1. Apparatus including a molding surface which either shapes
a fluent or bulk material, which material has plasticity as a property,
into a self-sustaining article or preform of desired shape or which
reshapes or resizes a plastic or "green" preform
or product, not provided for elsewhere.
2. Apparatus for shaping of molten materials including metal,
but excluding glass, where no molding surface is employed, e.g.,
by melt comminution or spheroidizing.
3. Apparatus for treating (e.g., vulcanizing, etc.), a product
made by the apparatus of this class, not provided for elsewhere.
4. Apparatus for randomly depositing and bonding (uniting)
particulate material, not provided for elsewhere.
5. A combination of apparatus of this class with any diverse
working or treating apparatus which combination is not provided
for elsewhere.
(1)
Note. Caveat relating to administration of this class. Only
the assignment of "original" copies of patents
issued after 1934 are to be used as evidence of appropriate classification
within the class.
(2)
Note. Class 425 does not provide for a product made by the
apparatus of the class. A specific article is classified with the respective
art class to which it belongs, (e.g., a rubber glove is provided
for elsewhere).
SECTION II - SUBCLASS REFERENCES TO THE CURRENT CLASS
for an ultra high pressure generating device disclosed
for use in changing or controlling chemical or physical properties
of a material (e.g., diamond maker, etc.).
see the notes and compare with the class for dispensing,
some of which subclasses provide for means to dispense semi-solids,
(e.g., toothpaste, putty, etc.), where there is no intent that a
dispensing orifice produces a self-sustaining preform having a shape
that is reflected in a final product.
Boot and Shoe Making, appropriate subclasses for multioperation machines, for
tools and adjuncts specialized to the making, assembling and repairing
of foot coverings, (e.g., shoes, etc.), and parts thereof even though combined
with a Class 425 means for molding or vulcanizing; see especially
subclasses 21+ for a blank molding sole machine, subclass 53.1
for a stretching last or former and subclass 128 for a shoe or boot
last of general application. Class 425 provides for the subcombination
of a shoe last support and a female mold for casting a composite
of a shoe preform and fluent material.
Textiles: Fiber Preparation,
subclasses 144+ for a process or apparatus for assembling fibers bearing
some relationship to each other or with some other material.
Textiles: Cloth Finishing,
subclasses 71+ , for apparatus for stretching or spreading a cloth
or woven fabric including a fabric in the form of a plastic film.
Plastic film stretching devices are, per se, or with film treating
means, provided for in Class 26.
Textiles: Manufacturing, appropriate subclass for apparatus producing textile products
by involving mechanical interengagement of fibers, strands or strandlike
strips and including auxiliary devices related thereto, especially
subclasses 240+ for stretching apparatus for finishing thread including
a monofilament type, (e.g., nylon, etc.). Further, see subclasses 118+ and
121 for the compacting of fibrous material into tampons or wads
or for such compacting combined with additional treatments, e.g.,
drying, where not provided for elsewhere and see the search notes
thereunder.
Metal Working,
subclasses 33+ for miscellaneous manufacturing apparatus comprising diverse
means for working material comprising (1) a metal working device
combined with a Class 425 shaping or reshaping apparatus and not
provided for elsewhere, or (2) means for shaping a nonmetal by slitting
or cutting combined with assembly means not provided for elsewhere,
or (3) diverse means for working metal.
Cutlery, appropriate subclasses for an implement type cutter
which shapes a preform by cutting only, i.e., wherein material flow
or removal is restricted to that inherent in the cutting; the combination
of a Class 30 device with a Class 425 means is provided for in Class
425.
Drying and Gas or Vapor Contact With Solids, appropriate subclasses for drying apparatus, per
se. A combination of Class 34 drying apparatus and Class 425 apparatus
is provided for in Class 425 unless the molding apparatus is recited
by name only.
Textiles: Ironing or Smoothing, appropriate subclasses for apparatus for producing
a smooth appearance on a textile or fabric surface by pressing,
stretching, etc.; see the notes under the class definition.
Fuel and Related Compositions,
subclasses 634+ , for shaping apparatus to form fuel briquets including
means peculiar to the manufacture of a fuel composition.
Static Structures (e.g., Buildings), appropriate subclasses for a static building structure,
especially
subclasses 749.1+ for a machine or implement used in the construction
thereof and not provided for elsewhere.
Package Making,
subclasses 111+ for a packaging apparatus combined with means for reshaping
package contents material either before, after or during the packaging
operation; subclass 140 for packaging apparatus combined with means
producing a cover material and subclasses 558+ for the
combination of means forming or partially forming a receptacle and
subsequent filling means.
(1)
Note. Class 425 provides for depositing material in a confining
receptacle to impart shape to the material and in which the product
therefrom is removed prior to marketing, shipping, etc.. Class
425 also provides for molding by depositing on a flate sheet divider
even though the divider remains with the product.
(2)
Note. Means for encapsulating liquid droplets by simultaneous
extrusion of a drop of liquid and a drop of fluent but hardenable encapsulating
material is provided for in Class 425. See Subclass References to
the CUrrent Class, above.
Textiles: Spinning, Twisting, and Twining, appropriate subclasses for means for producing textile
strands, yarns, threads, cords and other miscellaneous composites
of filaments or fibers and the combination thereof with means for
attenuating, drafting and drawing fibrous material, or the combination
thereof with means upstream for covering cores. Class 57 provides
for the combination of a Class 425 filament forming means recited
by name only combined with a Class 57 means; otherwise the combination
is provided for in Class 425.
Chain, Staple, and Horseshoe Making, appropriate subclasses for metal working specific to the
products of this class, see especially
subclasses 16+ for a combination of diverse working means combined
in a machine for combination of diverse working means for producing
a horseshoe.
Refrigeration,
subclasses 340+ for the combination of specific refrigeration producing means
and coacting shaping surface means for shaping or retaining the
shape of a material being congealed with or without a product release
means; however, such a combination including additional manufacturing
means, (e.g., a stick inserter for the manufacture of frozen confections
containing water, flavoring, and coloring, etc.), is provided for
in Class 425, except where the additional means is a severing means
for a congealed product.
Glass Manufacturing, appropriate subclasses for processes and apparatus
for molding or shaping glass after being melted or changed to a
plastic or softened state.
Metal Deforming, appropriate subclasses for deformation of metal stock by
application of mechanical stress to the stock while in a self-sustaining
state, (i.e., not molten or powdered); Class 72 is not only the
residual locus for such deformation of metallic stock (including
a composite with a nonmetal, e.g., metal and paper laminates, etc.),
but also is the residual locus for deformation of nondefinitive
material or unspecified or unidentified material which is construed
to be metal by use of art terms such as ingot, rail, axle blank,
etc. The combination of Class 72 apparatus and Class 425 apparatus is
provided for in Class 29, Metal Working
subclasses 33+ unless directed to a specific article manufacturing
class.
Cutting, appropriate subclasses for machine type apparatus
for reshaping a green ceramic, earthenware or other preform of plastic
material by mere cutting or severing without material flow other
than that inherent in the cutting or severing. The combination
of means shaping or reshaping such material with a cutting or severing
means is provided for in Class 425. In general, mere cutting other
than by a means cutting off of flow by a valving action on fluent material
is not, per se, provided for in Class 425. (See the collection
of notes under the class definition of Class 83 for various aspects of
cutting, drilling, turning, etc.).
Textiles: Braiding, Netting, and Lace Making, appropriate subclasses for apparatus for making
textile strands or fabrics by means braiding, knotting or intertwisting
strands.
Foods and Beverages: Apparatus,
subclasses 324+ for means for shaping or reshaping a fluent, (e.g.,
batter, etc.), or plastic, (e.g., dough, etc.) type edible combined
with means for cooking or baking, see especially subclasses 372+ for
a waffle iron and subclasses 450.1+ for apparatus for making
a composite edible by preform assembly means or by package making
means where the container or wrapper is an edible, (e.g., means
filling a doughnut, cream puff, etc.).
(1)
Note. Class 425 provides for apparatus to make a composite
edible within a female mold or extrusion cavity and for apparatus to
shape a bulk fluent edible into a self-sustaining product, or to
reshape an edible preform, with or without means for applying a coating.
Presses, appropriate subclasses for a press apparatus not
provided for elsewhere. Class 100 provides for a press, including
means for compacting material into bale, of the type providing a
mechanical interlock, (e.g., hay, scrap paper, etc.), to form a
bale, etc. Class 425 provides for shaping or reshaping apparatus
of the press forming type having a shaping surface including means
for making a self-sustaining article by compacting a mass of powder,
granules or dust where the article retains its shape by interfacial
bonds among adjacent particles generated by pressing.
(1)
Note. For the locus providing for an ultra high pressure
generating device disclosed for use in changing or controlling chemical or
physical properties of a material, (e.g., diamond maker, etc.) see
Lines With Other Classes and Within This Class, above.
Coating Apparatus, appropriate subclasses for apparatus for coating a base
including a machine controlled relationship between a coating applicator
and the base, see especially
subclass 44 for means temporarily deforming, (e.g., by unraveling,
etc.), to enhance a coating operation.
(1)
Note. Class 425 provides for (1) the combination of a coating
apparatus and means including a shaping surface for shaping or reshaping
plastic-ware or earthenware, (2) means molding a facing type coating
on a base by a stencil mold means confining a fluent material therein,
(3) extrusion means applying a coating to a preform moving through
the extrusion orifice, which orifice shapes the coating to a configuration
other than that of the preform. (Patents which disclose a wire
coating extrusion device for Class 118 but claim no wire handling
features are assigned to Class 118).
(2)
Note. A trowel for controlling coating thickness combined
with a Class 118 coating apparatus is provided for in Class 118 as
a perfecting feature.
(3)
Note. Class 118 provides for application of fluent gasket
material in a bottle cap; however, the combination with a means
for subsequent shaping of the gasket is provided for in Class 425.
