PTO Manual of Classification for US patents

PTO Manual of Classification for US patents

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Class Number: 232
 Class Title: DEPOSIT AND COLLECTION RECEPTACLES

Subclass  Subclass
Number    Title

  1 R     MISCELLANEOUS
  1 A     .Combined mail and food box
  1 B     .Laundry holders
  1 C     .Newspaper holders
  1 D     .Money, coin, check, memo holders
  1 E     .Wall receptacle
  2       BALLOT BOXES
  3       .Ball
  4 R     SAVINGS BOXES
  5       .Inspection
  6       .Frame fastenings
  4 D     .Drawer bottom release
  7       FARE BOXES
  8       .Ticket punching and canceling
  9       .Multiple coin slot and runway
  10      .Ticket and change
  11      .Ticket, car
  12      .Receivers
  13      .Illumination
  14      .Change gates
         .Collection devices
  15      ..Safety receptacles
  16      ...Auxiliary
  17      LETTER BOXES
  18      .Ticket registers and recorders
  19      .House
  20      ..Collection and delivery
  21      ...Compartment
  22      ..Door or window jamb
  23      ..Inside fastener
  24      .Compartment
  25      ..Cooperative closures
  26      ...Distributing guide
  27      .Collection and delivery
  28      .Pivoted receiver
  29      .Auxiliary, cooperating
  30      .Collection devices
  31      ..Safety receptacles
  32      ...Auxiliary
  33      .Package clips and pockets
         .Signals
  34      ..Sight
  35      ...Door-controlled
         ..Sound
  36      ...Door-controlled
         .Indicators
  37      ..Door-operated
  38      .Frame construction
  39      .With supports
  41 R    MILK RECEPTACLES
  42      .Door or window jamb
  43      .Funnel fillerr
  41 A    .With locking means
  41 B    .Leave empty and receive full
  41 C    .With turnstile
  41 D    .Once openable and locked upon closure
  41 E    .With neck lock
  43.1    SEPARATE INLET AND OUTLET OPENINGS
  43.2    .With removable receiving chamber
  43.3    .With means for moving the deposited matter within the
            receptacle
  43.4    .With horizontally aligned inlet and outlet openings
  43.5    .With support
  44      CLOSURES AND CHUTES
  45      .Letter box
  46      ..Nameplate
  47      ..Pivoted trap
  48      ...Double
  49      ...Pocket
  50      ....Bottomless
  51      ....Integral door
  52      ...Turnstile
  53      ..Discharge
  54      ..Guard fingers
  55      .Coin trap
  56      ..Endless carrier
  57      ..Pivoted
  57.5    ...Refunding
  58      ...Cooperating chute closure
  59      ....Multiple trap
  60      ...Rotatable
  61      ....Turnstile
  62      .Gravity reverse checks
  63      .Serrated shelves
  64      COIN DELIVERERS (E.G., FOR DUMPING INTO COLLECTOR'S HAND)
  65      .Swingable or tiltable delivering element
  66      ..With controlled discharge outlet