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Class 029
METAL WORKING
Class Definition:
This is the generic class of metal working or shaping. It
comprises processes, tools, machines, and apparatus not
classifiable in the specific classes relating to the
manufacture of articles from metal. It also includes means
which comprise a plurality of operations which separately
might be classified in the specific classes, but which by
their joinder include more than is covered by the definitions
of such specific classes.
This class has been made the generic class for the following
subject matter, regardless of the composition of the blank,
stock material, or article recited or worked upon: (a)
process of electric condenser making; (b) a burnishing
process; (c) a process of manufacture; (d) apparatus used to
assemble or disassemble. See Subclass References to the
Current Class, below, for specific subclass references.
(1) Note. Patents claiming both an article or product and a
process of manufacturing that article or product which
process is classifiable in this class are classified in a
suitable article or product class and cross referenced to the
appropriate subclass of this class.
(2) Note. Historically, the term "metal working" has
included assembling. Therefore assembling is included within
the scope of paragraph I, above, even though no metal parts
are being assembled.
(3) Note. While this is the generic mechanical manufacturing
class, it is noted that manufacturing by chemistry,
electrochemistry, or the related arts is provided for in the
chemical classes. See the classes listed on pages I-6 and I-7
in the front of the Manual of Classification under "I.
Chemical and Related Arts". Also see the Search Notes below
(4) Note. The relation of other mechanical manufacturing
classes to Class 29 is detailed on pages I-14 through I-16 in
the front of the Manual of Classification under "III.
Mechanical Manufacturing and Machine Element Arts,
Manufacturing (Metal Working)". Also see the Search Notes
below.
(5) Note. Measuring, testing, recording and conveying, per
se, are not considered "manufacturing" operations for this
class.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
25.41 for a process of electric condenser making.
90.01 for a burnishing process,
592 for a process of manufacture,
700 for apparatus used to assemble or disassemble.
REFERENCES TO OTHER CLASSES
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
52, Static Structures (e.g., Buildings), 742.1 for processes
of filling cavities in situ erected structures and subclasses
749.1+ for machines and implements particularly adapted to in
situ building construction not elsewhere provided for.
53, Package Making, 266.1 for means for filling and closing
a preformed receptacle and subclasses 285+ for means for
closing a package or filled receptacle.
65, Glass Manufacturing, for processes of, or apparatus for
glassworking and/or treating.
72, Metal Deforming, for shaping metal by stressing beyond
its elastic limit, generally. Normally, the combination of a
metal working process or apparatus with additional metal
deforming or cutting or with any additional operation that is
ancillary to the metal deforming will be found in Class 72.
However, there is an exception to this guideline in regard to
a process of making a "special article". A "special article"
is one named by the title of one of the subclasses of Class
29 for making that particular article, which subclasses are
physically located in the portion of the Class 29 schedule,
between subclass 1.1 and 179. A process of making a "special
article" including plural, distinct metal deforming steps, if
performed in the same die, or in the same processing line
will be found in Class 72, whereas if not performed in the
same die, or in the same processing line will be found in the
"special article" making portion of Class 29. The metal
deforming steps proper for the "special article" making
portion of Class 29 may comprise different metal deforming
types, e.g., rolling and drawing, or may comprise two steps
of the same deforming type, e.g., a first and a second step
of rolling. Note that the corresponding combination of
apparatus for making a "special article" is to be found in
Class 72 according to the general guideline not according to
the exception.
86, Ammunition and Explosive-Charge Making, for making
ammunition and explosive charges.
99, Foods and Beverages: Apparatus, for making and processing
foods and beverages.
100, Presses, for press structure not elsewhere provided for
where neither features of structure for holding work nor
features of tool structure for performing the work of a type
classifiable in Class 29 are claimed.
122, Liquid Heaters and Vaporizers, for a closed or
pressurized apparatus to heat liquid or make steam.
132, Toilet, subclass 201 for methods of and subclass 56 for
apparatus for making hair structures.
148, Metal Treatment, for the combination of significant heat
treatment for modifying or maintaining internal physical
structure (i.e., microstructure) or chemical properties of
metal with a metal working, machining, fusion bonding,
casting, or assembly or disassembly operation proper for
Class 29. Particularly, see section III, A, of the Class 148
definition for amplification of what constitutes significant
heat treatment. Furthermore, the combination of reactive
coating or chemical heat removing (e.g., flame-cutting, etc.)
or burning (i.e., oxidizing) to remove a portion of a metal
workpiece, with a Class 29 metal working, machining, fusion
bonding, or casting operation goes as an original to Class
148.
156, Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture,
as the generic class for the adhesive joining of parts
utilizing nonmetallic cements and as the generic class for
manufacturing processes involving a chemical reaction. See
the class definition of Class 156 for the line between that
class and Class 29.
157, Wheelwright Machines, subclass 13 for apparatus and
processes for treating the outer periphery of a rubber tire
casing by a slitting or machine operation which art (in the
absence of this subclass) would ordinarily be classified in
accord with the particular operation. (The treating of a
rubber casing by abrading is classified in Class 451,
Abrading).
160, Flexible or Portable Closure, Partition, or Panel,
subclass 405 for making of shades, blinds, curtains,
screens, and venetian blinds.
216, Etching a Substrate: Processes, for etching processes
not otherwise provided for in which one of the manufacturing
steps includes a chemical etching or physical solvation. See
the class definition of class 216 for the line between that
class and class 29.
219, Electric Heating, appropriate subclass for treating and
joining by means of electrically heated instrumentalities.
231, Whips and Whip Apparatus, subclass 1 for machines for
making whips.
234, Selective Cutting (e.g., Punching), for method of or
means for perforating a workpiece by one or more cutting
tools chosen from a plurality of tools constantly available
for actuation.
241, Solid Material Comminution or Disintegration, for metal
comminution, per se, and in combination with other treatment
there provided for and see Class 241, section (4) of the
class definition.
264, Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating:
Processes, for a process of manufacturing nonmetallic
articles by shaping and/or treating.
269, Work Holders, Class 269 is the residual locus for
patents to a device for clamping, supporting, and/or holding
an article (or articles) in position to be operated on or
treated. See notes thereunder for other related loci.
300, Brush, Broom, and Mop Making, for making brushes.
369, Dynamic Information Storage or Retrieval, and see the
notes thereto for manufacture of sound recordings.
396, Photography, appropriate subclasses for photos:graphic
apparatus not otherwise provided for.
399, Electrophotography, appropriate subclasses for roller
means to accomplish an operation of electrophotography.
404, Road Structure, Process, or Apparatus, for (1) highway,
pathway, or walkway structure, per se, or (2) a process or
apparatus for making, installing, repairing, or maintaining
such structure where such structure, process, or apparatus is
not otherwise classifiable as either (a) specifically
provided for in other loci or (b) of such general utility as
to be provided for on that basis. (See Class 404, Class
Definition, for known collections of such nature and the
particular lines of demarcation.) Note particularly 72 for
process and subclasses 83+ for apparatus.
425, Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating:
Apparatus, for apparatus to manufacture by shaping or
reshaping plastic materials (e.g., organic plastics, clay,
cement, earthenware, powdered metal or glass, etc.) including
product treating unless such treating is provided for
elsewhere. The combination of Class 425 apparatus and Class
29 metal working apparatus is provided for in Class 29.
429, Chemistry: Electrical Current Producing Apparatus,
Product, and Process, subclass 49 for regeneration or repair
of a battery.
430, Radiation Imagery Chemistry: Process, Composition, or
Product Thereof, for process of making radiation images
involving chemistry.
433, Dentistry, for making dentures.
438, Semiconductor Device Manufacturing: Process, for methods
of making certain electrical devices (e.g., barrier layer
type, etc.) utilizing a semiconductor substrate.
483, Tool Changing, subclass 1 for a process of transferring
a tool to or from a material treating station or a tool
storage means, generally, including a Class 29 process
combined with transferring the tool used to or from the
station at which the Class 29 process occurs; and subclasses
2-69 for means for transferring a tool to or from a material
treating station or a tool storage means, generally,
including a Class 29 tool combined with means to transfer the
tool to or from the tool station.
505, Superconductor Technology: Apparatus, Material, Process,
300 for processes of producing high temperature
(T[subscrpt]c[end subscrpt] greater than 30 K)
superconductors.
602, Surgery: Splint, Brace, or Bandage, subclass 900 for
methods of making bandage structure.
901, Robots, appropriate subcollections for industrial robots
used in metal working operations or in assembly.
GLOSSARY:
ASSEMBLING
The physical act of or means for juxtaposing, associating,
integrating, joining and/or putting together, with or without
securing, of machines, devices, and things (articles).
BARRIER LAYER DEVICE
An electrical component consisting of two conductors placed
either in contact with each other or separated by an
interface layer to which contacts or terminals have been
secured, which component has a nonlinear resistance
characteristic, as a result of the electrical action of the
interface between the two conductors rather than from the
characteristic of the conductors.
DEFORMING
The physical act of or means for shaping without any
substantial removal of material. This term includes forging,
rolling, densifying, extruding, drawing and stretching.
DISASSEMBLY
The physical act of or means for dissociating, disengaging,
and/or taking apart of machines, devices, and things
(articles).
MACHINING
The physical act of or means for shaping by removing material
by means of a cutting edge. This term includes milling,
cutting, turning, boring, drilling, abrading, broaching,
filing, sawing, punching, blanking, and planing.
MANUFACTURING
The physical act of or means for creating, constructing,
fabricating, machining, working, shaping, assembling,
disassembling, and repairing of machines, devices, and things
(articles).
REPAIR
The physical act of or means for restoring inoperative
machines, apparatus, static structures, and things (articles)
when the operational limits of tolerance have become exceeded
by wear, imperfections, destructive oxidation, electrolysis,
or failure by (1) reshaping parts, (2) substituting a part
and/or adding supplemental or additional parts or material,
and/or (3) taking away sections of worn, torn, broken,
distorted, eroded or otherwise unusable parts or material,
and mending them by adding supplemental or additional parts
or material.
SHAPING
The physical act of or means for permanently altering the
form, configuration, dimensions, proportions, or contour of a
part or stock, either with or without the removal of
material. This term includes deforming, compacting,
densifying, slitting, machining, and briquetting.
SLITTING
The physical act of or means for shaping solely by incising
or severing the part or stock to form a partial separation
along a plane or surface through the part or stock. When this
separation is done by a true shearing operation, there is no
material removed.
SUBCLASSES
Subclass:
1.1
ARMS MAKING:
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Process or apparatus specially adapted for making an
implement of metal for propelling a projectile through a
barrel or other guideway.
(1) Note. Included herein is means for making either a small
arms weapon or a large gun.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
903 for a cross-reference art collection directed to making
a firearm bolt.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
42, Firearms, for a small arms weapon, generally.
124, Mechanical Guns and Projectors, for nonexplosive small
arms, e.g., for a spring gun, a bow, or a cross-bow.
273, Amusement Devices: Games, 108 for game apparatus
comprising a mechanical gun or projector and subclasses 317+
for game apparatus involving the combination of a mechanical
gun or projector and a game projectile.
409, Gear Cutting, Milling, or Planing, subclass 308 for a
planing machine for cutting a spiral groove in the curved
inner surface of the barrel of a small arms or ordnance
device.
473, Games Using Tangible Projectile, for a game projectile
for a mechanical gun or projector (e.g., 578 for an arrow,
etc.). Game apparatus involving the combination of a
mechanical gun or projector and a projectile is included in
Class 473.
Subclass:
1.11
Ordnance:
This subclass is indented under subclass 1.1. Process or
apparatus for manufacturing a cannon or a similar heavy gun.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
89, Ordnance, for a large gun, generally.
Subclass:
1.2
PROJECTILE MAKING:
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Process or apparatus peculiarly adapted for shaping a metal
projectile to be propelled through a barrel or other
guideway.
(1) Note. Included herein is means for making a projectile
for use in either a small arms weapon or a large gun.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
72, Metal Deforming, for shaping of metal, generally.
86, Ammunition and Explosive-Charge Making, 10 for a method
of making ammunition including assembly therewith of an
explosive propellant, and subclasses 23+ for a method of
otherwise loading ammunition.
102, Ammunition and Explosives, particularly 501 for
projectiles explosively propelled through a gun barrel,
cleaning projectiles for gun barrels, and dummy projectiles
for firearms.
164, Metal Founding, for casting to form metal, generally,
including casting of metal projectiles.
273, Amusement Devices: Games, 416 for an arrow, per se.
Subclass:
1.21
Hollow shrapnel forming projectile:
This subclass is indented under subclass 1.2. Process or
apparatus for making an explosive shell or other projectile
having a cavity therein to contain a bursting or other
charge.
Subclass:
1.22
Bullet or shot:
This subclass is indented under subclass 1.2. Process or
apparatus peculiarly adapted for shaping a small, metal,
solid projectile for a small arms weapon, as by a combination
of metal-working operations.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
898.052 and 898.069, for making a ball for a ball bearing.
899 for ball making, generally.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
72, Metal Deforming, for shaping metal, generally, including
shaping to form a projectile.
75, Specialized Metallurgical Processes, Compositions for Use
Therein, Consolidated Metal Powder Compositions, etc., 331
for comminuting of liquid metal.
164, Metal Founding, for casting to form metal, generally,
including casting of a metal projectile.
264, Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating:
Processes, subclass 5 for processes for formation of
particulate material directly from a molten or liquid mass,
other than glass or metal, e.g., liquid comminuting.
425, Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating:
Apparatus, 6 for apparatus for making particulate material
(e.g., shot, etc.) directly from molten material.
Subclass:
1.23
Jacketed or composite:
This subclass is indented under subclass 1.22. Process or
apparatus for making a bullet or shot with a separate
covering over the whole or a part thereof.
Subclass:
1.3
CARTRIDGE CASING MAKING:
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Process or apparatus peculiarly adapted for shaping a
metallic case for fixed ammunition.
(1) Note. "Fixed ammunition" comprises an assembly including
a projectile and propellant.
(2) Note. The "casing" of this subclass may be referred to
as a "shell" or as a "hull".
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
72, Metal Deforming, 253.1 for deforming by extruding,
particularly subclasses 264+ for the forming of a hollow
product and subclasses 343+ for push-drawing to form a cup or
shell.
86, Ammunition and Explosive-Charge Making, for shaping
metallic cases of fixed ammunition in forming ammunition
therewith.
102, Ammunition and Explosives, 464 for cartridge cases.
413, Sheet Metal Container Making, for making a container of
metal involving plural distinct metal working operations,
generally.
Subclass:
1.31
Heading:
This subclass is indented under subclass 1.3. Process or
apparatus for flattening, flanging, and indenting the closed
end of a metal tube to adapt it for use as a rim or center
fire cartridge.
Subclass:
1.32
Trimming:
This subclass is indented under subclass 1.3. Process or
apparatus for trimming the head, flange, primer hole, or
mouth of a cartridge case (or shell).
Subclass:
2
BATTERY-GRID MAKING:
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Process or apparatus for making a metallic "grid" for an
electric battery.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
623.2 for a process of making a battery cell.
730 for apparatus peculiar to assembling a storage cell or
battery.
763 for apparatus peculiar to disassembling a storage cell
or battery.
897.15 for the method of making a grille.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
141, Fluent Material Handling, With Receiver or Receiver
Coacting Means, 32 for battery grid paste applying means.
249, Static Molds, subclass 60 for molding apparatus for
forming a grid or lattice-type product.
429, Chemistry: Electrical Current Producing Apparatus,
Product, and Process, 233 for battery grids and related
structure.
Subclass:
2.1
BIAS (I.E., HELICALLY) CUTTING OF TUBULAR STOCK:
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Process or apparatus for severing hollow work of generally
circular or oval cross section by moving work and tool
relative to each other so as to describe a helical line of
severance along the surface of the hollow work.
(1) Note. Included in this and indented subclasses is the
bias cutting of "article-like" work where there is no
"supply".
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
30, Cutlery, for a manually supported cutting implement.
33, Geometrical Instruments, 21.1 for means to scribe,
score, or scratch lines on curved surfaces.
69, Leather Manufactures, 9 for skiving or splitting of
leather.
82, Turning, subclass 47 for a process under that class
definition of cutting hollow work while effecting relative
rotary movement about an axis passing through the work and
subclass 82 for the corresponding apparatus.
83, Cutting, especially subclass 54 for a process of cutting
a hollow workpiece, generally, subclasses 178+ for cutting
apparatus including a tool inside hollow work and subclasses
401+ for means to move work relative to tool station.
142, Wood Turning, subclasses 23-35 for spiral groove wood
turning.
144, Woodworking, 209.1 for a veneering lathe.
242, Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding, for a device for
winding the product of this subclass. Note that the
combination of such a cutting means with a product winding
means is to be found in Class 29, 2.1.
269, Work Holders, especially 47 for means to support work
while performing a bias cutting operation. The combination of
such support means with means to sever being classified in
Class 29.
408, Cutting by Use of Rotating Axially Moving Tool, for
cutting tubular work by a tool that turns about an axis and
moves along that axis but has no additional motion during
operation.
409, Gear Cutting, Milling, or Planing, 65 for a machine for
generating a thread (or helix) by relative cutter and blank
movements.
451, Abrading, subclass 48 for a process of grinding a
drill, thread, reamer, or hob.
470, Threaded, Headed Fastener, or Washer Making: Process and
Apparatus, appropriate subclasses for thread cutting by means
of a chasing cutter, other than as provided for in Class
408.
Subclass:
2.11
Including orbital cutter:
This subclass is indented under subclass 2.1. Apparatus
including a cutting means moving, bodily, in a predetermined
path about the longitudinal axis or extent of work.
Subclass:
2.12
Within stock support:
This subclass is indented under subclass 2.11. Apparatus
wherein the cutter orbits about a path internally of the
work.
Subclass:
2.13
With orbiting strip accumulator:
This subclass is indented under subclass 2.11. Apparatus
provided with means to handle the cut work, which means also
follows a predetermined path about the longitudinal axis or
extent of the work.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
2.1 for the combination of such a cutting means with a
product winding means.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
242, Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding, for a device for
winding the product of this subclass (2.13). Note that the
combination of such a cutting means with a product winding
means is to be found elsewhere in Class 29.
Subclass:
2.14
Including means to inflate stock:
This subclass is indented under subclass 2.1. Apparatus
including means to inject gas under pressure into the work to
cause the work to assume a tubular or hollow shape for
passing onto a work support or mandrel.
Subclass:
2.15
With means to feed stock along support or mandrel:
This subclass is indented under subclass 2.1. Apparatus
including means to engage a portion of work being internally
supported to effect movement or shift of said portion with
respect to cutting means.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
414, Material or Article Handling, for feeding a workpiece,
generally, and see the search notes therein for other loci of
work feeding.
Subclass:
2.16
Single means produces compound motion:
This subclass is indented under subclass 2.15. Apparatus
including utilization of a unitary mechanism to effect a
compound rotary and axial work movement.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
414, Material or Article Handling, 431 for apparatus for
advancing and rotating an elongated article by means adapted
to engage the article between its ends.
Subclass:
2.17
Endless belt drive means:
This subclass is indented under subclass 2.16. Apparatus
wherein the unitary mechanism is a driven closed loop
engaging the work and causing the work to move.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
226, Advancing Material of Indeterminate Length, 170 for
endless belt means for advancing material.
474, Endless Belt Power Transmission Systems or Components,
202 and 237+ for an endless drive belt, generally.
Subclass:
2.18
Axially:
This subclass is indented under subclass 2.15. Apparatus
including means to effect work movement or shift parallel to
the extent of the work supporting means.
Subclass:
2.19
Rotatably:
This subclass is indented under subclass 2.15. Apparatus
including means to effect work movement or shift in a
circular or oval path which path lies in a plane transverse
to the extent of the work support or mandrel.
Subclass:
2.2
With means to rotate and store stock supply:
This subclass is indented under subclass 2.1. Apparatus
including means, other than the work being fed to support and
cause a rotation of work accumulated thereon, from which the
work is moved onto a work support or mandrel.
Subclass:
2.21
Axis of rotation parallel to support or mandrel:
This subclass is indented under subclass 2.2. Apparatus
wherein the supply is rotated in a plane perpendicular to the
longitudinal extent of the mandrel.
Subclass:
2.22
With means for arcuate shift of mandrel:
This subclass is indented under subclass 2.1. Apparatus
including means to pivot the mandrel in a plane parallel to
the extent of said mandrel.
Subclass:
2.23
Including means to handle produced strip or web:
This subclass is indented under subclass 2.1. Apparatus
including means to feed or convey the product subsequent to
action of the severing means.
Subclass:
2.24
With common adjustment for cutter:
This subclass is indented under subclass 2.23. Process or
apparatus including means to vary the position of both
cutting means and cut-product handling means as an entity.
Subclass:
2.25
Method:
This subclass is indented under subclass 2.1. Process.
Subclass:
3
BUCKLE MAKING:
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Process or apparatus for making a part of a buckle or for
assembling that part with another part in the manufacture of
a buckle.
(1) Note. This subclass includes the manufacture of a buckle
from a rod, wire, plate, or sheet of metal.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
417 for a process of manufacture including obtaining plural
pieces from a unitary piece by dividing the piece from its
leading edge.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
24, Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, etc., especially 163 for the
product of this subclass.
226, Advancing Material of Indeterminate Length, for a method
of or apparatus for feeding material without utilizing both
the leading and trailing ends to effect movement of the
material.
Subclass:
4
BUTTON-FASTENER MAKING:
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Process or apparatus for making a metallic device for
securing a button having a shank provided with an eye, e.g.,
a shoe button, etc.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
432 for a process of assembling with punching, piercing, or
reaming a part by engagement with a second part.
512 for a process of assembling with joining by deforming
comprising flaring a tube end inserted in the opening of
another workpiece.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
227, Elongated-Member-Driving Apparatus, subclass 33 for
combined apparatus for juxtaposing a button with the bight of
a workpiece and driving a member through the bight, i.e.,
through the eye of the button and into a fold of the
workpiece.
Subclass:
4.51
SHREDDING METAL OR METAL WOOL ARTICLE MAKING:
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Process or apparatus, not elsewhere classified, (1) for
reducing metal to shreds by cutting operations or (2) for
producing an article of manufacture from metal wool.
(1) Note. Metal wool is defined as metal filaments or
threads matted into a densely felted mass.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
82, Turning, subclass 1.11 for a process of turning,
including cutting shavings from a rotating workpiece.
140, Wireworking, 71 for a machine or process for making an
article from wire within the class definition.
144, Woodworking, 185 for slivering wood as for excelsior
making.
148, Metal Treatment, 11.5 for a method of metal working and
heat treatment within the class definition.
241, Solid Material Comminution or Disintegration, for a
process or apparatus for reducing metal to smaller particles
without imparting a shape thereto. See Class 241, section
(4), of the main class definition.
264, Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating:
Processes, 5 for a process of forming a particulate material
directly from molten or liquid mass other than glass, e.g.,
liquid comminuting.
419, Powder Metallurgy Processes, for a method of forming an
article by uniting randomly associated metal particles.
425, Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating:
Apparatus, 6 for apparatus for making particulate material
directly from molten material.
428, Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles, subclass 605
for metallic stock in the form of a mass of fibers and
subclass 684 for composite metallic stock in which an
iron-base component is next to a steel component.
Subclass:
4.52
Metal wool making:
This subclass is indented under subclass 4.51. Process or
apparatus for producing metal wool.
(1) Note. Metal wool is defined as metal filaments or
threads matted into a densely felted mass.
Subclass:
4.53
Shaving or longitudinal cutting:
This subclass is indented under subclass 4.52. Process or
apparatus wherein the metal wool is produced by severing or
slicing off thin layers substantially along the long axis of
a metal workpiece.
(1) Note. Metal wool is defined as metal filaments or
threads matted into a densely felted mass.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
83, Cutting, 861 for cutting other than completely through
work within the class definition. Also see cross-section art
collection subclass 906 for chip making.
Subclass:
4.54
Soap-pad making:
This subclass is indented under subclass 4.53. Process or
apparatus whereby the produced metal wool is further
processed to form a matted mass containing soap which mass is
generally used for cleaning purposes.
(1) Note. See search note under subclass 4.55.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
4.56 for a process or apparatus for bundling metal wool to
produce a soap pad.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
15, Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning, 104.90 for a
cleaning tool (e.g., a pad) coated or impregnated with
material supply.
118, Coating Apparatus, 35 for a coating machine having
means to cut the work and subclass 44 for coating machine
having means to deform work.
Subclass:
4.55
Metal wool bundling:
This subclass is indented under subclass 4.51. Process or
apparatus wherein metal wool is shaped into a longer mass
generally to produce an article of manufacture.
(1) Note. Metal wool is defined as metal filaments or
threads matted into a densely felted mass.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
72, Metal Deforming, for a method or apparatus for deforming
a self-shape-sustaining metal workpiece within the class
definition.
Subclass:
4.56
Soap-pad making:
This subclass is indented under subclass 4.55. Process or
apparatus wherein the metal wool bundle is further processed
to form a matted mass containing soap which mass is generally
used for cleaning purposes.
(1) Note. See search notes under subclass 4.54.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
4.54 for process or apparatus for making metal wool by a
cutting technique and further producing a soap pad
therefrom.
Subclass:
4.6
CORD-HEDDLE MAKING:
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Process or apparatus for fabricating a thread guide of a
loom's shed forming mechanism from strand-like textile
material.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
72, Metal Deforming, for an operation of that class used in
making a textile guide, such as a cord heddle.
139, Textiles: Weaving, and especially 93 for a loom
employing a heddle, or for a heddle, per se.
140, Wireworking, subclass 72 for the making of a wire
heddle or heddle eye.
163, Needle and Pin Making, for making a needle eye which
will serve as a guide to a textile strand.
Subclass:
5
COTTER-PIN MAKING:
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Process or apparatus for forming a split key not provided for
elsewhere.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
13 for a process of or apparatus for making a
paper-fastener.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
59, Chain, Staple, and Horseshoe Making, 71.
72, Metal Deforming, for bending, or bending and cutting,
without an additional operation not provided for in that
class.
140, Wireworking, subclass 82 and 87 for wire clip and
hairpin making.
226, Advancing Material of Indeterminate Length, for a
process of or apparatus for feeding material without
utilizing both the leading and trailing ends to effect
movement of material.
Subclass:
6.01
CRANKSHAFT MAKING APPARATUS:
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Means
for bending, forging, or otherwise manufacturing or treating
an axial member which has at least one portion thereof
adapted for applying torque thereto for changing
reciprocating motion into circular motion or vice versa.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
888.08 for a process of making or treating a crankshaft.
888.1 for a process of making or treating a camshaft.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
72, Metal Deforming, 298 for a process or apparatus of
twisting a crankshaft beyond its elastic limit.
Subclass:
6.1
EXPANDED METAL MAKING:
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Process or apparatus, not elsewhere classified, for forming
apertures in sheet material and thereafter deforming the
apertured portion of the sheet to (1) increase the area of,
or change the shape of, the aperture and (2) increase the
length or width of the sheet.
(1) Note. Apertures may be formed by cutting, punching,
casting, drilling, milling, grinding, etc.
(2) Note. Deforming may include, for example, bending,
corrugating, forging, rolling, or drawing.
(3) Note. Included herein is expanding of sheet material by
simultaneously perforating and deforming the sheet.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
896.6 for a process of making multiple perforations in a
metallic sheet, tube, etc.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
72, Metal Deforming, for shaping metal, other than expanded
metal making, especially 185 for cutting and deforming by a
"flying" tool and subclasses 203+ for cutting and rolling.
83, Cutting, for cutting operatures in a sheet preliminary to
expanded metal making.
228, Metal Fusion Bonding, subclass 157 for bonding of
multiple parts at spaced offset points into a single member
and shaping the member to move the parts apart at the
nonbonded areas.
428, Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles, 596 for
metallic stock having an aperture or cut.
Subclass:
6.2
By use of reciprocating perforator:
This subclass is indented under subclass 6.1. Process or
apparatus including a tool which travels back and forth in a
straight line to form the aperture.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
83, Cutting, 613 for a cutting machine having a cutter
having simple rectilinear reciprocating motion only and
subclass 697 for a cutting machine having a reciprocating
tool.
Subclass:
7
EYEBOLT OR HOOK MAKING:
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Process or apparatus for making an eyebolt or a hook
comprising more than bending with incidental cutting.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
72, Metal Deforming, for bending a rod into the form of a
hook or an eyebolt with incidental cutting.
470, Threaded, Headed Fastener, or Washer Making: Process and
Apparatus, 11 for combined operations for making a bolt and
subclasses 57+ for combined machines for making a bolt.
Subclass:
7.1
FENCE BARB MAKING:
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Process or apparatus for making pointed elements for
subsequent attachment to fence wire, or for striking up
pointed projections from fence stock material itself.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
140, Wireworking, 58 for a process of or apparatus for
making and applying wire barbs to a wire strand,
particularly, subclass 66 for applying barbs of sheet metal
to a wire strand.
256, Fences, 2 for barbed fences including barbed strands or
fabric.
Subclass:
7.2
By use of reciprocating cutter or die:
This subclass is indented under subclass 7.1. Process or
apparatus which travel back and forth in a straight line and
directly contact the work to produce the fence barbs.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
83, Cutting, 613 for a cutting machine including a cutter
with simple rectilinear reciprocating motion only and
subclass 697 for reciprocable type tools, per se.
Subclass:
7.3
By use of rotary cutter or die:
This subclass is indented under subclass 7.1. Process or
apparatus wherein the tool which directly contacts the work
to produce the fence barb is mounted on a rotatable
cylindrical member.
Subclass:
8
FINGER-RING FORMING OR SIZING:
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Process or apparatus for forming a finger ring by die cutting
a flat ring from a disk and subsequently swaging or die
shaping it into the desired form or for stretching or
contacting a ring by use of a die.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
896.4 for a process of making jewelry, generally.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
63, Jewelry, 15 for a finger ring.
72, Metal Deforming, especially subclass 377 for a process
of deforming metallic work with attenuation, thickening,
elongating, or shortening of the work and subclass 379.2 for
a process of deforming sheet metal.
249, Static Molds, subclass 57 for a mold for casting a
ring-type product, e.g., a finger ring, etc.
Subclass:
9
FISHHOOK MAKING:
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Process or apparatus for making a fishhook, including
shaping, pointing, or barbing.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
226, Advancing Material of Indeterminate Length, for a method
of or apparatus for, feeding material without utilizing both
the leading and trailing ends to effect movement of the
material.
Subclass:
10
GEM AND JEWEL SETTING:
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Process or apparatus for cutting a socket for a gem or jewel
or for securing the gem or jewel in the socket.
(1) Note. This subclass includes jewel holders, feeding
devices for jewel-setting machines, jewel-burnishing devices,
etc.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
8 for process or apparatus for forming a finger ring or for
sizing a finger ring.
896.4 for a process of making jewelry, generally.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
63, Jewelry, 26 for a "setting" in which a gem is to be
set.
81, Tools, subclass 7 for a watchmakers jewel setting tool.
125, Stone Working, subclass 35 for a work support for stone
working.
205, Electrolysis: Processes, Compositions Used Therein, and
Methods of Preparing the Compositions, subclass 114 for
electrolytic methods of setting or mounting gems.
Subclass:
11
HINGE MAKING OR ASSEMBLING:
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Process or apparatus for manufacturing a part of a hinge or
for assembling that part with another part in manufacturing a
hinge.
(1) Note. The manufacturing operations of this subclass are
mainly die cutting, milling, or broaching to finish
interlocking parts, bending a sleeve, or inserting a pintle.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
3 for similar process or apparatus peculiar to making a
buckle.
437 for a method of assembling with retaining clearance for
motion between the assembled parts by deforming interlocking
structure.
Subclass:
12
LACING-STUD MAKING:
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Process or apparatus for making a lacing stud from a metal
rod, metal wire, or specially-prepared metal stock.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
72, Metal Deforming, for stressing metal beyond its elastic
limit, generally.
425, Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating:
Apparatus, 110 for apparatus to make a composite from a
preform and means shaping fluent plastic stock and subclass
807 for lace tipping.
Subclass:
13
PAPER-FASTENER MAKING:
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Process or apparatus for making a member intended to be
inserted in an opening in a paper sheet to secure something
to that paper sheet.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
5 for cotter-pin making.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
59, Chain, Staple, and Horseshoe Making, 71 for staple
making.
226, Advancing Material of Indeterminate Length, for a method
of or apparatus for feeding material without utilizing both
the leading and trailing ends to effect movement of the
material.
227, Elongated-Member-Driving Apparatus, 82 for combined
apparatus for forming and driving a member, e.g., nail.
Subclass:
14
PLOW OR CULTIVATOR IRON, MAKING:
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Process or apparatus for making that portion of a ground
turning or stirring implement that comes in direct contact
with the ground to effect work thereon.
(1) Note. Also included herein is a process of making
ancillary plow structure, such as a clevis.
(2) Note. A plow "iron" may be called a "share", a "point",
or a "sweep".
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
891 for a process of making an agricultural device,
generally.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
72, Metal Deforming, 470 for a die for forging generally,
including forging a plow or a cultivator iron.
Subclass:
15
PUDDLERS' BALLS MAKING:
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Process or apparatus for manufacturing a solid, generally
spherical member intended to be used in molten metal, e.g.,
to assist in refining of metal.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
75, Specialized Metallurgical Processes, Compositions for Use
Therein, Consolidated Metal Powder Compositions, etc., for a
process of treating metal in the molten state.
266, Metallurgical Apparatus, especially 227 for means for
separating metal in a molten mass from undesired material.
Subclass:
16
RAILWAY-CHAIR MAKING:
Process or apparatus for manufacturing a metal block intended
to support and hold a railway track with respect to a
crosstie.
(1) Note. Manufacture of structure relating to a railway
chair, e.g., a clip for holding a chair to a rail, is
included herein.
Subclass:
17.1
FOIL OR OTHER THIN SHEET-METAL MAKING OR TREATING:
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Process or apparatus for manufacturing or modifying small
thickness sheet metal, e.g., foil, not provided for in
another class.
(1) Note. The lines existing between Class 29, subclasses
17.1+, and Class 72, Metal Deforming, are as follows:
Class 72 takes (1) a process or apparatus for rolling sheet
metal whether a sheet, strip, pack, or otherwise, or (2) a
process or apparatus for rolling sheet metal whether a sheet,
strip, pack, or otherwise when combined with any nonrolling
operation acceptable in Class 72.
Class 29 takes (1) a process or apparatus for manufacturing
metal foil other than by rolling and (2) process or apparatus
for rolling sheet metal when combined with another operation,
which combination is not classified in Class 72.
(2) Note. "Foil" is film-like metal, generally less than
0.010 inches thick which, because of its frailty must be
handled much like a sheet of paper.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
33 for a machine for performing a combination of operations
on a strip.
81.1 for a process or apparatus for removing or preventing
scale.
527.1 for a process including applying or shaping of fluent
material.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
72, Metal Deforming, and see (1) Note above.
118, Coating Apparatus, for metal or nonmetal coating
apparatus combined with various treating means such as
cutting or deforming.
164, Metal Founding, subclass 476 for continuous casting
combined with rolling.
427, Coating Processes, for a method of coating a substrate,
generally.
428, Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles, 606 for
metallic foil or filament smaller than 6 mils.
Subclass:
17.2
Method:
This subclass is indented under subclass 17.1. Process.
Subclass:
17.3
Clad or other composite foil or thin metal making:
This subclass is indented under subclass 17.2. Process
comprising manufacturing an article having plural layers or
distinct components joined together.
(1) Note. At least one layer or component must be metallic
and that layer or component must be altered for
classification in this subclass.
(2) Note. In a process of this subclass, any two layers or
components must have different characteristics.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
527.1 for applying or shaping of fluent material to a
substrate in forming a composite product.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
148, Metal Treatment, 240 for a method of producing a
reaction coating on a solid metal substrate wherein one
component of the reaction coating comes from the metal, and
subclass 127 for a method under that class definition of heat
treating a metal composite.
156, Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture,
for a process or apparatus for adhesive bonding of a
self-sustaining web or article.
164, Metal Founding, 31 for a method under that class
definition of forming a composite article.
205, Electrolysis: Processes, Compositions Used Therein, and
Methods of Preparing the Compositions, 76 for making foil by
electroforming.
228, Metal Fusion Bonding, for a process or apparatus for
metallurgically bonding self-sustaining preforms together.
264, Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating:
Processes, 241 for a process under that class definition of
producing composite, plural part or a multilayered article.
419, Powder Metallurgy Processes, 3 for a method of making a
sheet of indefinite length.
427, Coating Processes, for producing a coated foil,
generally.
Subclass:
17.4
With assembling or disassembling of a pack:
This subclass is indented under subclass 17.2. Process
including (1) superposing plural work portions for
metalworking or treating which work portions are to be
subsequently separated to yield plural manufactured articles
or (2) effecting or augmenting separation of superposed
articles that have been, while superposed, subjected to
metalworking or treatment.
(1) Note. The pack may be made by folding a single sheet
along a line if the work portions are to be severed later
from the rest of the pack.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
18.1 for apparatus for opening or separating a pack.
403.3 for a process of mechanical manufacture including
separating materials one from another.
426.1 for a process of disassembling, especially subclass
426.4 for disassembling by alteration or destruction.
700 for apparatus for disassembling, generally.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
125, Stone Working, subclass 24 for a process or apparatus
for separating mica or mica-like substance along its plane of
cleavage.
428, Stock Metal or Miscellaneous Articles, 577 for a
metallic intermediate article.
Subclass:
17.5
Using transitory solid cover material:
This subclass is indented under subclass 17.4. Process
including superposing a solid member over a work portion to
facilitate metalworking or treating of the work portion,
which solid member does not form part of one of the
manufactured articles.
(1) Note. The solid cover material generally constitutes
some portion of the pack and may itself become a manufactured
product but not in the course of the claimed invention.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
423 for a method of diverse mechanical manufacturing
utilizing transitory attached or separate material.
Subclass:
17.6
Including bond prevention treatment:
This subclass is indented under subclass 17.4. Process
including applying material to a work portion or performing a
particular operation on the work portion to stop welding or
adhesion between layers or components of the pack.
(1) Note. The bond preventing material is generally
characterized as "anti-bond" or "prevent-weld".
(2) Note. The bond prevention material may comprise material
that is normally used as a lubricant applied directly to the
work, rather than merely to the working apparatus or
machine.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
424 for a process of mechanical manufacture including use of
a temporary protective coating, generally.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
228, Metal Fusion Bonding, subclass 118 for a metallurgical
bonding process under that class definition which uses bond
inhibiting separating material.
Subclass:
17.7
Disassembling of a pack:
This subclass is indented under subclass 17.4. Process
including effecting or augmenting separation of superposed
articles that have been, while superposed, subjected to
metalworking or treatment.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
18.1 for apparatus for opening or separating a pack.
403.3 for a process of mechanical manufacture including
separating materials one from another.
426.1 for a process of disassembling, especially subclass
426.4 for disassembling by alteration or destruction.
700 for apparatus for disassembling, generally.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
125, Stone Working, subclass 24 for a process or apparatus
for separating mica or mica-like substance along its plane of
cleavage.
Subclass:
17.8
By shaving or longitudinal cutting:
This subclass is indented under subclass 17.2. Process
including severing or slicing off a layer substantially along
the length of the axis of a metal workpiece.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
82, Turning, for shaving off a rotating workpiece.
83, Cutting, 861 for a process of cutting other than
completely through work thickness or through work within the
class definition.
409, Gear Cutting, Milling, or Planing, 288 for shaving off
a single layer of a workpiece.
Subclass:
17.9
Using transitory material:
This subclass is indented under subclass 17.2. Process
wherein material is attached to or associated with the work
to facilitate the manufacturing, which material forms no part
of the manufactured product.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
423 for a method of diverse mechanical manufacturing which
utilizes transitory attached or associated separate
material.
Subclass:
18.1
Means for opening or separating a pack:
This subclass is indented under subclass 17.1. Apparatus for
breaking or pulling apart a group of superposed workpieces
thereby to yield plural manufactured articles.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
403.3 for a process of mechanical manufacture including
separating materials one from another.
426.1 for a process of disassembling, especially subclass
426.4 for disassembling by alteration or destruction.
700 for apparatus for disassembling, generally.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
125, Stone Working, subclass 24 for a process or apparatus
for separating mica or mica-like substance along its plane of
cleavage.
Subclass:
20
SPECTACLE-FRAME MAKING:
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Process or apparatus for manufacturing a member intended to
hold or otherwise support a lens of eyeglass structure.
(1) Note. Included herein is structure for assembling a pair
of spectacles or for manufacture of a portion thereof, such
as a "temple" or "bridge-piece".
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
434 for a process of assembling or joining while retaining
clearance for motion between assembled parts, as in
assembling a temple with the lens holding portion of a
spectacle frame.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
65, Glass Manufacturing, subclass 61 for grinding to make an
article of glass, including making and grinding a lens.
72, Metal Deforming, for bending metal, generally, especially
362 for the process.
140, Wireworking, 71 for a process or apparatus for making
an eyeglass frame of wire, under that class definition.
264, Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating:
Processes, 239 for a method including shaping or molding to
form or reform a shaped article, including molding of an
eyeglass frame or lens.
351, Optics: Eye Examining, Vision Testing and Correcting, 41
for spectacles or eyeglasses, subclass 177 for a process of
making an ophthalmic lens not elsewhere provided for (see the
appended notes to this subclass for a field of search for
this subject matter), and subclass 178 for a process of
making spectacles or eyeglasses not elsewhere provided for,
securing an eyeglass lens to a support, or of assembling lens
in spectacle frames.
425, Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating:
Apparatus, for making an article of plastic, generally,
including making a portion of an eyeglass frame or a lens.
Subclass:
20.1
SPIRAL CUTTING OF FLAT STOCK:
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Process or apparatus for severing a strip or strap from sheet
material, in substantially continuous fashion, by relative
rotation of a tool and work about an axis while moving toward
or away from each other during the severing operation.
(1) Note. The line of severance described by the cutting
operation of this subclass comprises a flat spiral in the
plane of the sheet material.
(2) Note. The cutting tool is usually at a fixed point or
location with respect to which point the work is moved.
(3) Note. The combination of spiral cutting (here
classified) with winding and reeling (classified, per se, in
Class 242, Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding) is to be found in
this subclass.
(4) Note. A subsequent cutting, either to length or desired
cross section shape, of the severed strip or strap will not
bar classification here if otherwise within the above
definition.
(5) Note. This subclass includes working of sheet material
other than metal (e.g., rubber, cloth, leather, etc.) as set
forth above to produce thongs, lacing, belting, etc.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
2.1 for bias cutting tubular stock and see the notes
thereunder for other cutting loci involving relative rotation
between tool and work.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
82, Turning, for cutting of rotating work, generally.
142, Wood Turning, subclasses 23-35 for a process or
apparatus for cutting of a rotating workpiece of wood.
144, Woodworking, 209.1 for a veneer lathe.
411, Expanded, Threaded, Driven, Headed, Tool-Deformed, or
Locked-Threaded Fastener, for a fastener which may have been
produced by a rotation of a workpiece.
428, Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles, subclass 592
for metallic stock which is helical or has a helical
component.
Subclass:
21
STEREOTYPE-PLATE FINISHING:
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Process or apparatus for finishing a plane or curved
stereotype plate by beveling the edge, grooving, or finishing
a rib on the back of a plate.
(1) Note. Apparatus for casting a stereotype plate combined
with a finishing mechanism which operates on a plate while
still associated with a casting surface is classified in
Class 164, Metal Founding, subclass 140.
(2) Note. Apparatus for merely planing the back of a
stereotype plate are classified in Class 409, Gear Cutting,
Milling, or Planing, subclasses 288+.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
101, Printing, 368 for a printing member, per se.
451, Abrading, 28 for a process of abrading.
Subclass:
21.1
MEANS FOR FORMING CLENCH-TONGUE (E.G., FOR TIEBAND):
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Apparatus, including a punch for cutting out a flap from a
sheet metal work portion, and including means to bend the
flap to engage and secure plural portions in assembled
relation.
(1) Note. Included here is a device which cuts and bends the
tongue by either single or plural means.
(2) Note. Included here is a tongue cutting and clenching
device, not otherwise classified, which acts on a single work
piece.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
243.5 for overedge assembling apparatus.
432 for a process of assembling combined with punching,
piercing or reaming a part by engagement with the surface of
a second part.
509 for a process of assembling including joining by
deforming by overedge clamping of a seated part.
798 for apparatus for assembling including means to drive a
self-piercing work part.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
72, Metal Deforming, subclasses appropriate to cutting and
deforming.
413, Sheet Metal Container Making, 1 for a method of
fabricating a sheet metal can.
493, Manufacturing Container or Tube From Paper; or Other
Manufacturing From a Sheet or Web, 350 for a similar device
which operates on a nonmetallic material.
Subclass:
22
TIRE UPSETTING, WITH CUTTING, PUNCHING, ETC.:
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Combined process or apparatus including use of a metal tire
thickening device combined with use of a press for cutting or
shaping the tire or tire blank.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
894.37 for a process of making a metal tire for a wheel,
other than in the manner of this subclass.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
72, Metal Deforming, especially subclass 294 for cutting
combined with upsetting, generally, and subclasses 300 and
301+ for a pair of individually nondeforming clamps used to
upset a metal strip other than a metal tire strip.
Subclass:
23.1
TOOTH-CYLINDER MAKING APPARATUS (E.G., TEXTILE WORKING
CYLINDER):
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Means
for forming, applying, and securing metallic teeth to the
surface of a cylindrical body such as a cylinder for textile
machinery.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
891 for making a device for use in agriculture, generally.
895 and 895.31, for a process of manufacturing a roller
having teeth assembled thereto or formed thereon.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
227, Elongated-Member-Driving Apparatus, subclass 77 for
combined apparatus for applying a member, e.g., card teeth,
and bending the end of such member.
492, Roll or Roller, 30 for a roll or roller with surface
indentation, projections, or slits having plural alignment of
slits.
Subclass:
23.51
IMPELLER MAKING APPARATUS:
Machines or tool for manufacturing a rotor for a turbine,
fan, pump, etc.
(1) Note. A conveyor screw is considered to be an
"impeller".
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
889 for a process of manufacturing an impeller.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
72, Metal Deforming, 367.1 for a method of making or
reshaping a metallic tubular member, generally.
198, Conveyors: Power-Driven, 657 for a screw type
conveyor.
415, Rotary Kinetic Fluid Motors or Pumps, 71 for a runner
having a spirally arranged blade or fluid passage.
416, Fluid Reaction Surfaces (i.e., impellers), for an
impeller, per se.
Subclass:
24
TYPE FINISHING AND GROOVING:
Process or apparatus for breaking a "jet" (or "sprue line")
from cast printing type, removing irregularities (such as a
pin or burr) from printing type, or for grooving printing
type.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
413 for a method of obtaining plural pieces from a unitary
blank by breaking through a weakened portion.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
199, Type Casting, 81 for a machine for casting type
combined with mechanism for finishing. See Class 409, Gear
Cutting, Milling, or Planing, subclass 293 for a process of
and subclasses 312 and 901 for apparatus for cutting to shape
a metallic printing surface.
225, Severing by Tearing or Breaking, 1 for a method of
breaking, generally, and subclasses 93+ for apparatus for
breaking, generally.
Subclass:
24.5
VENETIAN BLIND ASSEMBLING:
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Process or apparatus (including a work holder) for assembling
a venetian blind.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
33 for apparatus including an assembling device combined
with a shaping device, not otherwise classified, and see the
notes to that subclass (33) for the lines with other
classes.
592 for a method of assembling combined with one shaping,
not otherwise classified, especially subclasses 433+ for a
method of assembling by stringing and subclasses 559+ for a
method of assembling including work holding. See the notes to
that subclass (592) for the lines with other classes.
700 for apparatus for assembling, generally, especially
subclass 241 for apparatus for assembling by stringing and
subclasses 281.1+ for apparatus for assembling including use
of a workholder.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
156, Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture,
subclass 65 for a process of making a venetian blind ladder
by laminating.
160, Flexible or Portable Closure, Partition, or Panel,
subclass 166.1 for a venetian blind, per se, and see that
definition for the definition of a "venetian blind".
227, Elongated-Member-Driving Apparatus, for apparatus for
inserting a member, e.g., a nail or staple, into a venetian
blind part, particularly 19 and 99+ for combined apparatus
for handling of a workpiece and for driving a member.
269, Work Holders, for a work holder, per se, not otherwise
classified, and see the notes to that class for the lines
with other classes.
Subclass:
25
UMBRELLA-FRAME MAKING:
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Process or apparatus for forming or assembling an umbrella
frame including forging an umbrella rib, shaping, or
assembling a component of an umbrella frame with another
component.
(1) Note. A component of an umbrella frame may be a "rib", a
"fork", a "notch", a "tip", etc.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
72, Metal Deforming, for a process or apparatus for merely
die shaping the various elements from sheet material.
135, Tent, Canopy, Umbrella, or Cane, 20 for an umbrella, or
component, generally.
Subclass:
25.01
BARRIER LAYER OR SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MAKING:
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Process or apparatus not elsewhere classified comprising
manufacturing (1) an electrical component consisting of two
electrical conductors placed either in contact with each
other or separated by an interface, which component has a
nonlinear resistance characteristic as a result of the
electrical action of the interface, (2) an electrical device
which exhibits asymmetrical voltage current characteristic,
or (3) a device incorporating a nonmetallic electric
conductor in which current is carried by the movement of
ions, which device is other than those classified in the
class for Chemistry: Electrical and Wave Energy.
(1) Note. This and the indented subclasses include a
miscellaneous process or apparatus for making a barrier
layer-type device, e.g., a contact rectifier, a transistor,
or an electrolytic capacitor.
(2) Note. This and the indented subclasses are not limited
to the manufacture of a barrier layer device where a metal
working operation is involved, but includes the manufacture
of such device from any material where no specific class
provides for the subject matter claimed.
(3) Note. This and the indented subclasses are heavy in
semiconductor diverse manufacturing apparatus (e.g., cluster
apparatus, etc.) not provided for in a specific apparatus
class.
(4) Note. Where the patent includes a claim to the product
in addition to a claim for the process of manufacture, the
patent is classified in the product class and
cross-referenced to the appropriate process class.
(5) Note. In these subclasses are found, inter alia, patents
relating to the manufacture a barrier layer device by the
combination of a step which is, per se, classified in another
class and a step of subjecting the barrier layer device to an
electrical current for either forming, testing, or aging the
device. The step of electrolytically forming a coating on an
electrode, without more, is not deemed such an operation.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
2 for a process or apparatus for making an electric battery
grid.
25.41 for an electric capacitor making process or apparatus
wherein the capacitor is not a barrier layer or electrolytic
device.
592 for a miscellaneous process of assembly, manufacture or
repair, particularly, subclasses 592.1+ for a process of
making a miscellaneous electrical device, of which,
subclasses 610.1+ relate to a process of making an electrical
resistor including metal working, or when not otherwise
classifiable, subclasses 623.1+ relate to a process of making
a battery, generally, and subclass 874+ relates to the making
of a terminal including one to be used with a barrier layer
device.
700 for miscellaneous assembly or disassembly apparatus,
particularly subclasses 729+ and 762+ for assembly or
disassembly apparatus for an electrical device not proper for
a superior subclass in this or another class, and subclasses
730+ and 763 for electric battery assembly or disassembly
apparatus.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
106, Compositions: Coating or Plastic, for a miscellaneous
coating or plastic composition such as a ceramic or varnish
composition.
117, Single-Crystal, Oriented-Crystal, and Epitaxy Growth
Processes; Non-Coating Apparatus Therefor, for processes and
non-coating apparatus for growing therein-defined
single-crystal of all types of materials, including barrier
layer or semiconductor materials.
134, Cleaning and Liquid Contact With Solids, for a process
of or apparatus for cleaning material such as stock material
for a barrier layer device.
205, Electrolysis: Processes, Compositions Used Therein, and
Methods of Preparing the Compositions, for a process,
product, or apparatus for treating base stock by an
electrolytic process, especially, subclass 213 for the
cleaning or etching of aluminum by an electrolytic method,
subclasses 183+, 188+, 191+, and 198+ for an electrolytic
coating process, and subclasses 324+ for the oxide coating of
aluminum from an aqueous bath. See (1) Note, above.
216, Etching a Substrate: Processes, subclass 3 for methods
of forming a Josephson junction device including a chemical
etching step.
252, Compositions, subclass 62.2 for an electrolyte for an
electrolytic condenser or rectifier, subclass 62.3 for a
composition for a barrier layer device, and subclasses 500+
for an electrically conductive and emissive composition which
composition may be resistive in nature.
257, Active Solid-State Devices (e.g., Transistors,
Solid-State Diodes), appropriate subclasses for an active
solid-state device, per se, and see (2) Note, above.
264, Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating:
Processes, for a process of working, molding, or shaping a
miscellaneous plastic material, per se, or combined with
another operation, especially 614 for a sintering method to
make a coated or composite electrical article or component;
subclasses 104+ for shaping electroconductive material; and
subclasses 272.11+ for shaping to make an encapsulated
electrical component including a barrier layer or
semiconductor device.
269, Work Holders, for a miscellaneous work support.
338, Electrical Resistors, for an electrical resistor, per
se.
355, Photocopying, for a process or apparatus under that
class definition for using an optical aligning mask, etc.
356, Optics: Measuring and Testing, for a process or
apparatus for testing an optical aligning mask.
359, Optics: Systems (Including Communication) and Elements,
for a process or apparatus under that class definition of
using an optical aligning mask.
414, Material or Article Handling, for Handling of a wafer,
per se.
420, Alloys or Metallic Compositions, for stock material
which may be used in the process or apparatus of this and the
indented subclasses.
427, Coating Processes, 58 for a process of coating, per se,
wherein the product has utility as an electrical product.
428, Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles, for a stock
material product in the form of a single or plural layer web,
sheet, strand, or fiber; especially 175, 190, 193+, 196+, and
365 for such a product including mechanically interengaged
strand or strand portions (e.g., woven, knitted) and subclass
62 for metallic composite in which a component has a
semiconductor base.
430, Radiation Imagery Chemistry: Process, Composition, or
Product Thereof, 311 for a process of making an electrical
device by means of radiation imagery chemistry.
438, Semiconductor Device Manufacturing: Process, appropriate
subclasses for methods of making a semiconductor electrical
device; see the search notes thereunder.
442, Fabric (Woven, Knitted, or Nonwoven Textile or Cloth,
Etc.), 181 and 304+ for a woven or knit fabric.
445, Electric Lamp or Space Discharge Component or Device
Manufacturing, for a process or apparatus for making such a
component or device.
505, Superconductor Technology: Apparatus, Material, Process,
particularly subclass 329 for methods of making a Josephson
junction device possessing a high temperature superconductor
and subclass 922 for methods of making a Josephson junction
device possessing a low temperature superconductor.
Subclass:
25.02
Barrier layer device making:
This subclass is indented under subclass 25.01. Process or
apparatus comprising manufacturing (1) an electrical
component consisting of two electrical conductors placed
either in contact with each other or separated by an
interface, which component has a nonlinear resistance
characteristic as a result of the electrical action of the
interface or (2) a device incorporating a nonmetallic
electric conductor in which current is carried by the
movement of ions, which device is other than those classified
in the class for Chemistry: Electrical and Wave Energy.
(1) Note. See the search notes under Class 29, subclass
25.01.
Subclass:
25.03
Electrolytic device making; e.g., capacitor:
This subclass is indented under subclass 25.02. Process or
apparatus comprising manufacturing a device incorporating a
nonmetallic conductor in which current is carried by the
movement of ions, which device is other than those classified
in Class 205, Electrolysis: Processes, Compositions Used
Therein, and Methods of Preparing the Compositions.
(1) Note. See the search notes under Class 29, subclass
25.01.
Subclass:
25.35
PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICE MAKING:
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Miscellaneous process or apparatus for manufacturing a
piezoelectric device or piezoelectric crystal which is not
classifiable in a specific class relating to the manufacture
of such an article.
(1) Note. A piezoelectric device under this definition is a
device which contains a material which exhibits an
electrostatic polarization when subjected to mechanical
stress or which exhibits a mechanical stress, tending to
produce a deflection, when subjected to electric stress,
including provision in combination with means to utilize the
piezoelectric property of said material. The material may be
crystalline or may not be so. The vast majority of
piezoelectric substances are crystalline, but a few
substances which are not obviously crystalline, such as some
barium titanate ceramics and some wax-resin electrets (the
electrostatic analogue of the permanent magnet), exhibit
piezoelectric properties. Since, in theory, piezoelectricity
is attributed to certain types of anisotropy in the material,
those piezoelectric materials which are not obviously
crystalline may be regarded as having a quasi-crystalline
structure and the expression piezoelectric crystal is
adopted, for convenience of expression, as being generic to
both types of material in the shaped (as distinguished from
the bulk) state where the shape (e.g., plate, AT cut) is
disclosed as being significant to the piezoelectric property
of the material. In summary: Piezoelectric material =
material in bulk. Piezoelectric crystal = material shaped for
piezo-electricity. Piezoelectric device = piezoelectric
material or crystal + utilization means (e.g., electrodes
holder).
(2) Note. This subclass is not limited to the manufacture of
a piezoelectric device by a metal working operation, but
includes the manufacture of such a device by any type of
operation where no other class provides for the entire
subject matter claimed.
(3) Note. This subclass includes patents relating to the
manufacture of the type of piezoelectric devices classified
in Class 310, Electrical Generator or Motor Structure,
subclasses 8+. Other classes which provide for piezoelectric
devices may also include methods and apparatus for
manufacturing the piezoelectric devices in those other
classes. For a list of such other classes consult the search
notes below.
(4) Note. Where a patent includes a claim to the
piezoelectric device in addition to a claim to the process of
or apparatus for manufacturing the piezoelectric device, the
patent is classified in the article class and
cross-referenced here.
(5) Note. A process or apparatus for manufacturing a
piezoelectric device when claimed in combination with a
method or apparatus for using said piezoelectric device, is
not classified in this subclass, but is classified in the
class which pertains to the use.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
25.41 and the classes referred to in the search notes of
that subclass for a method or apparatus for manufacturing an
electric condenser which method or apparatus may be useful in
the manufacture of a piezoelectric device.
592.1 for a process, not elsewhere classified of
manufacturing or assembling an electrical conductor or
circuit.
729 for miscellaneous apparatus not elsewhere classified for
assembling electrical apparatus.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
53, Package Making, for a method or apparatus for sealing a
housing or envelope which is disclosed as containing
piezoelectric crystals and for that subject matter where the
claims recite merely that the housing contains a crystal (as
distinguished, for example, from a crystal which is mounted
within the housing). Note particularly 470 and 239 where the
housing is filled with both an article and fluent material
and subclasses 403+ and 79+ where the housing is filled with
a gas or evacuated and closed.
73, Measuring and Testing, subclass 570 for a piezoelectric
transducer which couples an alternating current electric
circuit and a device having mechanical vibrations for testing
purposes or for the testing system which utilizes such a
transducer.
106, Compositions: Coating or Plastic, for a composition
useful to coat a piezoelectric crystal or device, as for
waterproofing.
117, Single-Crystal, Oriented-Crystal, and Epitaxy Growth
Processes; Non-Coating Apparatus Therefor, for processes and
non-coating apparatus for growing therein-defined
single-crystal of all types of materials, including
piezoelectric materials.
118, Coating Apparatus, for miscellaneous coating apparatus.
Note particularly 668 where the coating is under the control
of a characteristic of the workpiece (as when the coating
apparatus is controlled by the varying resonant frequency of
a piezoelectric crystal being coated), subclasses 715+ for
vacuum evaporation coating apparatus, and subclasses 300+ for
projection or spray type coating apparatus.
125, Stone Working, for a method or apparatus for shaping
(e.g., sawing, drilling, surfacing) a piezoelectric crystal
which utilizes a cutting tool (as distinguished from an
abrasive or abradant tool). Such method and apparatus in
Class 125 may include determining the crystallos:graphic
orientation of the crystal.
134, Cleaning and Liquid Contact With Solids, for a method or
means for cleaning a piezoelectric crystal which may include
merely treatment in a chemical bath or may include a
mechanical operation.
156, Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture,
subclass 345 provides for differential or pattern etching of
piezoelectric materials. Class 156 is also the generic home
for a process or apparatus for adhesively bonding materials
and thus various crystal making steps relating to bonding,
per se, may be there classified.
174, Electricity: Conductors and Insulators, 50 and the
classes referred to in the search notes of that class for a
housing or an envelope having means for conducting
electricity between the inside and outside of the housing.
Included is such housing or envelope as is used for
piezoelectric crystals.
200, Electricity: Circuit Makers and Breakers, subclass 181.
204, Chemistry: Electrical and Wave Energy, for an electrical
method or apparatus for coating a piezoelectric crystal.
Search 192.1 for a method of coating by cathode sputtering,
subclasses 193+ for electrolytic apparatus, and subclasses
298.01+ for cathode sputtering apparatus. Search subclasses
155+, and 164+ for a method of treating a compound by
electricity or wave energy, such as neutron bombardment or
X-ray radiation, to produce therein chemical changes which
may be manifested by associated physical changes. Such method
may be under the automatic control of some property of the
material being treated or may be under manual control.
205, Electrolysis: Processes, Compositions Used Therein, and
Methods of Preparing the Compositions, 118 for electrolytic
methods of applying a coating where an electrolytic and a
nonelectrolytic step are combined as where copper is
electrolytically plated over a chemically deposited silver
layer.
216, Etching a Substrate: Processes, subclass 13 for forming
of an electrical conductor, e.g., circuit, etc.
220, Receptacles, for the structure of housings, casings, and
envelopes, per se. Note particularly 2.1 where the housing,
casing, or envelope is of the electric discharge tube or
similar (such as piezoelectric crystal) type and subclasses
3.2+ where the housing, casing, or envelope is of the outlet
or junction box type.
228, Metal Fusion Bonding, 101 for the method of soldering a
metal to metal joint, such as the joint between a metallic
coating on a quartz crystal and an electrode wire, and
subclass 903 for an art collection of patents directed to a
method of bonding metallic and nonmetallic part by a
metallurgical bond, e.g., a method of joining an electrode
wire to a quartz crystal.
250, Radiant Energy, search 306 for methods of testing (as
distinguished from treating a piezoelectric crystal by
subjecting it to electronic or ionic rays) and for apparatus
for testing or treating a piezoelectric crystal by subjecting
it to electronic or ionic rays. Apparatus for treating
piezoelectric crystals in Class 250 may be under the
automatic control of some property, such as resonant
frequency of the crystal being treated, or may be under
manual control. Crystal goniometers in Class 250 may mark the
crystallos:graphic axis on the crystal being tested or may
position the crystal in a certain orientation with respect to
the testing ray or may otherwise indicate the
crystallos:graphic axis; however, crystal goniometers which,
in addition, mount the crystal in a holder or cut it or
perform some operation other than, and in addition, to the
testing are not classified in Class 250.
252, Compositions, subclass 62.9 for piezoelectric
compositions.
260, Chemistry of Carbon Compounds, for a process of
crystallizing organic compounds, the process being classified
with its product. Note particularly subclass 707 for a
process of crystallizing organic compounds limited to no
specific type of compound. The product of such a process and
also the seed crystals used in the process are classified as
chemical compounds. Seed crystals combined with supports are
classified as crystallizing apparatus in Class 23, subclass
273. Organic piezoelectric chemicals, per se, when shaped to
claimed configurations where the configuration is disclosed
as being significant to the piezoelectric property of the
crystal (e.g., plate, AT cut) are not classified in Class 260
(see the reference to Class 171, subclass 327, above).
Organic chemicals are classified in Class 260, even though
claimed as being piezoelectric, where the chemical is not
claimed as being shaped with respect to the piezoelectric
property and where it is uncombined with piezoelectric
structure.
264, Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating:
Processes, 405 for that class operation by direct
application of electrical or wave energy to work.
310, Electrical Generator or Motor Structure, 311 for
piezoelectric crystal devices other than those combined with
an art device.
315, Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices: Systems, subclass
55 for the structural combination of a piezoelectric crystal
and a space discharge device or electric lamp.
318, Electricity: Motive Power Systems, subclass 116 for
electric motor control systems where the electric motor is of
the piezoelectric type.
324, Electricity: Measuring and Testing, for a process of or
means for subjecting a piezoelectric crystal to an electric
test as for predicting its frequency drift, for determining
the polarity of charge produced by mechanical stress, or for
determining its activity. Search 76.39 for frequency
determination. Note that indented subclass 76.49 relates to
piezoelectric crystals among other devices.
331, Oscillators, subclass 73, 139, 156, and 158 for
electrical oscillator systems utilizing piezoelectric
crystals.
332, Modulators, 117 for frequency modulators which utilize
a piezoelectric crystal.
333, Wave Transmission Lines and Networks, subclass 150 for
electric delay networks utilizing piezoelectric crystals and
subclass 187 for electric wave filters utilizing
piezoelectric crystals.