Stone Working, appropriate subclasses for a tool or machine for
working upon stone or stone-like material after quarrying from its native
position. See the collection of search notes under the class definition
for related subject matter.
Tobacco, appropriate subclasses under
subclasses 280+ for apparatus for making a cigar or cigarette including
means for molding or forming and subclasses 111+ for an
apparatus for making a tobacco plug or a compressed shaped tobacco
product.
Wireworking, appropriate subclasses for apparatus for shaping or deforming
wire or the assembly and uniting of wire with wire or nonwire material
by twisting, bending, kinking, looping, etc.; see especially
subclasses 3+ for apparatus for making wire fabric and subclasses
71+ for apparatus for making or forming an article from
wire; see the search notes in the class definition.
Fluent Material Handling, With Receiver or Receiver
Coacting Means, appropriate subclasses for a fluent material dispensing
means having means providing a combination relationship with a receiver
or a receiver coacting means; see the collection of notes in Lines With
Other Classes and Within This Class and References to Other Classes
in class definition in regard to filling apparatus combined with treating
or manufacturing apparatus.
Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture, appropriate subclasses for laminating apparatus including
means for assembling and uniting preforms, not elsewhere provided
for, even though combined with an upstream or downstream separate
and distinct shaping or reshaping apparatus, see especially
subclasses 394.1+ for a tire body building type, subclasses 425+ for
laminating apparatus comprising means for longitudinally progressive
helical winding of uncured material such that the product is homogeneous
with an exterior shape determined by a core or mandrel, subclasses
433+ for means for uniting flexible strands, and subclasses
500+ for a Class 156 laminating apparatus combined with distinct
means for casting, plastic molding or extruding. With respect to
the line between Class 156 and Class 425, Class 425 provides for
laminating apparatus comprising (1) means to make and to bond preforms
within the same mold cavity (2) mold means uniting preforms and
simultaneously shaping the joint formed by plastic flow of bulk
or fluent bonding material or of plastic flow of at least one preform
except in tire building apparatus, (3) means providing a mold frame
sandwiched between spaced preforms, which frame shapes a bonding
material therein, (4) mold means shaping fluent material and uniting
the fluent material while in a moldable state in the mold to a preform,
and (5) vulcanizing means including means for supporting an article
being vulcanized, which supporting means conforms to the shape of
the article.
Wheelwright Machines,
subclasses 1.1+ for a tire mounting or demounting apparatus, subclass
8 for tire tighteners, subclass 11 for tire removers and subclass
13 for grooving, slitting or lacerating rubber tires.
Paper Making and Fiber Liberation, appropriate subclasses for an apparatus or process for making
paper by deposition of fibers from a liquid suspension thereof to
form an interfelted product, especially
subclasses 289+ for an apparatus to form a running length product
and subclasses 382+ for a foraminous forming mold to make
discrete articles by pulp molding.
Needle and Pin Making, appropriate subclasses for multi-operation apparatus
for the manufacture of crocheting, knitting and sewing needles
as well as garment-fastening pins either of the straight or safety
type.
Metal Founding, appropriate subclasses for a metal founding process or
apparatus, especially
subclasses 159+ for apparatus to shape a forming surface, (e.g.,
sand molds, etc.), subclasses 272+ for means to shape molten
metallic material against a shaping surface and subclasses 374+ for
a foundry mold flask or flask section. Class 425 provides for shaping
of molten metal without use of a shaping surface, (e.g., by molten
metal comminution, speroidizing, etc.), and for shaping of powdered
metal on a molding surface. A disclosure of subject matter for
both Classes 164 and 425 is assigned to Class 425 unless the claims
are restricted solely to the Class 164 subject matter.
Weighing Scales,
subclasses 60+ for a dough dividing machine which weighs out a
definite quantity; a dough dividing machine which merely measures
a quantity by volume and simultaneously provides a shaped preform
is provided for in Class 425.
Type Casting, appropriate subclasses for printing type forming means,
see especially
subclasses 47+ for casting mechanism for integral line type including
a mold and subclasses 80+ for separate type casting mechanisms
including a mold.
Chemistry: Electrical and Wave Energy,
subclass 281 for an electro-forming mold or strip plate and
subclass 298.01 for means forming an object by cathode sputtering.
Electric Heating, appropriate subclasses for electric heating devices, per
se, or for certain specific combinations provided for therein; see especially
subclasses 149+ for means heating metal electrically combined with
forging or shaping means and see the search notes thereunder, and
subclasses 420+ for an electrical heating device combined
with a crucible or furnace adapted to hold meltable material.
Dispensing, appropriate subclasses for dispensing means, per
se, some of which dispense semi-solids, (e.g., tooth paste, putty,
etc.), where there is no intent that a dispensing orifice produces
a self-sustaining preform having a shape that is reflected in a
final product. (See Subclass References to the Current Class, above
for a reference to the line between Class 222 and Class 425.)
Apparel Apparatus, is the generic class for machines and machine methods of
making, except by knitting or weaving, repairing and maintaining
in proper condition, apparel and analogous articles, (e.g., household
linens, etc.), especially
subclasses 12+ for a hat shaping press, subclasses 28+ for
an apparel fluting press and subclasses 52+ for a device
for pressing, forming, molding or stretching articles of apparel.
Metal Fusion Bonding, especially
subclasses 15.1+ for metal fusion bonding apparatus combined with
means to deform work, or a filler or a flux portion before fusion
bonding.
Solid Material Comminution or Disintegration, appropriate subclasses for a comminutor for a solid
of the extrusion type, (e.g., meat or vegetable grinder or "ricer",
etc.), which produces a porous bulk mass of material comminuted rather
than a self-sustaining shaped product. The combination of a Class
425 shaping means and a comminutor is provided for in Class 425; a
patent disclosing both types will be assigned to Class 425 unless
the claims are limited to a Class 241 type.
Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding, appropriate subclasses for a combination of a nominal
filament or web forming means combined with a Class 242 device;
however, Class 425 provides for the combination whenever the forming means
is define more specifically than by name only.
Static Molds, appropriate subclasses for static means for shaping fluent
material; see especially
subclasses 1+ for an in situ construction or building type form
or mold, subclass 54 for a dental prosthodontic type of static mold,
subclasses 117+ for a container type mold and subclasses
175+ for a core. Class 249 provides only for a static
subcombination or element of Classes 164 and 425. Class 249 does
not provide for dynamic apparatus nor for a static mold combined
with a diverse function means, except for a few specially provided
for combinations with perfecting devices, where such device is also
static and integral with mold or is essential thereto, (e.g., a
tunnel core with a wheel or skid, etc.). A female mold of a male-female
press couple is provided for in Class 249. See the amplified line
notes in the class definition of Class 249.
Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating:
Processes, appropriate subclasses for a process corresponding
to an apparatus provided for in Class 425. A patent containing process
and apparatus claims of equal comprehensiveness will be classified
as an "original" in class 264; otherwise, the
general rule that the most comprehensive claim controls placement of
the "original" copy will be followed between Class
264 and 425.
Metallurgical Apparatus,
subclass 249 for apparatus for treating and shaping solid metal; apparatus
to press and sinter powdered metal is provided for in Class 425.
See subclass 160 for apparatus to pelletize or ball a metal bearing ore
combined with means to sinter, indurate, reduce or otherwise metallurgically
treat the ore prior to, during or after the shaping operation.
Agitating,
subclasses 69+ for working and kneading apparatus for rubber or
heavy plastics, such apparatus combined with discharge means which
cooperate with a molding will be classified in Class 425.
Coating Implements With Material Supply, appropriate subclasses for a coating implement with
a material supply including a former which is capable of shaping
the coating in one dimension only. Class 425 provides for similar structure
having means for shaping a coating in plural dimensions.
Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting, Deodorizing,
Preserving, or Sterilizing,
subclasses 245.1+ for non-coating apparatus for crystallization of
non-metal, non-glass material with no intent to provide a shaped
article and with no intent to grow single-crystal.
Heating,
subclasses 77+ , for a heating furnace with work cooling structure;
subclasses 120+, for a heating furnace or kiln; and subclasses 258+,
for structure supporting ceramic material during heat treatment.
Dentistry,
subclasses 25+ for dental apparatus including a shaping or reshaping
means restricted to dental use. See particular subclasses 34+ for
dental impression devices.
Butchering,
subclasses 35+ for sausage stuffer and subclasses 46+ for
a sausage linkers. Class 425 provides for dynamic meat briquetting other
than stuffing comminuted meat into a sausage casing.
Manufacturing Container or Tube From Paper; or
Other Manufacturing From a Sheet or Web, for working previously made paper into an article
of commerce (e.g., a bag, box, envelope, etc.) without thinning
flow. Class 425 provides for such apparatus wherein there is thinning flow.
See the line note to Class 425 expressed under the definition of
Class 493.
Compositions: Ceramic, appropriate subclasses for ceramic compositions,
or process for preparation, including specific firing or crystallization
or pore forming thereof.
Hazardous or Toxic Waste Destruction or Containment,
subclasses 249 through 260for the permanent enclosing or encapsulating of
hazardous or toxic waste.
SECTION IV - GLOSSARY
AND
When used in a subclass title indicates plural basic
subject matter of this class. And/or has not been used;
see "OR".
BLOWING
Forming a plastic mass or preform by introducing gas under
pressure within the mass or preform.
BOND
Uniting by adhesive means or fusion (a mechanical interlock
is excluded).
BRAKE
A baker"s kneading machine. In bread making "braking" is
kneading.
BULK MATERIAL
A mass or pile of stock material lacking any shape that contributes
to a final shape after molding. Bulk material may have a definite
shape but it must not contribute its shape to a final desired form.
CASTING
Forming a preform by pouring fluent stock onto or into a
shaping surface. Synonym: Teeming.
CLOSED SYSTEM
Plural fluid containing elements in fluid tight relation when
under pressure.
COMPOSITE
A preform or product made of diverse materials, each
of which is identifiable, at least in part, in the final product.
