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

Class
493
MANUFACTURING CONTAINER OR TUBE FROM PAPER; OR OTHER MANUFACTURING FROM A SHEET OR WEB

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Subclass		Title
ClassTitle		===> MANUFACTURING CONTAINER OR TUBE FROM PAPER; OR OTHER MANUFACTURING FROM A SHEET OR WEB
1		CONTROL OF OPERATION BY USE OF TEMPLET, TAPE CARD, OR OTHER REPLACEABLE INFORMATION SUPPLY
2		. With sensing of numerical information and regulation with mechanical connection between sensing means and regulated means (i.e., Numerical Control)
3		CONTROL MEANS ENERGIZED IN RESPONSE TO ACTIVATOR STIMULATED BY CONDITION SENSOR
4		. Cigarette filter making
5		. Responsive to temperature
6		. Responsive to assembling or coating operation
7		. . Responsive to flowable material (e.g., glue, ink for printer, etc.)
8		. Responsive to work material, the product or means engaging the work material or the product
9		. . By use of pneumatic sensor
10		. . By use of photocell condition sensor
11		. . . Responsive to mark or indicia on work
12		. . . Responsive to defective or missing work
13		. . . Plural sensors
14		. . . . Plural interrelated sensors
15		. . . . . Photocell and diverse-type sensor
16		. . To eject defective work material or product
17		. . By use of plural sensors
18		. . . Plural interrelated sensors
19		. . . . Sensing opposite edges of planar work
20		. . . . . Opposite side edges
21		. . To actuate timer
22		. . To actuate cutting, breaking, tearing, or abrading means
23		. . To actuate folder
24		. . Sensing indeterminate length work supply
25		. . Responsive to size of work or product
26		. . Responsive to weight of work or product
27		. . To stop machine
28		. . Responsive to count
29		. . To actuate material advancing means
30		. Responsive to machine element
31		. . Malfunctioning machine element
32		. . . Responsive to stress of machine element
33		. . . . To stop machine
34		. . To adjust machine element to preselected position
35		. . Responsive to count of machine element
36		. . Responsive to timer
37		WITH MEASURING OR TESTING
38		SAFETY
39		CIGARETTE FILTER MAKING
40		. Filter having indicator or inspection means
41		. With application of heat to secure wrapper
42		. With shaping or compacting of filter material
43		. . Including heating
44		. . Including fluid contact for forming
45		. . Cutting continuous length rod into determinate lengths
46		. . Prior to assembly with other cigarette filter material
47		. By assembling dissimilar filter materials (e.g., fiber and powdered charcoal, etc.)
48		. . With application of forced air, vacuum or vibration to assist handling
49		. . Including plasticizer, adhesive, coating, or impregnant
50		. Filter of fibrous material
51		CONTAINER MAKING
52		. Rigid container (e.g., box, carton, cap, cup, etc.)
53		. . With printing or photographic reproduction
54		. . . On material prior to assembly with container
55		. . . On material to be erected to become container
56		. . With cutting, breaking, tearing, or abrading
57		. . . By randomly manipulated implement
58		. . . And embossing
59		. . . And form-scoring
60		. . . . Rotary cutting, breaking, tearing, abrading, or form-scoring tool
61		. . . . Reciprocatory cutting, breaking, tearing, abrading, or form-scoring tool
62		. . . . . Severing of web into blanks
63		. . . Perforating
64		. . . By rotary tool
65		. . . . On travelling carrier
66		. . . . Flexibly mounted rotary tool
67		. . . . Including assembling of distinct members
68		. . . . . And folding
69		. . . . Including folding
70		. . . . . Of flap
71		. . . . . With means to advance work or product
72		. . . . . . Continuous advance
73		. . . By reciprocatory tool
74		. . . . Severing of web into blanks
75		. . . . Including assembling of distinct members
76		. . . . . Comprising bringing two members together
77		. . . . . . Indeterminate length member
78		. . . . . . . Member comprising adhesive backed tape
79		. . . . Including folding
80		. . . . . Of flap
81		. . . . . With means to advance work or product
82		. . . With scrap material separation or removal
83		. . With scrap material separation or removal
84		. . Assembling of distinct members
85		. . . With extruding, drawing, or attenuating
86		. . . Including cutting or tearing edge to container
87		. . . Including discharge assist means (e.g., valve, pour spout, etc.)
88		. . . Including handle or suspension means
89		. . . Including structural reinforcement
90		. . . Including internal partition
91		. . . . Intersecting partitions
92		. . . . Single shaped partition adapted to touch packaged material on three sides
93		. . . Liner
94		. . . . Partial liner (e.g., fly liner, bottom gasket, etc.)
