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Class 038
TEXTILES: IRONING OR SMOOTHING
Class Definition:
This class is the generic class for devices and processes for
producing a smooth appearance on the surface of a textile
article or fabric, by pressing, stretching, rolling, sliding
contact, or other means, as well as accessory means used in
conjunction with the devices or operations.
REFERENCES TO OTHER CLASSES
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
12, Boot and Shoe Making, subclass 57.1 for upper turning
combined with seam smoothing.
15, Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning, subclass 104,
for devices for cleaning the flat iron sole surfaces.
26, Textiles: Cloth Finishing, subclass 51 and 71 for
devices for stretching a textile web or fabric to straighten
the edges or stretch the web.
29, Metal Working, subclass 90.01 for machines and processes
for condensing, compacting, smoothing, or polishing the
surface of metallic or nonmetallic articles, usually by
rubbing with a smooth surface of greater hardness than that
of the articles being operated upon.
34, Drying and Gas or Vapor Contact With Solids, for devices
and methods of drying generally, particularly subclass 94,
110, 306, 414, 419+, 444+, 466, 556, and 611+.
69, Leather Manufactures, particularly subclass 7, 27 and 37
to 47 for apparatus for smoothing of fur, hides, skins, or
leather.
100, Presses, appropriate subclasses, for presses, per se,
not elsewhere provided for.
219, Electric Heating, subclass 245 for flat irons which are
electrically heated and in which the invention lies in the
heating means, see Class. If heated by gas or liquid fuel and
the invention lies in the heating means, see Class 126,
Stoves and Furnaces, subclass 411. If heated by extraneous
means, see Class 126, Stoves and Furnaces, subclasses 227,
228 and 230.
223, Apparel Apparatus, for devices for and methods of
shaping or forming a fabric such as an article of apparel and
combined means for both forming or shaping with smoothing or
ironing. The ironing and shaping of collars, cuffs and
garments by stretching or molding them to shape over a form
is in Class 223, Apparel Apparatus, as are all devices for
smoothing the edges of collars and cuffs, whether the article
is formed at the same time or not. If a fabric or garment is
slipped loosely over a support to facilitate ironing or
smoothing, it is in this class (38). Devices for shaping and
smoothing the neckband of a shirt as an incident to ironing
the shirt as a whole, are in this class (38) and devices
illustrating a device for forming and smoothing, but claiming
only a smoothing operation, are in this class and
cross-referenced into Class 223, Apparel Apparatus.
248, Supports, subclass 117.1 for flat iron stands, per se.
312, Supports: Cabinet Structure, subclass 242 and 245 for
wall accommodated or wall mounted enclosures.
131, Tobacco, subclasses 290+ or machines and processes for
smoothing tobacco leaves, see Class.
118, Coating Apparatus, subclass 271 for pads impregnated
with a heat liquefiable coating material.
428, Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles, for articles
named as adjuncts of Class 38 structure wherein the only
characteristic claimed is a base carrying a coating, see
appropriate subclasses of Class 428 for a stock material
product in the form of a single or plural layer web or sheet,
and especially subclass 411.1 for a composite web or sheet
characterized solely by the compositions of the layers.
SUBCLASSES
Subclass:
1
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Smoothing machines, not otherwise provided for.
Subclass:
2
Smoothing machines of this class combined with a machine
which does not iron or smooth.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
100, Presses, subclass 102 for presses not elsewhere
provided for, combined with added features.
Subclass:
3
Wherein the other machine is a fabric moistener.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
14 for moistening effected during the smoothing operation
and not prior or subsequent to the smoothing operation.
77.1 for moistening devices, combined with sad irons.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
68, Textiles: Fluid Treating Apparatus, subclass 5 and
subclass 200 for moistening devices of specific types.
100, Presses, subclass 73 for pressing devices not elsewhere
provided for and having means to add liquid or steam to the
material being pressed.
Subclass:
4
Multiple smoothing machines of this class having independent
pressing couples.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
19 through 24, and subclass 44 for pressing elements common
to two or more pressing machines.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
100, Presses, subclass 193 for plural presses not elsewhere
provided for.
Subclass:
5
Multiple machines of this class having independent pressing
couples, all pressing elements being platens.
Subclass:
6
Machines wherein a smoother element is common to two other
smoother elements of unlike character. An apron pressing the
fabric against another smoother element is regarded as a
smoother element and may be the common element.