CONDENSATE
Material derived by a change in physical state from a vapor
to a liquid.
CONVOLUTE
To twist or to coil with one part of a preform overlapping
another part.
CORE
A separable static male shaping surface providing a hollow
portion in a casting. A core is differentiated from a plunger in
that a plunger moves during a shaping operation.
CORRUGATE
To shape a layer into parallel rows of wavelike folds extending
along its width or length and transverse to the thickness.
CULLET
Waste or broken plastic.
CURE
A chemical or physical treatment to obtain a stable state of
a preform or product, (e.g., by vulcanizing, drying, etc.).
CYCLE
A sequence of manipulative steps governed by a mechanism
such as a cam, timer, program means, etc.
DIE
An apparatus part having a work contacting part for shaping
or reshaping the work.
DISTINCT
An independent entity.
DIVERSE
Differing from one another.
DOUGH
A soft semi-solid mass capable of being kneaded or of being
shaped into a self-sustaining form, (e.g., clay bread dough, etc.).
DRUM
A hollow cylinder, substantially circular in cross-section,
which has a surface used as a shaping or working surface.
DYNAMIC SUBJECT MATTER
Apparatus in which motion of a part is essential to accomplish
a desired function, (e.g., shaping, cutting, etc.).
EARTHENWARE
A product made of (1) slightly porous opaque clay fired at
low heat; (2) inorganic settable ingredient containing, (e.g., Portland
cement type, etc.), (3) powdered metal (4) ceramics other than glass
or slag; (5) alkali metal silicate containing.
EJECTOR
Means to release or remove a product from a shaping surface.
EMBOSSING
Altering a surface configuration only.
ENDLESS
A closed loop, such as the peripheral surface of a roll,
a cylinder or a drum.
EXTRUDANT
A shaped body of material formed by forcing the material
through a confining, shaping orifice.
FEMALE MOLD
A receptacle having structure for imparting a desired configuration
to a removable product formed therein from stock material.
FLARE
Reshaping a tubular portion by spreading a portion outwardly.
FLUENT MATERIAL
A material which lacks ability to retain a shape at working
temperatures, but instead readily conforms in shape to the configuration
of a surface upon or within which it is placed.
GANG MOLD
A single mold having plural shaping compartments in which
plural articles are formed by one operation.
"GREEN" PRODUCT
Self-sustaining but not permanently set or cured, (e.g., unvulcanized
rubber, etc.).
INDEFINITE LENGTH WORK
A self-sustaining body having a longitudinal dimension which
is effectively infinite.
IN SITU
Remaining in the same place.
INTERFACIAL BOND
Cohesion among common boundaries of particles material
without a mechanical interlock.
KNEADING
Working a material by intermittent squeezing and relieving
a semi-solid material such as dough, rubber, etc. Synonym: BRAKING
LAST
A form for shaping a shoe.
LAW OF A MACHINE
Control of sequential operations of machine parts by electrical
or mechanical program means with operator control reduced to mere
starting or stopping of operation of the machine.
MANDREL
A shaping form over or around which material is shaped or
a preform is resized.
MECHANICAL-INTERLOCK BOND
A joint made by random lapping of discrete pieces, (e.g.,
as in a bale of paper, etc.).
MINERAL PLASTIC
A naturally occurring mineral which can be formed into a
stone-like product by grinding, wetting, shaping and burning.
NECK RING
The portion of a segmented mold which forms the neck portion
of a hollow article.
OR
This conjunction is used in this class to indicate either the
combination of two subcombinations or either one of the subcombinations.
PALLET
A supporting surface used as a mold bottom or as a green
material handling device.
PARISON
An intermediate hollow preform from which a bottle or the
like is made.
PARTICULATE MATERIAL
Minute separate particles which are handled as bulk and not
as individual pieces.
PARTING MATERIAL
A material that prevents adhesion or sticking of work
to the apparatus.
PLASTIC ARTICLE OR EARTHENWARE
This generic title embraces the types of material, which have
the common property of plasticity under the working conditions of
the apparatus and are shaped or reshaped by apparatus within the
scope of the class. These materials include the following: (1)
natural or synthetic resins or gums; (2) green ceramic compositions,
(e.g., clay, etc.); (3) particulate material or powder including
powdered metal; (4) melts of solids or softened solids except of
glass or of metal where a shaping surface is used; (5) slurries
except of paper pulp; (6) dough or paste, including edible types.
PLASTICITY
The property of a material to flow either in a fluent
or conditioned solid state, whereby it may be shaped or reshaped
into a self-sustaining preform or product.
PLATEN
Means providing a press-type shaping surface.
PREFORM
A self-sustaining intermediate object having a configuration
that contributes in part to the shape or structure of a final product.
PRODUCT
The material or article which has been shaped, reshaped or
treated by the apparatus; the result of a shaping, reshaping or
treating operation. (Note: material which may be "product" for
one shaping operation may be "work" for an ensuing
operation).
PROFILE
Representation of an object in outline, (e.g., a shape obtain
by sculpturing, etc.).
REBEADING
Restoring a bead or rim on a product, usually a tire.
RECAPPING
Restoring the wear surface on a tire casing.
REGISTERING
Providing an exact fit of mating parts.
RESHAPING
Changing the configuration of a preform to a desired shape
(deformation involving a surface rather than an entire layer is
included).
RESIZING
Changing a dimension but not the overall configuration.
ROLL
An endless shaping surface which has a substantially circular
cross-section.
SCREED
An implement used to scrape off or smooth a surface of material
which is being molded.
SELF-SUSTAINING
The capacity to retain an imparted shape.
SETS
A group of shaping couples each of which generally comprises
plural coacting means.
SEVER
To separate a portion from a body by cutting or breaking or
perforating.
SINTERING
The coalescence of parts into one solid mass through heating,
generally with melting limited to a surface layer only of each particle.
SPINNERET
Means providing a shaping orifice of a size to produce pliable
filaments.
SPINNING
Extrusion molding of indefinite length filaments.
STATIC APPARATUS
Apparatus having no relatively moving parts during the forming
or shaping operation.
STOCK
A material being worked on or treated by apparatus. Synonym:
WORK
SUBSTRATE
A workpiece to which a layer or coating of material is applied.
Synonym: BASE
SURFACE DEFORMATION
A reshaping operation involving only a surface of a preform,
i.e., partially through the thickness of a layer.
TAMP
To compact by a series of blows and thereby eliminate air
pockets or other voids.
TEEMING
See Casting.
TEMPLATE
A pattern used as a guide to the form of a piece being made.
TRAP CHAMBER
A compartment having means for providing a measured charge
of material passing therethrough.
TRAVELING
A movement to or from a station, (e.g., shaping, feeding or
ejecting station, etc.), as opposed to movement at a station essential
to an operation, (e.g., mere mold opening or closing, etc.).
TREATMENT
Altering or actively maintaining some property or a product
or preform.
VEHICLE
A fluid, generally a liquid, employed to carry stock material
to a molding surface.
WITH
As used in a subclass title indicates the combination
of basic subject matter of this class and that of a diverse class.
WORK
The material being shaped, reshaped or treated by the apparatus.
Synonym: STOCK
MEANS UTILIZING FORCE FROM EXPLOSIVE OR THERMIC COMPOSITION
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Apparatus which employs, as an essential element of the
shaping force an explosive or thermic composition, charge or device.
Explosive and Thermic Compositions or Charges, appropriate subclasses, for explosive and thermic
charges, per se. See Note 6 of the Class 149 definition for additional
search notes.
Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating:
Processes,
subclass 84 , for the process of shaping a plastic or nonmetallic
article by the use of an explosive force.
SHAPING MEANS EMPLOYING ANATOMICAL BODY OR PORTION THEREOF (I.E., ANIMAL OR PLANT)
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Apparatus in which a portion of a plant or animal body structure
is employed as an impression pattern to impart its shape to a molding
material.
Static Molds, appropriate subclasses for static molds, per se.
The line between Classes 249 and 425 is as follows: Class 249
will take only those female molds, per se, disclosed for shaping
material around an anatomical body positioned therein. All other molds,
(e.g., female molds disclosed for retaining material while the body member
is pressed therein, female molds in which the body member constitutes
at least a portion of a mold wall, or female molds including means
for feeding material thereto, etc.), are proper for Class 425.
WITH DIRECT APPLICATION OF MAGNETIC FORCE TO MANIPULATE SHAPING MEANS OR WORK
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Apparatus comprising means to effect a direct application
of magnetic force to the work or a shape imparting member to magnetically hold
or manipulate said work or member and facilitate, perfect, or expedite
a snaping or treating operation.
Metal Deforming,
subclasses 54+ , for process or apparatus for deforming metal by
application of an energy field, especially subclass 56, wherein kinetic
energy of a field is used to deform the metal.
Metal Founding,
subclasses 146+ for metal casting apparatus including means to
directly apply magnetic force to work or to manipulate or hold shaping
means.
WITH MECHANICAL MEANS FORMING OR EXPANDING PORES (E.G., FOAMING, ETC.)
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Apparatus comprising means specifically designed or modified
to cause or aid the generation or expansion of pores within the work
during or prior to shaping.
(1)
Note. To be included herein, the apparatus must include means
to mechanically introduce a gas into the work, (e.g., gas injection
means, beaters, gaseous pressure or vacuum chambers, (etc.). Means causing
of controlling a chemical reaction, (e.g., heating means, cooling means,
means mixing reactive ingredients, etc.), are classified in appropriate subclasses
below even though the reaction results in a formed or porous article.
Means injecting steam into an area confining partially expanded
beads to cause further expansion is within the scope of this subclass.
Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating:
Processes,
subclasses 41+ , for process of forming pores in an article either
mechanically or chemically. See the notes and search notes under
Search Class 41.
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Apparatus for enclosing normally liquid materials within
a capsule by forming or molding said capsule around discrete droplets
or portions of said liquid.