95		. . . . Liner permanently secured to wall
96		. . . . . Prior to erecting of container
97		. . . . . . With indeterminate length work supply
98		. . . . . Assembling by wrapping container about premade liner
99		. . . . . Secured at container seam
100		. . . . Premade liner and premade container
101		. . . . . With venting or vacuumizing of container to allow assembly with liner
102		. . . Including application of distinct closure
103		. . . . Closure having metallic portion
104		. . . . Nonrectangular cross section container
105		. . . . . By use of turret mandrel carrier
106		. . . . . . And frustoconical form
107		. . . . . . . Rotary form
108		. . . . . Circular cross section container
109		. . . . . . With bending to secure closure
110		. . . Including laminating or coating of container blank
111		. . . Including wrapping of container
112		. . . . Including use of rotary container support
113		. . . . Including use of reciprocatory container support
114		. . . Securing
115		. . . . By application of distinct securing member
116		. . . . . Tape
117		. . . . . . Applied to moving work
118		. . . . . Material penetrating member
119		. . . . . . Bifurcated member
120		. . . Including use of work supply hopper
121		. . Securing
122		. . . Including use of work blank supply hopper
123		. . . . And use of vacuum to handle work
124		. . . . . To place blank onto folder
125		. . . . . With conveyor for advance to folder
126		. . . . And means to transfer blank to folder
127		. . . . . Comprising folder
128		. . . With application of adhesive
129		. . . . And heat sealing
130		. . . . With work advance between application of adhesive and securing
131		. . . . . Application of adhesive to moving work
132		. . . . . . By applicator having surface engaging and moving with work
133		. . . Including heat sealing
134		. . . . By direct application of fluid
135		. . . . Of moving work
136		. . . By interfitting of container portions
137		. . . . Interlocking tab and slot
138		. . . . . Including integral internal partition
139		. . . . . Integral interlocking closure
140		. . . . Inwardly folded flange
141		. . . Including means to press work while adhesive sets or dries
142		. . . . Work advancing during pressing
143		. . . . . Plunger- and die-type press
144		. . . . . Roller-type press
145		. . . . Manually actuated press
146		. . . . . Manually driven
147		. . . With means to advance work or product
148		. . With coating
149		. . . On nonrectangular cross section container
150		. . . Adhesive
151		. . . . And folding
152		. . Nonrectangular cross section container
153		. . . Noncircular cross section
154		. . . By use of conical former (e.g., pleating, etc.)
155		. . . . Rotary former
156		. . . End closing
157		. . . . By folding over end of tube
158		. . . Edge crimping or curling
159		. . . . By relative rotation of work and tool about work axis
160		. . Including form-scoring
161		. . . Continuous advance with form-scoring tool moving with work
162		. . Folding
163		. . . By mandrel on endless carrier
164		. . . . Assembly of plural mandrels turning about fixed axis
165		. . . . . To form gable top on container
166		. . . . . Folder driven by stationary cam
167		. . . By plunger
168		. . . . Forming hollow wall or 270 degree folded edge
169		. . . . Plural interrelated plungers (e.g., making separate cover and container)
170		. . . . Flowable plunger or reaction member
171		. . . . Expandable or contractable plunger or reaction member
172		. . . . Orbitally moving plunger or reaction member
173		. . . . . Continuously orbiting
174		. . . . And reciprocatory reaction member
175		. . . By mandrel
176		. . . . And reciprocatory arm like tool
177		. . . Work moving transversely to fold line during folding
178		. . . Work moving parallel to fold line during folding
179		. . . . On endless conveyor belt or chain
180		. . . With means to advance work or product
181		. . . . Of flattened tubular blank
182		. . . . By endless conveyor belt or chain
183		. . . End flap folding
184		. . . . Forming gable top
185		. . Including crushing or crumpling
186		. Pliable container (e.g., bag, envelope, etc.)
