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

Class
227
ELONGATED-MEMBER-DRIVING APPARATUS

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Subclass		Title
ClassTitle		===> ELONGATED-MEMBER-DRIVING APPARATUS
1		WITH RANDOMLY ACTUATED STOPPING OR DISABLING MEANS
2		WITH CONTROL MEANS RESPONSIVE TO SENSED CONDITION
3		. Responsive to work feed means
4		. Responsive to position of work support or anvil
5		. Work-responsive
6		. . Position of work
7		. . . Control initiates driver-actuation
175.1		SURGICAL STAPLER
175.2		. With lockout
175.3		. . Responsive to a condition or position of a staple magazine
175.4		. . . Lockout prevents firing of a spent staple magazine
176.1		. With magazine
177.1		. . Including biasing means
178.1		. . Multiple driving means
179.1		. . Tubular driving path
180.1		. . With cutting means
181.1		. With means to position a mating-member in alignment with driver
182.1		. With means to prevent partial drive cycle
8		WITH INTERLOCK MEANS
9		EXPLOSIVE-TYPE DRIVING MEANS
10		. With plunger
11		. With protective shield
12		STRETCHING TOOL WITH MEANS TO FASTEN FLACCID WORK TO RIGID BASE
13		. Including mechanical means to apply force to stretching tool
14		WITH MEANS TO CEMENT WORK OR MEMBER
15		WITH MEANS TO POSITION "MATING-MEMBER" IN ALIGNMENT WITH DRIVER
16		. Strip-type "mating-member"
17		. With means to form "mating-member"
18		. Comprising feed means for "mating-member"
19		WITH MEANS TO ASSEMBLE PLURAL PIECES OF WORK
20		. With means to deform work
21		. . Including cutting means
22		. . Including means to rotate work
23		. . . With die-shaping means
24		. . . With end-inserting or clamping means
25		. . Means to buckle flaccid work
26		. With means to place member between workpieces (e.g., dowels, etc.)
27		. With drilling or punching means
28		. With means to sequentially secure layers (e.g., heels, etc.)
29		. . With work clamp
30		. With driver acting through clamp jaw
31		. Bight attaching means (e.g., buttons, etc.)
32		. . Including means to insert member in bight
33		. . . With member-forming means
34		. . . After member is applied to a workpiece
35		. . . . Single pointed member
36		. . . . With work feed means
37		. . With work feed means
38		. . . With means to actuate driver
39		. Work conveyer means
40		. . Including common means to shift and clamp work
41		. . Pivoted work carrier
42		. . . Plural pivotal axes
43		. . Including means to align member-aperture with member
44		. . Endless conveyer
45		. . . Including magazine-type work supply means
46		. . . With reel-type work supply means
47		. . . . Including work cutting means
48		. . Including magazine-type work supply means
49		. . . With means to rotate work
50		. . . With means to move assemblage to fastener station
51		WITH MEANS TO HEAD MEMBER
52		. Driver or heading means located within tubular work
53		. Common tool to drive and head member
54		. Pointed or edged tool
55		. Heading tool extends within hollow portion of member
56		. . Simultaneously used heading tools
57		. . With work feed means
58		. . With means to form opening in work for member
59		. . . Heading means also acting as opening former
60		. . With pilot pin
61		. Anvil
62		. . Die
63		WITH MEANS TO WITHDRAW MEMBER
64		WITH MEANS TO SHAPE WORK OR CUT PRODUCT
65		. Buckling of flaccid work
66		. Deforming means with rectilinear reciprocating motion
67		. Means to form opening in work for member
68		. . Driver also acting as punch
69		. . Rotatable cutting tool
70		. . Plural cutting tools (e.g., awls, etc.)
71		. . . For dual openings
72		. . . With pivoted tool carrier
73		. . Including work-feeding means
74		. . . Cutting tool having work-feeding motion
75		. . . . With pivoted tool carrier
76		. Cutting means
77		WITH MEANS TO DEFORM MEMBER REMOTE FROM THE WORK SURFACE AFTER WORK PENETRATION
78		SELECTIVE ALTERNATIVE APPLYING MEANS
79		WITH MEANS TO CUT MEMBER AFTER PENETRATION
80		. From material of indefinite length
81		DRIVING MOTION OF DRIVER HAS COMPONENT IN DIRECTION OF MOVING WORK (I.E., FLYING DRIVER)
82		WITH MEANS TO FORM MEMBER PRIOR TO PENETRATION OF WORK
83		. Deflector
84		. With means to vary length of members
85		. With offset tools to deform members (e.g., bending, drawing, etc.)
86		. . With cutting edge on driver
87		. . With driver acting through offset tools
88		. . . Including retractable forming bar
89		. . . . With movable member-holder
90		. . . . Pivoted
91		. . . Including diverse means to sever and apply member
92		. With opposed tools to form member (e.g., forging, swaging, etc.)
93		. Severing means sole member former
94		. . Including plural diverse severing operations
95		. . With feed means for concatenated members
96		. . . Pivoted feed means
97		. . Severing means moves member to driver
98		. . With reciprocating member carrier to driver
99		WITH MEANS TO CONVEY WORK OR PRODUCT RELATIVE TO DRIVING STATION
100		. Interrelated conveying and driver-actuating means
101		. . With means to move both the conveyer and a driver carriage
102		. . With means to vary timed relationship between conveyer movement and driver actuating means
103		. . Plural conveying means
104		. . With compound movement of work holder
105		. . With rotary movement of work holder
106		. Work holder moves in curved path
107		WITH MEANS TO MOVE OR GUIDE MEMBER INTO DRIVING POSITION
108		. With work-penetrating clenching tools
109		. Adaptable to dispense different sizes or quantities of members
110		. With positionable driver
111		. . Including means to move driver carriage
112		. Fluid-contact member-feed means
113		. Magnetic member-feed and/or holding means
114		. Including means other than the driver to separate leading member from a supply
115		. . Interrelated separator elements
116		. . Rectilinear motion
117		. . Rotary
118		. . . Oscillating separator
119		. With means to assure correct orientation of member(s)
120		. Including supply magazine for constantly urged members
121		. . With means to prevent partial drive cycle
122		. . With means to cut jammed member
123		. . With removable or resiliently urged (antijam) noseplate
124		. . With interrelated driver and work clamp
125		. . With means to disable urging means
126		. . . By lock means
127		. . With magazine closure
128		. . . Pivoted magazine cover
129		. . With means to actuate driver
130		. . . Fluid pressure means
131		. . . Magnet or solenoid
132		. . . Spring
133		. . . Inertia means
134		. . Spring-retracting means
135		. Including carrier feed means for a plurality of members
136		. . With means to feed strip-type carrier
137		. . Rotary
138		. Driver actuates member-feed means
139		. With means to guide member
140		WITH MEANS TO SUPPORT MEMBER AND/OR WORK RELATIVE TO DRIVER
141		. Driver moves work, member held stationary
142		. With means to vary the length of the tool stroke
143		. With means to move elements of tool-pair during driving
144		. . Pivoted tool element
145		. Curved driver path
146		. Spring-actuated driver
147		. Impact-type driver
148		. Comprising means to angularly orient member
149		. Bias-type member holder
150		. Means to guide moving work
151		. Work immobilizer
152		. . Means to clamp work
153		. . . Interrelated with driver-actuation
154		. Work support
155		. . Including clenching means
156		MISCELLANEOUS
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901		SURGICAL CLIP APPLIERS
902		SURGICAL CLIPS OR STAPLES

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Last Modified: 6 October 2000