356, Optics: Measuring and Testing, subclass 31 for methods
and apparatus for determining the crystallos:graphic axis of
a crystal by optical means. Crystal goniometers in Class 356
may mark the crystallos:graphic axis on the crystal being
tested or may position the crystal in a certain orientation
with respect to the light rays. Methods of determining the
crystallos:graphic axis which include chemically etching the
crystal to develop etching pits which can be observed
optically are included in subclass 31. Crystal goniometers
which, in addition, mount the crystal in a holder or cut it
or perform some operation other than or in addition to the
testing are not classified in Class 356.
359, Optics: Systems (Including Communication) and Elements,
subclass 230 for light control by a piezoelectric opaque
element.
361, Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices, 225 for
the step of merely charging or polarizing piezoelectric
material.
366, Agitating, subclass 127 for method of and apparatus for
agitating actuated by a piezoelectric device.
367, Communications, Electrical: Acoustic Wave System and
Devices, 87 for echo signaling or object sensing systems
which may use a piezoelectric transducer, subclasses 118+
and, particularly, subclasses 157+ for underwater
piezoelectric signaling or object sensing transducers, and
subclass 180 for other piezoelectric signaling or object
sensing transducers.
369, Dynamic Information Storage or Retrieval, subclass 144
for the structure of piezoelectric phonograph pickups.
378, X-Ray or Gamma Ray Systems or Devices, subclass 78 for
piezoelectric crystallography.
379, Telephonic Communications, for the structure of a
piezoelectric microphone.
381, Electrical Audio Signal Processing Systems and Devices,
subclass 173.
422, Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting,
Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing, 245 for chemical
apparatus for producing crystals.
423, Chemistry of Inorganic Compounds, for inorganic
compounds, per se, even though claimed as having
piezoelectric properties.
427, Coating Processes, subclass 100 for a coating process,
per se, wherein a product having piezoelectric properties is
formed.
451, Abrading, for a method or apparatus for abrading the
surface of a piezoelectric crystal to adjust its resonant
frequency. Such an abrading method or apparatus may be under
time control or under the control of the varying resonant
frequency of the crystal being abraded. Note particularly 32
for a process of abrading by tumbling, subclass 37 for a
combined process including tumbling and sand blasting,
subclasses 41+ for a process of abrading a crystal, subclass
78 for a sandblast machine, and subclasses 326+ for a
tumbling machine used for abrading.
501, Compositions: Ceramic, for ceramic compositions used as
dielectrics.
562, Organic Compounds, subclass 580 for a process of
crystallizing Rochelle salt.
585, Chemistry of Hydrocarbon Compounds, especially subclass
479 and 812+ for obtaining hydrocarbons in crystalline form.
See the search note in this subclass to Class 260.
Subclass:
25.41
ELECTRIC CONDENSER MAKING:
Miscellaneous process or apparatus for making an electric
condenser which is not classifiable in the specific classes
relating to the manufacture of articles.
(1) Note. This and indented subclasses do not include the
manufacture of electric condensers of the electrolytic type.
The patents relating to the manufacture of an electrolytic
condenser are in Class 29, subclasses 25.01+, or in the
classes referred to in the search notes of that subclass.
(2) Note. This and the indented subclass are not limited to
the manufacture of electric condensers where a metal working
step is involved, but include the manufacture of such devices
from any material where no specific class provides for the
claimed subject matter.
(3) Note. Where the patent includes a claim to the article
manufactured, in addition to claims for the process or
apparatus, the patent is classified in the article class and
cross-referenced to these subclasses.
(4) Note. For electric condensers of the type manufactured
by the process or apparatus of this subclass, under "SEARCH
CLASS", see Class 361, Electricity: Electrical Systems and
Devices, subclasses 271+.
(5) Note. Work holders are usually classified with the
apparatus for performing the operation. Under "SEARCH CLASS",
see Class 269, Work Holders, for miscellaneous work holders
for assembly operations.
(6) Note. Process or apparatus for making a condenser and
testing that condenser is classified with the art which
provides for the manufacturing operation.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
17.1 for a process or apparatus for forming thin sheet metal
and metal foil.
25.01 and see (1) Note, above.
33 for miscellaneous organized machines adapted to perform a
plurality of operations upon metal.
400.1 for a process for making metallic articles and a
process of working metal not classified in specific classes.
Note subclasses 592.1+ for miscellaneous process of making an
electrical device which includes a metal working operation.
Subclass 630 provides for a process for making a contact or
terminal for an electric condenser and other electrical
device.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
53, Package Making, 470 and 239 for a method of or apparatus
for merely placing a condenser in a container or receptacle
and filling the container or receptacle with a fluent
material.
106, Compositions: Coating or Plastic, for a miscellaneous
coating, impregnated article or plastic composition.
118, Coating Apparatus, for miscellaneous coating apparatus.
156, Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture,
for a process for making a condenser where the process
recites no more than operations of laminating or laminating
and impregnating. The lamination may be a winding operation.
204, Chemistry: Electrical and Wave Energy, for electrolytic
and wave energy method or apparatus for treating, coating, or
forming an article.
209, Classifying: Separating, and Assorting Solids, 546 for
a process or apparatus of testing a group of electric
condensers and assorting them according to their electrical
properties.
216, Etching a Substrate: Processes, subclass 6 for forming
a capacitor.
228, Metal Fusion Bonding, for joining of work portions by
soldering, welding, or brazing.
242, Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding, 444.1 for
simultaneously winding an electrical conductor and dielectric
strip to form an article such as a condenser without further
manufacturing.
264, Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating:
Processes, for a process of working, molding, or shaping
miscellaneous plastic materials, per se, or combined with
other operations within the class definition. See Class 264
definitions for the line between this class (29) and Class
264. Some subclasses in Class 264 which are specific to
production of electrical components or devices are 104,
272.11+ and 615.
269, Work Holders, see (5) Note, above.
324, Electricity: Measuring and Testing, subclass 60 for a
process or apparatus for making an electrical test of an
electric condenser. Also see (4) Note above.
361, Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices, 271. See
(4) Note, above.
413, Sheet Metal Container Making, 1 for the method of
fabricating a sheet metal can.
425, Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating:
Apparatus, for molding apparatus for shaping or reshaping,
per se, plastic materials (e.g., resins, clay, etc.) or with
combined operations not otherwise provided for. See,
especially, 110 for composite article manufacturing
involving a preform and fluent material.
427, Coating Processes, 79 for a coating process, per se,
wherein the product is a condenser, capacitor, or a
subcombination thereof.
428, Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles, for a stock
material product in the form of a single or plural layer web
or sheet and 432 and 457+ for a plural layer sheet including
a layer of metal next to a layer of nonmetal material.
Subclass:
25.42
Solid dielectric type:
This subclass is indented under subclass 25.41. Process or
apparatus where the condenser being made is of the type which
includes a solid dielectric material interposed between
conductive condenser plates.
(1) Note. Search the classes and subclasses referred to in
the notes to the definition of Class 29, subclass 25.41 for
other classes which provide for a blank, a process, or
apparatus for making electric condensers of the solid
dielectric type.
Subclass:
26
Drill press:
This subclass is indented under subclass 33. Apparatus for
performing various materials treating functions, the primary
function comprising a cutting operation by a rotating axially
moving tool and a secondary function comprising either (1) a
noncutting operation or (2) cutting by milling operation with
the same milling operation with the same tool which performs
the primary cutting operation.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
100, Presses, for a press not elsewhere provided for,
particularly, subclass 102 for a press combined with other
features.
408, Cutting by Use of Rotating Axially Moving Tool, for a
machine for cutting by a rotating tool that moves along the
tool axis during operation, especially, 20 for a device of
that class which is convertible to a cutting operation of
another class and subclasses 22+ for a device of that class
which is combined with structure for performing a cutting
operation of another class.
901, Robots, subcollection 6 for a robot which cooperates
with another machine.
Subclass:
27
Lathe:
This subclass is indented under subclass 33. Apparatus,
particularly, a "type of machine" characterized by mechanisms
for rotating the work while a cutting or milling tool is
traversing the work, either externally or internally; also
machines in which the tool is rotated about the work.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
82, Turning, for a machine for turning the exterior of a
workpiece.
Subclass:
28
Grinding attachment:
This subclass is indented under subclass 27. Apparatus
characterized by mechanisms for relatively rotating the work
and a turning or milling tool and which have in addition
thereto a grinding mechanism.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
451, Abrading, for the combination of an abrading machine
with a nonabrading means.
Subclass:
29
Pulley or wheel:
This subclass is indented under subclass 27. Apparatus
specially adapted to turn, face, and bore or drill a pulley
or a wheel, and, in some instances, to slot the same. The
apparatus of this subclass is characterized by the rotation
of the work about its axis or by the rotation of the tool
about the axis of the work.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
82, Turning, subclass 107 and 108.
408, Cutting by Use of Rotating Axially Moving Tool, 20 for
a device of that class which is convertible to a cutting
operation of another class and subclasses 22+ for a device of
that class which is combined with structure for performing a
cutting operation of another class.
Subclass:
30
Planer:
This subclass is indented under subclass 33. Apparatus
characterized by a relative reciprocatory movement in
substantially a straight line between the work and tool, said
tool being a planing tool, a milling cutter or (in some
instances) a drill.
Subclass:
33
PLURAL DIVERSE MANUFACTURING APPARATUS INCLUDING MEANS FOR
METAL SHAPING OR ASSEMBLING:
This subclass is indented under subclass 700. Apparatus
under the class definition including (1) two or more diverse
metal shaping devices, (2) one metal shaping device combined
with one or more nonmetal shaping devices, or (3) one or more
assembling devices (classifiable, per se, in ... ) combined
with a shaping device.
(.5) SPECIAL LINE NOTE. This subclass is intended to collect
apparatus for metal shaping combined with apparatus for
performing another manufacturing operation, if that
combination is not provided for elsewhere. Class 29,
subclasses 700-824 of this class have been screened for a
combination proper for this and the subclasses indented
hereunder. Not all classes other than Class 29 have been
reviewed for combinations including metal shaping means
beyond the respective class line; however, the search notes
below referencing this Special Line Note have been screened.
(1) Note. The terminology of (1), above, of the subclass
definition can be read as: means for performing two or more
diverse metal shaping operations. Thus read, the language
encompasses devices including a composite tool as defined in
subclass 566, below. See, also, the definitions of terms
used, (Glossary and Notes to the Class Definition of this
class (29).
(2) Note. Diverse apparatus are those apparatus wherein
there are two or more devices which operate differently on
the part or stock and which collectively do not fall in any
single art classification, e.g., sawing and forging, rolling
and turning, etc. However, where the two diverse devices
constitute a hand manipulable tool rather than a machine the
combined device has been placed in Class 7, Compound Tools.
Plural apparatus which operate in the same manner or
constitute different phases of a single art are found with
the single operation, e.g., turning to cylindrically shape
followed by turning to taper are in Class 82, Turning.
(3) Note. Where the shaping mechanism only operates
subsequently to fasten or join parts which have been
previously assembled, the apparatus will be found elsewhere
in Class 29, subclasses 700+, or in the various joining
classes.
(4) Note. Included here is the combination of means to strip
wire and means to further modify or treat the wire in other
than a manner characteristic of Class 140, Wireworking.
(5) Note. The combination of apparatus for plural diverse
manufacturing (which apparatus falls within the scope of the
above definition) with apparatus for packaging (which
packaging, per se, falls within the scope of Class 53) is
classifiable in the appropriate subclasses of Class 53,
Package Making.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
560.1 for a convertible machine of the vise type, not
elsewhere provided for.
592 for a related process.
650 for plural diverse manufacturing apparatus, including
means to assemble combined with means to coat.
700 for assembling apparatus, per se, and see (3) Note,
above.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
7, Compound Tools, and see (2) Note, above.
72, Metal Deforming, for cutting combined with deforming and
for deforming of different types of combined with each
other.
72, Metal Deforming, patents whose claimed disclosures
include means for assembly have been placed in Class 29, 33,
if they include cutting or any other diverse operation.
(Screened per the Special Line Note above)
83, Cutting, patents claiming the combination of cutting and
assembling (in accordance with (3), above, of the subclass
definition) have been screened from Class 83 and transferred
to Class 29, 33, except for claimed combinations wherein the
assembling is limited to orienting, and stacking of products
resulting from the cutting operation. This combination
(cutting, orienting and stacking) is to be found in
appropriate subclasses of Class 83. (Screened per the Special
Line Note above)
83, Cutting, for a cutting device, per se, for cutting and
stacking the cut work (product) see (.5) Note, above, for the
line and see 84 for a cutting device with means to form or
hold a pile of product pieces.
100, Presses, for a press not elsewhere provided for,
particularly, subclass 102 for a press combined with other
features.
164, Metal Founding, for casting means in combination with
cutting means for trimming the casting, while said casting is
associated with the mold, or a portion of the mold. The term
"mold" as used here includes (1) the core or cores, (2)
core-like elements associated with gate portions of the
casting and used for handling, and (3) conveying means
serving to support a continuous casting while said casting is
still associated with the molding means. All other casting in
combination with cutting means for trimming the casting are
classified in Class 29, 33. Further, see subclasses 418+ for
continuous casting apparatus having roller means associated
therewith for deforming the continuum as it is cast.
225, Severing by Tearing or Breaking. (Screened per the
Special Line Note above)
227, Elongated-Member-Driving Apparatus, for means to force a
fastener into another member. (Screened per the Special Line
Note above)
409, Gear Cutting, Milling, or Planing, subclass 71 for a
milling machine having a thread or helix milling cutter
combined with a nonthread milling cutter.
425, Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating:
Apparatus, for a combined apparatus including a shaping or
reshaping molding means for plastic material not otherwise
provided for. The combination of Class 425 apparatus and
metal shaping apparatus is provided for in this subclass and
the subclasses indented hereunder. (Screened per the Special
Line Note above)
483, Tool Changing, subclasses 2-69 for means for
transferring a tool to or from a material treating station or
a tool storage means, generally, including "Plural Diverse
Manufacturing Apparatus" combined with means to transfer the
tool to or from the tool station. (Screened per the Special
Line Note above)
901, Robots, subcollection 6+ for a robot which cooperates
with another machine.
Subclass:
33.2
Slide fastener or slide fastener element:
This subclass is indented under subclass 33. Apparatus for
manufacturing by diverse operations a slide fastener of the
nature indicated under subclass 408, or a working element
thereof.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
408 for a process of making a slide fastener.
766 for apparatus which assembles a slide fastener or a
portion thereof.
Subclass:
33.5
Binding or covering and cutting:
This subclass is indented under subclass 33. Apparatus for
assembling a first element or portion thereof (a binding or
covering) around an edge of a second element (a base) and
into embracing or encompassing relationship with the second
element, combined with means for cutting either element,
i.e., the binding or covering or the base material.
Subclass:
33.52
Cutting covering material only:
This subclass is indented under subclass 33.5. Device having
means for cutting only the binding or covering material.
Subclass:
34
Forging and bending, cutting or punching:
This subclass is indented under subclass 33. Apparatus
adapted to forge or weld metal and also to perform one or
more of the above-mentioned operations upon the metal.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
72, Metal Deforming, 185 and 203+ for flexing metal back and
forth as it is moving along a path.
100, Presses, 70 for a press not elsewhere provided for
where there is additional treatment of the material,
particularly subclasses 94+ for such press in which the
additional working is by cutting, breaking, piercing, or
comminuting.
Subclass:
35.5
With turret mechanism:
This subclass is indented under subclass 33. Apparatus
including plural tool and/or plural work holding means
provided with means to position said holding means.
(1) Note. Included in this subclass is a device specific to
means to securing a tool in the turret and mechanism for
mounting the turret upon its carriage or upon the lathe bed.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
74, Machine Element or Mechanism, 813 for an assembly of
general utility, including a turret mechanism for a metal
working machine, having means to index rotary members, and
see the notes thereto.
409, Gear Cutting, Milling, or Planing, subclass 221 for a
milling machine having an indexable work support.
Subclass:
36
Multiple turret:
This subclass is indented under subclass 35.5. Apparatus
having two or more turrets for carrying the tools or the
stock. Nearly all of these machines have tool turrets.
Subclass:
37
Stock turret:
This subclass is indented under subclass 563. Apparatus in
which a bar of metal stock of sufficient length to form more
than one completed article is carried by a rotatable turret
to the various tools. Multiple-tool holders in these patents
are usually cam operated and are also provided with one or
more rotary tools.
Subclass:
38
Blank turret:
This subclass is indented under subclass 563. Apparatus in
which the blank, reduced to substantially the length of the
finished article, is carried by turret into positions which
enable it to be operated upon by various tools.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
470, Threaded, Headed Fastener, or Washer Making: Process and
Apparatus, subclass 62, 72, 81, 100, 115, 120, 129,135 for
machines using turret mechanisms for making threaded, headed
fastener or washers.
Subclass:
38.9
Endless belt:
This subclass is indented under subclass 563. Device wherein
the work conveying means comprises an elongated, generally
planar, pliant member connected to itself along its elongated
extent and adapted to move along its elongated extent in an
orbital path such that work is conveyed as a segment of the
member moves from a first point to a second; that segment
then is guided to move along the orbit back to the first
point.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
226, Advancing Material of Indeterminate Length, 170 for an
endless belt work advancing means.
Subclass:
39
Tool turret:
This subclass is indented under subclass 35.5. Apparatus in
which some of all of the operating tools are carried by a
rotatable turret and which are not classifiable in the
following specific subclasses.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
408, Cutting by Use of Rotating Axially Moving Tool, subclass
35 for multiple spindle turret drilling machines.
470, Threaded, Headed Fastener, or Washer Making: Process and
Apparatus, subclass 72 and 81 for turret mechanisms for die
tools used in making screws and bolts.
Subclass:
40
Rotary tool holder:
This subclass is indented under subclass 39. Apparatus
having a rotatable turret which is provided with one or more
positively-rotated tools.
Subclass:
41
Sliding tool holder:
This subclass is indented under subclass 39. Apparatus
having rotatable tool turrets in which the tools are mounted
upon sliding tool spindles which are thrust forward against
the blank or stock, usually against the pressure of a
spring.
Subclass:
42
Fluid operated:
This subclass is indented under subclass 39. Apparatus
having a tool turret which is advanced toward and retracted
from the work by means of fluid pressure. In some cases,
fluid operating mechanisms are employed for actuating the
supplemental cutting tools, speed controllers, etc.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
408, Cutting by Use of Rotating Axially Moving Tool, subclass
63 for drilling machines having a fluid operated motor to
make work move along the axis of tool rotation and subclass
130 for drilling machines having a fluid operated motor to
make a tool move along the axis of tool rotation.
Subclass:
-2
Cam Operated:
This subclass is indented under subclass 42. "Three dot"
Located after ... subclasses 43 and 44 indented hereunder.
Subclass:
43
Longitudinal turret axis:
This subclass is indented under subclass 39. Cam-operated
apparatus having a rotatable tool-holding turret, the axis of
which is disposed parallel to the lathe bed, and which is
advanced toward and retracted from the work-holding chuck by
cam-operated mechanisms.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
408, Cutting by Use of Rotating Axially Moving Tool, subclass
64 for drilling machines in which there is a cam for feeding
the work along the tool axis and subclasses 100+ and 129+ for
drilling machines in which there is a cam for feeding the
tool along the tool axis.
Subclass:
44
Transverse turret axis:
This subclass is indented under subclass 39. Cam-operated
apparatus having a rotatable tool-holding turret, the axis of
which is disposed transversely of the lathe bed (including
both vertical and horizontal axes), and which is advanced
toward and retracted from the work-holding chuck by
cam-operated mechanisms.
Subclass:
45
Lever operated:
This subclass is indented under subclass 39. Apparatus
having a rotatable tool turret which is advanced toward and
retracted from the stock-holding chuck by means of a lever or
a system of levers, usually hand operated.
Subclass:
46
Rack-and-pinion operated:
This subclass is indented under subclass 39. Apparatus
having a rotatable tool turret which is advanced toward and
retracted from the work-holding chuck by rack-and-pinion
mechanism.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
408, Cutting by Use of Rotating Axially Moving Tool, subclass
66 for drilling machines in which the work is made to move
by means including a rack and pinion and subclasses 99+ and
135 for drilling machines in which the tool is made to move
by means including a rack and pinion.
Subclass:
47
Screw operated:
This subclass is indented under subclass 39. Apparatus
having a rotatable tool turret which is advanced toward and
retracted from the stock-holding chuck by a screw-feeding
mechanism.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
408, Cutting by Use of Rotating Axially Moving Tool, subclass
64 for drilling machines in which the work is made to move
by means including a nut which rotates relative to a screw
threaded member and subclasses 100+ and 129+ for drilling
machines in which the tool is made to move by means including
a nut which rotates relative to a screw threaded member.
Subclass:
48.5
Including rotating and/or locking means:
This subclass is indented under subclass 35.5. Apparatus
including means to rotate said holding means or means to
prevent rotation of such a holding means.
Subclass:
49
Frictional and positive:
This subclass is indented under subclass 48.5. Apparatus
wherein the means to prevent or hold against rotation include
friction, clamping, or wedging action between the turret and
its carriage as well as a still further positive lock such as
a bolt or latch.
Subclass:
50
Multiple-tool holder:
This subclass is indented under subclass 33. Apparatus
including a single element intended to support more than one
working member in engagement with a workpiece, either at the
same or at different times.
Subclass:
51
Laterally movable stock holder:
This subclass is indented under subclass 50. Apparatus
having a nonrevolvable tool holder carrying a plurality of
tools (usually rotary) and a stock holder which is movable
laterally to present the stock to the various tools.
Subclass:
52
Axial tool and transversely movable slide rest:
This subclass is indented under subclass 50. Apparatus
having a nonrevolvable tool holder carrying a plurality of
tools which is movable transversely of the machine bed and
having in addition thereto a single tool holder adapted to
operate in the axial line of the chuck.
Subclass:
53
Rotary tool spindle:
This subclass is indented under subclass 52. Apparatus
having nonrevolvable tool holders carrying a plurality of
tools which are movable transversely of the machine bed and
having in addition thereto a single tool holder adapted to
operate in the axial line of the chuck, one or more of said
tool holders being provided with a rotary tool spindle.
Usually the axial tool is rotatable.
Subclass:
54
Longitudinally and transversely movable:
This subclass is indented under subclass 50. Apparatus
having a nonrevolvable tool holder carrying a plurality of
tools which are adapted to be moved longitudinally of the
machine bed to bring the tools into operation and
transversely of the bed to shift the various tools into
alignment with the stock or blank holder, or vice versa.
Subclass:
55
Rotary tool spindle:
This subclass is indented under subclass 54. Apparatus
having a nonrevolvable tool holder carrying a plurality of
tools provided with one or more positively-rotated tool
spindles supported in such a manner as to be moved
longitudinally of the machine bed to bring the tools into
operation and transversely of the bed to shift the various
tools into alignment with the stock or blank holder or vice
versa.
Subclass:
56
Oscillating tool:
This subclass is indented under subclass 50. Apparatus
having a nonrevolvable tool holder carrying a plurality of
tools which are oscillated about a pivot to place the tools
into operative position.
Subclass:
56.5
Including machining means:
This subclass is indented under subclass 33. Apparatus
including a cutting instrumentality adapted to engage work to
be treated by a subsequently acting means or to engage the
product of a previously acting means to mill, cut, turn,
bore, drill, abrade, broach, file, saw, punch, blank, or
plane that work or product.
Subclass:
56.6
And work-holder for assembly:
This subclass is indented under subclass 56.5. Apparatus
including a surface which contacts a work part to support or
hold that part in a desired position while that work part is
being juxtaposed, associated, or secured to another work
part; or is being separated from and/or unfastened from
another work part.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
269, Work Holders, for a work holding support without an
assembly means.
Subclass:
57
Attachment:
This subclass is indented under subclass 33. Device such as
special tool holders and tool-operating mechanisms which are
adapted to be attached to and removed from combined machines,
usually "automatic lathes", for the purpose of performing
some special function upon the work.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
82, Turning, 152.
Subclass:
64
Speed controller:
This subclass is indented under subclass 33. Device for
controlling or changing the speed of the various parts of
automatic machines during the cycle of operations performed
by the machines. Most of the speed controllers in this
subclass are automatically operated.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
42 for fluid-operated speed controllers.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
82, Turning, 143.
Subclass:
65
Carriage stop mechanism:
Automatic mechanism for stopping the feeding of the carriage
which supports the turret or multiple tool or stock holder.
These mechanisms are usually provided with devices for
stopping the travel of the carriage at various points
corresponding to the limit of the operations required by the
successively-operating tools.
(1) Note. This subclass includes adjustable stop abutments.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
82, Turning, 132, 137, and 152+ for carriage stop devices for
lathes.
408, Cutting by Use of Rotating Axially Moving Tool, subclass
8 for drilling machines including control means energized in
response to activator stimulated by condition sensor.
409, Gear Cutting, Milling, or Planing, subclass 343 for a
planing machine including cutter positioning means and means
to effect stopping of the positioning means.
Subclass:
76.1
FILING:
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Process or apparatus for cutting metal by a hard instrument
having a series of parallel, sharply ridged surfaces.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
69, Leather Manufactures, subclass 1 for a machine for
roughing leather by a filing action and subclass 20 for an
implement employed for the same purpose.
76, Metal Tools and Implements, Making, subclass 25.1 for a
machine for filing saws to sharpen them and subclasses 82+
for a machine for filing other tools to sharpen them.
132, Toilet, 76.4 for a manicuring tool which has a file or
other abrading or polishing surface.
144, Woodworking, 28.1 for a pencil sharpening machine
(i.e., one including movably related cutter and work holder
or work guide parts) in which the cutter is a file.
157, Wheelwright Machines, subclass 13 for a process or
apparatus for treating the outer periphery of a rubber tire
casing by a slitting or machining operation which art, in the
absence of this subclass, would ordinarily be classified in
accord with the particular operation. See Class 451,
Abrading, for roughening a rubber tire casing by an operation
of that class.
168, Farriery, subclass 48.1 for a tool including a file for
cleaning and trimming the hoof in fitting it for the shoe.
433, Dentistry, subclass 144 for a file particularly adapted
for cutting tooth structure or bone and gum tissue adjacent
to or in the mouth.
451, Abrading, for abrading to shape a workpiece.
Subclass:
76.2
Of key article:
This subclass is indented under subclass 76.1. Process or
apparatus for cutting an implement provided with notches and
grooves wherein the implement is insertable into and capable
of opening and closing a lock.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
409, Gear Cutting, Milling, or Planing, 81 for a process or
apparatus for producing a key by milling.
Subclass:
76.3
Continuous band type:
This subclass is indented under subclass 76.1. Process or
apparatus wherein the instrument comprises an endless belt.
(1) Note. The endless belt or band of this subclass is
generally composed of a single piece of flexible material but
may consist of a number of elements such as in link-type
endless belt of loop.
Subclass:
76.4
Reciprocating type:
This subclass is indented under subclass 76.1. Process or
apparatus wherein the instrument moves in a back and forth
motion.
Subclass:
77
File-blank stripper:
Process or apparatus for preparing file blanks by filing the
surfaces of the rough blanks.
(1) Note. Machines for grinding the surfaces of file blanks
are classified elsewhere.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
76, Metal Tools and Implements, Making, 12 for a machine for
forming a rib or teeth in making a file or a rasp and see the
notes thereto for other file forming.
403, Joints and Connections, for means connecting a handle to
a tool wherein only such part of the handle and tool is
included as cooperates to effect the connection.
451, Abrading, for machines for grinding the surfaces of file
blanks.
Subclass:
81.01
SCALE REMOVER OR PREVENTOR:
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Process or apparatus for removing metallic oxide, sulfide, or
a similar metallic surface deposit from metal article, strip,
sheet, and bar or for preventing such a surface deposit from
building up.
(1) Note. The scale removed from the metal is not foreign
matter as removed by the apparatus of Class 15, Brushing,
Scrubbing, and General Cleaning, but is a surface deposit
having a metallic component such as magnetic oxide formed on
the surface of iron when heated for processing.
(2) Note. Preventing metallic surface deposits by modifying
environment in contact with metal is classified elsewhere.
(3) Note. Removal must be by mechanical means.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
15, Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning, for related
apparatus, particularly, subclass 77 and 88 for brushing
machines for sheets, bars, and plates.
72, Metal Deforming, subclass 39 and 40 for a step or means
for performing the separation or removal from the work
material of all substances which may be present thereon and
distinguishable from the work material, per se, before,
during, or after the deforming operation.
83, Cutting, subclass 168 for device under the class
definition wherein means are provided to remove foreign
matter from the work or tool.
114, Ships, subclass 222 for devices adapted to cleaning,
painting, or scraping a ship's hull or preventing the growth
and deposit of foreign matter thereon.
118, Coating Apparatus, 72 for apparatus for combined
cleaning and coating of metal.
134, Cleaning and Liquid Contact With Solids, for a
miscellaneous process of cleaning metal including metal
pickling.
148, Metal Treatment, appropriate subclasses for cleaning or
pickling processes combined with significant heat treatment
of metal to modify or maintain the internal physical
structure (i.e., microstructure) or chemical properties of
metal. See the Class 148 definition for a description of what
constitutes significant heat treatment.
205, Electrolysis: Processes, Compositions Used Therein, and
Methods of Preparing the Compositions, 210 for combined
processes of metal cleaning and electrolytic methods of
cleaning metal.
228, Metal Fusion Bonding, 164 for a process for preparing
metal parts for joining.
422, Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting,
Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing, 7 for preventing
metallic surface deposits by modifying environment in contact
with metal
451, Abrading, for a process or apparatus of cleaning by use
of an abradant.
510, Cleaning, Compositions for Solid Surfaces, Auxiliary
Compositions Therefor, or Processes of Preparing the
Compositions, for cleaning compositions, including
detergents, particularly 245 for scale removing and metal
cleaning compositions; this class also provides for processes
involving the mere use of such compositions.
Subclass:
81.02
For hollow workpiece:
This subclass is indented under subclass 81.01. Process or
apparatus for removing scale from the surfaces of a tubular
or open cylindrical article.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
15, Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning, subclass 88
for a machine having a cleaning instrument of the brush or
broom type especially adapted for cleaning wire, rods, or
tubes.
Subclass:
81.021
Interior surface:
This subclass is indented under subclass 81.02. Process or
apparatus which removes scale from the inwardly facing
surface of the hollow article.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
15, Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning, subclass 88
for a machine having a cleaning instrument of the brush or
broom type especially adapted for cleaning wire, rods, or
tubes.
134, Cleaning and Liquid Contact With Solids, 22.1 for a
process which includes treating work such as bottles, tubes,
or other work having cavities by application of the treating
agent to the interior surfaces.
Subclass:
81.03
Rolling deformation or deflection:
This subclass is indented under subclass 81.01. Process or
apparatus wherein a plurality of roll elements are utilized
to bend or misshape the workpiece causing scale to break away
from the surface thereof.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
72, Metal Deforming, subclass 127 for apparatus and methods
in which metal is worked by bending it back and forth and
proceeding with such working continuously along the metal to
treat successive portions similarly, i.e., metal flexing, per
se.
Subclass:
81.04
For wire or rod:
This subclass is indented under subclass 81.03. Process or
apparatus which removes scale from a slender elongated
flexible (wire) or inflexible (rod) member.
Subclass:
81.05
With rotary head:
This subclass is indented under subclass 81.01. Process or
apparatus which utilizes a body which is driven about an axis
upon which there is integral with, or mounted thereon, scale
removal means.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
407, Cutter for Shaping, 30 for a device including a cutter
adapted to turn about an axis and including structure for
supporting that cutter for rotation.
Subclass:
81.06
Fluid impingement:
This subclass is indented under subclass 81.01. Process or
apparatus which removes scale by loosening it with the aid of
fluid generally applied with force.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
239, Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing, for nozzle
and related structure for applying fluid to a workpiece.
Subclass:
81.07
With heater:
This subclass is indented under subclass 81.06. Process or
apparatus wherein the impinging fluid is maintained at a
relatively high temperature (i.e., hot gas, etc.).
Subclass:
81.08
Liquid jet:
This subclass is indented under subclass 81.06. Process or
apparatus wherein the fluid is in liquid form.
Subclass:
81.09
Airblast:
This subclass is indented under subclass 81.06. Process or
apparatus wherein the fluid is in gaseous form.
Subclass:
81.1
Chainer:
This subclass is indented under subclass 81.01. Process or
apparatus wherein the work contacting members comprise a
series of links.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
59, Chain, Staple, and Horseshoe Making, 78 for general
purpose chain structure.
Subclass:
81.11
Scraper or scalper:
This subclass is indented under subclass 81.01. Process or
apparatus wherein the workpiece is contacted by an edged
instrument to remove or scalp the scale from a surface
thereof.
(1) Note. Placement in this subclass requires more than
cutting away small pieces of scale from a surface with a
sharpened blade or chisel which is classified in subclass
81.16.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
15, Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning, subclass 93.1
for a machine in which the sole cleaning instruments are
scrapers.
Subclass:
81.12
Brush type:
This subclass is indented under subclass 81.01. Process or
apparatus wherein the work contacting member has a plurality
of anchored bristles which loosen or remove the scale.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
15, Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning, subclass 21.1
for a cleaning machine whose cleaning instruments are of the
brush type.
Subclass:
81.13
Mechanically powered operator:
This subclass is indented under subclass 81.01. Process or
apparatus wherein a mechanically driven work contacting
member removes the scale.
Subclass:
81.14
Tack or needle type:
This subclass is indented under subclass 81.13. Process or
apparatus wherein the work contacting member includes a
plurality of narrow ended elongated members mounted
adjacently in a work engaging orientation.
Subclass:
81.15
Hammer:
This subclass is indented under subclass 81.13. Process or
apparatus wherein the work contacting member includes a solid
head for striking the workpiece to break and/or loosen the
scale.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
7, Compound Tools, 143 for a tool comprising an impacting
instrument having the dominant or general structure of a
hammer.
Subclass:
81.16
Blade or chisel:
This subclass is indented under subclass 81.13. Process or
apparatus wherein the work contacting member includes a
cutting member such as a blade or chisel.
Subclass:
81.17
Hand tool:
This subclass is indented under subclass 81.01. Process or
apparatus wherein a manually driven or guided work contacting
member is employed to remove or prevent scale.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
15, Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning.
76, Metal Tools and Implements, Making.
81, Tools, for all hand tools not structurally limited to any
classified art.
Subclass:
89.5
BURNING IN, WEARING IN, OR OIL BURNISHING:
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Apparatus for burning in or wearing in the bearings of
engines, usually internal-combustion engines, and running in
or oil burnishing to limber the bearings and to test for
detection of oil leakage at the joints of the casings.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
404 for a process of treating or assembling a part or parts
while effecting similar forces or maintaining a similar
environment to substantially duplicate those forces or
environmental factors encountered in actual use of the part
or parts.
Subclass:
90.01
BURNISHING:
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Process or apparatus for condensing, compacting, smoothing,
or polishing the surface of an article by rubbing or
otherwise engaging the article with means having a smooth
surface of greater hardness than that of the article.
(1) Note. Burnishing, by its nature, prevents any
significant removal of surface material from a treated
article or workpiece. This lack of material removal
distinguished burnishing from grinding or abrading (which
generally results in integral surface removal of material)
and cleaning (which generally results in the removal of
foreign material from the surface of material). Consequently,
grinding or abrading is generally provided for in Class 451,
while cleaning is generally provided for in Class 15.
(2) Note. See the Class Definition, paragraph 2, of this
class (29).
(3) Note. This subclass includes blasting an article with
metal shot when not classifiable in Class 72, Metal
Deforming, subclass 53. See the definition thereof including
notes for the line. Search Class 15, Brushing, Scrubbing, and
General Cleaning, subclass 95 for a device or process of
shotting material to clean it.
(4) Note. This subclass includes a metal rolling device for
compacting the interior surface of an opening. For apparatus
of like structure employed for expanding or a flanging tube,
search Class 72, Metal Deforming, subclasses 115 and 317.
(5) Note. This subclass includes a burnisher in combination
with a cutter where the combined device may be employed for
burnishing without cutting. For a reamer which has a guiding
portion which may burnish but has a cutter which is
necessarily used during such burnishing, see Class 408,
Cutting by Use of Rotating Axially Moving Tool, subclass
199.
(6) Note. This subclass includes a broach-like device which
is forced through an opening in order to burnish the inside
of the opening. For a broach, i.e., a tool having sharp
cutting edges, which is similarly forced through a hole for
the purpose of cutting the interior thereof, search Class
407, Cutters, for Shaping, subclasses 1 and 13+.
(7) Note. This is the residual home for burnishing, not only
of metal, but of any material unless provided for elsewhere.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
12, Boot and Shoe Making, subclass 70 for a boot or shoe
burnishing machine and subclass 104 for a boot or shoe
burnishing hand tool.
15, Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning, subclass 95
and see (5) Note, above.
38, Textiles: Ironing or Smoothing, as the generic class for
a process or apparatus for producing a smooth appearance on
the surface of a textile article or fabric by pressing,
stretching, rolling, sliding contact, or other means.
69, Leather Manufactures, particularly, subclass 17 for
leather strap finishing by burnishing and subclasses 37 to 47
and subclass, 21 for a machine or process of burnishing
leather.
72, Metal Deforming, and see (5) and (6) Notes, above.
100, Presses, for a press not elsewhere provided for.
205, Electrolysis: Processes, Compositions Used Therein, and
Methods of Preparing the Compositions, subclass 222 for
burnishing steps combined with electrolytic coating and
subclass 141.5 for electrolytic polishing.
396, Photography, 658 for burnishing means for
photos:graphic images.
407, Cutters, for Shaping, subclass 13 for a broaching
machine and see (6) Note, above.
428, Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles, subclass 687
for metallic stock material having a defined surface feature,
e.g., smoothness.
451, Abrading, 36 for a process of abrading by fluent
abradant (especially subclasses 38+ for a process of sand
blasting) and subclasses 75+ for a sandblasting machine.
Subclass:
90.1
Of water laid fibrous article (e.g., paper):
This subclass is indented under subclass 90. Process or
apparatus for burnishing materials made by a paper making
operation, i.e., depositing fibrous material from a slurry
onto a foraminous screen or mold surface.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
162, Paper Making and Fiber Liberation, subclass 205 for the
combination of forming an endless web and subsequently
subjecting it to pressure, subclasses 224+ for a process of
forming an article and subsequently subjecting it to
pressure, and subclass 288 for the combination of forming and
burnishing means.
493, Manufacturing Container or Tube From Paper; or Other
Manufacturing From a Sheet or Web, for the combination of
bending, folding, creasing, assembling, i.e., a basic
operation of Class 493 combined with burnishing. Search
especially subclass 271 for making a tube from a nonmetal
sheet or web combined with minute size change of the formed
tube and subclass 291 for making a nonmetal tube from a sheet
or web combined with surface treatment. Search especially
subclass 467 for surface treatment of a sheet or web other
than burnishing. Burnishing, per se, of paper (or other
material) is to be found in Class 29, subclasses 90.1+.
Subclass:
90.2
Heated burnishing member:
This subclass is indented under subclass 90.1. Process or
apparatus in which the burnishing tool operates at an
elevated temperature.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
162, Paper Making and Fiber Liberation, 377 for apparatus in
which a heated die treats paper during a stage of its
manufacture.
Subclass:
90.3
Burnishing tool reciprocates across work surface:
This subclass is indented under subclass 90.2. Process or
apparatus in which the burnishing tool has a back and forth
motion while in contact with the work.
Subclass:
90.5
Continuous feed:
This subclass is indented under subclass 90.01. Process or
apparatus for burnishing a relatively elongated article of
indefinite length, such as a wire, rod, tube, etc., by
feeding the same longitudinally through or past the
burnishing device.
(1) Note. This subclass includes a machine or a process for
smoothing, polishing, or compacting covered wire such as an
insulated electric conductor.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
15, Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning, especially
subclass 77, 88, 102, 104.04, and 269.
26, Textiles: Cloth Finishing, especially subclass 2.
28, Textiles: Manufacturing, 217 for a thread finishing
method or apparatus not elsewhere provided for.
57, Textiles: Spinning, Twisting, and Twining, especially
subclass 138.
118, Coating Apparatus, 100 for apparatus having a solid
member for modifying a coating on the work.
144, Woodworking, especially subclass 49 for a miscellaneous
single operation woodworking machine.
451, Abrading, particularly 64 for an abrading machine,
generally, subclasses 67+ for an abrading machine combined
with a nonabrading means, subclasses 75+ for a sandblast
machine, and subclasses 103+ for an abrading machine
comprising a scouring device.
493, Manufacturing Container or Tube From Paper; or Other
Manufacture From a Sheet or Web, subclass 467.
Subclass:
90.6
Of gear article:
This subclass is indented under subclass 90.01. Process or
apparatus wherein the article is a toothed wheel, cylinder,
or other machine element capable of meshing with another
toothed element to transmit motion, change speed, or change
direction.
Subclass:
90.7
By shot peening or blasting:
This subclass is indented under subclass 90.01. Process or
apparatus wherein the condensing, compacting, smoothing, or
polishing is effected by either hammering or bombarding the
surface with hard shot.
Subclass:
91
UPHOLSTERED ARTICLE MAKING:
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Process or apparatus for the shaping and/or assembling of a
padded or stuffed furniture component.
(1) Note. A full search for pertinent art must include other
subclasses in this class organized, in the main, on the basis
of particular mechanisms or method steps.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
33 for plural diverse manufacturing apparatus.
592 for a specific process of shaping or assembling.
700 for an assembling apparatus.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
5, Beds, for a support for sleeping, which may be
upholstered.
53, Package Making, 523 for a reshaping device which
compacts or stretches material (e.g., as in mattress filling)
and subclasses 436+ for a related process.
100, Presses, for patents to a particular process or device
for compacting or compressing material.
156, Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture,
for a process of or apparatus for adhesive bonding in the
manufacture of upholstery.
223, Apparel Apparatus, particularly 28 and 52+ for
pleating, shaping, or stretching of material somewhat
analogous to upholstery.
264, Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating:
Processes, for a method of shaping plastic material,
particularly, 41 for shaping of foam material.
425, Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating:
Apparatus, for apparatus for shaping plastic material,
particularly, subclass 4 for means for molding foam
material.
Subclass:
91.1
Method:
This subclass is indented under subclass 91. Process of
making a shaped, padded, or stuffed furniture component.
Subclass:
91.2
Tufting:
This subclass is indented under subclass 91. Apparatus for
compressing and retaining portions of a furniture cushion or
padded furniture component usually at regular intervals in
accord with a desired pattern.
(1) Note. Included here (91.2) are patents which, in
addition to means for compressing, merely provide access for
fastener means.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
28, Textiles: Manufacturing, subclass 147 for a device for
making a tuft or tassel.
112, Sewing, 2.1 for a mattress sewing machine and
subclasses 117+ for a quilting machine.
156, Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture,
subclass 91 for a process of surface bonding and/or assembly
therefor including separate mechanical joining means,
subclasses 250+ for a process of surface bonding and/or
assembly therefor including punching, and subclasses 510+ for
a surface bonding means and/or assembly means therefor
including punching.
264, Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating:
Processes, especially 241 for mechanical shaping or molding
to form or reform a shaped article to produce a composite,
plural part or multilayered article and digest 82 for an art
collection including embossing by foaming.
Subclass:
91.3
With means to clench fastener:
This subclass is indented under subclass 91.2. Apparatus
including means to deform the end or ends of a fastener
inserted in a compressed portion of a cushion.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
243.5 for a means for assembling parts by clenching a
fastener thereabout.
Subclass:
91.4
With means to insert guide pin or fastener:
This subclass is indented under subclass 91.2. Apparatus
including means for passing an element through a compressed
portion of a furniture cushion or stuffed mattress which
element either facilitates the assembly of a fastener member
or is a fastener member to secure the compression of the
entire cushion and/or localized portions thereof.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
91.3 for means to insert a fastener as well as clench the
fastener end.
525 for a process of assembling by a driven force fit.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
227, Elongated-Member-Driving Apparatus, 19 for combined
apparatus for assembling workpieces and applying a member,
e.g., nail, thereto.
Subclass:
91.5
Cover stretching:
This subclass is indented under subclass 91. Apparatus for
drawing or pressing an outer fabric layer onto or about a
stuffed or padded furniture component.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
33 for plural diverse manufacturing apparatus.
592 for a specific process of shaping or assembling.
700 for an assembling apparatus.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
5, Beds, for a support for sleeping, which may be
upholstered.
53, Package Making, 523 for a reshaping device which
compacts or stretches material (e.g., as in mattress filling)
and subclasses 436+ for a related process.
100, Presses, for patents to a particular process or device
for compacting or compressing material.
156, Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture,
for a process of or apparatus for adhesive bonding in the
manufacture of upholstery.
223, Apparel Apparatus, particularly 28 and 52+ for
pleating, shaping, or stretching of material somewhat
analogous to upholstery.
264, Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating:
Processes, for a method of shaping plastic material,
particularly, 41 for shaping of foam material.
425, Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating:
Apparatus, for apparatus for shaping plastic material,
particularly, subclass 4 for means for molding foam
material.
Subclass:
91.6
Edge-roll forming:
This subclass is indented under subclass 91. Apparatus for
forming a cylindrical piping-like portion along a corner or
edge of a stuffed furniture component.
(1) Note. The patents herein provide means to reshape a
corner into a cord-like bumper along the corner.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
243.57 for edge binding or covering apparatus, generally.
Subclass:
91.7
Form or holder:
This subclass is indented under subclass 91. Apparatus which
supports and/or provides a desired configuration pattern for
a stuffed furniture component during manufacture.
(1) Note. Included here are patents for a form with means to
hold a tuft element in a desired position in a pattern.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
269, Work Holders, for a work holder of general utility not
elsewhere provided for.
Subclass:
91.8
With follower:
This subclass is indented under subclass 91.7. Apparatus
wherein the support or configuration pattern includes a plate
or platen movable with respect to an opposite support element
so as to compress the furniture component.
(1) Note. No means is set forth to effect the movement of
the follower.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
91.2 for a device which includes means to compact a
furniture cushion in localized areas for tufting.
Subclass:
213.1
Valve applying or removing:
This subclass is indented under subclass 700. Apparatus for
the assembling, securing, or disassembling of various types
of valves or valve parts.
(1) Note. This and indented subclasses include, for example:
(a) the removal or placement of a water main or other main
valve or engine valve spring and guide units. (b) the removal
of placement of a water main or other main valve, including a
pressure housing for facilitating this operation under the
pressure of the main, and the insertion and removal of valve
plugs to seal the main while assembly operation is being
carried on. (For similar pressure housing usable in boring or
drilling mains, see Search Notes below) (c) the manipulation
of an engine valve rocker arm. (d) a support for supporting a
valve in lifted position with the spring compressed. (e)
apparatus for holding a valve spring in compressed condition.
(f) apparatus for compressing an engine valve spring while on
or off an engine.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
137, Fluid Handling, subclass 15.17 for a process having a
particular mounting or repairing feature for a valve or valve
member, subclasses 15.18-15.26 for a process of assembling,
disassembling, or repairing a valve or valve member, or
subclasses 315.41-315.42 for a tool for applying or removing
a valve or valve member.
Subclass:
214
Engine valve unit puller or applier:
This subclass is indented under subclass 213.1. Apparatus
for pulling an engine valve unit (e.g., a valve, spring, or
valve guide) from an engine block.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
215 for apparatus for only compressing an engine valve
spring.
Subclass:
215
Engine valve spring compressor (only):
This subclass is indented under subclass 213.1. Apparatus
for compressing, or holding compressed, a valve spring of an
engine (e.g., an internal combustion engine) to facilitate
extraction of a valve key or pin.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
226 for apparatus for compressing helical transmission
springs.
227 for apparatus for compressing other helical springs.
249 for apparatus for removing or inserting a valve stem key
or pin.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
81, Tools, subclass 486 for a resilient article tensioner or
compressor.
254, Pushing and Pulling Implements, subclass 10.5 for a
spring stretcher or compressor having a force multiplying
operator.
Subclass:
216
Plural spring engagement:
This subclass is indented under subclass 215. Apparatus in
which the compressor has provision for operating on a
plurality of springs for compressing the same
simultaneously.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
226 for apparatus for compressing plural helical
transmission springs simultaneously.
Subclass:
217
Screw operated:
This subclass is indented under subclass 215. Apparatus in
which the means for developing the spring compressing force
involves a screw.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
256 for a screw operated means to assemble, generally.
Subclass:
218
Parallel or tong type, side entrance:
This subclass is indented under subclass 217. Apparatus in
which the compressor includes spaced parallel or tong type
bars, each having co-planar jaws at one end for engaging the
spring from the side, the other ends of the bars being
connected by a screw operated mechanism for moving the jaws
and bars toward or away from each other in a compressing
operation.
(1) Note. The bars may be parallel and maintained parallel
by the mechanism, or may be substantially parallel but
pivoted to the mechanism, which mechanism operates the bars
around the pivot in quasi tong type.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
81, Tools, for a hand tool of general utility or an
assembling tool which structurally recognizes only one work
part.
Subclass:
219
Lever operated:
This subclass is indented under subclass 215. Apparatus in
which the compressor has provisions for operating on a single
spring for compressing the same, the compressor having for
its prime operating power a lever, or a lever operated
linkage system.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
222 for a lever operated piston ring inserter or remover.
246 for a lever operated battery terminal puller.
247 for a lever operated cotter pin puller.
249 for a lever operated valve stem pin or key puller.
267 for a miscellaneous lever operated pusher or puller.
Subclass:
220
Single jaw or valve engagement:
This subclass is indented under subclass 219. Apparatus in
which the compressor has a single engagement with the valve
spring or valve, i.e., a single jaw engages the springs or
the valve and has reaction against other parts of the motor
block and not against the spring or valve.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
219 and 221, for a lever operated valve compressor having
opposed jaws engaging spaced parts of a spring or a spring
and valve.
Subclass:
221
Plier type:
This subclass is indented under subclass 219. Apparatus in
which the lever operated compressor is of the plier type of
construction or operation, namely the jaws are caused to move
toward or away from each other by squeezing in two relatively
movable handles or levers.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
216 for a plier type plural spring compressor.
218 for a parallel or tong type side entrance valve
compressor having levers or handles that are caused to move
toward or away from each other by a screw.
223 for a plier type piston ring inserter or remover.
226 for a plier type transmission spring compressor.
232 for a plier type clock or watch staker.
246 for a plier type battery terminal puller.
248 for a plier type cotter pin puller.
249 for a plier type valve stem pin or key puller.
268 for a miscellaneous plier type device.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
81, Tools, for a hand tool of general utility or an
assembling tool which structurally recognizes only one work
part.
Subclass:
221.5
To or from wheel rim of resilient tire or tube:
This subclass is indented under subclass 213.1. Hand tool or
assembling or removing a valve for a pneumatic tire or tube
with or from the rim or other portion of the wheel with which
the tire or tube is associated.
(1) Note. The air valve may be encased in a resilient sheath
which fits in a hole in the rim with a grommet effect to seal
the valve to the rim.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
235 for a tool for inserting or removing a resilient grommet
in a hole, and see (1) Note, above.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
81, Tools, 15.2 for a tool for repairing a resilient tire
and, especially, subclass 15.4 for a tool for deflating a
tire by air valve actuation.
157, Wheelwright Machines, for assembling a tire or tube to
or from a rim or a wheel.
Subclass:
221.6
Removal tool:
This subclass is indented under subclass 213.1. Apparatus
for disassembling or extracting any of various types of valve
or valve parts.
Subclass:
222
Piston ring inserter or remover:
This subclass is indented under subclass 700. Apparatus for
inserting or removing a piston ring in the receiving groove
of a piston, (e.g., for an internal combustion engine) or for
facilitating such an operation.
(1) Note. This subclass includes, for example: (a) a piston
ring compressor for compressing a piston ring around a piston
or for contracting and holding a single ring for the
reception of a mandrel holder. (b) apparatus for expanding a
ring for removal or application to a piston.(c) a guide
through which a piston with a ring(s) is moved, the guide
compressing the ring during such movement.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
229 for a circular spring applier or remover.
269 for apparatus for compressing and holding a group of
piston rings.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
81, Tools, 3.4 for a similarly constructed tool for use in
removing receptacle closures.
Subclass:
223
Plier-type operation:
This subclass is indented under subclass 222. Apparatus
which is of the plier type or has plier type operation.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
81, Tools, for a hand tool of general utility or an
assembling tool which structurally recognizes only one work
part.
Subclass:
224
With ring encirclement:
This subclass is indented under subclass 223. Apparatus
provided with means for partly or completely encircling a
piston ring.
Subclass:
225
Spring applier or remover:
This subclass is indented under subclass 700. Apparatus for
assembling or disassembling components of a spring or of a
spring and another member.
(1) Note. "Securing" is considered to be a type of
"assembling".
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
213.1 particularly 215+ for apparatus dealing with a valve
(including engine valve) spring.
222 for piston ring apparatus.
270 for hand-manipulatable spring nut applier or remover.
805 for apparatus for applying a spring retainer in a doll
set.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
79, Button Making, subclass 3 for inserting a spring
retainer in a button.
81, Tools, subclass 3.7 for a device for prying apart the
leaves of a leaf spring assembly, subclass 7.5 for a
mainspring winder for a watch or clock, and subclass 486 for
a resilient article tensioner or compressor.
254, Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling
Force, subclass 10.5 for a spring stretcher or compressor.
Subclass:
226
Transmission spring:
This subclass is indented under subclass 225. Apparatus for
applying or removing a transmission spring.
(1) Note. This subclass includes means to compress a helical
transmission spring and includes a compressor engaging a
plurality of springs at a time.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
215 for a compressor for a helical engine valve spring.
Subclass:
227
Helical spring:
This subclass is indented under subclass 225. Apparatus for
applying or removing a helical spring.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
215 for apparatus for compressing a helical engine valve
spring, holding such a spring, or for otherwise applying or
removing an engine valve spring.
226 for a helical transmission spring compressor.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
53, Package Making, subclass 114 for apparatus for
compressing coil springs and placing them in a cover (e.g.,
mattress or upholstery ticking).
Subclass:
228
Flat spiral spring (e.g., watch or clock type):
This subclass is indented under subclass 225. Apparatus for
applying or removing a flat spiral spring, e.g., a watch or
clock spring.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
81, Tools, subclass 7.5 for a tool for winding a
mainspring.
Subclass:
229
Circular spring:
This subclass is indented under subclass 225. Apparatus for
applying or removing a circular spring, i.e., a single
convolution spring of general circular shape.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
222 for a piston ring inserter or remover.
249 means for applying a key of split ring form to a valve
stem.
729 for means for applying a split spacer disc to an
electrical conduit.
765 for means to place a traveler on a ring, or a ring on a
bobbin in a textile machine.
Subclass:
230
Leaf spring:
This subclass is indented under subclass 225. Apparatus for
applying or removing a leaf spring, having either single or
plural leaves.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
254, Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling
Force, for a jack which is to be used to elevate a vehicle
chassis relative to its running gear to thereby flex the
vehicle springs.
Subclass:
231
Means to stake watch or clock:
This subclass is indented under subclass 700. Apparatus for
removing arbors from watch pinions or hands from shafts,
inserting arbors into watch pinions, or inserting the leaves
of lantern pinions, etc.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
177 for a process of mechanical manufacture of a watch or a
clock.
244 for an assembling device comprising a pusher or puller,
in general.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
81, Tools, 6 for other watchmakers' tools.
Subclass:
232
Plier type:
This subclass is indented under subclass 231. Apparatus of
the plier or pincer type.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
81, Tools, for a hand tool of general utility or an
assembling tool which structurally recognizes only one work
part.
Subclass:
233
Brake lining to brake shoe:
This subclass is indented under subclass 700. Apparatus for
stretching or holding brake lining on a brake shoe to
facilitate securement of the lining to the shoes, or for
applying a fastener to secure the lining to the shoe.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
525.06 for a process of riveting to secure a brake lining to
a brake shoe.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
100, Presses, for a press for bonding a brake lining to a
brake shoe, especially 300 for a press for securing a lining
to a shoe combined with means to heat, cool, or dry the
article or press.
156, Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture,
for a device for adhesively bonding a brake lining to a brake
shoe comprising more than a mere press.
Subclass:
234
Tube and coextensive core:
This subclass is indented under subclass 700. Apparatus for
assembling or disassembling a tube to or from a core that in
assembled position is substantially coextensive with the
tube.
(1) Note. The core may be tubular or of any other
configuration.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
235 for means for applying or removing a resilient element,
including means for applying a noncoextensive resilient
element to the interior of a tube, and means to apply a
resilient tube or sleeve to a longer object.
237 for means to assemble a coupling to a conduit.
469.5 for a process of mechanical manufacture including
metal deforming with nonmetallic bonding.
517 for a process of axially joining a hollow body to a rod
or other elongated body.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
74, Machine Element or Mechanism, 500.5 for a control lever
or linkage system comprising a hand operated flexible
transmitter.
138, Pipes and Tubular Conduits, subclass 131 for a flexible
pipe having a spirally wound metal core, subclass 139 for a
flexible pipe having a metal core and subclasses 142 and 143
for another pipe having a metal core.
156, Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture,
for an assembly operation combined with adhesive joining of
the assembled parts.
464, Rotary Shafts, Gudgeons, Housings, and Flexible
Couplings for Rotary Shafts, 52 for a flexible shaft within
a housing.
Subclass:
235
To apply or remove a resilient article (e.g., tube, sleeve,
etc.):
This subclass is indented under subclass 700. Apparatus for
assembling or disassembling a resilient member with another
member.
(1) Note. Included herein is means to apply or remove a
resilient tube, sleeve, etc., to or from another member;
means to flex a resilient metal article within its elastic
limit to facilitate assembly or disassembly; and means to
apply a teat cup to a cooperating ring.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
215 for an engine valve spring compressor.
222 for a piston ring inserter or remover.
225 for a spring applier or remover.
269 means for compressing and holding a group of piston
rings.
446 for a process of stressing a part within its elastic
limit and assembling it with another part while it is
stressed.
765 for means to place a traveler on a ring or to place a
ring on a bobbin of a textile machine.
805 for means to apply a spring retainer to a doll set.
807 for means to apply watch crystal to a watch case.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
12, Boot and Shoe Making, subclass 109 and 110+ for a shoe
last stretcher.
100, Presses, subclass 9 for a binder applying device, not
otherwise provided for, which places a binder about material,
the binder being circumferentially closed and ringlike prior
to such placement.
119, Animal Husbandry, 14.47 for teat cup structure.
Subclass:
235.5
Nipple to nursing bottle:
This subclass is indented under subclass 235. Apparatus for
elastically expanding the open end of a resilient nipple for
the insertion of the mouth of a nursing bottle into the
nipple and removable from between the overlapped ends of
bottle and nipple to permit the nipple to contract about and
grip the bottle.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
53, Package Making, 287 and 476+ for a method of, or
apparatus for applying a closure to a portable receptacle.
215, Bottles and Jars, 11.1 for a nursing bottle including
one with means for withdrawing the contents and subclass 387
for a nipple applier claimed in combination with a bottle or
nipple.
Subclass:
236
Well protector to sucker rod:
This subclass is indented under subclass 235. Apparatus for
applying or removing a well protector to or from a well
sucker rod.
(1) Note. The well protector of this subclass is commonly a
resilient thick sleeve.
(2) Note. This subclass includes apparatus for stretching
the protector and placing the same on the drill pipe or rod
apparatus for stretching the protector and placing it on a
carrier and the carrier that transports the expanded
protector to a position on the drill pipe or rod.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
277, Seal for a Joint or Juncture, subclass 323 for a seal
for well apparatus having an installation, removal, assembly,
disassembly, or repair feature.
Subclass:
237
Coupling to conduit:
This subclass is indented under subclass 700. Apparatus for
assembling and securing or disassembling a coupling and a
conduit.
(1) Note. A machine for bringing the coupling and conduit
together and for crimping is included in this subclass.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
254, Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling
Force, subclass 29 for a jack especially designed for
driving or pulling pipe otherwise than by impact.
Subclass:
237.5
Loose-leaf sheet binder:
This subclass is indented under subclass 700. Apparatus for
supporting and guiding the motion of a separable loose-leaf
binder device from a closed position to an open position to
permit insertion or removal of a sheet.
(1) Note. The operation of assembly or disassembly is
usually manual, the apparatus merely serving as a support and
guide for assembly operation.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
248, Supports, 441.1 for an easel, book, or music score
holder support.
269, Work Holders, appropriate subclasses for means
supporting a loose-leaf book or sheet, per se, for the
purpose of writing thereon.
Subclass:
238
Compressing parts together face to face:
This subclass is indented under subclass 700. Apparatus that
compress article parts together face to face for facilitating
assembling.
(1) Note. This subclass includes, for example: (a) apparatus
for pressing overlapping apertured plates together to hold
them while bolts or rivets are being applied. (b) apparatus
for compressing stacked plates together face to face.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
244 for apparatus for forcing interfitting parts into
engagement, or for pulling them apart.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
269, Work Holders, 37 for plural holders which hold
workpieces relative to each other.
411, Expanded, Threaded, Driven, Headed, Tool-Deformed, or
Locked-Threaded Fastener, for a bolt, screw, or rivet that
may be used for temporary fastening.
Subclass:
239
Spreading parts apart or separating them from face to face
engagement:
This subclass is indented under subclass 700. Apparatus
having (1) article engaging means moving in opposed
directions for spreading parts apart or (2) for breaking a
face to face engagement or for separating parts from a face
to face engagement.
(1) Note. The apparatus under (1) is distinguished from that
under subclasses 244+ by a spreading operation as
distinguished from a plain push or pull and is characterized
by spaced jaws or article engaging means that are motivated
in opposite directions to create a spreading action.
(2) Note. The apparatus under (2) is generally of the
character that breaks the adhesion of an automobile head and
block.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
223 for a plier type device that engages the ends of a split
piston ring to force the ends apart.
252 for means to assemble or disassemble including means to
separate parts by fluid expansion.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
12, Boot and Shoe Making, subclass 109 and 110+ for shoe
last stretching.
81, Tools, subclass 3.7 for a special tool for spreading the
leaves of a leaf spring assembly apart, usually for the
purpose of inserting lubricant therebetween; subclass 302 for
a special tool having outwardly-facing work-engaging jaw
surfaces; and subclass 485 for a tool for spreading one
portion of a workpart from another portion, or for spreading
apart two parts without disassembling them from each other.
Subclass:
240
By rotation of work part:
This subclass is indented under subclass 700. Apparatus in
which the apparatus assembles or disassembles parts by
rotating one or more parts with respect to another part or
parts.
(1) Note. Included here is a device for juxtapositioning and
securing a screw type closure on an open ended collapsible
tube.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
53, Package Making, 317 for apparatus for applying screw
closures to receptacles.
81, Tools, subclass 3.07 for a receptacle closure removing
tool and subclasses 52+ for a wrench for exerting a twisting
strain to a workpart.
140, Wireworking, 92.3 for intercoiling of helices of wire
with each other or with successive loops or apertures by
rotation of said helices with or without the concurrent helix
forming.
173, Tool Driving or Impacting, subclass 164 for a means to
drive a tool about an axis including means to hold and
relatively rotate sections of tool shaft.
470, Threaded, Headed Fastener, or Washer Making: Process and
Apparatus, 48 for machines for assembling nuts or bolts by a
screwing operation.
Subclass:
240.5
Means to insert or remove helix:
This subclass is indented under subclass 240. Devices
wherein one of the parts is a wire-like or wire coil.
(1) Note. Included herein is a device for positioning or
removing a helical thread element with or without further
securing means.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
227 for a helical spring applier or remover of general
utility.
456 for a process including assembling a spirally convoluted
member of substantially uniform cross section form to a
second member.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
72, Metal Deforming, subclass 409 for a plier type deforming
tool.
140, Wireworking, subclass 92.3 for a method or apparatus
for helix screwing through one or more rows of loops or
openings.
411, Expanded, Threaded, Driven, Headed, Tool-Deformed, or
Locked-Threaded Fastener, subclass 438 for a wire coil
spring thread insert, per se.
Subclass:
241
Means to string:
This subclass is indented under subclass 700. Apparatus that
assemble or disassemble by a stringing action, either by
stringing parts on an attenuated or elongated means, or by
passing such means through a part or parts.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
279 for a device which having centrifugal separator discs
strung thereon.
433 for a process of assembling by a stringing operation.
729 for apparatus for placing a spacer disc on an electrical
conduit.
765 for means to place a traveler on a ring or to place a
ring on a bobbin of a textile machine.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
12, Boot and Shoe Making, subclass 58.5 for a machine for
placing lacings in the upper of a shoe or for removing the
lacings therefrom.
53, Package Making, subclass 581 for means for forming a
package by placing contents material on a core or spindle.
100, Presses, subclass 12 for apparatus, not otherwise
provided for, for placing a binder which passes through the
opening in ring-like material.