187		. . With printing or photographic reproduction
188		. . . On work material
189		. . Including heat sealing
190		. . . And cooling
191		. . . . Heating or cooling by direct application of fluid
192		. . . By direct application of fluid
193		. . . Including supplying indeterminate length work
194		. . . . And cutting, breaking, tearing, or abrading
195		. . . . . At separate station from heat sealing
196		. . . . . . With means to advance work or product
197		. . . . . . . Including work advance during heat sealing
198		. . . . With means to receive interconnected products
199		. . . And cutting, breaking, tearing, or abrading
200		. . . . At separate station from heat sealing
201		. . . . . With means to advance work or product
202		. . . . . . Including work advance during heat sealing
203		. . . . Composite heat sealing and severing
204		. . . . . With vertical stacking of product
205		. . . Heat sealing by means moving with work
206		. . . By oppositely moving work gripping means
207		. . . By yieldable, heated means
208		. . . By rotary heat sealer
209		. . . By reciprocatory heat sealer
210		. . Assembling of distinct members
211		. . . With extruding, drawing, or attenuating
212		. . . Means to facilitate opening of container
213		. . . . Reclosable means (e.g., valve)
214		. . . Closure securing element
215		. . . . Plastically deformable
216		. . . Return envelope or message card and main envelope
217		. . . Liner
218		. . . Bottom to square-bottom-folded bag
219		. . . Bottom to satchel-bottom-folded bag
220		. . . With coating
221		. . . . Application of adhesive to secure handle or suspension means
222		. . . Means to permit visual inspection of content (e.g., window, etc.)
223		. . . With cutting, breaking, tearing, or abrading
224		. . . . Subdividing web of material
225		. . . Drawstring to close container
226		. . . Handle or suspension means
227		. . With cutting, breaking, tearing, or abrading
228		. . . Including form-scoring
229		. . . . Notching of work edge
230		. . . . Partial severance to form interconnected products
231		. . . Including folding
232		. . . . Notching of work edge
233		. . . . Partial severance to form interconnected products
234		. . . . . With application of tension to tear container from web
235		. . . . Severing of container or container blank from web
236		. . . . . By severing means moving with work
237		. . . Notching on work edge
238		. . . Partial severance to form interconnected products
239		. . . Severing of container or container blank from web
240		. . Including form-scoring
241		. . . By rotary tool
242		. . . By reciprocatory tool
243		. . Including folding
244		. . . Of previously folded material (e.g., refolding, etc.)
245		. . . . Flap
246		. . . Plural folding stations folding noncontinuously advancing work
247		. . . . With work turret
248		. . . By infeeding work to passive folder
249		. . . By buckling
250		. . . By mandrel or plunger
251		. . . . Three point, continuous 180 degree folding
252		. . . . Mandrel having rectangular surface
253		. . . . Forming triangularly folded container surface
254		. . . Central fold
255		. . . Tube opening and closing
256		. . . . Including application of fluid pressure or vacuum to work
257		. . . . By roller having gripper engaging end edge of tube
258		. . . . . And having side fold gripper
259		. . . . By means engaging end edge of tube
260		. . . Closing of flap
261		. . . . Multiple flaps
262		. . . . . Container moving transersely to fold
263		. . . . . . And parallel to another fold
264		. . With application of adhesive or securing by adhesive
265		. . . And drying
266		. . . Application by work contacting applicator (e.g., roller, brush, etc.)
267		. . Method
268		. . Means to assist manual manipulation
269		TUBE MAKING
270		. With printing or photographic reproduction
271		. With minute size change of formed tube
272		. With coating
273		. . Applied externally of formed tube
274		. . And heating or drying
275		. . By immersion
276		. . Adhesive
277		. . . By work engaging applicator
278		. . . . Rotary applicator
279		. . . . . Having adhesive transferring roller
280		. . . . . . Nondriven roller
281		. . . . . . And having scraper
282		. . . . . Coacting with opposed work engaging roller
283		. . . . . . Nondriven roller
284		. . . . . Brush
285		. . . . . Plural applicators
286		. . . . . . And plural sources of adhesive
287		. With cutting, breaking, tearing, or abrading
288		. . Severing of formed tube to length
289		. . . By severing means moving with work
290		. . . During relative rotation between work and severing means about work axis
291		. With surface treatment (e.g., polishing, burnishing, etc.)
