CPC Definition - Subclass B26F

Last Updated Version: 2016.11
PERFORATING; PUNCHING; CUTTING-OUT; STAMPING-OUT; SEVERING BY MEANS OTHER THAN CUTTING (marking-out, perforating or making buttonholes A41H 25/00; shoemaking A43D; surgery A61B; punching metal B21D; drilling metal B23B; cutting of metal by applying heat locally, e.g. flame cutting, B23K; cutting by abrasive fluid jets B24C 5/02; details common to machines for severing B26D; drilling wood B27C; drilling stone B28D; working of plastics or substances in a plastic state B29; making boxes, cartons, envelopes or bags, of paper or similarly worked materials, e.g. metal foil, B31B; of glass C03B; of leather C14B; of textile materials D06H; for light guides G02B 6/25; of tickets G07B)
Definition statement

This place covers:

Perforating, punching, cutting-out, stamping-out;

severing, by means other than cutting, non-metallic sheet material or metal foil in general;

severing, by means other than cutting, other forms of non-metallic materials not otherwise provided for.

References
Limiting references

This place does not cover:

Marking-out, perforating or making buttonholes

A41H 25/00

Punching metal

B21D

Drilling metal

B23B

Cutting of metal by applying heat locally, e.g. flame cutting

B23K

Guns for cutting by abrasive fluid jets

B24C 5/02

Details common to machines for severing

B26D

Drilling wood

B27C

Drilling stone

B28D

Cutting of glass

C03B

Cutting of leather

C14B

Severing of textile materials

D06H

Cutting for light guides

G02B 6/25

Cutting of tickets

G07B

Informative references

Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:

Manufacturing footwear

A43D

Surgery

A61B

Blasting with jets acting as abrasive jets, but not containing particulate material in the case of de jet milling of local recessions like e.g. grooves

B24C 1/04

Blasting with jets acting as abrasive jets, but not containing particulate material in the case of deburring

B24C 1/083

Blasting with jets acting as abrasive jets, but not containing particulate material in the case of removal of extended surfaces

B24C 1/086

Working of plastics or substances in a plastic state

B29

Making boxes, cartons, envelopes or bags, of paper or similarly worked materials, e.g. metal foil

B31B

Glossary of terms

In this place, the following terms or expressions are used with the meaning indicated:

flow drilling

Friction drilling, also commonly known by the trademarked name Flowdrilling, is a non-machining method of making holes in metal, in which the material is melted by adding high pressure and friction energy.

frame

frame is a structure surrounding a second structure

passpartout

Passe-Partout (or passepartout) is the French term for a mat, a paper or, more usually, cardboard sheet with a cutout, which is placed under the glass in a picture frame . A picture (a photo or print, drawing, etc.) is placed beneath it, with the cutout framing it. The passe-partout serves two purposes: first, to prevent the image from touching the glass, and second, to frame the image and enhance its visual appeal. The cutout in the passe-partout is usually beveled to avoid casting shadows on the picture.

squeezing

means to compress the material in a locally limited area (e.g. by a rounded edge) to such an extend, that the material is displaced and hence tensional stress is produced to such an extend that the material is severed.

Synonyms and Keywords

In patent documents, the word/expression in the first column is often used instead of the word/expression in the second column, which is used in the classification scheme of this place:

"drilling"

"punching or perforating"

Perforating; Punching; Cutting-out; Stamping-out; Apparatus therefor (subbjecting the grinding tools or the abrading medium to vibration, e.g. grinding with ultrasonic frequency B24B 1/04, perforating by sand-blasting B24C; {e.g. abrasive blasting used for cutting B24C 1/045}; punching cards or tapes for statistical and record purposes G06K 1/00)
Definition statement

This place covers:

Perforating, e.g. perforating of particular materials; Punching; Cutting-out; Stamping-out; Apparatus therefor; Perforating characterized by the nature of the punching tool; Hand-held perforating or punching apparatus, e.g. awls; Cutting-out or stamping-out.

References
Informative references

Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:

Subjecting the grinding tools or the abrading medium to vibration, e.g. grinding with ultrasonic frequency

B24B 1/04

Punching cards or tapes for statistical and record purposes

G06K 1/00

to notch margins of work
Definition statement

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to notch margins of work

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{by flow drilling (for metal B21C 37/292)}
Definition statement

This place covers:

the creation of holes in substrates of non-metallic material, in which the material is melted by adding high pressure and friction energy

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References
Limiting references

This place does not cover:

Flow drilling of metal

B21C 37/292

to form non-rectilinear cuts, e.g. for tabs
Definition statement

This place covers:

to form non-rectilinear cuts, e.g. for tabs

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Perforating by non-mechanical means, e.g. by fluid jet
Definition statement

This place covers:

Perforating by non-mechanical means, e.g. by fluid jet like hot air or a water jet.

References
Limiting references

This place does not cover:

Needling of non woven fabrics

D04H 1/46

Informative references

Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:

Thermoforming of plastic webs

B29C 51/00

Hand-held perforating or punching apparatus, e.g. awls
Definition statement

This place covers:

Hand-held perforating or punching apparatus, e.g. awls

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Punching or perforating pliers
Definition statement

This place covers:

Punching or perforating pliers. Desktop paper punches.

{cutting out frames (B26F 1/384, B26F 1/40 and B26F 1/44 take precedence)}
Definition statement

This place covers:

Cutting out frames; Cutters of all kind for cutting out frames, e.g. for cutting out so-called "passpartouts".

using a press, e.g. of the ram type (presses in general B30B)
References
Informative references

Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:

Presses in general

B30B

having a pressure roller
Definition statement

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having a pressure roller e.g.

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Loose press knives
Definition statement

This place covers:

Loose press knives

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Severing by means other than cutting; Apparatus therefor (severing by grinding B24B 27/06)
References
Limiting references

This place does not cover:

Severing by grinding

B24B 27/06

{by means of a fluid jet (methods for use of abrasive blasting for cutting B24C 1/045; guns for abrasive fluid jets B24C 5/02; perforating by non-mechanical means, e.g. by fluid jet B26F 1/26)}
References
Limiting references

This place does not cover:

Perforating by non-mechanical means, e.g. by fluid jet

B26F 1/26

Methods for use of abrasive blasting for cutting

B24C 1/045

Guns for abrasive fluid jets

B24C 5/02

by radiation (by laser beam B23K 26/00)
References
Limiting references

This place does not cover:

Cutting by laser beam

B23K 26/00