Subclass:
7
A machine with a movable device for transferring the article
smoothed to, through, from or back to the front of the
machine.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
100, Presses, subclass 144 for presses not elsewhere
provided for of a concurrent pressing and conveying type, and
subclass 214 for reciprocating platen presses not elsewhere
provided for.
Subclass:
8
This subclass is indented under subclass 7. Devices wherein
the movable device is a conveyor belt.
Subclass:
9
This subclass is indented under subclass 8. Devices wherein
the conveyor belt passes between opposed pressing elements.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
100, Presses, subclass 153 for concurrent pressing and
conveying presses of the endless conveyer type, not elsewhere
provided for, and in which a roll element coacts with an
endless conveyer to effect the pressing action.
Subclass:
10
This subclass is indented under subclass 9. Devices wherein
the opposed pressing elements are platens.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
100, Presses, subclass 222 for reciprocating platen presses
not elsewhere provided for, having a belt-type plural or
indexing material support.
Subclass:
11
This subclass is indented under subclass 8. Devices wherein
the conveyor belt is opposed to a single smoother with the
work between the belt and the smoother.
Subclass:
12
Machines of this class with means for clamping or stretching
a garment on one of the smoothing elements.
(1) Note. For clamps and stretchers used in conjunction
with ironing tables, see this class, subclasses 108 and 109.
Subclass:
13
This subclass is indented under subclass 12. Devices with
means for clamping or stretching a garment on one of the
smoothing elements combined with means for engaging the
neckband of a shirt while on the smoothing element.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
70 for simple hand-operated implements for smoothing and
stretching a fabric.
108 through 110 for clamps and stretchers and neckband
engaging devices used in conjunction with ironing tables.
Subclass:
14
Smoothing machines with means for effecting flow of fluid,
whether it be a gas, a liquid or a vapor to or through the
work during the smoothing operation.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
3 for fluid applied to the work prior to entering the
smoothing machine, or subsequent thereto.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
100, Presses, subclass 73 for pressing apparatus, not
elsewhere classified, having means for introducing liquid
and/or steam into contact with the material.
Subclass:
15
This subclass is indented under subclass 14. Devices wherein
the smoothing elements are of the platen type.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
66 for condensate is drained from a platen by the action of
gravity.
Subclass:
16
This subclass is indented under subclass 15. Devices wherein
the novelty is solely in the platen structure.
Subclass:
17
Smoothing machines wherein the work is smoothed between
platens.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
100, Presses, subclass 214 for reciprocating platen presses
not elsewhere provided for.
Subclass:
18
This subclass is indented under subclass 17. Devices wherein
one of the platens has a rotary movement about an axis
perpendicular to the plane surface.
Subclass:
19
This subclass is indented under subclass 17. Devices wherein
four or more platens are arranged one above another with the
work smoothed between each pair of opposing faces.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
100, Presses, subclass 194 for plural presses of the stacked
plate type, not elsewhere provided for.
Subclass:
20
This subclass is indented under subclass 17. Devices wherein
one of the press platens has parts which are adjustable with
respect to other parts of the platen.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
100, Presses, subclass 237 for reciprocating platen presses
not elsewhere provided for, in which there are plural movable
platens moving parallel to one another and opposing a single
platen.
Subclass:
21
This subclass is indented under subclass 17. Devices wherein
three or more press elements, not otherwise specifically
provided for below, are involved.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
100, Presses subclass 232 for reciprocating platen presses
not elsewhere classified, in which there are three or more
platens moving on intersecting paths, not elsewhere provided
for.
Subclass:
22
This subclass is indented under subclass 21. Devices wherein
the machine is so constructed as to facilitate the laying of
a fabric on one press platen while the fabric on another
press platen is being subjected to pressure.
Subclass:
23
This subclass is indented under subclass 22. Devices wherein
one of the press platens is a reciprocable platen.
Subclass:
24
This subclass is indented under subclass 21. Devices wherein
an interchange of platens may be obtained to effect pressure
between platens and in which a fabric cannot be dressed on a
press platen while a fabric on another press platen is being
subjected to pressure.
Subclass:
25
This subclass is indented under subclass 17. Devices wherein
there are but two press platens and it is necessary in
effecting the smoothing of a textile to move both press
platens. The movement of one press platen may be effected by
inflating a bag, one wall of which forms a platen.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
100, Presses, subclass 211 for presses not elsewhere
provided for, having a flexible sheet platen, and subclass
264 for reciprocating platen presses, not elsewhere provided
for, in which opposed platens are both actuated.
