Class 012: BOOT AND SHOE MAKING ( Manual of U.S. Patent Classification )

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Class
012
BOOT AND SHOE MAKING

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Subclass		Title
ClassTitle		===> BOOT AND SHOE MAKING

1R		MISCELLANEOUS
1A		. Conveyors
1B		. Platform cover turners
1F		. Rubber shoe assembly
1G		. Arch support forming and inserting
1W		. Assembly machines
1M		. Moccasin machines
4.1		COMBINED SOLE AND UPPER MACHINES
4.2		. Lasting with laying and/or leveling
4.3		. Inseam trimming
4.4		. . With welt beating
4.5		. . With horn-carried knife
4.6		. Shoe turning
7		LASTING MACHINES
7.1		. With vamp cutting
7.2		. . Slitting or notching
7.3		. Prewelted upper
7.4		. . End lasting only
7.5		. Outturned upper, e.g., stitchdown
7.6		. . With nailing
7.7		. . With sewing
7.8		. . End lasting only
7.9		. Draw wire type, e.g., wire lasting
8.1		. With flexible conforming means
8.2		. . With wiper folder
8.3		. Rotated nipper or wiper
8.4		. Pronged wiper folder
8.5		. Nipper wiper
8.6		. . With nailing
8.7		. . . End lasting only
8.71		. . . . With binder applying
8.8		. . End lasting only
8.81		. . . With binder applying
9		. Nipper stretcher
9.1		. . With sewing
10		. . Wiper folder
10.1		. . . Multiple nippers
10.2		. . . . With nailing
10.21		. . . . . With binder applying
10.3		. . . . . Fed work
10.4		. . . . . Downward pull
10.5		. . . . End lasting only
10.6		. . . With nailing
10.7		. . . . With parallel horizontally disposed camshaft and gripper operating overdraw rod, i.e., continental type
10.71		. . . . . With binder applying
10.8		. . . End lasting only
11.2		. . With nailing
11.3		. . End lasting only
12		. Wiper folder
12.1		. . With nailing
12.2		. . . Toe lasting only
12.21		. . . . With binder applying
12.3		. . . Heel lasting only
12.4		. . Toe lasting only
12.41		. . . With binder applying
12.5		. . Heel lasting only
13.1		. With nailing
13.2		. With sewing
14.2		. Sole hold-downs
14.3		. Upper clamps
14.4		. . End bands
14.5		. Nippers
15		LAST INSERTING MACHINES
15.1		DELASTING MACHINES
16		LASTING-FASTENER REMOVING MACHINES
16.1		SOLE-FLAP HEEL-BREAST COVERING MACHINES
16.2		. Combined and/or plural operations
16.3		. . Flap laying and heel tread clamping
16.4		. Laying flap on breast
16.5		. Splitting sole
16.6		. Trimming flap to breast outline
16.7		. . Heel-guided trimmer
70		SOLE AND/OR HEEL BURNISHING MACHINES
70.5		. Combined or plural diverse
73.5		. . With coating application
74.5		. . With indenting
75.5		. . . Heel only
76.5		. . With edge trimming
77		. Rotary tool
78		. Reciprocating tool
78.5		. . Heel traverse
79		. . Hand guided
79.3		. Fixed tool
79.2		. Tools and/or tool heads
77.5		. . Rotary
79.5		SOLE AND/OR HEEL WAX POLISHING MACHINES
85		SOLE AND/OR HEEL EDGE TRIMMING MACHINES
85.1		. Combined or plural diverse
85.2		. . With sole peripheral channeling
85.3		. . . Clamped work
85.4		. . With fastener inserting
85.5		. . . Heel only
85.9		. Shank trimming only
86		. Clamped work
86.5		. . Sole edge only
86.6		. . . Traveling cutter
86.65		. . . . Rotary table supported
86.7		. . . Rotary cutter
87		. . Rotary cutter
88		. Rotary cutter
89		. . Multiple cutter head
90		. . With adjustable rand guide and/or guard
91		. Rotary cutter heads
92		. . Axially adjustable
93		. . With supplemental cutter
94		. . Inserted cutters
95		. . . Angularly adjustable
17R		SOLE MACHINES
17.2		. Peripheral operation and automatically bodily moved shoe support
33		. Laying and/or leveling
33.1		. . With fastener inserting
33.2		. . With heating means
33.4		. . With welt pressing means
33.6		. . With sole positioning means
33.7		. . Configured oscillating former indexed with sole
33.8		. . . Oscillating jack
34		. . With rotatable leveling pressure roll
34.5		. . . With power-operated transverse roll tilting
35.5		. . Hammering and/or slicking
36		. . Multiple work supports
36.5		. . . Traveling work support carrying fluid pressure applying means
36.8		. . . . Rotary work support carrier
37		. . . Rotary work support carrier
38		. . Pads or formers
18.1		. Assembling
18.2		. . Bulk shoe fillers
18.3		. . Shank pieces and/or stiffeners
18.5		. With diverse operations
18.7		. . With peripheral channeling
18.9		. . With slitting
20		. Applying or reinforcing separate rib
20.2		. . Full gemming
21		. Blank molding
22		. . Edge
24.5		. Edge covering
27		. Peripheral channeling
28		. . Clamped work
29		. Channel-flap layers
30		. Channel-flap turners
31.5		. Heel-seal forming
31.6		. . Spring heel
32		. Peripheral indenting
32.1		. . With stitch finder
39		. Sock-liner applying
39.3		. Stitch picking and/or cutting
39.5		. Splicing half soles to outsoles
40		. Slitting
40.5		. Shank pieces or stiffeners
41.05		. Grooving
41.1		. Pliabilizing soles in a shoe
41.2		. Pliabilizing soles
41.3		. . With fluid treatment
41.5		. Tempering
41.7		. Inside fastener end trimmers
