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CLASS 131,	TOBACCO
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SECTION I - CLASS DEFINITION

This class includes:

(A) Products containing tobacco or tobacco substitutes intended for personal use for smoking or chewing or for use as snuff.

(B) Processes and apparatus for manufacturing the products set forth in paragraph (1) where not elsewhere provided for.

(C) Processes and apparatus for treating tobacco preliminary or subsequent to manufacturing into products of paragraph (1) where not elsewhere provided for.

(D) Appliances peculiarly adapted to use by smokers where not elsewhere provided for.

SECTION II - NOTES TO THE CLASS DEFINITION

(1) Note. The word "tobacco", as used in this class, is considered generic to any material which may be smoked or may be substituted for real tobacco.

(2) Note. Tobacco product manufacturing apparatus may be claimed in combination with apparatus of another classified art. When such is the case, the combination will be found with the other classified art, if the tobacco product manufacturing apparatus is in name only, or no more of the apparatus is claimed than is necessary to support the operation of the other classified art device.

SECTION III - LINES WITH OTHER CLASSES AND WITHIN THIS CLASS

LINE WITH CLASS 34

The line between Class 34 and Class 131 is as follows: Tobacco drying apparatus, per se, is in Class 34. Tobacco drying apparatus combined with means to perform other operations and tobacco drying processes are in Class 131.

SECTION IV - SUBCLASS REFERENCES TO THE CURRENT CLASS

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77,	through 83, for apparatus and processes for making cigarette mouthpieces and cigarette tubes.
133+,	for dynamic type humidifying apparatus combined with tobacco handling means.
250.1,	for a cigar or cigarette end cutter considered as a tobacco users" appliance.
353+,	for a process or apparatus for making reconstituted tobacco, per se.

SECTION V - REFERENCES TO OTHER CLASSES

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30,	Cutlery, subclass 109 and indented subclasses for hand manipulable cigar tip cutters.
34,	Drying and Gas or Vapor Contact With Solids, appropriate subclasses for apparatus for drying tobacco or tobacco articles. (See Lines With Other Classes and Within This Class, Line With Class 34, above.)
40,	Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting, subclass 321 and subclasses 299.01+, for cigars and cigarettes carrying indicia wherein the only modification of these products is to receive the indicia, and in particular subclasses 638 and 670 for labels for tobacco products
47,	Plant Husbandry, appropriate subclasses for tobacco plant husbandry.
53,	Package Making, appropriate subclasses for methods of and apparatus for encompassing or encasing goods or materials with a separate cover or band which serves as means for identifying, protecting or unit handling the goods or material, particularly subclasses 396+ and 582+ for band type encasing; subclasses 148+ and 236 for packing long, slender articles (e.g., cigars, cigarettes) and subclass 198 for cigar banding.
55,	Gas Separation, for gas or smoke filters of general utility and in which neither the disclosure nor a claim is directed solely to a filter for a tobacco users" appliance.
56,	Harvesters, subclass 27.5 for tobacco harvesting.
57,	Textiles: Spinning, Twisting, and Twining, particularly subclass 28 and indented subclasses for tobacco spinning,.
83,	Cutting, subclasses 252 , 253, and 313+ for cutting of tobacco, except for that which is provided for in this class (131). It should also be noted that apparatus to perforate an article will be found in Class 83. However, due to the uniqueness of the subject matter, apparatus and methods to perforate tobacco or a tobacco product will be found in this class (131).
118,	Coating Apparatus, appropriate subclasses for coating apparatus, per se.
156,	Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture, appropriate subclasses for assembling, per se, of mouthpiece sheets and wrapper webs.
162,	Paper Making and Fiber Liberation, subclasses 100+ for paper made from tobacco which is not disclosed as being for personal use as defined in Class 131.
201,	Distillation: Processes, Thermolytic, appropriate subclasses for destructive distillation processes for solid carbonaceous material.
202,	Distillation: Apparatus, appropriate subclasses for destructive distillation apparatus.
206,	Special Receptacle or Package, appropriate subclasses for pocket and personal use receptacle for cigars and tobacco, particularly subclasses 85+ for a tobacco container combined with an igniter means for the tobacco, subclasses 96+ for a match container including smoking debris receiver means, subclasses 236+ for a pocket or personal use container for a tobacco product and some other article or material-which combination is not elsewhere classified, and subclasses 242+ for a container for tobacco, pipe, cigar, or cigarette. Where significant tobacco product structure or composition is claimed, classification is in the appropriate subclass of this (131) class.
209,	Classifying, Separating, and Assorting Solids, appropriate subclasses for sorting, per se, of leaf tobacco or tobacco products.
211,	Supports: Racks, particularly subclass 70.3 for pipe racks.
221,	Article Dispensing, appropriate subclasses for devices for dispensing tobacco products either as individual entities or in packages. Classification is in Class 221 when no tobacco users" appliance is claimed in combination therewith.
229,	Envelopes, Wrappers, and Paperboard Boxes, subclasses 87.12 through 87.14for cigar, cigarette, or tobacco wrappers.
239,	Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing, subclasses 34+ for static type humidifiers (slow diffusers) without a receptacle, and appropriate subclasses, particularly subclasses 340+ and 398+ for dynamic type humidifying apparatus.
241,	Solid Material Comminution or Disintegration, appropriate subclasses for the indiscriminate cutting or comminution of tobacco when the comminutor is of that class (241) type.
261,	Gas and Liquid Contact Apparatus, appropriate subclasses for dynamic type humidifying apparatus.
283,	Printed Matter, subclass 71 for revenue stamps, etc., where the invention is in the stamp, per se.
294,	Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements, subclass 5.5 . for tobacco sticks and hangers.
312,	Supports: Cabinet Structure, subclasses 31+ for static type humidifying receptacles for tobacco or tobacco products.
383,	Flexible Bags, appropriate subclasses for a tobacco pouch, per se.
414,	Material or Article Handling, subclass 26 for tobacco stringing and unstringing.
424,	Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions, appropriate subclasses and particularly subclass 197 for a composition of that class including a product obtained or extracted from tobacco.
426,	Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products, subclasses 3+ for chewing gum containing no tobacco fiber.
431,	Combustion, subclasses 129+ for a burner assembly having an igniter and a cover, and that is generally used for lighting a cigar or cigarette.
435,	Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology, appropriate subclasses for tobacco extracts made by fermentations and processes for their manufacture.
451,	Abrading, subclasses 419+ and indented subclasses for cigarette tube or continuous tobacco rod cutters with sharpening means of the grinding type.
460,	Crop Threshing or Separating, subclasses 123+ for the concept of removing a tobacco leaf from the stalk.
493,	Manufacturing Container or Tube From Paper; or Other Manufacturing From a Sheet or Web, e.g., subclasses 39+ for a process or apparatus for cigarette filter making in which reconstituted tobacco is used as the filter material is properly classified in Class 493 unless it is disclosed that the filter itself can be smoked. Such disclosure would cause placement in Class 313.
514,	Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions, appropriate subclasses, especially subclass 343 for a composition of that class including a product obtained or extracted from tobacco.
546,	Organic Compounds -- Part of the Class 532-570 Series, particularly subclass 282 for nicotine containing extracts in general and processes of making.
800,	Multicellular Living Organisms and Unmodified Parts Thereof and Related Processes, subclass 317.3 for a living tobacco plant, per se.