Subclass:
26
This subclass is indented under subclass 25. Devices wherein
one of the two press platens has a reciprocable motion, i.e.,
a back and forth motion, without intervention of an
operator.
Subclass:
27
This subclass is indented under subclass 17. Devices wherein
there are but two press platens and it is necessary, in
effecting the smoothing of a textile, to move but one of the
press platens.
Subclass:
28
This subclass is indented under subclass 27. Devices wherein
the movable press platen has a reciprocable movement.
Subclass:
29
This subclass is indented under subclass 28. Devices wherein
there is a roll about which a textile is wound positioned
between a platen and a second reciprocable platen.
Subclass:
30
This subclass is indented under subclass 27. Devices wherein
a platen is moved rectilinearly in both horizontal and
vertical directions to effect a smoothing operation.
Subclass:
31
This subclass is indented under subclass 30. Devices wherein
the movement is effected by power mechanism.
Subclass:
32
This subclass is indented under subclass 27. Devices wherein
a platen is moved in both an orbital path about a fixed axis
and in a rectilinearly horizontal path to effect a smoothing
operation.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
100, Presses, subclass 226 for reciprocating platen presses,
not elsewhere classified, in which the actuated piston or
platen is movable transversely of the direction of
compressive movement to a nonuse position.
Subclass:
33
This subclass is indented under subclass 32. Devices wherein
the movement is effected by power mechanism.
Subclass:
34
This subclass is indented under subclass 27. Devices wherein
the platen is moved in both an orbital path about a fixed
axis and in a rectilinearly vertical path to effect a
smoothing operation.
Subclass:
35
This subclass is indented under subclass 34. Devices wherein
the movement is effected by power mechanism.
Subclass:
36
This subclass is indented under subclass 27. Devices wherein
the platen is moved in an orbital path about a fixed axis to
effect the pressing action.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
100, Presses, subclass 233 for reciprocating platen presses
not elsewhere provided for, of the oscillatory or hinged
platen or piston type.
Subclass:
37
This subclass is indented under subclass 36. Devices wherein
the movement is effected by power means.
Subclass:
38
This subclass is indented under subclass 37. Devices wherein
the power means is an electric motor.
Subclass:
39
This subclass is indented under subclass 38. Devices, wherein
the platen is moved in two sharply delimited stages. One
stage may be personally operated. Both stages may be motor
operated either by a pair of electric motors operating
successively or by a single electric motor subjected to two
different voltages or operating through a linkage which
abruptly changes its leverage. The subclass does not include
patents wherein the change in leverage is effected solely by
reason of the contour of a cam.
Subclass:
40
This subclass is indented under subclass 37. Devices wherein
the power means is a fluid motor.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
91, Motors: Expansible Chamber Type, appropriate subclasses
for expansible chamber motors, per se. Class 91 will take a
motor with a nominally claimed load, such as a press platen,
but will not take the combination of a motor and cooperating
press platens even if the platens are nominally claimed.
Subclass:
41
This subclass is indented under subclass 40. Devices wherein
the platen is moved in two sharply delimited stages. One
stage may be personally operated. Both stages may be motor
operated, either by a pair of fluid motors operating
successively or by a single fluid motor subjected to two
different pressures or operating through a linkage which
abruptly changes its leverage. The subclass does not include
patents wherein the change in leverage is effected solely by
reason of the contour of a cam.
Subclass:
42
This subclass is indented under subclass 27. Devices wherein
the machine has mechanism for facilitating the movement of
the platen element horizontally only. Guiding means to
suspend the platen above the surface of the cooperating
platen may be included.
Subclass:
43
This subclass is indented under subclass 27. Devices wherein
the movable platen element has a vertical movement only.
Subclass:
44
Roller pressers not otherwise specifically provided for
herein below.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
100, Presses, subclass 155 for roller-type presses of the
concurrent pressing and conveying type, not elsewhere
provided for.
226, Advancing Material of Indeterminate Length, appropriate
subclasses especially subclass 168 for a roller, or roller
pair, which advance web or strand material.
Subclass:
45
This subclass is indented under subclass 44. Devices wherein
there is a reciprocable smoothing element in the
organization, i.e., an element that moves back and forth
without the intervention of an operator.
Subclass:
46
This subclass is indented under subclass 45. Devices wherein
the reciprocable smoothing element is solely a roll.
Subclass:
47
This subclass is indented under subclass 45. Devices wherein
the reciprocable smoothing element is solely a platen or
concave fitting the roll.