Package Making,
subclasses 111+ , for a packaging apparatus combined with means
for shaping the contents material either before, after or during packaging,
subclass 140 for packing apparatus combined with a cover production
means, and subclasses 558+, for means forming a receptacle
combined with downstream filling means; see the search notes in
these subclasses of Class 5.
MEANS MAKING PARTICULATE MATERIAL DIRECTLY FROM LIQUID OR MOLTEN MATERIAL
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Apparatus comprising means dividing or comminuting liquid
material to form discrete particles and allowing the liquid to solidify while
in particulate form.
(1)
Note. Excluded from this and indented subclasses are devices
in which the particles are solidified while in contact with a shape
imparting surface.
(2)
Note. Where the purpose of the comminution is to effect an
operation on the material other than that to produce a product of
a desired size or shape the patent is not included herein, but will
be found in the class providing for said operation.
(3)
Note. Included herein is a machine for making cotton candy.
The fibers are of indeterminate length and thus are considered
particles as opposed to strands or filaments.
Metal Working,
subclasses 1.22+ for apparatus for making bullets, or shot usually
involving a plurality of metal working operations, and subclasses 4.51+ for
the production of metal shreds by a cutting operation.
Glass Manufacturing,
subclass 484 , for fiber glass making apparatus and processes,
subclasses 21.1+ for a process for making self-supporting
particles from glass or glass-like material and subclass 141, for
apparatus for disintegrating and solidifying a glass or glass-like
melt with a cooling fluid.
Solid Material Comminution or Disintegration,
subclasses 31+ , for apparatus for comminuting solid material, even
though combined with a prior comminuting and solidification of a melted
material.
Colloid Systems and Wetting Agents; Subcombinations
Thereof; Processes of Making, Stabilizing, Breaking, or Inhibiting, appropriate subclasses for subject matter relating
to: colloid systems (such as sols*, emulsions, dispersions,
foams, aerosols, smokes, gels, or pastes) or wetting agents (such
as leveling, penetrating, or spreading); subcombination compositions
of colloid systems containing at least an agent specialized and designed
for or peculiar to use in making or stabilizing colloid systems; compositions
and subcombination compositions specialized and designed for or
peculiar to use in breaking (resolving) or inhibiting colloid systems;
processes of making the compositions or systems of the class; processes
of breaking (resolving) or inhibiting colloid systems; in each instance,
when generically claimed or when there is no hierarchically superior
provision in the USPC for the specifically claimed art.
This subclass is indented under subclass 6. Apparatus wherein the means for reducing the liquid or melted
material comprises a forcible stream of an extraneous fluid directly
against said material.
This subclass is indented under subclass 6. Apparatus in which the means for reducing the liquid or
melted material comprises a member mounted for angular motion around
an axis.
This subclass is indented under subclass 6. Apparatus including a separate fluid medium contacting and
aiding the solidification or generation of formed particles.
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Apparatus comprising means to renew, mend, fix or otherwise
treat an article so as to put it into better or usable condition
or to the state of newness as originally manufactured.
(1)
Note. To be included herein, the resulting article must be
of the same general type as the article being repaired or restored.
Mere reclaiming of rubber from worn tires, for example, is not included
herein but classified on some other basis.
Metal Working,
subclasses 402.01+ , especially 402.18 for a process of reclaiming,
renewing or repairing articles for reuse; see the search notes thereunder.
Presses, appropriate subclasses for presses of general utility,
especially
subclass 231 , for a frame type reciprocating press. As between
Classes 100 and 156, all tire or tire tube patching presses are
considered to be specialized and are proper for Class 156.
Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture,
subclasses 94+ and appropriate other subclasses for apparatus
and process for repairing an article by laminating. The line between
Classes 156 and 425 is as follows: apparatus wherein no apparent
shaping is involved, e.g., opposed pressure members merely applying
a patch, and/or valve member and vulcanizing same is properly classified
within Class 156; apparatus utilizing opposed pressure members to
give at least two dimensional shape or apparatus utilizing the work
to afford a shaping cavity, e.g., fusing and vulcanizing repair
plug with a toroidal preform, is properly classified within this
or appropriate indented subclasses. If it is impossible to determine
whether shaping is involved those patents which disclose tire repair
means including curved or configured platens are considered proper
for this class and all patents which disclose tire repair means including
flat platens are considered proper for Class 156.
This subclass is indented under subclass 11. Apparatus which includes means for introducing fluent molding
material under pressure to the worn or damaged area.
(1)
Note. A cut or blemish in a tire wall or carcass is considered
a molding cavity.
This subclass is indented under subclass 11. Apparatus which includes an enclosing form of (1) a bendable
material (e.g., flexible channel) or (2) a flexible web wrapped
under tension about the article for applying a force to the repair
moldable material and the article repair area.
This subclass is indented under subclass 11. Apparatus in which there are means defining a generally "U" shaped
pressure channel for only a portion of a tire type article being
repaired said channel coacting with at least one pressure plate
which applies a compressive molding force to the repair molding
material and the repair area of the article.
(1)
Note. The pressure plate does not require a flat configuration.
This subclass is indented under subclass 11. Apparatus comprising means by which the entire circumferential
surface of either the tread, sidewalls or bead area of a tire type
article is replaced.
This subclass is indented under subclass 17. Apparatus including means to position or center the tire
carcass with respect to the mold, or means to align the mold with
respect to the tire or tire carcass.
This subclass is indented under subclass 17. Apparatus comprising a recapping mold so made as to completely
encircle the circumference of the tire being repaired, but extending only
partly across the width of the sidewall.
This subclass is indented under subclass 20. Apparatus including bead spreading means for reducing the
diameter of the tire or to spread the tire in a manner to cause
a proper fitting and force applying relationship with the tire and
the recapping mold.
This subclass is indented under subclass 20. Apparatus including annular opposed movable pressure plates
or platens coacting in a supporting and force applying relationship
on the sidewalls of a tire being recapped.
(1)
Note. The pressure platens do not have to be acting on the
tire sidewalls directly, but be acting on opposed annular mold sections
supporting and molding a tire.
This subclass is indented under subclass 20. Apparatus in which the recapping is accomplished at least
in part by means applying a force to the internal portion of the
tire being recapped so as to afford a fitting and force applying
relationship with the tire and recapping mold.
This subclass is indented under subclass 20. Apparatus comprising a tire mold divided into complementary
coacting annular sections wherein one section is separable from
another section by moving one section generally perpendicular to
its diameter.
(1)
Note. Included herein are devices wherein the mold sections
are hinged and the motion employed in opening or closing is an arcuate
motion.
for means feeding fluent stock from plural sources
to a common shaping means to form a composite product, see especially
subclass 133.1 for concentric extrusion shaping means encased within
a common nozzle housing wherein a lamina is formed within the extrusion
device.
for the combination of means to bring preforms into
assembled relation in combination with means to bond them together
in means which causes a preform reshaping.
Compositions: Coating or Plastic,
subclass 2 , for a composition disclosed as a coating repellent
(e.g., parting material, etc.); and subclasses 38.2+, for
a mold or mold coating composition.
Coating Apparatus, appropriate subclasses for coating apparatus but especially
subclasses 14 and 18, for edible-base or coating type combined with
coating decorating means or solid means acting on a coating after application,
except where such instrumentalities are in the nature of molds or
dies, which latter combination is in this Class 425, and subclass
44 with coating apparatus combined with means to deform work.
This subclass is indented under subclass 11. Apparatus which comprises means adapted to contact only
a segment of the circumference of a tire and to maintain that portion
in condition or position for repair.
This subclass is indented under subclass 26. Apparatus wherein the supporting means is an internal member
capable of extending in one or more directions to increase the outward
pressure of the tire portion.
(1)
Note. Typically, this includes a fluid impermeable, closed,
fabric bag with a shape similar to a segment of the interior of
a tire, and generally called an "air bag".
Pipe Joints or Couplings,
subclasses 95+ for fluid pressure seal in a pipe joint; subclass
196 for an expansible spigot type pipe to plate joint and subclass
346 for packing expanding means in a packed pipe joint of the friction
clutch type.
RESHAPING, RESIZING, OR VULCANIZING MEANS FOR TIRE, TIRE
TUBE OR DRIVE BELT:
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Apparatus uniquely adapted for manufacturing by means reshaping,
resizing, or vulcanizing performs into (a) flexible or resilient doughnut
shaped articles which are used on the periphery or rim of a vehicle
wheel (generally to absorb shock and/or control traction),
or (b) endless flexible bands (e.g., drive belts, etc.) which are
used to transmit power.
(1)
Note. Excluded under the definition are devices of general
utility, even thought by disclosure they are for use in operating
on a portion of a tire tube or belt. For example, a device for
holding two ends of a tube in assembled relationship for vulcanizing
are not here but provided for below.
Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture,
subclasses 394.1+ for an apparatus or subcombination thereof specifically adapted
for assembling elements of a tire body either into the form of an endless
article or an article which has a circular or horseshoe cross-section with
means causing the associated parts to adhere one to the other; see especially
subclasses 414+ for a tire building drum, per se.
Wheelwright Machines, appropriate subclasses for means for assembling wheels,
especially
subclass 13 for means for mechanically treating outer periphery
of a rubber tire casing including means for removal of mold flash
from a tire or means for the reclamation of materials from a tire which
does not destroy the tire.
Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating:
Processes,
subclasses 299+ , especially subclasses 315+ and 326 for
processes of vulcanizing tires and belts.
This subclass is indented under subclass 28.1. Apparatus including means for sensing or detecting a variation
in an operating sequence or condition and means responsive thereto
to effect a change in operation.
for control means responsive to or actuated by means
sensing or detecting a variable condition in apparatus other than
for a tire, tire tube or drive belt.
This subclass is indented under subclass 28.1. Apparatus including time limiting means operating independently
of the apparatus drive means, said means causing a change in the operation
of the apparatus at the end of a selected time period.