112, Sewing, 470.21 for a machine for inserting a draw
string by means of a needle, subclass 10 for a sewing machine
which seams a bag and also inserts a draw string in a hem,
and subclasses 223 and 224 for a needle threading attachment
for a sewing machine.
223, Apparel Apparatus, subclass 48 for bead stringing
means; subclass 50 for a device for inserting a tape, thread,
or cord into a garment, lace and the like; subclass 99 for a
device for threading a needle; subclasses 102+ for a needle
which is a pointed instrument having an eye, hook, or
equivalent to attach to a thread, tape, or the like for
sewing, threading, or attaching the thread to a fabric; and
subclass 105 for a curtain rod threader.
254, Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling
Force, 134.3 for apparatus for threading electric conductor
wire or a leader therefor in a conduit or along a messenger
cable.
Subclass:
242
Tool handle and tool:
This subclass is indented under subclass 700. Apparatus for
assembling or disassembling a tool handle and a tool.
(1) Note. This subclass includes, for example: (a) Apparatus
for assembling or disassembling the parts of a handle or the
parts of a tool. (b) Apparatus for assembling a tool with or
disassembling a tool from a handle. (c) Apparatus for
inserting a pin for securing a tool handle to a tool.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
243 for means to assemble a tool chuck and a tool.
244 for means to assemble comprising a pusher or puller in
general.
426.1 for a process of disassembly.
428 for a process of assembling or joining.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
76, Metal Tools and Implements, Making.
144, Woodworking, subclasses 254-271 for wood bending.
403, Joints and Connections, for a connection between a tool
and a handle, wherein only such structure of the tool and
handle as cooperates to effect the connection is included.
Subclass:
243
Tool chuck and tool:
This subclass is indented under subclass 700. Apparatus for
assembling or disassembling a tool chuck and a tool.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
242 for apparatus to assemble a tool handle and a tool
chuck.
244 for assembly or disassembling means comprising a pusher
or puller in general.
426.1 for a process of disassembling.
428 for a process of assembling or joining.
592 for a process of mechanical manufacture, generally.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
279, Chucks or Sockets, for a tool chuck, per se.
Subclass:
243.5
Overedge assembling means:
This subclass is indented under subclass 700. Apparatus for
assembling a first element or portion thereof around an edge
of a second element and into overlapping relationship with
the second element, the assembly being accomplished in whole
or in part by deforming, i.e., stressing beyond the elastic,
the first element.
(1) Note. Subclasses 244 through 283 herebelow, comprising
assembly apparatus of the nature there specified, were
established before this subclass (243.5) and indented
subclasses and have not been screened. Appropriate subclasses
among them should be searched when advisable.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
509 for a process of assembling including overedge clamping
of a seated part.
769 for means for attaching a slide fastener element to a
tape.
Subclass:
243.51
Belt-hook attacher:
This subclass is indented under subclass 243.5. Apparatus
for clinching one or more clips adapted to receive a
connecting member (e.g., a hinge pin) along the end of a
belt.
Subclass:
243.517
Annular work:
This subclass is indented under subclass 243.5. Apparatus
wherein the first element is marginally defined by a outer
circular border and by an inner circular border, concentric
with the outer border.
(1) Note. The "first element" of this subclass may be very
short in the dimension of the axis of the borders in the case
of a ring or may be longer so that the element is a tube.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
726 for apparatus used to make a heat exchanger, e.g., to
secure a boiler tube to a plate.
Subclass:
243.518
With radially acting tool inside annular work:
This subclass is indented under subclass 243.517. Apparatus
wherein the first element is deformed by a shaping surface
urging a portion thereof to move away from the its axis,
wherein the shaping surface is part of a member between the
inner border and the axis.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
72, Metal Deforming, subclass 391.6 for a device including
concentric or telescoped deforming tools wherein a tool fits
inside a hollow metal fastener workpart to reshape that
workpart into engagement with another member in which the
fastener is fitted for securement, wherein no part of the
device is in engagement with the other member, and subclass
393 for three or more tools inside an annular workpiece with
provision to effect radial expansion of the workpiece by
moving one of the tools radially with respect to the others.
Subclass:
243.519
With second workpiece inside annular work one workpiece moved
to shape the other:
This subclass is indented under subclass 243.517. Apparatus
wherein a first tool engages the annular member and a second
tool engages a second member which is inside the cavity of
the annular member to move the members relative to each other
such that one member is stressed beyond its elastic limit.
Subclass:
243.521
Comprising driver for snap-off-mandrel fastener: e.g., pop
(tm) riveter:
This subclass is indented under subclass 243.519. Apparatus
wherein a first tool engages an annular end surface of a
tube-like workpiece, which surface generally faces the
device, which first tool includes a passageway coaxial with
the tubular axis of that workpiece, and wherein a second tool
functions within that passageway to engage a shank portion of
a second workpiece extending through the tubular axis of the
work and through the coaxial passageway, which first tool
urges against the annular surface and which second tool
reactively pulls against the shank with sufficient force
moves the second workpiece with respect to the first and to
ultimately exceed the tensile strength of the shank portion
and thereby divide one portion of the shank from the
remainder thereof, which remainder serves with the tubular
first workpiece as a fastener.
(1) Note. The first and second workpiece of this subclass
are normally supplied in the magazine as an assembly and are
to be brought into assembly with another work part not
originating in the storage chamber.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
812.5 for a driver for a snap-off-mandrel fastener including
a fastener supply magazine.
Subclass:
243.522
Including near side fastener shaping tool:
This subclass is indented under subclass 243.522. Device
intended to deform the annular surface of the work that faces
the device.
Subclass:
243.523
Pneumatic- or fluid-actuated tool:
This subclass is indented under subclass 243.521. Device
wherein one of the tools is urged to move with respect to the
other to effect metal deformation by a flowable medium.
(1) Note. (1) Incompressible fluid, e.g., liquid; (2)
compressible fluid, e.g., gas; or (3) a flowable solid, e.g.,
pelletized material might be used as the urging medium of
this and the indented subclasses.
(2) Note. A device having a vacuum "driver", i.e., a piston
moved by ambient air pressure, is included herein.
(3) Note. A device including an explosively actuated piston
is included herein.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
453.01 for a pneumatic- or fluid-actuated metal deforming
tool, generally.
Subclass:
243.524
Liquid:
This subclass is indented under subclass 243.523. Device
wherein the flowable medium is in the liquid state, i.e., is
generally incompressible.
Subclass:
243.525
And gas:
This subclass is indented under subclass 243.524. Device
wherein flowable medium in the liquid state is used as tool
urging flowable medium and wherein flowable medium in the
gaseous state is also used at tool urging medium.
(1) Note. Included herein is a device having a cylinder
powered by a gas (e.g., compressed air) that, in turn, drives
a piston to pressurize a liquid which serves to move the
tools.
(2) Note. Included herein is a device utilizing liquid to
effect repositioning (and deformation) of the "elements" and
gas to return the tools to the resting position.
Subclass:
243.526
Having rotary drive mechanism:
This subclass is indented under subclass 243.521. Device
including provision to move one tool with respect to the
other to effect the deforming action, which provision turns
more than 360 degrees.
(1) Note. The "drive" of this subclass must be mechanically
connected to one of the tools, e.g., a rotary electric motor
that drives a tool via a gear box is included herein even
though the final drive may not turn more than 360 degrees,
whereas a rotary electric motor that drives a pump which
transmits fluid to drive one of the tools is excluded.
Subclass:
243.527
Having allochirial actuating handles:
This subclass is indented under subclass 243.521. Device
including provision to move one tool with respect to the
other comprising a pair of mirror image members intended to
be engaged by the hands of the operative and moved equally
but oppositely with respect to each other and with respect to
the remainder of the device to effect deformation.
Subclass:
243.528
Having repositionable annulus engaging tool:
This subclass is indented under subclass 243.521. Device
wherein the tool having a passageway therethrough is adapted
to be readily removed and replaced by another similar tool
also mounted on the device, or is mounted to be shifted in
position with respect to the remainder of the device.
Subclass:
243.529
Including near side fastener shaping tool:
This subclass is indented under subclass 243.519. Device
intended to deform the annular surface of the work that faces
the device.
Subclass:
243.53
Riveter:
This subclass is indented under subclass 243.5. Apparatus
including means to upset or otherwise deform a rivet or like
rod-shaped first element, or a similar portion of work, means
to assemble such rivet to other work or to cause such rivet
to secure components of other work together.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
243.52 for apparatus which deforms annular work, e.g., a
hollow rivet or a boiler tube end.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
72, Metal Deforming, for metal deforming apparatus (no
assembly).
157, Wheelwright Machines, subclass 1.55 for a wheelmaking
machine with a spoke-end header.
173, Tool Driving or Impacting, for a rivet-driver, per se.
227, Elongated-Member-Driving Apparatus, for riveting
apparatus which forcibly drives a rivet into work prior to
deforming the rivet.
Subclass:
243.54
Single header:
This subclass is indented under subclass 243.53. Apparatus
which deforms only one rivet or like element at a time, using
the same tool pair (header and anvil) each time.
Subclass:
243.55
Pipe joiner:
This subclass is indented under subclass 243.54. Apparatus
which by riveting unites the edges of a pipe along a
longitudinal seam or secures two or more pipes in an
overlapping or abutting end-to-end relationship.
Subclass:
243.56
Clip applier:
This subclass is indented under subclass 243.5. Apparatus
which when assembling the first element with the second
element additionally unites the second element to at least
one other element.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
72, Metal Deforming, subclass 410 for a plier-type clip
clencher claimed only as a deformer, i.e., without regard to
assembly.
140, Wireworking, subclass 11 for means for joining
intersecting wire elements of a wire fabric with a clip,
which subclass contains art similar to some of that found
here.
Subclass:
243.57
Binding or covering:
This subclass is indented under subclass 243.5. Apparatus
which assembles by causing the first element or portion
thereof to single-foldedly embrace or encompass the second
element.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
33.5 for apparatus for binding or covering combined with
cutting.
243.5 for patents limited to lockseamed (double folded)
assembly of two elements.
728 for apparatus which sheaths a running length core.
Subclass:
243.58
Edge binding:
This subclass is indented under subclass 243.57. Apparatus
for assembling a combination in which the second element has
a definitive edge (such as that of a plate or sheet), and the
first element is a U-shaped member which embraces only the
edge portion of the second element.
Subclass:
244
Puller or pusher means, contained force multiplying
operator:
This subclass is indented under subclass 700. Apparatus
having means for engaging two work parts to be assembled or
disassembled and means forming part of the apparatus for
multiplying the force input to the apparatus (e.g., a lever,
screw, force multiplying linkage, gearing, etc.) to develop
the necessary assembling or disassembling force.
(1) Note. Included in this and the indented subclasses, for
example, are: (a) means for removing from and applying to a
shaft, a collar, wheel, gear, bearing unit, etc. (b) means
for removing from or applying to any of various elements, a
nonresilient tube, collar, sleeve, ferrule, etc. (c) means
for removing from or applying to any of various elements, a
pin, cap, key, etc.
(2) Note. Except as stated in the following notes, apparatus
from preceding subclasses indented under subclass 700 and
having power multiplying means for exerting a pushing or
pulling force for assembling or disassembling has been
cross-referenced in this or the indented subclasses.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
213.1 for means to assemble or disassemble a valve
component.
222 for means for pushing a piston ring onto a piston.
225 for means to apply a spring by pushing or pulling.
231 for staking a watch or a clock.
233 for means for applying a brake lining to a brake shoe.
234 for means for pulling or pushing to assemble or
disassemble a coextensive tube and core.
237 for means to assemble or disassemble a coupling to a
conduit.
238 for assembling by compressing parts together face to
face.
239 for means to assemble or disassemble including means to
separate parts from face to face engagement.
240 for means to assemble or disassemble by rotation of one
work part with respect to the other.
242 for means to assemble or disassemble a tool handle and a
tools.
243 for means to assemble or disassemble a tool chuck and a
tool.
270 for a hand manipulable implement not having power
multiplying means to develop the assembling or disassembling
force.
724 for means for inserting or removing balls or rollers
from a bearing.
726 for means for inserting or removing the tubes of a heat
exchanger.
729 for means for inserting or removing a contact into or
from a plug connector.
730 for means for removing or inserting a battery plate or
battery-plate unit.
732 for means for inserting or removing an armature shaft,
coil, coil slot plug, etc.
765 for means to place a traveler on a ring or a ring on the
bobbin of a textile machine.
805 for means for assembling doll parts.
807 for means to assemble a clock or watch-crystal into a
bezel.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
74, Machine Element or Mechanism, 469 for a lever and
linkage system.
157, Wheelwright Machines, 3 for a spoke setter, subclass 11
for a tire remover, and subclass 12 for a spoke extractor.
164, Metal Founding, 405 for an ingot stripper.
227, Elongated-Member-Driving Apparatus, 19 for combined
apparatus for assembling and driving a member, e.g., nail,
into the assembled parts.
242, Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding, 533 for a coil
stripping device for a winding machine.
254, Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling
Force, for such an implement in general.
294, Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements, for a handling
implement of the hand-and-hoist-line type.
425, Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating:
Apparatus, 436 for a shaping surface including product
release or removal means, especially, subclass 438 for a core
remover; see the search notes thereunder.
433, Dentistry, 3 for a tool for removing an orthodontic
appliance from the teeth and subclasses 141+ for other
disassembly and assembly implement (e.g., a tooth extractor,
mold remover, crown remover.)
Subclass:
245
Hubcap and hub:
This subclass is indented under subclass 244. Apparatus for
inserting or removing a hubcap onto or off of a wheel hub.
(1) Note. Apparatus for inserting or removing a "wheel
cover" onto or off of a wheel is included herein.
Subclass:
246
Battery post and terminal:
This subclass is indented under subclass 244. Apparatus for
applying or removing an electricity transmitting connector to
or from a battery post.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
730 for means to assemble a storage cell or battery.
Subclass:
247
Cotter pin and cooperating member:
This subclass is indented under subclass 244. Apparatus, for
inserting or extracting a cotter pin to or from another
element.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
249 for a valve stem pin or key extractor or remover.
Subclass:
248
Plier type means:
This subclass is indented under subclass 247. Apparatus of
the plier type.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
5 for a cotter pin making process or apparatus.
700 and see the search note thereunder.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
81, Tools, for a hand tool of general utility, or an
assembling tool, especially, 300 for general purpose pliers
or pliers especially adapted for manipulating a cotter pin.
Subclass:
249
Valve stem pin or key and another member:
This subclass is indented under subclass 244. Apparatus for
inserting or extracting a valve stem pin or key into or away
from some other element.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
213.1 for valve applying and removing apparatus.
247 for cotter pin applying and removing apparatus.
250 for machine key applying and removing apparatus.
Subclass:
250
Machine key and another member:
This subclass is indented under subclass 244. Apparatus for
inserting or extracting a machine key into or away from some
other element.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
249 for a valve stem pin or key inserter or remover.
Subclass:
251
Arbor-type press means:
This subclass is indented under subclass 244. Apparatus of
the arbor press type.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
100, Presses, for a press not elsewhere provided for.
Subclass:
252
Having fluid operator:
This subclass is indented under subclass 244. Apparatus
which is operated by fluid pressure.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
254 for assembling device comprising a puller or pusher
operated by an explosive.
421.1 for a process of shaping a part or parts by direct
application of fluid pressure.
427 for a process of disassembly utilizing fluid pressure to
separate parts.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
60, Power Plants, subclass 325 for a residual fluid
actuator, per se.
91, Motors: Expansible Chamber Type, for such motors and
their controls, per se.
100, Presses, 269.01 for reciprocating platen presses, not
elsewhere provided for, in which fluid pressure actuates the
movable platen.
251, Valves and Valve Actuation, for a valve of general
utility and an actuating means therefor.
254, Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling
Force, subclass 93 for fluid pressure type.
418, Rotary Expansible Chamber Devices, for a rotary
expansible chamber motor, per se.
Subclass:
253
Having wedge operator:
This subclass is indented under subclass 244. Apparatus
which is operated by a wedge to develop the assembling or
disassembling force.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
254, Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling
Force, subclass 42 for wedge type printers' quoins and
subclass 104 for miscellaneous wedge type.
279, Chucks or Sockets, subclass 103 for friction grip type
having wedge means to eject the tool.
Subclass:
254
Having percussion or explosive operator:
This subclass is indented under subclass 244. Apparatus
which are operated by percussion, including the explosion of
a contained medium.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
252 for apparatus operated by sustained fluid pressure as
distinguished from an explosion.
275 for an impact receiving tool not having contained
impacting element.
427 for a process of separating parts (e.g., a broken drill
stem from a drilled hole) utilizing percussion or explosion.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
60, Power Plants, 632 for a one shot explosion actuated
expansible chamber type motor.
81, Tools, 463 and see the notes thereto for other impact
operated apparatus.
173, Tool Driving or Impacting, 90 for a tool impacting
device, per se, of general utility.
175, Boring or Penetrating the Earth, 2 for subject matter
relating to a device for penetrating the earth by means of a
bullet or shaped charge which is fired in an inaccessible
hole and including such a device for forming a perforation in
a casing or other wall member in the hole.
Subclass:
255
Tube, sleeve, or ferrule inserting or removing:
This subclass is indented under subclass 254. Apparatus
designed for inserting a tube, sleeve, ring, ferrule, or
similar annular body into or removing such from an opening
designed to receive the same.
Subclass:
256
Having screw operator:
This subclass is indented under subclass 244. Apparatus in
which a screw is operated to develop the assembling or
disassembling force.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
217 for a screw operated engine valve spring compressor.
250 for a machine key extractor or inserter.
Subclass:
257
C-frame:
This subclass is indented under subclass 256. Apparatus
which is screw operated and of the C-frame type, one leg of
the C-frame reacting against one part of the article and a
screw mounted in the other leg of the C-frame reacting
against another part of the article.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
217 for a screw operated C-frame engine valve spring
compressor.
231 for a C-frame watch or clock staking device.
251 for C-frame arbor presses for assembling or
disassembling.
252 for C-frame fluid operated presses for assembling or
disassembling.
276 for a C-frame assembly or disassembly tool designed to
receive an impact from a separate tool.
Subclass:
258
Central screw, work-engagers around screw:
This subclass is indented under subclass 256. Apparatus in
which a central screw develops the assembling or
disassembling force, whether motivated by turning the nut or
screw, and which have work engagers on opposite sides of,
adjacent to, and around the screw, the screw acting on one
part of the article and the engagers acting on another part
of the article.
(1) Note. The side engagers may be arms on each side of the
screw or constitute tubular or tube segment engagers
encircling a major part of the screw, and the same may be
secured to or have reaction contact with the article.
Subclass:
259
Work-engager arms along or parallel to screw:
This subclass is indented under subclass 258. Apparatus in
which the side engagers comprise arms extending along or
parallel with the screw, the arms having engagement with the
screw nut or nut carrying frame at one end and engagement
with an article part at the other end.
Subclass:
260
With arm connecting engaging means:
This subclass is indented under subclass 259. Apparatus in
which the ends of the arms are connected by a means that
engages the article part.
Subclass:
261
Pivotal arms:
This subclass is indented under subclass 259. Apparatus in
which the arms are connected for pivotal movement to the nut
or nut carrying frame.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
262 for pivotal grippers directly carried by the screw.
Subclass:
262
Pivotal grippers on screw:
This subclass is indented under subclass 259. Apparatus
which have pivotal grippers mounted on the article engaging
end of the screw.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
261 for pivotal work engager arms mounted on the nut or nut
frame.
265 for relatively movable work grippers mounted on the
force developing screw and of tubular or tube segment form.
Subclass:
263
Tubular or tube segment forms work engager:
This subclass is indented under subclass 258. Apparatus in
including a work engager in the form of a tube or the
segments of a tube.
(1) Note. The tubular or tube segment work engager may be an
integral portion of the nut.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
280 for other tubular work engager having article gripping
detents.
Subclass:
264
Screw threaded work engager:
This subclass is indented under subclass 263. Apparatus in
which the tubular or tube segment work engager has screw
threads for engagement with a threaded work part for reaction
therewith.
(1) Note. The threaded work engaging part may be mounted on
the nut, nut frame, or force developing screw.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
277 for a hand manipulatable impact receiving tool having a
threaded device to be applied to screw threaded work to
protect the same from impact.
281 for a hand manipulatable for tube sleeve or ferrule
applying or removing having a thread tapping work grip.
Subclass:
265
Movable grippers on screw:
This subclass is indented under subclass 263. Apparatus in
which the tubular or tube segment form a work engager having
at least two relatively movable parts to grip the work which
parts are mounted on the work engaging end of the force
developing screw.
(1) Note. The grippers may be pivotal, slidable, etc.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
262 for pivotal grippers on force developing screws not of
tubular or tube segment form.
264 for similar devices threaded to engage threaded work.
Subclass:
266
Plate or bar forms work-engager:
This subclass is indented under subclass 258. Apparatus in
which the work engagers are in the form of a plate or bar,
the screw extending through the center of the plate or bar.
Subclass:
267
Having lever operator:
This subclass is indented under subclass 244. Apparatus that
is lever operated.
(1) Note. A screw may be used for adjusting the parts of the
apparatus or gripping the part to be moved but the force
input and multiplication for applying the pushing or pulling
force is through a system (not involving a screw) operated by
a lever.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
216 and 219+, for a lever operated engine valve spring
compressor.
222 for a lever operated piston ring inserter or remover.
245 for a lever operated hub cap remover.
246 for a lever operated battery terminal remover.
247 for a lever operated cotter pin remover.
249 for a lever operated valve stem pin or key remover.
256 for a miscellaneous device having a screw for force
multiplication to apply the assembling or disassembling
force.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
254, Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling
Force, particularly 120 for single throw levers.
Subclass:
268
Plier type means:
This subclass is indented under subclass 267. Apparatus of
the plier type.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
700 for assembly or disassembly apparatus, generally.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
81, Tools, for a hand tool of general utility, or for an
assembling tool which structurally recognizes only one work
part.
Subclass:
269
Means comprising piston ring group contractor or holder:
This subclass is indented under subclass 700. Apparatus for
contracting, and/or holding contracted, a group of piston
rings (usually for the reception of a mandrel holder).
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
222 for a piston ring applier or remover or for means for
contracting a single piston ring and holding it contracted
for the reception of a mandrel holder.
Subclass:
270
Means comprising hand manipulatable tool:
This subclass is indented under subclass 700. Apparatus that
is a hand tool or is a portable tool having no contained
force multiplying operator to develop the assembling or
disassembling force.
(1) Note. There may be force multiplying means for the work
engaging portions to firmly grip the work, but no such means
for developing the assembling or disassembling force.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
213.1 for a hand manipulatable valve keeper insertion tool.
244 for a hand manipulatable or portable tool with a
contained power multiplying operator.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
7, Compound Tools, for a hand tool united with another hand
tool.
42, Firearms, subclass 90 for an implement to be used in
making or maintaining a firearm.
81, Tools, for a hand tool, generally.
99, Foods and Beverages: Apparatus, subclass 450.5 for a
hand manipulable implement means arranged to assemble edible
preforms into a sandwich.
Subclass:
271
Aligner or center:
This subclass is indented under subclass 270. Apparatus that
aligns one part with another.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
468 for a process of associating two or more parts by
engaging each of the parts with a tool and moving the tool
relative to the parts to effect alignment of the parts with
respect to each other.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
33, Geometrical Instruments, subclass 412 for shaft aligning
and leveling straight edge type instruments.
Subclass:
272
Tube with tube:
This subclass is indented under subclass 271. Apparatus for
aligning tubes with tubes.
Subclass:
273
Auto wheel with auto chassis:
This subclass is indented under subclass 271. Apparatus for
lifting and/or aligning an automobile wheel with an
automobile chassis.
(1) Note. In this subclass, for example, is a tool intended
to pass through bolt receiving wheel opening and engage the
stud bolts or other connecting parts on the hub, brake drum,
or other support of the automobile chassis and guide the
wheel to such supporting means.
Subclass:
274
Clutch plates:
This subclass is indented under subclass 271. Apparatus for
aligning clutch plates in the assembly of a clutch.
Subclass:
275
Means comprising impact receiving tool:
This subclass is indented under subclass 270. Apparatus to
be applied to the work and to receive an impact from some
outside source and transmit the blow to the work.
(1) Note. The source of the impact is usually a machinist's
or carpenter's hammer.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
254 for impact or percussion apparatus having a contained
source of impact producing means, as an explosive or a
hammer.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
30, Cutlery, subclass 168 for cold chisels and see the notes
to such subclass.
81, Tools, 463 for a nail set adapted to drive the head of a
nail below a wood surface when hit by a hammer.
Subclass:
276
C-frame:
This subclass is indented under subclass 275. Apparatus
whose impact receiving tool is mounted in one leg of a
C-frame, the other leg of the frame constituting an anvil for
receiving the impact.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
257 and see the notes thereto for other C-frame type
devices.
Subclass:
277
Thread protector (e.g., wheel axle type):
This subclass is indented under subclass 275. Apparatus in
which the impact receiving tool transmits the impact to a
threaded part and is constructed to protect the threads from
injury.
(1) Note. This subclass includes axle drivers that are
threaded onto the end of an axle and are hit to break the
connection between a wheel and axle, devices commonly called
impact wheel removers.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
264 for other screw threaded devices to engage screw
threaded work.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
16, Miscellaneous Hardware, 2.1 for protective liners and
subclasses 108+ for protective caps or collars.
138, Pipes and Tubular Conduits, subclass 96 for protectors
for the threads on pipe ends.
173, Tool Driving or Impacting, 128 for an impacting device
including means to transmit impact from a hammer head to a
tool or the like.
Subclass:
278
Hand gripper for direct push or pull:
This subclass is indented under subclass 270. Apparatus that
are gripped by the hand and given a direct push or pull by
the hand.
(1) Note. There may be force multiplying means for operating
the parts that grip the work, but the assembling or
disassembling force is given a direct push or pull by the
person operating the same.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
244 for devices that grip the work and have force
multiplying means for the assembling or disassembling push or
pull.
Subclass:
279
Centrifugal separator:
This subclass is indented under subclass 278. Hand devices
for applying or removing parts of centrifugal separators.
(1) Note. Most of the patents include an elongated means
that is insertable through the openings of aligned separator
plates or cone discs, with provisions for securing the bottom
one thereto, so that the elongated means and the parts
secured as a unit may be pulled from or inserted into the
centrifugal machine by direct hand pull or push on the
elongated means.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
241 for assembling by stringing objects on an elongated
part.
Subclass:
280
Tube sleeve or ferrule applying or removing:
This subclass is indented under subclass 278. Apparatus that
operates on tubes, sleeves, or ferrules.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
282 and see the notes thereto for other apparatus for
operating upon tubes, sleeves, or ferrules.
Subclass:
281
Thread-tapping grip:
This subclass is indented under subclass 280. Apparatus that
grips the tube, sleeve, or ferrule by means of screwing into
the same a tapered threaded point in the nature of a tap.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
408, Cutting by Use of Rotating Axially Moving Tool, 215 for
a tool of that class including pitch stabilizing ridge.
470, Threaded, Headed Fastener, or Washer Making: Process and
Apparatus, subclass 197 for tap dies used in a Class 470
machine for cutting interior screw threads.
Subclass:
281.1
With work-holder for assembly:
This subclass is indented under subclass 700. Apparatus
including or with a surface which, when the work parts are
being assembled, is positioned beneath at least a portion of
each work part to support the work parts against the force of
gravity in at least one position of adjustment thereof.
(1) Note. A mere pin is not considered to be a work holder
for assembly.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
721 for similar structure having a signal, scale, or
indicator.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
269, Work Holders, 289 for a work holder for assembly not in
combination with an assembly means or not serving as means to
move to assemble one work part relatively to another.
Subclass:
281.2
For assembling a luminescent mantle:
This subclass is indented under subclass 281.1. Apparatus
intended to juxtapose, associate, or fasten one part of an
illuminated mantle with respect to another part thereof.
(1) Note. A mantle is a lace-like hood or envelop of some
refractory material which, when placed in position over a
flame, gives light by incandescence.
(2) Note. This is the residual home for a work holder for
assembling a luminescent mantle, even though only one part is
recognized (engaged) thereby.
Subclass:
281.3
And assembling press (e.g., truss assembling means, etc.):
This subclass is indented under subclass 281.1. Apparatus
including means to hold an assembly of several first work
parts in a desired relationship and means to force an
additional work part into the assembly to secure the first
work parts in a desired relationship.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
227, Elongated-Member-Driving Apparatus, particularly 19 for
similar structure wherein the additional work part is an
"elongated member" as required by that class.
Subclass:
281.4
Having means to permit support movement while work is
thereon:
This subclass is indented under subclass 281.1. Apparatus
including a holder for a first work part and a holder for a
second work part, which holders are allowed to move with the
work parts mounted thereon.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
281.6 for structure holding a first work part such that the
structure is supported thereby, which structure includes
guide means for another work part.
Subclass:
281.5
Including means to relatively position plural work parts:
This subclass is indented under subclass 700. Apparatus
including means to engage a first and a second work part and
means to move one relatively to the other into a desired
positional relationship.
Subclass:
281.6
Work-supported apparatus:
This subclass is indented under subclass 700. Apparatus
including means to engage a first work part so as to be
supported against the force of gravity thereon and including
means to be engaged by a second work part to be juxtaposed,
associated with, fastened to, or removed from the first work
part.
Subclass:
282
Tube, sleeve, or ferrule:
This subclass is indented under subclass 700. Apparatus for
assembling and/or securing or disassembling tubes, sleeves,
or ferrules to each other or to other articles.
(1) Note. Many of the preceding subclasses have special
types of apparatus for this purpose, some of which are
referred to in the following note.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
234 for tube and coextensive core apparatus.
235 for apparatus for operating upon resilient tubes or
sleeves.
255 for percussive apparatus.
280 for hand grippers.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
81, Tools, subclass 3.05 for devices for extracting a shell,
projector, or wad from a gun barrel.
254, Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling
Force, 29 for pipe jacks.
405, Hydraulic and Earth Engineering, 154 for a method or
apparatus for laying a pipe or cable into a subterranean
location where a step or means for handling the earth
material is claimed, or a method or apparatus for laying,
retrieving, or manipulating a pipe or cable at or from a
submerged location.
Subclass:
283
Work gripper, anvil, or element:
This subclass is indented under subclass 700. Apparatus
claiming only (1) a work gripping subcombination, (2) an
anvil, or (3) any subcombination of an assembling or
disassembling apparatus incapable by itself of performing a
work assembling or disassembling operation and not elsewhere
classifiable.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
72, Metal Deforming, subclass 476 for disclosure of a
passive tool.
269, Work Holders, for a work holder, per se.
470, Threaded, Headed Fastener, or Washer Making: Process and
Apparatus, subclass 208 for bolt and rivet anvils.
Subclass:
283.5
By deforming:
This subclass is indented under subclass 700. Apparatus
including means to juxtapose, associate, fasten together, or
separate a plurality of work by stressing one work part
beyond the elastic limit thereof.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
402.11 for a process of repairing by attaching a repair
preform wherein damaged material is removed.
Subclass:
284
MISCELLANEOUS APPARATUS:
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Miscellaneous metal working means not otherwise
classifiable.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
33 for a combined metal working machine, generally.
Subclass:
401.1
Converting:
This subclass is indented under subclass 592. Process
comprising mechanically modifying or altering an existing
structure, apparatus, or article of manufacture to produce a
structure, an apparatus, or an article of manufacture of
substantially different capacity, size, function, or type of
operation.
(1) Note. Since this concept was not specially provided for
before this subclass was established in 1979 and since most
of this class was not screened at that time, the art of this
subclass is incomplete in that it does not include all the
patents issued before that date.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
402.01 for a process of repair (see the definition of
"repair" in Class 29 class definition, Glossary).
403.1 for a process of scrap recovery or utilization.
411 for mechanical manufacture including the process of
obtaining plural pieces from a preassembled blank.
412 for a process including separating a plurality of parts
from a single part, e.g., cutting.
426.1 for a process including disassembly (see the
definition of "disassembly" in Class 29, class definition,
Glossary).
428 for a process including assembling two or more
self-sustaining parts (see the definition of "assembly" in
Class 29 class definition, Glossary).
560 for a convertible metal working machine, generally.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
92, Expansible Chamber Devices, subclass 59 for a device
under that class that is convertible or changeable by
assembly or disassembly.
144, Woodworking, 330 for a process of reconstructing an
article of wood.
285, Pipe Joints or Couplings, subclass 12 for a device of
that class that is convertible.
432, Heating, subclass 3 for a process wherein converting or
assembling is an integral part of a heating procedure.
Subclass:
402.01
Repairing:
This subclass is indented under subclass 592. Process
comprising restoring an existing device such as an article of
manufacture, a machine, an apparatus, or a static structure
to a more functional, stable, or working condition.
(1) Note. See the definition of repair in the class
definition of this class (29), Glossary. These subclasses
(402.01+) are intended as the residual home for mechanical
repairing. Where a process of repairing a particular article
is claimed, it is intended that the patent issue in the
particular device making subclass of this class (29).
(2) Note. To make a complete search for a process of
repairing a particular device it may be necessary to search
the subclass under Class 29 or elsewhere which provides for
manufacturing the particular device.
(3) Search appropriate subclasses for various
mechanicamanufacturing operations such as, for example,
combined processes for making specific articles, converting
one article to produce a different article, uniting, or
shaping, or joining, which operations might be used in a
repair operation.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
12, Boot and Shoe Making, subclass 142 for a process of
repairing a boot or a shoe.
49, Movable or Removable Closures, subclass 506 for a
process of repairing a movable or removable closure.
52, Static Structures (e.g., Buildings), subclass 514 for a
building component having means for split prevention or which
repairs a damaged part.
62, Refrigeration, subclass 77 for a refrigeration process
including repairing some part of a refrigeration apparatus.
65, Glass Manufacturing, subclass 27 for a process of
repairing or cleaning glass working apparatus and subclass 28
for a process of mending otherwise unusable parts or material
by a glass working operation for reuse, or preventing
spreading of checks or cracks in a glass part during
formation of the glass part.
66, Textiles: Knitting, subclass 1.5 for a process of or
apparatus for repairing a hole or a run in a knitted fabric.
76, Metal Tools and Implements, Making, subclass 101.1 for a
process of repairing a tool, generally.
137, Fluid Handling, subclasses 15.01-15.26 for a process
of cleaning, repairing, or assembling.
138, Pipes and Tubular Conduits, 97 for a process of or
apparatus for repairing a leak in a pipe or hose.
144, Woodworking, 330 for a process of repairing or
reconstructing a wooden article.
156, Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture,
94 for a repairing process including a laminating step.
162, Paper Making and Fiber Liberation, subclass 199 for a
process of repairing or maintaining paper making machinery.
164, Metal Founding, subclass 92.1 for casting of metal to
repair a substrate.
166, Wells, subclass 277 for a process of repairing an
object in a shaft or deep boring in the earth.
228, Metal Fusion Bonding, subclass 119 for repairing,
restoring, or renewing a product for reuse.
264, Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating:
Processes, subclass 30 for furnace lining formation or
repair and subclasses 36.1+ for repairing or restoring an
article for reuse by an operation of that class.
285, Pipe Joints or Couplings, 15 for repair of a pipe joint
or coupling.
320, Electricity: Battery or Capacitor Charging or
Discharging, appropriate subclasses for a process of
recharging or reconditioning a voltaic cell, battery, or
capacitor.
405, Hydraulic and Earth Engineering, for construction
involving the titular subject matter.
413, Sheet Metal Container Making, 1 for a process of
fabricating sheet metal cans.
427, Coating Processes, 140 for restoring or repairing by an
operation of that class.
429, Chemistry: Electrical Current Producing Apparatus,
Product and Processes, subclass 49 for a process of
restoring, or aid in restoring a battery to its former
condition after decay, injury, or partial destruction.
432, Heating, subclass 3 for a process in which a step of
repairing is an integral part of a heat procedure or in which
repairing of the apparatus is effected in part by the heat
incident to the operation of the apparatus.
445, Electric Lamp or Space Discharge Component or Device
Manufacturing, subclass 2 for a process of repairing an
electric lamp or space discharge device.
Subclass:
402.02
Seal or element thereof:
This subclass is indented under subclass 402.01. Process of
directly restoring, reconditioning, or replacing packing
material, door seal, or like sealing material not provided
for elsewhere.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
235 for apparatus which applies or removes a resilient
article.
402.08 for a process of repair wherein the part to be
replaced is disassembled and a new part substituted
therefor.
450 for a process of applying or removing a resilient
article.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
49, Movable or Removable Closures, subclass 506 for a
process of repairing movable or removable closures.
62, Refrigeration, subclass 77 for a process of
refrigeration which includes repairing some part of a
refrigeration apparatus.
138, Pipes and Tubular Conduits, 97 for a process of and
apparatus for repairing a leak in a pipe or hose.
277, Seal for a Joint or Juncture, for a seal having an
installation, removal, assembly, disassembly, or repair
feature, subclass 323, for a seal for well apparatus,
subclasses 370+ for a relatively rotatable extending sealing
face member (e.g., face, mechanical, etc.), subclass 421 for
a close proximity labyrinth seal, subclass 435 for a piston
ring, piston ring expander or seat therefore, subclass 511
for a dynamic circumferential contact seal intended for
containment or compression by a gland member in a packing
box, subclass 551 for a dynamic, peripheral radially sealing
flexible projection (e.g., lip seal, etc.) for other than a
piston, subclass 598 for a static, contact seal for use
between parts of an internal combustion engine, subclass 609
for a static contact seal intended for insertion between an
end to end pipe, conduit, or cable joint, or subclass 630 for
a static, contact seal for other than an internal combustion
engine, or a pipe, conduit, or cable.
403, Joints and Connections, 11 for a joint or connector
with an adjunctive protector, broken parts retainer, repair,
assembly, or disassembly feature.
Subclass:
402.03
With disassembling:
This subclass is indented under subclass 402.01. Process
wherein the device to be repaired is composed of a plurality
of interrelated attached components or subcombination
elements comprising disassociating a component or an element
from the other components or elements.
(1) Note. See the definition of "disassembly" in the class
definition Glossary.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
403.3 for a process of separating one scrap material from
another scrap material.
426.1 for a process including the step of disassembling.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
52, Static Structures (e.g., Buildings), 127.1 for a
building component with adjunctive means used to aid in an
assembling or disassembling operation.
Subclass:
402.04
Including reconditioning of part:
This subclass is indented under subclass 402.03. Process
including restoring a disassembled component or element to
its functional, stable, or working condition.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
402.18 for a process of repairing by applying fluent
material, e.g., coating, casting.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
204, Chemistry: Electrical and Wave Energy, for
reconditioning in the manner of that class.
264, Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating:
Processes, subclass 30 for furnace lining or repairing and
subclasses 36.1+ for repairing or restoring an article for
reuse in an operation of that class.
427, Coating Processes, 140 for restoring or repairing by an
operation of that class.
Subclass:
402.05
By shaping:
This subclass is indented under subclass 402.04. Process of
restoring by permanently altering the configuration of the
part.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
402.19 for a process of repairing by shaping.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
72, Metal Deforming, 362 for a process under the class
definition of deforming metal.
264, Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating:
Processes, 239 for a process of applying distorting
mechanical forces to solid self-sustaining workpieces of
nonmetallic material wherein the configuration of at least
one dimension of the workpieces is altered.
Subclass:
402.06
Removing material:
This subclass is indented under subclass 402.05. Process of
repairing wherein the shaping comprises taking away or
destroying integral material of the part.
(1) Note. Removing or cleaning of nonintegral surface or
extraneous material is not considered removing of material.
(2) Note. To make a complete search for any repair process
including removing material, it may be necessary to search
the class which provides for the particular material removing
process or apparatus.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
402.11 for a process of repairing by attaching a repair
preform combined with removal of damaged material.
Subclass:
402.07
And by a metallurgical operation, e.g., welding, diffusion
bonding, casting:
This subclass is indented under subclass 402.06. Process of
repairing including a step of metal welding, metal casting,
or metal heat treating.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
164, Metal Founding, subclass 92.1 for a process of
repairing a metal preform by a metal casting technique.
219, Electric Heating, 603 for a process of induction
welding, subclasses 50+ for a process of resistance welding,
and subclasses 76.1+ for a process of coating or building up
of a base by means of metal deposited by an electric arc.
228, Metal Fusion Bonding, subclass 119 for a process
including metallurgically bonding work faces together wherein
a product is repaired, renewed, or restored for reuse.
Subclass:
402.08
Replacing of defective part:
This subclass is indented under subclass 402.03. Process of
repairing by substituting a new part for a damaged, worn, or
imperfect part.
Subclass:
402.09
By attaching repair preform, e.g., remaking, restoring, or
patching:
This subclass is indented under subclass 402.01. Process of
repairing by fastening a solid member specially adapted for
reinforcing, concealing, or rebuilding a desired dimension to
a damaged or worn portion of the machine, apparatus, static
structure, or article.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
402.08 for a process of repairing by replacing a defective
part of an assembly.
428 for a process including assembling two or more
self-sustaining parts.
Subclass:
402.11
And removing damaged material:
This subclass is indented under subclass 402.09. Process of
repairing combined with removing some of said portion of the
machine, apparatus, static structure, or article.
Subclass:
402.12
Mechanically attaching preform with separate fastener:
This subclass is indented under subclass 402.11. Process of
repairing comprising fastening the repair preform to the
existing device by a third member, e.g., by a headed,
threaded, resilient, or impact driven fastener, etc.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
402.14 for a process of repairing wherein the repair preform
is mechanically attached with a separate fastener member
without removing damaged material.
432 for a process of attaching a part to a second part by
punching, piercing, or reaming a sharp edge of one of the
parts into the other.
525.01 for a process of assembling or joining, generally, by
application of a separate fastener.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
227, Elongated-Member-Driving Apparatus, for securing two
members together with a separate fastener, generally.
Subclass:
402.13
Metallurgically attaching preform:
This subclass is indented under subclass 402.11. Process of
repairing comprising fastening the repair preform to the
existing device by metal fusion bonding, metal casting, or
heating of metal.
(1) Note. Since this class (Class 29) is residual, a single
or combined operation is to be found herein, unless provided
for in a superior class; e.g., Class 219, Electric Heating;
Class 228, Metal Fusion Bonding; Class 266, Metallurgical
Apparatus, etc.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
402.16 for a process of repairing wherein the repair preform
is metallurgically attached with removing damaged material.
426.6 for a disassembling process with prestressing of a
work part by application of heat differential.
447 for an assembling process with prestressing of a work
part by application of heat differential, e.g., shrink
fitting.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
164, Metal Founding, subclass 92.1 for a process of
repairing a metal preform by metal casting.
219, Electric Heating, 76.1 for a process of coating or
building up a base from metal deposited by an electric arc.
228, Metal Fusion Bonding, subclass 119 for a process
including metallurgically bonding work faces together wherein
a product is repaired, renewed, or restored for reuse.
Subclass:
402.14
Mechanically attaching preform by separate fastener:
This subclass is indented under subclass 402.09. Process of
repairing comprising fastening the repair preform to the
existing device by a third member, e.g., by a headed,
threaded, resilient, or impact driven fastener.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
402.12 for a process of repairing including removing damaged
material from and mechanically attaching the repair preform
to the existing device by a separate fastener.
432 for a process of attaching a part to a second part by
punching, piercing, or reaming a sharp edge of one of the
parts into the other.
525.01 for a process of assembling or joining, generally, by
application of a separate fastener.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
227, Elongated-Member-Driving Apparatus, for securing two
members together with a separate fastener, generally.
Subclass:
402.15
Screw threaded fastener:
This subclass is indented under subclass 402.14. Process of
repairing comprising fastening the repair preform to the
existing device by an externally or internally helically
ribbed means.
Subclass:
402.16
Metallurgically attaching preform:
This subclass is indented under subclass 402.09. Process of
repairing comprising fastening the repair preform to the
existing device by metal fusion bonding, metal casting, or
heating of metal.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
402.13 for a process of repairing wherein some of the
damaged material is removed and the repair preform is
metallurgically attached.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
164, Metal Founding, subclass 92.1 for a process of
repairing a metal preform by metal casting.
219, Electric Heating, 76.1 for a process relating to the
coating or building up of a base by means of metal deposited
by an electric arc.
228, Metal Fusion Bonding, subclass 119 for a process
including metallurgically bonding work faces together wherein
a product is repaired, renewed, or restored for reuse.
Subclass:
402.17
Screw threaded preform:
This subclass is indented under subclass 402.09. Process of
repairing wherein the repair preform has a helically ribbed
opening or projection.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
525.01 for a process of assembling including application of
a separate fastener which may be screw threaded.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
215, Bottles and Jars, 200 for a container of that class
having a screw threaded cover.
220, Receptacles, 288 for a container of that class having a
screw threaded cover.
411, Expanded, Threaded, Driven, Headed, Tool-deformed, or
Locked-threaded Fastener, 378 for an externally threaded
fastener element, i.e., a bolt, screw, etc., per se.
Subclass:
402.18
By applying fluent material, e.g., coating, casting:
This subclass is indented under subclass 402.01. Process of
repairing comprising (1) depositing a flowable substance upon
or into a base material (e.g., coating, impregnating) or (2)
shaping a flowable substance upon or into a base material
(e.g., casting, molding).
(1) Note. The terms "coating", "casting" and "molding" as
used in this definition coincide with these concepts as
comprehended in Class 427, Coating Processes; Class 148,
Metal Treatment, subclasses 6+; Class 164, Metal Founding;
Class 204, Chemistry: Electrical and Wave Energy; and Class
264, Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating:
Processes.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
424 for a manufacturing process utilizing a temporary
protective coating or casting.
428 especially subclasses 458+ or 460 for a process of
assembling or joining combined with coating or casting.
526.2 for a process of casting plus separating, removing, or
eliminating a defect which has been cast in the ingot.
527.1 for a process of applying or shaping of fluent
material combined with an additional step of manufacturing.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
72, Metal Deforming, 46 for a process of coating or casting
liquid material upon a metal base (but not casting the base,
per se), and then deforming the base, regardless of whether
or not the applied material is also deformed. See the
definition and notes thereof.
148, Metal Treatment, appropriate subclasses, especially 538
for casting or subclasses 516+ for coating operations
combined with significant heat treatment of metal to modify
or maintain the internal physical structure (i.e.,
microstructure) or chemical properties of metal. See the
Class 148 definition to determine what constitutes
significant heat treatment.
164, Metal Founding, subclass 92.1 for a process of
repairing a metal preform by metal casting.
205, Electrolysis: Processes, Compositions Used Therein, and
Methods of Preparing the Compositions, subclass 115 for
processes there provided for in which the object treated is
repaired by electrodeposition.
219, Electric Heating, 76.1 for a process of repairing by
coating or building up of a base by means of metal deposited
by an electric arc.
228, Metal Fusion Bonding, subclass 119 for a process
including metallurgically bonding work faces together wherein
a product is repaired, renewed, or restored for reuse.
264, Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating:
Processes, subclass 30 for furnace lining formation or
repair, and subclasses 36.1+ for a process under the Class
264 definition of repairing or restoring an article for
reuse.
425, Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating:
Apparatus, 11 for plastic shaping or reshaping apparatus
peculiar to product or preform repair or restoring means; see
the search notes thereunder.
427, Coating Processes, 140 for a process of restoring or
repairing by coating.
Subclass:
402.19
By shaping, e.g., bending, extruding, turning, etc.:
This subclass is indented under subclass 402.01. Process of
repairing comprising permanently altering the configuration
of a portion of the machine, apparatus, static structure, or
article.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
402.05 for a process of repairing, including disassembling
and reconditioning one or more components or parts by
shaping.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
72, Metal Deforming, 362 for a process of deforming metal,
generally.
264, Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating:
Processes, 239 for a process of deforming a nonmetal,
generally.
Subclass:
402.21
Including heating:
This subclass is indented under subclass 402.19. Process of
repairing having a step of substantially raising the
temperature of a portion of the machine, apparatus, static
structure, or article.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
447 for a process of assembling including application of
heat, e.g., to shrink fit.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
72, Metal Deforming, subclass 69 for metal deforming by use
of a tool acting during relative rotation of the tool and the
work about an internal center, with modification or control
of temperature, and subclass 364 for a process of metal
deforming with temperature maintenance or modification.
148, Metal Treatment, appropriate subclasses for processes of
significant heat treatment of metal to modify or maintain the
internal physical structure (i.e., microstructure) or
chemical properties of metal. See the Class 148 definition to
determine what constitutes significant heat treatment.
Subclass:
403.1
Scrap recovering or utilizing:
This subclass is indented under subclass 592. Process
including (1) mechanical manufacture wherein scrap (or
surplus) material (i.e., material which would otherwise be
discarded) is produced combined with treating that material
to give it value, (2) using scrap (or surplus) material from
any source to make an article of manufacture, or (3) treating
of scrap (or surplus) from any source to give value to the
scrap.
(1) Note. To make a complete search for any process of
salvaging a particular article of manufacture, it may be
necessary to search the subclass for the process of making
the particular article and to search the subclass providing
for the article produced.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
401.1 for a process of converting an existing article,
structure, or apparatus to produce an article, structure, or
apparatus of substantially different capacity, size,
function, or type of operation.
402.01 for a process of repairing an article generally.
415 for a process of cutting articles from a stock piece in
such a way as to effect maximum utilization of the stock and
thus minimizing the amount of scrap produced.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
65, Glass Manufacturing, subclass 28 for a process of using
surplus or discarded material from glass working or treating
operation in a process of glass manufacture.
75, Specialized Metallurgical Processes, Compositions for Use
Therein, Consolidated Metal Powder Compositions, and Loose
Metal Particulate Mixtures, 401 for treating multicomponent
metal-containing scrap having an integral substrate to
separate metal therefrom by temperature modification or
chemical process other than using nonmetallic material which
is liquid under standard conditions wherein at least one
metal remains solid during separation in order to recover
free metal and subclasses 711+ for treating multicomponent
metal-containing scrap having an integral substrate to
separate metal therefrom by using nonmetallic material which
is liquid under standard conditions in order to recover free
metal.
156, Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture,
94 for a laminating process including a step of scrap
recovery.
162, Paper Making and Fiber Liberation, 189 for a paper
making process including a step of reclamation, salvage, or
reuse of materials.
264, Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating:
Processes, 37.1 for a process of recycling nonmetallic
reclaimed process materials. See especially subclass 37.19
for recycling of reclaimed hydro-settable material. Search
Cross-Reference Art Collections 911 through 921 for processes
of recycling consumer used products or articles utilizing a
molding operation
266, Metallurgical Apparatus, for apparatus for salvaging by
melting metal.
445, Electric Lamp or Space Discharge Component or Device
Manufacturing, subclass 2 for a process of salvaging an
electric lamp or space discharge device.
493, Manufacturing Container or Tube From Paper; or other
Manufacturing From a Sheet or Web, for utilization of scrap
paper in manufacturing.
Subclass:
403.2
Metalworking to consolidate scrap:
This subclass is indented under subclass 403.1. Process (1)
including mechanical manufacture wherein scrap metallic
material (i.e., material which would otherwise be discarded)
is produced combined with deforming that scrap material to
force it to occupy a smaller space, or (2) deforming scrap
metallic material from any source to force it to occupy a
smaller space.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
419, Powder Metallurgy Processes, 1 for a powder metallurgy
process combined with or including heating or sintering.
428, Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles, for material
from which scrap (and usable product) may be formed and for
scrap material which has been made usable.
Subclass:
403.3
Separating one material from another:
This subclass is indented under subclass 403.1. Process
including the step of removing one constituent from a
different constituent.
(1) Note. Usually at least one of the constituents is
metallic although this is not a necessity for original
placement in this subclass.
(2) Note. The removing operation may be mechanical,
chemical, or electric in nature.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
17.7 for a method of foil making including disassembling of
a pack of foil work portions.
18.1 for apparatus for foil making including means to
disassemble a pack of foil work portions.
426.1 for a process including the step of mechanically
disassembling. The principal distinction between the concept
of this subclass (29/403.3) and subclasses 29/426.4+ is that,
in this subclass, there is intent to recover or utilize scrap
material.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
134, Cleaning and Liquid Contact With Solids, subclass 2 for
a process of separating or removing foreign or undesired
matter from solid materials having a metallic base.
156, Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture,
subclass 344 for a delaminating process, per se, of
adhesively or chemically bonded laminae.
209, Classifying, Separating, and Assorting Solids, 509 for
a process of separating solid materials or articles and
segregating them according to their physical
characteristics.
241, Solid Material Comminution or Disintegration, subclass
24 for a process of comminuting or disintegrating combined
with then classifying or separating according to the physical
characteristics of the parts separated.
Subclass:
403.4
By burning or heating:
This subclass is indented under subclass 403.3. Process in
which the step of removing is facilitated or accomplished by
combustion or by application of thermal energy.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
110, Furnaces, subclass 346 for a process of incinerating
solid or liquid refuse.
126, Stoves and Furnaces, for a device for heating,
generally.
134, Cleaning and Liquid Contact With Solids, subclass 19
for a process of removing foreign matter from solid materials
by the application of heat or contact with hot products of
combustion.
266, Metallurgical Apparatus, for means to work metal by
application of heat, generally; especially 48 for a torch
used to cut metal and subclasses 200+ for means to melt or
vaporize metal or means to treat liquified metal.
Subclass:
404
During simulated operation or operating conditions:
This subclass is indented under subclass 592. Process
including subjecting the product being manufactured during
such manufacture (1) to forces that duplicate those
encountered in actual use of the product or (2) to an
environment that duplicates that encountered in actual use of
the product.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
89.5 for a machine or device for burning in or wearing in a
bearing of an engine (usually an internal combustion engine)
and for running in or oil burnishing to limber a bearing or
to test for oil leakage at the joints of a casing.
722 for apparatus to assemble with control of the
environment.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
73, Measuring and Testing, 66 for testing a rotor for
imbalance under operation simulating conditions.
Subclass:
405
Temperature:
This subclass is indented under subclass 404. Process
including maintaining the environmental heat (or coolness)
level that duplicates that encountered in actual use of the
product.
Subclass:
406
Center locating and shaping:
This subclass is indented under subclass 592. Process
comprising determining the desired axis of rotation of a part
and forming the surface thereof to provide a configuration
for support of the part during rotation about its axis.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
33, Geometrical Instruments, subclass 644 for a collocating
tool with a gauge to mark a center location and subclasses
670+ for a gauge with a point marker having marker centering
means.
82, Turning, subclass 170 for centering apparatus peculiar
to turning.
408, Cutting by Use of Rotating Axially Moving Tool, 72 for
a cutting tool of that class combined with other work
engaging structure, particularly, subclass 114 for that
combination when the other work engaging structure is axially
fixed to move with the cutting tool and engages a work
surface parallel to the axis of the tool.
451, Abrading, subclass 436 for an attachment for a lathe
intended to be used in grinding the lathe "center" and
subclass 460 for a work mounting device which may support a
rotatable workpiece for a grinding operation.
Subclass:
407.01
With testing or indicating:
This subclass is indented under subclass 400.1. Process
combined with (a) detecting or analyzing some condition of
the part or parts being worked on or assembled or (b)
visually or audibly indicating the condition.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
402.01 for a process of repairing a void left in a part by
the removal of a sample to be tested.
404 for a process including simulated operation or operating
conditions not elsewhere provided for.
593 for electrical device making combined with measuring or
testing of the device or a component thereof.
705 for means to assemble or disassemble with means for
testing.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
33, Geometrical Instruments, for measuring apparatus,
generally, especially 666 for a gauge with a point marker.
73, Measuring and Testing, for testing a process and
apparatus, in general, and see the notes to the general
definition of Class 73 for the loci of other testing or
indicating process or an apparatus.
156, Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture,
subclass 64 for a laminating process including a step of
measuring, testing, or inspecting.
301, Land Vehicles: Wheels and Axles, 5.21 for a wheel
balancing device for attachment to a wheel.
324, Electricity: Measuring and Testing, for testing or
indicating in the manner of that class, especially 345 for
testing by magnetic means, and subclass 407 for testing a
circuit for a diverse-type electron tube.
340, Communications: Electrical, 500 for an electrical
automatic condition responsive indicating system.
356, Optics: Measuring and Testing, for testing or indicating
in the manner of that class.
374, Thermal Measuring and Testing, for testing or indicating
in the manner of that class.
445, Electric Lamp or Space Discharge Component or Device
Manufacturing, 3 for a process of making such a device,
combined with testing or adjusting, and subclasses 63+ for
the corresponding apparatus.
492, Roll or Roller, 9 for a roll, not elsewhere provided
for, having measuring, testing, or indicating means.
Subclass:
407.02
Torquing threaded assemblage or determining torque herein:
This subclass is indented under subclass 407.01. Process
wherein the testing or indicating includes (a) applying a
predetermined twisting or turning force to a threaded
fastener component of a threaded assemblage, or (b)
quantitatively measuring the twisting or turning force on a
threaded component of a threaded assemblage.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
81, Tools, 467 for a wrench or screwdriver responsive to
torque on work.
Subclass:
407.03
Determining relative number of threaded member rotations:
This subclass is indented under subclass 407.02. Process
wherein the number of rotations of the threaded component is
measured or the threaded component is rotated a fixed angular
amount after a predetermined event is observed.
Subclass:
407.04
Using optical instrument (excludes mere human eyeballing):
This subclass is indented under subclass 407.01. Process
wherein the testing or indicating employs an optic or
light-sensitive device other than a human eyeball (e.g.,
microscope, camera, photoelectric cell, etc.)
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
356, Optics: Measuring and Testing, for using an optical
device for measuring or testing, per se.
Subclass:
407.05
Quantitative measuring or gauging:
This subclass is indented under subclass 407.01. Process
wherein the testing or indicating includes a countable or
comparable evaluation using a standard.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
73, Measuring and Testing, for measuring or testing, per se,
and see the search notes therein.
Subclass:
407.06
By radioactive tracing:
This subclass is indented under subclass 407.05. Process
wherein unstable isotopes are used for testing or
indicating.
Subclass:
407.07
By vibratory or oscillatory movement:
This subclass is indented under subclass 407.05. Process
wherein the testing or indicating includes rapid motion about
an equilibrium position or swinging back and forth between
alternative extremes.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
73, Measuring and Testing, 570 for vibration measuring and
testing, per se.
Subclass:
407.08
Pressure, force, or weight determining:
This subclass is indented under subclass 407.05. Process
wherein the testing or indicating includes evaluating the
magnitude of mechanical stress or gravitation exertion.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
73, Measuring and Testing, for pressure and force measuring
and testing, per se.
177, Weighing Scales, subclass 1 for a process of weighing,
per se.
Subclass:
407.09
Aligning, guiding, or instruction:
This subclass is indented under subclass 407.01. Process
wherein the testing or indicating includes means (a) for
arranging the various parts or tools in a desired
relationship, (b) for directing or regulating a motion or
operation, or (c) for furnishing with knowledge or teaching.
Subclass:
407.1
Assisting assembly or disassembly:
This subclass is indented under subclass 407.09. Process
wherein the aligning, guiding, or instructional means are for
facilitating assembly or disassembly.
(1) Note. See the class definition Glossary of this class
(29) for definitions of "assembling" or "disassembly".
Subclass:
408
Of a slide fastener:
This subclass is indented under subclass 592. Process of (1)
fabricating the component parts of a securing assembly
comprised of a device (slider) which travels along rows of
fastener elements to engage or disengage the elements, and
any part peculiar to such assembly, or for (2) joining
together such component parts in operative relation to each
other.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
33.2 for plural diverse manufacturing apparatus used in
making a slide fastener assembly or element.
34 for apparatus for forging, bending, cutting, or punching
in the manufacture of a slide fastener.
766 for apparatus for assembling a slide fastener or
element.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
24, Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, etc., 381 for a slide fastener
assembly or a component thereof.
264, Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating:
Processes, subclass 252 for a process of molding portions
(e.g., slide fastener "teeth") along a sheet edge.
425, Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating:
Apparatus, subclass 814 for an art collection of apparatus
for making a slide fastener or a component thereof of
plastic.
Subclass:
409
Of slider:
This subclass is indented under subclass 408. Process for
making the travelling device.
(1) Note. The slider is also known as a "rider".
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
24, Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, etc., 415 for a slider, per
se.
Subclass:
410
Of interlocking element:
This subclass is indented under subclass 408. Process of
fabricating the cooperating interfitting fastener elements
and/or attaching these elements to a tape.
(1) Note. These fastener elements are also known as
"scoops", "stringers", "teeth, or "links".
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
505 for a process of joining one part to another by
deforming the first part into engagement with the other,
generally.
Subclass:
411
Obtaining plural composite product pieces from preassembled
workpieces:
This subclass is indented under subclass 592. Process
wherein two or more stock elements are interengaged or
integrally secured comprising subsequently separating a
product member from the stock elements along lines different
than those on which the interengagement or securement was
effected so that the resultant composite member includes a
portion of every stock element.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
412 for a process of producing plural product members from
grouped stock elements wherein the produced members do not
include a portion of every stock element.
Subclass:
412
Obtaining plural product pieces from unitary workpiece:
This subclass is indented under subclass 592. Process
comprising separating a plurality of (similar or dissimilar)
product members from a single stock element.
(1) Note. A process of subdividing a group of adjacent stock
elements to form a plurality of product members is included
herein.
(2) Note. A process of shaping a stock element of indefinite
length and then cutting off product members is included
herein in Class 29. See Search Notes below.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
2.1 for bias cutting of tubular stock.
411 for obtaining composite product members from a
preassembled group of stock elements.
412 for a process of shaping a stock element of indefinite
length and then cutting off product members.
426.1 for a process of dissociating an assembly of parts
into component parts by separating the parts along the
line(s) of joinder.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
413, Sheet Metal Container Making, 1 for a process of
fabricating a sheet metal can.
Subclass:
413
Breaking through weakened portion:
This subclass is indented under subclass 412. Process in
which the stock element is provided with a localized area
which has been reduced in strength so as to be more readily
fracturable than the remainder of the stock element
comprising fracturing the stock element through such area.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
414 for a process of dividing a stock element into product
members through a modified portion of the stock element.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
83, Cutting, 861 for cutting other than through the
thickness of a workpiece (stock element) which may be to
weaken the workpiece for subsequent breaking, especially,
search subclasses 875+ for grooving and subclasses 879+ for
scoring.
225, Severing by Breaking or Tearing, subclass 2 for a
method of preliminarily weakening combined with breaking or
tearing and subclasses 94+ for apparatus to preliminarily
weaken combined with apparatus to break or tear.
428, Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles, subclass 571
for metallic stock material having a portion weakened for
severing.
Subclass:
414
Dividing through modified portion:
This subclass is indented under subclass 412. Process in
which a stock element (1) has been worked on to produce a
localized area of a different characteristic from the
remainder of the stock element or (2) has another part or
stock material assembled therewith at a localized area
comprising separating the product member from the stock
element through the localized area.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
413 for a process of breaking a stock element through a
weakened localized area.
Subclass:
415
Dividing on common outline:
This subclass is indented under subclass 412. Process
comprising separating at least two product members from the
stock element along a line which defines at least a portion
of the configuration of both those members, wherein the line
of separation is other than perpendicular to the longitudinal
axis of the stock.
(1) Note. No scrap is produced between the adjacent parts.
(2) Note. "Other than perpendicular to the longitudinal
axis" excludes simply chopping the parts apart.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
417 for a process of dividing a stock element consisting
only in separating it along a line perpendicular to the
longitudinal axis thereof.
Subclass:
416
Coacting pieces:
This subclass is indented under subclass 412. Process
comprising separating product members from a stock element
wherein the separated product members subsequently cooperate
as abutting, adjoining, interfitting, or otherwise
interacting assembled pieces of a blank or finished article.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
418 for a process of removing a temporary holding or
handling portion from between members being assembled in a
particular spacial relationship.
428 for a process of joining or assembling co-acting parts
wherein the coacting parts are not obtained from a unitary
blank.
Subclass:
417
Dividing sequentially from leading end, e.g., by cutting or
breaking:
This subclass is indented under subclass 412. Process
comprising separating plural product members from a forward
end of an elongated stock element by repetitively subdividing
the stock element along a straight line transverse to the
axis of the stock element.
(1) Note. This subclass includes a process of (1) cutting to
length combined with significant treating, or (2) cutting off
more than one product member from a stock element, unless
provided for in a superior class.
Subclass:
418
Providing transitory integral holding or handling portion:
This subclass is indented under subclass 592. Process
comprising manufacturing a product, wherein the stock element
is provided with a temporary protuberance, or web which
facilitates support or manipulation of the stock element
during manufacture and subsequently eliminating the
protuberance or web.
(1) Note. "Assembling" of a plurality of stock elements is
considered to be "manufacturing" in this subclass.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
416 for a process of manufacturing coacting pieces from a
unitary piece.
423 for a process of associating a separate part or material
with the part being worked upon, concurrently shaping both
parts, and subsequently removing the separate part or
material.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
285, Pipe Joints or Couplings, subclass 23 for a pipe joint
or coupling with an assembly means or feature comprising a
holding means functioning only during transportation,
assembly, or disassembly and subclass 38 for a pipe joint or
coupling with an assembly means or feature comprising a
handle or handwheel for rotary engagement.