Subclass:
48
This subclass is indented under subclass 44. Devices wherein
four or more roller pressers are arranged with their axes
lying in a single plane.
Subclass:
49
This subclass is indented under subclass 44. Devices wherein
there is a single presser roller having contact with two or
more pressing rollers.
Subclass:
50
This subclass is indented under subclass 49. Devices wherein
one of the rollers is an aproned roll and the textile to be
smoothed is wound together with the apron around the roll.
Subclass:
51
This subclass is indented under subclass 49. Devices wherein
one of the rolls is a textile roll on which the textiles to
be smoothed are wound.
Subclass:
52
This subclass is indented under subclass 44. Devices wherein
the presser roll cooperates with a single other presser
roll.
Subclass:
53
This subclass is indented under subclass 52. Devices wherein
the cooperating pressing roll is a roll about which the
textiles are wound, with or without another textile
material.
Subclass:
54
This subclass is indented under subclass 44. Devices wherein
the presser roll cooperates with a plurality of beds,
generally arcuate surfaces which conform to the curvature of
the roller presser.
Subclass:
55
This subclass is indented under subclass 54. Devices wherein
there are a plurality of roller pressers as well as a
plurality of beds.
Subclass:
56
This subclass is indented under subclass 44. Devices wherein
the roller presser cooperates with a single bed.
Subclass:
57
This subclass is indented under subclass 56. Devices wherein
there are a plurality of roller pressers cooperating with a
single bed.
Subclass:
58
This subclass is indented under subclass 56. Devices wherein
the roller presser is moved bodily.
Subclass:
59
This subclass is indented under subclass 58. Devices wherein
the movement of the roller presser is effected by power
means.
Subclass:
60
This subclass is indented under subclass 56. Devices wherein
the bed is moved bodily.
Subclass:
61
This subclass is indented under subclass 60. Devices wherein
the movement of the bed is effected by power means.
Subclass:
62
This subclass is indented under subclass 44. Devices wherein
the roller presser is a roller with an apron adapted to be
rolled there-around with the fabric pressed between the
convolutions of the apron.
Subclass:
63
Elements of machines of this class not otherwise provided for
below.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
492, Roll or Roller, for a roll, per se, not elsewhere
provided for, and see the notes thereunder.
Subclass:
64
Tables, aprons or the like to support the work to facilitate
the smoothing operation.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
68
Subclass:
66
This subclass is indented under subclass 63. Elements
involving (1) the structure of platen or bed, (2) covers
therefor, or (3) combinations therebetween.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
140 for ironing table covers.
68 for aprons.
Subclass:
67
Strippers for use with machines of this class.
Subclass:
68
Aprons especially adapted for machines of this class.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
64
Subclass:
69
Implements adapted for use for ironing or smoothing textile
fabrics.
Subclass:
70
This subclass is indented under subclass 69. Devices, of a
simple elemental character, which have means to press the
fabric combined with means to stretch the same
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
12 and 13, for machines for accomplishing the same results.
Subclass:
71
This subclass is indented under subclass 69. Platen presses,
involving simple elemental devices for effecting pressure
between the platens.
(1) Note. For the most part these patents are structures
not supported by legs.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
17 for more complex mechanisms for effecting pressure
between the elements.
Subclass:
72
This subclass is indented under subclass 71. Devices wherein
the platen devices comprise three or more superposed
platens.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
19 For more complex mechanisms for effecting pressure between
the elements.
Subclass:
73
Devices about which textile fabrics are wrapped to smooth the
same.
Subclass:
74
Flat irons not otherwise classifiable.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
126, Stoves and Furnaces, subclass 227, 230 and 411; and
Class 219, Electric Heating, subclass 245. See Note (8) to
the main class definition of this class for a statement of
the line.
223, Apparel Apparatus, subclass 35 and 36 for fluting
irons.
100, Presses, subclasses 92+ for presses combined with
heating, cooling, or drying; and subclass 295 for platens or
pressure surfaces for presses not elsewhere provided for.
Subclass:
75
Flat irons combined with instrumentalities for performing
some function other than ironing or smoothing.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
100, Presses, subclass 102 for presses not elsewhere
provided for and having additional features.
Subclass:
76
This subclass is indented under subclass 75. Devices wherein
there is a roller in the plane of the pressing face.
Subclass:
77.1
This subclass is indented under subclass 75. Device including
means for handling or storing a liquid or vapor material in
the pressing operation.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
3 for a combined pressing machine having moistening means.