This subclass is indented under subclass 31. Apparatus including a female shaping or sizing means encasing
the preform subsequent to conversion to a toroid.
This subclass is indented under subclass 32. Apparatus comprising means to place an expansible enclosure
or bag within the hollow portion of a mold or housing.
This subclass is indented under subclass 34.1. Apparatus wherein the plural female molds for plural preforms
are enclosed within one separate vulcanizing chamber (e.g., autoclave).
This subclass is indented under subclass 28.1. Apparatus which includes the combination of (1) a shaping
means comprising a cavity of generally toroidal or annular shape
and (2) means for holding preform material against said means.
This subclass is indented under subclass 35. Apparatus which includes distinct means to support or maintain
the bead portion of a tire casing.
(1)
Note. To be included herein the bead engaging means must
be other than a unitary extension or part of the mold, (e.g., it
must be separable, separately adjustable or movable, etc.).
This subclass is indented under subclass 35. Apparatus which includes plural means for forming sidewall
openings in the solid rubber portion of a tire, the openings being
parallel to the tread surface.
(1)
Note. These openings produce a more resilient tire, generally
called a "cushion tire".
This subclass is indented under subclass 35. Apparatus comprising mechanism which either (1) places or
positions preform material in the female mold prior to the shaping
or treating operation, or (2) extracts the product from the mold
after the operation.
(1)
Note. Included under this definition are means breaking the
bond between the mold and the tire for subsequent removal of a tire
from the mold area.
This subclass is indented under subclass 35. Apparatus in which the shaping means defining the cavity
comprises resilient material capable of being extended or expanded
during use.
(1)
Note. To be included herein, the mold surface must change
size, not merely be designed for knockdown.
This subclass is indented under subclass 40. Apparatus in which the temperature change is applied or
produced by means within the cavity encompassed by the walls of
the preform.
(1)
Note. This includes, for example, the introduction of a hot
gas into a tire or inner tube during shaping.
This subclass is indented under subclass 35. Apparatus in which the means confining the preform in the
cavity comprises a member whose size may be varied to press or maintain the
preform in position.
(1)
Note. Included herein is an air bag comprising a fabric which
does not itself stretch, when such bags change their overall size
by changing the interior gas pressure. Solid knockdown cores designed
for insertion or removal, are not considered expansible.
This subclass is indented under subclass 35. Apparatus which includes means applying fluid under pressure
into direct contact with an internal surface of a hollow preform.
(1)
Note. This includes, for example, the introduction of air
under pressure into a tire or inner tube to hold it in contact with
a female mold surface.
This subclass is indented under subclass 44. Apparatus in which the preform is a tire inner tube and
the apparatus include either (1) valve stem means in the shaping
or treating device itself adapted to admit fluid pressure thereinto or,
(2) means to receive or maintain in position the valve stem of the
preform being shaped or treated.
This subclass is indented under subclass 35. Apparatus wherein the tread shaping means is capable of
being removed independently of the rest of the mold.
This subclass is indented under subclass 28.1. Apparatus comprising a shaping means comprising a plurality
of sections provided with specific fastening means for securing
the sections together.
This subclass is indented under subclass 28.1. Apparatus comprising (1) means on the inside of a tire,
tube or belt to maintain it in position or (2) means to strip from
or place into an article to be treated a bag or other member treating the
article.
Metal Working,
subclasses 700+ for assembly and disassembly apparatus, per se,
not elsewhere provided for, especially subclass 239 for such apparatus
including means for spreading parts apart, and subclasses 244+ for
a puller or pusher type having a force multiplying operator.
This subclass is indented under subclass 28.1. Apparatus comprising an annular mold or form designed to
be positioned interiorly of and to support a toroidal preform.
This subclass is indented under subclass 49. Apparatus wherein the mold or form is capable of changing
its size or dimension.
(1)
Note. To be included herein the mold or form surface must
change in size, not merely be designed for knockdown to facilitate
insertion and removal.
This subclass is indented under subclass 51. Apparatus in which the mold or form comprises an impermeable
flexible diaphragm or bag into which fluid under pressure is introduced
to cause expansion.
This subclass is indented under subclass 55. Apparatus provided with a full-circle ring which engages
the plural sections of the annular mold or form to hold them in
an assembled relationship.
This subclass is indented under subclass 49. Apparatus comprising (1) annular means to complete the closing
of a tubeless tire or to support an air bag within a tire casing
or (2) means clamping the bead rechain of a tire against an internal
support.
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Apparatus comprising means employing a portion of the earth
below ground level as a shape imparting member to form a structure which
is at least partially submerged in the earth.
Hydraulic and Earth Engineering,
subclasses 150.1+ for method or apparatus for casting a tunnel lining
in situ; subclass 223 for apparatus for casting a marine structure
in situ; and subclasses 233+ for apparatus for casting
a foundation pile or pier in situ.
BOOM MOUNTED DEPOSITING AND FORMING MEANS OF THE CARROUSEL TYPE
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Apparatus comprising molding apparatus mounted on a lever
pivotally mounted at one end so as to rotate or oscillate around
the pivot axis.
(1)
Note. At least the shaping or forming members must be mounted
for such movement. The feeding means may be stationary.
WITH TRANSPORTATION DEVICE FOR RELOCATING MOLDING APPARATUS TO DIFFERENT SITE (E.G., LAND VEHICLE, ETC.)
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Apparatus wherein an entire molding or shaping device is
supported in such a manner as to facilitate its movement from one
location to another.
(1)
Note. Included herein are molding devices mounted on tracks,
trucks, skids, boats, etc.. The mere statement that it includes
handles etc., will not being a patent here. For portable devices
see appropriate subclasses below and in Class 249, Static Molds;
however, wheels and tracks, per se, in the absence of means to move
the apparatus, would not indicate classification in Class 425, but
in Class 249.
(2)
Note. Excluded from this subclass are devices wherein one
portion of an apparatus is mounted on a transportation means for
the purpose of moving it with respect to another portion of the
apparatus without relocating the entire molding apparatus to a different
site. Such devices are in appropriate subclasses below. Also excluded
are devices in which a mold is repositioned in such a manner that
a newly formed structure will be connected to a previously formed structure.
For such devices see appropriate subclasses below, especially subclasses
63+.
Static Molds, appropriate subclasses for a static mold of that class
mounted on a vehicle and see especially
subclasses 175+ for cores, e.g., tunnel molds, with wheels and
tracks.
Hydraulic and Earth Engineering,
subclasses 146 and 150.1+ for wheeled apparatus for lining
tunnels; and subclass 155 for a mobile pipe or cable laying machine
which includes means for casting a pipe or a protective.
BUILDING FORMS OR CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING TYPE MOLD WITH REPOSITIONING MEANS FOR PROGRESSIVE MOLDING
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Apparatus comprising means molding a portion of a structural
installation and means to incrementally transposition the mold to
such a location that an additional portion may be molded and united
to the previously molded portion.
(1)
Note. The term "structural installation" is
intended to include those structures generally erected by civil
engineering techniques, (e.g., buildings, bridges, towers, tunnels,
sewer, lines, retaining walls, etc.).
(2)
Note. To be included herein the patent must include more
than a static mold mounted on wheels, skids, etc.. Means to advance
or move the mold (e.g., hoists, pushing or pulling means etc.), are
included herein; see (1) Note in subclass 62, above.
Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating:
Processes,
subclass 33 for similar processes of forming structural installations
in situ and repositioning the mold.
This subclass is indented under subclass 63. Apparatus wherein means supporting or assisting in the support
of the mold device is embedded in previously formed material or
otherwise adapted to penetrate the previously formed material.
CONTINUOUS FILAMENT FORMING OR FILM CASTING MEANS WITH STRETCHING MEANS COMPRISING PRODUCT ADVANCING MEANS
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Apparatus comprising either means forming a continuous thread-like
product or a continuous film casting means, combined with means
to advance and attenuate the thread or film.
Textiles: Cloth Finishing,
subclasses 71+ apparatus for stretching or spreading a fabric
in the form of a plastic film even though combined with a film treating
means.
Glass Manufacturing,
subclasses 484+ for apparatus for glass fiber and filament making,
particularly subclass 501 for means to align and draw filaments
or fibers; subclasses 535+ for means to draw, advance,
or attenuate glass fibers or filaments.
IMMERSED SHAPING ORIFICE DISCHARGING DIRECTLY INTO LIQUID BATH OR SHOWER MEANS
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Apparatus comprising an extrusion die with its shaping outlet
either submerged in a liquid or mounted in the path of a liquid
material being discharged into space.
Textiles: Spinning, Twisting, and Twining, appropriate subclasses for spinning, twisting or
twining apparatus combined with nominally claimed filament forming
means.
Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding, particularly
subclasses 470+ for winding, unwinding, tensioning, or running
material guiding with nominal filament forming means.
This subclass is indented under subclass 67. Apparatus comprising additional distinct and separate means
downstream of the initial liquid contact means for contacting and
treating the formed product with a fluid.
This subclass is indented under subclass 67. Apparatus wherein the relative position of the extrusion
die is changeable with respect to structure constituting the receptacle
for the liquid, or to the means directing liquid against the product
being extruded.
This subclass is indented under subclass 67. Apparatus comprising a tubular passageway positioned at
least partially within a bath or shower means and means directing
the extruded product through the tube.
INCLUDING MEANS ADVANCING CONTINUOUS LENGTH WORK THROUGH DOWNSTREAM LIQUID BATH OR SHOWER MEANS
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Apparatus comprising means feeding shaped material of indeterminate
length through liquid treating means of the shower immersion or
work confined pool type wherein the liquid is located such that
it contacts the shaped work subsequent to the shaping operation.
(1)
Note. Included herein are both combinations of shaping plus
downstream liquid treatment, and downstream liquid treatment, per
se, wherein the liquid treatment, per se, is within the scope of
the basic subject matter of this class.