SUBCLASSES

[List of Patents for class 131 subclass 27.1]

27.1

Including cooperating surfaces to induce rolling:

This subclass is indented under subclass 280. Subject matter having coactive elements which act to revolve the tobacco or tobacco substitute during the manufacture of the smoking product, e.g., to form a cigar or cigarette, place a wrapper thereon, or preform analogous operations.

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53,	Package Making, subclasses 211+ for apparatus which forms a package by rotating the contents to bring together the edges which make up the longitudinal seam of the cover material and subclasses 528+ for cigar banding apparatus.
100,	Presses, subclasses 155+ for concurrent pressing and conveying devices of the roll type, not elsewhere provided for.

[List of Patents for class 131 subclass 28]

Combined:

This subclass is indented under subclass 27.1. Devices for rolling cigars or cigarettes combined with devices for performing other operations.

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100,	Presses, subclass 102 for presses combined with other features and not elsewhere provided for.

[List of Patents for class 131 subclass 29]

With tip or mouthpiece applier or former:

This subclass is indented under subclass 28. Combinations including distinct means for either applying a tip or mouthpiece or for forming a tip or mouthpiece.

(1) Note. Where the tip forming means is merely an integral part of the rolling means, classification is below in subclasses 47+, 55, 56, and 57.

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61.1,

71, 72, 76, and 88+, for tip or mouthpiece applying or forming operations.

30	With stationary smoother:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 29. Combinations provided with a tip forming means comprising a tip smoothing device having stationary parts.

[List of Patents for class 131 subclass 31]

With tobacco treatment:

This subclass is indented under subclass 28. Combinations in which the rolling mechanism is provided with means to treat the tobacco to change its physical or chemical character.

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62,	63, 64.1, 79, and 290+, for tobacco treatment, per se.