14 for a pressing machine having moistening means.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
68, Textiles: Fluid Treating Apparatus, subclass 5 for a
steam applying machine and subclass 222 for a steam applying
implement.
100, Presses, subclass 73 for a pressing apparatus, not
otherwise provided for, having moistening means.
Subclass:
77.2
This subclass is indented under subclass 77.1. Device having
means to indicate, or to provide a visual view of, the
quantity of moisture in the flat iron.
Subclass:
77.3
This subclass is indented under subclass 77.1. Device wherein
the moisture handling or storing means is capable of being
disassociated from the remainder of the flat iron.
Subclass:
77.4
This subclass is indented under subclass 77.1. Device wherein
a handle is hingedly connected to the flat iron to expose or
cover a filling opening.
Subclass:
77.5
This subclass is indented under subclass 77.1. Device wherein
moisture is applied to the fabric in both a liquid and vapor
form.
Subclass:
77.6
This subclass is indented under subclass 77.1. Device having
means capable of being attached to a moisture supply means
and wherein said supply means is not supported by the flat
iron.
Subclass:
77.7
This subclass is indented under subclass 77.1. Device having
means to control the heat for converting liquid into vapor.
Subclass:
77.8
This subclass is indented under subclass 77.1. Device
including a compartment or container for storing liquid prior
to its conversion into steam.
Subclass:
77.81
This subclass is indented under subclass 77.8. Device having
means to increase atmospheric pressure in the reservoir or
means, other than a opening for filling, to connect the
reservoir to the atmosphere during filling, emptying or while
generating steam.
Subclass:
77.82
This subclass is indented under subclass 77.8. Device wherein
the reservoir is provided with a partition for obstructing
fluid flow or is composed of a plurality of distinct storage
areas.
Subclass:
77.83
This subclass is indented under subclass 77.8. Device wherein
the conversion into steam occurs in a compartment other than
a liquid storage compartment.
Subclass:
77.9
This subclass is indented under subclass 77.1. Device
including means for handling moisture which is in the form of
a heated vapor.
Subclass:
79
This subclass is indented under subclass 75. Devices wherein
the flat iron is provided permanently with a support to
maintain the ironing surface, when desired, out of contact
with the goods being ironed. 96, for supports in the form of
attachments to an iron requiring neither structural
modification of the iron, such as drilling or filing, nor
other adaptation such as preshaping of any part of the iron
to cooperate with the support.
Subclass:
80
Flat irons which have more than one ironing face and which
faces may be shifted relative to a handle to present a
selected one of them to the work.
Subclass:
81
Flat irons in which a pressing plate is detachable from the
body of the iron but in which the iron is incomplete without
the plate.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
97 for attachments consisting of sole surfaces attachable to
an already complete flat iron.
Subclass:
82
This subclass is indented under subclass 74. Devices wherein
the flat iron is provided with means to heat the same or to
facilitate heating of the same not otherwise provided for.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
126, Stoves and Furnaces, subclass 226 for the construction
of means extraneous to a flat iron especially adapted to heat
the same; subclass 411 for the construction of a burner
within a flat-iron.
219, Electric Heating, subclass 254 for the construction of
an electric heating element within a flat iron.
Subclass:
83
This subclass is indented under subclass 82. Devices wherein
the flat iron is heated by a preheated solid, removably
positioned in the iron in heat conducting relationship to the
sole plate of the iron.
Subclass:
84
This subclass is indented under subclass 82. Devices wherein
the flat iron is heated by a hot fluid in the iron.
Subclass:
85
This subclass is indented under subclass 84. Devices wherein
the flat iron is heated by steam coursing through the iron
but not passing through the pressing face thereof.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
77.1 wherein the steam passes through the face of the iron
to moisten the fabric.
Subclass:
86
This subclass is indented under subclass 82. Devices wherein
the body structure is modified so that an auxiliary heating
means, such as an open flame playing within the iron, may
readily heat the same.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
126, Stoves and Furnaces, subclass 230, for the structure of
a burner adapted to be temporarily inserted into a flat iron
to heat the same.
Subclass:
87
This subclass is indented under subclass 86. Devices wherein
the iron is heated by a combustible solid placed within it.
Subclass:
88
This subclass is indented under subclass 74. Devices relating
to the general form, shape or materials of which a flat iron
is made.
Subclass:
89
This subclass is indented under subclass 88. Devices wherein
means are provided to heat insulate the body of an iron so as
to hinder radiation of heat from the body of the iron.