17A		. Sbicca-type sole
42R		HEEL MACHINES
50		. Assembling
50.1		. . With die cutting
50.2		. . . With fastener inserting
50.3		. . With cement applying
50.4		. . Heel logs
42.5		. With diverse operations
43		. . Fastener inserting and breasting
43.5		. . Fastener inserting and molding
46		. Seal cutting
46.5		. Spring heel beveling
47		. Breasting
47.1		. . Uni-directionally moving cutting edge
48		. Molding
49		. Beading
49.1		. Covering
50.5		. Removers
42B		. Heel affixing
51		UPPER MACHINES
52		. Assembling
52.5		. With diverse operations
53.1		. Assembled shoe shaping
53.2		. . By expanding and conforming
53.3		. . By conforming roller
53.4		. . By conforming impactor
53.5		. . By conforming press action
53.6		. . By expander only
53.7		. . . Wall-supported
53.8		. . . Reciprocating expander
54.1		. Loose upper shaping
54.2		. . Toe only
54.3		. . Heel only
54.4		. . Crimping with former and wiper
54.5		. . . Belt-carried former
54.6		. . . Pivoted former
55		. . Folding
55.1		. . . With slitting or notching
57		. Turning
57.1		. . With seam pressing
57.5		. Trimming
57.6		. . Sole-attaching edge
58		. . Skiving
58.3		. Buttoning or unbuttoning
58.5		. Lacing or unlacing
59		. Strap covering
59.5		. Tape appliers
59.7		. Tempering
61R		TOE AND HEEL STIFFENER MACHINES
62		. Skiving
63		. . Recessed carrier
64		. Molding
65		. . Roll
66		. . Separable
61A		. Assembling
61B		. With diverse operations
67R		WELT AND RAND MACHINES
67.1		. Welt and rand formers
67.2		. Welt beaters
67A		. Welt guides
67B		. Combined welt preparing
67C		. Welt attaching to loose sole and heel
67D		. Plural diverse operations
67E		. Welt beating and slitting
67F		. Welt butting and attaching
67G		. Beaters
67H		. Butting
67J		. Forming
67K		. Welt attaching
67L		. Welt tempering
103		TOOLS
104		. Sole and/or heel burnishing
104.5		. Inside fastener end trimmers
107R		. Lasting
108		. . Fastener holding and inserting and upper stretching
109		. . Upper tensioners and hammers
110		. . Upper tensioners
111		. . . Multiple transversely positioned grippers
112		. . . Toe
107A		. . Over-lasted upper retainers
113		. Fly holders
114.2		. Interiorly stretching assembled shoes
114.4		. . Fluid expander
114.6		. . Top stretchers
114.8		. . . With top holder
115.2		. . Spot stretchers
115.4		. . . With cooperating exterior former
115.6		. . Variable expander
115.8		. . . Longitudinal and lateral
116.2		. . . . Longitudinal and lateral lock
116.4		. . . . Lateral lock
116.6		. . . . Longitudinal lock
116.8		. . . Lateral
117.2		. . . . Lock
117.4		. . . Longitudinal lock
119.5		. Upper crimping and stretching
120.5		. Sole straightening
122		SHOEMAKERS' BENCHES
123		WORK SUPPORT
123.3		. For loose heels
123.5		. For boot trees
124		. Expansible holder
125		. Heel clamping
126		. Last jacks
127		. . With saddle
128R		FORMS
129.4		. Heated
133R		. Lasts
134		. . Preliminarily adjustable
135R		. . Separate heel block
136R		. . . Hinged
136A		. . . . With movable instep block
136B		. . . . With single link
136C		. . . . With double link
135A		. . . With sliding movement
137		. . Instep-block fasteners
138		. . . Sliding bolt
139		. . Heel plates and sockets
140		. . Peg receivers
141		. . Shoe retainers
133A		. . With fillers
133B		. . With altered surfaces
133C		. . With heel fastener receiving means
133M		. . Material
128B		. With deodorant, etc.
128H		. For open-heel shoe
128V		. Expanding vertical
128C		. With upper retaining means
128D		. With sole retaining means
128E		. Heel plates
128F		. With fastener receiving means
142R		PROCESSES
145		. Lasting
146R		. Miscellaneous parts
146B		. . Soles
146BP		. . . Prepared
146BC		. . . . Channeling
146BR		. . Rubber soles
146C		. . Uppers
146CK		. . . Edge finishing
146D		. . Toe and heel stiffeners
146L		. . Last making
146M		. . Orthopedic parts
146S		. . Shank stiffener making and attaching
146W		. . Welts and rands
147R		. Heel
147A		. . Rubber
147B		. . Covering
148		. Filling shoes
142A		. Evaginated shoe
142B		. Thru-and-thru shoe
142C		. Stitch-down shoe
142D		. Welt-type shoe
142E		. Rubber shoe
142EV		. Rubber overshoe
142F		. Cemented shoe
142G		. Felt and fabric
142J		. Interfitted sole and heel
142K		. Protection of shoes
142LC		. Lacing and closing
142MC		. Moccasins
142N		. Orthopedic
142P		. Athletic
142Q		. Repairing
142RS		. Rubber sole attaching
142S		. Sandals
142T		. Sole-attaching
142V		. Ventilated
142W		. Leggings and gaiters
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		DIGESTS
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DIG 1		Lasting machines, fluid-actuated
DIG 2		Lasting machines, dash pots
DIG 3		Jigging

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Last Modified: 6 October 2000

Manual of U.S. Patent Classification as of June 30, 2000

Class 012 BOOT AND SHOE MAKING

Manual of U.S. Patent Classification
as of June 30, 2000

Class
012
BOOT AND SHOE MAKING