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100,	Presses, subclasses 70+ for presses not elsewhere provided for combined with means to treat the material pressed.

32	With subsequent wrapping or forming operations:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 28. Combinations in which the tobacco article is subjected to further forming or wrapping operations subsequent to the rolling operation.

[List of Patents for class 131 subclass 33]

With wrapper cutter:

This subclass is indented under subclass 28. Combinations in which the rolling device is provided with means to cut the wrapper either prior to or during the rolling operation.

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58,	73 and 97+, for wrapper cutters, per se.

34	Continuous wrapper:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 33. Combinations provided with mechanism which severs wrappers from a continuous sheet.

[List of Patents for class 131 subclass 35]

With adhesive supply or applier:

This subclass is indented under subclass 33. Combinations in which there is provided means for supplying or applying adhesive to the wrapper.

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34,	for similar organizations combined with continuous wrapper cutters.
37,	69 and 90, for adhesive supply or applier means in other cigar or cigarette making organization.

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118,	Coating Apparatus, subclasses 35+ for coating apparatus of general application combined with cutting means.
427,	Coating Processes, subclasses 207.1+ for coating processes in general wherein an adhesive coating is used.

[List of Patents for class 131 subclass 36]

With pre-cut wrapper feed and/or holder or smoother:

This subclass is indented under subclass 28. Combinations in which the rolling device is provided with (1) means to feed precut wrappers thereto, (2) means to hold a portion of the wrapper during the rolling operation or (3) means to smooth the wrapper prior to rolling.

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33+,	for wrapper feeders combined with wrapper cutters.
105,	for leaf transfer and/or holder, per se.
315+,	324 and 325, for leaf smoothers or ironers, per se.

[List of Patents for class 131 subclass 37]

With adhesive supply or applier:

This subclass is indented under subclass 28. Combinations in which the rolling device is provided with means to supply or apply adhesive to the wrapper.

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35,	and the search notes appended to the definition thereof.

[List of Patents for class 131 subclass 38]

With filler tobacco or bunch feeder:

This subclass is indented under subclass 28. Combinations provided with means to feed the tobacco or tobacco bunch to the rolling apparatus.

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36,	for wrapper feeders.
81.1,	and 108+, for tobacco feeders, per se.
904,	and 910, for tobacco feeders with automatic control of weight or density.

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100,	Presses, subclass 173 for roll type concurrent pressing and conveying devices, not elsewhere provided for, having means for guiding or handling the material.

[List of Patents for class 131 subclass 39]

With plural feed:

This subclass is indented under subclass 38. Combinations provided with a plurality of tobacco or bunch feeders. This includes means for feeding a plurality of grades of tobacco to a common feed means for the machine.

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221,	Article Dispensing, subclasses 92+ for article dispensers having plural sources and means to dispense articles therefrom.
222,	Dispensing, for plural feeders, per se, particularly subclasses 129+ .

40	With bunch separator:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 38. Combinations in which the tobacco feeder is provided with means to separate the tobacco into bunches.

[List of Patents for class 131 subclass 41]

With bunch pre-compressor:

This subclass is indented under subclass 40. Combinations in which the tobacco bunch is subjected to compression, usually for the purpose of preshaping it.

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45,	for precompressors in organizations having no filler or bunch feeder.
77,	for cigar and cigarette molding, per se.

[List of Patents for class 131 subclass 42]

Ribbon feed:

This subclass is indented under subclass 41. Combinations in which tobacco is fed to the bunch separator in the form of a shallow stream. The width of the stream usually represents the length of the tobacco article to be formed.

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60,	and indented subclasses, for devices for forming tobacco articles in which filler material is formed into a rod.
84.1+,	for continuous rod forming, per se.

43	Table mold:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 41. Combinations in which the compression takes place against the apron supporting table.

[List of Patents for class 131 subclass 44]

With hopper discharger:

This subclass is indented under subclass 40. Combinations in which the bunch separator cooperates with a hopper provided with means to cause discharge.

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222,	Dispensing, appropriate subclasses, for hoppers or other supply containers with means for discharging the contents, and see the search classes listed in the main class definition.

[List of Patents for class 131 subclass 45]

With bunch pre-compressor:

This subclass is indented under subclass 28. Combinations including means for subjecting the tobacco bunch to compression prior to the rolling operation usually to preshape it.

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41,	and indented subclasses, for precompressors combined with filler or bunch separators.

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100,	Presses, subclasses 139+ for plural diverse presses, not elsewhere provided for.

[List of Patents for class 131 subclass 46]

With end trimmer or completed article cutter:

This subclass is indented under subclass 28. Combinations in which the rolling mechanism is provided with means to trim the ends of the tobacco.