Subclass:
90
The handle structure of an iron.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
16, Miscellaneous Hardware, subclass 110.1 for handles in
general.
403, Joints and Connections, appropriate subclasses for a
connection between a tool and a handle wherein only so much
of the tool or handle is included as is necessary to effect
the connection therebetween.
Subclass:
91
This subclass is indented under subclass 90. Devices wherein
both the handle and a shell surrounding the body portion of
an iron are detachable as a unit from the rest of the iron.
Subclass:
92
This subclass is indented under subclass 90. Devices wherein
the handle is readily detachable from the iron.
Subclass:
93
The structure of the plate which affords the ironing
surface.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
77.9 or a sole plate which is perforated to permit the
application of fluid to the work.
Subclass:
94
Attachments for flat irons which are not otherwise provided
for.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
223, Apparel Apparatus, subclass 36 for flutting
attachments.
Subclass:
95
Hand grips applicable to the handle of a flat iron to heat
insulate the hand of an operator from the conductive heat of
an iron and shields applicable to an iron to heat insulate
the hand of an operator from the radiant heat of an iron.
Subclass:
96
Devices attachable to an iron, without deformation of the
structure thereof, for supporting the pressing surface of the
iron out of contact with the work, when so desired.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
79 for similar devices forming a part of the iron and not of
a readily attachable and detachable character.
Subclass:
97
Sole plates, additional to the sole plate already on a
completed flat iron, which may be readily attached or
detached from the complete iron.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
81 for a detachable sole plate of a flat iron.
Subclass:
98
Flat irons with weights which may be removed or added at will
to vary the total weight of the iron.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
16, Miscellaneous Hardware, subclass 403 for a paper weight;
and subclass 404 for other generic weighting means.
Subclass:
99
Smoothing implements with nonplanar, or curved surfaces
fixedly mounted so that garments or fabrics may be presented
to the same and moved relative thereto to smooth the same.
Included in this subclass are the ironers known in the trade
as "puffers".
Subclass:
100
Smoothing implements consisting of a roller or rollers.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
492, Roll or Roller, for a roll, per se, not elsewhere
provided for, and see the notes thereunder.
Subclass:
101
Where the implement consists of opposite rollers engageable
on opposite face of the fabric being smoothed.
Subclass:
102
Devices for smoothing a fabric merely by stretching the
same.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
69, Leather Manufactures, subclass 46 for the stretching of
leather by racking or rubbing; i.e., by submitting a leather
sheet to the force of blows by oscillating or reciprocating
rod ends while held in arched configuration (e.g., by the
oscillations or reciprocations of a group of spaced rods
whose ends define a convex array).
Subclass:
102.1
This subclass is indented under subclass 102. Subject matter
comprising an apparatus across which a sheet(s) of cloth is
to be placed to effect stretching thereof and which is in the
form of (1) a device comprising spaced linear elongated rigid
members and means for retaining said members in spaced
relation, said members further including means for securing a
portion of the cloth thereto (2) a first member which is
designed to fit or telescope within a second member (e.g.,
embroidery hoop) and secure the cloth therebetween or (3) two
or more cloth securing elements spaced apart on a base (e.g.,
spaced pins on a peg board).
(1) Note. The patents found in this and indented subclasses
are analogous to but are distinguishable from patents found
in Class 160, Flexible or Portable Closure, Partition, or
Panel, subclasses 371 and 382 in that the patents found
herein are directed to an apparatus across which a sheet(s)
of cloth is temporarily placed to effect stretching thereof,
while the patents found in Class 160 are directed to a
product of manufacture wherein the sheet (i.e., flexible
panel) which is stretched is a permanent component thereof.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
16, Miscellaneous Hardware, subclass 5 for a combined carpet
fastener and stretcher.
26, Textiles: Cloth Finishing, subclass 71, for apparatus
for stretching a running length web of cloth.
28, Textiles: Manufacturing, subclass 149 for a frame upon
which threads are to be stretched and held while being
fabricated into a structure by some textile operation.
29, Metal Working, subclass 91.5 for an upholstery making
apparatus for drawing or pressing an outer fabric layer onto
or about a stuffed or padded furniture component.
34, Drying and Gas or Vapor Contact With Solids, subclass 618
for the drying of cloth (by heating or the application of a
gas) while maintained on a stretching frame.
52, Static Structures (e.g., Buildings), subclass 222 for a
building panel having a tensioned or flexed sheet facing.