292		. Tube including metal component
293		. With extruding, drawing, or attenuating
294		. With lining of tube
295		. Polygonal cross section tube
296		. Frustoconical tube
297		. Assembling of distinct members
298		. . With plural, orbiting work supply reels
299		. Spiral winding
300		. . Orbiting work supply reels
301		. . And advancing by wrapping belt
302		. With advancing of tube axially
303		. Convolute winding
304		. . By use of external guide member
305		. . By use of plural mandrels
306		. . . On turret
307		. . By manually driven or manipulated means
308		. Including closing end of tube
309		CONTAINER OR TUBE ERECTING, OPENING, OR COLLAPSING
310		. Including overfolding or reverse bending
311		. Collapsing
312		. Cellular container
313		. By direct application of vacuum or fluid pressure
314		. . Internal fluid pressure to erect container or tube
315		. . Orbital movement of work contacting vacuum applying means
316		. . Oscillating movement of work contacting vacuum means
317		. . . Compound movement
318		. By orbital means
319		. . Endless belt or chain
320		WITH PRINTING OR PHOTOGRAPHIC REPRODUCTION
321		. By rotary printer
322		. By bed and travelling cylinder printer
323		. Selective type printer
324		. And cutting, breaking, tearing, or abrading
325		. . With securing
326		WITH OR INCLUDING SURFACE PREPARATION FOR COATING
327		. Removal of previously applied coating
328		WITH COATING
329		. By immersion
330		. Plural diverse materials
331		. Adhesive
332		. . With heating or drying
333		. . Applied in a repeating pattern
334		. . With assembling of distinct members
335		. . . Indeterminate length work
336		. . By work contacting applicator
337		. . . Comprising roller
338		WITH EXTRUDING, DRAWING, OR ATTENUATING
339		. Method
340		WITH CUTTING, BREAKING, TEARING, OR ABRADING
341		. Including application of heat
342		. With scrap material separation or removal
343		. Including assembling or disassembling of distinct members
344		. . Comprising bringing two members together
345		. . . Indeterminate length member
346		. . . . Plural indeterminate length members
347		. . . . Member comprising adhesive backed tape
348		. . . . Including use of work supply hopper
349		. . . Wrapping one member about another member
350		. . . And securing by interfitting
351		. . . . Work penetrating member
352		. And with bending
353		. . By use of composite cutting, breaking, tearing, or abrading tool and folding tool
354		. . By use of composite cutting, breaking, tearing, or abrading tool and form scoring or crushing tool
355		. . Form-scoring
356		. . Folding
357		. . . With means to advance work or product
358		. . . . Continuous advance with endless belt folder surface moving with work
359		. . . . Continuous advance with rotary folder surface moving with work
360		. . . . Folding by roller
361		. Plural cutting, breaking, tearing, or abrading stations
362		. . With advancing work from first to second station
363		. Making plural, separate cuts by distinct cutting edges
364		. . Engaging work on opposite sides
365		. . . Rotary cutter
366		. . By relatively adjustable cutting edges or cutting and scoring edges
367		. . . On rotary tool support
368		. . . . Adjustable circumferentially
369		. Of moving work
370		. By rotary tool
371		. . With flexibly mounter cutter
372		. By reciprocatory tool
373		WITH SCRAP MATERIAL SEPARATION OR REMOVAL
374		ASSEMBLING OR DISASSEMBLING OF DISTINCT MEMBERS
375		. Of tag or label to tether or to article
376		. . By passing tether through tag or label and article in single stroke
377		. Including tear strip
378		. Including cutting or tearing edge
379		. Comprising bringing two members together
380		. . Indeterminate length member
381		. . . Plural indeterminate length members
382		. . . Member comprising adhesive backed tape
383		. . Including distinct securing member
384		. . . Work penetrating member
385		. . . . Bifurcated securing member
386		. . Wrapping one member about another member
387		. . . Including convex or recessed surface (e.g., eyeglass case)
388		. . . By use of rotary work support
389		. . . By use of reciprocatory work support
390		. . And securing by interfitting
391		. . . Assembling container partitions
392		. . . Work penetrating member
393		. Securing
394		SECURING
395		BENDING
396		. Form-scoring
397		. . With folding
398		. . . Plural work stations
399		. . . . Folding along score line
400		. . With means to advance or position work or product
401		. . . Continuous advance
402		. . . . By rotary tool having surface moving with work
403		. . . . . Roller
404		. . Form-scoring along intersecting lines
405		. Folding
406		. . And tautening or smoothing
407		. . With crushing or crumpling
408		. . Overfolding
409		. . Refolding or unfolding
410		. . . Of indeterminate length work
411		. . . . Including use of swinging work guiding means (e.g., zigzag folding, etc.)
412		. . . . With elevating work support
413		. . Folding of indeterminate length work by swinging work guiding means (e.g., zigzag folding, etc.)