403, Joints and Connections, subclass 12 for a joint or
connection, generally, with an assembly means or feature
comprising a holding means functioning only during
transportation, assembly, or disassembly and subclass 17 for
a joint or connection, generally, with a handle or
handwheel.
Subclass:
419.1
Shaping fiber or fibered material:
This subclass is indented under subclass 592. Process
comprising changing the external configuration of a mass of
discrete solid particles, each particle being a slender and
threadlike body (1) while the particles of said mass are
acting as individual elements so that each is separately
shaped, or (2) treating a body formed by uniting or
associating such a mass of discrete solid particles.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
4.51 for apparatus and process of shredding metal or
producing an article from metal wool.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
19, Textiles: Fiber Preparation, for means for isolating or
manipulating textile fibers.
28, Textiles: Manufacturing, subclass 116 for a process of
and apparatus for the entangling of fibers by mechanical
working (e.g., felting) and see, especially, subclass 118 for
the compressing, compacting, or shaping fibrous material into
a wad or plug, and see the search notes thereto for other
process of treating fibrous material.
65, Glass Manufacturing, 376 for processes of manufacturing
glass fibers, filaments, or preforms; subclasses 17.1+ for
processes of working or treating glass, especially subclasses
17.3+ for shaping of particulate glass material and
subsequent fusing of particles.
140, Wireworking, 71 for a process of making articles from
wire stock.
148, Metal Treatment, for a process including metal treatment
under the class definition.
156, Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture,
62.2 for process of forming a surface bonded lamina by bulk
deposition of discrete particles, subclass 161 for process of
surface bonding in stressed condition of stressed filament,
and subclasses 166+ for process of surface bonding flexible
filamentary material while in indefinite length or running
length.
164, Metal Founding, 91 for a process of metal casting to
form a composite article.
264, Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating:
Processes, 109 for process of forming an article by uniting
randomly associated particles and subclass 174 for a process
of forming continuous or indefinite length work comprising a
strand-like or filament-like preform.
419, Powder Metallurgy Processes, for a process of producing
a metallic, alloy, or metal-containing composition in a solid
or compact state from particulate material.
420, Alloys or Metallic Compositions, and see the notes
thereto for the locus of other art relating to the shaping of
powdered material.
425, Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating:
Apparatus, 80.1 for air felting to form a fibrous mat.
493, Manufacturing Container or Tube From Paper; or Other
Manufacturing From a Sheet or Web, 39 for the residual home
for a process of making a cigarette filter even if not
constructed of sheet or web material.
Subclass:
419.2
Magnetically shaping:
This subclass is indented under subclass 592. Process
including permanently altering the dimensions of a
magnetically responsive part beyond its elastic limit by
means of a force effected by direct application of a magnetic
field to that part.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
72, Metal Deforming, 54 for a process of deforming a metal
part utilizing an energy field.
164, Metal Founding, 466 for a process of shaping molten
metal utilizing magnetic force.
204, Chemistry: Electrical and Wave Energy, 155 for a
process of chemically treating a material using a magnetic
field.
264, Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating:
Processes, subclass 427 for processes of producing and
treating magnetic products or precursors by direct
application of electrical or wave energy, subclass 437 for
conveying or aligning particulate material by direct
application of electrical or wave energy, and especially
subclass 460 for forming articles by uniting randomly
associated particles using direct application of electrical
or wave energy.
335, Electricity: Magnetically Operated Switches, Magnets,
and Electromagnets, subclass 219 for a device of that class
combined with a diverse-type art device.
425, Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating:
Apparatus, subclass 3 for shaping material of that class by
magnetic force.
427, Coating Processes, 547 and 598+ for a process of
coating utilizing a magnetic field.
Subclass:
421.1
Shaping by direct application of fluent pressure:
This subclass is indented under subclass 592. Process
including permanently altering the dimensions of a part
beyond its elastic limit by means of a pressure differential
effected by direct action of a flowable material which is in
immediate contact with the part altered.
(1) Note. Permanently altering the dimensions of a part
requires stressing the part beyond its elastic limit thereby
causing plastic deformation.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
426.5 for a process of disassembling one part from a
plurality of associated parts by means of the application of
pressure or impact.
446 for a process of assembling using fluid pressure to
temporarily elastically deform a member to facilitate
assembly.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
72, Metal Deforming, 54 for a process of deforming a metal
article by means of direct application of fluent material.
264, Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating:
Processes, 500 for a method of permanently shaping
particulate or nonmetallic material by means of direct
application of fluid pressure differential.
427, Coating Processes, 331 for a method of post-treating a
coating or a coating material.
Subclass:
421.2
Explosively shaping:
This subclass is indented under subclass 421.1. Process
wherein the pressure differential is effected by an
explosion.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
72, Metal Deforming, 56 for shaping of metal by kinetic
energy of a fluid or a field.
102, Ammunition and Explosives, 301 for a process of
blasting under the class definition.
148, Metal Treatment, appropriate subclasses for processes
that combine use of significant heat treatment of metal as a
separate step with metal deforming using an explosion to
apply working pressure. Particularly, see Class 148, subclass
515, and section III, A, of the Class 148 definition.
228, Metal Fusion Bonding, 107 for a process of
metallurgical bonding utilizing explosive energy.
264, Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating:
Processes, subclass 84 for a method of applying explosive
force to make an article from particulate or nonmetallic
material.
Subclass:
422
Shaping container end to encapsulate material:
This subclass is indented under subclass 592. Process
including inwardly deforming the walls of an extant end
portion of an article containing or material containing
receptacle to decrease the size of the end opening and
thereby prevent escape of contents of the receptacle.
(1) Note. In the patents here classified the "container" has
a fixed, or more or less permanent, relationship with the
material encapsulated rather than being merely a temporary or
transient cover to form a package; for example, in this
subclass may be found metal bottles for gas storage the
claims reciting the association of the metal bottle with an
absorbent material for holding the gases which association of
metal cover and absorbent material is a permanent
relationship. The mere association of the metal bottle with
the contained gases only, however, is an example of the type
of transient association that is not provided for in this
class but may be found in other appropriate classes. See the
Search Notes below.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
243.52 for apparatus for assembling by overedge clamping by
deforming an annular member.
511 for a process for joining parts in which one of the
parts is a cup or tube and the process includes a step of
necking in the cup or the tube wall at its end.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
53, Package Making, for a process of encompassing, encasing,
or completely surrounding goods or materials with a cover
made from sheet material stock, or for placing contents in a
preformed receptacle and closing. The processes of class (53)
encase or encompass goods and materials with a cover made
from sheet material stock which serves for identifying,
protecting, or unit handling the goods or materials. The
cover is usually removable from the contents when the latter
is used; however, some exceptions are found to this removable
cover, including, e.g., match books, capsules, and tea bags.
Also see (1) Note above.
141, Fluent Material Handling, With Receiver or Receiver
Coacting Means, for a process of or device for filling
receivers with fluent material and see the notes to the class
definition of Class 141 for the locus of other art relating
to filling, and see (1) Note, above.
Subclass:
423
Utilizing transitory attached element or associated separate
material:
This subclass is indented under subclass 592. Process
including (1) provisionally assembling or associating a work
part with a separate sacrificial part or material, (2)
performing a manufacturing operation of treating or shaping
on both assembled or associated parts or materials, and (3)
subsequently discarding or destroying the sacrificial part or
material.
(1) Note. This subclass does not provide for the temporary
association of a workpiece with a jig, fixture, tool, or
other apparatus used in the manufacturing operation. Rather,
the material of this subclass is in effect a part of the
workpiece during the manufacturing operation and is usually
deformed, distorted, or shaped along with the workpiece
during the manufacturing operation. Search the appropriate
subclasses, below, for the associations mentioned above.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
17.5 for a process of making foil with pack formation or
treatment including use of a transitory solid cover
material.
17.9 for a process of making foil including use of a
gransitory solid cover material, generally.
404 for a process of placing a part in an environment which
is a simulation of that encountered in actual operation of
the part, treating the part, and then removing the part for
final assembly with other parts or for further treatment.
418 for a process involving the use of a transitory integral
portion of a work piece as distinguished from these
subclasses in which a separate transitory material is used.
425 for a process of associating parts, shaping them, and
then disassociating and reassembling them in a different
position.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
72, Metal Deforming, 465 for disclosure of a flexible tool
used during deformation and subclasses 54+ when the tool is
made of fluent material.
164, Metal Founding, 34 for metal molding with first making
the mold, metal molding, and then destruction of the mold
pattern to allow disassociation of the produced article.
171, Unearthing Plants or Buried Objects, subclass 13, 93,
95+, 116, and utilizing a flexible, deformable, or
destructible molding surface or material.
205, Electrolysis: Processes, Compositions Used Therein, and
Methods of Preparing the Compositions, 73 for a process of
electroforming a roll, a ring, or a hollow body.
228, Metal Fusion Bonding, subclass 118 for process of
assembling a plurality of parts including first treating at
least two of the contacting interfaces of the parts to
inhibit bonding, or selecting the materials of at least two
of the parts to provide a nonbonding interface, then applying
heat and/or pressure to the assembly to effect bonding at the
other interfaces.
264, Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating:
Processes, subclass 221 and 313 therein pertains to a
process including the step of subsequent destruction of a
forming surface or mold.
419, Powder Metallurgy Processes, for a process of forming
articles by uniting discrete particles containing metal
particles, especially, 61.
Subclass:
424
Temporary protective coating, impregnation or cast layer:
This subclass is indented under subclass 423. Process in
which the separate material associated with the part is in
the nature of a coating, impregnation, or cast layer.
(1) Note. The coating is usually for the purpose of
protecting or supporting the coated surface during treating
or shaping.
(2) Note. The terms "coating", "impregnation", and "cast
layer" as used in this definition are defined in the class
definition of Class 118, Coating Apparatus, sections II and
VII, and are as follows: "the term coating is used throughout
the definition in a generic sense and could mean either (1)
an initially fluent film or layer of material lying on or
bonded to the surface of a base, or (2) an impregnating
material which penetrates the base either partially or
completely and all or part of which is retained therein,
either in its original form or physically or chemically
combined therewith". Casting includes applying a layer of
material on a base, in which the layer of such thickness as
to require molds, walls, or flanges on the base to retain the
cast material thereon.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
527.1 for a casting and/or coating process combined with
other mechanical manufacturing steps.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
72, Metal Deforming, 41 for metal deforming with lubricating
of the work or product.
164, Metal Founding, 91 for a process of composite article
forming by shaping liquid metal against a forming surface.
264, Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating:
Processes, subclass 264 for molding of that class with
preventing adherence of shaped material to preform.
427, Coating Processes, 331 for coating combined with
post-treatment of coating or coating material.
Subclass:
425
Shaping mating parts for reassembly in different positions:
This subclass is indented under subclass 592. Process
including temporarily assembling two or more cooperating
parts of a device, concurrently altering their dimensions in
some respect, and then disassembling and putting together the
parts in a different relationship.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
404 for a process of treating parts in a similar operational
environment or during simulated operation.
423 for a process of concurrently shaping a part with an
associated, separate part or material and then discarding the
separate part or material.
445 for a process of associating parts in their operative
relationship and altering their dimensions while they are in
such relationship.
Subclass:
426.1
Disassembling:
This subclass is indented under subclass 592. Process
comprising disconnecting disassociating, disintegrating, or
otherwise removing (1) one or more parts in a final
relationship of parts, or (2) parts or articles existing in
an unintended or unexpected association.
(1) Note. This subclass excludes the mere separation of a
tool from the work (such as retracting a drill from a bored
hole) or removing a completed assembly or subassembly from a
fixture and is therefor generally limited to the disassembly
of component parts of an article or subassembly. However,
under the second alternative in the definition above, there
is here included a process of separating parts in unexpected
or unusual relation to each other, i.e., a broken drill stem
in a hole, or two noncooperating parts frictionally stuck
together.
(2) Note. Since the term "manufacturing" has been defined,
for the purpose of classification, as including disassembly,
this and indented subclasses have been screened and all
relevant patents have been classified as originals in the
appropriate special article subclasses appearing, above.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
17.7 for foil making, including assembling or disassembling
a pack.
700 for apparatus for disassembly.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
52, Static Structures (e.g., Buildings), 741.1 for a process
relating to the assembly of in situ erected building
structures.
156, Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture,
subclass 344 for a delaminating process, per se.
166, Wells, subclass 377 for a process of disassembling well
parts from a well or in some relationship to a well.
Subclass:
426.2
With other than ancillary treating or assembling:
This subclass is indented under subclass 426.1. Process
combined with an additional, diverse step of physically
altering, juxtaposing, associating, integrating, or joining
the parts or articles and wherein the additional step is
other than an auxiliary step to facilitate disassembly.
(1) Note. Mere handling or conveying of a part is not
considered "treatment" as defined, above.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
402.03 for a process of repairing which includes a
disassembly step.
403.1 for a process of salvaging which may include a
disassembly step.
418 for a process including providing a temporary integral
holding portion which portion is later removed.
423 for a process which includes removing or destroying
separate material which has been temporarily associated or
attached to a part while a manufacturing operation is
performed on the part.
425 for a process of temporarily assembling a plurality of
parts, changing their configuration while they are so
associated, and then disassembling and reassembling them in
different spacial relationship.
Subclass:
426.3
With conveying of work or disassembled work part:
This subclass is indented under subclass 426.1. Process
including transporting a part or parts to or away from the
location at which they were disassembled.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
771 for automatic assembly or disassembly apparatus
including interrelated work part conveyors.
822 for assembly or disassembly apparatus including a work
conveyor.
Subclass:
426.4
By altering or destroying work part or connector:
This subclass is indented under subclass 426.1. Process
comprising disconnecting or disassociating parts by or
resulting in shaping or destroying either a part or an
element that fastened the parts together.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
17.7 for foil making including assembling or disassembling
of a pack.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
166, Wells, subclass 376 for a process of destroying or
dissolving a well part in a well or in some relationship to a
well.
Subclass:
426.5
By applying force:
This subclass is indented under subclass 426.1. Process in
which parts secured together are disassembled by the
application of pressure or impact in such manner as to
overcome the instrumentalities holding the parts in
securement.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
244 for miscellaneous assembly or disassembly tools having a
force multiplying operator.
446 a process of assembling and/or joining with prestressing
of a part.
525 for a process of assembly by means of a force fit.
Subclass:
426.6
To elastically deform work part or connector:
This subclass is indented under subclass 426.5. Process
wherein the pressure or impact is employed to stretch or
compress a part or a fastening means within its elastic limit
to facilitate separation of parts secured together.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
235 for apparatus for applying or removing a resilient
article.
450 for a process of assembling or disassembling with
prestressing of a workpart and elastically joining of parts.
453 for a process of assembling or disassembling with
prestressing of parts by snap fit.
Subclass:
428
Assembling or joining:
This subclass is indented under subclass 592. Process
including juxtaposing or bringing into ordered association
two or more self-sustaining or preformed, parts and/or
fastening these parts or portions of the same part, or
separate parts, to each other.
(1) Note. A Process of manufacturing a composite article by
coating a base or casting a layer on a base is not provided
for in this and indented subclasses in that these subclasses
require the parts, when joined, to be self-sustaining or
preformed. Therefore, a process wherein a part is coated or
has material cast upon it, and the cast or coated layer joins
to the part without any further treatment, is classified in
the appropriate class which provides for the casting or
coating operation,(see the Search Notes below); but
preforming a part by casting it and then joining it to
another part or a portion is placed here. The combination of
casting or coating and an additional working step other than
assembly is classified elsewhere in Class 29 (see search
notes below). However, if after solidification of the cast or
coated layer, such layer and base are treated, e.g., by
rolling, extruding, or forging, to effect or improve a joint
between the base and layer, such process is considered to be
joining for this and the indented subclasses, unless the
particular effecting or improving of the joint is provided
for specifically in a superior class, e.g., Class 228, Metal
Fusion Bonding, since at the time of treating, the part and
layer are self-sustaining.
(2) Note. To be classified in this and the indented
subclasses, the surfaces to be joined, if part of a single
workpiece, must be united so that a positive seam is formed.
Thus, for example, mashing the end of a tube flat without in
any other way joining the mashed sides is merely a deforming
operation and would not be here classified; but, unless
provided for in a superior class, such an operation combined
with the additional step of bending the mashed end over to
form a positive seam is provided for here.
(3) Note. Generally, when searching for a process of this
and the indented subclasses, it is advisable to consider
expanding the search to the subclasses of the product made.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
527.1 for the combination of casting or coating and an
additional working step other than assembly.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
12, Boot and Shoe Making, subclass 142 for a process of
lacing shoes and subclasses 147+ for a process of attaching a
heel to a shoe.
52, Static Structures (e.g., Buildings), 741.1 for a process
of assembling a building in situ, i.e., on a foundation. A
process of assembling a portable building is included in
Class 29, subclasses 428+.
57, Textiles: Spinning, Twisting, and Twining, for process of
assembling a plurality of metal filaments to form a cable,
and see (9) Note of the class definition of Class 57 for the
line between Classes 29 and 57.
72, Metal Deforming, for bringing together two edges of a
single metal part by an operation of that class type, i.e.,
by exceeding the elastic limit of the part without additional
operations not included in that class. Search, in particular,
48 for a tool couple pressing together adjacent surfaces of
the same work to form a tube with a seam, subclass 66 for
forming a helical member by a work-guide member orbiting the
longitudinal centerline of a formed coil and subclasses 176+
for a troughing operation of continuously advancing metal
sheet to form a tube-like member. The assembling of two
distinct work parts by metal deformation is included in this
and the indented subclasses as is the combination of metal
deforming with assembling, if not included in Class 72.
144, Woodworking, 344 for a process for assembling two
workparts, one of which is wood, combined with a step of
woodworking.
156, Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture,
60 as the generic home for manufacturing articles by an
adhesive bonding step utilizing nonmetallic cements and
assembly steps therefor. See the class definition of that
class for a more comprehensive statement of the lines between
the two classes.
164, Metal Founding, subclass 137 for a process of
assembling mold parts and subclasses 91+ for a process of
forming composite articles by metal casting. See the (1) Note
above.
166, Wells, 378 for a process for assembling well parts in a
well or in some relationship to a well and subclasses 381+
for a process for placing or shifting a well part in a
similar manner.
204, Chemistry: Electrical and Wave Energy; See the (1) Note
above.
205, Electrolysis: Processes, Compositions Used Therein, and
Methods of Preparing the Compositions, subclass 114 and 115
for processes there provided for in which the object treated
is repaired or parts of an object are united by
electrodeposition.
228, Metal Fusion Bonding, for uniting two members or
portions of the same member by welding, soldering or brazing;
particularly 101 for such process.
264, Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating:
Processes, for a method of shaping nonmetallic material,
generally, usually involving flow of the material;
particularly 4 for encapsulating a normally liquid material,
and subclasses 241+ for a method of molding nonmetallic
material to produce a product of distinct materials. See the
(1) Note above.
270, Sheet-Material Associating, 32 and subclasses 52.01+
for associating sheet material.
413, Sheet Metal Container Making, for a process of or
apparatus for changing stock sheet metal into a container,
generally.
419, Powder Metallurgy Processes, for a method of manufacture
peculiar to powder metallurgy.
427, Coating Processes, for a method of placing a relatively
thin layer of fluent material on a substrate, generally. See
the (1) Note above.
428, Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles, subclass 582
for an intermediate article, i.e., a blank having an outward
flange or gripping means.
470, Threaded, Headed Fastener, or Washer Making: Process and
Apparatus, 2 for methods for assembling and disassembling a
bolt with a nut or with a washer.
483, Tool Changing, subclass 1 for a process of transferring
a tool to or from a material treating station or a tool
storage means, generally, including an assembling process
combined with transferring the Class 29 tool to or from the
working station.
493, Manufacturing Container or Tube From Paper; or Other
Manufacturing From a Sheet or Web, for the step of or
apparatus for changing paper or paper like stock material
into a container, or other structure, without thickening or
thinning of the material, generally. See the notes therein
for lines with this class, e.g., Class 29.
Subclass:
429
Progressively advancing of work assembly station or assembled
portion of work:
This subclass is indented under subclass 428. Process
including relatively moving an article and a part-adding
location and fastening a part to the article at such
location.
Subclass:
430
Advancing work to successive stations (i.e., assembly line):
This subclass is indented under subclass 429. Process
including (1) fastening a part to an article at a part-adding
location, (2) moving the article to a next part-adding
location, and (3) fastening a next part at said next
part-adding location.
Subclass:
431
Advancing station:
This subclass is indented under subclass 429. Process
including (1) fastening a part to an article at a part-adding
location, (2) moving the part-adding location to a different
area of the article, and (3) fastening a next part at the new
location.
Subclass:
432
Punching, piercing or reaming part by surface of second
part:
This subclass is indented under subclass 428. Process in
which assembling at least two parts or two portions of the
same part is preceded by or includes forming or enlarging a
hole in a first part by shearing, piercing, or reaming using
a point or an edge on another part.
(1) Note. The step of "forming or enlarging" includes a
cutting action and does not comprise only deforming, i.e.,
does not comprise stressing the part beyond its elastic
limit.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
525 for a process of assembling or joining by force fitting.
Forming or enlarging a hole in a part combined with force
fitting the part that formed the hole with the first part is
included in this and the indented subclasses (432+).
716 for means to assemble or disassemble a self-piercing
work part with another part.
798 for means to assemble or disassemble including means to
drive a self-piercing work part, which self-piercing part is
not an "elongated member" which would be properly classified
in Class 227. See the note to Class 227, below.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
156, Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture,
92 for a process of assembling including the combination of
adhesive bonding with use of a penetrating or piercing
fastener.
227, Elongated-Member-Driving Apparatus, for apparatus to
effect assembly of a first member with another member which
other member is elongated and is forced to penetrate the
first member. Search, especially, 19 for juxtaposing work
parts and applying a fastening member, e.g., a nail, a rivet,
etc., thereto.
Subclass:
432.1
With shaping:
This subclass is indented under subclass 432. Process
including an additional step of altering form, configuration,
dimension, proportion, or contour of any part.
Subclass:
432.2
Of first part:
This subclass is indented under subclass 432.1. Process
wherein the step of altering is performed on the first part.
Subclass:
433
By stringing:
This subclass is indented under subclass 428. Process
including the step of (1) passing a narrow attenuated member
through a series of pieces, or (2) passing pieces serially
over the member to arrange these pieces upon the member.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
24.5 for a process of assembling slats or cords in the tapes
of a venetian blind.
241 for apparatus for stringing, generally, and see the
notes in that subclass definition for stringing elsewhere
classified.
432 for a process of assembling or joining including forming
or enlarging (e.g., by shearing, piercing, or reaming) a hole
in one member by a surface of a second member.
525 for a process including joining parts by force fitting
one part or portion thereof into an aperture of another
part.
Subclass:
434
Retaining clearance for motion between assembled parts:
This subclass is indented under subclass 428. Process in
which the parts are finally assembled to provide a tolerance
space or clearance of fit sufficient to permit movement with
respect to each other in the assembled relationship.
(1) Note. In this subclass may be found parts which when
assembled have sliding, pivoting, or rotating motion, one
with respect to the other.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
59, Chain, Staple, and Horseshoe Making, for a process of
making a chain or a swivel, and see the notes thereto for the
locus of analogous art relating to chain making.
156, Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture,
subclass 70 for a process of encasing a movable or loosely
confined element between adhering lamina, i.e., encasing
between adhesively bonded lamina a drawstring.
285, Pipe Joints or Couplings, especially subclass 223 for a
flexible pipe joint or coupling.
384, Bearings, for structure intended to reduce the friction
between or guide two relatively movable members.
403, Joints and Connections, 220 for flexibly connected
rigid members, generally.
Subclass:
435
Between tube-forming helical coils:
This subclass is indented under subclass 434. Process
including shaping or assembling two or more elongated members
into spiral intercoiled convolutions to form a wall of a
tube, which members slide relative to one another to permit
bending of the tube along its axis while maintaining
substantially constant diameters.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
456 for a process including fabricating and assembling, or
merely assembling a spirally convoluted member to a second
member.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
267, Spring Devices, 285 for a vehicle spring comprised of
plural coils.
Subclass:
436
Through resilient media:
This subclass is indented under subclass 434. Process
including connecting a surface of an elastic means to a
surface of each of the parts so that the motion between the
parts takes place through the elastic means by distorting it
within its elastic limit.
(1) Note. The elastic means of this subclass substantially
fills the space between the parts assembled.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
235 for apparatus for assembling or disassembling a
resilient part with another part.
450 for a process of making a joint between elastic and
nonelastic parts which includes prestressing the elastic part
so that the elastic part grips the other part and prevents
relative motion between it and the other part.
Subclass:
437
By deforming interlock:
This subclass is indented under subclass 434. Process
wherein a first part is inserted within an opening in a
second part or positioned adjacent thereto, and one of the
parts has its dimensions or shape permanently altered by
deformation beyond its elastic limit to prevent withdrawal or
separation of the other part.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
243.5 for apparatus for assembling or disassembling by an
overedge assembly operation.
283.5 for apparatus for assembling or disassembling by
deforming one or more of the parts assembled.
505 for joining parts by deforming, generally.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
264, Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating:
Processes, for a method of shaping plastic material,
generally, including shaping one margin of a workpiece to
interfit with another portion of that workpiece, as in making
a tube, and including forming nonmetallic material about a
"preform" which may be metallic. Search, especially, subclass
242 for a method under that class definition including
joining parts while allowing the parts to move relative to
each other.
Subclass:
438
By folding part into plural ears:
This subclass is indented under subclass 437. Process in
which the second or outer part has spaced preformed openings
therein and is bent intermediate the openings to axially
align the openings and embrace a pair of gudgeons on the
first or inner part in the openings to thereby journal the
gudgeons.
Subclass:
439
By wrapping around:
This subclass is indented under subclass 437. Process
wherein the assembly is consummated by forming the second or
outer part into an encircling bearing surface which surrounds
at least a portion of the first part.
Subclass:
440
Of link closure:
This subclass is indented under subclass 439. Process in
which the second or outer part is provided with an eye or
opening, and the first part is inserted part way through the
eye and deformed to encircle a portion of the eye or the edge
of the opening.
Subclass:
441.1
Of sphere, i.e., ball, in socket:
This subclass is indented under subclass 437. Process
wherein the first part has a spherical surface which is
inserted in a cavity in the second or receiving part
comprising deforming the receiving part to confine the
spherical surface within the cavity while permitting relative
movement of the parts.
Subclass:
441.2
Ball point pen making:
This subclass is indented under subclass 441.1. Process
comprising deforming the second or receiving part around the
first part having the spherical surface so that the spherical
surface can extend beyond the end of the receiving part so as
to form a writing instrument.
(1) Note. Included herein is a process of inserting a ball
into a confining receiver to form a writing extremity or
"nib" (that part of a writing instrument in which the ball is
housed or the front end shank around the ball and the formed
ball seating surface).
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
401, Coating Implements With Material Supply, 208 for a
ball-point pen.
Subclass:
442
Allowing assembled sphere to move in single plane only:
Process under subclasses 441.1+ wherein the parts are
configured such that after assembly they interfit with each
other in a way that allows relative movement therebetween
about an axis without allowing relative movement therebetween
along that axis.
Subclass:
443
Of flange into tubular socket:
This subclass is indented under subclass 437. Process
including deforming a protuberance on the first part into an
annular channel in the second part, or including deforming an
annular channel into the second part to receive a
protuberance of the first part whereby the parts may swivel
relative to one another.
Subclass:
444
Outwardly deforming internally fitted rod:
This subclass is indented under subclass 437. Process
wherein the first part comprises a rod inserted in an opening
in the second part and subsequent separation of the parts is
prevented by providing a flange on the rod, which flange is
enlarged beyond the internal diameter of the entrance of the
opening.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
443 for a process wherein an inserted part is flanged to fit
within an annular channel in a surrounding part.
512 for a process of uniting two or more parts by a
deforming operation in which an inserted tube is flared to
secure it within a surrounding part.
Subclass:
445
Sizing mating parts during final positional association:
This subclass is indented under subclass 428. Process
including assembling two or more cooperating parts in their
ultimate relationship, and while they are assembled, altering
their dimensions by machining, deforming, etc., concurrently
so that a proper fit or tolerance of these parts with
themselves or with the other cooperating parts of the
mechanism is effected.
(1) Note. "Altering" of this subclass is to improve the fit
of the parts; it does not comprise deforming of the parts to
secure them to each other.
(2) Note. Both parts must be altered, but this may make them
fit another part. For example, a rod assembled into a
cylinder altered by transverse drilling for placement of a
securing bolt is included herein.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
404 for a process of manufacture involving treating the part
during the simulation of the actual operation or operating
conditions for which the part will ultimately be used.
425 for a process of temporarily associating cooperating
parts, altering their dimensions, disassociating the parts,
and then reassembling them in a relationship different from
the temporary one.
Subclass:
446
With prestressing of part:
This subclass is indented under subclass 428. Process
wherein one part is distorted within its elastic limit, e.g.,
by tension or compression, and while so distorted is
subsequently fastened to one or more other parts while in a
stressed condition.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
525 for a process of fastening parts by means of a driven
force fit. A force fit differs from prestressing of a part in
time of application of stress, in that the stress in a force
fit is initiated at the time of joinder whereas in this
subclass the stress is applied prior to the time of joinder.
For example, forcing a rod into a hole of smaller size so
that the parts are held by the frictional engagement of the
rod and sides of the hole is a process of force fitting for
subclass 525. However, if the same rod is stretched within
its elastic limit to thin it and inserted in the same hole
while stretched, and the stretching force is then released to
permit the rod to expand radially outwardly to frictionally
grip the sides of the hole, that process is considered
classifiable in these subclasses (446+) and indented
subclasses.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
52, Static Structures (e.g., Buildings), 223.1 for
prestressed structure in a static building.
156, Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture,
160 for a laminating process involving uniting in stressed
condition of prestressed elements.
264, Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating:
Processes, for a process of molding plastic material with
prestressing by a metal reinforcing means.
Subclass:
447
By temperature differential (e.g., shrink fit):
This subclass is indented under subclass 446. Process in
which the tension or compression is effected by changing a
dimension of one of the parts relative to the other part by
creating a temperature variation between the parts.
(1) Note. Included in this subclass is a process of
fastening parts by means of a shrink fit for example, heating
to expand a rim followed by assembling the rim over a wheel
and allowing the rim to cool and shrink into gripping
assembly with the wheel.
(2) Note. "Expansion Fitting", as by cooling to shrink and
prestress is included herein.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
264, Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating:
Processes, for heating a member of plastic having "elastic
memory" to effect shrinking for assembling that member with
another member. Such "elastic memory" in a member of metal
utilized in a method of assembling is included in this
subclass.
285, Pipe Joints or Couplings, subclass 381.1 for a pipe
joint formed by shrink fitting.
403, Joints and Connections, subclass 273 for a shrink
fitted rod joint.
Subclass:
448
Of skin on frame member:
This subclass is indented under subclass 446. Process
wherein one of the parts is a sheet or web and the other part
includes spaced supporting elements to which the edges of the
sheet are joined such that the sheet is held taut within its
elastic limit.
(1) Note. Included, for example, are processes of attaching
the skin of an aircraft to the wings or fuselage.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
462 for a process of joining a plate or sheet to a frame of
spaced elements which does not involve prestressing of a
part.
Subclass:
449
By flexing:
This subclass is indented under subclass 448. Process
wherein the tension or compression is effected by bending one
of the parts within its elastic limit to reduce the area in
the surface of a plane through the spaced points of joinder.
Subclass:
450
Elastic joining of parts:
This subclass is indented under subclass 446. Process
wherein the part to be distorted is a yieldable, flexible, or
rubber-like solid, and the other part has a mating portion
which will not accommodate the first part except when the
first part is in distorted condition, and as the distorted
part attempts to return to its undistorted shape, the stress
between the two parts prevents relative motion and separation
therebetween.
Subclass:
451
Confining elastic part in socket:
This subclass is indented under subclass 450. Process
wherein the distorted part is assembled or retained within a
cavity in a surrounding part, and the surrounding part
prevents the expansion of the rubber-like part to its
original dimensions.
Subclass:
452
Prestressing rod, filament or strand:
This subclass is indented under subclass 446. Process
wherein the distorted part is long in relation to its
cross-section, all of its cross-section dimensions are of the
same order, and the part is tensioned along its length.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
52, Static Structures (e.g., Buildings), 223.1 for a
prestressed building structure.
242, Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding, for winding flexible
material under tension. Search 438 for a process or
apparatus for making of an article by winding.
254, Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling
Force, subclass 29 for a tie rod for use in stressing or
prestressing.
264, Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating:
Processes, for prestressing a steel reinforcement means
combined with molding nonmetallic material thereabout.
Subclass:
453
By snap fit:
This subclass is indented under subclass 446. Process for
joining a resilient part to another part comprising
distorting the resilient part and passing it (1) over a
protuberance or (2) through a constriction on the other part
and then permitting the resilient part to spring into a
recess past the protuberance or constriction to anchor the
parts.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
285, Pipe Joints or Couplings, subclass 921 for a
cross-reference art collection of snap-fit pipe joints.
403, Joints and Connections, for a joint between two members,
generally.
Subclass:
454
Of flexible wall, expansible chamber devices (e.g.,
bellows):
This subclass is indented under subclass 428. Process for
manufacturing a container, the volume of which is changeable
by means of relative motion of one or more of the walls of
the container, which walls are resilient, pliable, or
yielding.
(1) Note. The devices manufactured in this subclass are
variously known in the arts as bellows, bourdon springs,
"syphons", expansible diaphragms, etc.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
92, Expansible Chamber Devices, 34 for a bellows type
expansible chamber.
138, Pipes and Tubular Conduits, 118 for a flexible pipe,
particularly subclasses 121+ for a flexible corrugated pipe.
267, Spring Devices, 118 for an expansible-contractible
chamber spring device.
285, Pipe Joints or Couplings, 226 for a tubular structure
adapted for connecting two relatively movable parts to form a
flexible and expansible fluid tight joint therebetween. See
the search notes thereunder.
Subclass:
455.1
Spaced wall tube or receptacle:
This subclass is indented under subclass 428. Process
including assembling a surrounding circumferential part to a
core, either the core or surrounding part being equipped with
a spacer element to radially separate the two or joining the
surrounding part to the core while maintaining the radial
separation.
(1) Note. The separating radial space may be occupied by a
layer of insulating material or by a gas such as air.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
52, Static Structures (e.g., Buildings), subclass 743 for a
process relating to the filling of a cavity in a building
structure, i.e., filling a hollow wall.
122, Liquid Heaters and Vaporizers, for a closed or
pressurized apparatus to heat liquid or make steam, subclass
19.2 for a stand boiler (e.g., water heater, etc.) that
provides hot water for domestic or household use (e.g.,
cooking, cleaning, washing, bathing, space heating, etc.)
that may be in other than a house or home (e.g., apartment
building, office building, restaurant, laundry, recreational
vehicle, etc.) and a casing for the stand boiler or an
external water tank therefor.
126, Stoves and Furnaces, for a water heater or steam
generator of an open or unpressurized type, or may be a
closed or pressurized type if it is part of the stove or
furnace structure; and subclasses 344-363.1 for a liquid
heater that may include a kettle, a steam generator, stove
pipe for use with a stove, and a domestic water heater or
boiler (e.g., kitchen boiler, range boiler, etc.) for use
with a stove or furnace.
138, Pipes and Tubular Conduits, for a spaced wall tube or
receptacle, generally.
220, Receptacles, appropriate subclasses, particularly 62.18,
560.1, and 586+, for multilayer receptacle structure and 918
for an element for spacing inner and outer walls of a
receptacle.
228, Metal Fusion Bonding, subclass 115 for a process of
making a multilayer metallic article in which each layer is
joined to the adjacent layer and subclass 126 for a process
of enclosing a tube or rod with a separate tubular member and
bonding the parts together.
Subclass:
456
Of separate helix (e.g., screw thread):
This subclass is indented under subclass 428. Process
including fabricating and assembling or merely assembling a
spirally convoluted member of substantially uniform cross
section form to a second member so that the axis of the
spiral member lies substantially parallel to the axis of a
right cylindrical surface upon or within the second member.
(1) Note. These helices are usually screw threads assembled
either upon a rod or within a cylindrical aperture.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
173 for a process of making a spring, generally, including
making a helical spring.
240.5 for means to insert and/or remove a helix by
rotation.
435 for a process of assembling a plurality of
interconvoluted spiral members to form a tube.
890.03 for a process of making a radiator to be filled with
a liquid.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
72, Metal Deforming, 135 for a process of fabricating a
helically convoluted metal member.
140, Wireworking, for a process of making a product of wire,
including combined operations, generally.
Subclass:
457
Ribbing:
This subclass is indented under subclass 428. Process
including assembling a plurality of elongated separate fins
or ridges on the surface of a part, parallel to each other
and to the surface.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
157.3 for a process of making a radiator to be filled with a
liquid.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
165, Heat Exchange, especially 148 for a radiator type core
that may have been made by ribbing.
228, Metal Fusion Bonding, 183 for a process of making a
heat exchanger by welding, soldering, or brazing.
428, Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles, subclass 602
and 603+ for metallic stock material having ribs.
Subclass:
458
With coating before or during assembling:
This subclass is indented under subclass 428. Process in
which assembly and/or joining is preceded by or takes place
simultaneously with coating of one or more of the parts.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
424 for a process utilizing a temporary protective coating.
527.1 for coating combined with manufacturing operations.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
156, Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture,
especially 293 for applying an adhesive coating to a member
and subsequently bringing the coated member into adhesive
engagement with another member.
205, Electrolysis: Processes, Compositions Used Therein, and
Methods of Preparing the Compositions, 80 for a process of
electrolytic coating.
228, Metal Fusion Bonding, 101 for a method of applying of a
coating to facilitate a bonding operation.
427, Coating Processes, for coating, generally, without
bringing members together.
Subclass:
459
To roughen surface:
This subclass is indented under subclass 458. Process in
which the coating increases the frictional characteristics of
the coated surface, e.g., by including a particulate
roughening material such as grit in the coating.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
403, Joints and Connections, 345 for a coated interfitted
joint with an intermediate roughened material.
Subclass:
460
Subsequently coating:
This subclass is indented under subclass 428. Process in
which assembly and/or joining is followed by coating the
assembly or a portion thereof.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
527.1 for coating combined with manufacturing operations.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
205, Electrolysis: Processes, Compositions Used Therein, and
Methods of Preparing the Compositions, 80 for a process of
electrolytic coating.
427, Coating Processes, for coating, generally, without
bringing members together.
Subclass:
461
With spreading of cable strands:
This subclass is indented under subclass 428. Process in
which at least one of the parts is a unit handled plurality
of fibers in rope-like form, including opening the lays of
fibers.
(1) Note. The opening of the lays may be, for example, for
the purpose of providing larger surface contact with the part
to be joined or assembled thereto.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
419.1 for a process of mechanical manufacture including
shaping fiber or fibered material.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
156, Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture,
for bonding cable strands, generally.
228, Metal Fusion Bonding, for bonding metallic cable strands
by welding, soldering, or brazing.
403, Joints and Connections, for a joint, generally, that
includes uniting opened cable strands.
439, Electrical Connectors, for an electrical connector
including splaying means to separate the strands of an
electrical cable for use with the connector.
Subclass:
462
Joining plate edge perpendicularly to frame:
This subclass is indented under subclass 428. Process
including fastening a plate to a supporting structure
extending substantially at right angles to the plane of the
plate along at least two peripheral edges of the plate.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
448 for a process of assembling a sheet or a plate to a
frame including prestressing one of the parts.
Subclass:
463
Peripheral joining of opposed mirror image parts to form a
hollow body:
This subclass is indented under subclass 428. Process
including juxtaposing allochirial portions of parts and
joining the edges thereof to enclose a space at the
interface.
(1) Note. The parts are usually provided with flanges around
the periphery or are dished in the center to leave a space
intermediate the edges.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
243.52 for apparatus to assemble annular work by overedge
assembly.
511 for a process of assembling, including joining by
deforming, including overedge assembling by necking in cup or
tube walls at the end of the cup or tube.
512 for a process of assembling, including joining by
deforming, including overedge assembling by flaring an
inserted tube end.
Subclass:
464
Associating parts by use of aligning means (e.g., use of a
drift pin or a "fixture"):
This subclass is indented under subclass 428. Process in
which adjunctive to the step of assembling of two or more
parts (1) the relative position of the parts is compared with
a separate standard or guide part and adjusted with relation
thereto, or (2) one or more independent instrumentalities
physically cooperates with the parts to actively register one
with the other.
(1) Note. The aligning means of this subclass, especially
under clause (1), may be inactive, i.e., it may serve to
allow a user to visually align parts being assembled or,
especially under clause (2), it may be active, e.g., it may
be base mounted and guide one or more parts into assembled
position or it may be manipulated by a user to position or
align a part with respect to another part. If the aligning
means is base mounted, normally the parts are brought to it,
whereas if it is manually manipulated, it is brought to the
parts.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
228, Metal Fusion Bonding, 212 for the process of soldering,
brazing, or welding employing supports or clamps to hold the
work parts being joined.
269, Work Holders, 37 for patents to plural holders which
hold workpieces relative to each other.
Subclass:
465
Registering mating opposed tool parts (e.g., registering a
punch and a cooperating die):
This subclass is indented under subclass 464. Process of
assembling the cooperating parts of a machine tool which
cooperating parts will, during use of the machine tool,
perform a treating, e.g., a cutting or a shaping, operation
upon a blank or stock.
(1) Note. The cooperating parts of the machine tool are
aligned in their supports structure by the process of this
subclass so that in operation of the machine tool, the
cooperating tools come together properly.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
76, Metal Tools and Implements, Making, 107.1 for the
process of making a "cooperating part" of a machine tool.
384, Bearings, 7 for a guide means that directs movement of
"cooperating parts" of a machine tool during operation of the
machine tool.
Subclass:
466
By multiple cooperating aligning means:
This subclass is indented under subclass 464. Process
including first engaging each of two or more single parts or
subassemblies by a work holding member which has mating
features cooperable with mating features of one or more other
work holding members, and then moving the members into mating
engagement, and fastening the parts or subassemblies to each
other.
Subclass:
467
Sequentially associating parts on stationary aligning means:
This subclass is indented under subclass 464. Process of
assembling parts upon a single work holding member by
assembling a part thereon and then adding other cooperating
parts to the member (1) in a particular pattern, or (2) in a
particular order and fastening the cooperating parts to the
first part.
Subclass:
468
By manipulating aligning means:
This subclass is indented under subclass 464. Process
including first engaging two or more parts by the work
holding member, and then moving the member relative to the
parts to effect alignment of the parts with respect to each
other.
(1) Note. Use of a drift pin is included in this subclass.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
271 for means to assemble comprising a hand manipulatable
aligning or centering tool, such as a drift pin.
Subclass:
469
Assembling a subassembly, then assembling with a second
subassembly:
This subclass is indented under subclass 428. Process
including assembling a plurality of parts together to form a
subunit, and then assembling two or more subunits together.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
156, Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture,
subclass 182 for a process of assembling a plurality of
parts together to form a sandwich and then assembling the
sandwich with another sandwich.
Subclass:
469.5
Metal deforming with nonmetallic bonding:
This subclass is indented under subclass 428. Process
including stressing a metallic workpiece beyond the elastic
limit thereof combined with fastening of that workpiece to
another workpiece by adhesive or fusion bonding wherein the
securement is by use of a molecular interfit brought about by
use of nonmetallic material.
(1) Note. The nonmetallic material may come directly from a
workpiece (fusion or diffusion bonding) or may be added for
bonding (adhesive bonding).
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
33 for plural diverse manufacturing apparatus, generally,
including apparatus to deform metal and perform nonmetallic
bonding.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
72, Metal Deforming, for stressing of a metallic workpiece
beyond the elastic limit thereof without bonding.
156, Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture,
1 for the process of bonding by nonmetallic attachment
without deforming of metallic work and subclasses 196+ for
the process of deforming nonmetallic work combined with
nonmetallic bonding. Especially search subclasses 47+ for
making an electrical conductor of indefinite length,
generally, which may include metal deforming. (Note that this
is an exception to the general rule that combined operations
including plastically deforming metal combined with
nonmetallic bonding is to be found in Class 29.
228, Metal Fusion Bonding, 141.1 for a process of shaping of
a workpiece combined with metallic bonding of that workpiece
to another workpiece.
264, Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating:
Processes, especially 249 for a method of molding a
nonmetallic member into engagement with a metal member, i.e.,
in the manufacture of a seal, if there is no shaping of the
metallic member.
425, Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating:
Apparatus, especially 110 for apparatus for molding a
nonmetallic member into engagement with a metal member, if
there is no means to shape the metallic member.
Subclass:
505
Joining by deforming:
This subclass is indented under subclass 428. Process in
which the fastening of the part or parts is effected by
distorting a portion of at least one of the parts beyond its
elastic limit, so that portion interferes with or prevents
separation of the parts or other portion of the same part.
(1) Note. The distortion may, for example, (1) extend a
portion of a part beyond a dimension of another part to
thereby interlock them (see search notes below for example),
or (2) change a dimension of the first part to frictionally
grip the other part with or without changing the latter's
dimensions (see search notes below for example).
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
1.1 through 25.42, 91+, 592.1 through 623.5, and 825 through
899.1, for a process of fastening by deforming in making (1)
a special article by combined diverse operations or (2) for
making a special article by a single operation not provided
for specifically elsewhere in this class (Class 29), i.e.,
not joining by deforming a single operation provided for in
this and the indented subclasses.
437 for a process of joining by deforming wherein clearance
for movement of the parts is retained.
509 for extending a portion of a part beyond a dimension of
another part to thereby interlock them. See (1) Note above.
515 522+, for changing a dimension of the part to
frictionally grip the other part with or without changing the
latter's dimensions. See (1) Note above.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
72, Metal Deforming, for shaping of metallic work, generally,
including "recognition" of only one work piece. Recognition
usually comprises physical contact.
100, Presses, 35 for a process of making an article from
particulate material in which the particles do not bond to
each at their respective interfaces but are held together to
form a self-sustaining mass solely by the intermingling
and/or deformation of the particles together.
264, Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating:
Processes, especially 249 for a method of shaping of a
nonmetal, generally, including uniting such nonmetal with a
metal if there is no stressing of the metal beyond its
elastic limit.
Subclass:
506
Securing cup or tube between axially extending concentric
annuli:
This subclass is indented under subclass 505. Process of
assembling a first tubular member with second and third
relatively short tubular members wherein the second is
smaller in diameter than the first and the third is larger in
diameter than the first, comprising telescoping the members,
i.e., assembling the members so that they share a common axis
and that a plane normal to the axis passes through each of
the members, so that the first member is fastened by
deformation between the second and third members.
(1) Note. The "second member" and the "third member" may be
concentric tubular portions of a single annulus or may be
distinct members.
(2) Note. Included herein is securing a hose connector to
the end of a hose and securing a bearing seal of resilient
material between inner and outer metallic rings.
Subclass:
507
By expanding inner annulus:
This subclass is indented under subclass 506. Process in
which the second short tubular member, i.e., the inner member
is deformed radially outwardly to confine the end of the
first tubular member between the second or inner and the
third or outer tubular members.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
523 for a process of joining parts by outwardly expanding a
part in a cavity to frictionally grip the cavity walls.
Subclass:
508
By constricting outer annulus:
This subclass is indented under subclass 506. Process in
which the third or outer tubular member is deformed radially
inwardly to confine the end of the first tubular member
between the third or outer and the second or inner tubular
member.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
515 especially subclass 516 for a process of fastening parts
by deforming inwardly the walls of a surrounding aperture or
hollow body to frictionally fasten a part.
Subclass:
509
Overedge assembling of seated part:
This subclass is indented under subclass 505. Process in
which one of the parts has a shoulder or stop which abuts a
portion of the other part when assembled therewith, including
inserting one part or a portion thereof into a cavity in the
other part until such relative motion is limited by the stop
or shoulder, and deforming one of the parts over an end or
projection on the other part to fasten the inserted part.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
243.5 for apparatus for overedge assembling.
441.1 for a process of fastening a sphere in a socket by
bending over the ends of the socket to confine the sphere.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
403, Joints and Connections, 274 for a joint or connection
formed by in situ deformation.
411, Expanded, Threaded, Driven, Headed, Tool-Deformed, or
Locked-Threaded Fastener, for a fastening means used in
overedge assembling.
Subclass:
510
By necking in cup or tube wall:
This subclass is indented under subclass 509. Process in
which one of the parts is a cup or tube including
substantially annularly deforming the wall of the cup or tube
radially inwardly to fasten therein a second part.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
516 for a process of assembling by inward deformation of a
hollow body other than by overedge assembling.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
285, Pipe Joints or Couplings, 382 for a connection of that
class formed by deformation.
Subclass:
511
At cup or tube end:
This subclass is indented under subclass 510. Process in
which the deformation is at the open end of the cup or tube.
Subclass:
512
By flaring inserted cup or tube end:
This subclass is indented under subclass 509. Process in
which a cup or tube is fastened within a cavity in a part by
substantially annularly, radially expanding the terminus of
the cup or tube.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
243.52 for apparatus for overedge assembling of annular
work.
523 for a process of joining by expanding an inner tube to
grip an outer surrounding part and in which process no
overedge clamping of seated part is involved.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
285, Pipe Joints or Couplings, 382.4 for a joint between two
tubular members formed by radially expanding the inner
member.
Subclass:
513
By bending over projecting prongs:
This subclass is indented under subclass 509. Process in
which the parts are fastened together by bending spaced first
and second tabs carried by one part over an edge of the other
part.
Subclass:
514
Of parallel side-by-side elongated members:
This subclass is indented under subclass 505. Process in
which the parts fastened together are rod-like or strip-like
members and are disposed with their longitudinal axes in
parallelism.
Subclass:
515
Inward deformation of aperture or hollow body wall:
This subclass is indented under subclass 505. Process in
which one part has a cavity therein, i.e., has a passageway
therethrough or is hollow and the joining includes the step
of collapsing at least a part of the cavity wall to fasten at
least a portion of the other part.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
410 for a process of fastening the interlocking elements of
a slide fastener to a tape by inserting the edge of the tape
between spaced legs of an element and deforming the legs
inwardly into the tape.
510 for a process of overedge clamping of a seated part by
necking in a cup or tube wall.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
285, Pipe Joints or Couplings, 382 for a connection of that
class made by deformation.
403, Joints and Connections, 274 for a connection,
generally, formed by deformation, in situ.
Subclass:
516
Hollow body is axially joined cup or tube:
This subclass is indented under subclass 515. Process in
which the part having a cavity is tubular and the other part
is inserted into an open end of the cup or tube and then
fastened thereto.
Subclass:
517
Joined to rod:
This subclass is indented under subclass 516. Process in
which the part fastened within the hollow body is a solid
elongated member.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
174, Electricity: Conductors and Insulators, subclass 84 for
an electrical conduit the joints of which are crimped
together.
403, Joints and Connections, 274 for a device of that class
wherein components have been secured together by in situ
deformation.
Subclass:
518
Joined to overlapping ends of plural rods:
This subclass is indented under subclass 517. Process in
which two or more solid elongated members are disposed in
parallel side-by-side relationship for a portion of their
length and are enclosed in a tube at such portion and then
fastened to each other and to the tube by the inward
deformation of the tube wall.
Subclass:
519
After thinning:
This subclass is indented under subclass 517. Process in
which the elongated member is reduced in cross section at the
area of fastening before being fastened to the hollow body.
Subclass:
520
By axially applying force:
This subclass is indented under subclass 515. Process in
which the cavity has an axis, and the inward deformation
results from the application of force applied in the
direction of that axis.
Subclass:
521
Surface interlocking:
This subclass is indented under subclass 505. Process in
which the parts have generally planar faces that carry
projections, including deforming the projections to
interengage and thereby fasten matching faces of the parts to
each other.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
524 for a process of securing the peripheral edges of
abutting plates by interlocking.
Subclass:
522.1
Radially expanding part in cavity, aperture or hollow body:
This subclass is indented under subclass 505. Process
including inserting a part or portion thereof into a cavity
in a second part and then distorting the inserted part or
portion radially outwardly to fill the hole or opening and
thereby fasten the parts together.
Subclass:
523
Radially expanding internal tube:
This subclass is indented under subclass 522.1. Processes in
which the inserted part is tubular.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
512 for a process of expanding a tube outwardly to grip a
surrounding part, and in addition, flaring the end of the
tube beyond the edge of the aperture or cavity in which the
tube is fastened.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
285, Pipe Joints or Couplings, 382.4 for a coupling between
a first and a second pipe formed by outwardly bulging the
inner pipe.
Subclass:
524
Peripheral edge joining of abutting plates:
This subclass is indented under subclass 522.1. Process in
which the parts have margins that carry projections,
including deforming the projections to interengage and
thereby fasten matching margins of the parts to each other.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
521 for a process of joining overlapping faces of adjacent
parts by interlocking of portions therefrom.
Subclass:
524.1
Riveting:
This subclass is indented under subclass 522.1. Process
including a rod-like part wherein a portion of that part
within the cavity is enlarged during or after insertion into
the cavity to fasten the rod-like part to the part having the
cavity.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
411, Expanded, Threaded, Driven, Headed, Tool-Deformed, or
Locked-Threaded Fastener, 501 for a headed fastener element
having a plastically flowable or deflectable end, e.g., a
rivet, etc.
Subclass:
525
By driven force fit:
This subclass is indented under subclass 428. Process
including fastening a first part to another part having a
cavity by applying force to at least one of the parts to
cause a portion of the first part to be inserted in the
cavity, the relative dimensions of the inserted part and
cavity being such that the parts are distorted within their
elastic limits to secure them together.
(1) Note. A force fit is considered to exist if the overall
dimensions of the hole or inserted part are not permanently
changed. Thus, the formation of lands and grooves in the
hole, effected by forcing a splined part thereinto, is found
in this subclass since the parts are held together in the
direction of assembly by the elasticity of the parts.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
432 for a process of assembling including punching,
piercing, or reaming a part by a surface of a second part
combined with or including force fitting the parts together,
and see (1) Note, above.
433 for a process of assembling by stringing.
446 for a process of assembling in which the parts are
distorted within their elastic limit before assembly into the
joined position. A force fit differs from prestressing a
part, i.e., the art in those subclasses, in time of
application of stress, in that the stress in a force fit is
initiated at the time of joinder whereas in prestressing of
those subclasses the stress is applied prior to the time of
joinder. For example, forcing a rod into a hole of smaller
size so that the parts are held by the frictional engagement
of the rod and sides of the hole is a process of force
fitting for subclasses 525+. However, if the same rod is
stretched within its elastic limit to thin it and inserted in
the same hole while stretched, and the stretching force is
then released to permit the rod to expand radially outwardly
to frictionally grip the sides of the hole, that process is
considered classifiable in those prestressing subclasses,
e.g., subclasses 446+.
505 for a process in which parts are secured together by
distorting at least one of the parts beyond its elastic
limits.
Subclass:
525.01
By applying separate fastener:
This subclass is indented under subclass 428. Process
wherein a plurality of parts are mechanically joined together
by means of a detached connecting member which performs no
other function in the assembly other than to join the parts
together.
(1) Note. Utilizing a driven nonrotating fastener which
pierces the parts, such as a nail or staple, is NOT included
in this subclass or any indented subclass.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
402.12 and 402.14, for repairing by attaching a preform to a
part being repaired by use of a separate fastener.
402.17 for patching by use of a screw threaded patching
preform.
432 for a process of fastening parts together by an
operation which includes piercing one part by another (e.g.,
nailing, stapling, etc.).
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
228, Metal Fusion Bonding, subclass 120 and 189 for an
analogous process in which a connecting part is
metallurgically bonded to each of two parts to secure them
together.
411, Expanded, Threaded, Driven, Headed, Tool-Deformed, or
Locked-Threaded Fastener, for a securing means, per se, of
that class type.
470, Threaded, Headed Fastener, or Washer Making: Process and
Apparatus, for the process of or apparatus for making a
fastener as provided for in that class.
Subclass:
525.02
Multipart cooperating fastener (e.g., bolt and nut):
This subclass is indented under subclass 525.01. Process
wherein the connecting member comprises a plurality of
elements adapted to act together such as a nut and bolt.
Subclass:
525.03
Nonthreaded:
This subclass is indented under subclass 525.02. Process
wherein the multipart cooperating fastener does not rely upon
a helical or spiral ridge for effecting the joining.
Subclass:
525.04
At least one part is nonmetallic:
This subclass is indented under subclass 525.02. Process
wherein at least one of the fastener elements has no metal
constituents.
Subclass:
525.05
Fastener deformed after application:
This subclass is indented under subclass 525.01. Process
wherein the connecting member is mechanically and
nonelastically altered in shape after application.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
505 for a process of fastening parts together by a deforming
operation to interlock the parts (e.g., riveting, etc.);
especially search subclasses 509+ for such fastening by
overedge assembling.
Subclass:
525.06
Riveting:
This subclass is indented under subclass 525.05. Process
wherein the connecting member includes a deformable element
that passes through holes in the parts and at least one end
of the deformable element is deformed to form an
enlargement.
(1) Note. See the definition of "Deforming" in the Class 29
definition Glossary.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
524.1 for a process of riveting by expanding one part within
a cavity of another part.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
411, Expanded, Threaded, Driven, Headed, Tool-Deformed, or
Locked-Threaded Fastener, 501 for a rivet having a
plastically flowable or deflectable end.
Subclass:
525.07
At least one part nonmetallic:
This subclass is indented under subclass 525.06. Process
wherein at least one part has no metal constituents.
Subclass:
525.08
Nonresilient fastener:
This subclass is indented under subclass 525.01. Process
wherein the connecting member holds or restrains the parts
together in a substantially inelastic manner, the connecting
member being nonthreaded.
(1) Note. In this subclass the connecting member is
generally in the nature of a pin, clip, clasp, or clamp.
(2) Note. Joining by means of a driven nonrotating fastener
which pierces the parts, such as a nail or staple, is NOT
included in this subclass or any indented subclass.
Subclass:
525.09
At least one part nonmetallic:
This subclass is indented under subclass 525.08. Process
wherein at least one part has no metal constituents.
Subclass:
525.11
Threaded fastener:
This subclass is indented under subclass 525.01. Process
wherein the connecting member relies upon a helical or spiral
ridge for effecting the joining.
Subclass:
525.12
At least one part nonmetallic:
This subclass is indented under subclass 525.11. Process
wherein at least one part has no metal constituents.
Subclass:
525.13
With supplemental joining:
This subclass is indented under subclass 525.01. Process
including an additional attaching means.
(1) Note. the additional attaching means may be a chemical
or metallurgical bond.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
156, Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture,
91 for a process of nonmetallic surface bonding including
use of a separate permanent mechanical joining means.
Subclass:
525.14
Metal fusion joining:
This subclass is indented under subclass 525.13. Process
wherein the additional attaching means is a metallurgical
bond.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
228, Metal Fusion Bonding, for a process of metallurgical
bonding and perfecting operations therefor under the class
definition.
Subclass:
525.15
At least one part nonmetallic:
This subclass is indented under subclass 525.13. Process
wherein at least one part has no metal constituents.
Subclass:
526.2
With separating, localizing, or eliminating of as-cast
defects from a metal casting (e.g., anti-pipe):
This subclass is indented under subclass 592. Process
including removing segregating or eliminating an impurity, a
pipe, a flaw, a blow hole, or the like from the sound portion
of a cast metal body.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
527.1 for a process of applying or shaping of fluent
material which may include casting combined with other
treating.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
148, Metal Treatment, for combined operations including metal
treatment. Treating a metal body (which may be cast) in
accordance with Class 148 will go to that class. The same
treating combined with removing or eliminating defects comes
to Class 29, 526.2.
164, Metal Founding, 47 for a metal casting process, in
general, and see Class 29, subclass 527.1 the search note for
the line between the classes.
Subclass:
526.3
Compressing ingot while still partially molten:
This subclass is indented under subclass 526.2. Process
including compacting a cast ingot before it completely
solidifies.
(1) Note. For example, included here is a process of rolling
or forging an ingot while its center is still fluid to
thereby eliminate gas pockets by compacting the metal or to
squeeze the impurities toward one end of the ingot.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
164, Metal Founding, for continuous casting and for
continuous casting combined with deforming, generally,
without separation, isolation, or elimination of defects.
(That combination is in this subclass).
Subclass:
526.4
Removing defects:
This subclass is indented under subclass 526.2. Process
including separating an unsound portion of an ingot from the
sound metal.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
527.6 for a miscellaneous manufacturing process, generally,
including casting followed by removing material.
557 for a miscellaneous manufacturing process, generally,
including separating and discarding a portion of the part
worked upon.
Subclass:
526.5
From center of ingot to leave hollow blank:
This subclass is indented under subclass 526.4. Process in
which the unsound portion of the ingot is located in its
midportion, and the removal of this portion shapes the ingot
into a tube.
Subclass:
526.6
After deforming:
This subclass is indented under subclass 526.4. Process in
which the removal is preceded by a step of deforming.
(1) Note. The deforming operation of this subclass is often
for the purpose of isolating the unsound portion to one end
of the ingot.
Subclass:
527.1
Combined manufacture including applying or shaping of fluent
material:
This subclass is indented under subclass 592. Process,
including the combination of (1) depositing a flowable
material upon or into a base material (e.g., coating,
impregnating, casting or other molding on a base) or (2)
configuring a flowable material (e.g., casting or other
molding without a base) with additional manufacturing, which
combination is not elsewhere classified.
(1) Note. The additional manufacturing may occur before,
after, or during the fluent material applying or shaping
operation.
(2) Note. The term "casting" includes the operation known as
"molding". The terms "casting" and "coating" as used in these
definitions coincide with those concepts comprehended in
Class 427, Coating Processes; Class 148, Metal Treatment,
subclasses 240+; Class 164, Metal Founding, Class 204,
Chemistry: Electrical and Wave Energy; and Class 264, Plastic
and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes.
(3) Note. A process comprising casting a metal workpiece and
then deforming it by plastic shaping is classified in this
and the indented subclasses, e.g., Class 29, subclasses
527.1+, except for the casting of metal in situ in an
extrusion apparatus ("charging" it) and subsequent die
expression therefrom, which is specifically included in Class
72, Metal Deforming, subclass 270.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
424 for a process utilizing a temporary protective coating
or casting.
428 and, especially, subclasses 458+ or 460 for a process of
assembling or joining combined with a step of coating or
casting.
526.2 for a process of casting plus the step of separating,
removing, or eliminating a defect which has been cast in the
ingot.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
72, Metal Deforming, 46 for a process of coating or casting
liquid material upon a metal base (but not casting the
workpiece, per se) and then deforming the base, regardless of
whether or not the applied material is also deformed. See the
definition and notes thereof. Search subclass 270 for casting
combined with subsequent die expression, i.e., for extruding
after solidification of material. (This is an exception to
the general line expressed in (3) Note, above).
148, Metal Treatment, particularly 538 for casting or
subclasses 516+ for coating operations combined with
significant heat treatment of metal to modify or maintain the
internal physical structure (i.e., microstructure) or
chemical properties of metal. See Class 148 definition to
determine what constitutes significant heat treatment. The
metal working classes take: (1) Metal working plus an
unspecified heat treatment. (2) Metal working plus annealing
broadly wherein the annealing is for the purpose of relieving
working stress or to facilitate working. Class 148 takes: (1)
Metal working plus specific heat treatment, other than
annealing, where the heat treatment is other than
conditioning to a working temperature or subsequently
returning to ambient or handling temperature. (2) Metal
working plus a specific annealing step.
156, Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture,
47 for making an electrical conductor of indefinite length,
generally, which may include metal deforming. Note that this
is an exception to the general rule that combined operations
including plastically deforming metal combined with
nonmetallic bonding is to be found in Class 29.
164, Metal Founding, as the generic place for metal casting
processes. A process of preparing a workpiece for casting
(e.g., by coating, cutting, shaping by deformation, etc.)
combined with casting is to be found in Class 164. Similarly,
a process of forming a product by casting combined with a
treatment to perfect the casting operation (e.g., removal of
an unneeded portion of the cast product) is to be found in
Class 164. The combination of casting with a distinct metal
shaping is to be found in Class 29, 527.1 if not provided
for elsewhere.
205, Electrolysis: Processes, Compositions Used Therein, and
Methods of Preparing the Compositions, 205 for electrolytic
coating process including an additional step of treating the
base before coating step.
264, Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating:
Processes, the generic place for processes of plastic or
nonmetallic article shaping or treating. The general line
between Class 264 and the metal working or shaping classes,
e.g., Class 29 is as follows;
A process of deforming material broadly, the disclosure
reciting deformation of a metal or of a nonmetal, is to be
found in the appropriate metal working class.
(2) A process limited to deforming metal is to be found in
the appropriate metal working class.
(3) A process limited to permanently deforming or other
molding of a nonmetal will be found in Class 264.