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63,	64.1+, 65, 83.1, and 91, for trimmers or completed article cutters in other cigar or cigarette making organizations.

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30,	Cutlery, subclasses 109+ for end or tip cutters.
83,	Cutting, appropriate subclasses for a cutter of that class (83) type which may include end cutters.
99,	Foods and Beverages: Apparatus, subclasses 635+ for food end or tip removers.
100,	Presses, subclass 94 for presses not elsewhere provided for, combined with means for cutting, breaking, piercing or comminuting the material.

[List of Patents for class 131 subclass 47]

Apron type:

This subclass is indented under subclass 27.1. Rolling devices including an apron member which substantially encloses the tobacco in a single loop or bight during the rolling operation. End shaping means consisting of means which merely change the conformation of the apron or form a part of other members such as rollers which contact the apron are here included.

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29,	and 30, for apron type devices combined with distinct tip forming means.
43,	and 45, for apron supporting surfaces embodying a mold.

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53,	Package Making, subclass 215 for apparatus for wrapping packages in which the rotation of the contents and cover material is occasioned by a flexible band which partially encircles the contents. For cigar banding apparatus, see subclass 198.
100,	Presses, subclass 87 for presses having means for winding or folding a sheet, web or strand, not elsewhere provided for, where such winding or folding means is of the embracing belt loop type.

48	With moving table:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 47. Devices in which the bight in the apron rests upon a moving platform or table during the rolling operation. Includes endless belts as tables.

49	Rotating or oscillating table:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 48. Devices in which the table has a rotating or oscillating motion in completing a cycle of operation.

50	With stationary table:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 47. Devices in which the bight supporting member comprises a stationary platform or table.

[List of Patents for class 131 subclass 51]

With movable roll type member:

This subclass is indented under subclass 50. Devices in which the bight of the apron is formed between the table and a roll or equivalent member which moves relative to the table to carry out the rolling operation.

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57,	for roller elements, per se.

52	Swinging roll support:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 51. Devices in which the movable roll member is supported by a member which pivots about one or more axes to move the apron bight across the table.

53	Vertical axis:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 52. Devices in which the swinging roll support pivots about a vertical axis or axes.

54	Aprons:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 47. Improvements in the apron element of apron type rolling machines. Hand manipulated aprons which comprise in themselves the rolling device are here included.

[List of Patents for class 131 subclass 55]

Belt type:

This subclass is indented under subclass 27.1. Devices in which one of the cooperating rolling surfaces is an endless belt. Belts are distinguished from aprons classified above in that the former, unlike the latter, do not enclose the bunch in a single loop or bight.

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100,	Presses, subclass 151 for concurrent pressing and conveying presses of the endless conveyer type, and not elsewhere provided for.

[List of Patents for class 131 subclass 56]

Roller type:

This subclass is indented under subclass 27.1. Devices in which the cooperating rolling surfaces comprise a plurality of rollers. Tip forming devices are included when they are connected to or form a part of the forming rolls.

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57,	for rollers, per se.

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100,	Presses, subclass 155 for roller type presses of the concurrent pressing and conveying type, not elsewhere provided for.

[List of Patents for class 131 subclass 57]

Roller:

Improvements under subclasses 27.1+ in the roller element, per se. Rollers of apron machines are here included. The rolls may be provided with tip shaping means when said means is part of the roll or is integrally connected thereto.

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29,	and 30, for rolling surfaces combined with tip formers not parts of the rollers.

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492,	Roll or Roller, for a roll, per se, not elsewhere provided for, and see the notes thereunder.

57.5	Drum and concave surface:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 27.1. Subject matter wherein the coactive elements include a cylinder cooperating with an associated inwardly curving, i.e., concave, element.

[List of Patents for class 131 subclass 58]

Wrapping devices:

This subclass is indented under subclass 280. Devices including means for applying a wrapper to a cigarette or cigar not elsewhere classified.

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27.1+,	for devices wherein the wrapping is effected by cooperating rolling surfaces.
285,	for devices wherein the wrapping is effected by sectional members which alternately release and engage the cigarette or cigar.

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53,	Package Making, appropriate subclasses particularly subclasses 396+ and 582+ for band type encasing, for methods of and apparatus for encompassing or encasing goods or materials with a separate cover or band which serves as means for identifying, protecting or unit handling the goods or materials.

[List of Patents for class 131 subclass 59]

Spirally wound continuous wrapper:

This subclass is indented under subclass 58. Devices in which the tobacco to be wrapped is presented to a continuous wrapper which is fed angularly of the stream of tobacco to form a spiral wrapper.

