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

Class
234
SELECTIVE CUTTING (E.G., PUNCHING)

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Subclass		Title
ClassTitle		===> SELECTIVE CUTTING (E.G., PUNCHING)
1		METHODS
2		. Comprising utilization of a pattern
3		. . And modification of the pattern or its effectiveness
4		WITH TYPE-WIDTH AND INTER-WORD-SPACE TOTALIZER OR INDICATOR (I.E., FOR JUSTIFICATION)
5		. Embodying exchangeable sub-assembly unit for font change
6		. Embodying means to facilitate error correction
7		. Embodying means to tabulate or to adjust line length
8		. Embodying means to insert justification symbol
9		. . With means to effect selection of justification tools
10		. . . With means to insert justification symbol at other than end of line
11		. Embodying means to drive totalizer
12		. . "Unit-Wheel" type of counter
13		WITH MEANS TO IMPOSE PROGRAMMED CONTROL OF AUXILIARY-OPERATION
14		. Embodying means to change code
15		. Embodying means to afford choice of programs
16		. Embodying means to shift control between plural input sources
17		. . Diverse sources
18		. Embodying means to effect selection or shift or skip of field
19		. . With change in feed of pattern or work
20		. For start or stop of control from given input source
21		. For stopping after predetermined number of operations
22		WITH MEANS TO IMPOSE RANDOMLY ACTUATED CONTROL OF AUXILIARY-OPERATION
23		. Embodying means to detect order of occurrence of input data
24		. . Zero suppression or insertion
25		. Embodying means to detect indicium in work or pattern
26		. . With group number control of recording
27		. . . With control of feed of pattern and/or work
28		. . With means to control feed
29		. . . Control of pattern feed
30		. Stopping means
32		. . Upon detection of machine defect or misoperation
33		. . . With means to check on tool actuation
34		. . . . With verifier (data comparator)
35		WITH INPUT MEANS COMMON TO TOOL SELECTOR AND PRINTER
36		. Step by step printer
37		. . On same workpiece
38		WITH NONSELECTIVE CUTTING OR PUNCHING MEANS
39		. Work sizing or cyclic (e.g., feed hole) punching
40		WITH SORTING MEANS OR COPY HOLDER
41		CONVERTIBLE
42		PLURAL TOOL FIELDS
43		. With means to select a given field
44		. . By manually settable means
45		. With independent manual input means
46		NOTCHING OR SLITTING MEANS
47		. Notching
48		. . Uniform depth
49		MEANS FOR CUTTING MOVING WORK
50		. Flying cutter
51		EMBODYING UNICYCLIC TOOL ACTUATING MEANS
52		WITH INTERLOCK BETWEEN TOOL ACTUATOR AND SELECTOR
53		WITH MEANS TO ESTABLISH CONTROL PATH, FROM ONE OF A PLURALITY OF INPUT SOURCES, TO TOOL SELECTION MEANS
54		. Diverse input sources
55		WITH MEANS TO STORE AND RETRIEVE INPUT DATA AFTER REMOVAL OF INPUT-IMPULSE
56		. With read-out in different order
57		. With optionally settable means to clear storage upon read-out
58		. With serial read-out from storage
59		WITH MEANS TO INITIATE TOOL SELECTION BY SENSING PATTERN INDICIA OR CONFIGURED MACHINE ELEMENT
60		. Means to sense cyclically movable machine element
61		. . Serial number punching of work
62		. With repeated sensing of same pattern field
63		. Pattern indicia carried by work
64		. . Processed work as pattern for following work
65		. Including plural input means, jointly effective
66		. Serial read-out from full bank of pattern-sensers
67		. With means to modify effect of pattern data
68		. . By inversion of pattern data
69		. . Code conversion
70		. . . Combinational-code to or from one-hole-code
71		. . Means for timing the tool actuation
72		. . Means for transposition, shift or suppression of field
73		. . . By adjustable electrical means
74		. By a senser with more than two output signals
75		. Pattern or senser in motion during sensing
76		. Sensing by tool directly engageable with pattern
77		. . Tool actuation blocked by pattern
78		. . Tool actuating force transmitted by pattern
79		. With means to feed pattern or pattern sensing means
80		. . With means to adjust pattern position or feed, or senser
81		. . Senser moves tool into position to receive actuating force
82		. . Senser controls effectiveness of actuating force to selected tool pair only
83		. . . Senser actuates tool
84		. . Interposer movable by senser
85		. . . Integral or fixed thereto
86		. . . Biased interposer and senser
87		. . Senser controls application of power to interposer
88		. . . Connects or disconnects interposer linkage and cyclically movable actuator
89		. Pattern or record and/or sensing means per se
90		WITH MEANS TO CAUSE DELAYED ACTUATION OF SELECTED TOOL
91		. With plurality of selecting means sequentially controlled by one input means
92		WITH OPTIONALLY SETTABLE MEANS TO CLEAR TOOL SELECTION
93		. Effective on portion of tool field
94		WITH SPECIFIC MEANS TO SELECT A PLURALITY OF TOOLS (I.E., COMBINATIONAL CODING MEANS)
95		. Successively
96		. With means to change or facilitate change of code
97		. Coded interposer
98		. . Differentially positioned
99		. . . Turret of interposers
100		. . . . Power transmitting
101		. . Power driven
102		. Coded selector means
103		. . Actuates contacts
104		. . Paired bars
105		. . Selector means drives interposers
106		. Direct punching (coded actuation)
107		. . With power means to actuate tools
108		. . . Individual electrical drives
109		WITH SPECIFIC MEANS TO SELECT A SINGLE TOOL
110		. By immobilizing a portion of an element in tool drive train
111		. Interposer
112		. . Differentially positioned
113		. . . Turret of interposers
114		. . Power driven
115		. . . By individual electric means
116		. . Reciprocable in a straight line
117		. Means to move an element of the tool drive train into power transmitting relationship with a power source
118		. . Shiftable element is the tool
119		. . Continuously rotating actuator
120		WITH INPUT MEANS OTHER THAN PATTERN SENSER TO CONTROL TOOL SELECTION
121		. Differentially positionable input element (e.g., lever)
122		. Plural input channels
123		. . Keyboard
124		. . . With auxiliary function control means
125		. . . . Repeat key
126		WITH MEANS TO VARY WORK FEED INCREMENT
127		. Dependent upon tool(s) selected
128		WITH WORK HOLDER OR MOVER
129		. With reversible work-feed (e.g., with back spacer)
130		. With cyclically advanced work carrier
131		MISCELLANEOUS
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		DIGEST
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DIG 1		Fluid and photoelectric control

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