(4) A patent including a claim directed to a process of
deforming a metal and including an equally comprehensive and
mutually exclusive claim drawn to deforming a nonmetal will
be found in the appropriate metal working class.
(5) A process of deforming both a metal and a nonmetal
(included in the same claim) will be found in the appropriate
metal working class, e.g., Class 29, Metal Working, depending
on the claim as set out.
(6) An claimed process of working broadly or nondefinitively
recited material is to be found in the appropriate metal
working class, as stated above, and this will include
disclosures of deforming: (a) A laminate of a metal with a
nonmetal (b) A "composite material" such as a metal laminated
to a nonmetal article or workpiece except where by disclosure
only the nonmetal component is deformed or shaped.
(7) A process including plural diverse operations will be
found in Class 29 unless provided for in a superior class.
(8) A process of making a mold (which may be of cast metal)
combined with use of that mold in molding nonmetallic
material is to be found in Class 264, especially subclasses
219+.
427, Coating Processes, for a process of coating a metal base
generally.
Subclass:
527.2
Coating:
This subclass is indented under subclass 527.1. Process
wherein the first named operation comprises depositing a
flowable material upon a base material or impregnating a base
material with flowable material.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
428, Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles, 567 for
particulate metallic stock material having continuous
interengaged phases of plural metals, e.g., an impregnated
particle component.
Subclass:
527.3
And casting:
This subclass is indented under subclass 527.2. Process
wherein the additional manufacturing includes shaping fluent
material by means of a molding surface.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
164, Metal Founding, 72 for a process of coating a mold
surface with a treating agent and casting on the coated mold
surface and subclass 75 for coating a preformed base member
prior to casting thereupon, generally.
264, Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating:
Processes, for a process of plastic or nonmetallic article
shaping or treating, generally.
Subclass:
527.4
Subsequent to metal working:
This subclass is indented under subclass 527.2. Process
wherein the additional manufacturing includes changing the
configuration of a metal workpiece and occurs prior to the
coating operation.
Subclass:
527.5
Metal casting:
This subclass is indented under subclass 527.1. Process
wherein said first named operation comprises shaping molten
metal by means of a molding surface.
Subclass:
527.6
Followed by cutting or removing material:
This subclass is indented under subclass 527.5. Process
wherein the additional manufacturing occurs after the casting
operation and comprises either severing or separating a
portion of the cast product.
(1) Note. Included herein is casting, other than continuous
casting, combined with trimming.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
526.4 for a process of casting followed by removal of
material to separate a defect from the ingot.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
164, Metal Founding, subclass 70.1 and 460 for a process of
cutting or removing material from the product of a casting
operation while the product is still in the mold, i.e.,
continuous casting with severing or separating a portion of
the cast product.
Subclass:
527.7
Combined with rolling:
This subclass is indented under subclass 527.5. Process
wherein the additional manufacturing includes deforming by
use of a roller.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
72, Metal Deforming, 199 and 365.2+ for a process of
deforming metal by rolling.
Subclass:
530
Filling of opening:
This subclass is indented under subclass 527.1. Process in
which the casting and/or the coating operation comprises
depositing flowable material to substantially fill a void or
opening in work.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
402.18 for a process of repairing cracked material by
depositing material in the crack.
Subclass:
557
Shaping one-piece blank by removing material:
This subclass is indented under subclass 592. Process
limited to shaping a single part by one or more steps of
separating and discarding a portion of the part worked upon.
(1) Note. The initial part (the blank) may be composite,
i.e., formed of a plurality of laminae or of parts integrated
into a unit.
(2) Note. The classes listed in the following search notes
include references to subcombinations of structures included
in this subclass. The indicated classes may be beneficial as
a field of search, but are not intended to designated a
required field of search. Note that, generally, combined
operations will be found in the class of the subcombination
only if they are provided for specifically, i.e., in a
subclass entitled, "COMBINED".
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
445 for a process of assembling or joining including sizing
of mating parts during final positioning.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
30, Cutlery, for shaping a one-piece blank by a hand held,
work supported or randomly manipulated cutting tool.
72, Metal Deforming, for shaping a one-piece blank of metal
by deforming and for shaping a one-piece blank by deforming
combined with cutting.
82, Turning, for shaping a one-piece blank by rotating that
blank about an axis and engaging it with a fixed cutting
tool.
83, Cutting, for shaping a one-piece blank by shearing or
punching, generally.
142, Wood Turning, for shaping a one-piece blank of wood by
rotating that blank about an axis and engaging it with a
fixed cutting tool.
144, Woodworking, for shaping a one-piece blank or wood,
generally.
225, Severing by Tearing or Breaking, for shaping a one-piece
blank by tensile forces exceeding the structural strength
thereof.
408, Cutting by Use of a Rotating Axially Moving Tool, for
shaping a one-piece blank in the manner of that class.
409, Gear Cutting, Milling or Planing, for shaping a
one-piece blank in the manner of that class.
451, Abrading, for shaping a one-piece blank by engagement of
a grinding tool.
470, Threaded, Headed Fastener, or Washer Making: Process and
Apparatus, for making an article of Class 470 which comprise
a one-piece blank made by removing material.
Subclass:
558
Successive distinct removal operations:
This subclass is indented under subclass 557. Process which
includes a first removal step immediately followed by a
second removal step of a type different from the first.
Subclass:
559
Work holding:
This subclass is indented under subclass 592. Process of
supporting or grasping material to be modified or treated.
(1) Note. See the class definition of Class 269, Work
Holders, for the scope of the terms "material", "modified",
"treated", and "supporting". This subclass is residual to
processes of holding work by means provided for in said Class
269.
(2) Note. Work holding combined with work treating is to be
found in the appropriate work treating class.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
76, Metal Tools and Implements, Making, subclass 106.1 for
making a metal work holder not elsewhere provided for.
269, Work Holders, for a device for holding work. See notes
thereunder for other loci.
335, Electricity: Magnetically Operated Switches, Magnets,
and Electromagnets, 285 for a work holding magnet.
414, Material or Article Handling, especially 800 for a
process of material handling, generally.
Subclass:
560
CONVERTIBLE METAL WORKING MACHINE:
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Device
having alterable means by which the device is modified by
adjustment, addition, removal, or reassembly of one or more
parts causing the device to perform some function diverse
from that performed prior to the particular modification.
(1) Note. Included here, for example, is a device which may
be adjusted to either (a) cut or bend, (b) saw or mill, (c)
shear or emboss, etc.
(2) Note. This subclass is residual and does not include
device capable of modification to perform a function
elsewhere classified, i.e., in a subclass that provides for
either a "convertible" device or is a recognized locus of
such art.
(3) Note. Diverse apparatuses are those wherein there are
two or more devices which operate differently on the part or
stock, and which collectively do not fall in any single art
classification, e.g., milling and forging, rolling, and
turning, etc. However, where the two diverse devices
constitute a hand manipulable tool, rather than a machine,
the combined device has been placed in Class 7, Compound
Tools. Plural apparatus which operate in the same manner or
constitute different phases of a single art are found with
the single operation, i.e., turning to cylindrical shape
following by turning to a taper are in Class 82, Turning.
(4) Note. This subclass was established with patents
originally screened from classes listed under a SPECIAL LINE
NOTE elsewhere in this Class. Only these devices encompassed
by the limitation of this Special Line Note are to be
considered for placement here in subclass 560. See Search
Notes below for location of this note.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
33 Special Line Note. Only the devices encompassed by the
limitation of this Special Line Note are to be considered for
placement in this subclass (560).
33 for a machine capable of diverse functions without
modification of said machine.
401.1 for a process including converting a machine, under
the definition of this class.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
408, Cutting by Use of Rotating Axially Moving Tool, 20 for
a machine of that class type convertible to a different class
type cutting machine.
483, Tool Changing, subclass 1 for a process of transferring
a tool to or from a material treating station or a tool
storage means, generally, including a Class 29 process
combined with transferring the tool used to or from the
station at which the Class 29 process occurs; and subclasses
2-69 for means for transferring a tool to or from a material
treating station or a tool storage means, generally,
including a Class 29 tool combined with means to transfer the
tool to or from the tool station.
Subclass:
560.1
Vise type:
This subclass is indented under subclass 560. Device wherein
the basic apparatus subject to conversion is a work holder
with relatively movable jaws.
(1) Note. Though "work holding" is strictly neither a
"shaping" nor an "assembling" function in accord with the
concepts of Class 29, subclass 33 patents relative to the
convertible (compound or combined) vise-shaping art are
placed here and cross-referenced to the particular work
holder or shaping class for specific details of such
features.
(2) Note. Included herein is a device which by disclosure is
intended for use with other than metal workpieces-- though
not so limited in the claimed structure.
(3) Note. Included herein is a device wherein the means for
moving the vise jaws also serves (a) to effect relative
movement between a workpiece and a shaping instrumentality
and/or (b) to operate or actuate a shaping instrumentality.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
269, Work Holders, 86 for a work holder having relatively
movable jaws.
Subclass:
561
With means to feed work during tool contact:
This subclass is indented under subclass 33. Apparatus
including material handling means which provides for
uninterrupted movement of material while material modifying
means engage said material.
(1) Note. Included here are spaced tool means for
simultaneously operating on material being conveyed past said
tool means, the several tool means generally treating the
same portion of material in sequence to further modify said
portion.
Subclass:
562
Including nonrotary flying tool:
This subclass is indented under subclass 561. Apparatus
wherein at least one material modifying means has a component
of motion in the direction of the moving material during the
period of material modification.
(1) Note. This subclass does not include rotary type
modifying means, machines using such tools being classified
on features other than "flying".
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
83, Cutting, subclass 284 for similar devices limited to
cutting or severing.
Subclass:
563
With means to feed work intermittently from one tool station
to another:
This subclass is indented under subclass 33. Apparatus
including means to convey material successively from one
material modifying means to another, the material movement
being intermittent.
(1) Note. A plurality of tools mounted on a common support
or driver, which support moves relative to work to effect
treatment of said work by each tool in a single work
contacting cycle--between successive feed movement of the
work --is not considered to constitute "separate tool
stations". Even if the work feed is such that some portions
of work are acted on more than once by some of the tools (as
in progressive shaping operations) the congregation of tools
so arranged is considered a tool complex for subclasses 565
or 566, below.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
566 for apparatus including composite tools and see (1)
Note, above.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
407, Cutters, for Shaping, subclass 1 for a composite tool,
per se.
483, Tool Changing, subclass 15 for apparatus including a
tool transfer means combined with either a tool support or
storage means, and further including plural machine tools.
901, Robots, subcollections 6+ for a robot which conveys work
and cooperates with another machine.
Subclass:
564
Separate tool stations for selective or successive operation
on work:
This subclass is indented under subclass 33. Apparatus
including spaced material modifying means operable one after
the other, or at the option of an operator, generally on
different portions of material being worked.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
563 (1) Note.
Subclass:
564.1
Including assembling or disassembling station:
This subclass is indented under subclass 564. Apparatus
wherein one of the spaced material modifying means (1)
includes means for engaging a first work part and includes
means for engaging a second work part, which means are
adapted to either bring the two work parts into juxtaposed
relationship or cause one of the work parts to intimately
engage the other to thereby fasten the work parts together,
or (2) includes means to engage at least one work part and
force that work part to move out of intimate engagement with
another work part to which it has previously been secured.
(1) Note. For clarification, see "Assembly" in the Glossary
of Class 29 and see the definition and notes of subclass
700.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
700 for assembling means without additional metal shaping
means.
Subclass:
564.2
And means to machine work part to fit cooperating work part:
This subclass is indented under subclass 564.1. Apparatus
wherein one of the spaced material modifying means includes a
cutting instrumentality adapted to remove a portion(s) of
material from one of the work parts to assure cooperative
interfit of the work parts.
Subclass:
564.3
And means to sever work prior to disassembling:
This subclass is indented under subclass 564.1. Apparatus
wherein one of the spaced material modifying means includes
means to engage at least one work part and force that work
part to move out of intimate engagement with another work
part to which it had previously been secured, including
distinct means to cut or subdivide a work member into work
parts prior to movement of a work part away from another work
part, and including means to apply force to move one work
part away from another work part.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
56.5 for means to sever prior to disassembly if the severing
is done at the same work station as the disassembly.
Subclass:
564.4
Comprising means to strip insulation from wire:
This subclass is indented under subclass 564.3. Apparatus
wherein the structure is particularly adapted to subdivide
electrically insulative covering material off a conductive
metallic strand and disassemble a portion of that covering
from the remaining covering and the strand.
Subclass:
564.5
And means to stake electric wire to commutator or armature in
assembling of electric motor or generator:
This subclass is indented under subclass 564.1. Apparatus
including means to sever a strand of the armature coil of a
dynamoelectric device and means to secure the ends of the
armature coil strand to the commutator of the dynamoelectric
device.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
735 for structure for securing the loose strand of coil to
the commutator in the assembly of a dynamoelectric device
without a strand severing means.
Subclass:
564.6
And means to sever work from supply:
This subclass is indented under subclass 564.1. Apparatus
including means to transport an attenuated stock of work to
the assembly station and means to subdivide a portion from
the stock into a work part to be subsequently used in the
assembly.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
56.5 for an apparatus for performing multiple operations
including cutting at a single work station.
566.1 for composite tool adapted to perform an assembling
operation and a severing operation at the same stroke.
Subclass:
564.7
And means to machine product:
This subclass is indented under subclass 564.1. Apparatus
including a cutting edge adapted to engage the product of the
assembly station to mill, cut, turn, bore, drill, abrade,
broach, file, saw, punch, blank, or plane that product.
Subclass:
564.8
To sever product to length:
This subclass is indented under subclass 564.7. Apparatus
including means to cut the product of the assembly station to
subdivide a portion therefrom.
Subclass:
565
Common reciprocating support for spaced tools:
This subclass is indented under subclass 33. Apparatus
wherein separated plural diverse material modifying means are
mounted on or carried by the same member for to-and-fro
movement together in the same direction.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
563 (1) Note.
(2) Note. Nonseparated plural tools which effect either
superimposed, concentric, or immediate contiguous work
modifications in a single work contacting cycle are tool
complexes for subclass 566.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
493, Manufacturing Container or Tube From Paper; or Other
Manufacturing From Sheet or Web, 340 for sheet or web
working combined with a drill and notcher mounted on a common
reciprocating head for forming edge notched entry slots and
holes in a notebook or ledger sheet.
Subclass:
566
Including composite tool:
This subclass is indented under subclass 33. Apparatus
including a unitary or integral work modifying means
embodying structural elements which, in each and every single
work contacting cycle, effect plural diverse treatments or
modifications of work--which modifications are either
superimposed, concentric, or in immediate contiguous
relationship.
(1) Note. Included here, for example, are devices wherein a
rotary cutter (Class 83) has mounted on its radial face an
element which burnishes (Class 29), abrades (Class 451), or
mills (Class 409).
(2) Note. A platen carrying spaced plural tools which
progressively act on and modify work, intermittently
presented from one tool to another in succession, is not
considered to be a composite tool; see subclasses 563 and
565, above.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
6.1 for expanded metal making.
7.1 for fence barb making.
21.1 for tie band tongue making--which devices often utilize
composite tools.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
72, Metal Deforming, 325 for a composite metal cutting and
deforming device.
407, Cutters, for Shaping, subclass 1 for a composite tool,
per se.
Subclass:
566.1
Including severing means:
This subclass is indented under subclass 566. Apparatus
wherein the unitary or integral work modifying means includes
provision to cut or subdivide one part of the work from
another part.
Subclass:
566.2
To sever electric terminal from supply strip:
This subclass is indented under subclass 566.1. Apparatus
particularly adapted to cut or subdivide a work part that is
designed to serve as a connection member to transmit
electrical energy from a supply length of attached similar
members.
Subclass:
566.3
To trim electric component:
This subclass is indented under subclass 566.1. Apparatus
particularly adapted to cut or subdivide a portion of an
electrical conductor from some type assembly adapted to carry
or direct electrical energy.
Subclass:
566.4
Means comprising hand-manipulatable implement:
This subclass is indented under subclass 566.3. Apparatus
adapted to, during the cutting of subdividing operation, be
supported against gravity by an operative and adapted to be
randomly moved relative to the station at which cutting and
assembling is to be performed.
Subclass:
592
METHOD OF MECHANICAL MANUFACTURE:
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Process of mechanical manufacturing.
(1) Note. See the definition of "Manufacturing" in the Class
29 definition Glossary.
(2) Note. Whereas Class 29 is the generic mechanical
manufacturing class; manufacturing by chemistry,
electrochemistry, electricity, or the related arts is
provided for in the chemical and electrical classes. See the
classes listed on pages I-6 through I-10 in the front of the
Manual of Classification under "I. Chemical and Related Arts"
and "II. Communications, Designs, Radiant Energy, Weapons,
Electrical, and Related Arts."
(3) Note. A complete search for any process of manufacturing
a particular article may include the class providing for that
article.
(4) Note. A process as defined above, whether comprising a
single or a plurality of operations, is included in Class 29,
subclasses 592+, only when no other class provides for the
same. A typical patent of this subclass recites a plurality
of steps or operations separately provided for in different
classes, none of which provide for the combination.
(5) Note. Many of the preceding subclasses in Class 29
include apparatus and include a process which is a function
of an apparatus; see, particularly, the subclasses directed
to the manufacture of "special articles" (i.e., subclasses
1.1 to 25.42, above).
(6) Note. Patents are classified here regardless of the
material operated on and/or the number of operations involved
unless provided for elsewhere. See the Class Definition,
paragraph 2, of this class (29).
(7) Note. Measuring, testing, recording, article handling,
conveying, and cleaning, per se, are not considered
manufacturing processes for this class (29).
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
12, Boot and Shoe Making, 142 for a process of making an
article of that class.
14, Bridges, subclass 77.3 for a process of constructing a
bridge pier.
52, Static Structures (e.g., Buildings), 741.1 for a process
of manufacturing and assembling a static structure at the job
site (i.e., in situ).
53, Package Making, 396 for a process of enclosing contents
in a container, generally.
57, Textiles: Spinning, Twisting, and Twining, 1 for a
process of making a textile by the operations provided
therein.
59, Chain, Staple, and Horseshoe Making, for a process of
making an article of that class.
65, Glass Manufacturing, especially 36 for process of fusion
bonding of glass to a formed part and subclass 155 for
electronic device making means involving fusion bonding.
72, Metal Deforming, for a process of deforming metal.
76, Metal Tools and Implements, Making, 101.1 for a process
of making various metal tools and implements; see,
especially, the notes to all of these subclasses (101.1+) for
the loci of other processes of tool making.
79, Button Making, for a process of making a button.
83, Cutting, 13 for a process of severing or piercing by use
of a sharp cutting edge, generally.
112, Sewing, for making a product by sewing; especially,
search 262.1 for a process thereof.
125, Stone Working, for a process of stone working.
132, Toilet, 201 for a process of making a hair structure.
134, Cleaning and Liquid Contact With Solids, 1 for a
process of cleaning or treating under the class definition.
137, Fluid Handling, subclasses 15.01-15.26 for a process
of cleaning, repairing, or assembling.
138, Pipes and Tubular Conduits, 97 for a process of
repairing the device of that class.
140, Wireworking, for a combined operation involving metallic
strandlike work.
144, Woodworking, 329 for a manufacturing process including
a significant woodworking step.
148, Metal Treatment, appropriate subclasses for a process of
mechanical working or shaping of metal combined with
significant heat treatment of metal to modify or maintain
internal physical structure (i.e., microstructure) or
chemical properties of metal. See the Class 148 definition to
determine what constitutes significant heat treatment.
156, Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture,
(a) Class 156 is generic to adhesive bonding utilizing
nonmetallic cement. (b) Class 156 is the residual (i.e.,
unless provided for in a superior loci) class for combined
chemical reactions used in manufacturing an article. (c)
Class 156 is the residual home for a single chemical reaction
not provided for elsewhere. See the class definition of Class
156 for an amplified statement of the lines between Classes
29 and 156. Especially, search 47 for making an electrical
conductor of indefinite length, generally, which may include
metal deforming. (Note that this is an exception to the
general rule that combined operations including plastically
deforming metal combined with nonmetallic bonding is to be
found in Class 29).
157, Wheelwright Machines, subclass 13 for a process of
treating the outer periphery of a rubber tire.
163, Needle and Pin Making, subclass 5 for a process of
making a device thereof.
164, Metal Founding, 1 for a process of forming liquid
metal.
166, Wells, subclass 378 and 381 for a process for
constructing or assembling well parts in the well or with
some relationship to the well.
175, Boring or Penetrating the Earth, especially 57 for a
process thereof.
204, Chemistry: Electrical and Wave Energy, for an electrical
or wave energy process of manufacture.
219, Electric Heating, for a process of metal heating or
welding by induction, electrostatic, electromagnetic,
electrical resistance, or arc means.
225, Severing by Breaking or Tearing, 1 for a method
thereof.
227, Elongated-Member-Driving Apparatus, for an apparatus for
driving a staple or nail into a workpiece, generally.
228, Metal Fusion Bonding, 101 for a process of
metallurgical bonding under the class definition.
242, Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding, 430 for a process of
making a composite object under the class definition.
254, Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling
Force, 134.3 for a process of placing conductive wire in or
through a conduit.
264, Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating:
Processes, the generic home for a process of shaping or
treating nonmetallic or particulate material. The general
line between Class 264 and the metal working or shaping
classes (e.g., Class 29) is as follows: (1) A process of
deforming material broadly, the disclosure reciting
deformation of a metal and of a nonmetal, is to be found in
the appropriate metal working class. (2) A process limited to
deforming metal is to be found in the appropriate metal
working class. (3) A process limited to deforming or other
molding of a nonmetal will be found in Class 264. (4) A
patent including a claim directed to a process of deforming a
metal and including an equally comprehensive and mutually
exclusive claim drawn to deforming a nonmetal will be found
in the appropriate metal working class. (5) A process of
deforming both a metal and a nonmetal (included in the same
claim) will be found in the appropriate metal working class
(e.g., Class 29, Metal Working) depending on the claim as set
out. (6) A claimed process of working broadly or
nondefinitively recited material is to be found in the
appropriate metal working class, as stated above, and this
will include disclosures of deforming: (a) A laminate of a
metal with a nonmetal. (b) A "composite material" such as a
metal/nonmetal article or workpiece except whereby in
disclosure only the nonmetal component is deformed or shaped.
(7) A process including plural diverse operations will be
found in Class 29 unless provided for in a superior class.
(8) A process of making a mold (which may be of cast metal)
combined with use of that mold in molding nonmetallic
material is to be found in Class 264, especially 219.
269, Work Holders, for apparatus for supporting a workpiece
while being treated, generally. (Note that a process of
holding work is to be found in this class (i.e., Class 29,
subclass 559 )).
277, Seal for a Joint or Juncture, subclass 316 for a
process of using a static seal formed in place (i.e., in
situ), subclasses 922+ for manufacture of a seal by bonding
or joining, or subclass 924 for manufacture of a seal by
deformation, material removal or molding.
289, Knots and Knot Tying, subclass 1.5 for a process of
tying a knot.
300, Brush, Broom, and Mop Making, subclass 21 for a process
of making a brush, broom, or mop.
359, Optics: Systems (Including Communication) and Elements,
cross-reference art collection 900 for optical methods.
404, Road Structure, Process, or Apparatus, 72 for a process
of making a road structure.
405, Hydraulic and Earth Engineering, for a process under the
class definition.
412, Bookbinding: Process and Apparatus, subclass 1 for a
process specialized for manufacturing a book.
413, Sheet Metal Container Making, 1 for a process of making
a sheet metal container.
414, Material or Article Handling, subclass 786 for a
process of material handling, generally.
419, Powder Metallurgy Processes, for a process including a
powder metallurgy step.
422, Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting,
Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing, 7 for a process of
maintaining an environment nondestructive to metal.
426, Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and
Products, 665 for a process under the class definition.
427, Coating Processes, for a process of coating under the
class definition.
430, Radiation Imagery Chemistry: Process, Composition, or
Product Thereof, for a process under the class definition.
433, Dentistry, for a process of making or installing a
dental appliance under the class definition.
438, Semiconductor Device Manufacturing: Process,
particularly 26, 51, 55, 64+, and 106+ for certain methods of
packaging a semiconductor device; see the search notes
thereunder.
445, Electric Lamp or Space Discharge Component or Device
Manufacturing, 1 for a process of making those devices.
451, Abrading, for a process of or apparatus for grinding.
470, Threaded, Headed Fastener, or Washer Making: Process and
Apparatus, for a manufacturing operation peculiar to making
an article of Class 470.
483, Tool Changing, subclass 1 for a process of transferring
a tool to or from a material treating station or a tool
storage means, generally, including a Class 29 process
combined with transferring the Class 29 tool to or from the
working station.
493, Manufacturing Container or Tube From Paper; or Other
Manufacturing From a Sheet or Web, for a process under the
class definition.
602, Surgery: Splint, Brace, or Bandage, cross-reference art
collection 900 for bandage making methods.
901, Robots, for a cross-reference art collection including a
process of using a robot.
The following definitions of terms are used uniformly in this
and indented subclasses. Other definitions of terms used
uniformly throughout will be found in the Class 29 class
definition Glossary.
CUP
A tube having one end closed.
DISTORTING
The physical act of altering the form, configuration,
dimensions, proportions, or contour of a part or stock within
the elastic limits of the material of which it is made
without any removal of material.
PLATE
A sheetlike member the thickness of which is small in
relation to its area measured in a plane normal to its
thickness.
ROD
An elongated member in which the transverse cross-sectional
dimensions are substantially uniform and are small in
relation to its length.
TUBE
A pipe, hollow cylinder, or hollow rodlike member.
Subclass:
592.1
Electrical device making:
This subclass is indented under subclass 592. Process for
making an article which will produce, transmit, or utilize
electrical energy.
(1) Note. Subclasses 597, 598, 602.1, 607-610.1, 613-621,
631, and 874-885 correspond to subclasses with similar titles
formerly identified by decimals of subclass 155 of this
class.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
156, Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture,
47 for a method of making an indefinite length electrical
conductor involving an operation other than metal working and
amounting to more than mere wire of filament making.
242, Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding, 430 for methods or
apparatus for winding elongated material directly onto a
support to make an article such as an inductor, capacitor, or
resistor or nonelectrical article.
254, Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling
Force, 134.3 for a method of and an apparatus for placing
electric wire.
419, Powder Metallurgy Processes, for a method of
manufacturing including a powder metallurgy step.
425, Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating:
Apparatus, 110 for composite article making apparatus for
plastic molding to encapsulate a preform (e.g., an electrical
device).
427, Coating Processes, 58 for a method of coating under the
class definition to produce an electrical product.
430, Radiation Imagery Chemistry: Process, Composition, or
Product Thereof, for method of making an electrical device,
employing radiation imagery chemistry.
445, Electric Lamp or Space Discharge Component or Device
Manufacturing, 1 for a process of making an electric lamp or
space discharge article.
Subclass:
593
Including measuring or testing of device or component part:
This subclass is indented under subclass 592.1. Process
including making a qualitative determination regarding the
device being made.
(1) Note. To be considered measuring or testing for
placement in this subclass there must be a sensed readout of
the qualitative determination. A process that employs a
transducer that senses the device for generation of a signal
used to control the manufacturing process is placed below on
the basis of the particular device made or manufacturing
steps employed, and see (5) Note in Notes to the Class
Definition of this class (29).
(2) Note. The testing or measurement of the device
frequently requires thedevice to be placed in an electrical
circuit. A complete search for such a circuit would require
investigation of the various electrical classes providing for
similar circuits based or the proximate function of the
circuit, e.g., Classes 329, Demodulators and Detectors; 330,
Amplifiers; 331, Oscillators, etc.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
242, Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding, subclass 431 for
apparatus for winding wire on a core to make a composite
electrical coil, which apparatus includes operation control
means responsive to measurement of an electrical property of
the work.
324, Electricity: Measuring and Testing, for electrical
measuring and testing, per se.
Subclass:
594
Acoustic transducer:
This subclass is indented under subclass 592.1. Process for
making a device which converts to sound energy to electrical
energy or vice versa.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
381, Electrical Audio Signal Processing Systems and Devices,
150.
Subclass:
595
Indicating transducer:
This subclass is indented under subclass 592.1. Process for
making a device particularly adapted to provide a visual
indication of an electrical current.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
324, Electricity: Measuring and Testing, 76.11 for
electrical meter structure or a process of use.
Subclass:
596
Dynamoelectric machine:
This subclass is indented under subclass 592.1. Process for
making a device which is adapted to convert mechanical to
electrical energy or vice versa by employing
electromagnetism.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
242, Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding, 432 for a method or
apparatus for making a motor stator by directly winding a
wire onto a stator core.
310, Electrical Generator or Motor Structure, 10 for a
dynamoelectric device.
Subclass:
597
Commutator or slip ring assembly:
This subclass is indented under subclass 596. Process in
which the device made includes a portion to be carried by a
rotary part of a dynamoelectric machine and, in cooperation
with a stationary contact, is designed to transmit current to
or from the rotary part.
Subclass:
598
Rotor:
This subclass is indented under subclass 596. Process in
which the device made includes the rotary element in a
dynamoelectric device.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
242, Winding Tensioning or Guiding, 433 for making a motor
armature by directly winding wire onto an armature core.
Subclass:
599
Superconductor:
This subclass is indented under subclass 592.1. Process for
making a device particularly adapted, by reason of a property
of constituent material which exhibits an electrical
resistance of zero under certain physical conditions, to
utilize the magnetic and current effects of transmission of
electrical energy without resistance.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
338, Electrical Resistors, subclass 14 and 25+ for a
resistor device which is responsive to temperature.
505, Superconductor Technology: Apparatus, Material, Process,
300 for processes of producing high temperature
(T[subscrpt]c[end subscrpt] greater than 30 K)
superconductors.
Subclass:
600
Antenna or wave energy "plumbing":
This subclass is indented under subclass 592.1. Process for
making a device which either transmits, delays, or attenuates
electrical wave energy by series of material boundaries
dimensionally related to the frequency of the wave energy.
(1) Note. Some conductors are capable of transmitting other
electrical currents as well as radio wave current. A process
of making such a conductor is placed here only if it involves
a parameter of construction which is wave energy dependent,
i.e., frequency dependent. If no wave energy parameter is
present, a method of producing such a conductor is placed in
subclasses 624+, below.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
333, Wave Transmission Lines and Networks, for a wave energy
transmitting device or system.
343, Communications: Radio Wave Antennas, 700 for a wave
energy radiating and receiving antenna.
Subclass:
601
With other electrical component:
This subclass is indented under subclass 600. Process
including joining the device to another electrical device.
Subclass:
602.1
Electromagnet, transformer or inductor:
This subclass is indented under subclass 592.1. Process for
making a device which either (1) exhibits magnetic attraction
when electrical current is applied, or (2) changes the
magnitude or phase of an alternating current by inductive
coupling, or (c) impedes a change of current flow by induced
magnetism.
(1) Note. Included in this and the indented subclasses is a
process of making a permanent magnet, that is, a magnetic
body which has been magnetized, or which may later be
magnetized, and an electromagnetic coil, with or without a
core of magnetic material. See the Search Note below
referencing this (1) Note.
(1.5) Note. For an electromagnet or transformer or a related
product, see below the search notes below referencing this
(1.5) Note.
(2) Note. For other classes which provide for combination of
winding or coiling and coating for impregnating operations.
(3) Note. For the making of an electromagnet, inductance, or
coil by a winding operation, see note (2) above, where the
process or apparatus also includes coating or impregnating,
and see the search notes below that reference this (3) Note
for other classes and subclasses which provide for winding or
coiling.
(4) Note. For making a magnet or magnetic core from
comminuted materials and for the classes which provide for
analogous method or apparatus for making an article from
comminuted materials see the search notes below referencing
this note.
(5) Note. For other classes and subclasses which provide for
making magnets and magnetic cores from laminated metal, see
the search notes referring to the (3) Note above, where the
laminating is performed by winding operations. Also see the
search notes referencing this (5) Note.
(6) Note. A process of making a magnet or magnet inductance
or transformer core which includes the operation of
magnetizing the core and another operation are in general
classified with such other operation unless the class which
provides for the other operation excludes combined operations
in which case the patent is classified in this or one of the
indented subclasses. For example, processes of making magnets
and magnet inductance or transformer cores which include the
operation of magnetizing the core and another operation are,
in general, classified with such other operation unless the
class which provides for the other operation excludes
combined operations in which case the patent is classified in
this or one of the indented subclasses. For example, Class
148, Metal Treatment, subclass 100 contains many patents for
significant heat treatment of metal and intentionally
magnetizing
(7) Note. For other classes which provide for manufacturing
process and apparatus, see the notes to the definitions of
Class 29, subclasses 25.01+ and subclass 25.41 of this class.
Subclasses 25.41+ provides for electric condenser making.
Subclasses 25.01+ provide for a method or apparatus for
making a semiconductor or barrier layer device.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
25.01 see (7) Note, above.
25.41 see (7) Note, above.
33 for a miscellaneous organized machine not otherwise
classified adapted to perform a plurality of operations upon
metal in manufacturing an electromagnet, inductor or
transformer or a part thereof. (see the (3) Note above)
33 for a miscellaneous organized machine not classified in
any other class or subclass, adapted to perform a plurality
of operations upon metal, including a machine designed for
making an electromagnet, inductor, or transformer, or for
making a part thereof. See the reference to subclasses 33+ in
(3) Note, above.
598 for a miscellaneous process of making a rotor or part
thereof, other than a commutator, for a dynamoelectric
machine.
729 for miscellaneous apparatus for assembling or
disassembling an electrical device, including means to
assemble an electromagnet, an inductance device, a
transformer, or associated parts thereof. Note that indented
subclass 732 provides for such apparatus for assembling a
motor, a generator, or a subcombination thereof.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
53, Package Making, for a method of or apparatus for
encompassing or encasing goods or materials with a separate
cover or band which serves as means for identifying,
protecting, or unit handling the goods or materials. (See (2)
Note above)
53, Package Making, for a method of or apparatus for
encompassing or encasing goods or materials with a separate
cover or band which serves as means for identifying,
protecting, or unit handling the goods or materials. (see the
(3) Note above)
72, Metal Deforming, subclass 66, 135, and 371 for wire
coiling. (see the (3) Note above)
72, Metal Deforming, for a method of metal deforming, per se,
and see the reference to Class 72 in (3) Note, above.
75, Specialized Metallurgical Processes, Compositions for Use
therein, Consolidated, Metal Powder Compositions, and Loose
Metal Particulate Mixtures, for a process of producing a
metal or an alloy and subclass 122.1 for a process of making
an alloy. See the (1.5) Note and (4) Note, above.
75, Specialized Metallurgical Processes, Compositions for Use
therein, Consolidated, Metal Powder Compositions, and Loose
Metal Particulate Mixtures, 255 for loose mixtures of two or
more comminuted elemental metals or alloys. (see the (4) Note
above)
106, Compositions: Coating or Plastic, for a miscellaneous
coating, impregnating, or plastic composition.
140, Wireworking, 71 for miscellaneous apparatus for coiling
or winding wire which involves combined wire working
operations. See indented subclass 92.1 for a device on or by
which material, generally wire, is wound to produce a coil of
predetermined form or shape, the device being mostly formers
for winding an armature inductance and a electromagnet coil.
Winding wire upon a stationary form is in subclass 71. Where
the coil or winding is intended to be removed from the
mandrel or former, or where the coil is shaped after winding,
the patent is in Class 140. See Class 140, subclass 76 for
making a ferrule of wire by coiling, subclass 86 for making a
wire cork or stopper extractor of spiral form and, subclass
92 for making a spiral stud (shirt stud) which includes a
conical of wire. (see the (3) Note above)
140, Wireworking, for a miscellaneous process and apparatus
for wire working including the working of wire by banding or
twisting it to form a specific article or fabric, the
applying of wire to an article, and cutting, feeding,
straightening and tensioning wire. See the reference to Class
140 in (3) Note above.
148, Metal Treatment, subclasses 100-122 for a process of
modifying magnetic properties of metal except as indicated in
(2) Note in the definition of Class 148, subclass 100, and
the appended search note to Class 29. Thus, a method
consisting of working or assembling metallic material, having
intended effect upon the magnetic properties of the material,
combined with broad treatment in a magnetic field, is
classified in subclasses 602.1+ of this class (29). See the
(1) Note above. (Also see (6) Note above).
148, Metal Treatment, 300 for metal stock having magnetic
properties resulting from a process classifiable in any of
subclasses 100 to 122. See the (1.5) Note above. (Also see
the other references to Class 148 in the (4) Note of this
subclass (602.1))
148, Metal Treatment, subclass 104 relating to dust cores
for a process that involves microstructural change wherein
magnetic properties of free metal or metal alloys are
developed, improved, modified, or preserved. See the (4) Note
above.
148, Metal Treatment, for a miscellaneous process of treating
solid metal, including magnetic material, and the resulting
product. See the reference to Class 148, Notes (1.5), (4),
and (6), above.
156, Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture,
for a process and apparatus for making a laminated article.
subclass 184 and 446, for example, include the operations of
winding and adhering the windings. This reference to Class
156 should be compared with the reference to Classes 242 and
427 in this note. See (2) Note above.
156, Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture,
for a miscellaneous process of laminating layers with a
nonmetallic adhesive. See the (5) Note above.
156, Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture,
for a process and apparatus for making a laminated article or
fabric.
178, Telegraphy, subclass 45 for a conductor which is
provided with loading (magnetic) means and subclass 46 for
the structure of induction or inductance coil for cables. See
the (1.5) Note above.
241, Solid Material Comminution or Disintegration, for a
miscellaneous process and apparatus for the comminution and
disintegration of solid material. (see the (4) Note above)
242, Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding, 430 for a machine or
method of winding an electromagnet, transformer, or inductor
coil where a coating is applied to the winding as an incident
to the winding. Class 242 includes coating the wire or other
material as it is being wound. This reference to Class 242
should be compared with the reference to Class 156 in this
note. (See (2) Note above)
242, Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding, for apparatus or
process of making by winding an article such as an
electromagnet, inductor, or coil. Class 242 includes other
operations incidental or essential to the winding operation.
Usually in Class 242, the wire or other material is wound
upon a mandrel or former upon which the wire or other
material is to remain, or the wire is wound into a form such
as cylinder or conoid which is analogous to the form in which
wire or thread is wound for the purpose of storage. (see the
(3) Note above)
242, Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding, subclass 899 for a
miscellaneous process and apparatus for making an article by
winding and miscellaneous apparatus for winding or unwinding
flexible material, such as wire or fabric, from a holder. See
the reference to Class 242 in (2) and (3) Notes, above.
252, Compositions, subclass 62.51 and the classes and
subclasses specified in the notes thereto for a composition
specialized and designed for use as magnetic material, a
substance peculiar to such a composition and the process of
making such a composition and substance. Subclass 62.51 also
takes a process of making such a composition combined with
magnetizing and/or broad molding as well as any combination
these steps with a heat treating operation except where heat
treatment modifies a magnetic property of a metallic
component of the composition, in which case the process is
classified in Class 148. See the (1.5) Note above.
252, Compositions, subclass 62.51 for a miscellaneous
magnetic composition. The notes of Class 252, subclass 62.51,
refer to classes and subclasses for miscellaneous
compositions containing nonmetallic materials and comminuted
metals which exhibit magnetic properties. See the (4) Note
above. (Also see a the (1.5) Note, above.)
264, Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating:
Processes, subclass 117 for a method of forming an article
by uniting of discrete bulk assembled particles. (see the (4)
Note above)
264, Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating:
Processes, for a miscellaneous process for the working,
especially by molding and casting of miscellaneous plastic
materials, to make and reproduce an article of definite shape
and for a process for the shaping and embossing of a sheet of
miscellaneous plastic material to make an article of a
definite shape including combinations with other operations,
e.g., coating. Also see the (4) Note, above.
269, Work Holders, for a miscellaneous work holder.
324, Electricity: Measuring and Testing, subclass 200 for a
process apparatus for testing the magnetic properties of an
article or material and also for a testing process and
apparatus which utilize magnetic effects.
335, Electricity: Magnetically Operated Switches, Magnets,
and Electromagnets, subclass 209 for magnet and
electromagnet structure. See the (1.5) Note above.
336, Inductor Devices, for the structure of a transformer or
inductive reactor. See the (1.5) Note above.
360, Dynamic Magnetic Information Storage or Retrieval,
subclass 131 and the classes specified in the notes to the
definition of that subclass for magnetic records. See the
(1.5) Note above.
419, Powder Metallurgy Processes, for a process of making a
compact or sintered article from comminuted metal or
metal-containing composition by the application of heat or
pressure without melting of the ingredients. See the (4) Note
above.
420, Alloys or Metallic Compositions, appropriate subclasses
for a single metal in comminuted form. (see the (4) Note
above)
427, Coating Processes, for a process of coating, per se,
note especially subclass 58 for process wherein an
electrical product is produced and subclass 127 for a process
wherein a product having a magnetic base or coating is
produced. See the (1.5) Note above.
427, Coating Processes, for a process of coating, per se, and
note especially 58 for a process wherein an electrical
product is produced and subclass 127 for a process wherein a
product having a magnetic base or coating is produced. See
the (3) Note above.
428, Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles, 546 for a
metal blank containing metal particles. See the (4) Note
above.
428, Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles, subclass 432
and 457 for a plural layer product in which at least one
layer is a metal and is next to a layer of nonmetal material
and subclass 900 (a cross-reference art collection) for a
product having a magnetic feature. See the (5) Note above.
Subclass:
603.01
Magnetic recording reproducing transducer (e.g., tape head,
core, etc.):
This subclass is indented under subclass 602.1. Process of
manufacturing a device especially adapted to read or write an
electrical signal from or onto a moving magnetic copying
media such as a tape or disc.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
360, Dynamic Magnetic Information Storage or Retrieval,
subclasses 110-130.34 for magnetic recording or reproducing
transducer.
Subclass:
603.02
Including disassembly step:
This subclass is indented under subclass 603.01. Process
having a disassembly operation.
(1) Note. The term "disassembly" is defined in the Class 29
general class definition, Glossary
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
426.1 for a process of disassembly not elsewhere provided
for, and see the search notes thereunder.
Subclass:
603.03
Making disc drive:
This subclass is indented under subclass 603.01. Process
wherein the manufactured device is especially adapted for
transmitting motion to or applying mechanical force to a
thin, flat, circular recording plate.
Subclass:
603.04
Mounting preformed head/core onto other structure:
This subclass is indented under subclass 603.01. Process
wherein a premanufactured recording head or core is assembled
or permanently associated with additional parts or
components.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
428 for a process of assembly or joining not elsewhere
provided for, and see the search notes thereunder.
Subclass:
603.05
Mounting multitrack head:
This subclass is indented under subclass 603.04. Process
wherein the premanufactured recording head or core is
provided with a plurality of reading or writing portions.
Subclass:
603.06
With bonding:
This subclass is indented under subclass 603.04. Process
wherein the assembled or permanently associated head or core
is solvent or heat joined or secured with glue, filler metal,
glass, or cement.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
469.5 for an assembly process including metal deforming and
nonmetallic bonding.
Subclass:
603.07
Fabricating head structure or component thereof:
This subclass is indented under subclass 603.01. Process
including producing or manufacturing the head, core, or part
thereof.
Subclass:
603.08
Treating to affect magnetic properties:
This subclass is indented under subclass 603.07. Process
wherein the fabricated head structure or component thereof is
processed or acted upon to materially alter or influence the
magnetic characteristics.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
148, Metal Treatment, 100 for a process of heat treating
magnetic material under the class definition; Class 148
specifically provides for metalworking or assembly in
combination with metal treatment.
Subclass:
603.09
Including measuring or testing:
This subclass is indented under subclass 603.07. Process
wherein (a) a dimension, a quantity, or a capacity is
ascertained, or (b) some condition of the device or component
is detected or analyzed.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
404 for a process including simulated operation or operating
conditions not elsewhere provided for.
407.01 for a process including testing or indicating not
elsewhere provided for and see the search notes thereunder.
Subclass:
603.1
Using reference point/surface to facilitate measuring:
This subclass is indented under subclass 603.09. Process
wherein a specific locus or surface boundary is utilized as a
benchmark to accomplish the measuring.
Subclass:
603.11
With dual gap materials:
This subclass is indented under subclass 603.09. Process
wherein the fabricated head structure utilizes at least two
substantially different substances in the operating magnetic
break.
Subclass:
603.12
With significant slider/housing shaping or treating:
This subclass is indented under subclass 603.09. Process
wherein the fabricated head structure or component thereof is
subjected to a meaningful or notable processing or forming of
the working surface or cover structure.
Subclass:
603.13
Depositing magnetic layer or coating:
This subclass is indented under subclass 603.09. Process
wherein at least one magnetic material deposition covering or
striation is formed.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
427, Coating Processes, 58 for a process of producing an
electrical product by coating steps and perfecting
operations.
Subclass:
603.14
Plural magnetic deposition layers:
This subclass is indented under subclass 603.13. Process
wherein at least two magnetic deposition layers or coatings
are created.
Subclass:
603.15
With etching or machining of magnetic material:
This subclass is indented under subclass 603.13. Process
wherein the deposited magnetic layer is chemically or
mechanically shaped by removing material therefrom.
Subclass:
603.16
Machining magnetic material (e.g., grinding, etching,
polishing):
This subclass is indented under subclass 603.07. Process
wherein the magnetic substance is mechanically or chemically
shaped by removing material therefrom.
Subclass:
603.17
Employing workholding means:
This subclass is indented under subclass 603.16. Process
having means for restraining or supporting the workpiece
during treating or processing.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
557 for a process of workholding not elsewhere provided
for.
Subclass:
603.18
By etching:
This subclass is indented under subclass 603.16. Process
wherein the shaping is done by electrolytic or chemical
action.
Subclass:
603.19
Multitrack heads having integral holding means:
This subclass is indented under subclass 603.07. Process
wherein the fabricated head, core, or part thereof is
provided with a plurality of reading or writing portions, all
of which have constituent retaining means.
Subclass:
603.2
With bond/laminating preformed parts, at least two magnetic:
This subclass is indented under subclass 603.07. Process
wherein the fabricated head, core, or part thereof is made up
of a plurality of previously fabricated parts adhered or
secured together, two or more parts being magnetic.
Subclass:
603.21
Using glass bonding material:
This subclass is indented under subclass 603.2. Process
wherein the parts are adhered or secured together by means of
a vitreous composition.
Subclass:
603.22
With work positioning means:
This subclass is indented under subclass 603.2. Process
including means for appropriately locating or arranging the
workpiece or component thereof.
Subclass:
603.23
Providing winding:
This subclass is indented under subclass 603.07. Process
wherein the fabricated head structure or component thereof is
furnished with or supplied with at least one electromagnetic
coil loop.
Subclass:
603.24
Multilayered winding:
This subclass is indented under subclass 603.23. Process
wherein the winding is made up of a plurality of substrates
or strata.
Subclass:
603.25
By coating:
This subclass is indented under subclass 603.23. Process
wherein the winding is formed from a deposition layer.
Subclass:
603.26
Preformed winding:
This subclass is indented under subclass 603.23. Process
wherein the winding is provided as a previously fabricated
component.
Subclass:
603.27
Specific diverse magnetic materials:
This subclass is indented under subclass 603.07. Process
wherein the fabricated head structure or component thereof
includes two or more distinct magnetic compositions.
Subclass:
604
Data storage inductor or core:
This subclass is indented under subclass 602.1. Process for
making a device particularly adapted for use in information
storage application.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
365, Static Information Storage and Retrieval, 129 for data
storage/retrieval of information using particular type
elements.
Subclass:
605
By winding or coiling:
This subclass is indented under subclass 602.1. Process
including feeding a conductor on a rotating center member or
placing successive turns of a conductor about a fixed
center.
(1) Note. This subclass provides for a winding or coiling
operation combined with another step, usually metal working,
which precludes placement based on the winding or coiling
step, per se.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
242, Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding, 430 for making an
article solely by directly winding an elongated material onto
a core, particularly subclasses 434+ for winding through a
ring shaped core, subclasses 437+ for winding on an
irregularly shaped core, subclasses 439+ for winding onto a
core by orbiting a material supply about the core, and
subclasses 443+ for winding onto a rotating core.
Subclass:
606
By assembling coil and core:
This subclass is indented under subclass 602.1. Process
including joining a wound inductance in operative relation
with a solid having magnetic properties.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
452 for a process of prestressing a filament or strand and
while it is stressed, assembling it with another part, e.g.,
a core or mandrel.
456 for a process of making and/or assembling a helix upon
or within a cylindrical member.
598 for a process of assembling the windings or coils with
the core or armature of a rotor for a dynamoelectric
machine.
605 for this subject matter where the assembling process
includes a winding or coiling operation.
729 for miscellaneous apparatus for assembling a coil and a
core of an electromagnet, inductor or transformer, or their
associated parts, and especially subclasses 732+ for such
apparatus for assembling a motor or generator, or the parts
thereof.
Subclass:
607
Including permanent magnet or core:
This subclass is indented under subclass 602.1. Process for
making a permanent magnet or a core for a magnet, inductor,
or transformer.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
365, Static Information Storage and Retrieval, subclass 62
for a permanent magnet used as a component in a magnetic
storage device.
Subclass:
608
From comminuted material:
This subclass is indented under subclass 607. Process in
which magnet or core is made from comminuted material.
(1) Note. See (4) Note to the definition of subclass 602.1
for the other classes which provide for a process or
apparatus for making a magnet or core from comminuted
materials.
Subclass:
609
Laminated:
This subclass is indented under subclass 607. Process for
making a laminated magnet or core.
(1) Note. See (5) Note to the definition of subclass 602.1
for the other classes which provide for a process or
apparatus for making a laminated magnet or core, or parts
thereof.
Subclass:
609.1
Acoustic transducer:
This subclass is indented under subclass 602.1. Process
wherein the device either (1) includes wires mounted for
vibration, and means to induce vibrations in the wires or (2)
converts electromagnetic energy to sound energy or vice
versa.
Subclass:
610.1
Resistor making:
This subclass is indented under subclass 592.1. Process for
making an electrical resistor and including (1) a process for
making a resistor which involves metal working, (2) a process
for making a resistor which involves metal working combined
with an nonmetal working process such as chemical or
metallurgical and not otherwise classifiable, and (3) a
process for making a resistor not otherwise classifiable.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
631 for a method of making an insulator.
729 for apparatus for assembly and disassembly of a
electrical device.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
33, Electrical Resistors, Class Definition, for the
definition of an electrical resistor.
53, Package Making, for a resistance making method involving
incasing or covering or depositing fluent materials in a
preformed receptacle and not otherwise classifiable.
72, Metal Deforming, subclass 68, 135 and 371 for wire
coiling.
118, Coating Apparatus, for resistor coating apparatus.
148, Metal Treatment, 4 for a solid metal treatment process,
such as case hardening or heat treating, for making
resistors.
156, Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture,
for a process and device for making a resistor involving only
a laminating step or in which the resistor is a running or
indefinite length conductor.
164, Metal Founding, for a metal founding process.
204, Chemistry: Electrical and Wave Energy, subclass 155 and
subclasses 157.15, and 164 for a process of making an
electrical resistor involving electrical or wave energy
chemistry.
205, Electrolysis: Processes, Compositions Used Therein, and
Methods of Preparing the Compositions, appropriate subclasses
for an electrolytic process of resistor making.
216, Etching a Substrate: Processes, subclass 16 for the use
of a resistor in an electrical circuit.
219, Electric Heating, for a process not otherwise
classifiable of making an electrical resistor by an
electrical heating step, especially subclass 600 for
inductive heating, subclass 678 for microwave heating, or
subclass 764 for a capacitive dielectric heating process, and
subclass 50 for a resistance heating process such as coating,
resistance welding, or arc welding. Combinations of an
electrical heating process and a nonincidental metal working
or assembly process of this Class 29, subclass 610.1.
242, Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding, 430 for making an
article by winding onto a core, particularly subclass 437.4
which includes the winding of flat card resistors
252, Compositions, particularly 500 for a process peculiar
to the making of a composition such as light sensitive,
carbon containing, free metal containing, carbide containing,
radioactive material containing, or metal compound
containing, which composition may be resistive in nature.
264, Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating:
Processes, for a process of working, molding, or shaping a
miscellaneous plastic material. See Class 264 definitions for
the line between this class (29) and Class 264. Some
subclasses in Class 264 which are specific to production of
an electrical component or device are 104, 272.11, and 614+.
338, Electrical Resistors, for electrical resistor
structure.
419, Powder Metallurgy Processes, for a powder metallurgy
process with sintering, in general.
427, Coating Processes, subclass 101 for a process of
coating, per se, wherein the coated product is an electrical
resistor.
445, Electric Lamp or Space Discharge Component or Device
Manufacturing, Manufacture and Repair, 1 for a method of
manufacture, repair, or salvage of an electric lamp or
discharge device which may include a resistance, and
subclasses 60+ for apparatus performing the method.
451, Abrading, subclass 78 for a machine for making a
resistor by abrading, without other metal working.
Subclass:
611
Heater type:
This subclass is indented under subclass 610.1. Process for
making an electrical resistor adapted to change electrical
energy to thermal energy and structurally adapted to transmit
this thermal energy to other structure or ambient
surroundings.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
219, Electric Heating, 200 for electrical heating devices.
Subclass:
612
Thermally variable:
This subclass is indented under subclass 610.1. Process for
making an electrical resistor in which the electrical
characteristics are dependent on the ambient temperature.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
338, Electrical Resistors, 25 for an electrical resistor
which is value dependent on ambient temperature.
Subclass:
613
With envelope or housing:
This subclass is indented under subclass 610.1. Process
including enclosing or surrounding the resistor as by an
envelope or housing.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
588 for a method of encapsulating a semiconductor or barrier
layer device.
620 for a process involving the coating of resistive
material onto a base with no enclosing or housing, but
combined with some noncoating step such as assembly or metal
working.
627 for a process of encapsulating a completed circuit board
assembly.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
338, Electrical Resistors, 226 for the structure of a
resistor, generally, which may be incased, embedded, or
housed.
427, Coating Processes, 101 for a process of coating, per
se, wherein the coated product is an electrical resistor.
Subclass:
614
Filling with powdered insulation:
This subclass is indented under subclass 613. Process
including filling the housing or envelope with powdered
insulation in a dry condition.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
53, Package Making, 473 and 476+ for a method of filling and
closing a receptacle.
338, Electrical Resistors, 238 for resistance structure
wherein the element is embedded in powdered material enclosed
by a metallic sheath.
Subclass:
615
With direct compression of powdered insulation:
This subclass is indented under subclass 614. Process
including compressing directly the powdered insulation, as by
means of a die applied directly to the powder.
(1) Note. For classification in this subclass, the device
exerting the compressive force must be applied directly to
the powder. Compression by reduction of a metallic sheath,
for example, is in subclass 614. See also subclasses 616 and
617 involving compression of the insulation to reduce it to a
powder. Inclusion of a step of compressing by reducing the
sheath, in addition to the direct application of a
compressive, force does not preclude classification in this
subclass.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
141, Fluent Material Handling, With Receiver or Receiver
Coacting Means, subclass 12 for a material handling process
with material treatment including compacting.
264, Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating:
Processes, subclass 109 for a process directed to forming an
article by uniting discrete bulk assembled particles. See the
search notes to Class 264 under (4) Note of this Class 29,
subclass 602.1.
419, Powder Metallurgy Processes, for a process of forming an
article by uniting discrete metal particles, especially 61.
Subclass:
616
Powdering the insulation:
This subclass is indented under subclass 613. Process
including reducing the solid insulation in which the
resistance element is embedded, or by which the element is
surrounded, to a powder.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
338, Electrical Resistors, 238 for the structure of
resistances embedded in powdered material with a metallic
sheath.
Subclass:
617
By oxidation:
This subclass is indented under subclass 616. Process
wherein the embedding insulation is powdered in situ by
oxidation, as by passing steam over a metal such as
magnesium.
Subclass:
618
With winding:
This subclass is indented under subclass 613. Process
including winding the resistance element onto a core.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
242, Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding, 430 for making an
article by winding onto a core where no other steps, except
such as are incidental to the winding, are claimed,
particularly subclass 437.4 which includes the winding of
flat card resistors.
338, Electrical Resistors, 296 for the structure of a
helical or wound resistor.
Subclass:
619
Applying terminal:
This subclass is indented under subclass 613. Process
including applying at least one terminal to the resistance
element.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
602.1 for a method of applying a terminal to an
electromagnet, transformer or inductor.
621 for a method, generally, of applying a terminal to a
resistance element.
874 for a method of making an electrical contact or
terminal, per se.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
338, Electrical Resistors, 322 for the structure of a
resistor having a nondetachable (e.g., a solder type)
terminal applied thereto.
439, Electrical Connectors, for the structure of a quickly
detachable terminal applied to a resistor where the resistor
is only nominally claimed.
Subclass:
620
Coating resistive material on a base:
This subclass is indented under subclass 610.1. Process
including coating resistive material onto a base.
(1) Note. The term "coating" is employed herein to mean both
surface coating and impregnating. For classification in this
subclass, the coating material must be conductive and be
intended to modify an electric current as a resistor. Forming
a housing about an otherwise complete resistor by coating is
classified in subclass 613, whether the coating material is
insulative or conductive, and even though the conductive
coating material, where used, functions as an electrostatic
shield.
(2) Note. A method of coating on or with resistive material
is, per se, classified in Class 427, Coating Processes,
subclasses 101+. Class 29, subclass 620 is residual and
includes the application of the resistive material by coating
plus any additional process or step, not necessary to
coating, except where the coating and additional process or
step is provided for in another class. For example, this
subclass includes coating plus metal working or coating plus
assembly, but does not include coating plus molding, which is
in Class 264, Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or
Treating: Processes, subclasses 129+.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
458 and 460, for a process of mechanical manufacture
generally including coating.
613 for forming a protective housing or envelope by a
coating step. See also (1) Note, above.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
338, Electrical Resistors, 308 for resistor structure
wherein the element is coated on a base.
427, Coating Processes, 101 for a method of making a
resistor by coating, and see (2) Note, above.
Subclass:
621
Applying terminal:
This subclass is indented under subclass 610.1. Process
including applying one or more terminals to the resistance
element.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
602.1 for a process of applying a terminal to an
electromagnet, transformer, or inductor.
619 for a process of applying a terminal to the resistance
element together with enveloping or housing.
874 for a process of making a contact or terminal, per se.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
338, Electrical Resistors, particularly 322 for the
structure of a resistor having a terminal applied thereto,
and especially subclass 322 where the terminal is of the
quickly detachable type.
439, Electrical Connectors, for the structure of a quickly
detachable terminal applied to a resistor, or to another
device, where the device is not significantly claimed.
Subclass:
621.1
Strain gauge making:
Process under 610.1 wherein the resistor is an element of a
larger device which uses the change in a resistance under
strain to measure force or pressure.
(1) Note. To be classified in this subclass, the process
must be directed to manufacturing the device, and not merely
to mounting or to securing a strain gauge onto another
object.
Subclass:
622
Switch making:
This subclass is indented under subclass 592.1. Process for
making a device adapted to interrupt or establish an
electrical current flow between electrical conductors joined
to the device.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
200, Electricity: Circuit Makers and Breakers, for an
electrical switch, per se.
Subclass:
623
Fuse making:
This subclass is indented under subclass 592.1. Process for
making a device which is destroyed by the thermal energy
generated by the current flowing through the conductor to
break the current carrying connection at a predetermined
value.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
200, Electricity: Circuit Makers and Breakers, 402 for a
thermal current switch including a fuse.
Subclass:
623.1
Electric battery cell making:
This subclass is indented under subclass 592.1. Process
particularly adapted to the manufacture of a device to be
used for the long term chemical storage of electrical
energy.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
2 for the manufacture of a battery grid.
730 for apparatus for assembling battery cell components.
763 for apparatus for disassembling battery cell
components.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
136, Batteries: Thermoelectric and Photoelectric, for the
method of or apparatus for manufacture of an electrical
energy cell if combined with the use of the cell.
Subclass:
623.2
Including sealing:
This subclass is indented under subclass 623.1. Process
including the closing of encasing structure about the device
to be used for the long term storage of electrical energy.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
53, Package Making, for closing a vessel, generally.
Subclass:
623.3
Including laminating of indefinite length material:
This subclass is indented under subclass 623.1. Process
including the bringing together of components of such
longitudinal dimension that the leading and trailing ends
thereof are not both engaged during the manufacture.
(1) Note. The cutting of the product of this subclass to
length subsequent to bringing together of the components is
not considered to be engagement of the trailing end and such
a combination is therefore considered to be proper for this
subclass.
Subclass:
623.4
Including adhesively bonding:
This subclass is indented under subclass 623.1. Process
including bringing fluent material between components being
united, which material is adapted to adhere to the surface of
each component and thereby hold the components together.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
156, Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture,
for bonding of structures together, generally.
Subclass:
623.5
Including coating or impregnating:
This subclass is indented under subclass 623.1. Process
including placing of a layer of flowable material over at
least a portion of the structure of the device for storage of
electrical energy.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
118, Coating Apparatus, for apparatus for coating of
structure, generally.
427, Coating Processes, for coating of structure, generally.
Subclass:
650
PLURAL DIVERSE MANUFACTURING APPARATUS:
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Apparatus including the combination of a first material
treating device under the class definition and a second
material treating device of a recognized, different type.
(1) Note. Assembly means combined with coating means is
included in this subclass.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
33 for an assembling device combined with a treating
device.
592 for the corresponding method.
791 for a first assembling means combined with a second
assembling means.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
118, Coating Apparatus, (1) for a device for placing a
relatively thin coating on work, combined with a device for
performing additional treatment of work, which additional
treatment is ancillary or preparatory to the coating
operation, provided that the additional device does not
include means to assemble work parts or (2) for a device for
placing a relatively thin coating on work combined with a
single device for performing a nonancillary or preparatory
treatment. Therefore, the combination of a coating device
with either an assembling device or, first and second
nonancillary or preparatory treating devices will be found in
this subclass.
Subclass:
700
MEANS TO ASSEMBLE OR DISASSEMBLE:
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Apparatus (1) including means for engaging a first work part
and including means for engaging a second work part which
means are adapted to either bring the two work parts into
juxtaposed relationship or cause one of the work parts to
intimately engage the other to thereby fasten the work parts
together or, (2) including means to engage at least one work
part and force that work part to move out of intimate
engagement with another work part to which it has previously
been secured.
(1) Note. To be proper for classification in this subclass a
patent directed to clause (1) "assembly means" of the
definition of this subclass must include structure to
recognize (engage) the first work part and structure to
recognize (engage) the second work part; whereas, a patent
directed to clause (2) "means to disassemble" must include a
claimed disclosure that the parts are either unfastened or
moved out of positional relationship and must claim structure
that recognizes (engages) at least one of the parts.
(2) Note. Means to relatively position two elements of a
machine, i.e., to adjust the machine, is not considered to be
an assembly or disassembly means for this subclass and those
indented hereunder.
(3) Note. A portion of material to be assembled to another
portion will be considered to be a "part" in this subclass
and in the subclasses indented hereunder even if both
portions to be assembled are surfaces of the same member.
(4) Note. This subclass is the residual home for a device
for assembling or disassembling a first and a second work
part. Therefore, classification is in this and the indented
subclasses only when no other class (or preceding subclass of
this class) provides for the type of apparatus claimed. See
the search notes below.
(5) Note. A mechanical manufacturing apparatus often
includes an assembling means combined with a shaping means.
Such apparatus will fall into one of two groups: (a) those
including a shaping means intended to operate simultaneously
or subsequently to a juxtaposing means and serving only to
secure the work parts together or, (b) those including a
shaping device whether acting preliminarily, simultaneously,
or subsequently to the juxtaposing of the parts intended to
shape a work part(s) other than or in addition to securing.
Group (a) apparatus recognizing at least two work parts (see
(1) Note, above) have their generic locus provided for in
this and the indented subclasses unless elsewhere classified.
The apparatus of group (b) are classified either in the
preceding subclasses of Class 29, particularly subclasses
33+, or in other appropriate classes on the basis of the
shaping operation.
(6) Note. Generally, apparatus for the manufacture of a
particular article which apparatus is peculiar to that
manufacture will be found in the appropriate class directed
to making of that article. Examples of such classes providing
for the manufacture of a particular article are in the SEarch
Notes below, referencing this (6) Note.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
1.01 through 91.8, providing for the manufacture of a
particular article. See (6) Note above.
1.1 for a process of or apparatus for arms making.
3 for a process of or apparatus for buckle assembling.
11 for a process of or apparatus for hinge assembling.
23.1 for apparatus for making a toothed cylinder.
23.51 for apparatus for impeller making.
25 for umbrella frame assembling.
33 for a combined machine for performing both an assembling
operation and a shaping operation. An operation done as part
of an assembling operation is not considered to be combined
i.e., upsetting a rivet to secure the rivet to a plate is not
considered to be forging plus assembling, but rather simply
assembling.
