for handling workpieces, e.g. ingots, which require to be supported temporarily within, or withdrawn from, a treatment chamber, e.g. tong cranes, soaking-pit cranes, stripper cranes

Full Title

Overhead travelling cranes comprising one or more substantially-horizontal girders the ends of which are directly supported by wheels or rollers running on tracks carried by spaced supports > specially adapted for particular purposes, e.g. in foundries, forges; combined with auxiliary apparatus serving particular purposes > for handling workpieces, e.g. ingots, which require to be supported temporarily within, or withdrawn from, a treatment chamber, e.g. tong cranes, soaking-pit cranes, stripper cranes

Classification Context

Section:

PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING

Class:

HOISTING; LIFTING; HAULING

Subclass:

CRANES; LOAD-ENGAGING ELEMENTS OR DEVICES FOR CRANES, CAPSTANS, WINCHES, OR TACKLES

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• B66C 17/14 Tong cranes with means for moving article-pushers relative to the tongs
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