1 HORIZONTALLY SWINGING LOAD SUPPORT 744.2 .Swinging about pivot 744.3 ..And moving vertically 744.4 ..Moving pivot 744.5 ...Pivot swinging about second pivot 744.6 ..And moving load support radially with respect to pivot 744.7 ..And vertically reorienting load support 744.8 ..With means to actuate load gripper 745.1 CYLINDRICAL BAR HANDLING DEVICE 745.2 .Vertical cylindrical bar 745.3 .Heat exchanger tube bundle handling device 745.4 .Pipe laying 745.5 ..Vehicle having supporting wheel or wheel substitute 745.6 ...Side boom supported hoist line 745.7 .Sequentially acting, diverse handling devices 745.8 ..Changing orientation of cylindrical bar 745.9 ..Including ramp and elevator means 746.1 ...Oscillating or reciprocating elevator 746.2 ....Oscillating 746.3 ..Including means to rotate or allow rotation of bar about its axis 746.4 .Including ramp and retractable stop or ejector 746.5 .Engaging interior surface of pipe 746.6 .Comprising walking beam 746.7 .Comprising roller or endless belt 746.8 .Comprising carriage 749 HORIZONTAL LINEAR MOVEMENT 750 .Having indexing means 751 .Having gripper means 752 ..By suction 753 ..Gripper has pivoted jaw 754 ARTICLE REORIENTING DEVICE 755 .Article reoriented by contact with fluid means 756 .Article reoriented by flexible sling means 757 .Article frictionally engaged and rotated by relatively movable means (e.g., disc, endless belt, etc.) 758 .Article inverting means (i.e., 180 degree turnover) 759 ..Plural, driven turning means coact sequentially to invert single article 760 ...Article slidably traverses sloping surfaces on a plurality of pivotally mounted turning means 761 ..Inverter has plural means for receiving articles 762 ...Having article inserting or discharging means 763 ...Having article gripping means 764 ..Encircling means inverts article 765 ...Having article inserting or discharging means 766 ...Having securing means movable into engagement with the article 767 ...Encircling means moves about its transverse axis 768 ..Article turned about one end supported by a fixed or rotatable abutment or by a surface frictionally retarding movement of the supported end 769 ...Article turned about a rotatable abutment 770 ...Article turned about a fixed abutment means 771 ..Including coacting opposed movable arms 772 ..Article moved about perpendicular axes 773 ..Article received at one point and discharged at a different point 774 .Plural article turning members coact sequentially to reorient single article 775 ..Article deposited on stationary supporting surface intermediate sequential turning members 776 .Arm for orienting article is swingable about its transverse axis and is rotatable about its longitudinal axis 777 .Roller means circumferentially engages and supports orienter for rotation thereon 778 .Article support means rockable on fixed surface 779 .Article support means rotates about a shiftable pivot point 780 .Fixed member provides support for article reoriented while in contact therewith 781 .Article reoriented while fully supported by stationary supporting surface 782 .Article supporting carriage moved over fixed guideway to reorient article 783 .Orienter has article gripping means 784 .Orienter having article-supporting surface movable relative to article 785 LOAD-ENGAGING STRUCTURE OF ELEVATOR OR HOIST-TYPE DEVICE 786 PROCESSES 787 MISCELLANEOUS * ****************************** * CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS * ****************************** 922 ASSOCIATED WITH FORMING OR DISPERSING GROUPS OF INTERSUPPORTING ARTICLES (E.G., STACKING PATTERNS, ETC.) 903 .With article-supporting fluid cushion 923 .Including support for group 924 ..Vertically shiftable 925 ...Shifted by change in weight thereon 926 ...Shifted by article responsive means 927 .Including means for supplying pallet or separator to group 928 ..Recirculates emptied pallet or separator 929 .Including means for collecting emptied pallet or separator 930 .Manual step utilized 931 .Bricks 932 .Audio or video cassettes 933 .Group formed or dispensed by reversible apparatus 934 .Nonconforming article diverted 900 .Adjust to handle articles or groups of different sizes 901 .Including article counter 902 .Including control for pattern of group 904 .With means to apply adhesive to article 905 .Having geneva drive for apparatus 906 .With article flap deflector 907 .Including means pressing against top or end of group 908 PERFORATED ARTICLE HANDLING 909 REMOTE CONTROL HANDLERS 910 HOLLOW CYLINDER HANDLERS 911 ROLL HANDLERS 912 COMBINED OR CONVERTIBLE IMPLEMENTS 913 HANDLERS WITH SPRING DEVICES 914 HANDLING VEHICLES WITH OVERHEAD GUARD FOR OPERATOR 915 HANDLER-TYPE TOYS 916 SHAFT MUCKING MACHINES 917 HANDLERS UTILIZING PARALLEL LINKS 918 TRANSMISSION-LINE GUIDE FOR A SHIFTABLE HANDLER 919 VEHICLE-CARRIED STORAGE MEMBER (E.G., PORTABLE SILO, ETC.) AND MEANS FOR ERECTING MEMBER FROM ATTITUDE DURING TRANSPORT TO POSITION OF INTENDED USE 920 HANDLING DEVICE ON TRACTOR UNIT 921 HANDICAPPED PERSON HANDLING 935 ASSOCIATED WITH SEMICONDUCTOR WAFER HANDLING 936 .Including wafer orienting means 937 .Including means for charging or discharging wafer cassette 938 ..Wafers positioned vertically within cassette 939 .Including wafer charging or discharging means for vacuum chamber 940 .Wafer cassette transporting 941 .Includes means for gripping wafer