Coating Apparatus, appropriate subclasses, especially
subclasses 325 , 405, and 419+ for means applying a coating
to running length work by spraying or in a work confined pool.
SHAPING ORIFICE AND DOWNSTREAM WORK CONTACTING GASEOUS
TREATING MEANS:
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Apparatus comprising means defining a shaping orifice and
means causing a gaseous medium to contact work subsequent to issuing from
the shaping orifice to heat, cool, react or otherwise the shaped
work.
(1)
Note. The means for contacting the formed product with a
gas usually includes a means for forcing the gas past and in contact
with the product; however, also included under this definition is
a vacuum chamber or a means surrounding the product to retain or
confine the atmosphere surrounding to product.
(2)
Note. An inflating gas used in a subsequent inflating type
reshaping apparatus is excluded from this subclass except where
additional means are provided to condition or handle that gas as
a treating gas.
INCLUDING VENTILATING TYPE HOOD OR CHAMBER ENCASING A MATERIAL HANDLER
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Apparatus combined with (1) means to manipulate material
and (2) an atmospheric confining means enclosing or surrounding
at least a portion of the material handling means, said atmospheric
confining means having an exhaust or gaseous circulation feature.
This subclass is indented under subclass 73. Apparatus comprising means to collect or to recirculate
vaporous material which is (1) part of that used during the molding
operation or (2) driven off from the molding material.
This subclass is indented under subclass 73. Apparatus in which the material handler is an endless surface
on which fluent material is deposited and shaped, subclasses 228+ for
a composition having a continuous phase of free metal made by consolidating
metal particles, and subclass 256 for a consolidated furnace charge,
e.g., a briquette, containing free metal.
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Apparatus comprising means producing filaments which are
nonuniform in cross section throughout their length.
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Devices specifically designed to generate pressures of the
order of approximately 100,000 psi or greater.
(1)
Note. The devices included herein are frequently for use
in changing or controlling crystal structure, e.g., diamond formation,
or for testing or studying the chemical or physical effect of ultra
high pressures on a test sample of material.
(2)
Note. Included herein are press plungers, per se, disclosed
for use in ultra high pressure type press.
Single-Crystal, Oriented-Crystal, and Epitaxy
Growth Processes; Non-Coating Apparatus Therefor, for non-coating apparatus for growing therein-defined
single-crystal of all types of materials and by use of all means including
by high pressure or with shaping means.
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Apparatus comprising means forming products by uniting associated
particles of metallic elements or alloys or amalgams.
(1)
Note. Means uniting particles comprising metallic compounds,
e.g., metal oxides, etc., are not included herein but are found
in appropriate subclasses below.
(2)
Note. Included in this and indented subclasses are all devices
including a disclosure of molding powdered metal elements, alloys,
amalgams, even though the claims may not be so limited.
Specialized Metallurgical Processes, Compositions
for Use Therein, Consolidated Metal Powder Compositions, and Loose
Metal Particulate Mixtures,
subclasses 228+ for a composition having a continuous phase of free
metal made by consolidating metal particles and subclasses 313 for consolidated
solid treating compositions or charges.
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Apparatus comprising means for depositing particles on a
shaping surface from a gaseous suspension.
Textiles: Fiber Preparation,
subclasses 296+ for the formation of a nonwoven web from fibers
or filaments, and see the notes and search notes in subclass 296,
for the line between this class (425) and Class 19 and related fields
of search.
Glass Manufacturing,
subclass 507 for glass filament or fiber making combined with
means to form a nonwoven mat or batt. See the search note to Class
425 in the III(B) Note of the class definitions of Class 65 for
a further statement of the line between the two classes.
Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture,
subclasses 62.2+ for air felting followed by laminating the felted
product to another preform.
Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating:
Processes,
subclasses 109+ for processes of forming products from randomly
associated nonmetal particles.
This subclass is indented under subclass 80.1. Apparatus comprising means for sequentially depositing layers
of similar particles in such a manner that a line of demarcation
is presented between the deposited layers, or depositing diverse
fibers in such a manner as to form distinguishable layers.
Textiles: Fiber Preparation,
subclass 302 for the formation of a stratified nonwoven web
of fibers, and see the search notes therein for related fields of
search.
This subclass is indented under subclass 80.1. Apparatus comprising means for (a) dividing solid nonparticulate
material to form particles, or (b) separating particles from a bonded
or interfelted mass of particle containing material.
Textiles: Fiber Preparation,
subclasses 305+ for the formation of a nonwoven web with fiber
liberation, and see the search notes in subclass 305 for related
fields of search.
WITH FORAMINOUS OR ABSORBENT MEANS FOR REMOVAL OF VEHICLE OR COMPONENT IN LIQUID FORM DURING OR AFTER SHAPING
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Apparatus comprising a work contacting element having pores
or openings therein of such a size that a liquid component of the
work can enter said pores or openings thus separating the liquid
from the work.
Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating:
Processes,
subclasses 86+ , for the related process for removing a liquid
component through a porous mold surface.
This subclass is indented under subclass 84. Apparatus comprising means reducing pressure for facilitating
removal of the liquid component of the material.
INCLUDING HANDLING MEANS OR FEATURE FOR TREATING LIQUID OR VEHICLE LIQUID, OR CONDENSATE
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Apparatus comprising a combination of molding apparatus
or fluid handling parts which dispose of and collect a liquid (e.g., vapor
condensate, utilized to treat a preform, etc.), generally after
it has completed its function as a vehicle or treating material.
(1)
Note. A mere vent or sprue in a mold is insufficient for
this subclass.
Dispensing,
subclasses 108+ for drip, leakage or waste catching or disposal in
dispensing apparatus. See the collection of search notes in the
class definition of Class 222 for similar devices in other arts.
HAND MOVABLE, SUBSTRATE TRAVERSING, PLURAL DIMENSION SHAPING MEANS INCLUDING MOLDING MATERIAL SUPPLY
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Apparatus in which a shaping device is adapted to travel
over a surface and deposit a layer of moldable material from a material
supply, including means, shaping the material in more than one plane
or dimension, the entire device and supply being designed to be
either held in the hand during operation or manually guided or steered
by an attendant as it traverses a surface against which the material
is molded.
(1)
Note. Included herein, for example, are (1) devices for applying
a layer of moldable material to a base including means controlling
the thickness and edge structure of the applied layer or (2) devices for
applying putty to windows in which a guide surface is attached to
the putty smoothing surface in such a way as to slide along the
window frame and shape the putty at a given angle or in a given configuration.
Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning, appropriate subclasses for hand tools for cleaning by means
of a dry brushing, scraping, wiping or using a squeegee, and especially
subclass 105 for compound tools where one of the tools is of
the Class 15 type, subclass 236 for scrapers of the same shape as
a putty knife, and subclass 243.5 for putty knives, per se.
Coating Implements With Material Supply, appropriate subclasses, for base coating devices
which are adapted to be hand held or steered by a walking attendant
in which the device includes a member for contacting the coating
during or after application, said member being spaced from the base
a distance equal to the thickness of the coating. The primary distinction
between Classes 401 and 425 is that Class 401, only controls thickness
while Class 425 shapes in plural dimension.
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Apparatus including a specific relationship between the
molding device, and the structural installation housing or supporting
the device.
(1)
Note. To be included herein factory structure or its environmental
features must be claimed. The recitation that a machine is bolted
to a floor of the factory, for example, is not sufficient to place
the patent herein.
WITH INTERPOSED NON-ADHERING WEB OR SHEET TYPE PARTING MEANS
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Apparatus including, a removable sheet or web of flexible
material having anti-stick properties disposed between the shaping
surface and the material to be shaped.
(1)
Note. To be included herein the sheet must be flexible to
the extent that it conforms to the mold surface and must not have
any shape imparting structure of its own.
(2)
Note. Webs or sheets which serve to advance the work to or
from a shaping station, e.g., belts, etc., are classified in appropriate
subclasses below even though they also serve as parting means at
the shaping station.
Package Making,
subclasses 113+ , especially subclass 122 for means for making a
package out of a web or sheet type parting means combined with means
for shaping the material being packaged. For a more detailed statement
of the line with Class 53 see the class definition of this Class
425.
Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture,
subclass 392 for laminating apparatus with or without molding
including pipe wrapping type work securing means.
Plastic and Nonmetallic Articles Shaping or Treating:
Processes,
subclasses 219+ for a plastic article making process including
or comprising a step of making or shaping a mold and subclasses
313+ for a process of shaping against a forming surface
utilizing a flexible, deformable or destructible mold surface or
material.
WITH MEANS APPLYING COATING (E.G., PARTING, ETC.) MATERIAL TO WORK OR WORK CONTACT MEANS
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Apparatus in combination with means to apply a liquid or
fluent particulate solid material (1) to preformed work, (2) between
a shaping member and the material being shaped or (3) to work contacting
means.
(1)
Note. To be included in this and indented subclasses under
(1) of the subclass definition the liquid or fluent particulate
solid must be applied in such a way that no more than one dimension
of the thickness or depth of the layer is controlled by the machine.
A means which controls the shape of the applied layer in two or
more dimensions are considered molding means and are classified
in appropriate subclasses below.
(2)
Note. To be included under (2) or (3) of the definition the
material must be applied for the purpose of conditioning the work
contact means or the product, (e.g., parting, release, or lubricating materials,
etc.). Means applying materials which are intended to adhere to
the product and contribute to the overall shape and structure are
considered molding means and are classified in appropriate subclasses
below.
(3)
Note. Excluded from this and indented subclasses are patents
claiming means for adding, blending or mixing a liquid, particulate,
or pulverulent material within a feeding means or mixing means upstream
of a shaping means. Such devices are classified in appropriate
subclasses below. See especially subclasses 200+.
for means feeding fluent stock from plural sources
to a common shaping means to form a composite product, see especially
subclass 133.1 for concentric extrusion shaping means encased within
a common nozzle housing wherein a lamina is formed within the extrusion
device.
for the combination of means to bring preforms into
assembled relation in combination with means to bond them together
in means which causes a preform reshaping.