592 for a method of assembling. Since Class 29, subclass
592, precedes this subclass 700 in the schedule, where both a
process is claimed and apparatus for its practice is claimed,
the process claim governs classification. Therefore, this
subclass 700 has no original patents claiming the process of
assembling.
401.1 for process of converting an article or apparatus to
produce an article or apparatus of substantially different
function, capacity, or type.
402.01 for miscellaneous process of repair.
408 for process of making or assembling a slide fastener.
426.1 for process of disassembly.
428 for process of associating or fastening, particularly
subclasses 505+, for the process of joining by means of a
deforming operation to interlock the parts, subclass 525 for
the process of joining by means of a driven force fit and
subclass 526 for the process of joining by means of a
separate fastener.
650 for a combined machine for performing both an assembling
and some other nonmaterial shaping manufacturing operation.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
7, Compound Tools, for a miscellaneous combination of two or
more hand tools usable in assembling or disassembling. The
hand tool of Class 7 is of general utility; i.e., it is not
limited to assembling only a certain restricted type of work
parts.
12, Boot and Shoe Making, for boot or shoe assembling.
19, Textiles: Fiber Preparation.
26, Textiles: Cloth Finishing.
28, Textiles: Manufacturing.
33, Geometrical Instruments, particularly 501.05, for a
collocating gauge.
52, Static Structures (e.g., Buildings), particularly 111,
122.1+, 127.1+, 143, and 155+ for a building or a building
component with fixedly mounted means for handling,
assembling, transporting, or installing.
53, Package Making, for the method of or apparatus for
encompassing or encasing goods or materials with a separate
cover or band which serves as means for identifying,
protecting, or unit handling the goods or materials. The
juxtaposing of a closure and receptacle, with or without
securing, is also classified in Class 53. See particularly
subclass 331.5 for tightening or loosening of a screw-type
closure by rotation in combination with before or after
handling of the work and subclasses 317+ for assembling of a
screw-type closure onto a receptacle. Included in this
subclass 700 and the subclasses indented hereunder is the
assembly of a work part within an encompassing work part for
the assembly of a manufactured article; e.g., see subclasses
266.1+ for means for assembling film into a cassette to form
a manufactured assembly, generally, especially see subclass
284.4 for inserting X-ray film into a special receptacle.
57, Textiles: Spinning, Twisting, and Twining, for apparatus
for assembling a plurality of metal filaments to form a cable
in the absence of metal working and see (9) Note of the Class
Definition of Class 57 for the lines between Classes 29 and
57.
59, Chain, Staple, and Horseshoe Making, subclass 7 for
assembling or disassembling of sprocket chains including
apparatus for removing a pin or a rivet. See (6) Note,
above.
65, Glass Manufacturing.
66, Textiles: Knitting.
72, Metal Deforming, for deforming of a work part (without
recognition of a second work part), particularly, 48 for a
tool couple adapted to fasten by pressing together surface
portions of a single work member. See (5) Note, above.
75, Specialized Metallurgical Processes, Compositions for Use
therein, Consolidated Metal Powder Compositions, and Loose
Metal Particulate Mixtures, 401 for treating multi-component
metal-containing scrap having an integral substrate to
separate metal therefrom..
76, Metal Tools and Implements, Making. See (6) Note above.
79, Button Making, for assembling button parts.
81, Tools, for a hand tool of general utility, or an
assembling tool which structurally recognizes only one
workpart.
86, Ammunition and Explosive-Charge Making, for the making,
including assembling or disassembling, of an ammunition or
explosive device.
87, Textiles: Braiding, Netting, and Lace Making, for means
to braid a metallic cable, in the absence of metal working.
99, Foods and Beverages: Apparatus, 450.1, for making an
edible composite (e.g., sandwich, filled pie, etc.)
100, Presses, especially subclass 78, for a press not
elsewhere classified, having means to additionally wind
material on a mandrel and means to pull or push a centrally
located mandrel upon which the material has been wound from
within the roll of material.
112, Sewing, for securing two workpieces by a filamentary
thread.
114, Ships, 65 for ship building and subclass 359 for a
frame or former for assembling a boat hull.
118, Coating Apparatus, for means to apply a coating or
modify a coating on work.
131, Tobacco, for cigar or cigarette manufacture.
137, Fluid Handling, subclasses 315.01-329.4 for a fluid
handling system with repair, tapping, or assembly means,
especially subclasses 317-325 for a fluid handling system
with means to tap a pipe, keg, or apertured tank under
pressure.
139, Textiles: Weaving, for interweaving a plurality of
strands.
140, Wireworking, especially 3 for means for or process of
making metal fabric involving an operation other than those
operations of the textile classes. For example, metal
deforming while coiling the strands of a cable will be found
in Class 140. See (6) Note, above.
144, Woodworking, especially subclass 25 for box hooping.
147, Coopering, for wooden barrel, box, basket, or crate
assembling.
156, Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture,
for securing parts together by nonmetallic adhesion including
the combination with ancillary operation.
157, Wheelwright Machines, for process or apparatus for
assembling a wheel.
162, Paper Making and Fiber Liberation.
164, Metal Founding, for means to mold metal onto a preform.
See (5) Note, above.
166, Wells, 85.1 for well head apparatus with assembly or
disassembly means.
199, Type Casting, especially the various "assembling"
subclasses.
204, Chemistry: Electrical and Wave Energy, 194 for
electrolytic apparatus, in general.
205, Electrolysis: Processes, Compositions Used Therein, and
Methods of Preparing the Compositions, 80 for a process of
electrolytic coating, especially subclass 114 for united of
two separate solid materials and subclass 115 for repairing.
219, Electric Heating, especially subclass 78.02, 121.11+,
148, 603, 633, and 765 for electric heating for welding or
soldering and subclasses 127 and 157 for electric riveting.
221, Article Dispensing, for an article dispenser (feeder)
not otherwise provided for, and see the class definition of
Class 221 for a statement of the class lines and for the
disposition of related disclosures of article and strip
feeding process or apparatus.
222, Dispensing, for means for discharging the contents of a
receptacle or for material holder. See the notes to the
definition of that class for the location of other art of
that type.
223, Apparel Apparatus, particularly subclass 48 for bead
stringing and subclass 49 for assembling garment supporters.
227, Elongated-Member-Driving Apparatus, especially 19 for
combined apparatus for juxtaposing work parts and applying a
fastening member, e.g., a nail or rivet, thereto. This
subclass (700) includes apparatus for driving one member to
pierce and thereby be fastened to another member if the
driven member is not an "elongated member" as required for
Class 227. Also, this subclass includes structure for
fastening by use of an "elongated member" if no driving
structure is claimed which would, if claimed, establish
classification in Class 227.
228, Metal Fusion Bonding, for apparatus for or the method of
joining metallic work parts by a metallurgical bond. See
subclass 19 for apparatus and subclass 125 for the method of
removing applied solder.
242, Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding, 430 for making an
article by winding an elongated article directly onto a
core.
254, Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling
Force, see paragraph 4 of the class definition of Class 254.
264, Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating:
Processes, see (5) Note, above.
269, Work Holders, for a device which holds plural parts in
desired spatial relationship while being joined or secured
together, means for joining or securing not being claimed.
The inclusion of claimed means to move work parts relatively
to each other or means to guide the parts for such movement
is a greater combination than is provided for in Class 269
and is properly classified in Class 29, subclass 700. Class
269 is the residual locus for a device for clamping,
supporting, or holding an article (or articles) in position
to be operated on or treated. See section VII under the class
definition of Class 269.
270, Sheet-Material Associating, for bringing plural sheets
of material in a particular array.
277, Seal for a Joint or Juncture, for a seal having an
installation, removal, assembly, disassembly, or repair
feature, subclass 323 for a seal for well apparatus,
subclasses 370+ for a relatively rotatable extending sealing
face member (e.g., face, mechanical, etc.) subclass 421 for a
close proximity labyrinth seal, subclass 435 for a piston
ring, piston ring expander, or seat therefor, subclass 511
for a dynamic, circumferential, contact seal intended for
containment or compression by a gland member in a packing
box, subclass 551 for a dynamic peripheral radially sealing
flexible projection (e.g., lip seal, etc.) for other than a
piston, subclass 598 for a static contact seal for use
between parts of an internal combustion engine, subclass 609
for a static, contact seal intended for insertion between an
end to end pipe, conduit, or cable joint, or subclass 630 for
a static, contact seal for other than an internal combustion
engine, or a pipe, conduit, or cable.
294, Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements, 86.4 for a
hand-or-hoist-line grapple.
412, Bookbinding: Process and Apparatus, 9 for apparatus
specialized for the manufacture of books, which may include
assembling means.
413, Sheet Metal Container Making, 1 for the a method of
fabricating sheet metal cans. See (6) Note above.
414, Material or Article Handling, 788 for apparatus for
assembling articles in a particular relationship wherein the
assembling comprises or facilitates handling rather than the
production of a final product.
425, Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating:
Apparatus, subclass 48 for a curing bag inserter, releaser,
or remover in a tire vulcanizing apparatus; subclasses 78+
for means for molding powered metal including molding onto a
preform and subclasses 110+ for means to mold plastic
material onto a preform. See (5) Note, above.
434, Education and Demonstration, subclass 302 and 369 for
apparatus for use in teaching of the subject of mechanics and
subclass 52 for apparatus for use in demonstrating
manufacturing stages.
470, Threaded, Headed Fastener, or Washer Making: Process and
Apparatus, 2 for methods for assembling and disassembling a
bolt with a nut or washer and subclasses 48+ for apparatuses
for assembling or disassembling a bolt with a nut or washer
and subclasses 164+ for a distributor or feeder for bolts,
nuts, rivets, screws, or washers.
493, Manufacturing Container or Tube From Paper; or Other
Manufacturing From a Sheet or Web, for making a product from
a nonmetal sheet or web, generally, particularly 374 for
assembling nonmetal sheet or web workpieces; generally
subclasses 88 for applying a bail to a box and for making a
box combined with applying a bail thereto, 93+ for making a
box and inserting a lining therein, 102+ for making a box and
applying an end closure, 374+ for applying a reinforced
washer to an opening in a tag, and 375+ for attaching a
fastener pin or wire to a tag and for attaching a string to a
tag.
Subclass:
701
With means to regulate operation by use of templet, tape,
card, or other replaceable information supply:
This subclass is indented under subclass 700. Apparatus
including structure for utilizing the characteristics (e.g.,
physical or electrical) of an element that is separate from
the work and is separate from the organized structure of the
device to influence the operation of the apparatus.
(1) Note. This subclass includes machines for utilizing a
prepared information supply that is to be removably placed in
the machine. This subclass does not include structure for
utilizing the characteristics of a "permanent" part if the
machine such as a cam or gear to influence the operation of
other parts of the machine.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
901, Robots, subcollections 3+ for a programming system for
an industrial robot.
Subclass:
702
With comparator:
This subclass is indented under subclass 701. Apparatus
including means to sense a condition of the work or product,
means to sense a corresponding condition of the information
supply, means to relate the sensed conditions, and means to
regulate the operation of the apparatus in accordance with
any distinction between the sensed conditions.
Subclass:
703
Computer input:
This subclass is indented under subclass 702. Apparatus
wherein the information supply includes an electronic or
magnetic memory bank.
Subclass:
704
Web or strand-carried information supply:
This subclass is indented under subclass 701. Apparatus
wherein the separate structure used to influence the
apparatus is elongated and is adapted to pass through a
sensing portion of the apparatus or to lie still in a sensing
portion of the apparatus during operation thereof.
Subclass:
705
With means to test work or product:
This subclass is indented under subclass 700. Apparatus
combined with means to determine the weight or other
characteristics of the material to be assembled or
disassembled of the material that has been assembled or
disassembled.
(1) Note. Orientation of the work or product is not
considered to be a characteristic of the material.
Subclass:
706
With randomly actuated stopping or disabling means:
This subclass is indented under subclass 700. Apparatus
provided with means to bring any or all of the moving parts
of the apparatus to a halt, i.e., to cease to operate, the
halting effect being initiated by an abnormal occurrence
during the operation of the apparatus.
(1) Note. A machine capable of stopping will not be placed
in this subclass unless the stopping means operates as a
result of an unplanned or unpredictable occurrence.
(2) Note. Termination of a normally continuous work supply
is considered to be an abnormal occurrence.
Subclass:
707
Responsive to condition of work or product:
This subclass is indented under subclass 706. Apparatus
including a detector for sensing a characteristic of the work
parts being assembled (or disassembled) or of the product of
the assembly operation and provision to utilize this sensed
characteristic to cause the apparatus to halt.
Subclass:
708
Responsive to operative (e.g., safety device, etc.):
This subclass is indented under subclass 706. Apparatus
including a detector for sensing a characteristic of a person
operating the apparatus and provision to utilize this sensed
characteristic to cause the apparatus to halt.
Subclass:
709
With control means energized in response to activator
stimulated by condition sensor:
This subclass is indented under subclass 700. Apparatus
including means for: (1) detecting any of the following
characteristics: a state or property, a change in a state or
property, an occurrence of a predetermined event; in any of
the following: a work part or parts being assembled (or
disassembled), the assembled product, the assembling
apparatus itself, or the environment of the apparatus
affecting the operation thereof; (2) initiating or modifying
(as a direct result of such detection) a force or impulse
other than that generated or transmitted by the detecting
means; (3) regulating or modifying (as a direct result of
such initiation) the operation of said machine.
(1) Note. The control system of this and the indented
subclasses is similar in concept to the control system of
other classes, particularly, Class 72, Metal Deforming,
especially subclasses 6+; Class 83, Cutting; Class 173, Tool
Driving or Impacting, especially subclasses 2+; and Class
226, Advancing Material of Indeterminate Length, especially
subclasses 10+. The total operation and the claimed
combination are, of course, different; but, the control
system, per se, found in each of these other classes may be
analogous to that found herein and may be applicable to the
machine of this class (29).
(2) Note. This definition requires a patent to claim at
least four instrumentalities for original placement herein.
One of these must be an assembly apparatus. The other three
are: (a) a sensor (e.g., photo-cell system, trip-lever,
pressure diaphragm) to detect a condition as stated in (a) of
the definition. (b) an activator (e.g., an element to make or
break an electric circuit, a clutch, a valve) to cause a
release of energy more than or different from that accounted
for by mere change in condition (e.g., position or movement)
of the sensor while it is functioning. (c) a controller
(e.g., a motor or driver for said apparatus) to change or
cause the operation of said apparatus. Therefore, a cam
follower (or sensor) directly linked to a controller, whereby
follower movement directly effects controller movement is not
proper subject matter for this subclass due to lack of an
activator as defined. An assembly apparatus with such
controlling means are proper for subclass 771, below. On the
other hand, disclosure of a cam follower that makes and
breaks an electrical circuit that energizes a motor, may be
placed herein.
(3) Note. A voluntary act of the person operating the
machine (the "operative") is not proper subject matter for
this subclass. For example, disclosure of an assembling
apparatus having an on-off switch adapted to be manipulated
by the operative to start or stop the machine (even though
the switch initiates a release of energy) should be
considered for subclass 706 above rather than for this
subclass.
Subclass:
710
Including means to divert defective work part:
This subclass is indented under subclass 709. Apparatus
including a line along which assembly normally takes place
and including means to detect a condition of the work and if
that work is faulty, including further means to direct that
work to move out of the line of assembly.
Subclass:
711
Multiple station assembly or disassembly apparatus:
This subclass is indented under subclass 709. Apparatus
including means for bringing together and/or uniting
corresponding work parts or means to unfasten (disunite)
corresponding work parts at a first location and including
means for bringing together and/or uniting corresponding work
parts or means to unfasten corresponding work parts at a
second location.
(1) Note. The second location may serve for the assembly of
work parts that are independent from those of the first
location or may serve to further assemble or disassemble the
work of the first location.
Subclass:
712
Including position sensor:
This subclass is indented under subclass 711. Apparatus
including a detector particularly adapted to sense the
presence of the work being assembled or disassembled or of
the product of the operation.
Subclass:
713
Responsive to timer:
This subclass is indented under subclass 709. Apparatus
including 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. 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 apparatus.
Subclass:
714
Responsive to work or work-related machine element:
This subclass is indented under subclass 709. Apparatus
wherein the detected condition is a characteristic of a work
part or parts being assembled (or disassembled) or of a
machine element partaking of all motion of the work during
the assembling or disassembling operation.
Subclass:
715
With means to fasten by deformation:
This subclass is indented under subclass 714. Apparatus
including means to secure a first and a second work part by
stressing at least one work part beyond the elastic limit
thereof.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
761 for means for fastening of electrical components by
deformation and see the search notes thereunder for other
means for assembly by deformation.
Subclass:
716
Self-piercing work part:
This subclass is indented under subclass 715. Apparatus
including means to force a cutting edge of one work part to
form or enlarge a hole in a second work part and force the
first work part through or into the second part, whereby the
parts are secured together.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
432 for the corresponding process.
798 for means to drive a self-piercing work part not
including a control means.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
227, Elongated-Member-Driving Apparatus, for means for
forcing an elongated nail or rivet into a work part.
Subclass:
717
With means to fasten by elastic joining:
This subclass is indented under subclass 714. Apparatus
adapted to secure a first work part to a second work part by
stressing at least one of the work parts within the elastic
limit thereof.
Subclass:
718
With means to fasten by frictional fitting:
This subclass is indented under subclass 714. Apparatus
including means to force a first work part into interfitting
relationship with a second work part such that the work parts
are secured one to the other without any indication of
changing the shape of either work part either within or
beyond the elastic limit thereof.
(1) Note. The securement of this subclass is generally
termed, "force-fit" or "press-fit".
Subclass:
719
Including means to apply magnetic force directly to position
or hold work:
This subclass is indented under subclass 714. Apparatus
including means to apply magnetic force to metallic work to
move the work relatively to the area at which assembly is to
be performed or to hold the work at the assembly area.
Subclass:
720
With signal, scale, illuminator, or optical viewer:
This subclass is indented under subclass 700. Apparatus
including, in addition to structure for performing a class
type operation, either (1) means to produce a perceptible
(e.g., audible or visual) manifestation of a condition of a
part (or all) of the machine or the work; (2) means to
designate a characteristic of the apparatus, the work, or the
product; (3) means to increase the lighting intensity in the
vicinity of the apparatus or the work; or (4) means to modify
light waves to make characteristics of the apparatus, the
work, or the product more readily discernable to the view of
the operative.
Subclass:
721
For work-holder for assembly or disassembly:
This subclass is indented under subclass 720. Apparatus
including or with a surface which, when the work is being
assembled or disassembled, is positioned beneath at least a
part of the work to support the work against the force of
gravity in at least one position of adjustment thereof.
(1) Note. A mere pin is not considered to be a work holder
for assembly.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
281.1 for similar structure having no signal, indicator,
illuminator, or optical means.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
269, Work Holders, 289 for a work holder for assembly not in
combination with an assembly means or not serving as a means
to move to assemble one work part relatively to another.
Subclass:
722
Including means to provide a controlled environment:
This subclass is indented under subclass 700. Apparatus
including provision to affect the atmosphere about the
apparatus.
(1) Note. Included herein, for example, is the combination
of an assembly apparatus with an air conditioned room in
which the apparatus is operated.
Subclass:
723
Nuclear Device:
This subclass is indented under subclass 700. Apparatus
particularly adapted to assembly or disassembly of structure
intended for the utilization of radioactive material.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
53, Package Making, for filling a vessel with radioactive
material in the manufacture of a fuel cell.
Subclass:
724
Roller or ball bearing:
This subclass is indented under subclass 700. Apparatus
including means to assemble or disassemble various parts of
an assembly used to support relatively moving machine
elements, which assembly includes a freely rotatable
rod-like, frusto-conical, or spherical, load bearing member
adapted to permit relative movement of the machine elements
by rolling contact.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
244 for means to assemble (or disassemble) a bearing member
to other machine structure.
898.06 for the process of assembling the parts of a roller
or ball bearing assembly.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
384, Bearings, particularly 91 for ball and roller bearing
structures.
Subclass:
725
Including deforming means:
This subclass is indented under subclass 724. Apparatus
including means to secure, confine or detach one part of the
assembly to another part by stressing at least one part
beyond the elastic limit thereof.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
564.1 for means to assemble combined with means to deform,
if deformation is not to assemble or disassemble.
Subclass:
726
Heat exchanger:
This subclass is indented under subclass 700. Apparatus
including means to bring together or secure parts of
structure particularly adapted to transfer thermal energy or
including means to detach such previously assembled (or
disassembled) parts.
(1) Note. This subclass includes, but is not limited to: (a)
Apparatus for inserting a tube into the corresponding hole of
a fin. (b) Apparatus for compressing radiator sections
together. (c) Apparatus for removing a heat exchanger from an
assembly nest. (d) Apparatus for assembling refrigeration
elements.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
33 for apparatus for performing combined operations in the
assembly of a heat exchanger.
238 for apparatus for compressing other work parts in face
to face relation.
244 particularly subclasses 258+ for an apparatus for merely
exerting a push or a pull.
890.03 for the process of assembling a heat exchanger.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
72, Metal Deforming, 115 and 317 for pipe or tube flaring.
126, Stoves and Furnaces, for a heat exchanger used in a
heating plant.
165, Heat Exchange, 76 for a heat exchanger including
assembly structure and appropriate subclasses for the heat
exchanger, per se.
269, Work Holders, appropriate subclasses for a work holder,
per se, used in the assembling of a heat exchanger.
Subclass:
726.5
Including means to manipulate heat exchanger tube bundle:
Apparatus for effecting assembly of elongated gas or liquid
transmitting passage devices with respect to a receiving
shell.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
414, Material or Article Handling, subclass 745.3 for means
to manipulate an assembly of heat exchanger tubes without
recognition of the receiving shell.
Subclass:
727
Including deforming means:
This subclass is indented under subclass 726. Apparatus
including means to stress at least one part beyond the
elastic limit thereof.
Subclass:
728
Means to place sheath on running-length core:
This subclass is indented under subclass 700. Apparatus
including means to enclose an inner part of indeterminate
length with a separate, coextensive, hollow, outer, tubular
part.
(1) Note. The inner part may be hollow or may be made of
multiple parts.
(2) Note. The product of this apparatus may be "armored
cable".
(3) Note. This subclass includes apparatus which would be
classified in the class for Textiles: Spinning, Twisting, and
Twining, except that the apparatus herein includes means to
perform a "setting" operation. "Setting" denotes a mechanical
operation such as interlocking or deformation, other than the
mere application, which causes the sheath to stay put. See
the Search NOtes below.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
33.5 for similar apparatus combined with cutting means.
234 for apparatus for assembling a tube of definite length
into a coextensive core.
435 for a process of making helically wound armored cable.
779 for similar structure for assembling running length
work.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
57, Textiles: Spinning, Twisting, and Twining, 3 for a
device for applying a strand spirally to a core of
indeterminate or indefinite length without additionally
"setting" the wrapper. See (3) Note to this subclass, above.
72, Metal Deforming, 48 and 135+ for making a helical tube
or coil from a single workpiece and subclasses 253.1+,
especially subclass 268, for extruding metal sheath material
around a core.
140, Wireworking, for process of or means assembling wires by
a wireworking operation, i.e., by setting or deforming a
wire, etc. See (3) Note, above.
228, Metal Fusion Bonding, 126 for the process of encasing a
metal core with a metal sheath and fusion bonding the core to
the sheath.
Subclass:
729
Means to assemble electrical device:
This subclass is indented under subclass 700. Apparatus
including means to assemble work parts in the manufacture of
an apparatus particularly adapted to transmit or utilize
electrical energy, wherein the parts assembled serve
collectively, to effect the passage or action of the
electrical energy.
(1) Note. Included herein, for example, is means for
assembling a coil with an armature because this assembly is
used in the handling of electrical energy; whereas, means for
placing a base on a motor housing is excluded from this
subclass.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
25.01 for a method of or an apparatus for making a barrier
layer device or semiconductor device.
25.35 for method or apparatus for making a piezoelectric
device.
241 for stringing apparatus.
592.1 for a method of making an electricity utilizing
device.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
156, Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture,
47 for endless or indefinite length conductor making or
splicing and subclasses 349+ for apparatus for making an
electrical device by laminating only.
223, Apparel Apparatus, subclass 48 for bead stringing and
subclasses 102+ for a needle.
254, Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling
Force, 134.3 for electric wire placing apparatus.
445, Electric Lamp or Space Discharge Component or Device
Manufacturing, for a method or apparatus for making,
including by assembling, an electric lamp, etc.
Subclass:
730
Storage cell or battery:
This subclass is indented under subclass 729. Apparatus
particularly adapted to the assembly of parts: e.g.,
container, electrodes, terminals, etc., of an apparatus used
for the chemical storage of electrical energy.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
2 for the manufacture of a battery grid.
246 for means to assemble a terminal to a battery post.
623.1 for the process of assembling battery cell
components.
763 for apparatus for disassembling battery cell
components.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
136, Batteries: Thermoelectric and Photoelectric, for the
method of or apparatus for manufacture of an electrical
energy cell if combined with the use of the cell.
Subclass:
731
Including deforming means:
This subclass is indented under subclass 730. Apparatus
including means to secure or confine one part of the assembly
to another part by stressing at least one part beyond the
elastic limit thereof.
Subclass:
732
Motor or generator:
This subclass is indented under subclass 729. Apparatus
particular to the association or joining of work parts in the
making of a dynamoelectric device, i.e., a device for (1)
converting electrical energy to mechanical energy, or (2)
converting mechanical energy to electrical energy.
(1) Note. This subclass includes, for example: (a) Apparatus
for collecting and assembling commutator segments and
commutator parts. (b) Apparatus for assembling the various
parts of an armature, including apparatus for inserting a
coil into slots of a commutator; apparatus for inserting
insulation or insulation plugs into said slots, as well as
the staking of the coil leads in the commutator slots. The
manufacture of a paper insulation plug combined with assembly
in a motor or generator is included herein.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
33 for combined machine used in the manufacture of a
dynamoelectric device.
243.52 for apparatus not otherwise classified which
assembles by "heading" a hollow member.
596 for a method of making a dynamoelectric machine.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
242, Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding, 432 for making a
stator by winding directly onto a core, and subclasses 433+
for making an armature by winding directly onto a core.
310, Electrical Generator or Motor Structure, appropriate
subclasses for generator or motor structure.
493, Manufacturing Container or Tube From Paper; or Other
Manufacturing From a Sheet or Web, 405 for folding sheet or
web material.
Subclass:
733
Means to assemble commutator:
This subclass is indented under subclass 732. Apparatus for
making the portion of a dynamoelectric device adapted to
rotate and transmit electric current from the brushes of the
stationary structure of the device to the armature.
(1) Note. The brushes of a dynamoelectric device are
electric terminals adapted to making sliding electrical
contact with the commutator. The armature is that portion of
the dynamoelectric device that rotates and includes electric
coils, the shaft, bearings, and the commutator.
Subclass:
734
Means to position insulation:
This subclass is indented under subclass 732. Apparatus
including means to associate material into the dynamoelectric
device, which material serves to limit the flow of
electricity or heat away from a portion of the device.
Subclass:
735
Means to stake wire to commutator or armature:
This subclass is indented under subclass 732. Apparatus
including the fastening of the ends of the armature coil to
the commutator.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
564.5 for similar structure combined with coil strand
cutting means.
Subclass:
736
Including deforming means:
This subclass is indented under subclass 732. Apparatus
including means to secure or confine one part of the assembly
to another part by stressing at least one part beyond the
elastic limit thereof.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
761 for means for fastening of electrical components by
deformation and see the search notes thereunder for other
means for assembly by deformation.
Subclass:
737
Magnetic memory device:
This subclass is indented under subclass 729. Apparatus
including means peculiar to the assembly of a device capable
of being magnetized at a prescribed area, in accordance with
a condition, which magnetized area is to be later detected
and utilized to show that condition.
Subclass:
738
Laminated device:
This subclass is indented under subclass 729. Apparatus
adapted to associate or secure a first generally planar
member to a second similar member along their generally
planar surfaces.
Subclass:
739
Means to fasten electrical component to wiring board, base,
or substrate:
This subclass is indented under subclass 729. Apparatus
adapted to be used in the assembly of a generally planar,
nonconductive member having or to be provided with paths of
conductive material to an electrical component such that the
component is electrically secured to at least one of the
conductive paths.
Subclass:
740
Chip component:
This subclass is indented under subclass 739. Apparatus
wherein the electrical component is a semiconductor and is
very small in size.
Subclass:
741
Multilead component:
This subclass is indented under subclass 739. Apparatus
wherein more than one electrical connection is made between
the paths of conductive material and the component.
Subclass:
742
Multiple station assembly apparatus:
This subclass is indented under subclass 729. Apparatus
including a first work station wherein work parts are
juxtaposed, associated, or secured together and a second work
station where work parts are juxtaposed, associated, or
secured together.
(1) Note. The work stations may operate independently or
dependently on one another, may operate on the same or
different work, or may operate simultaneously or
sequentially.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
783 for multiple station assembly apparatus including means
to interrelatedly feed plural work parts from plural sources
with manual intervention.
791 for multiple station assembly apparatus in general.
Subclass:
743
Means to apply vacuum directly to position or hold work
part:
This subclass is indented under subclass 729. Apparatus
including means to create a reduced atmospheric pressure on a
portion of a work part to cause atmospheric pressure on other
portions of the work part to either move that part from one
location to another or to secure the work part in a
position.
Subclass:
744
Means to apply magnetic force directly to position or hold
work part:
This subclass is indented under subclass 729. Apparatus
wherein a work part which is capable of being attracted by
magnetism (e.g., is ferrous, etc.) is subjected to means
causing magnetic force to be applied to the work part either
to move that part from one location to another or to secure
the work part in a position.
Subclass:
745
Conductor:
This subclass is indented under subclass 729. Apparatus
including means to juxtapose, associate, or fasten a
structure intended to be used to transport electrical
energy.
Subclass:
746
Electrode:
This subclass is indented under subclass 745. Apparatus
wherein the assembled product includes an end portion or an
electrical terminal by which electric flow enters or leaves
an electrolyte, a gaseous medium, plasma, or a vacuum.
Subclass:
747
Terminal or connector:
This subclass is indented under subclass 745. Apparatus
wherein one work part is adapted to serve as a disconnectable
link to transmit electric current from a first member to a
second member.
Subclass:
748
Assembled to wire-type conductor:
This subclass is indented under subclass 747. Apparatus
wherein the work part to which the connector is assembled is
an electrical conductor that is generally elongated and
rod-like.
Subclass:
749
Means to simultaneously assemble multiple, independent
conductors to terminal:
This subclass is indented under subclass 748. Apparatus
including means for assembling a plurality of rod-like
conductors to a terminal(s) at the same instant, wherein the
conductors remain electrically separated after the assembly.
Subclass:
750
Means comprising hand-manipulatable implement:
This subclass is indented under subclass 748. Apparatus
adapted to be supported and moved randomly by an operative.
Subclass:
751
Fastening by deformation:
This subclass is indented under subclass 750. Apparatus
adapted to secure a work part to another work part by
stressing at least one of the parts beyond the elastic limit
thereof.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
761 for means to fasten electrical components by deforming
one of the components, and see the search notes thereunder
for other means for assembly by deformation.
Subclass:
752
Fastening by elastic joining:
This subclass is indented under subclass 750. Apparatus
adapted to secure a work part to another work part by
stressing at least one work part within the elastic limit
thereof.
Subclass:
753
Means to fasten by deformation:
This subclass is indented under subclass 748. Apparatus
adapted to secure a work part to another work part by
stressing at least one of the parts beyond the elastic limit
thereof.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
761 for means for fastening of electrical components by
deformation, and see the search notes thereunder for other
means for assembly by deformation.
Subclass:
754
Means to fasten by elastic joining:
This subclass is indented under subclass 748. Apparatus
adapted to secure a work part to another work part by
stressing at least one work part within the elastic limit
thereof.
Subclass:
755
Multiple, independent conductors:
This subclass is indented under subclass 745. Apparatus
including means for juxtaposing, associating, or fastening
together an electrical assembly including a first structure
and a second structure intended to be used to transport
electrical energy wherein the first and second structures are
and remain electrically insulated from each other.
Subclass:
756
Switch or fuse:
This subclass is indented under subclass 745. Apparatus
wherein the assembled means to transport electrical energy
includes make or break contact means to allow the means to
selectively transmit or to not transport electrical energy.
Subclass:
757
Means to simultaneously fasten three or more parts:
This subclass is indented under subclass 729. Apparatus
including means to secure into a single assembly more than
two work parts, the securing being done at the same time.
Subclass:
758
Means comprising hand-manipulatable implement:
This subclass is indented under subclass 729. Apparatus
adapted to be supported and moved randomly by an operative.
Subclass:
759
Means to align and advance work part:
This subclass is indented under subclass 729. Apparatus
including means to move work toward a station at which
assembly is to take place and including means to critically
position the workpiece at the station.
Subclass:
760
With work-holder for assembly:
This subclass is indented under subclass 729. Apparatus
including a surface which contacts a work part to support or
hold that part in a desired position while that work part is
being juxtaposed, associated, or secured to another work
part.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
269, Work Holders, for a work holding support without an
assembly mean.
Subclass:
761
Means to fasten by deforming:
This subclass is indented under subclass 729. Apparatus
including means to secure a first work part and a second work
part together by stressing at least one work part beyond the
elastic limit thereof.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
715 for similar assembly apparatus including work responsive
control means.
736 for means for securing parts of an electric motor or
generator by stressing a part beyond the elastic limit
thereof.
753 for means for stressing a work part beyond its elastic
limit in fastening a terminal to an electricity conducting
wire.
788 for means to fasten by deforming combined with means to
feed plural workpieces together without manual intervention.
796 for multiple station assembly apparatus including means
to fasten the work parts by deformation.
Subclass:
762
Means to disassemble electrical device:
This subclass is indented under subclass 700. Apparatus
including means to separate or unfasten work parts of a
device particularly adapted to transmit or utilize electrical
energy, wherein the parts of the device serve collectively,
to effect the passage or action of the electrical energy.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
729 for structure to assemble a device particularly adapted
to transmit or utilize electrical energy, and see notes
following the definition of that subclass.
Subclass:
763
Storage cell or battery:
This subclass is indented under subclass 762. Apparatus
particularly adapted to the assembly of parts, e.g.,
container, electrodes, terminals, etc., of a device used for
the chemical storage of electrical energy.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
730 for structure for assembling an electrical cell or
battery.
Subclass:
764
Means comprising hand manipulatable implement:
This subclass is indented under subclass 762. Apparatus
adapted to be supported and moved randomly by an operative.
Subclass:
765
Means to place traveler on ring or ring on bobbin of a
textile machine:
This subclass is indented under subclass 700. Apparatus for
(1) applying a traveller to a spinning ring; (2) applying a
gripping ring to a textile bobbin; or (3) for disassembling
either of the above assemblies.
(1) Note. In clause (1), a "traveller" is generally a
C-shaped wire-like member adapted to loosely grip a raised
annular ridge on a spinning ring, the assembly to be used to
twist fibers in textile manufacture. In clause (2), an
annular, resilient, wire-like member is stressed within the
elastic limit thereof over a mandrel-like bobbin, the
assembly to be used to support a supply of fiber strand in a
textile manufacture.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
222 for means to assemble (or disassemble) a piston and a
resilient piston ring.
229 for means to assemble (or disassemble) a resilient
spring and another member.
235 for means to assemble (or disassemble) a resilient
member to another member, in general.
241 for means for assembling by stringing, in general.
Subclass:
766
Slide fastener:
This subclass is indented under subclass 700. Apparatus
comprising means for juxtaposing, associating, or fastening
together the component parts of a slide fastener; or means to
detach such previously assembled parts.
(1) Note. A slide fastener is an assembly of elements
normally used to temporarily fasten together garment portions
and is comprised of a pair of opposing stringers (i.e.,
elongated members adapted to be each fastened permanently to
a garment portion and adapted to detachably connect to each
other by an interlocking fit), a slider (adapted to travel
along the stringers and cause the stringers to connect or
disconnect from each other), a lower stop (limiting the
extent of travel of the slider in the opening direction of
the stringers), and an upper stop (limiting the extent of
travel of the slider in the closed direction of the
stringers.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
33.2 for apparatus for assembling a slide fastener combined
with additional apparatus for shaping a work part, e.g., for
trimming a component.
408 for a process of manufacturing a slide fastener.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
425, Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating:
Apparatus, 522 for means to injection mold a component part
of a slide fastener and cross-reference art collection 814
for apparatus for making a slide fastener, generally.
Subclass:
767
Means to assemble stop onto stringer:
This subclass is indented under subclass 766. Apparatus
including means to fasten an upper or lower slide travel
stopping means to at least one of the elongated members
adapted to detachably connect to each other.
Subclass:
768
Means to assemble slider onto stringer:
This subclass is indented under subclass 766. Apparatus
including means to juxtapose or associate the slider member
with at least one of the stringers.
Subclass:
769
Means to assemble teeth onto stringer:
This subclass is indented under subclass 766. Apparatus for
assembling the type of slide fastener having distinct teeth
forming the interlocking portion of each stringer comprising
means for attaching the teeth to the stringer.
Subclass:
770
Disassembly means:
This subclass is indented under subclass 766. Apparatus for
separating previously fastened slide fastener elements one
from the other.
Subclass:
771
Means to interrelatedly feed plural work parts from plural
sources without manual intervention:
This subclass is indented under subclass 700. Apparatus
including an assembly station, a first conveyor means for
transporting a first work part to the assembly station, and a
second conveyor means for transporting a second work part to
the assembly station wherein the first and second work parts
are assembled at the station without requiring manipulation
of the work parts by an operative.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
709 for an automatic machine functioning without manual
intervention that includes means to regulate the machine in
response to a sensed condition.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
100, Presses, subclass 218 for a reciprocating platen press
having means to eject material from the surface which
supports the material during a pressing operation and not
elsewhere provided for.
227, Elongated-Member-Driving Apparatus, 19 for means to
drive an elongated member combined with means to bring two
work parts together.
470, Threaded, Headed Fastener, or Washer Making: Process and
Apparatus, 44 and 48+ for automatic machines for assembling
or disassembling a bolt with a nut or washer.
Subclass:
772
Box or pallet assembly means:
This subclass is indented under subclass 771. Apparatus to
assemble wood or wood-like parts to produce a container or a
portable, generally planar material support.
Subclass:
773
Means to assemble container:
This subclass is indented under subclass 771. Apparatus to
assemble a vessel intended for the storage of other material
therein.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
772 for means for assembling a container of wood or
wood-like material.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
53, Package Making, for apparatus or process of closing a
filled container.
Subclass:
774
Handle to container:
This subclass is indented under subclass 773. Apparatus for
assembling to a storage vessel a member to be griped by a
person for manipulation of the vessel.
(1) Note. Included herein is a device for supporting a
coated cardboard, gabled top container of the type used in
storage of milk and means for assembling therewith a plastic
handle.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
53, Package Making, 134.1 for means for making a package
combined with means to assemble a handle thereto.
Subclass:
775
Label to container:
This subclass is indented under subclass 773. Apparatus for
assembling to a storage vessel a member intended to identify
the vessel.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
53, Package Making, 135.1 for means for making a package
combined with means for applying a label thereto.
Subclass:
776
Pressurized dispensing container:
This subclass is indented under subclass 773. Apparatus for
assembling the component parts of a vessel, which vessel
includes a nozzle and is to be partially filled with a fluent
material and partially filled with a propellant gas, adapted
to expel the fluent material through the nozzle.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
222, Dispensing, 394 for a dispensing container adapted to
be pressurized by gas pressure combined with a nozzle.
Subclass:
777
Hypodermic syringe:
This subclass is indented under subclass 773. Apparatus
including means to assemble the component parts of a
hypodermic syringe.
(1) Note. A hypodermic syringe includes a hollow needle
adapted to pierce animal tissue and includes a vessel adapted
to support fluent material removed from or to be inserted
into the animal tissue, connected to the needle so that the
needle may transmit the fluent material therein, from the
vessel to the tissue.
Subclass:
778
Including fluid component:
This subclass is indented under subclass 773. Apparatus
including means to assemble to a preformed vessel part a
liquid or gaseous work part that is intended to remain as a
part of the assembled product.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
801 for means to assemble (or disassemble) a liquid work
material to a preformed work part wherein the means does not
feed plural work parts together without manual intervention.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
53, Package Making, for closing a filled, preformed vessel
with a fluent material wherein the material is not intended
to be a part of the vessel.
Subclass:
779
Running-length work:
This subclass is indented under subclass 771. Apparatus
adapted to assemble (i.e., juxtapose, associate, or fasten) a
first work part to a second work part, wherein at least the
first work part moves continuously during assembly with
respect to the apparatus, without any recognition of the
trailing end thereof.
Subclass:
780
Means including orbiting running-length work supply:
This subclass is indented under subclass 779. Apparatus
including means to wrap a work part about an axis-of-bend
through more than 360 degrees of wrap by an element that
engages the work part with sliding contact and revolves about
and is radially spaced from said axis-of-bend, whereby the
work part is juxtaposed, associated, with or fastened to
another work part.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
72, Metal Deforming, subclass 66, for similar structure for
deforming a single work part.
140, Wireworking, especially 3 for means for or process of
making metal fabric involving an operation other than those
operations of the textile classes. For example, metal
deforming while coiling the strands of a cable will be found
in Class 140. (See (6) Note of the definition of subclass 700
above).
242, Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding, especially 430, for
winding a strand(s) on a core of fixed length.
Subclass:
781
Pipe section:
This subclass is indented under subclass 779. Apparatus
wherein the article to be produced is an elongated tube.
(1) Note. Included herein is means to form an elongated tube
and simultaneously fill that tube with powder.
Subclass:
782
Assembled to article:
This subclass is indented under subclass 779. Apparatus
wherein the second work part is an element of definite length
to which the continuously moving first part is associated,
juxtaposed, or fastened.
Subclass:
783
Multiple station assembly apparatus:
This subclass is indented under subclass 771. Apparatus
including a first work station wherein work parts are
juxtaposed, associated, or secured together and a second work
station where work parts are juxtaposed, associated, or
secured together.
(1) Note. The work stations may operate independently or
dependently one of the other, may operate on the same or
different work, or may operate simultaneously or
sequentially.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
742 for multiple station assembly apparatus for assembling
and electrical device.
791 for multiple station assembly apparatus, generally.
Subclass:
784
Including assembly pallet:
This subclass is indented under subclass 771. Apparatus
including a member adapted to pass through the apparatus and
serve as a base upon which the work parts are assembled,
which member is not intended to remain as a permanent part of
the assembly.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
799 for assembly apparatus including an assembly pallet for
supporting the work parts passing from one work station to
another work station.
Subclass:
785
Including turret-type conveyor:
This subclass is indented under subclass 771. Apparatus
wherein at least one of the feed means includes a circular
member having peripherally spaced pockets adapted to receive
work parts, which annular member is driven intermittently to
sequentially present work parts from the peripherally spaced
pockets to an assembly station.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
792 for multiple station assembly apparatus including turret
type feed means.
Subclass:
786
Including converging conveyors:
This subclass is indented under subclass 771. Apparatus
including a first transport means for carrying a first work
part along a first path and second transport means for
carrying a second work part along a second path, wherein the
first and second work parts are moved toward each other for
assembly.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
793 for similar apparatus for assembling wherein there may
be manual intervention.
Subclass:
787
And means to fasten work parts together:
This subclass is indented under subclass 771. Apparatus
comprising means to secure one work part to a corresponding
portion of another work part or the same work part.
Subclass:
788
By deforming:
This subclass is indented under subclass 787. Apparatus
including means to secure a first work part and a second work
part together by stressing at least one work part beyond the
elastic limit thereof.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
564.1 for assembly means combined with deforming means
wherein the deformation is other than to fasten work parts
together.
715 for similar assembly apparatus including work responsive
control means.
736 for means for securing parts of an electric motor or
generator by stressing a part beyond the elastic limit
thereof.
753 for means for stressing a work part beyond its elastic
limit in fastening a terminal to an electricity conducting
wire.
761 for means for fastening of electrical components by
deformation; and, see the search notes thereunder for other
means for assembly by deformation.
796 for multiple station assembly apparatus including means
to fasten the work parts by deformation.
Subclass:
789
By elastic joining:
This subclass is indented under subclass 787. Apparatus
including means to secure a first work part and a second work
part together by stressing at least one of the work parts
within the elastic limit thereof.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
717 for similar apparatus including work responsive control
means.
752 for handheld means to secure a terminal to an
electricity conductor.
797 for multiple assembly stations including means to fasten
work parts together by elastic joining.
Subclass:
790
By friction fit:
This subclass is indented under subclass 787. Apparatus
including means to force a first work part into interfitting
relationship with a second work part such that the work parts
are secured one to the other without any indication of
changing the shape of either work part either within or
beyond the elastic limit thereof.
(1) Note. The securement of this subclass is generally
termed "force-fit" or "press-fit".
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
718 for similar apparatus including work responsive control
means.
Subclass:
791
Multiple station assembly or disassembly apparatus:
This subclass is indented under subclass 700. Apparatus
including a first work station wherein work parts are
juxtaposed, associated, or secured together or moved out of
intimate engagement and a second work station where work
parts are juxtaposed, associated, or secured together or
moved out of intimate engagement.
(1) Note. The work stations may operate independently or
dependently one of the other, may operate on the same or
different work, or may operate simultaneously or
sequentially.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
742 for multiple station assembly apparatus for assembling
an electrical device.
783 for multiple station assembly apparatus including means
to interrelatedly feed plural work parts from plural sources
without manual intervention.
Subclass:
792
Including turret-type conveyor:
This subclass is indented under subclass 791. Apparatus
including a feed means comprising a circular member having
peripherally spaced pockets adapted to receive work parts,
which annular member is driven intermittently to sequentially
present work parts from the peripherally spaced pockets to an
assembly station, or to sequentially remove work parts from a
disassembly station.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
785 for a turret type conveyor used in apparatus for
assembling work parts from plural sources without manual
intervention.
Subclass:
793
Including converging conveyors:
This subclass is indented under subclass 791. Apparatus
including a first transport means for carrying a first work
part along a first path and a second transport means for
carrying a second work part along a second path, wherein the
first and second work parts are moved toward each other.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
786 for similar apparatus for assembling without manual
intervention.
Subclass:
794
And primary central conveyor:
This subclass is indented under subclass 793. Apparatus
wherein the first transport means serves to receive the
second work part from the second transport means.
(1) Note. Included herein is the apparatus common to
"assembly line" technique wherein a work part is transferred
manually from a secondary transport means to a primary
transport means.
Subclass:
795
Means to fasten work parts together:
This subclass is indented under subclass 791. Apparatus
comprising means to secure a portion of one work member to a
corresponding portion of another work member or of the same
work member.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
791 for multiple station apparatus to unfasten work parts.
Subclass:
796
By deforming:
This subclass is indented under subclass 795. Apparatus
including means to secure a first work part and a second work
part together by stressing at least one work part beyond the
elastic limit thereof.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
788 for means to feed distinct work parts from plural
sources without manual intervention including means to fasten
by deforming, and see the search notes thereunder for other
fastening by deforming.
Subclass:
797
By elastic joining:
This subclass is indented under subclass 795. Apparatus
including means to secure a first and a second work part
together by stressing at least one of the work parts within
the elastic limit thereof.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
739 for means to feed distinct work parts from plural
sources without manual intervention including means to fasten
by elastic joining, and see the search notes thereunder for
other similar fastening.
Subclass:
798
Means to drive self-piercing work part:
This subclass is indented under subclass 700. Apparatus
including means to force a cutting edge of one work part to
form or enlarge a hole in a second work part and force the
first work part through or into the second work part, whereby
the parts are secured together.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
432 for the corresponding process and for a process
corresponding to the apparatus of Class 227.
716 for similar apparatus including a work responsive
control means.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
227, Elongated-Member-Driving Apparatus, especially 19 for
combined apparatus for juxtaposing work parts and applying a
fastening member, e.g., a nail, a rivet, etc., thereto. This
subclass includes apparatus for driving one member to pierce
and thereby be fastened to another member if the driven
member is not an "elongated member" as required for Class
227. Also, this subclass includes structure for fastening by
use of an "elongated member" if no driving structure is
claimed which would, if claimed, establish classification in
Class 227.
Subclass:
799
Including assembly pallet:
This subclass is indented under subclass 700. Apparatus
including a detached member adapted to pass through the
apparatus and serve as a base upon which the work parts are
assembled, which member is not intended to remain as a
permanent part of the assembly.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
784 for assembly apparatus including an assembly pallet for
supporting work parts fed from plural sources without manual
intervention.
Subclass:
800
Including provision to utilize thermal expansion of work:
This subclass is indented under subclass 700. Apparatus
including provision using the phenomenon that work changes
dimension when heated to associate, juxtapose, or fasten work
parts together; or to separate or unfasten one work part from
another.
Subclass:
801
Means to assemble or disassemble container and fluid
component:
This subclass is indented under subclass 700. Apparatus
including means to assemble to a preformed work part a liquid
or gaseous work part that is intended to remain as a part of
the assembled product; or means to detach such previously
assembled parts.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
778 for means to assemble a liquid work part to a preformed
work part without manual intervention in the assembly of a
vessel.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
53, Package Making, for closing a preformed vessel filled
with a fluent material wherein the material is not intended
to be a part of the vessel.
Subclass:
802
Vehicle wheel:
This subclass is indented under subclass 700. Apparatus
adapted to assemble or disassemble a circular device intended
to roll on terrain and support a mobile carriage.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
894.3 for the process of assembling a vehicle wheel.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
157, Wheelwright Machines, for devices meeting that class
definition for the building of a wheel, particularly 1.1, for
apparatus for mounting or dismounting a rubber tire from a
wheel; and subclasses 1.5+ for apparatus for assembling
metallic, spoked wheels.
Subclass:
803
Railway wheel:
This subclass is indented under subclass 802. Apparatus
adapted for assemble or disassemble a wheel that is intended
to roll on a prepared ridge of rigid material, generally
metal.
Subclass:
804
Tumbler lock:
This subclass is indented under subclass 700. Apparatus for
juxtaposing, association, or fastening the component parts or
separating previously assembled parts of a securing device,
which securing device includes a movable impediment adapted
to respond to an operating element to move the impediment
alternatively from an open to a secure condition, or for
detaching such previously assembled parts.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
70, Locks, for the device assembled by the apparatus of this
subclass.
81, Tools, subclass 15.9 for a tool specially adapted to
manipulate a lock, latch, or portion thereof.
Subclass:
805
Toy doll:
This subclass is indented under subclass 700. Apparatus for
juxtaposing, associating, or fastening together the component
parts of a child's plaything, which plaything generally
resembles the form of a human being or animal, or for
detaching such previously assembled parts.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
434 for a process of assembling a doll eye into a doll head
to permit movement (e.g., closing of the eye relative to the
head).
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
425, Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating:
Apparatus, for molding of doll parts, particularly 110 for
molding onto a preformed part such as a doll's eye.
446, Amusement Devices: Toys, 268 for toy dolls.
Subclass:
806
Film or tape cartridge:
This subclass is indented under subclass 700. Apparatus
including means to juxtapose or fasten the component parts of
an article of commerce including a support vessel and a
relatively thin, pliant, web-like material to be supplied to
that vessel for subsequent discharge or utilization, or
including means to separate or unfasten the component parts
of such an article of commerce.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
53, Package Making, for similar means for assembling an
article(s) into a vessel wherein the article(s) is stored
rather than a device as found here wherein the entire
assembly is considered to be an article of commerce.
242, Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding, 520 for winding
weblike material into a convolute coil.
Subclass:
807
Crystal to watch or clock:
This subclass is indented under subclass 700. Apparatus
intended to juxtapose, associate, or fasten the face covering
transparent window of a time piece to the time piece case, or
intended to separate or unfasten the face covering
transparent window of a time piece from the time piece case.
(1) Note. The patents in this subclass, for the most part,
distort the crystal to decrease the perimeter and enable the
crystal to be inserted into its bezel.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
81, Tools, 3.5, for a tool for operating on and assembling a
spectacle frame and a lens and subclasses 6+ for a
watchmaker's tool.
Subclass:
808
Means to insert or extract pen point:
This subclass is indented under subclass 700. Apparatus for
associating, juxtaposing, or fastening the portion of a
writing pen that engages material to be written on to the
handle thereof, or for detaching such a portion from the
handle to which it was previously assembled.
(1) Note. Most of the patents in this subclass are specific
to means for withdrawing (i.e., "means to disassemble") a pen
point from its holder.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
700 (1) Note, pointing out that to meet the requirements of
these subclasses "means to disassemble" requires only the
recognition of a single work part and the functional intent
to separate: while "means to assemble" requires recognition
of two work parts and the functional intent to bring together
or to fasten together.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
15, Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning, subclass 442
for a pen point ejector constituting part of a penholder.
Subclass:
809
With magazine supply:
This subclass is indented under subclass 700. Apparatus
including in combination therewith an attached storage
chamber for a work part and including provision to transport
that work part to the portion of the apparatus where that
work part is to be assembled to another work part not
originating in the storage chamber.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
776 for means to convey a first work part from a first
source to an assembly station and means to convey a second
work part from a second source to that assembly station
without manual intervention.
822 for means to convey a first work part to an assembly
station, which means acts to convey a second work part to the
assembly station for assembly with the first work part.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
100, Presses, 215 for a reciprocating platen press not
elsewhere provided for with a storage provision for material
to be subjected to a pressing operation.
221, Article Dispensing, appropriate subclasses for an
article dispenser (feeder) not otherwise provided for, and
see the class definition of Class 221 for a statement of the
class lines and for the disposition of related disclosures.
227, Elongated-Member-Driving Apparatus, 107 for means to
drive an elongated fastener into a workpiece combined with a
supply magazine.
Subclass:
810
And magnetic work-holder or positioner:
This subclass is indented under subclass 809. Apparatus
including means having the property of attracting ferrous
work material adapted to utilize that property for
manipulating the work or product or for holding the work in
position at the location of work securing means.
Subclass:
811.2
Assembling means comprising hand-manipulatable implement:
This subclass is indented under subclass 809. Apparatus
adapted to be at least partially supported by an operative
during the assembly or disassembly operation.
Subclass:
812
One work part comprising living tissue:
This subclass is indented under subclass 811. Apparatus
wherein the work in the magazine is adapted to be united with
work in the form of a live human or animal.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
227, Elongated-Member-Driving Apparatus, for means to drive a
fastener into a work part, or human body.
Subclass:
812.5
Comprising driver for snap-off-mandrel fastener; e.g., pop
(tm ) riveter:
This subclass is indented under subclass 809.2. Apparatus
wherein a first tool engages an annular end surface of a
tube-like workpiece, which surface generally faces the
device, which first tool includes a passageway coaxial with
the tubular axis of that workpiece, and wherein a second tool
functions within that passageway to engage a shank portion of
a second workpiece extending through the tubular axis of the
work and through the coaxial passageway, which first tool
urges against the annular surface and which second tool
reactively pulls against the shank with sufficient force to
move the second workpiece with respect to the first and to
ultimately exceed the tensile strength of the shank portion
and thereby divide one portion of the shank from the
remainder thereof, which remainder serves with the tubular
first workpiece as a fastener.
(1) Note. The first and second workpiece of this subclass
are normally supplied in the magazine as an assembly and are
to be brought into assembly with another work part not
originating in the storage chamber.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
243.521 for a driver for a snap-off-mandrel fastener,
generally.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
72, Metal Deforming, subclass 391.6 for a device including
concentric or telescoped deforming tools wherein a tool fits
inside a hollow metal fastener workpart to reshape that
workpart into engagement with another member in which the
fastener is fitted for securement, wherein no part of the
device is in engagement with the other member.
Subclass:
813
One work part comprising nut or screw:
This subclass is indented under subclass 811. Apparatus
including means to secure one workpiece to another by
rotating one with respect to the other and utilizing relative
helical ribbing of one of the workpieces to cause the
securement.
Subclass:
814
One work part comprising paper clip:
This subclass is indented under subclass 811. Apparatus
including means particularly adapted to grippingly secure a
multi-convolution spring ring to the margin of a sheet of
paper.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
809 for means to superimpose two sheets of paper combined
with means to fasten the sheets using a multi-convolution
spring ring.
Subclass:
815
Means to assemble tire stud into tire tread:
This subclass is indented under subclass 811. Apparatus
including means particularly adapted to assemble a traction
improving lug into a prepared socket in a vehicle supporting
tire.
Subclass:
816
Means to fasten by deforming:
This subclass is indented under subclass 811. Apparatus
including means to secure a first and second work part by
stressing at least one work part beyond the elastic limit
thereof.
Subclass:
817
Fastening sinker to fishing line:
This subclass is indented under subclass 816. Apparatus
intended to deform a heavy, metallic member onto a filament,
which assembly is to be used in fishing.
Subclass:
818
Means to fasten by deforming:
This subclass is indented under subclass 809. Apparatus
including means to secure a first and a second work part by
stressing at least one work part beyond the elastic limit
thereof.
Subclass:
819
Running-length work:
This subclass is indented under subclass 700. Apparatus
adapted to assemble (i.e., juxtapose, associate, or fasten) a
first work part to a second work part, wherein at least the
first work part moves continuously during assembly with
respect to the apparatus without any recognition of the
trailing end thereof; or adapted to detach such previously
assembled parts.
Subclass:
820
Assembled on core:
This subclass is indented under subclass 819. Apparatus
including a second work part on which the first work part is
flexed and wrapped to encircle (more than 360 degrees)
thereabout.
Subclass:
821
Including means to vibrate work:
This subclass is indented under subclass 700. Apparatus
including means to cause a work part to move rapidly to and
fro during the assembly or disassembly operation.
(1) Note. The vibration applied by the apparatus of this
subclass may be to cause assembly or may be to assist some
other structure to perform the assembly operation.
Subclass:
822
Including work conveyor:
This subclass is indented under subclass 700. Apparatus
including means to transport work parts from a remote
position toward an assembly station for assembly with each
other.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
771 for means to convey a first work part from a first
source to an assembly station, means to convey a second work
part from a second source to that assembly station, without
manual intervention.
809 for means to convey work parts from a single source to a
work station for assembly with work part not from that
source.
Subclass:
823
Including transporting track:
This subclass is indented under subclass 822. Apparatus
including fixed structure adapted to cause the work parts to
move a prescribed path with respect to the assembly station.
(1) Note. Included herein is an endless belt utilized to
transport work parts.
Subclass:
824
And work carrying vehicle:
This subclass is indented under subclass 823. Apparatus
including a wheeled member adapted to follow the fixed path
and carry a work part thereon with respect to the assembly
station.
Subclass:
825
Conductor or circuit manufacturing:
This subclass is indented under subclass 592.1. Process of
manufacturing a device or structure which confines an
electrical current to a conductive path determined by the
configuration of the device or structure.
(1) Note. This subclass and indented subclasses provide for
a process of manufacturing a conductor characterized by
specific physical configurations as well as a process of
joining electrical elements to form an electrical circuit of
predetermined electrical and physical configuration not
classified elsewhere.
(2) Note. Since all materials that have the property of
conducting electricity and all devices made therefrom may be
termed conductors, only a process under the class definition
which makes a device with the stated proximate purpose of
providing a conducting electrical current are placed in this
subclass.
(3) Note. The terms "manufacturing", "shaping", "assembly",
and "deforming" are defined in the Glossary of the class (29)
definitions.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
65, Glass Manufacturing, especially 36 for process of fusion
bonding of glass to a formed part and subclass 155 for
electronic device making means involving fusion bonding.
156, Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture,
47 for a method of making an indefinite length electrical
conductor involving an operation other than metal working and
amounting to more than mere wire of filament making.
216, Etching a Substrate: Processes, for a multistep process
of manufacturing an electrical circuit or conductor which
involves a chemical reaction, e.g., etching. See the main
class definition of Class 216 for a statement of the complete
line between Class 216 and this Class 29.
438, Semiconductor Device Manufacturing: Process,
particularly 26, 51, 55, 64+, and 106+ for methods of
packaging a semiconductor device; see the search notes
thereunder.
The following are definitions for various terms used
extensively throughout the following definitions. Whenever
these terms appear in the definitions they will be denoted by
an asterisk (*) to remind and clarify their meanings to the
user.
ELECTRICAL COMPONENT (*):
A self-contained active or passive element designed for and
capable of utilizing electricity to produce a specified
electrical characteristic property, or output other than
normal conductivity associated with any electrical
structure.
ELONGATED CONDUCTOR (*):
A body whose longitudinal dimension is much greater than any
of its lateral dimensions and which is designed for the
stated proximate purpose of carrying an electric current or
electromagnetic energy.
TERMINAL (*):
An electrically conductive connective means having a portion
or end designed for relatively permanent attachment to an
elongated conductor and having a second portion or end
designed to facilitate connection with another elongated
conductor, an electrical component, or another electrically
conductive connective means.
Subclass:
826
Brush:
This subclass is indented under subclass 825. Process of
manufacturing an electrically conductive element specially
designed or adapted to contact and conduct electricity to or
from the rotor of a rotary dynamoelectric device.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
598 for a process of assembling a brush and rotor.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
310, Electrical Generator or Motor Structure, 248 for
electrical brush structure with or without an electrical
connector.
Subclass:
827
Beam lead frame or beam lead device:
This subclass is indented under subclass 825. Process of
manufacturing either: (1) an integrated circuit having
electrical connecting structure in the form of an
electrically conductive body having a generally rectangular
cross section and wherein the body is mounted in a cantilever
fashion to the circuit, or (2) an intermediate article of
manufacture utilized to produce electrical connecting
structure for integrated circuits consisting of a generally
flat electrically conductive strap or band section which has
been stamped, cut, or otherwise deformed to produce an open
encasing structure provided with a plurality of generally
rectangular cross-sectioned inwardly facing bodies designed
to be attached to the circuit in a cantilever fashion.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
216, Etching a Substrate: Processes, subclass 14 lead frame
or beam lead in an electrical circuit.
257, Active Solid-State Devices (e.g., Transistors,
Solid-State Diodes), subclasses 666-677 for electrical lead
frames, per se, or combined with active solid-state devices.
361, Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices, subclass
813 for a lead frame supporting a plurality of diverse
electrical components.
428, Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles, subclasses
571-574, if stock material is claimed either as an individual
lead frame without being labeled "lead frame" or as a strip
of interconnected lead frames prior to separation into
individual lead frames.
438, Semiconductor Device Manufacturing: Process,
particularly 111 and 123 for methods of attaching a lead
frame to a semiconductor device possessing significant
semiconductor device structure; see the search notes
thereunder.
Subclass:
828
Co-axial cable:
This subclass is indented under subclass 825. Process of
making an electrical path structure to be utilized to
transmit electrical energy in the form of a first elongated
conductor completely surrounding, co-extensive with, and
insulated from a second conductor.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
517 for a process in which a member which is secured within
a tubular shaped hollow body is a rod or similarly
proportioned part.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
174, Electricity: Conductors and Insulators, subclass 75 for
a co-axial cable joint with an end structure; subclass 88 for
a spliced single or plural contact co-axial cable joint;
subclass 102 for sheath or armored conduit, cable, or
conductor structure.
Subclass:
829
On flat or curved insulated base, e.g., printed circuit,
etc.:
This subclass is indented under subclass 825. Process (1) of
manufacturing a conductive path to, on, or in an insulative
base, which base has either a curved or planar surface and
wherein the conductive path lies on, or follows the contour
of the curved surface, or lies on or runs parallel to the
planar surface, (2) of assembling of an electrical component
to a base having a conductive path applied thereto, or formed
thereon or therein as set forth in (1) above, or (3) of
assembling a terminal to, or for forming a terminal or
connector on, or through a base having a conductive path
applied thereto or formed thereon or therein as set forth in
(1) above.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
174, Electricity: Conductors and Insulators, 250 for printed
circuit board structure, per se, and subclasses 71 and 72 for
a branched or multiduct conduit combined with a printed
circuit board.
336, Inductor Devices, subclass 200 for printed circuit
inductor device structure.
361, Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices, 748 for a
printed circuit board used to mount plural diverse electrical
components.
439, Electrical Connectors, 55 for an electrical connector
combined with a printed circuit.
Subclass:
830
Assembling bases:
This subclass is indented under subclass 829. Process of
assembling together two or more bases, each of which is
provided with an electrical current path confining device or
structure.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
361, Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices, subclass
736 and 784+ for plural circuit boards housing or mounting a
module.
Subclass:
831
Assembling formed circuit to base:
This subclass is indented under subclass 829. Process of
assembling a previously fabricated, substantially rigid,
self-sustaining conductive path to the base.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
257, Active Solid-State Devices (e.g., Transistors,
Solid-State Diodes), subclass 668 for a lead frame on an
electrically insulating carrier other than a printed circuit
board, subclasses 701-707 for housings made of electrically
insulating material, and subclasses 787+ for encapsulated
devices.
361, Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices, subclass
736 for a printed circuit board mounting a module.
