CPC Definition - Subclass B27H

Last Updated Version: 2016.11
BENDING WOOD OR SIMILAR MATERIAL; COOPERAGE; MAKING WHEELS FROM WOOD OR SIMILAR MATERIAL
Definition statement

This place covers:

Bending, cooperage, wheel-making by working of wood

Bending wood stock, e.g. boards
Definition statement

This place covers:

Bending solid wood stock as well as bending plywood and bending glued laminated wood.

Illustrative examples: Shaping plywood

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Glued laminated wood which is bent

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References
Informative references

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

Shaping plywood

B27D 1/08

Presses specially designed for making shaped plywood articles

B27D 1/083

Glued laminated wood which is bent

B27M 3/0053

Bending railings

B27M 3/12

Umbrella handles

B27M 3/38

Manufacture of constructional elements of tubes, coops, or barrels (assembly, e.g. coopering, B27H 5/00)
Definition statement

This place covers:

This subclass covers the manufacture of constructional elements of woodenstaved tubes, woodenstaved vessels of a conical form, of greater length than breadth, bound together with hoops and possessing flat ends or heads. Examples include but are not limited to casks, barrels, buckets, tubs, butter churns, hogsheads, firkins, tierces, rundlets, puncheons, pipes, tuns, butts, pins and breakers.

References
Informative references

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

Assembly, e.g. coopering

B27H 5/00

Glossary of terms

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

Cooper

Traditionally, a cooper is someone who makes woodenstaved vessels of a conical form, of greater length than breadth, bound together with hoops and possessing flat ends or heads. Examples of a cooper's work include but are not limited to casks, barrels, buckets, tubs, butter churns, hogsheads, firkins, tierces, rundlets, puncheons, pipes, tuns, butts, pins and breakers.

Coop

refers to the iron band holding a set of staves together.

Manufacture of tubes, coops, or barrels (from veneer strips or sheets B27D 1/00)
References
Limiting references

This place does not cover:

Tubes from spirally wound veneer

B27D 1/086

Manufacture of wood-rimmed wheels, e.g. cart wheels, steering wheels {(B23B 3/265, B23B 5/38, B23B 41/06 take precedence)}
Definition statement

This place covers:

Manufacture of wood-rimmed wheels, e.g. cart wheels, steering wheels

Special rules of classification