Compositions: Coating or Plastic,
subclass 2 for a composition disclosed as a coating repellent
(e.g., parting material, etc.); and subclasses 38.2+ for
a mold or mold coating composition.
Coating Apparatus, appropriate subclasses for coating apparatus but especially
subclass 14 and 18 for edible-base or coating type combined
with coating decorating means or solid means acting on a coating
after application, except where such instrumentalities are in the
nature of molds or dies, which latter combination is in this Class
425, and subclass 44 with coating apparatus combined with means
to deform work.
This subclass is indented under subclass 90. Apparatus including more than one coating material applicator
wherein at least one applicator is different in kind from one other
applicator.
This subclass is indented under subclass 90. Apparatus having two or more separate and distinct coating
material applying means with at least one means applying coating
material to work and at least one means applying material to a work
contact surface.
This subclass is indented under subclass 90. Apparatus wherein the work or work contacting apparatus
to be coated is introduced or dipped wholly or partially into a
bath, puddle, pile or other enclosed or restricted bulk supply of
coating material.
This subclass is indented under subclass 90. Apparatus wherein the means applies the coating material
to a work conveyor, a re-shaping means or other apparatus acting
on work subsequent to a shaping means.
This subclass is indented under subclass 90. Apparatus wherein the applicator means is secured to or
contained within a male type shape imparting member.
This subclass is indented under subclass 90. Apparatus wherein the means applies a coating material to
(1) a shape imparting surface or (2) between a shape imparting surface
and material being shaped by said surface.
(1)
Note. Included under this definition of shape imparting surface
is a dough divider trap chamber.
This subclass is indented under subclass 99. Apparatus wherein the means comprises a sprayer or a conveyor
in which the coating material is carried in a current of air or
other gas.
This subclass is indented under subclass 90. Apparatus comprising means to apply coating material to
work manipulating means (e.g., conveyor means, charging means or
support means, etc.), prior to contact with the shaping surface.
This subclass is indented under subclass 102. Apparatus wherein the means comprises a sprayer or a conveyor
in which the material is carried in a current of air or other gas.
This subclass is indented under subclass 104. Apparatus comprising means for applying the coating in a
desired configuration, i.e., striping or a definite pattern.
(1)
Note. Apparatus using means having merely a roughened or
other special configured surface, to cut, emboss, score or otherwise
indent a product, are excluded. Such devices are classified in
appropriate subclass set forth below.
WITH MEANS LUBRICATING COOPERATING APPARATUS PARTS
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Apparatus which include means for applying anti-friction
material to cooperating, contacting, apparatus parts.
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Apparatus comprising means to shape fluent material against
the juxtaposed terminal portions of tubular or rod-like preforms
to unite the preforms.
DISTINCT MEANS TO FEED, SUPPORT OR MANIPULATE PREFORM STOCK AND MEANS FOR SHAPING FLUENT OR BULK STOCK TO FORM UNITED PRODUCT
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Apparatus comprising means for imparting shape to fluent
or bulk moldable material and means especially adapted to position, transport,
hold, or in any way handle a preform in such a manner that the preform
and the fluent or bulk material will become united to form a composite
product.
(1)
Note. To be included herein a portion of the fluent or bulk
material which initially contacts the preform during the uniting must
be in a moldable, plastic or unsolidified state or condition.
(2)
Note. To be included herein the preform must constitute a
desired part of the final product. Shaping elements, (e.g., cores, mold
parts, pie pans, etc.) which may remain temporarily with the molded product
are not included herein but are placed in appropriate subclasses
below.
(3)
Note. For the general definition of the term "bulk
stock" see the glossary. Within the scope of this and indented subclasses,
however, are rubber charges, e.g., shoe soles and heels, etc., which
are confined within a vulcanizing mold and take as their final shape
the shape of the mold.
for a combination of means to bring preforms into
assembled relation in combination with means to bond them together
in means which causes a preform reshaping
Foods and Beverages: Apparatus,
subclasses 450.1+ for apparatus for making a laminated edible product
by assemble or preforms, especially subclass 450.2 for such apparatus
combined with means for shaping or reshaping plural sheets or webs.
Coating Apparatus, appropriate subclasses for means coating a preform. For
the line between Class 118 and this class see the class definition
of Class 425.
Metal Founding,
subclasses 332+ for metal founding apparatus including means to
hold or position a preform in a shaping area to make a composite product.
Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating:
Processes,
subclasses 241+ for processes of uniting a preform with fluent
material in a molding operation to form a composite product.
This subclass is indented under subclass 110. Apparatus comprising means to exert or maintain sufficient
force on a preform to hold it under a tensile stress below its elastic
limit during the molding operation.
(1)
Note. Merely holding a preform taut is not considered placing
under stress.
Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture,
subclasses 160+ and 494+ for processes and apparatus for
laminating a preform while in a stressed condition.
Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating:
Processes,
subclass 228 and 229 for processes of stressing a preform and
uniting by a molding operation.
This subclass is indented under subclass 110. Apparatus which includes (1) Means to either form or shape
the preform from bulk or fluent material or (2) means to reshape
the preform.
(1)
Note. The preform may be reshaped either before, during,
or after the composite formation.
This subclass is indented under subclass 110. Apparatus in which the fluent or bulk material shaping means
comprises means defining a shaping orifice and means forcing the
fluent or bulk material therethrough.
This subclass is indented under subclass 113. Apparatus comprising (1) preform support or feed means adapted
to support or feed at least two preforms or (2) at least two separate
means to feed or support preforms.
This subclass is indented under subclass 110. Apparatus in which the means imparting shape to the fluent
or bulk material comprises a mold cavity in each of at least two
members, each cavity having an open side so that when the members
cooperate in face-to-face engagement, the open sides match and a
complete female mold is formed to impart shape to the fluent material.
This subclass is indented under subclass 110. Apparatus comprising at least one walled cavity which acts
to confine the fluent material and impart its shape thereto.
(1)
Note. Where the sole confining means is the preform body
which becomes part of the united product the patent is classified in
subclass 110.
This subclass is indented under subclass 117. Apparatus comprising a hand operated shaping surface which
supports an edible receiver and is adapted to remove a portion of
material from a bulk source and thereby shape the portion of material
removed.
This subclass is indented under subclass 117. Apparatus comprising (1) plural cavities in spaced relation
and (2) means to feed or support a single preform to or at both
cavities.
This subclass is indented under subclass 117. Apparatus in which the preform is of indefinite or indeterminate
length and there is means to advance the preform to the cavity.
(1)
Note. The product formed need not be of indefinite length.
This subclass is indented under subclass 117. Apparatus comprising means for supporting at least two preforms
in spaced relation in or at a single cavity.
This subclass is indented under subclass 117. Apparatus wherein the preform serves as either a pressing
or a press reaction surface and cooperates with the walls of the
cavity to shape the fluent or bulk stack.
(1)
Note. Devices wherein the entire female mold is made up of
preform stock which remains with the product are classified in subclass
110.
This subclass is indented under subclass 117. Apparatus on which the cavity is formed by opposed coacting
shaping surfaces which exert compressive force on fluent material
to impart a desired configuration thereto.
MEANS FEEDING FLUENT STOCK FROM PLURAL SOURCES TO COMMON SHAPING MEANS TO FORM COMPOSITE PRODUCT
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Apparatus comprising plural means delivering diverse fluent
stock to a common shaping means to form a composite product.
(1)
Note. To be included herein the delivering means must include
more than mere inlets to the shaping surface or mere conduits to
which a single feed source may be attached.
(2)
Note. A homogeneous mixture of materials, e.g., concrete,
aggregate, and water is not considered a composite.
This subclass is indented under subclass 131.1. Apparatus comprising means to periodically interrupt and
reestablish the feed of at least one of the fluent materials.
This subclass is indented under subclass 131. Apparatus wherein the orifice is particularly adapted to
the formation of a planar "film".
(1)
Note. In the patents of this subclass, the specification
either sets forth that the extruded product is a film or sets forth that
the extruded product is extremely thin; i.e., less than about 0.050
inch (or 1.25 mm.) thick.
This subclass is indented under subclass 130. Apparatus wherein the shaping means includes a female mold
and means to move the mold to or away from a shaping station.
for a shaping or reshaping means combined with a
Class 15, Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning, or Class 118,
Coating Apparatus, coating apparatus which applies a coating of diverse
material (e.g., a parting material, etc.) to a work press or work
contacting means, especially subclasses 104+ for such a
means for applying a coating to a preform after removal from a shaping
means.
CONTROL MEANS RESPONSIVE TO OR ACTUATED BY MEANS SENSING OR DETECTING A CONDITION OR MATERIAL TRIGGERED
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Apparatus comprising (1) means to sense a condition which
may or may not occur, a change in such condition, a lack of such
condition, or a result of such condition, and a separate control
means for an apparatus part, the sensing means causing or permitting
operation of the separate control means without the intervention
of a human attendant, or (2) means to control, actuate or initiate
an element of the apparatus in proper relationship to the presentation
of shaping surfaces or material to shaped.
(1)
Note. Control means which merely insure continuous or synchronous
operation of a machine or part thereof without detecting a variable
relationship are not here but are provided for in appropriate subclasses
below on other features.
(2)
Note. Spring mounted or biased molding or pressing elements
which yield after a given amount of force is applied are not considered
to be control means for this subclass and are classified in appropriate
subclasses below; see especially subclasses 151+ and 406+.
Valves which are spring biased and designed to regulate flow of
molding material by yielding to pressure are included herein, see
especially subclasses 145+. Spring biased valves as part
of a hydraulic system for operating a mold system are not here unless
part of a control system responsive to a sensing or detecting means.
(3)
Note. To be included under (2) of the definition it is necessary
that the molds or work pieces be presented in a purely random manner
and not spaced or positioned according to a law of the machine.