Subclass:
832
Assembling to base an electrical component, e.g., capacitor,
etc.:
This subclass is indented under subclass 829. Process of
assembling an electrical component (*) to the base.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
25.01 for a process or apparatus for making a semiconductor
or a barrier layer device.
739 for apparatus including means for engaging a planar
nonconductive member, e.g., a circuit board, having or to be
provided with paths of conductive material to an electrical
component, the component being secured to a conductive path.
741 for apparatus used to make more than one electrical
connection between an electrical component and paths of
conductive material.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
257, Active Solid-State Devices (e.g., Transistors,
Solid-State Diodes), subclass 668 for a lead frame on an
electrically insulating carrier other than a printed circuit
board, subclasses 701-707 for housings made of electrically
insulating material, and subclasses 787+ for encapsulated
devices.
361, Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices, 760 for
electrical components connected to a printed circuit board.
Subclass:
833
By utilizing optical sighting device:
This subclass is indented under subclass 832. Process
wherein the assembly is performed at least in part by using
means which aid or enhance visual location or determination
of the position of a component relative to the base.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
348, Television, subclass 86 for manufacturing wherein a
picture signal generator (i.e., television camera) is
utilized for monitoring a manufacturing operation.
353, Optics: Image Projectors, for an optical projector
capable of being used in an assembly method.
382, Image Analysis, 141 for manufacturing using image
analysis.
Subclass:
834
With component orienting:
This subclass is indented under subclass 832. Process
including the specific step of aligning or positioning the
electrical component with respect to a portion of the base.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
759 for apparatus including means to align and advance a
work part.
760 for apparatus with a work holder for assembly.
Subclass:
835
And shaping, e.g., cutting or bending, etc.:
This subclass is indented under subclass 834. Process and
the step of shaping the electrical component or base.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
25.01 for a process or apparatus for making a semiconductor
or a barrier layer device.
33.5 for apparatus for assembling a first element or portion
thereof to an edge of a second element including binding or
covering and cutting.
838 for a process of assembling an electrical component to a
base by inserting and deforming a component lead or terminal
in a base aperture.
844 for a process of assembling a terminal to a base by
deforming or shaping.
Subclass:
836
Different components:
This subclass is indented under subclass 834. Process
wherein plural diverse electrical components are assembled to
the base.
Subclass:
837
By inserting component lead or terminal into base aperture:
This subclass is indented under subclass 832. Process
wherein an electrically conducting wire of the electrical
component or a terminal attached thereto is passed into a
hole in the base.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
361, Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices, subclass
761 for plural diverse electrical components connected to a
printed circuit board by the use of aperture therein.
Subclass:
838
With deforming of lead or terminal:
This subclass is indented under subclass 837. Process
wherein either the wire or the terminal (*) is deformed.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
33.5 for apparatus for assembling a first element or portion
thereof to an edge of a second element including binding or
covering and cutting.
56.5 for plural devices manufacturing apparatus including
machining means.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
439, Electrical Connectors, 877 for an electrical connector
adapted to be secured by crimping, deforming, or bending.
Subclass:
839
Including metal fusion:
This subclass is indented under subclass 838. Process
wherein a portion of the terminal (*) is metal and wherein
said portion or a portion of the wire is either raised to a
fusible temperature or subjected to metal in a fused state
thereby effecting bonding of the electrical component (*) to
the base.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
840 for a process of assembling an electrical component to a
base by metal fusion.
843 for a process of assembling a terminal to a base by
metal fusion.
860 for a process of assembling a terminal to an elongated
conductor by metal fusion.
879 for a process of assembling contact or terminal by metal
fusion.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
219, Electric Heating, 78.01 for a process or apparatus for
bonding (e.g., welding) by use of electrical current and
pressure.
228, Metal Fusion Bonding, 179.1 for a process of
simultaneously fusion bonding (e.g., welding, generally) of
multiple joints of an electrical device. See Class 228, class
definition, V, A, 1, for the line between Class 228 and other
manufacturing classes.
Subclass:
840
By metal fusion:
This subclass is indented under subclass 832. Process
wherein a portion of the electrical component (*) or of a
terminal (*) attached thereto is composed of metal and
further wherein the portion is either raised to a fusible
temperature or subjected to metal in a fused state thereby
effecting bonding of the electrical component (*) to the
base.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
219, Electric Heating, 78.01 for a process or apparatus for
bonding (e.g., welding) by use of electrical current and
pressure.
228, Metal Fusion Bonding, 179.1 for a process of
simultaneously fusion bonding (e.g., welding, generally)
multiple joints of an electrical device. See Class 228, class
definition V, A, 1, for the line between Class 228 and other
manufacturing classes.
Subclass:
841
With encapsulating, e.g., potting, etc.:
This subclass is indented under subclass 832. Process
including covering a substantial portion of the electrical
component (*) to protect same from deleterious effects of the
environment.
(1) Note. The encapsulating is usually effected by molding a
flowable and settable electrically insulating material about
the component.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
25.01 for a process or apparatus for making a semiconductor
or a barrier layer device.
530 for a process of (1) depositing a flowable material upon
or into a void or opening in the work or (2) configuring a
flowable material (e.g., casting, molding) combined with
additional manufacturing and which combination is not
elsewhere classified.
855 for a process of assembling electrical components to a
terminal or elongated with encapsulating.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
174, Electricity: Conductors and Insulators, subclass 52.1
for an electrical device enclosed in a box or housing.
264, Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating:
Processes, subclass 272 for a process of encapsulating of
electrical components by molding.
361, Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices, subclass
424 for an electrical device provided with shielding means.
439, Electrical Connectors, 625 for an electrical connector
provided with molded insulation other than a conductor
sheath.
Subclass:
842
Assembling terminal to base:
This subclass is indented under subclass 829. Process of
assembling a terminal (*) to the base.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
361, Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices, subclass
774 for a specific shaped lead on a printed circuit board to
facilitate connection to an electrical component.
Subclass:
843
By metal fusion bonding:
This subclass is indented under subclass 842. Process
wherein a portion of the terminal (*) is composed of metal
which is either raised to a fusible temperature or is
subjected to metal in a fused state thereby effecting bonding
of the terminal (*) to the base.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
219, Electric Heating, subclass 78.01 for a process or
apparatus for bonding by electrical current and pressure.
228, Metal Fusion Bonding, 179.1 for a process of
simultaneously fusion bonding multiple joints of an
electrical device. See Class 228, class definition, V, A, 1,
for the line between Class 228 and other manufacturing
classes.
Subclass:
844
By deforming or shaping:
This subclass is indented under subclass 842. Process
wherein either the terminal (*) or base is deformed or
shaped.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
33.5 for apparatus for assembling a first element or portion
thereof to an edge of a second element including binding or
covering and cutting.
56.5 for plural diverse manufacturing apparatus including
machining means.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
439, Electrical Connectors, 877 for an electrical connector
secured by crimping, deforming, or bonding.
Subclass:
845
With shaping or forcing terminal into base aperture:
This subclass is indented under subclass 844. Process
wherein the base is provided with a hole and further wherein
either the hole is used to shape the terminal (*) or the
terminal (*) is compelled to pass into the hole.
Subclass:
846
Manufacturing circuit on or in base:
This subclass is indented under subclass 829. Process of
manufacturing a conductive path to, on, or in an insulative
base.
(1) Note. A circuit functions only to electrically connect
two points, devices, etc., whereas a terminal functions to
both electrically and mechanically connect two points,
devices, etc.
(2) Note. A circuit may be manufactured by molding, coating,
etching, wire forming, etc., or a combination of these
steps.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
174, Electricity: Conductors and Insulators, 250 for printed
circuit board structure, per se.
336, Inductor Devices, subclass 200 for printed circuit
inductor device structure.
361, Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices, subclass
777 for a specific pattern on a printed circuit board
facilitating attachment of electrical components.
427, Coating Processes, 96 for coating a process producing a
printed circuit.
430, Radiation Imagery Chemistry: Process, Composition, or
Product Thereof, subclass 5 for a process of photochemistry
using a mask: subclasses 311+ for a process of photochemistry
producing electrical devices.
Subclass:
847
With selective destruction of conductive paths:
This subclass is indented under subclass 846. Process
wherein a plurality of paths are formed and including the
step of destroying a predetermined portion of a path.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
205, Electrolysis: Processes, Compositions Used Therein, and
Methods of Preparing the Compositions, 118 for electrolytic
coating processes of selected areas.
Subclass:
848
With molding of insulated base:
This subclass is indented under subclass 846. Process
including the step of forming (i.e., shaping) a fluid
settable material that is highly resistant to the passage of
electricity into the shape of a base.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
264, Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating:
Processes, for a method of molding a plastic or nonmetallic
article.
Subclass:
849
Simultaneous circuit manufacturing:
This subclass is indented under subclass 848. Process
wherein the circuit manufacture occurs concurrently with the
molding of the base.
Subclass:
850
By using wire as conductive path:
This subclass is indented under subclass 846. Process
wherein the path is formed by a metallic body whose
longitudinal dimension is much greater than its round cross
section and which is designed for the stated proximate
purpose of carrying an electric current.
Subclass:
851
With sintering of base:
This subclass is indented under subclass 846. Process
including the cohering base material by heating it almost to,
but below, its melting point.
Subclass:
852
By forming conductive walled aperture in base:
This subclass is indented under subclass 846. Process of
shaping a hole in the base and attaching electrically
conductive material to the walls of the hole.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
427, Coating Processes, subclass 97 for a process of coating
a hole wall of a printed circuit board.
Subclass:
853
With deforming of conductive path:
This subclass is indented under subclass 852. Process
including deforming the electrically conductive path to
provide conductive material in the hole.
Subclass:
854
Assembling electrical component directly to terminal or
elongated conductor:
This subclass is indented under subclass 825. Process of
contiguously assembling an electrical component (*) to a
terminal (*) or an elongated conductor (*).
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
25.01 for a process or apparatus for making a semiconductor
or a barrier layer device.
619 for a process of making electrical resistors with at
least one terminal being applied to a resistance element.
621 for a process of making electrical resistors including
applying one or more terminals to a resistance element.
739 for apparatus including means for engaging a planar
nonconductive member, e.g., a circuit board, having or to be
provided with paths of conductive material to an electrical
component, the component being secured to a conductive path.
741 for apparatus used to make more than one electrical
component and paths of conductive material.
748 for apparatus including means to juxtapose, associate,
or fasten an electrical connector member to a conductor, the
connector member being elongated and rodlike.
749 for apparatus including means for assembling a plurality
of rodlike conductors to a terminal(s) simultaneously.
750 for apparatus including means for assembling a plurality
of rodlike conductors to a terminal(s) simultaneously, said
apparatus being hand manipulatable.
751 for apparatus including means for assembling a plurality
of rodlike conductors to a terminal(s) simultaneously, said
apparatus being hand manipulatable and being capable of
fastening by deformation.
752 for apparatus including means for assembling a plurality
of rodlike conductors to a terminal(s) simultaneously, said
apparatus being hand manipulatable and being capable of
fastening by elastic joining.
753 for apparatus including means for assembling a plurality
of rodlike conductors to a terminal(s) simultaneously, said
apparatus being capable of fastening by deformation.
754 for apparatus including means for assembling a plurality
of rodlike conductors to a terminal(s) simultaneously, said
apparatus being capable of fastening by elastic joining.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
219, Electric Heating, subclass 78.01 for a process or
apparatus for bonding by electrical current and pressure.
228, Metal Fusion Bonding, 179.1 for a process of
simultaneously fusion bonding multiple joints of an
electrical device. See Class 228, class definition, V, A, 1,
for the line between Class 228 and other manufacturing
classes.
438, Semiconductor Device Manufacturing: Process,
particularly 26, 51, 55, 64+, and 106+ for methods of
packaging a semiconductor device; see the search notes
thereunder.
Subclass:
855
With encapsulating:
This subclass is indented under subclass 854. Process
including substantially covering a portion of the assembled
component, (*) terminal, (*) or conductor (*) to protect same
from deleterious effects of the environment.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
530 for a process including (1) depositing a flowable
material upon or into a void or opening in the work, or (2)
configuring a flowable material (e.g., casting, molding)
combined with additional manufacturing, which combination is
not elsewhere classified.
586 for a process of making and encapsulating a
semiconductor or barrier layer device.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
174, Electricity: Conductors and Insulators, subclass 52.1
for an electrical device enclosed in a box or housing.
361, Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices, subclass
424 for an electrical device provided with a shielding.
439, Electrical Connectors, 271 for an electrical connector
provided with a joint sealing gasket or packing and
subclasses 607+ for an electrical connector with a radio type
electrical shield.
Subclass:
856
By molding or insulating material:
This subclass is indented under subclass 855. Process
wherein the encapsulating is by forming and shaping a
settable fluid material highly resistant to the passage of
electricity.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
264, Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating:
Processes, 272.11 for a process of encapsulating electrical
component by molding.
439, Electrical Connectors, 625 for an electrical connector
provided with molded insulation other than a conductor
sheath.
Subclass:
857
Assembling terminal to elongated conductor:
This subclass is indented under subclass 825. Process for
assembling a terminal (*) to an elongated conductor (*).
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
747 for apparatus including means to juxtapose, associate,
or fasten an electrical connector member to a conductor.
748 for apparatus including means to juxtapose, associate,
or fasten an electrical connector member to a conductor, the
connector member being elongated and rodlike.
749 for apparatus including means for assembling a plurality
of rodlike conductors to a terminal(s) simultaneously.
750 for apparatus including means for assembling a plurality
of rodlike conductors to a terminal(s) simultaneously, said
apparatus being hand manipulatable.
752 for apparatus including means for assembling a plurality
of rodlike conductors to a terminal(s) simultaneously, said
apparatus being hand manipulatable and being capable of
fastening by elastic joining.
754 for apparatus including means for assembling a plurality
of rodlike conductors to a terminal(s) simultaneously, said
apparatus being capable of fastening by elastic joining.
756 for apparatus including means to juxtapose, associate,
or fasten a conductor, the assembled structure having a
switch or fuse.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
174, Electricity: Conductors and Insulators, subclass 75 for
conduits, cables, or conductors having a joint with an end
structure; subclass 94 for bare conductor joints between
conduits, conductors, cables, or connectors.
Subclass:
858
With molding of electrically insulating material:
This subclass is indented under subclass 857. Process
including forming (i.e., shaping) a fluid settable material
or plastically reshaping a preform wherein the material or
preform is highly resistant to the passage of electric
current.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
439, Electrical Connectors, 625 for an electrical connector
provided with shaped insulation other than a conductor
sheath.
Subclass:
859
By shrinking of cover:
This subclass is indented under subclass 858. Process
wherein the preform is a tube or sleeve structure and further
wherein said structure is contracted in size about a portion
of the terminal (*) or conductor (*).
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
439, Electrical Connectors, 271 for an electrical connector
provided with a joint sealing gasket or packing.
Subclass:
860
By metal fusion bonding:
This subclass is indented under subclass 857. Process
wherein either end of the terminal (1) or an end of the
elongated conductor (2) is metal and further wherein assembly
is effected by juxtaposing and bonding the metal end of the
terminal to the end of the conductor either by (a) raising
the temperature of the metal end to its fusion point, or (b)
applying molten metal to the juxtaposed ends.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
219, Electric Heating, subclass 78.01 for a process or
apparatus for bonding by electrical current and pressure.
228, Metal Fusion Bonding, 179.1 for a process of
simultaneously fusion bonding multiple joints of an
electrical device. See Class 228, class definition, V, A, 1,
for the line between Class 228 and other manufacturing
classes.
Subclass:
861
By deforming:
This subclass is indented under subclass 857. Process
wherein the assembly is effected or enhanced either by
deforming the terminal (*) or the conductor (*).
(1) Note. The deforming can be of any portion of the
terminal or conductor including various insulative covering
layers thereon.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
751 for apparatus including means for assembling a plurality
of rodlike conductors to a terminal(s) simultaneously, said
apparatus being hand manipulatable and being capable of
fastening by deformation.
753 for apparatus including means for assembling a plurality
of rodlike conductors to a terminal(s) simultaneously, said
apparatus being capable of fastening by deformation.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
174, Electricity: Conductors and Insulators, subclass 84 for
a crimped joint between conduits, cables, or conductors.
439, Electrical Connectors, 877 for an electrical connector
secured by crimping, deforming, or bending.
Subclass:
862
Of ferrule about conductor and terminal:
This subclass is indented under subclass 861. Process
wherein the assembly is effected by the use of a short tube
designed to substantially circumscribe and be deformed about
the assembled terminal (*) and conductor (*).
(1) Note. This subclass includes a process of attaching a
terminal to a wire wherein a separate ferrule is employed. A
process utilizing a terminal with integral ferrule or
ferrule-like structure, which is deformed to make the
connection between the terminal and wire, is provided in
other subclasses under 863.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
439, Electrical Connectors, 95 for an electrical connector
having means to engage the conductor sheath to ground the
sheath.
Subclass:
863
Of terminal:
This subclass is indented under subclass 861. Process
wherein the terminal (*) is deformed.
(1) Note. This subclass provides for a process in which the
deforming force is primarily, if not totally, applied to the
terminal. Any deformation of the conductive wire resulting
from the terminal deformation is considered to be secondary
and therefore not controlling as to classification.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
56.5 for plural diverse manufacturing apparatus including
machining means.
871 for a process of assembling conductive wires by
deforming a bridge member.
Subclass:
864
With forming eyelet from elongated conductor:
This subclass is indented under subclass 863. Process
including deforming an end of the elongated conductor(s) into
a generally circular configuration to receive the terminal
(*).
Subclass:
865
With penetrating portion:
This subclass is indented under subclass 863. Process
wherein the terminal (*) is provided with structure capable
of piercing either a single or plural stranded elongated
conductor (*) or an electrically resistant material covering
thereon.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
439, Electrical Connectors, 387 for an electrical connector
provided with piercing means.
Subclass:
866
Through insulation:
This subclass is indented under subclass 865. Process
wherein the penetrating portion pierces a layer of
electrically resistant material covering the elongated
conductor (*).
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
439, Electrical Connectors, 387 for an electrical connector
provided with insulation piercing means.
Subclass:
867
With insulation removal:
This subclass is indented under subclass 863. Process
wherein the elongated conductor (*) is provided with material
highly resistant to the passage of electric current and
including removing some of the material.
Subclass:
868
Assembling elongated conductors, e.g., splicing, etc.:
This subclass is indented under subclass 825. Process of
joining elongated conductor(s) (*) to one another.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
56.5 for plural diverse manufacturing apparatus including
machining means.
755 for apparatus including means to juxtapose, associate,
or fasten multiple independent conductors.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
156, Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture,
subclass 49 for a process of making and splicing an
electrical conductor of indefinite length. See notes under
subclass 47, particularly notes (3) to (7), for the proper
classification between Classes 29 and 156 regarding the
manufacture of indefinite length electrical conductors.
174, Electricity: Conductors and Insulators, subclass 21 for
conduit or joint structure; subclasses 71+ for spliced
branched and/or multiducted conduits; subclass 73.1 for
spliced conduits, cables, and conductors having conductive
stress distributing means; subclass 88 for spliced plural
conduit, cable, or conductor joints; and subclass 94 for bare
conductor joints between conduits, cables, or conductors.
Subclass:
869
With end-to-end orienting:
This subclass is indented under subclass 868. Process
wherein respective ends of the elongated conductors are
juxtaposed and manipulated to extend along a common
longitudinal axis.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
756 for apparatus including means to juxtapose, associate,
or fasten a conductor, the assembled structure having a
switch or fuse.
Subclass:
870
Including fluid evacuating or pressurizing:
This subclass is indented under subclass 869. Process
including increasing or decreasing the pressure of a fluid
contained in one of the elongated conductors.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
439, Electrical Connectors, 271 for an electrical connector
provided with a joint sealing gasket or packing.
Subclass:
871
Including deforming of joining bridge:
This subclass is indented under subclass 869. Process
including deforming fastening structure spanning the
juxtaposed elongated conductors.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
156, Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture,
subclass 50 for a process with mechanical working of a
conductor.
174, Electricity: Conductors and Insulators, subclass 84 for
a crimped joint between conduits, cables, and conductors.
439, Electrical Connectors, 877 for an electrical connector
adapted to be secured by crimping, deforming, or bending.
Subclass:
872
With overlapping orienting:
This subclass is indented under subclass 868. Process
wherein respective ends of the elongated conductor(s) (*) are
juxtaposed and are manipulated to have parallel longitudinal
axes, and wherein one elongated conductor (*) extends over a
portion of the other elongated conductor (*).
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
518 for a process in which two or more rods or similarly
proportioned parts are disposed in parallel side-by-side
relationship for a portion of their length and are enclosed
in a tube and then joined to each other and to the tube by
the inward deformation of the tube.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
156, Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture,
subclass 55 for a process of longitudinally bending of
wrapping sheet material about plural spaced conductors.
174, Electricity: Conductors and Insulators, subclass 87 for
overlapped angled spliced conduit, cable, or conductor
joints.
Subclass:
873
Including oppositely facing end orienting:
This subclass is indented under subclass 872. Process
wherein end surfaces of the wires are oppositely disposed.
Subclass:
874
Contact or terminal manufacturing:
This subclass is indented under subclass 825. Process of
manufacturing either: (1) an electrically conductive means of
a relay, switch, or connector utilized to engage or disengage
another similar means to open or close an electrical circuit
or (2) a terminal (*).
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
622 for a process of making a device which is adapted to
interrupt or establish an electrical current flow between
electrical conductors joined in the device.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
200, Electricity: Circuit Makers and Breakers, subclass 11
for pivoted dial-type contact structure, per se, and
subclasses 275+ for particular contact shape or structure.
428, Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles, subclass 929
for electrical contact metallic stock structure.
Subclass:
875
By powder metallurgy:
This subclass is indented under subclass 874. Process
wherein the contact or terminal (*) is manufactured by
pressing, binding, and sintering powdered metal.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
75, Specialized Metallurgical Processes, Compositions for Use
Therein, Consolidated Metal Powder Compositions, and Loose
Metal Particulate Mixtures, subclass 247 for consolidated
metal powder composition having a base metal of one or more
noble metals or copper.
Subclass:
876
By assembling plural parts:
This subclass is indented under subclass 874. Process
wherein the contact or terminal (*) is manufactured by
assembling two or more cooperating elements.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
200, Electricity: Circuit Makers and Breakers, subclass 263
for cooperating contact structure composed of different
material and subclasses 268 and 269 for a contact composed of
two or more layers of different material.
Subclass:
877
With bonding:
This subclass is indented under subclass 876. Process
including joining the elements by adhesion or cohesion.
(1) Note. Examples of the types of bonding to be found in
this and the indented subclasses includes applying an
adhesive coating or lamina, tackifying a surface to be united
with another by applying a solvent thereto, fusion welding,
soldering, etc.
Subclass:
878
Of fused material:
This subclass is indented under subclass 877. Process
wherein the bond is effected either by bringing to or
applying material in a molten state to a portion of the
element joint.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
439, Electrical Connectors, 874 for an electrical connector
secured by fused material.
Subclass:
879
Metal:
This subclass is indented under subclass 878. Process
wherein a portion of the fused material is metal.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
219, Electric Heating, subclass 78.01 for a process or
apparatus for bonding by electrical current and pressure.
228, Metal Fusion Bonding, 179.1 for a process of
simultaneously bonding multiple joints of an electrical
device. See Class 228, class definitions, V, A, 1, for the
line between Class 228 and other manufacturing classes.
Subclass:
880
By impregnating a porous mass:
This subclass is indented under subclass 879. Process
wherein a portion of the element joint is composed of
substance having a plurality of interstices and further
wherein the fused material is applied to and penetrates the
substance interstices.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
200, Electricity: Circuit Makers and Breakers, subclass 264
for infiltrated porous contact structure, per se.
Subclass:
881
By elastic joining:
This subclass is indented under subclass 876. Process
wherein the cooperating elements are joined by distorting one
of the elements within its elastic limit.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
439, Electrical Connectors, 296 for an electrical connector
which is held coupled to a cooperating electrical connector
by a spring actuated or resilient member.
Subclass:
882
With deforming:
This subclass is indented under subclass 876. Process
including a step of deforming one of the cooperating
elements.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
56.5 for plural diverse manufacturing apparatus including
machining means.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
439, Electrical Connectors, 877 for an electrical connector
adapted to be secured by crimping, deforming or bending.
Subclass:
883
With molding of insulation:
This subclass is indented under subclass 876. Process
including a step of forming and shaping a fluid material
highly resistant to the passage of electricity.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
264, Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating:
Processes, for a process of molding a plastic nonmetallic
article.
Subclass:
884
Forming array of contacts or terminals:
This subclass is indented under subclass 876. Process
wherein a plurality of contacts or terminal(s) (*) are
manufactured in a predetermined orderly arrangement.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
56.5 for plural diverse manufacturing apparatus including
machining means.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
361, Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices, subclass
822 for a housed or mounted array of contacts or terminals.
439, Electrical Connectors, 55 for an electrical connector
for use on a printed circuit board, and subclasses 660+ for a
bayonet plug or socket connector, per se.
Subclass:
885
With coating:
This subclass is indented under subclass 874. Process
including a step of applying a flowable substance upon or
into a portion of the assembled parts.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
205, Electrolysis: Processes, Compositions Used Therein, and
Methods of Preparing the Compositions, 80 for an
electrolytic coating process, per se.
Subclass:
886
Electret making:
This subclass is indented under subclass 592.1. Process
wherein the article made exhibits a permanent external
electrostatic field due to internal polarization.
(1) Note. An electret possesses persistent electric
polarization and is generally a solid dielectric. A few
substances such as wax-resin electrets also exhibit
piezoelectric properties. See the (1) Note to the definition
of Class 29, subclass 25.35.
(2) Note. Some of the classes referred to in the search
notes of Class 29, subclass 25.35, have a process that is
useful in the manufacture of an electret.
(3) Note. This subclass is not limited to the manufacture of
an electret by a metal working operation, but includes the
manufacture of such a device by any type of operation where
no other class provides for the entire subject matter
claimed.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
25.35 for method of or apparatus for manufacturing a
piezoelectric device or a piezoelectric material that is not
classifiable in the specific classes relating to
manufacturing.
610.1 for a method of making a resistor under the class
definition.
887 for a method of making an insulator under the class
definition.
Subclass:
887
Insulator making:
This subclass is indented under subclass 592.1. Process
where the device made serves to support or confine an
electrical conductor while preventing current flow between
that conductor and another conductor or ground.
(1) Note. The process classified here may be for making the
necessary attachments of fittings for mounting the conductor
and insulator as well as the insulator body, per se.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
174, Electricity: Conductors and Insulators, 137 for
insulators, per se.
Subclass:
888
Prime mover or fluid pump making:
This subclass is indented under subclass 592. Process for
manufacturing (1) an internal combustion (I.C.) engine, (2) a
power device for converting the energy of a pressurized gas
or liquid to mechanical work, (3) a gas or liquid pump or
compressor, (4) a part especially adapted for (1), (2) or (3)
which is not elsewhere classified.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
890.08 for a process of making a manifold or exhaust pipe
for an internal combustion engine.
890.09 for a process of making a fluidic or fluid actuated
device, i.e., not a fluid power device.
890.1 for a process of making a fluid pattern dispersing
device, e.g., ink jet, subclasses 428+ for an assembly
process.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
123, Internal-Combustion Engines, for an internal combustion
engine.
184, Lubrication, for means to lubricate a prime mover or
fluid pump
Subclass:
888.01
I.C. (internal combustion) engine making:
This subclass is indented under subclass 888. Process of
manufacturing (1) a prime mover, such as a gasoline or diesel
engine, which burns fuel within the prime mover and the
combustion products serve as the thermodynamic fluid or (2) a
part especially adapted for (1) which is not elsewhere
classified.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
60, Power Plants, 597 for a fluid motor driven by waste heat
or by exhaust energy from an internal combustion engine and
subclasses 272+ for an internal combustion engine with
treatment or handling of exhaust gas.
73, Measuring and Testing, 66 for testing rotor unbalance
and subclasses 116+ for a device for testing a motor or
engine, generally.
92, Expansible Chamber Devices, subclass 261 for a
crankcase, generally.
123, Internal Combustion Engines, for an engine of that
class, generally.
Subclass:
888.011
Repairing, converting, servicing or salvaging:
This subclass is indented under subclass 888.01. Process
wherein an existing I.C. engine is (1) restored or otherwise
put in a more functional, stable or improved working
condition; (2) mechanically modified or altered to produce an
article of substantially different capacity, size, function
or type of operation; or (3) treated to recover a portion of
the whole thereof which would otherwise constitute discarded
material or using such material in a process of mechanical
manufacturing.
(1) Note. See the definition of repair in Class 29
definitions, paragraph III, Terms of Definitions.
(2) Note. Making a new replacement part, per se, is not
found in this subclass unless that part is claimed as being
installed in the device being repaired.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
401.1 for a process of converting. Also see the search notes
thereunder.
402.01 for a process of repairing. Also see the search notes
thereunder.
403.1 for a process including scrap recovery or utilization.
Also see the search notes thereunder.
Subclass:
888.012
Rotary or radial engine making:
This subclass is indented under subclass 888.01. Process of
manufacturing an I.C. engine wherein (1) the thermodynamic
cycle is carried out in a mechanism relying entirely upon
circular movement about an axis without any reciprocating
components such as a piston, crankshaft or connecting rod;
(2) the cylinders are arranged like the spokes of a wheel or
at equiangular intervals around a crankshaft; or (3) a
component, part of subcombination of (1) or (2) which are not
elsewhere specifically provided for.
(1) Note. Stern engine making and stem turbine making are
not included in this subclass since they are not internal
combustion engines.
Subclass:
888.02
Fluid pump or compressor making:
This subclass is indented under subclass 888. Process
wherein the manufactured article is especially adapted (1)
for increasing the pressure of a gas, liquid or vapor; (2)
for accelerating, conveying or transporting fluid which
article generally draws the fluid into itself through an
entrance port and forces the fluid out through an exhaust
port; or (3) a part especially adapted for (1) or (2) which
is not elsewhere classified.
(1) Note. A method of making an impeller is included therein
when more than the impeller is made.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
889 for a process of making an impeller, per se.
890.09 for a process of making a fluidic or fluid actuated
device.
Subclass:
888.021
Repairing, converting, servicing or salvaging:
This subclass is indented under subclass 888.02. Process
wherein an existing valve or valve seat is (1) restored or
otherwise put in a more functional, stable or improved
working condition; (2) mechanically modified or altered to
produce an article of substantially different capacity, size,
function or type of operation; or (3) treated to recover a
portion or the whole thereof which would otherwise constitute
discarded material or using such material in a process of
mechanical manufacturing.
(1) Note. See the definition of repair in the Class 29
Glossary.
(2) Note. Making a replacement part, per se, is not found in
this subclass unless that part is claimed as being installed
in the device being repaired.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
401.1 for a process of converting. Also see the search notes
thereunder.
402.01 for a process of repairing. Also see the search notes
thereunder.
403.1 for a process including scrap recovery or utilization.
Also see the search notes thereunder.
890.121 for a process of repairing, converting, servicing or
salvaging a valve in general.
Subclass:
888.022
Scroll or peristaltic type:
This subclass is indented under subclass 888.02. Process
wherein the manufactured fluid pump or compressor (1) employs
in its operation at least one diaphragm member which is
spirally wrapped, the walls of which define a closed space
that serves as the working fluid chamber; (2) employs in its
operation a resilient tubing that is compressed, which tubing
serves as the working fluid chamber; or (3) a part especially
adapted for (1) or (2) which is not elsewhere classified.
(1) Note. A method of making a scroll member or a
peristaltic tubing is classified in this subclass.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
888.3 for a process of making a seal or packing member.
Subclass:
888.023
Screw or gear type, e.g., moineau type:
This subclass is indented under subclass 888.02. Process
wherein the driving means or prime mover of the manufactured
article is (1) a toothed machine element or a train of such
elements, (2) a cylindrical machine element with a helical
groove cut into its surface or (3) a part especially adapted
for (1) or (2) which is not elsewhere classified.
Subclass:
888.024
Centrifugal type:
This subclass is indented under subclass 888.02. Process
wherein the manufactured article (1) accelerates the fluid
radially outward by means of an impeller to a surrounding
volute casing or (2) is a part especially adapted for (1)
which is not elsewhere classified.
Subclass:
888.025
Vane type or other rotary, e.g., fan:
This subclass is indented under subclass 888.02. Process
wherein the manufactured fluid pump or compressor is a
displacement device that delivers a steady fluid flow of the
action of two members in rotational contact, which device is
not elsewhere classified.
(1) Note. Original placement in this subclass requires that
the manufactured article be more than an impeller vane
assembly.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
889 for a method of making an impeller, per se.
Subclass:
888.03
Valve lifter making:
This subclass is indented under subclass 888. Process
wherein the manufactured article is (1) especially adapted
for opening a device which regulates or controls the flow of
fluid to or from a cylinder such as in an I.C. engine or is
(2) a part especially adapted for (1) which is not elsewhere
classified.
Subclass:
888.04
Piston making:
This subclass is indented under subclass 888. Process for
manufacturing (1) a sliding metal cylinder that reciprocates
in a tubular housing, either moving against or moved by fluid
pressure or (2) a component or part especially adapted for
use with (1) not elsewhere classified.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
92, Expansible Chamber Devices, appropriate subclass for a
piston, per se.
123, Internal-Combustion Engines, appropriate subclass for an
internal combustion engine having at least one piston.
219, Electric Heating, for process of electric welding or
laser welding.
228, Metal Fusion Bonding, appropriate subclass for a process
of making a piston by metallurgical bonding under the class
definition.
419, Powder Metallurgy Processes, appropriate subclass for
making a piston utilizing powder metallurgy techniques.
451, Abrading, 51 for a process of grinding a cylinder.
Subclass:
888.041
Repairing, converting, servicing or salvaging:
This subclass is indented under subclass 888.04. Process
wherein an existing piston is (1) restored or otherwise put
in a more functional, stable, or improved working condition;
(2) mechanically modified or altered to produce an article of
substantially different capacity, size function, or type of
operation; or (3) treated to recover a portion or the whole
thereof which would otherwise constitute discarded material
or using such material in a process of mechanical
manufacturing.
(1) Note. See the definition of repair in Class 29 Glossary
in the Class Definition.
(2) Note. Making a replacement part, per se, is not found in
this subclass unless that part is claimed as being installed
in the device being repaired.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
401.1 for a process of converting. Also see the search notes
thereunder.
402.01 for a process of repairing. Also see the search notes
thereunder.
403.1 for a process including scrap recovery or utilization.
Also see the search notes thereunder.
Subclass:
888.042
Multi-element piston making:
This subclass is indented under subclass 888.04. Process
wherein the piston is manufactured from a plurality of
associated parts such as multiple body pieces or multiple
skirt pieces, the parts being joined together to form a
piston, but not including assembly with a connecting rod or
with a gudgeon pin, wrist pin, piston pin or a boss
therefor.
(1) Note. The multi-element piston may be made by composite
casting or molding steps, but there must be recited subject
matter which is beyond the scope of the casting class, Class
164, or the molding class, Class 264, for placement in this
subclass.
(2) Note. Making a coated or clad piston, per se, is not
sufficient for placement in this subclass.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
888.048 for method of making a piston by coating or
cladding.
Subclass:
888.043
Utilizing a high energy beam, e.g., laser, electron beam:
Process under 888.042 wherein a very intense, nearly
unidirectional flow of particles of great velocity, or a like
propagation of electromagnetic or acoustic waves is used in
the manufacture of the multi-element piston.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
219, Electric Heating, 121.11 for a method of metal heating
using an electron beam, laser or plasma under the class
definition.
Subclass:
888.044
With assembly or composite article making:
This subclass is indented under subclass 888.04. Process
wherein the manufactured article is (1) composed of a
plurality of interrelated attached components or
subcombination elements, some of which are associated or
disassociated from the other components or elements during
the manufacture or (2) a unitary structure composed of at
least two different materials or compositions with each
material or composition retaining its identity.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
890.124 for a process of assembling a valve or making a
composite valve other than an I.C. engine or poppet valve.
Subclass:
888.045
With thermal barrier or heat flow provision:
This subclass is indented under subclass 888.044. Process
wherein the manufactured piston has structure especially
adapted for (1) preventing heat flow or heat build up, (2)
dissipating heat or (3) transferring heat.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
890.045 for a process of making a tube with heat transfer
means.
Subclass:
888.046
With fiber reinforced structure:
This subclass is indented under subclass 888.044. Process
wherein filament or elongated particles are employed to
strengthen or otherwise improve the mechanical integrity of
the manufactured piston.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
419.1 for a process of shaping fibrous material.
Subclass:
888.047
By composite casting or molding:
This subclass is indented under subclass 888.044. Process
wherein the piston is fabricated using a plurality of
distinct materials integrated to produce at least one piston
element, e.g., a squeeze-cast piston enveloping a fiber
material, which material is disposed through at least a
portion of the piston body.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
527.5 for a process of metal casting in combination with a
diverse manufacturing operation.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
164, Metal Founding, 91 for a process of casting a metal
composite article.
264, Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating:
Processes, 241 for a process of molding a composite article
under the class definition.
Subclass:
888.048
By coating or cladding:
This subclass is indented under subclass 888.044. Process
wherein the piston is subjected to an operation wherein (1)
fluent material is deposited upon or within a base material
or (2) a preformed metal sheath or layer of material is
attached to the surface of the base material.
(1) Note. The claimed recitation of a chemical reaction will
generally bar placement of the original reference in this
subclass.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
205, Electrolysis: Processes, Compositions Used Therein, and
Methods of Preparing the Compositions, 80 for a process of
electrolytic coating (e.g., electroplating, etc.).
427, Coating Processes, for a process of coating including
perfecting steps for coating.
Subclass:
888.049
Ring groove forming or finishing:
This subclass is indented under subclass 888.04. Process
wherein the manufactured piston has a slot or recess
especially adapted for receiving a piston ring or seal means
therein.
Subclass:
888.05
Gudgeon pin, wrist pin, piston pin, or boss therefor:
This subclass is indented under subclass 888.04. Process for
manufacturing (1) a fastening member such as a wrist pin or a
gudgeon pin or (2) a circular protuberance or shaped area on
the piston especially adapted for use with (1).
Subclass:
888.051
With other attaching provision for connecting rod:
This subclass is indented under subclass 888.04. Process
wherein the piston is secured to a connecting rod without the
use of a fastening element, per se, such as by casting about
a connecting rod and the piston by swaging or by staking.
Subclass:
888.06
Cylinder, cylinder head or engine valve sleeve making:
This subclass is indented under subclass 888. Process
wherein the manufactured article is (1) a tube in which a
piston moves and where a work is done on the piston by the
conversion of various forms of energy into mechanical force
and motion as in an internal combustion engine or fluid pump;
(2) a cap that serves to close the end of the piston chamber
of a reciprocating engine; (3) a cylindrical part especially
adapted for fitting inside (1) or (2); or (4) a covering or
deposited layer for the inner surface of (1) or (2).
(1) Note. A method of making a cylinder block by diverse
manufacturing steps is found in this subclass.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
888.01 for a process of making an internal combustion
engine.
Subclass:
888.061
With liner, coating or sleeve:
This subclass is indented under subclass 888.06. Process
wherein the manufactured engine cylinder or cylinder head (1)
has its surface covered by a cylindrical preform or covered
with deposited material; or (2) manufacturing such preform.
Subclass:
888.07
Piston ring or piston packing making:
This subclass is indented under subclass 888. Process for
manufacturing a circular sealing element or component
especially adapted for fitting around a piston and extending
to the cylinder wall thus preventing leakage.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
888.3 for a process of making a seal having plural district
layers.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
72, Metal Deforming, appropriate subclass for a process of
shaping or working metal stock material.
277, Seal for a Joint or Juncture, for a generic sealing
means or process, 434 for a piston ring or piston ring
expander or seat therefor, subclasses 922+ for a seal
manufactured by bonding or joining or subclass 924 for a seal
manufactured by deformation, material removal, or molding.
Subclass:
888.071
Including forging or hammering:
This subclass is indented under subclass 888.07. Process
wherein the manufactured ring is shaped or worked by
compressive impact force which produces plastic deformation.
Subclass:
888.072
Including casting or molding:
This subclass is indented under subclass 888.07. Process
wherein the manufactured ring is produced by shaping a liquid
or plastic substance into a fixed shape utilizing a forming
surface or mold.
Subclass:
888.073
Including rolling or die forming e.g., drawing, punching:
This subclass is indented under subclass 888.07. Process
wherein the manufactured ring is shaped or worked (1) by
compressive force exerted by opposed rotating rollers or (2)
by plastic deformation in a tool used to impart shape.
Subclass:
888.074
Including coating or plating:
This subclass is indented under subclass 888.07. Process
wherein the manufactured ring is made by depositing a layer
of fluent material upon or within a base material.
Subclass:
888.075
Including grinding or honing:
This subclass is indented under subclass 888.07. Process
wherein the manufactured ring is shaped or polished by
abrading which removes surface material.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
451, Abrading, 51 for process of grinding a piston or
packing ring.
Subclass:
888.076
Including machining or angular cutting:
This subclass is indented under subclass 888.07. Process
wherein the manufactured ring is (1) shaped by milling,
broaching, or planing or (2) severed on a bias or in a manner
other than transverse to the longitudinal axis of the ring.
Subclass:
888.08
Crankshaft making:
This subclass is indented under subclass 888. Process of (1)
manufacturing an axial member having at least one portion
thereof adapted for applying torque thereto for changing
reciprocating motion into circular motion or vice versa (2)
performing other operation upon such an axle or (3)
manufacturing a part especially adapted for (1) or (2) which
is not elsewhere classified.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
6.01 for a machine for making a crankshaft.
Subclass:
888.09
Connecting rod making:
This subclass is indented under subclass 888. Process of
manufacturing a link which transmits motion or power from one
linkage to a second linkage within the prime mover or the
power device.
Subclass:
888.091
Including metallurgical bonding:
This subclass is indented under subclass 888.09. Process
wherein the manufactured connecting rod is produced utilizing
a soldering, brazing or welding step.
Subclass:
888.092
Including metal forging or die shaping:
This subclass is indented under subclass 888.09. Process
wherein the manufactured connecting rod is metal which has
been plastically deformed (1) by compressive forces into a
desired shape or (2) by a tool used to impart shape.
Subclass:
888.1
Camshaft making:
This subclass is indented under subclass 888. Process
wherein the manufactured article is (1) a rotating axle to
which is attached a plate or cylinder that communicates
motion to a follower by means of its edge or a groove cut in
its surface or (2) a part especially adapted for (1) which is
not elsewhere classified.
Subclass:
888.2
Push rod or rocker arm making:
This subclass is indented under subclass 888. Process
wherein the manufactured article is (1) a bar or slender
shaft which is actuated by a cam to open and shut valves such
as in an I.C. engine (2) a lever that is pivoted near its
center and is operated at one end by a push rod as defined in
(1) which causes the other end of the lever to raise and
depress a valve stem such as in an I.C. engine or (3) a part
especially adapted for (1) or (2) which is not elsewhere
classified.
Subclass:
888.3
Seal or packing making:
This subclass is indented under subclass 888. Process
wherein the manufactured article is (1) especially adapted to
close or make secure against unwanted fluid leakage or fluid
passage or (2) a part of (1) which is not elsewhere
classified.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
277, Seal for a Joint or Juncture, for a generic sealing
means or process, 922 for a seal manufactured by bonding or
joining or subclass 924 for a seal manufactured by
deformation, material removal, or molding.
Subclass:
888.4
Poppet or I.C. engine valve or valve seat making:
This subclass is indented under subclass 888. Process
wherein the manufactured article is (1) a device that
regulates fluid flow by means of a movable part that opens,
shuts or partially obstructs a port or passageway, i.e., a
valve which device rises perpendicularly to or from a
circular ring on which the device rests when closed; (2) the
circular ring for such a device; or (3) a part especially
adapted for (1) or (2) which is not elsewhere classified.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
890.12 for a process of making a valve, per se.
Subclass:
888.41
Valve guide making:
This subclass is indented under subclass 888.4. Process
wherein the manufactured article is especially adapted for
maintenance of alignment of a stem of a poppet valve or I.C.
engine valve.
Subclass:
888.42
Repairing, converting, servicing or salvaging:
This subclass is indented under subclass 888.4. Process
wherein an existing valve or valve seat is (1) restored or
otherwise put in a more functional, stable or improved
working condition; (2) mechanically modified or altered to
produce an article of substantially different capacity, size,
function or type of operation; or (3) treated to recover a
portion or the whole thereof which would otherwise constitute
discarded material or using such material in a process of
mechanical manufacturing.
(1) Note. See the definition of repair in Class 29 Glossary
in the Class Definition.
(2) Note. Making a replacement part, per se, is not found in
this subclass unless that part is claimed as being installed
in the device being repaired.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
401.1 for a process of converting. Also see the search notes
thereunder.
402.01 for a process of repairing. Also see the search notes
thereunder.
403.1 for a process including scrap recovery or utilization.
Also see the search notes thereunder.
890.121 for a process of repairing, converting, servicing or
salvaging a valve in general.
Subclass:
888.43
Valve tappet making:
This subclass is indented under subclass 888.4. Process
wherein the manufactured article is (1) a lever or
oscillating member moved by a cam and intended to tap or
touch for purpose of operation of a valve or part thereof or
(2) a part especially adapted for (1) which is not elsewhere
classified.
Subclass:
888.44
Valve seat making:
This subclass is indented under subclass 888.4. Process
wherein the manufactured article is the circular ring on
which the poppet valve or I.C. engine valve rests when
closed.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
890.122 for a process of making a valve seat, per se, not
for a poppet or I.C. engine valve.
Subclass:
888.45
Composite or hollow valve stem or head making:
This subclass is indented under subclass 888.4. Process
wherein the manufactured article is a disk part of the poppet
or I.C. engine valve or a rod part which operates to open or
close the valve, which disk part or rod part is (1) a unitary
structure composed of at least two different materials or
compositions with each material or composition retaining its
identity or (2) a structure which is concave or has a cavity
within.
(1) Note. Composite valves include both solid and
substantially solid valves having metal or ceramic inserts;
and they may contain a heat exchange fluid or a particulate
material.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
890.123 for a process of making a valve stem, per se.
890.124 for a process of assembling a valve or making a
composite valve.
Subclass:
888.451
Including forging:
This subclass is indented under subclass 888.45. Process
wherein the manufactured article is shaped or worked by
compressive impact force which produces plastic deformation.
Subclass:
888.452
Including extruding:
This subclass is indented under subclass 888.45. Process
wherein the manufactured article is shaped by forcing solid
material, such as metal, through the orifice of a die to
produce a continuously formed piece.
Subclass:
888.453
Including casting:
This subclass is indented under subclass 888.45. Process
wherein the manufactured article is produced by shaping
liquid metal into a fixed shape utilizing a forming surface
or mold.
Subclass:
888.46
With assembly or composite article making:
This subclass is indented under subclass 888.4. Process
wherein the manufactured article is (1) composed of a
plurality of interrelated attached components or
subcombination elements, plurality of interrelated attached
components or subcombination elements some of which are
associated or disassociated from the other components or
elements during the manufacture or (2) a unitary structure
composed of at least two different materials or compositions
with each material or composition retaining its identity.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
890.124 for a process of assembling a valve or making a
composite valve other than an I.C. engine or poppet valve.
Subclass:
889
Impeller making:
This subclass is indented under subclass 592. Process of
manufacturing a device including a rotor (e.g., rotary bladed
spindle) for imparting motion in connection with fluid flow.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
416, Fluid Reaction Surfaces (i.e., Impellers), for
particular fluid flow devices.
Subclass:
889.1
Repairing or disassembling:
This subclass is indented under subclass 889. Process
wherein an existing impeller device is restored to a more
functional, stable or improved working condition or wherein
its parts are disassociated.
(1) Note. See the definition of repair in Class 29 Glossary
in the Class Definition.
(2) Note. Making a new replacement part, per se, is not
found in this subclass unless that part is claimed as being
installed in the device being repaired.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
402.01 for a process of repairing. Also see the search notes
thereunder.
Subclass:
889.2
Turbomachine making:
This subclass is indented under subclass 889. Process for
manufacturing a device for enclosing and directing fluid flow
with respect to an axially mounted rotary member including
flow interacting members thereon (e.g., blades, vanes,
buckets, etc.).
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
416, Fluid Reaction Surfaces (i.e., Impellers), 204 for
turbomachine assembly.
Subclass:
889.21
Assembling individual fluid flow interacting members, e.g.,
blades, vanes, buckets, on rotary support member:
This subclass is indented under subclass 889.2. Process
wherein the manufacturing includes the permanent association
of the flow interacting members with the rotary support
member.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
416, Fluid Reaction Surfaces (i.e., Impellers), for specific
blade assembly under subclass 204.
Subclass:
889.22
Assembling fluid flow directing devices, e.g., stators,
diaphragms, nozzles:
This subclass is indented under subclass 889.2. Process
wherein the manufacturing includes the permanent association
of the parts of the fluid flow devices.
Subclass:
889.23
Shaping integrally bladed rotor:
This subclass is indented under subclass 889.2. Process
including altering the configuration or dimensions of a rotor
to form thereon portions serving as a fluid interacting
member such as a blade or vane.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
416, Fluid Reaction Surfaces (i.e., Impellers), subclass 234
for blade structure integrally shaped or blended into hub or
rotor.
Subclass:
889.3
Axial blower or fan:
This subclass is indented under subclass 889. Process of
fabricating an impeller of the type wherein the fluid flow
discharge is substantially in the direction of the rotational
axis of the rotor.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
416, Fluid Reaction Surfaces (i.e., Impellers), especially
189 for axially extending shroud ring or casing and
subclasses 198+ for multiple axially spaced working members.
Subclass:
889.4
Centrifugal blower or fan:
This subclass is indented under subclass 889. Process for
manufacturing an impeller of the type wherein the fluid flow
discharge is substantially outwardly in radial direction from
the central portion of the rotor.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
416, Fluid Reaction Surfaces (i.e., Impellers), subclass 178
for perimetric blading extending axially between annular
members (e.g., squirrel cage type, etc.).
Subclass:
889.5
Fluid coupling device:
This subclass is indented under subclass 889. Process of
manufacturing a device including impeller means for
transmitting force, i.e., a coupling by means of fluid to a
device such as a turbine, e.g., hydraulic type of torque
convertor.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
60, Power Plants, 330 for impeller and turbine unit type
torque transmitting apparatus.
Subclass:
889.6
Propeller making:
This subclass is indented under subclass 889. Process for
manufacturing a device consisting of a central hub with
radiating blades twisted to form part of a substantially
helical surface that is used to propel a vehicle, e.g.,
airplane or ship.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
416, Fluid Reaction Surfaces (i.e., Impellers), 223 for
specific blade structure.
Subclass:
889.61
Utilizing hollow tube blank:
This subclass is indented under subclass 889.6. Process
wherein a propeller blade portion is made from an open
cylindrical workpiece.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
416, Fluid Reaction Surfaces (i.e., Impellers), subclass 232
and 233 for hollow blade structure.
Subclass:
889.7
Blade making:
This subclass is indented under subclass 889. Process of
manufacturing the individual fluid flow interacting members
utilized in an impeller device.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
416, Fluid Reaction Surfaces (i.e., Impellers), 223 for
specific blade structure.
Subclass:
889.71
Composite blade:
This subclass is indented under subclass 889.7. Process
wherein a blade is made of distinctly different and
identifiable portions or materials.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
416, Fluid Reaction Surfaces (i.e., Impellers), 229 for
laminated, embedded member or encased material type blade
structure.
Subclass:
889.72
Hollow blade:
This subclass is indented under subclass 889.7. Process
wherein the interior of the blade includes substantial open
space.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
416, Fluid Reaction Surfaces (i.e., Impellers), subclass 232
and 233 for hollow blade structure.
Subclass:
889.721
With cooling passage:
This subclass is indented under subclass 889.72. Process
wherein the interior open space serves to allow fluid to flow
within the blade for heat dissipation purposes.
Subclass:
889.722
Passage contains tubular insert:
This subclass is indented under subclass 889.721. Process
wherein the cooling passage receives therein a hollow
cylindrical member.
Subclass:
890
Catalytic device making:
This subclass is indented under subclass 592. Process for
manufacturing an article which utilizes a substance that
alters the velocity of a chemical reaction and which
substance may be recovered essentially unaltered in form and
amount at the end of the reaction.
(1) Note. A recited chemical reaction, per se, will
generally bar original placement in this subclass.
(2) Note. Prior to the establishment of this subclass (890),
this subject matter was indented under "Gas and Water Device
Making" (old 29/157+). Other subclasses under Class 29
subclasses 592+ have not been screened for this subject
matter.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
890.08 for a method of making a muffler, manifold or exhaust
pipe.
Subclass:
890.01
Rocket or jet device making:
This subclass is indented under subclass 592. Process for
manufacturing an article especially adapted for producing a
strong, well-defined stream of fluid which issues from an
orifice or nozzle or moves within a contracted duct.
(1) Note. Generally a rocket or jet is utilized for
propulsion purposes.
(2) Note. No method of making carburetor or fuel injector
device, per se, is found within this subclass.
(3) Note. Prior to the establishment of this subclass
(890.01) this subject matter was indented under "Gas and
Water Device Making" (old 29/157+). Other subclasses under
Class 29 subclasses 592+ have not been screened for this
subject matter.
Subclass:
890.02
Burner, torch or metallurgical lance making:
This subclass is indented under subclass 592. Process for
manufacturing an article especially adapted for (1) consuming
fluid fuel to produce a flame or to cut material or (2)
consuming fluid or gaseous fuel to combust or otherwise
remove undesired material.
(1) Note. A process of making carburetor or fuel injector,
per se, is not considered appropriate subject matter for this
subclass since the combustion reaction occurs at a latter
stage of the engine.
(2) Note. Prior to the establishment of this subclass
(890.02) this subject matter was indented under "Gas and
Water Device Making" (old 29/157+). Other subclasses under
Class 29, subclasses 401.1+ have not been screened for this
subject matter.
Subclass:
890.03
Heat exchanger or boiler making:
This subclass is indented under subclass 592. Process for
manufacturing (1) a water heater for generating steam or (2)
an article especially useful for recovery of thermal energy
or for transferring thermal energy from one fluid to another
fluid or to the environment.
(1) Note. This subclass and the subclasses indented
hereunder include a method of making a subcombination not
elsewhere provided for, which are especially useful in heat
exchanger or boiler devices.
(2) Note. Prior to the establishment of these subclasses
(890.03+), this subject matter was indented under "Gas and
Water Device Making" (old 29/157+). Other subclasses under
Class 29, subclasses 592+ have not been screened for this
subject matter.
(3) Note. Making a heat sink device, per se, or heat
absorbing material, per se, is not included in this subclass
or indented subclasses.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
73, Measuring and Testing, especially 112 for testing power
plant or unit efficiency, subclasses 116+ for testing a motor
or engine and subclasses 700+ for a fluid pressure gauge,
generally.
110, Furnaces, for a heating system, generally.
122, Liquid Heaters and Vaporizors, for a heating unit
specific to that class.
126, Stoves and Furnaces, for a heating unit, generally.
137, Fluid Handling, for a fluid system, generally.
156, Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture,
60 for a method of making a heat exchanger or boiler by
means of adhesive or nonmetallic bonding where no
metalworking takes place.
159, Concentrating Evaporators, for an evaporator for
cooling, and Digest 18 an art collection specific to an
accumulator.
205, Electrolysis: Processes, Compositions Used Therein, and
Methods of Preparing the Compositions, subclass 73 for an
electrolytic method of making a hollow body such as a heat
exchanger or boiler.
264, Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating:
Processes, appropriate subclass for a process of shaping or
treating nonmetallic material under the class definition.
Subclass:
890.031
Repairing, converting, servicing or salvaging:
This subclass is indented under subclass 890.03. Process
wherein an existing heat exchanger or boiler is (1) restored
or otherwise put in a more functional, stable or improved
working condition; (2) mechanically modified or altered to
produce an article of substantially different capacity, size,
function or type of operation; or (3) treated to recover a
portion or the whole thereof which would otherwise constitute
discarded material or using such material in a process of
mechanical manufacturing.
(1) Note. See the definition of repair in Class 29 Glossary
in the Class Definition.
(2) Note. Making a replacement part, per se, is not found in
this subclass unless that part is claimed as being installed
in the device being repaired.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
401.1 for a process of converting. Also see the search notes
thereunder.
402.01 for a process of repairing. Also see the search notes
thereunder.
403.1 for a process including scrap recovery or utilization.
Also see the search notes thereunder.
Subclass:
890.032
Heat pipe device making:
This subclass is indented under subclass 890.03. Process
wherein the article made is a heat-transfer device consisting
of a sealed receptacle which absorbs radiant energy at one
end by vaporization of a liquid and releases energy at the
other end by condensation of the vapor.
Subclass:
890.033
Solar energy device making:
This subclass is indented under subclass 890.03. Making
wherein the article made is especially useful for capturing,
transmitting, storing or otherwise utilizing radiation from
the sun.
Subclass:
890.034
Regenerator or recuperator making:
This subclass is indented under subclass 890.03. Process
wherein the article made is especially useful for recovering
thermal energy from effluent or exhaust fluids, which thermal
energy is usually transferred to incoming fluids.
(1) Note. These articles generally are either
reversible--one is in a heat absorbing cycle whereas a second
is in a heat transmitting cycle, or utilize counter
principles.
Subclass:
890.035
Cooling apparatus making, e.g., air conditioner,
refrigerator:
This subclass is indented under subclass 890.03. Process
wherein the article made is especially useful for (1)
removing thermal energy from an enclosed chamber and its
contents or (2) comfort treating an ambient area by lowering
the air temperature and reducing the humidity.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
159, Concentrating Evaporators, for an evaporator for
cooling, and Digest 18 an art collection specific to an
accumulator.
Subclass:
890.036
Tube inside tube:
This subclass is indented under subclass 890.03. Process
wherein the heat exchanger or boiler made has an elongated
hollow generally cylindrical structure housed inside a
similar structure.
Subclass:
890.037
Tube wound about tube:
This subclass is indented under subclass 890.03. Process
wherein the heat exchanger or boiler made comprises a first
elongated hollow generally cylindrical structure wrapped
around a second elongated hollow generally cylindrical
structure.
Subclass:
890.038
Tube joined to flat sheet longitudinally, i.e., tube sheet:
This subclass is indented under subclass 890.03. Process
wherein the heat exchanger or boiler made comprises a broad
generally flat member attached to an elongated hollow
generally cylindrical structure which passageways constitute
substantially all of the heat exchanger or boiler
passageways.
(1) Note. Tube plate structure is quite different and
distinct from tube sheet structure. A tube plate has traverse
passageways therethrough and generally serves as end joint
structure for a heat exchanger made up of a large plurality
of associated tubes.
Subclass:
890.039
Sheet joined to sheet:
This subclass is indented under subclass 890.03. Process
wherein the heat exchanger device or boiler made comprises a
plurality of broad generally flat members joined directly
together.
Subclass:
890.04
With inserted tubes:
This subclass is indented under subclass 890.039. Process
wherein the heat exchanger device or boiler made comprises a
plurality of broad generally flat members joined directly
together having a plurality of elongated hollow generally
cylindrical members extending therethrough.
Subclass:
890.041
Utilizing bond inhibiting material:
This subclass is indented under subclass 890.039. Process
wherein the heat exchanger or boiler is selectively bonded
together making use of coating composition or applied
substance which prevents or minimizes bonding in particular
interface areas.
(1) Note. The above method is one type of "roll bonding".
Subclass:
890.042
With subsequent fluid expansion:
This subclass is indented under subclass 890.041. Process
herein the selectively bonded heat exchanger or boiler is
pneumatically or hydraulically inflated.
Subclass:
890.043
Tube joint and tube plate structure:
This subclass is indented under subclass 890.03. Process
wherein the heat exchanger or boiler is made by joining
elongated hollow generally cylindrical members to one another
or to associated heat exchanger members.
(1) Note. Tube sheet structure is quite different and
distinct from tube plate structure. A tube sheet has
longitudinal passageway therein, whereas a tube plate has
traverse passageways therethrough.
Subclass:
890.044
Including conduit expansion or inflation:
This subclass is indented under subclass 890.043. Process
wherein the tube joint or tube plate structure is plastically
deformed to increase its size or volume.
(1) Note. Generally, the expansion or inflation is done to
perfect the joint structure integrity or to prepare the
structure for its particular use.
Subclass:
890.045
Tube with heat transfer means:
This subclass is indented under subclass 890.03. Process
wherein the heat exchanger or boiler has an elongated hollow
generally cylindrical member having features especially
adapted for transferring thermal energy.
Subclass:
890.046
Finned tube:
This subclass is indented under subclass 890.045. Process
wherein the heat transfer means include at least one
protuberance.
Subclass:
890.047
Common fin traverses plurality of tubes:
This subclass is indented under subclass 890.046. Process
wherein at least one fin extends across and is attached to or
associated with more than one of the tubes.
Subclass:
890.048
Helically finned:
This subclass is indented under subclass 890.046. Process
wherein the heat exchanger or boiler has an elongated hollow
generally cylindrical structure having spiral protuberances
thereon for facilitating heat transfer.
Subclass:
890.049
Internally finned:
Process under 890.046 wherein the protuberance is located on
the inside surface of the tube.
Subclass:
890.05
Made from unitary workpiece, i.e., no assembly:
This subclass is indented under subclass 890.046. Process
wherein the finned tube is manufactured from a single preform
member or bonded monolithic structure.
Subclass:
890.051
Boiler making:
This subclass is indented under subclass 890.03. Process
wherein the article made is especially useful for (1)
generating steam or (2) heating water in a closed system for
distribution of thermal energy.
(1) Note. Hot water heaters which are not closed systems are
excluded from this subclass.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
122, Liquid Heaters and Vaporizers, for a closed or
pressurized apparatus to heat liquid or make steam.
Subclass:
890.052
Header or manifold making:
This subclass is indented under subclass 890.03. Process
wherein the article made includes a conduit or chamber for
distributing fluid from a series of smaller conduits.
Subclass:
890.053
Tube making or reforming:
This subclass is indented under subclass 890.03. Process
wherein (1) the article made comprises an elongated hollow
generally cylindrical member or (2) such an existing
cylindrical member is reshaped.
Subclass:
890.054
With metallurgical bonding:
This subclass is indented under subclass 890.03. Process
wherein the article made is manufactured employing metal
soldering, brazing or welding.
Subclass:
890.06
Accumulator making:
This subclass is indented under subclass 592. Process for
manufacturing a gas and water device which (1) acts upon a
contained fluid to allow the fluid to be discharged rapidly
thereby yielding high pneumatic or hydraulic power or (2)
enables a uniform steam boiler output to meet an irregular
steam demand.
(1) Note. Prior to the establishment of this subclass
(890.06), this subject matter was indented under "Gas and
Water Device Making" (old 29/157+). Other subclasses under
Class 29, subclasses 592+ have not been screened for this
subject matter.
Subclass:
890.07
Condenser, evaporator or vaporizer making:
This subclass is indented under subclass 592. Process for
manufacturing a gas and water device especially useful for
changing matter in its vaporous or gaseous phase to a liquid
phase or in its liquid phase to a vaporous or gaseous phase.
(1) Note. This subclass excludes making driers, per se,
since the phase change involved is only incidental to the
drying use.
(2) Note. Prior to the establishment of this subclass
(890.07), this subject matter was indented under "Gas and
Water Device Making" (old 29/157+). Other subclasses under
Class 29, subclasses 592+ have not been screened for this
subject matter.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
592.1 for a method of making an electrical device.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
122, Liquid Heaters and Vaporizers, for a closed or
pressurized apparatus to heat liquid or make steam.
126, Stoves and Furnaces, for a water heater or steam
generator of an open or unpressurized type, or may be a
closed or pressurized type if it is part of the stove or
furnace structure, subclass 350.2 for a fluid fuel burner
other than a top-accessible liquid heating vessel vaporizer
or humidifier or subclasses 381.1 and 382.1 for an open-top
liquid heating vessel that may include a lid having a
condenser for steam from the vessel.
Subclass:
890.08
Muffler, manifold or exhaust pipe making:
This subclass is indented under subclass 592. Process for
manufacturing a gas and water device which is (1) useful for
deadening the noise produced by escaping gas or vapor, (2) a
duct through which spent gas leaves an engine or gas turbine
or (3) a branch duct arrangement which connects valve parts
of a multicylinder internal combustion engine to a carburetor
or to an exhaust gas handling system.
(1) Note. Prior to the establishment of this subclass
(890.08), this subject matter was indented under "Gas and
Water Device Making" (old 29/157+). Other subclasses under
Class 29, subclasses 592+ have not been screened for this
subject matter.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
138, Pipes and Tubular Conduits, for a tubular member for
transmitting gas, generally.