(1) Note. For spiral wrapping, per se, of more general application, see Class 57, Texiles: Spinning, Twisting, and Twining subclasses 3 and 160 and their indented subclasses; 493, Manufacturing Container or Tube From Paper; or Other Manufacturing From a Sheet or Web, subclasses 299+ .

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53,	Package Making, subclasses 582+ for apparatus to apply a cover member, consisting of a band or tube, to a contents to form a package.
242,	Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding subclasses 430+ for a process or apparatus for forming a composite article by wrapping material around a core, particularly subclasses 441+ for distributing the material along the core.

[List of Patents for class 131 subclass 60]

Longitudinally fed continuous wrapper:

This subclass is indented under subclass 58. Devices in which the tobacco to be wrapped is presented to a continuous wrapper which is fed longitudinally of the stream of tobacco. These machines are those usually referred to as "continuous rod" machines.

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226,	Advancing Material of Indeterminate Length, appropriate subclasses for methods of, and apparatus for, feeding material without utilizing the leading or trailing ends to effect movement of the material.
493,	Manufacturing Container or Tube From Paper; or Other Manufacturing From a Sheet or Web, subclass 302 for paper tube manufacturing apparatus and processes including advancing of tube axially.

[List of Patents for class 131 subclass 61.1]

61.1

With tip or mouthpiece applier or former:

This subclass is indented under subclass 60. Subject matter including means to affix or configure either end, i.e., apply or form a tip or mouthpiece, of a cigar or cigarette.

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29+,	71+, 76, and 88+, for other tip or mouthpiece applying or forming operations.

[List of Patents for class 131 subclass 62]

With tobacco treatment:

This subclass is indented under subclass 60. Devices including means for treating the tobacco to change its physical or chemical character.

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31,	79 and 290, for tobacco treatment, per se

[List of Patents for class 131 subclass 63]

With completed article cutter:

This subclass is indented under subclass 62. Devices provided with means to cut a completed cigarette or cigar from the wrapped tobacco rod.

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65,	for similar organizations without means for tobacco treatment.

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83,	Cutting, for a cutter of that class (83) type which may include a cigarette or cigar rod.

[List of Patents for class 131 subclass 64.1]

64.1

With tobacco rod preshaper:

This subclass is indented under subclass 63. Subject matter including means to compress or shape the tobacco before it is enclosed in the wrapper.

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66.1+,	for preshaping not combined with tobacco treatment.
84.1+,	for tobacco rod formers, per se.

[List of Patents for class 131 subclass 64.2]

64.2

With transverse or longitudinal compression:

This subclass is indented under subclass 64.1. Subject matter wherein the means to compress or shape the tobacco includes means for applying a compacting force perpendicular to or along the long axis of the tobacco being shaped.

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66.2,	for similar compression means not combined with tobacco treatment.
84.2,	for a continuous rod or ribbon former with transverse compression means.

[List of Patents for class 131 subclass 65]

With completed article cutter:

This subclass is indented under subclass 60. Devices provided with means to cut a completed cigarette or cigar from the wrapped tobacco rod.

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63,

and 64.

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83,	Cutting, for a cutter of that class (83) type wherein a cigarette or cigar rod may be included.

[List of Patents for class 131 subclass 66.1]

66.1

With tobacco rod preshaper:

This subclass is indented under subclass 60. Subject matter including means to compress or shape the tobacco before it is enclosed in a wrapper.

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64.1+,	for tobacco rod preshaping combined with tobacco treatment.
84.1+,	for tobacco rod formers, per se.

[List of Patents for class 131 subclass 66.2]

66.2

With transverse or longitudinal compression:

This subclass is indented under subclass 66.1. Subject matter wherein the means to compress or shape the tobacco includes means for applying a compacting force perpendicular to or along the long axis of the tobacco being shaped.

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64.2,	for similar compression means combined with tobacco treatment.
84.2,	for a continuous rod or ribbon former with transverse compression means.

[List of Patents for class 131 subclass 67]

With wrapper sealing:

This subclass is indented under subclass 60. Devices provided with means to permanently seal the wrapper about the tobacco.

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156,	Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture, appropriate subclasses, for seaming or sealing apparatus.
493,	Manufacturing Container or Tube From Paper; or Other Manufacturing From a Sheet or Web, subclasses 272+ for forming and coating a tube.

68	With heating means:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 67. Devices provided with means for furnishing heat to the sealing means.

[List of Patents for class 131 subclass 69]

With adhesive supply or applier:

This subclass is indented under subclass 67. Devices provided with means for supplying or applying adhesive to the wrapper.

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34,	35, 37, and 90, for other cigar and cigarette machines having adhesive applying means.

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