US PATENT CLASS 258
Class Notes


Current as of: June, 1999
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258 /   HD   RAILWAY MAIL DELIVERY



DEFINITION

Classification: 258/

This class is intended to include means particularly adapted to transfer mail bags, train-orders, and the like to or from moving vehicles, especially fixed-way vehicles in rapid motion.

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104, Railways, particularly

124, for systems of transferring mail between a central station and outlying rural districts.

186, Merchandising, for miscellaneous systems for transferring parcels, cash and the like within the limits of a building.

198, Conveyors: Power-Driven, for devices for transferring material in general, including mail and the like, to endless carriers.

406, Conveyors: Fluid Current, appropriate subclasses for conveying of solids (including article carriers) by means of a fluid current. 414, Material or Article Handling,

265, for a guided, wheeled device for transporting mail and external means cooperating therewith for loading or unloading the device; and subclass 593 for an elevator or hoist and loading or unloading means therefor and wherein the elevator or hoist is specially adapted to the handling of mail.

417, Pumps,

232, for devices particularly adapted to transfer water to a moving vehicle.

GLOSSARY:

RECEIVER

As herein used, this term designates the device or element to which the load is delivered.

SUPPORT

As herein used, this term designates the device or element from which the load is delivered.

(1) Note. Either "receiver" or "support" may be mounted on the ground or on the vehicle.