Measuring and Testing, appropriate subclasses for sensing means, per se, or
such means combined with measuring or testing means; see the collection
of search notes in that class definition.
Metal Founding,
subclasses 154.1+ for metal founding apparatus including control
means responsive to or actuated by means sensing a condition or
variable.
Data Processing: Generic Control Systems or Specific
Applications,
subclasses 1 through 89for data processing control systems wherein the control
system is claimed generically, and subclasses 197-205 and subclass 206
for the application of a computer in the manufacturing of a product which
includes molding or pressing.
This subclass is indented under subclass 135. Apparatus including both (1) means to sense an abnormal
or unsafe condition and (2) means to stop operation of a machine
due to said condition.
This subclass is indented under subclass 136. Apparatus wherein the sensing means detects the presence
of residual molding material, left in the molding cavity, from a
previous molding operation.
This subclass is indented under subclass 136. Apparatus wherein the sensing means detects an improper
relationship between the mold and a diverse part of the molding
device or between the mold components.
This subclass is indented under subclass 135. Apparatus wherein the control means operates means to remove
or release a formed article from a shaping means.
Weighing Scales,
subclasses 60+ for a weigher responsive to material control including
a nominal combination with a Class 425 shaping means, which is recited
by name only.
This subclass is indented under subclass 143. Apparatus wherein the temperature regulating means controls
the temperature of fluent molding material flowing toward a shaping
or discharging orifice, or of a shaping cavity.
This subclass is indented under subclass 135. Apparatus in which the means controlled regulates the flowing
or conveying of molding material to a shaping area.
This subclass is indented under subclass 145. Apparatus which regulates or controls the flow of molding
material by the force exerted by the material upon a closure or
upon the actuating means for a closure.
This subclass is indented under subclass 145. Apparatus which controls or regulates the flow of molding
material in response to a predetermined level of molding material
in a receptacle or mold.
This subclass is indented under subclass 135. Apparatus comprising means responsive to the force applied
to material during shaping for regulating, controlling or adjusting
the pressure applying means.
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Apparatus including means adapted to stop, prevent, or modify
the operation of a machine, or relieve a condition when an unguarded,
abnormal or unsafe situation which would injure the operator or
the machine occurs.
(1)
Note. Designing to prevent undue wear, breakage, leakage,
dirt accumulation, etc., during normal operation, are not included
herein but found in appropriate subclasses below. Safety valves
are included herein, see especially subclass 153.
This subclass is indented under subclass 151. Apparatus comprising (1) two or more starting switches,
wherein both switches must be depressed in order to actuate the
devices or (2) means preventing motion of a mold element until a
protective means is in the proper position.
This subclass is indented under subclass 151. Apparatus comprising (1) an auxiliary means to hold an element
in a given position upon failure of a primary holding means or (2) means
to release excessive gaseous pressure.
This subclass is indented under subclass 151. Apparatus including means to modify the operation of a molding
machine due to (1) the presence of extraneous matter or (2) an overloaded condition.
(1)
Note. Included within the scope of this subclass are shear
pins.
WITH CONTROL MEANS RESPONSIVE TO INDEPENDENTLY OPERATED TIMER
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Apparatus having a time period limiting means operating
independently of the apparatus drive means, which time limiting
means causes a change in the operation of the apparatus at the end
of the selected time period.
(1)
Note. Mere cyclical or synchronous operation of complex apparatus
is excluded under this definition. The timing means must be independent
to the extent, for example, that a change in apparatus drive speed
will not change the period measured by the timing means.
This subclass is indented under subclass 155. Apparatus in which the time period limited is that during
which the forming means is closed or during which a pressure is
maintained on the forming means, for shaping of the article.
(1)
Note. In this subclass will be found, for example, devices
having timers to limit the period during which an injection mold
is closed while material is injected under pressure to be formed
therein.
This subclass is indented under subclass 156. Apparatus in which the time period limited is that between
the application of pressure on the molding material by opposed pressure
surfaces and the release of the pressure for removal of the product.
This subclass is indented under subclass 157. Apparatus which includes additional time period limiting
means for timing the period during which the molding material is
heated prior to introduction into the pressing means.
This subclass is indented under subclass 155. Apparatus in which the time period limited is that during
which the molding material is introduced into the mold.
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Apparatus which includes an element or arrangement of elements
associated with a first part of a molding device and designed to
prohibit or restrain a different part of the device from functioning
until the first part has operated to release the restraining means.
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Apparatus including an electrical control or power means
for at least a part of the molding apparatus comprising more than
just a single electrical power means or a single switch.
This subclass is indented under subclass 162. Apparatus in which the operations controlled include either
(1) two or more independent different shaping operations, or (2)
two or more spaced similar shaping operations performed by different
work-forming means.
This subclass is indented under subclass 162. Apparatus which includes electrical means regulating the
separation or evacuation of the molded article from the molding
surface.
This subclass is indented under subclass 162. Apparatus in which electrical means regulates the movement
of a press platen or ram into or out of pressing engagement with
the molding material.
(1)
Note. Included under this definition, for example, are multiple
pressing contacts of varying force on a mold charge, and repeated
pressing contacts with addition of incremental charges between strokes to
ultimately form a single product.
WITH MEANS ADJUSTING SYNCHRONIZATION OR COMPENSATING FOR WEAR
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Apparatus comprising means for (1) changing the relative
time or speed of operation of a moving element with respect to the time
or speed of operation of a cooperating interdependent moving element
or (2) modifying or adjusting the apparatus to maintain a desired
operation despite wear.
(1)
Note. The replacement of worn parts are not included herein
but may be found in subclasses 182+.
WITH INDICATOR, SIGNAL, RECORDER, ILLUMINATOR, OR INSPECTION MEANS
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Apparatus comprising means especially designed to enable
an operator to (1) determine the occurrence or extent of a variation
in an operating condition or (2) observe or determine the location
or condition of an element or material by direct observation.
(1)
Note. Included in this and indented subclasses are, for example,
meters, thermometers, warning signals, means permitting or aiding
observation or normally concealed parts of objects, graduated marking
on machine parts, means determining properties of the work either before
or after shaping, etc.
Signals and Indicators, appropriate subclasses for mechanical devices for signalling
in the nature of indicating or warning means. Class 116 does not provide
for conventional signal or alarm devices combined with art devices
where the latter structure is specifically claimed or is materially modified
in order to cooperate with the conventional alarm or signal. See the
collection of search notes in the class definition of Class 116.
This subclass is indented under subclass 169. Apparatus comprising means to determine or record the temperature
or amount of pressure employed during the forming operation.
This subclass is indented under subclass 169. Apparatus wherein the position of an adjustable part of
a shaping or molding machine is determined, observed or recorded.
This subclass is indented under subclass 169. Apparatus comprising means which permits or facilitates
visual inspection by an operator of the apparatus, the material
or the product.
MEANS APPLYING ELECTRICAL OR WAVE ENERGY DIRECTLY TO WORK
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Apparatus including means subjecting work to the influence
of electrical, wave, or radiant energy by (1) means passing such energy
through the work, (2) means establishing an energy field and positioning
work therein or (3) means directing such energy against the work.
(1)
Note. To be included herein under part (3) of the definition
the type of radiant or wave energy employed must be specified either
by wave length or specific type, e.g., sonic ultra violet, corona
discharge, etc. Generic terms such as heat, light, wave, etc.,
are not considered specified types within the scope of this subclass.
(2)
Note. In all cases, the energy form employed must be applied
directly to the work. Means converting energy into heat, for example,
then applying the heat to the work is not included herein but found
in appropriate subclasses below.
Metal Deforming,
subclasses 54+ , for process and apparatus for deforming metal
by application of an energy field, especially subclass 56, wherein kinetic
energy of a field is used to deform work.
Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture,
subclasses 272.2+ and 380.2+, for processes and apparatus,
respectively, for bonding laminae with the application of electrical
or radiant energy to the work.
Radiant Energy,
subclasses 492.1+ for irradiation of plastics to cause physical changes
in the plastic, subclass 495.1 for ray generators combined with
means for generating heat or infrared rays.
Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting, Deodorizing,
Preserving, or Sterilizing,
subclasses 186+ for apparatus affecting chemical change by means
applying electromagnetic wave energy or corpuscular radiation to reactants
for initiating or perfecting chemical reaction.
This subclass is indented under subclass 174. Apparatus wherein the wave energy is specified or identifiable
(e.g., by a transducer or vibrator generating waves at a corresponding characteristic
frequency or wave length) as being in the sonic (usually above 10
cycles per second) or supersonic range.
Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture,
subclasses 73.1+ for processes of bonding laminae with the application
of sonic or ultrasonic energy to the work.
This subclass is indented under subclass 174. Apparatus wherein electrical energy rays which influence
the work are emitted or transmitted by continuous or intermittent
radiation or in the form of energy pulses.
(1)
Note. Included herein is energy specified as infrared, ultraviolet,
X-ray, electron, or ion bombardment, etc.
This subclass is indented under subclass 174. Apparatus wherein electrical energy is passed through the
work, i.e., the work constitutes a portion of an electric circuit.
Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture,
subclasses 273.9+ for processes of bonding laminae wherein a portion
of the work is a conductor which is to be used as a component of
an electric circuit to which an electric current is to be directly
applied.
This subclass is indented under subclass 174. Apparatus wherein the work is subjected to the influence
of an electrical energy field specified or identifiable as of the
electrostatic or inductive type.
Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture,
subclass 273.1 for processes of bonding laminae is electrostatically
charged in order to enhance the formation of a permanent bond in
the work.
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Apparatus comprising (1) means for forming a mold or shaping
surface by utilizing molding means within the scope of this class
or (2) any means manufacturing (e.g., laminating, metal casting,
etc.) a shaping surface followed by means utilizing the shaping
means for performing an operation of this class.
(1)
Note. Flasks, per se, for forming molds for use in this class
are considered mold forming means and included herein.
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