69, Leather Manufactures, subclass 19.1 for an apparatus for
stretching a hide, skin or leather stock.
112, Sewing, subclass 119 for the combination of sewing
(quilting) and stretching work on a frame.
160, Flexible or Portable Closure, Partition, or Panel,
subclass 371 for a fabric filled or covered frame or a frame
for such use; especially subclass 372 for a device wherein
the fabric may be stretched by adjusting the frame size and
subclass 378 for a frame-type device including means for
applying tension to the fabric therein when not including
means for affording mechanical advantage.
223, Apparel Apparatus, subclass 61 for a device for
stretching apparel on forms.
254, Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling
Force, subclass 200 for patents directed to a stretcher for
use in forcing a carpet or like covering into place in laying
it, when including means for affording mechanical advantage.
294, Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements, subclass 8.6
for patents directed to a stretcher for use in forcing a
carpet or like covering into place in laying it, when not
including means for affording mechanical advantage.
Subclass:
102.2
This subclass is indented under subclass 102.1. Device
comprising an inner frame member of such geometry and/or
structure as to fit or telescope within an outer frame member
and being adapted to secure at least a portion of the web or
sheet of cloth there-between.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
160, Flexible or Portable Closure, Partition, or Panel,
subclass 380 for a flexible, fabric filled or covered frame
or a frame for such use wherein the frame is made of two
sections, each in the form of a complete frame arranged in
superimposed relation and between which a fabric is secured.
Subclass:
102.21
With wound material support:
This subclass is indented under subclass 102.1. Subject
matter wherein one of the rigid members is rotatable for
winding the sheet of cloth about this member, thereby
enabling successive lengths of the sheet to be stretched.
(1) Note. Typically both rigid members are rotatably
mounted, so that a length of sheet material is unwound from
the first member (supply coil) which is then locked while the
second member (take-up coil) is rotated to stretch the sheet
material between the members.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
242, Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding, subclasses 538+ for
convolute winding combined with unwinding.
Subclass:
102.3
This subclass is indented under subclass 102.1. Device
comprising spaced linear elongated rigid members and means
for retaining said members in spaced relation in combination
with an additional elongated member extending therebetween to
which at least a portion of the sheet of cloth may be
attached, another portion of said sheet being attachable to
at least one of said spaced elongated rigid members, said
additional member being selectively adjustable in the plane
of the spaced members.
Subclass:
102.4
This subclass is indented under subclass 102.1. Device
comprising spaced linear elongated members and means for
retaining said members in different positions with respect to
each other.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
160, Flexible or Portable Closure, Partition, or Panel,
subclass 372 for a flexible fabric filled or covered frame
or a frame for such use provided with means for adjusting the
frame size.
Subclass:
102.5
This subclass is indented under subclass 102.4. Device
wherein the frame is adjustable with respect to its length as
well as with respect to its width.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
160, Flexible or Portable Closure, Partition, or Panel,
subclass 374 for a flexible fabric filled or covered frame
or a frame for such use wherein the frame is adjustable both
longitudinally and laterally.
Subclass:
102.6
This subclass is indented under subclass 102.5. Device
wherein the adjustment of the device is accomplished by an
inter-connection of a pair(s) of adjacent members by means of
an elongated connector secured to a first member and passing
through and slidable in an elongated aperture in a second
member.
Subclass:
102.7
This subclass is indented under subclass 102.5. Device
wherein the adjustment of the device is accomplished by an
interconnection of a pair(s) of adjacent members by means of
a securing element capable of applying compression to at
least one of the members, said member being selectively
movable through or past said element.
Subclass:
102.8
This subclass is indented under subclass 102.5. Device
wherein one or more of the members comprise a plurality of
longitudinally interconnected components which may be moved
axially relative to each other either by the sliding of the
components into or on one another.
Subclass:
102.9
This subclass is indented under subclass 102.1. Device which
may be folded or disassembled to provide a structure of
reduced volume.
Subclass:
102.91
This subclass is indented under subclass 102.1. Device
including means for securing the cloth to the frame.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
24, Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, etc., appropriate subclasses
for a fabric fastening element, per se.
160, Flexible or Portable Closure, Partition, or Panel,
subclass 383 and see the notes thereto for patents directed
to a frame side or other elongated element including means
for fastening an edge of a fabric thereto.