Subclass:
890.09
Fluidic or fluid actuated device making:
This subclass is indented under subclass 592. Process for
manufacturing a gas and water article which (1) operates by
the interaction of streams of fluids or (2) employs fluid
dynamic phenomena to perform control, processing or actuation
functions.
(1) Note. Automatic transmission making and brake system
making are not included in this subclass.
(2) Note. Fluidic power device making is not included in
this subclass.
(3) Note. Fluidic devices are themselves classified in Class
137, subclasses 803+.
(4) Note. Prior to the establishment of this subclass
(890.09), this subject matter was indented under "Gas and
Water Device Making" (old 29/157+). Other subclasses under
Class 29, subclasses 592+ have not been screened for this
subject matter.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
888 for process of making a fluidic power device.
Subclass:
890.1
Fluid Pattern dispersing device making, e.g., ink jet:
This subclass is indented under subclass 592. Process for
manufacturing a gas and water article which is especially
useful for projecting, depositing, ejecting, or emitting
fluid for producing s:graphic, printing, or other information
characters.
(1) Note. Prior to the establishment of this subclass
(890.1), this subject matter was indented under "Gas and
Water Device Making" (old 29/157+). Other subclasses under
Class 29, subclasses 592+ have not been screened for this
subject matter.
Subclass:
890.11
Tapping device making:
This subclass is indented under subclass 592. Process for
manufacturing a gas and water article which is especially
useful for gaining entry or access into a fluid system at a
location which was not previously an entry or access point.
(1) Note. Prior to the establishment of this subclass
(890.11), this subject matter was indented under "Gas and
Water Device Making" (old 29/157+). Other subclasses under
Class 29, subclasses 592+ have not been screened for this
subject matter.
Subclass:
890.12
Valve or choke making:
This subclass is indented under subclass 592. Process for
manufacturing a gas and water device which is especially
useful for regulating or controlling the flow of fluids in a
piping system or in machinery.
(1) Note. Installing a preformed valve or valve assembly,
per se, into a fluid system, per se, is not herein or
hereunder unless some significant shaping or manufacturing
occurs such as valve seat forming or assembling valve
subcomponents.
(2) Note. Prior to the establishment of these subclasses
(890.12+), this subject matter was indented under "Gas and
Water Device Making" (old 29/157+). Other subclasses under
Class 29, subclasses 592+ have not been screened for this
subject matter.
Subclass:
890.121
Repairing, converting, servicing or salvaging:
This subclass is indented under subclass 890.12. Process
wherein an existing valve or choke is (1) restored or
otherwise put in a more functional, stable or improved
working condition; (2) mechanically modified or altered to
produce an article of substantially different capacity, size,
function or type of operation; or (3) treated to recover a
portion of the whole thereof which would otherwise constitute
discarded material or using such material in a process of
mechanical manufacturing.
(1) Note. See the definition of "repair" in Class 29
Glossary in the Class Definition.
(2) Note. Making a replacement part, per se, is not found in
this subclass.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
401.1 for a process of converting. Also see the search notes
thereunder.
402.01 for a process of repairing. Also see the search notes
thereunder.
403.1 for a process including scrap recovery or utilization.
Also see the search notes thereunder.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
137, Fluid Handling, subclass 15.17 for a process having a
particular mounting or repairing feature for a valve or valve
member, or subclasses 15.18-15.26 for a process of
assembling, disassembling, or repairing a valve or valve
member.
Subclass:
890.122
Valve seat forming:
This subclass is indented under subclass 890.12. Process
including the step of permanently deforming, shaping or
making the annular or circular ring upon which the valve head
rests when the valve is in a closed position.
Subclass:
890.123
Valve stem or tire valve making:
This subclass is indented under subclass 890.12. Process
including the step of manufacturing (1) connector structure
by means of which a disk or plug is moved thereby opening or
closing the valve or (2) an elongated valve for use on
pneumatic tires.
Subclass:
890.124
With assembly, disassembly or composite article making:
This subclass is indented under subclass 890.12. Process
wherein the valve or choke which is manufactured is (1)
composed of a plurality of interrelated attached components
or subcombination elements, some of which are associated or
disassociated from the other components or elements during
the manufacturing or (2) a unitary structure composed of at
least two different materials or compositions with each
material or composition retaining its identity.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
137, Fluid Handling, subclass 15.17 for a process having a
particular mounting or repairing feature for a valve or valve
member, or subclasses 15.18-15.26 for a process of
assembling, disassembling, or repairing a valve or valve
member.
Subclass:
890.125
Joining plural semi-circular components:
This subclass is indented under subclass 890.124. Process
wherein the valve or choke is manufactured from at least two
arcuate members or elements assembled together.
Subclass:
890.126
With material shaping or cutting:
This subclass is indented under subclass 890.124. Process
wherein the valve or choke is manufactured (1) utilizing a
deforming, casting or molding operation or (2) employing a
machining, drilling or severing step.
(1) Note. A coating step, per se, is not a material shaping
for the purpose of this subclass.
Subclass:
890.127
Including molding or casting:
This subclass is indented under subclass 890.126. Process
wherein the material shaping operation includes shaping a
liquid or plastic substance into a fixed shape utilizing a
forming surface or mold.
Subclass:
890.128
Including machining or drilling:
This subclass is indented under subclass 890.126. Process
wherein the material shaping operation includes the use of a
cutter to remove excess material to produce the desired
shaped valve or component thereof.
(1) Note. The cutter herein is generally a milling,
drilling, grinding, broaching or planing tool.
Subclass:
890.129
Including metallurgical bonding:
This subclass is indented under subclass 890.126. Process
including a metal soldering, welding or brazing step.
Subclass:
890.13
Including metal deforming:
This subclass is indented under subclass 890.126. Process
including metal shaping employing forces which exceed the
elastic limit of the metal, which forces plastically shape
the metal without any substantial removal of material.
(1) Note. See the definition of "deforming" in the Class 29
Glossary in the Class Definition.
Subclass:
890.131
Including metallurgical bonding:
This subclass is indented under subclass 890.124. Process
wherein the valve or choke is manufactured employing metal
soldering, brazing, or welding.
Subclass:
890.132
Including metal shaping and diverse operation:
This subclass is indented under subclass 890.12. Process
wherein the valve or choke is manufactured by the combined
steps of (1) permanently altering the form, configuration, or
contour of the workpiece or stock, with or without removal of
material, together with (2) an unlike or different
manufacturing step, which second step is distinct from the
first step although the second step may also constitute
another metal shaping operation.
Subclass:
890.14
Gas and water specific plumbing component making:
This subclass is indented under subclass 592. Process for
manufacturing an article especially adapted for use with
gaseous phase matter or with aqueous material, which article
is utilized generally by a skilled plumber in the practice of
his trade.
(1) Note. Original placement in this subclass or the
indented subclasses requires more than the process of
assembling two or more self-sustaining parts, per se.
(2) Note. Prior to the establishment of this subclass
(890.14+), this subject matter was indented under "Gas and
Water Device Making" (old 29/157+). Other subclasses under
Class 29, subclasses 592+ have not been screened for this
subject matter.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
428 for a process including assembling two or more
self-sustaining parts. See the definition of "assembly" in
Class 29 Glossary in the Class Definition.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
15, Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning, for
utilization of gas or water in that class operation.
138, Pipes and Tubular Conduits, for means to transmit gas or
water.
Subclass:
890.141
Plumbing fixture making:
This subclass is indented under subclass 890.14. Process
wherein the manufactured article is a fixed or attached gas
and water utility device which is to be installed into a
fluid system.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
4, Baths, Closets, Sinks, and Spittoons, for a plumbing
fixture, generally
Subclass:
890.142
Nozzle making:
This subclass is indented under subclass 890.14. Process
wherein the manufactured article is an especially adapted
tubelike device, generally streamlined, for accelerating,
directing, and dispersing a fluid, whose pressure decreases
as it leaves the device.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
890.01 for a method of making a rocket or jet device.
Subclass:
890.143
Sprayer:
This subclass is indented under subclass 890.142. Process
wherein the manufactured nozzle is especially useful for
dispersing or projecting the fluid so as to form a spray.
Subclass:
890.144
Flexible conduit or fitting therefor:
This subclass is indented under subclass 890.14. Process
wherein the manufactured article is (1) a pliant or nonrigid
tube or pipe or (2) an accessory part or component especially
adapted for use with (1).
Subclass:
890.145
Flue connector device making:
Process under 890.14 wherein the manufactured article forms
at least part of an enclosed passageway or channel for
conveying flame, hot gases, or smoke to a chimney or to the
ambient atmosphere.
Subclass:
890.146
Trap making:
This subclass is indented under subclass 890.14. Process
wherein the manufactured article is especially useful in a
fluid system for preventing the passage of sewer gas or
noxious effluent gas while allowing other material and fluid
to proceed therethrough.
(1) Note. A trap generally consists of a bend or partitioned
chamber in which the liquid forms a seal to prevent passage
of the undesired gas.
Subclass:
890.147
Return connector device making:
This subclass is indented under subclass 890.14. Process
wherein the manufactured article forms at least part of an
enclosed passageway or channel for conveying gas or water
back to its starting point or previous location.
Subclass:
890.148
T-shaped fitting making:
This subclass is indented under subclass 890.14. Process
wherein the manufactured article is an accessory, part, or
component especially adapted for use in a fluid system, which
part or component has a form or configuration similar to the
20th letter of the English alphabet.
Subclass:
890.149
Elbow or L-shaped fitting making:
This subclass is indented under subclass 890.14. Process
wherein the manufactured article is an accessory part or
component especially adapted for use in a fluid system, which
part or component has a form or configuration similar to the
bent joint in the human arm or to the 12th letter of the
English alphabet.
Subclass:
890.15
Ferrule making or reforming:
This subclass is indented under subclass 890.14. Process
wherein the manufactured article has a structure similar to a
band, ring, cap, collar, or a short tube or bushing.
Subclass:
891
Agricultural device making:
This subclass is indented under subclass 592. Process for
manufacturing apparatus utilized in the cultivation of the
soil producing crops.
Subclass:
891.1
Traction apparatus, e.g., for tractor:
This subclass is indented under subclass 891. Process for
manufacturing devices related to the motivation of
agricultural machinery (e.g., crawler type tractor, etc.)
with respect to ground contact.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
180, Motor Vehicles, 9 for track driven motor vehicle
structure and subclass 16 for traction wheel attachments.
Subclass:
891.2
Harvester guard:
This subclass is indented under subclass 891. Process for
manufacturing a protection device for the user of a crop
cutting device.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
56, Harvesters, 307 for guard finger and bar structure for
cutter members.
Subclass:
892
Pulley making:
This subclass is indented under subclass 592. Process of
manufacturing a wheel for transmitting power by means of a
band or belt type member passing over its rim.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
474, Endless Belt Power Transmission Systems or Components,
152 for positive drive pulley structure and subclasses 166+
for friction drive pulleys or guide roll structure.
Subclass:
892.1
Assembly:
This subclass is indented under subclass 892. Process
wherein the pulley is manufactured from a plurality of
permanently associated parts.
Subclass:
892.11
With shaping:
This subclass is indented under subclass 892.1. Process
including a step of altering form, configuration, or contour
of a pulley component.
Subclass:
892.2
Disc splitting to form pulley rim groove:
This subclass is indented under subclass 892. Process
wherein a circular metal blank is rotated and caused by a
tool to divide at its periphery into at least one band or
belt receiving channel which is incorporated into a pulley
rim.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
72, Metal Deforming, subclass 82 for metal deforming by use
of rotating shape imparting tool during work spinning by work
holder.
Subclass:
892.3
Groove forming in sheet metal pulley rim:
This subclass is indented under subclass 892. Process
wherein a thin metal blank is shaped into at least one band
or belt receiving channels which is incorporated into a
pulley rim.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
474, Endless Belt Power Transmission Systems or Components,
166 for pulleys with single or plural rim groove structure.
Subclass:
893
Gear making:
This subclass is indented under subclass 592. Process of
manufacturing a wheel having segmented force transmitting
portions thereon such as teeth extending about its
periphery.
(1) Note. Processes herein classified may include steps of
removing, disassembling, and repairing as part of the gear
making process.
Subclass:
893.1
Assembling of gear into force transmitting device:
This subclass is indented under subclass 893. Process
including the joining of at least one gear into a unit for
conveying driving energy or power.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
74, Machine Element or Mechanism, 412 for directly
cooperating gears.
Subclass:
893.2
Gear mounting:
This subclass is indented under subclass 893. Process
wherein at least one gear is joined or assembled with
elements such as an axle, thus forming a gear component
assembly.
Subclass:
893.3
Gear shaping:
This subclass is indented under subclass 893. Process
including mechanically permanently altering the form,
configuration, dimensions, proportions or contour of a part
or stock either with or without the removal of material to
form a gear.
Subclass:
893.31
Worm gear:
This subclass is indented under subclass 893.3. Process for
the shaping of a gear of the kind having a thread type
element which revolves and intermeshes with the driven
elements of a rack or wheel device.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
74, Machine Element or Mechanism, 425 and 458+ for worm type
gear structure.
Subclass:
893.32
Roll forming:
This subclass is indented under subclass 893.3. Process
wherein the shaping of the gear includes deforming the gear
stock by means of a shaped forming tool which comes in
rolling contact with the gear stock during its deformation
thereof.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
72, Metal Deforming, 102 for deforming during relative
rotation between work and tool using a noncylindrical
rotating tool.
Subclass:
893.33
Punching or stamping:
This subclass is indented under subclass 893.3. Process
wherein the shaping of the gear includes the use of a cutting
tool to sever the desired shape from the confines of
relatively thin gear stock.
Subclass:
893.34
Die-press shaping:
This subclass is indented under subclass 893.3. Process
wherein the shaping of the gear includes deforming the gear
stock by means of a shaped forming tool or die which
substantially imparts its shape to the gear stock as the tool
or die applies its deformation force thereto.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
72, Metal Deforming, 343 for deforming with use of
closed-die and coacting work forcer (e.g., push-drawing).
Subclass:
893.35
Gear tooth cutting:
This subclass is indented under subclass 893.3. Process
wherein the shaping of the gear includes removing material
from a gear blank utilizing an operating tool, i.e., to cut
teeth in its periphery by removal of material between said
teeth.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
409, Gear Cutting, Milling, or Planing, subclasses 1-62 for
gear cutting as defined thereunder.
Subclass:
893.36
Gear blank making:
This subclass is indented under subclass 893.3. Process
wherein stock for material forming a gear is shaped or
treated.
Subclass:
893.37
With specific gear material:
This subclass is indented under subclass 893.3. Process
utilizing particular or special materials both metallic and
nonmetallic.
Subclass:
894
Wheel making:
This subclass is indented under subclass 592. Process for
manufacturing a device having a generally circular,
relatively narrow peripheral surface, i.e., a rim, framing an
inner surface element, i.e., a connected hub, capable of
turning on its central axis.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
16, Miscellaneous Hardware, subclass 45 for caster wheel
structure and subclass 117 for hand wheel type structure.
74, Machine Element or Mechanism, 572 for flywheel and rotor
structure.
310, Electrical Generator or Motor Structure, 261 for rotor
structure.
Subclass:
894.01
Railway or trolley wheel making:
This subclass is indented under subclass 894. Process
wherein the device is especially adapted for use on rail
transportation vehicles or streetcars.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
72, Metal Deforming, for making a wheel by deforming a metal
workpiece.
Subclass:
894.011
Multiple part or composite:
This subclass is indented under subclass 894.01. Process
wherein the device is made of a plurality of distinct or
assembled components.
Subclass:
894.012
With axle or hub:
This subclass is indented under subclass 894.011. Process
wherein the device includes (a) a center portion or (b) a
supporting shaft or member upon which the device revolves.
Subclass:
894.1
Steering wheel:
This subclass is indented under subclass 894. Process
wherein the wheel made is of the type which is generally
manually rotated about its axis to control by means of
linkages the direction of movement of a vehicle such as an
automobile.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
74, Machine Element or Mechanism, 372 for a hand wheel.
264, Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating
Processes, for molding or shaping processes within the class
definition which may include molding and uniting.
Subclass:
894.2
Material winding, e.g., reel, spool:
This subclass is indented under subclass 894. Process for
manufacturing a device having a core which receives material
to be wound thereon.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
242, Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding, directed to particular
material winding structure such as a reel, bobbin, spool,
etc.
Subclass:
894.3
Land wheel:
This subclass is indented under subclass 894. Process
wherein the wheel made is of the type that is generally
mounted on a vehicle or other apparatus so that it supports
the vehicle or apparatus against the force of earth's gravity
while contacting the earth's surface.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
301, Land Vehicles: Wheels and Axles, for a land wheel, per
se.
Subclass:
894.31
Assembling tire to wheel body:
This subclass is indented under subclass 894.3. Process
wherein a wheel surrounding element, i.e., a tire, which may
be replaceable is attached to a portion, i.e., the rim, of a
wheel.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
894.37 for a process of making a nonresilient tire.
Subclass:
894.32
Disc type wheel:
This subclass is indented under subclass 894.3. Process
wherein the central portion of the wheel is in the form of a
generally thin solid circular element, i.e., a disc which
supports the rim for turning about the wheel axis upon its
hub.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
301, Land Vehicles: Wheels and Axles, directed to disc type
wheel structure.
Subclass:
894.321
Assembling wheel disc to rim and hub:
This subclass is indented under subclass 894.32. Process
including joining the disc to both the rim and hub portions
of the wheel.
Subclass:
894.322
Assembling wheel disc to rim:
This subclass is indented under subclass 894.32. Process
including joining the rim portion to the disc portion of the
wheel.
Subclass:
894.323
With disc shaping:
This subclass is indented under subclass 894.322. Process
including a step of altering form, configuration, or contour
of the wheel disc.
Subclass:
894.324
Integral rim and disc making:
This subclass is indented under subclass 894.32. Process
wherein the disc and rim portion are formed out of a unitary
blank.
Subclass:
894.325
Disc shaping:
This subclass is indented under subclass 894.32. Process
comprising of altering the form, configuration, or contour of
the wheel disc.
Subclass:
894.33
Tensioned spoke type wheel making:
This subclass is indented under subclass 894.3. Process
wherein the wheel has individual elements, i.e., spokes which
radiate from the center of the wheel and support the rim
portion thereof, the elements supporting the rim being in a
mechanical state of tension.
(1) Note. Determining spoke tension and adjusting such
accordingly (i.e., wheel truing) is considered wheel making
as defined in this subclass.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
301, Land Vehicles: Wheels and Axles, directed to tensioned
spoke type wheel structure.
Subclass:
894.331
Tensioning all spokes simultaneously:
This subclass is indented under subclass 894.33. Process
wherein elongation stress is applied at one moment of time to
all spokes of a wheel to place them in a state of mechanical
tension.
Subclass:
894.332
Tensioning spokes in series:
This subclass is indented under subclass 894.33. Process
wherein a plurality of wheel spokes, but less than all, have
the tensioning stress applied to them followed by a separate
step of tensioning a further plurality of spokes.
Subclass:
894.333
Tensioning spokes individually:
This subclass is indented under subclass 894.33. Process
wherein each wheel spoke has the tensioning stress applied to
it in a separate operation.
Subclass:
894.34
Compression, e.g., nontension, spoke type wheel making:
This subclass is indented under subclass 894.3. Process
wherein the wheel has individual elements, i.e., spokes
radiating from the center of the wheel which support the rim
portion thereof, the elements supporting the rim being
subjected to no axial force prior to the supporting of any
weight by the wheel.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
301, Land Vehicles: Wheels and Axles, directed to
nontensioned spoke type wheel structure.
Subclass:
894.341
Joining spokes to rim and hub:
This subclass is indented under subclass 894.34. Process
including attaching the spokes to both the rim and hub
portion of the wheel.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
301, Land Vehicles: Wheels and Axles, subclasses 67-85 for
spoke connections to felly (rim) and hub.
Subclass:
894.342
Joining spokes to rim:
This subclass is indented under subclass 894.34. Process
including attaching the spokes to the rim portion of the
wheel.
Subclass:
894.343
Joining spokes to hub:
This subclass is indented under subclass 894.34. Process
including attaching the spokes to the hub portion of the
wheel.
Subclass:
894.344
Making plural spokes from a single blank:
This subclass is indented under subclass 894.34. Process
wherein a plurality of spokes are manufactured from a unitary
workpiece.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
301, Land Vehicles: Wheels and Axles, subclass 66 for
integrally connected spoke type wheels.
Subclass:
894.345
Individual spoke making:
This subclass is indented under subclass 894.34. Process
wherein a spoke member is fabricated from stock material.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
301, Land Vehicles: Wheels and Axles, subclass 104 for spoke
structure.
Subclass:
894.35
Rim making:
This subclass is indented under subclass 894.3. Process for
manufacturing the outer peripheral portion of a wheel which
is joined to a hub or central portion thereof such as by
spokes or a disc element.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
301, Land Vehicles: Wheels and Axles, 95 for felly or rim
structure.
Subclass:
894.351
With assembling:
This subclass is indented under subclass 894.35. Process
wherein the rim is manufactured from a plurality of
permanently associated parts.
Subclass:
894.352
Demountable rim making:
This subclass is indented under subclass 894.351. Process
wherein the manufactured rim includes a special feature to
facilitate the attaching or detaching of an element such as a
tire upon the rim.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
301, Land Vehicles: Wheels and Axles, 10.1 for demountable
rim structure.
Subclass:
894.353
Die-press shaping:
This subclass is indented under subclass 894.35. Process
wherein stock material is deformed by means of a forming tool
which substantially imparts its shape to the material as
deformation force is applied thereto to form the rim.
Subclass:
894.354
Roller forming:
This subclass is indented under subclass 894.35. Process
wherein the rim is manufactured from stock material deformed
by means of a forming tool which comes in rolling contact
with such material.
Subclass:
894.36
Hub making:
This subclass is indented under subclass 894.3. Process for
manufacturing the central portion of a wheel especially a
structure which may be joined at the wheel center with other
wheel elements, e.g., spokes, and is used for mounting the
wheel for rotation during use.
(1) Note. A process of repairing a hub is included herein as
well as method of demounting a hub from associated elements.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
301, Land Vehicles: Wheel and Axles, 105.1 for hub
structure.
Subclass:
894.361
With assembling:
This subclass is indented under subclass 894.36. Process
wherein the hub is manufactured from a plurality of
permanently associated parts.
Subclass:
894.362
Hub shaping:
This subclass is indented under subclass 894.36. Process
wherein the hub is manufactured of stock material altered in
form, configuration, or contour.
Subclass:
894.37
Tire making:
This subclass is indented under subclass 894.3. Process for
manufacturing a wheel surrounding element joined thereto,
usually by means of the wheel rim, said element generally
comprising the land contacting surface.
(1) Note. Excluded from this subclass are the resilient tire
molding processes, per se, as defined in Class 156 and the
corresponding apparatus, Class 425.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
894.31 for process of assembling tire to wheel body.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
301, Land Vehicles: Wheels and Axles, 39.1 for emergency
tire structure and 86+ for nonresilient tire structure.
Subclass:
894.38
Wheel trim making, e.g., wheel cover, hubcap:
This subclass is indented under subclass 894.3. Process for
manufacturing a device secured to and rotating with a wheel
which device ornaments or protects the wheel.
Subclass:
894.381
With means for retaining trim member on wheel:
This subclass is indented under subclass 894.38. Process
including a component for securing, generally removably, a
trim member to a wheel.
Subclass:
895
Roller making:
This subclass is indented under subclass 592. Process for
manufacturing a device having a generally cylindrical work
contacting surface which surface revolves about the
longitudinal axis thereof with rolling motion relative to the
surface of the work.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
898.068 for process of manufacturing a cylindrical rolling
component for use in a anti-friction bearing.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
72, Metal Deforming, subclass 236 for a disclosure of roller
reconditioning or lubricating.
76, Metal Tools and Implements, Making, subclass 107.1 for a
process of making a die roll.
156, Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture,
for method of making rolls by lamination.
205, Electrolysis: Processes, Compositions Used Therein, and
Methods of Preparing the Compositions, subclass 73 for the
electroforming of a roll, ring, or hollow body; subclasses
131+ for the electrolytic coating of an internal surface
(e.g., inside of a cylinder, etc.); and subclass 151 for the
electrolytic coating of a predominantly single metal or alloy
cylinder, roll, or hollow article.
264, Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating:
Processes, for molding and shaping of plastic materials
within the class definition.
409, Gear Cutting, Milling, or Planing, subclass 305 for a
machine for planing a groove in the curved surface of a roll
to provide a scored surface, e.g., for forming the surface of
a grinding roll, a crushing roll, etc.
427, Coating Processes, 230, for a process of coating the
interior of a hollow article, including a roll, by other than
immersion.
451, Abrading, 49 for a process of grinding a roll, roller,
shaft, ball, or piston.
492, Roll or Roller, for a roller of general utility not
elsewhere provided for; see the notes thereunder.
Subclass:
895.1
Repairing or servicing:
This subclass is indented under subclass 895. Process
comprising the restoring of an existing roller to a more
functional, stable, or improved working condition.
(1) Note. See the definition of "repair" in the Class 29
Glossary in the Class Definition.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
402.01 for particular repair operations which may be
utilized in repair of a roller. Also see the search notes
thereunder.
Subclass:
895.2
Assembling preformed components:
This subclass is indented under subclass 895. Process for
joining or juxtaposing in a permanent relationship the
previously manufactured elements of a roller.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
492, Roll or Roller, for a roll not elsewhere provided for,
and see the notes thereunder.
Subclass:
895.21
Work contacting surface element assembled to core:
This subclass is indented under subclass 895.2. Process
wherein a previously formed work contacting surface is
assembled to an interior centrally portioned support
element.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
492, Roll or Roller, for a roll not elsewhere provided for,
and see the notes thereunder.
Subclass:
895.211
Work contacting surface wound about core:
This subclass is indented under subclass 895.21. Process
wherein the previously formed work contacting surface is in
the form of an elongated strip-like element which is caused
to sinuously encircle the interior centrally positioned
support element.
Subclass:
895.212
With prestressing of component by heat differential, e.g.,
shrink fit:
This subclass is indented under subclass 895.21. Process
including the use of temperature variation to change a
dimension of a part relative to another part to facilitate
the joining of the parts by a subsequent temperature
variation.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
447 for general processes of assembly or joining during
mechanical manufacture with prestressing of part by heat
differential.
Subclass:
895.213
Work contacting surface having annular axial sections:
This subclass is indented under subclass 895.21. Process
wherein the work contacting surface includes at least two
abutting annular elements axially of another along the axis
of rotation of the roll.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
492, Roll or Roller, 40 for a roll, not elsewhere provided
for, having axially stacked annular members.
Subclass:
895.22
Work contacting surface element assembled to end support
members:
This subclass is indented under subclass 895.2. Process
wherein the opposing end portions of a cylindrical work
contacting surface element are assembled to end engaging
holding or driving members.
Subclass:
895.23
Includes securing removable cover on roller:
This subclass is indented under subclass 895.2. Process
including the step of placing and holding a sheet, strip, or
tube element in position on a roller body element.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
492, Roll or Roller, 22 for a roll, not elsewhere provided
for, having means to hold the edge of a sheet, strip, or tube
element thereon.
Subclass:
895.3
Fabricating and shaping roller work contacting surface
element:
This subclass is indented under subclass 895. Process
including the steps of manufacturing the body of or
configuring the roller work contacting surface element.
(1) Note. This subclass includes treating the surface of a
roller work contacting surface element to change its surface
characteristic or shape (i.e., roughening or crowning).
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
492, Roll or Roller, for a roll not elsewhere provided for,
and see the notes thereunder.
Subclass:
895.31
Toothed roller:
This subclass is indented under subclass 895.3. Process for
forming, applying, and securing metallic teeth to the surface
of cylindrical bodies.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
23.1 for machines and tools for forming, applying, and
securing metallic teeth to the surface of cylindrical
bodies.
Subclass:
895.32
With coating or casting about a core:
This subclass is indented under subclass 895.3. Process
wherein the work contacting surface element is formed by
covering the surface of an interior support element with a
relatively thin layer of material applied, for example,
projecting a liquid material against said surface or by
molding a fluent material against said surface which material
hardness to form said layer.
(1) Note. In some instance, the formed work contacting
surface element is formed on a mandrel from which it may be
removed and mounted on another interior support element for
use.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
264, Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating:
Processes, for molding and shaping within the class
definition.
Subclass:
895.33
One-piece roller making:
This subclass is indented under subclass 895. Process
wherein the roller is made of one piece such as by molding or
casting.
(1) Note. A blank may be shaped by forming steps such as
drawing, coining, and swaging into the final roller
configuration.
Subclass:
896.1
Dental appliance making:
This subclass is indented under subclass 592. Process for
manufacturing a device pertaining to or for the teeth such as
a denture, a bridge, a crown, or an artificial tooth.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
433, Dentistry, 215 for a method or material for testing,
treating, restoring, or removing natural teeth.
Subclass:
896.11
Orthodontic device making:
This subclass is indented under subclass 896.1. Process
wherein the device is especially adapted for correcting
abnormally aligned or positioned teeth.
Subclass:
896.2
Sound device making:
This subclass is indented under subclass 592. Process for
manufacturing a device especially adapted for producing,
recording, amplifying, modifying, or otherwise altering a
vibratory disturbance in a fluid or solid, which disturbance
is capable of being detected by the organs of hearing.
Subclass:
896.21
Hearing aid component making:
This subclass is indented under subclass 896.2. Process
wherein the manufactured device is especially adapted to be
worn in order to compensate for poor hearing.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
600, Surgery, subclass 25 for a process of surgically
implanting a vibratory hearing aid. Also see the search note
thereunder.
Subclass:
896.22
Musical instrument or tuning fork making:
This subclass is indented under subclass 896.2. Process
wherein the manufactured device is especially adapted (a) for
producing sounds or tones possessing rhythm, melody, and
harmony or (b) for producing a sound of fixed pitch useful as
a reference, as in adjusting a musical instrument.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
84, Music, 1 for a musical instrument, per se, and
subclasses 454+ for a turning device, per se.
Subclass:
896.23
Including diaphragm or support therefor:
This subclass is indented under subclass 896.2. Process
wherein the manufactured device (a) includes a thin disk
whose vibrations convert electric signals to sound waves or
sound waves to electric signals or (b) bears the weight of or
holds in position such a disk.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
181, Acoustics, especially 148 for a diaphragm and enclosure
and subclasses 157+ for a diaphragm, per se, and/or mounting
or suspension means therefor.
Subclass:
896.24
Phonograph component making:
This subclass is indented under subclass 896.2. Process
wherein the manufactured device is a machine for reproducing
sound from a record disk or a part of such a machine.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
369, Dynamic Information Storage or Retrieval, 99 for
specific detail of information handling portion of system.
Subclass:
896.3
Watch or clock making:
This subclass is indented under subclass 592. Process for
manufacturing (a) a device especially adapted for measuring
or indicating time such as by means of a numbered dial and
moving hands or pointers or (b) a part of such a device.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
228 for means to apply or remove a flat spiral spring to or
from a watch or clock.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
368, Horology: Time Measuring Systems or Devices, 62 for a
chronological device, per se.
Subclass:
896.31
Having arbor, pinion, or balance:
This subclass is indented under subclass 896.3. Process
wherein the manufactured device or part includes (a) a
spindle of a wheel, (b) a small cogwheel engaged by a larger
cogwheel or a rack, or (c) a wheel adapted for attaining
equilibrium.
(1) Note. Included herein is a blank to be made into an
arbor, pinion, or balance.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
368, Horology: Time Measuring Systems or Devices, especially
127 for a balance wheel-type escapement and subclass 322 for
arbor and pinion details.
Subclass:
896.32
Having indicia, face, or dial:
This subclass is indented under subclass 896.3. Process
wherein the manufactured device or part includes (a)
identifying marks for indicating the time or (b) the front
marked side indicating the time.
(1) Note. Included herein is a blank to be made into an
indicia, face, or dial.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
368, Horology: Time Measuring Systems or Devices, especially
232 for dial details, per se.
Subclass:
896.33
Having case, cover, or back:
This subclass is indented under subclass 896.3. Process
wherein the manufactured device or part includes (a) a
container or receptacle or (b) a wrapper or protector.
(1) Note. Included herein is a blank to be made into a case,
cover, or back.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
72, Metal Deforming, 343 for disclosure of push-drawing or
deep-drawing, subclasses 412+ for a tool couple embodying a
nonplanar tool face, and cross-reference art collection 703
for knurling.
368, Horology: Time Measuring Systems or Devices, especially
276 for a case.
Subclass:
896.34
Having crown, stem, or pendent:
This subclass is indented under subclass 896.3. Process
wherein the manufactured device or part includes (a) a small
projecting shaft by which a watch or clock is set or wound;
(b) an expanded button or knob for use on (a); or (c) a
dangling, suspended, or projecting member.
(1) Note. Included herein is a blank to be made into a
crown, stem, or pendent.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
72, Metal Deforming, 343 for disclosure of push-drawing or
deep-drawing, subclasses 412+ for a tool couple embodying a
nonplanar tool face, and cross-reference art collection 703
for knurling.
368, Horology: Time Measuring Systems or Devices, especially
301 for cases with pendent details and subclasses 319+ for
crown or stem details.
Subclass:
896.4
Jewelry or locket making:
This subclass is indented under subclass 592. Process for
manufacturing a device or component especially adapted for
adornment purposes such as an ornament made of precious or
decorative material or set with gems or gem imitations.
(1) Note. A method of making a jewelry box or a case for
containing jewelry is included herein.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
10 for gem or jewel setting.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
163, Needle and Pin Making, 1 for making a needle,
generally.
Subclass:
896.41
Human adornment device making:
This subclass is indented under subclass 896.4. Process
wherein the manufactured device or component is especially
adapted to decorate or lend beauty to a person who wears the
device or component.
Subclass:
896.411
Bracelet making:
This subclass is indented under subclass 896.41. Process
wherein the manufactured device or component is for
encircling the human wrist, arm, ankle, or leg.
Subclass:
896.412
Finger ring making:
This subclass is indented under subclass 896.41. Process
wherein the manufactured device or component is for
encircling one of the five digits on the human hand or foot.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
8 for forming or sizing a finger ring.
Subclass:
896.42
Latch, clasp, or fastener component making:
This subclass is indented under subclass 896.4. Process
wherein the manufactured device or component is especially
adapted for securing or holding together a jewelry or locket
device.
Subclass:
896.43
Ornamental stock making:
This subclass is indented under subclass 896.4. Process
wherein the manufactured device or component is raw material
or a blank especially adapted for producing an ornament
therefrom.
Subclass:
896.5
Knob or knob shank making:
This subclass is indented under subclass 592. Process for
manufacturing a device or component having (a) a rounded
protuberance offset from a surface or extremity or (b) a tang
or stem for mounting (a).
(1) Note. A knob is generally useful for opening or
operating purposes.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
292, Closure Fasteners, subclass 347 for a closure knob,
generally.
Subclass:
896.6
Multiperforated metal article making:
This subclass is indented under subclass 592. Process for
making multiple perforations in a metallic sheet, tube, etc.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
6.1 for a process or apparatus for making apertures in sheet
material and thereafter deforming the apertured portion of
the sheet to form an expanded metal article.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
83, Cutting, 13 for a process of cutting, generally.
205, Electrolysis: Processes, Compositions Used Therein, and
Methods of Preparing the Compositions, subclass 75 for an
electrolytic method of making a perforated article.
428, Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles, subclass 592
for metallic stock material which is helical or has a helical
component and subclass 596 for such material which has
apertures or cuts.
Subclass:
896.61
Coil wound wall screen:
This subclass is indented under subclass 896.6. Process for
making a perforated filtering device which includes a spiral
element for performing the filtering.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
905 for a cross-reference art collection of methods for
making a coil wound wall screen.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
166, Wells, subclass 231 for a spiral well screen.
210, Liquid Purification or Separation, subclass 497.1 for a
helically wound filter.
242, Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding, 430 for making a
composite hollow object by an operation of that class.
Subclass:
896.62
Filter:
This subclass is indented under subclass 896.6. Process of
making a perforated article which will be used to separate
particles from material flowing through the article.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
902 for a cross-reference art collection including a method
for making a filter.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
210, Liquid Purification or Separation, subclass 498 for a
filter having a perforated or grooved plate.
Subclass:
896.7
Turnbuckle making:
This subclass is indented under subclass 592. Process for
(a) manufacturing a coupling device used for tightening a rod
or cable or (b) assembling a tensioning member to such a
device.
Subclass:
896.8
Spring-head clip making:
This subclass is indented under subclass 592. Process for
manufacturing a clasp or fastener especially adapted for use
on railway rolling stock such as a carriage spring head or a
spring clip.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
24, Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, etc., 455 for a clip, per se,
generally.
105, Railway Rolling Stock, 157.1 for a railway truck
including a spring-head clip.
Subclass:
896.9
Spring making:
This subclass is indented under subclass 592. Process for
manufacturing an elastic device or component that regains its
original shape after being compressed or extended.
(1) Note. A spring made (a) by metal working without an
assembly or diverse manufacturing step or (b) including any
tempering or hardening step is generally not found as an
original patent in Class 29.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
896.8 for a process of making a spring-head clip peculiar to
railway usage.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
72, Metal Deforming, for bending, generally, a metal
workpiece; especially subclass 66 for coiling by a
work-guide member orbiting about the longitudinal centerline
of a formed coil and subclasses 135+ for making a helical
coil by deflecting.
140, Wireworking, for working wire stock by operations other
than provided for in the metal deforming class, especially
subclass 89 for spring setting and subclass 103 for the loop
forming of a coil spring.
148, Metal Treatment, for modifying or maintaining metal
microstructure (i.e., tempering, hardening, solution heat
treating, etc.) with or without assembly or diverse
operations.
267, Spring Devices, for a spring, per se.
428, Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles, subclass 592
for metallic stock material which is helical.
Subclass:
896.91
For vehicle or clutch:
This subclass is indented under subclass 896.9. Process
wherein the elastic device is especially adapted for use in
(a) a device or conveyance for carrying passengers, freight,
goods, or equipment or (b) a device for engaging and
disengaging two working parts of a shaft or of a shaft and a
driving mechanism.
Subclass:
896.92
For human comfort:
This subclass is indented under subclass 896.9. Process
wherein the elastic device is especially adapted for
providing physical ease or well being to mankind.
(1) Note. Generally these devices are for use in cushions,
chairs, beds, furniture, or sofas.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
896.93 for a method of making a shock or vibration absorber,
per se.
Subclass:
896.93
Resilient shock or vibration absorber utility:
This subclass is indented under subclass 896.9. Process
wherein the elastic device is especially adapted for damping
or dissipating mechanical impact, collision, wave
fluctuation, or periodic quivering.
Subclass:
897
Structural member making:
This subclass is indented under subclass 592. Process of
manufacturing an element utilized in supporting relationship
with other elements as components of an entity such as a
building or vehicle.
(1) Note. Prior to the issuance of the classification order
establishing this subclass (897), this subject matter was
indented under "Braces and Brackets" (old 29/150) and
"Columns and Girders" (old 29/155). Other subclasses under
Class 29, subclasses 592+ have not been screened for this
subject matter.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
72, Metal Deforming, for apparatus or process for the
mechanical treatment of metal work.
Subclass:
897.1
Restoring existing member, e.g., reinforcing, repairing:
This subclass is indented under subclass 897. Process
wherein an element is returned or improved to a more
functional or stable working condition.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
228, Metal Fusion Bonding, for joining the meeting faces of
engaged metal work parts.
Subclass:
897.15
Grille making:
This subclass is indented under subclass 897. Process
wherein the manufactured structural member is a grating or
screen.
(1) Note. A grille is generally used to protectively cover
or shield an opening for fluid or a communication receiver,
transmitter, or amplifier.
Subclass:
897.2
Vehicular structural member making:
This subclass is indented under subclass 897. Process for
manufacturing a structural member which is integral with a
transporting device, e.g., an automobile, airplane, or ship.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
105, Railway Rolling Stock, for structural element of wheeled
cars bodies, etc., of such vehicles.
280, Land Vehicles, for structural elements of wheeled and
other type of such vehicles.
296, Land Vehicles: Bodies and Tops, for body and top
structural elements of such vehicles.
Subclass:
897.3
Static structure, e.g., a building component:
This subclass is indented under subclass 897. Process of
manufacturing elements utilized in immovable ground attached
shelter and other utility type construction, e.g., masts,
light, and telephone poles.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
52, Static Structures (e.g., Buildings), for building and
other structural elements.
Subclass:
897.31
Openwork, e.g., a truss, joist, frame, lattice-type or box
beam:
This subclass is indented under subclass 897.3. Process for
manufacturing a structural element area having passages or
openings wherein the openings are formed by plural members
held at spaced intervals or by perforating sheet-like
members.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
52, Static Structures (e.g., Buildings), 633 for openwork
structures including truss, screen, frame, etc.
Subclass:
897.312
Frame component:
This subclass is indented under subclass 897.31. Process for
manufacturing a constituent part of an openwork structure for
enclosing or supporting something such as a window, door,
etc.
Subclass:
897.32
Panel:
This subclass is indented under subclass 897.3. Process for
manufacturing (1) a pair of opposed facings or sheet-like
members retained by internal supporting structure or (2) a
thin sheet-like member forming a surface or part of a larger
surface.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
52, Static Structures (e.g., Buildings), 474 for facer and
subclasses 782.1+ for composite prefabricated panel.
Subclass:
897.33
Columnar member:
This subclass is indented under subclass 897.3. Process of
manufacturing a member used for supporting compressional
loads while in a substantially vertical orientation, e.g.,
column, pole, post, etc.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
897.35 for process of manufacturing a beam or girder.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
52, Static Structures (e.g., Buildings), 720.1 for shaft or
elongated rigid structure and 633+ for openwork structures.
174, Electricity: Conductors and Insulators, subclass 45 for
towers, poles, or posts.
362, Illumination, subclass 431 for pole or post type
support.
Subclass:
897.34
Metal reinforcement member for nonmetallic, e.g., concrete,
structural element:
This subclass is indented under subclass 897.3. Process for
manufacturing an element of a metallic nature, e.g., iron,
steel, etc., which is incorporated for strengthening purposes
within a substantially nonmetallic element such as a cast
concrete column.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
52, Static Structures (e.g., Buildings), 600 for opaque
stonelike module with elongated reinforcing and 721.1+ for
shaft with stonelike component, e.g., concrete.
Subclass:
897.35
Beam or girder:
This subclass is indented under subclass 897.3. Process of
manufacturing an elongated rigid member whose longitudinal
dimension is much greater than its width and depth and is
utilized as a principle horizontal support member in
building.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
897.33 for method of manufacturing a column.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
52, Static Structures (e.g., Buildings), 720.1 for shaft or
elongated rigid structures.
Subclass:
898
Process for making bearing or component thereof:
This subclass is indented under subclass 592. Process for
manufacturing a machine part or a component thereof, which
part is designed for general use, where one member
continuously bears the weight of another and wherein there is
either linear motion (a crosshead), rotary motion (of a shaft
or axle), or oscillating movement (a lever between the two
members).
(1) Note. The subclasses hereunder include (a) methods of
mounting and demounting bearings where such methods are
especially utilized to connect or disconnect a specified
bearing to supporting structure, (b) methods of lubricating
bearing, (c) methods of sealing bearings, (d) methods of
surface treating bearing elements, and (e) pre-usage
processes (i.e., freeing, preloading, adjusting and aligning
bearing, or bearing elements).
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
72, Metal Deforming, 343 for a process or apparatus for
deforming metal by use of a closed die and coacting work
forcer, including making a ball or a race.
384, Bearings, for a bearing, generally, especially 276 for
a sleeve or lining, per se.
419, Powder Metallurgy Processes, subclass 28 for a process
of making a miscellaneous article from comminuted metal in
which a bond is obtained by heat with or without pressure and
including significant subsequent shaping of the blank.
Subclass:
898.01
Repairing:
This subclass is indented under subclass 898. Process
wherein an existing bearing or component thereof is restored
to a more functional, stable, or improved working condition.
(1) Note. See the definition of repair in Class 29,
definitions paragraph III, Terms of Definitions.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
402.01 for particular repair operations which may be
utilized in repair of a bearing.
Subclass:
898.02
Fluid bearing:
This subclass is indented under subclass 898. Process of
manufacturing a bearing wherein liquid or gas under pressure
is used to support a component in whole or in part during
relative movement of the manufactured bearing.
(1) Note. Fluid (i.e., liquid, or gas) support and
lubrication both involve interposing a fluid between
relatively moving members. In general, the difference between
them is that lubrication merely minimizes contact between the
members whereas fluid support eliminates it altogether via a
thicker layer of fluid. Almost all gas, hydrodynamic, or
hydrostatic bearings involve fluid support.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
384, Bearings, subclass 12 for linear fluid bearings and
subclass 100 for rotary fluid bearings.
Subclass:
898.03
Linear Bearing:
This subclass is indented under subclass 898. Process of
manufacturing a bearing wherein a bearing surface supports a
member which has sliding or line movement in a straight
direction relative to it.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
384, Bearings, 7 for specified linear type bearing devices.
403, Joints and Connections, 52 for two or more members
connected together by a joint which includes a guide or
slide.
Subclass:
898.04
Rotary bearing:
This subclass is indented under subclass 898. Process of
manufacturing a bearing wherein the relative motion between
the bearing and supported members includes a rotary
component.
(1) Note. This subclass includes a bearing arrangement
wherein the relative motion between the supported and bearing
members may be a result of flexure of a portion of the
bearing (i.e., a resilient rotary oscillating movement).
Subclass:
898.041
Thrust bearing:
This subclass is indented under subclass 898. Process of
manufacturing a bearing designed for loads imposed in the
direction of the axis of rotation.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
384, Bearings, for various types and structural features of
thrust bearings.
Subclass:
898.042
Plain bearing:
This subclass is indented under subclass 898.04. Process of
manufacturing a bearing wherein a bearing surface supports a
member which has sliding or line contact relative to it.
(1) Note. The term plain is used to distinguish from the
so-called anti-friction type bearing which employs balls or
rollers.
Subclass:
898.043
Self-adjusting or self-aligning, including ball and socket
type, bearing and component making:
This subclass is indented under subclass 898.042. Process
for manufacturing a bearing wherein relatively sliding
surfaces in a support structure for the bearing permit
continuous self-movement of the position of the bearing
thereby correcting a misalignment of related components of
the bearing included herein are bearings wherein one
component has a spheroid portion, i.e., a ball, which is
received in a recess of another component, i.e., a socket,
and there relative sliding movement between the two
components.
(1) Note. The term "ball" is broadly used to refer to a
bearing component which includes a spherically shaped bearing
portion but does not refer necessarily to a "ball" in the
sense of an entire spheroid surface. The ball in many
instances is a truncated "ball", i.e., cut off (more or less)
at opposite ends thereof.
Subclass:
898.044
Deforming socket to secure ball:
This subclass is indented under subclass 898.043. Process of
altering the shape of the ball receiving socket to facilitate
the retention therein of the ball.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
243.5 for overedge assembling apparatus.
441.1 for a method of assembling a sphere within a socket
including deforming while retaining clearance for motion
between the assembled parts.
725 for apparatus for assembling a roller or ball bearing by
deformation.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
72, Metal Deforming, 362 for deforming processes.
384, Bearings, subclass 207 for sheet metal socket structure
and subclass 208 for ball and socket assembly structure.
Subclass:
898.045
Die-press shaping:
This subclass is indented under subclass 898.044. Process
wherein the step of deforming the socket is done by means of
a shaped forming tool or die which substantially imparts its
shape to the socket as the tool or die applies its
deformation force thereto.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
72, Metal Deforming, 343 for deforming by use of closed die
and coacting work forcer.
Subclass:
898.046
Having liner:
This subclass is indented under subclass 898.045. Process
including the step of providing a structural element between
the ball and socket components which element provides a
sliding surface for at least one of said components.
(1) Note. The liner element is distinct from a mere coacting
layer on either of the ball and socket components.
Subclass:
898.047
Having liner:
This subclass is indented under subclass 898.043. Process
including the step of providing a structural element between
the ball and socket components, which element provides a
sliding surface, for a least one of said components.
(1) Note. The liner element is distinct from a mere coacting
layer on either of the ball and socket components.
Subclass:
898.048
Socket making:
This subclass is indented under subclass 898.043. Process
including the step of manufacturing the socket component.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
384, Bearings, subclass 207 for sheet metal socket.
Subclass:
898.049
By molding or casting:
This subclass is indented under subclass 898.048. Process
wherein the socket component is made by shaping substantially
flowable and settable material about the ball component.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
164, Metal Founding, 47 for shaping liquid metal against a
forming surface.
264, Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating:
Processes, 239 for mechanical shaping or molding to form or
reform shaped article.
Subclass:
898.05
Nonmetallic socket:
This subclass is indented under subclass 898.048. Process
wherein material other than metal is utilized to form the
socket component.
Subclass:
898.051
By assembling:
This subclass is indented under subclass 898.048. Process
wherein the socket is manufactured from a plurality of
permanently associated parts.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
384, Bearings, subclass 208 for assembly structure of ball
and socket type bearing.
Subclass:
898.052
Ball making:
This subclass is indented under subclass 898.043. Process
including the step of manufacturing the ball component.
(1) Note. The term "ball" is broadly used to refer to a
bearing component which includes a spherically shaped bearing
portion, but does not refer necessarily to "ball" which in
many instances is a truncated ball, i.e., cut off (more or
less) at opposite ends thereof.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
384, Bearings, subclass 211 for structure or assembly of
ball of "ball and socket" type bearing.
Subclass:
898.053
With metallurgical bonding:
This subclass is indented under subclass 898.052. Process
wherein the step of making the ball component includes
joining separate elements together by metal fusion techniques
such as welding, soldering, or brazing.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
384, Bearings, subclass 212 for structure for assembly of
sectional type ball of ball and socket type bearing.
Subclass:
898.054
Sleeve or bushing making:
This subclass is indented under subclass 898.042. Process
including the manufacture of a usually removable cylindrical
lining for an opening which lining supports an element either
rotary, oscillating, or nonrotary which has sliding or line
contact relative to it.
(1) Note. The lining may include cylindrical shaped
segments.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
384, Bearings, 276 for plain type bearing structure with
specified sleeve or liner.
Subclass:
898.055
Nonmetallic:
This subclass is indented under subclass 898.054. Process
wherein material other than metal is utilized in the
manufacture of the sleeve or bushing which material provides
functional sleeve characteristics such as flexibility.
(1) Note. The inclusion of a metallic backing or lining
member as a component of such bearings does not effect their
nonmetallic designation since the dominant functional
characteristics of such bearings result from the nonmetallic
components thereof.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
384, Bearings, 297 for a plain bearing with specified
nonmetal sleeve or liner.
Subclass:
898.056
Strip or blank material shaping:
This subclass is indented under subclass 898.054. Process
including the step of shaping an elongated substantially
narrow workpiece, i.e., a strip or a bendable predimensioned
sheet blank into a sleeve or bushing type bearing element.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
72, Metal Deforming, 362 for appropriate metal deforming
processes.
Subclass:
898.057
Die-press shaping:
This subclass is indented under subclass 898.056. Process
wherein the means for manufacturing or altering the shape of
the sleeve or bushing includes a movable member to forcibly
press strip or blank material into a shaped cavity to such an
extent that the work has impressed therein a shape in
substantial conformance with at least a portion of said
shaped cavity.
Subclass:
898.058
Having inner lining layer:
This subclass is indented under subclass 898.057. Process
including the step of forming an adhering layer of material
on the inner bearing surface of the sleeve or bushing.
Subclass:
898.059
Having liner:
This subclass is indented under subclass 898.054. Process
including the step of providing an element on the inner
cylindrical surface of the sleeve or bushing which slidably
supports a movable element thereon.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
384, Bearings, subclass 282 for a plain bearing with
specified sleeve or liner having a bearing surface insert.
Subclass:
898.06
Anti-friction bearing or component thereof:
This subclass is indented under subclass 898.04. Process
wherein the relative motion between the weight bearing and
the supported member includes a rotary component and the
friction between the members is in the nature of rolling
friction, as in a ball or roller bearing.
(1) Note. The components of anti-friction bearings include
races, cages, and rolling friction members, i.e., rollers or
balls, which terms are used uniformly in this and the
indented subclasses as defined hereafter:
RACE
A structural member including the contact surface or raceway
for rolling friction members such as rollers or balls.
CAGE
Members for mechanically spacing the rolling function members
such as balls or rollers in their contact with the raceway.
ROLLING FRICTION MEMBERS
Those members, commonly balls or rollers, which provide that
the friction between the relatively movable anti-friction
bearing members is of the rolling type.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
724 for roller or ball bearing type anti-friction bearing
assembling or disassembling means.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
205, Electrolysis: Processes, Compositions Used Therein, and
Methods of Preparing the Compositions, subclass 73 for a
process of making a roll, a ring, or a hollow body by
electroforming.
384, Bearings, 445 for anti-friction bearing assemblies and
components.
Subclass:
898.061
Assembling of race, cage and rolling anti-friction members:
This subclass is indented under subclass 898.06. Process
including the assembly of anti-friction bearing components,
specifically, races, cages, and rollers or balls.
(1) Note. See "assembly" in Glossary in the Class
Definition.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
384, Bearings, subclass 510, 511, and 537 for specified means
facilitating assembly of a ball bearing; subclasses 559+,
584, and 585 for roller bearing assembling means; and
subclasses 600 and 617 for thrust bearing type assembling
means.
Subclass:
898.062
Assembling of race and rolling anti-friction members:
This subclass is indented under subclass 898.06. Process
wherein the assembled elements include races and either
rollers or balls.
(1) Note. See search notes to subclass 898.061 regarding
means facilitating assembly, etc.
Subclass:
898.063
With race making:
This subclass is indented under subclass 898.062. Process
including the step of manufacturing the race.
Subclass:
898.064
Assembling of cage and rolling anti-friction members:
This subclass is indented under subclass 898.06. Process
wherein the assembled elements include a cage and either a
roller or a ball.
(1) Note. See search notes to subclass 898.061 regarding
means facilitating assembly, etc.
Subclass:
898.065
With cage making:
This subclass is indented under subclass 898.064. Process
including the step of manufacturing the cage.
Subclass:
898.066
Race making:
This subclass is indented under subclass 898.06. Process for
manufacturing a race.
(1) Note. See defined terms under subclass 898.06 for
definition of a race.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
898.063 for race making included with steps of assembling
the race, ball, or roller members.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
384, Bearings, directed to race structure as part of ball,
roller, and thrust type anti-friction bearings.
451, Abrading, subclass 52 for means for the grinding of a
bearing raceway.
Subclass:
898.067
Cage making:
This subclass is indented under subclass 898.06. Process for
manufacturing a cage.
(1) Note. See defined terms under subclass 898.06 for
definition of a cage.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
898.065 for cage making included with steps of assembling
the cage with ball or roller members.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
384, Bearings, directed to cage structure as part of ball,
roller, and thrust type anti-friction bearings.
Subclass:
898.068
Roller making:
This subclass is indented under subclass 898.06. Process of
manufacturing a cylindrical rolling component for use in an
anti-friction bearing.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
895 for method of making a roller for general usage.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
384, Bearings, 565 for roller structure.
Subclass:
898.069
Ball making:
This subclass is indented under subclass 898.06. Process of
manufacturing a spheroid element for use in an anti-friction
bearing.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
899 for method of making a ball of general usage.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
205, Electrolysis: Processes, Compositions Used Therein, and
Methods of Preparing the Compositions, subclass 73 for a
process of making a roll, a ring, or a hollow body by
electroforming.
384, Bearings, subclass 491 for ball structure and subclass
492 for ball composition or material.
451, Abrading, 49 for means for the grinding of a roll or
roller.
Subclass:
898.07
Mounting:
This subclass is indented under subclass 898. Process
including the step of providing means or process for holding
a bearing or elements thereof in a substantially fixed
position in its environment, usually secured to a support
element.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
428 for assembling, generally, including assembling a
bearing on a shaft or inside a holder.
Subclass:
898.08
Demounting:
This subclass is indented under subclass 898. Process for
removing a bearing or elements thereof from a substantially
fixed position in its environment, usually secured to a
support means.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
426.1 for disassembling, generally, including removing a
bearing from a shaft or from inside a holder.
724 for apparatus including means to assemble or disassemble
a roller or ball bearing.
Subclass:
898.09
Pre-usage process, e.g., preloading, aligning:
This subclass is indented under subclass 898. Process
including the step of readying a manufactured bearing for
utilization such as by (1) freeing the component parts for
relative movement, (2) mechanically adjusting the position of
component parts with or without stressing force applied such
as preloading (simulating operating conditions), and (3) the
aligning of such bearing components in their installed
position.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
898.044 for step of freeing bearing components after
deforming step to secure same during assembly.
Subclass:
898.1
Lubricating:
This subclass is indented under subclass 898. Process
including a step of supplying lubricant to a bearing by means
of a lubricating element, of treating bearing components to
retain lubricant, and of forming lubrication structure within
the bearing members such as passage for lubricant to
circulate.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
384, Bearings, directed to lubricating means as part of and
combined with anti-friction bearings.
Subclass:
898.11
Sealing:
This subclass is indented under subclass 898. Process of
manufacturing a means for preventing matter from entering
into, passing through, or escaping from a bearing.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
384, Bearings, 130 and 477+ for specified seals.
Subclass:
898.12
Coating or casting:
This subclass is indented under subclass 898. Process
wherein the manufacturing of a bearing or component thereof
includes the covering of a surface of such workpiece with a
relatively thin layer of material applied, for example, by
projecting a liquid material against said surface or by
molding a fluent material against said surface which material
hardens to form said layer.
Subclass:
898.13
Bearing surface treatment:
This subclass is indented under subclass 898. Process of
operating on the bearing surface supporting portions of a
bearing element to change its physical properties, e.g.,
peening.
Subclass:
898.14
Specific metallic composition:
This subclass is indented under subclass 898. Process
wherein a bearing or component thereof is manufactured
utilizing specific metallic compositions to provide their
inherent qualities to the resulting structure.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
384, Bearings, Cross-Reference Art Collection 912.
Subclass:
898.15
Nonmetallic bearing element:
This subclass is indented under subclass 898. Process
wherein nonmetallic material is utilized to manufacture the
bearing components or parts thereof to provide their inherent
qualities to the resulting structure.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
384, Bearings, Cross-Reference Art Collections 907+.
Subclass:
899
Ball making:
This subclass is indented under subclass 592. Process for
manufacturing a spheroid element.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
1.22 for bullets or shot making.
34 for plural diverse manufacturing apparatus used for ball
making.
413 for process of obtaining plural pieces by breaking
through weakened portion.
417 for process of obtaining plural pieces by dividing
sequentially from leading end.
898.069 for process of manufacturing a spheroid element for
use in a anti-friction bearing.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
72, Metal Deformation, subclass 365 for "rolling" type
process.
148, Metal Treatment, directed to particular operations
defined therein.
264, Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating:
Processes, subclass 15 for spheroiding or rounding of solid
particles.
451, Abrading, 49 for a method of ball grinding.
Subclass:
899.1
Hollow ball:
This subclass is indented under subclass 899. Process
wherein the spheroid element comprises an outer member
enclosing an empty portion thereof.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
463 for process of mechanical manufacture including
peripheral joining of opposed mirror image parts to form
hollow bodies.
D20 Process and apparatus for double blank.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
228, Metal Fusion Bonding, subclass 173.6 for bonding by
deforming sheet metal.
CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS
The documents in the following collections have been placed
without regard to their original classification or to their
claimed subject matter and are therefore not exhaustive of
the art subject matter but are only examples of the art.
Consequently, a complete search for an art subject matter
provided here would require a review of the higher portions
of this classification schedule.
Subclass:
900
METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ASSEMBLY BY ELECTROSTATIC
ATTRACTION:
Cross-reference art collection of documents wherein
self-sustaining parts are juxtaposed, associated, or fastened
to each other by the use of electrostatic attraction wherein
one part is given an electrostatic charge.
(1) Note. The purpose of the processes of this subclass is
usually the attachment of sheets and/or objects to each other
for ready detachment at a measurably later time.
(2) Note. Adherence of liquids or of fluent solids to a
solid material is excluded from this subclass; the objects of
this subclass must be handled as units.
(3) Note. The subject matter of this subclass has not been
clearly provided for in any patent class heretofore; thus,
this subclass is established as a collection place for such
art. Because it is impossible to locate all art classifiable
herein, a search of this subclass cannot be considered
authoritative for patents issued before its establishment.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
428 for a process of mechanical assembly, and see the notes
thereto for locus of other subject matter concerned with
assembly of objects.
700 for apparatus for mechanical assembly, and see the notes
thereto for the locus of other subject matter concerned with
assembly of objects.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
53, Package Making, for a process or apparatus using
electrostatic charging in package making.
83, Cutting, for electrostatic charging in a cutting process
or apparatus.
118, Coating Apparatus, 621 for electrostatic projection or
attraction of liquid or fluent solid coating material to
work.
156, Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture,
60 for a surface-bonding process using tacky or other
adhesive substances.
198, Conveyors: Power-Driven, subclass 691 for electrostatic
means to enhance the adherence between a conveyor and its
load.
226, Advancing Material of Indeterminate Length, subclass 94
for electrostatic means enhancing adherence work being moved
by an advancing means.
242, Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding, for a process or
apparatus using electrostatic charging in winding or
reeling.
250, Radiant Energy, 324 for electrostatic charging of
objects by corona discharge.
271, Sheet Feeding or Delivering, subclass 18.1 for
electrostatic separators and subclass 193 for electrostatic
deliver conveyors.
361, Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices, 225 for
electrostatic charging by other than corona discharge.
399, Electrophotography, for electric photography which
involves charged photoconductive materials.
414, Material or Article Handling, for electrostatic charging
used in material or article handling.
425, Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating:
Apparatus, subclass 174.8 for means of applying
electrostatic charges to an object in a plastic or
earthenware shaping or treating machine.
427, Coating Processes, 13 for a process of coating with a
liquid or with fluent solids which utilizes an electrostatic
charge.
430, Radiation Imagery Chemistry: Process, Composition, or
Product Thereof, 31 for a process of electric photography
including the electrostatic charging of chemically defined
photoconductive materials.
Subclass:
901
BALANCING METHOD:
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Cross-reference art collection of documents relating to a
process of bringing a dynamic device into or maintaining a
state of equilibrium or harmony relative to mechanical forces
or torques.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
407.01 for a method of testing or indicating under the class
definition.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
73, Measuring and Testing, for a testing process and
apparatus in general, and see the notes to the general
definition of this class (73) for the loci of other testing
and indicating processes and apparatus.
156, Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture,
subclass 64 for a laminating process including measuring,
testing, or inspecting.
340, Communications: Electrical, 500 for an electrical
automatic condition responsive indicating systems.
Subclass:
902
FILTER MAKING:
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Cross-reference art collections of documents relating to a
method of manufacturing a perforated or porous metal article
which separates particles from materials flowing through the
articles.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
896.62 for a method of making a multiperforated metal
filter.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
264, Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating:
Processes, 41 for a method of pore forming in situ a
nonmetallic article or an article formed from particulate
material, and subclasses 109+ for a method of forming
articles by uniting randomly associated particles.
419, Powder Metallurgy Processes, for a method of making an
article by powder metallurgy techniques.
Subclass:
903
FIREARM BOLT MAKING:
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Cross-reference art collection of documents relating to a
method manufacturing (1) a sliding bar that positions or
manipulates a cartridge in a breech-loading rifle or (2) a
similar device in any breech mechanism or any rifle.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
1.1 for means for making a firearm.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
42, Firearms, 69.01 for a gun lock or firing mechanism.
Subclass:
904
LAMINATED METAL ARTICLE MAKING:
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Cross-reference art collection relating to a method of
manufacturing metal ware having united superposed layers.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
156, Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture,
60 for a method of surface bonding under the class
definition.
228, Metal Fusion Bonding, 101 for a method of
metallurgically bonding.
413, Sheet Metal Container Making, 1 for a method of
fabricating a sheet metal receptacle or an element thereof.
427, Coating Processes, 402 for a method of applying
superposed diverse coating or coating a coated base.
Subclass:
905
MAKING COIL WOUND WALL SCREEN:
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Cross-reference art collection of documents relating to a
method of manufacturing a filtering device which includes
spiral elements for performing the filtering.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
896.61 for a method of fabricating a coil wound wall screen
of multiperforated metal.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
140, Wireworking, 71 for a method of making an article from
wire.
Subclass:
906
NUCLEAR DEVICE MAKING:
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Cross-reference art collection of documents relating to a
method of manufacturing an article which releases energy by
atomic fission or fusion or by radioactive decay.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
376, Induced Nuclear Reactions: Processes, Systems, and
Elements, for a nuclear device or an element thereof.
419, Powder Metallurgy Processes, for a method including a
powder metallurgy step.
427, Coating Processes, 5 for a method of coating a
radioactive base or applying a radioactive coating. Fish Tail
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deposits have built up from both sides of the point creating
a natural harbor. This campsite is located on the north side
of the reservoir.
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