414		. . . Swinging passage
415		. . . . Defined by feed roll pair
416		. . With means to advance work or product
417		. . . And provision to precisely align for folding
418		. . . Folding by direct application of vacuum or fluid
419		. . . Folding by buckling
420		. . . . Buckle chute folding
421		. . . . . Plural folding operations making multiple folds
422		. . . Continuous advance with folder moving with work
423		. . . . Folding by endless belt
424		. . . . Rotary folder
425		. . . . . Having radial folding blade
426		. . . . . . Radially moving folding blade
427		. . . . . . . Fold off-roll-type folder
428		. . . . . . . . And cooperating, registering cylinder
429		. . . . . . . . . 0Plural folding blades
430		. . . . . . . . . . 0For zigzag folding
431		. . . . . . . . Planetary blade
432		. . . . . . And cooperating, registering cylinder
433		. . . . . . . For zigzag folding
434		. . . . . Folding by roller
435		. . . . . . Roller couple
436		. . . Continuous advance past folder
437		. . . . Reciprocatory folder
438		. . . . Folding by passive reaction member
439		. . . . . Folding indeterminate length work
440		. . . . . . Plural folding actions
441		. . . Folding by endless belt
442		. . . Folding by roller
443		. . . . Roller passive reaction member
444		. . . . . With reciprocatory folding knife
445		. . . . . . Reaction member comprising roller pair yieldably biased together
446		. . . Folding by passive reaction member
447		. . . . Including multiple reaction members each presenting one or more shaping edges
448		. . . . . And provision to allow one reaction member to move relative to another (e.g., zigzag folding, etc.)
449		. . . . And cooperating plunger
450		. . By direct application of vacuum or fluid
451		. . By plural relatively movable folding edges approaching work from same side (e.g., zigzag folding, etc.)
452		. . Forming gable top
453		. . Including folding end flap
454		. . By rotary member
455		. . By passive reaction member
456		. . . Including multiple shaping edges on reaction member
457		. . . And cooperating reciprocatory folder
458		. . Sequential, diverse folds
459		. Pulling over an edge (e.g., curling, etc.)
460		. Deflecting
461		. . Of longitudinally moving work
462		. . . To form convolute coil (e.g., paper "log", etc.)
463		. Corrugating
464		. Crushing or crumpling
465		FLEXING
466		. To present part of workpiece for securing to another part
467		SURFACE TREATMENT
468		TOOL OR TOOL SUPPORT
469		. Adapted to be magnetically manipulated
470		. Adapted to be heated or cooled
471		. Rotary
472		. With ejector or stripper
473		. Plural tools or tool supports
474		. Expandable or collapsible
475		. Adjustable
476		. . Folder
477		MACHINE FRAME
478		. Adjustable
479		. . Plural, simultaneous adjustments
480		MISCELLANEOUS
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901		RIGID CONTAINER
902		. Dished
903		. Insulated thermally
904		. Cushioned
905		. Having window
906		. Having multilayer wall
907		. . Lined
908		. . Covered
909		. Having handle or suspension means
910		. Cigarette container
911		. . Flip-top
912		. Having internal partition
913		. . Egg container
914		. Eyeglass container
915		. Match container
916		PLIABLE CONTAINER
917		. Envelope
918		. . Expandable
919		. . Having window
920		. . Having plural compartments
921		. . Having integrally formed insert
922		. . Having liner
923		. . With opening means (e.g., tear strip, valve, etc.)
924		. Requiring external support during filling
925		. Having mesh or window opening
926		. Having handle or suspension means
927		. Reclosable
928		. . With draw string
929		. . With valve
930		. Having tear strip
931		. Having plural compartments
932		. Having plural openings
933		. Having multilayer wall
934		. Parallelepiped or tetrahedron shape
935		. Covering bag (e.g., garment protector, etc.)
936		. Square bottom
937		TEXTILE
938		. Apparel
939		APPAREL SUPPORT
940		BELLOWS
941		FILTER
942		CLEANING IMPLEMENT (E.G., BRUSH, DUST MOP, ETC.)
943		CANDY STICK
944		APERTURE CARD OR DISPLAY DEVICE WITH WINDOW
945		COIN HOLDER
946		PHONOGRAPH RECORD JACKET
947		FILE FOLDER
948		IGNITING FUSE
949		ELECTRICAL INSULATION
950		LAMP SHADE
951		SEEDLING CONTAINER
952		PHOTO CORNER MOUNT
953		STENCIL OR OUTLINE GUIDE
954		SPOOL
955		DECORATION ARTICLE
956		. Having appearance of living plant (e.g., Christmas tree, etc.)
957		. Festoon
958		. Garland
959		TOY OR AMUSEMENT ARTICLE
960		TOILET ARTICLE
961		TAG, MARKER, OR LABEL
962		CLOSURE (E.G., TIE STRING, VALVE, ETC.)
963		OPENER (E.G., TEAR STRIP, ETC.)
964		PALLET
965		. Flat or "Boat" (for candy, crakers, etc.)
966		HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE
967		DUNNAGE, WADDING, STUFFING, OR FILLING EXCELSIOR
968		STRUCTURAL SHAPE

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