Subclass:
103
Structures including a board especially configurated or
covered to facilitate the smoothing of a fabric when used in
conjunction with a flat iron or similar instrumentality.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
100, Presses, subclass 295 for platens or pressure surfaces
for presses not otherwise provided for.
108, Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces, appropriate
subclasses for horizontal planar surfaces in general.
269, Work Holders, appropriate subclasses. 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.
Subclass:
104
Ironing tables combined with means for performing functions
other than those which facilitate smoothing of a fabric, and
not otherwise provided for and wherein each device is capable
of having such other function performed upon it or by it at
the same time.
(1) Note. For ironing tables combined with cabinets, see
Class 312, Supports: Cabinet Structure.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
100, Presses, subclass 102 for presses not elsewhere
provided for, and having additional features.
Subclass:
106
This subclass is indented under subclass 104. Devices wherein
the ironing table is combined with a rack.
Subclass:
107
This subclass is indented under subclass 104. Devices wherein
the ironing table is combined with a flat iron support.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
142 for flat iron supports in combination with other
devices, adapted to be attached to or rest on an ironing
board.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
248, Supports, subclass 117.1, and indented subclasses for
flat iron supports adapted to be attached to or rest on an
ironing table.
Subclass:
108
This subclass is indented under subclass 104. Devices wherein
the ironing table is combined with means to clamp the article
being smoothed onto the board, or with means to stretch the
article over the board, or both.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
12 13 for clamping and stretching devices used in conjunction
with a smoothing machine.
Subclass:
109
This subclass is indented under subclass 108. Devices
wherein, in addition to clamping or stretching devices, some
means is provided to hold in shape the neckband of a shirt.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
13 for neckband shapers on a smoothing machine.
110 for other neckband shapers on an ironing board.
Subclass:
110
This subclass is indented under subclass 104. Devices wherein
an ironing board is provided with means for holding in shape
the neckband of a shirt, and shapers themselves when
independent of the board but adapted to used in conjunction
with the board when a garment is applied to the board.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
13 for neckband shapers on a smoothing machine.
109 for neckband shapers associated with clamping or
stretching devices on an ironing board.
Subclass:
111
Wherein an ironing table is equipped with means, other than
racks, to support a fabric below the level of the ironing
board.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
106 for racks to support a fabric while being smoothed.
Subclass:
112
Wherein an ironing table is convertible into some other
instrumentality and wherein the ironing table and the other
instrumentality are not available at the same time to perform
their respective functions.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
subclasses 104+ for an ironing table is combined with other
instrumentalities and the ironing table and one of the
instrumentalities are capable of performing their functions
at the same time.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
182, Fire Escape, Ladder, or Scaffold, subclass 29 for a
ladder convertible to an ironing board.
Subclass:
135
Ironing tables affording more than one pressing face.
Subclass:
136
This subclass is indented under subclass 135. Ironing boards
which are invertible for presentation to the iron of any one
of a plurality of pressing surfaces.
Subclass:
137
The structure of an ironing board having a single ironing
surface. The "ironing board" may include the board, per se,
with its cover.
Subclass:
138
This subclass is indented under subclass 137. Devices wherein
the ironing board is made up of two or more pieces alineable
into one plane.
Subclass:
139
This subclass is indented under subclass 138. Devices wherein
the pieces are hinged to each other.
Subclass:
140
Covers for ironing boards or the means for securing the cover
in place on the ironing board.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
66 for bed or platen covers.
68 for aprons.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
492, Roll or Roller, subclass 48 for a roll cover, per se,
not elsewhere provided for, and see the notes thereunder.
Subclass:
141
Miscellaneous devices accessory to smoothing.
Subclass:
142
Flat iron stands combined with other instrumentalities.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
107 for flat iron stands combined with ironing tables.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
248, Supports, subclass 117.1 for flat iron stands.
Subclass:
143
Devices for shaking out or spreading fabrics preliminary to
their being subjected to a smoothing process.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
271, Sheet Feeding or Delivering, subclass 278 for machines
for piling sheets.
Subclass:
144
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Processes relating to the smoothing and ironing of fabrics,
unless otherwise provided for.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
8, Bleaching and Dyeing; Fluid Treatment and Chemical
Modification of Textiles and Fibers, subclass 137 for
general laundering processes which may involve ironing as
well as washing.
28, Textiles: Manufacturing, subclass 118 for processes of
and apparatus for pressing loose fibers into tampons either
with or without the application of heat.
100, Presses, subclass 35 for pressing methods not elsewhere
provided for.
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Last Modified: 6 October 2000