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Class 076
METAL TOOLS AND IMPLEMENTS, MAKING
Class Definition:
This class comprises special machines, processes, blanks, and
dies for making tools, many of which are designated by the
subclass titles, while the remainder are to be found in the
proper miscellaneous subclasses.
The class includes mechanisms for sharpening various
cutting-tools by the removal of the stock adjacent to the
edge of the same by a cutting or filing action as
distinguished from an abrading action. Mechanism for
sharpening harrow-disks, etc., are included in this class
because of their analogy to the other types of cutting
sharpeners (see Subclass References to This Class, below).
This class also includes machines and processes for making
dies, whether to be used as hand-operated implements or in
forging or other machines.
General operation machines, though adapted by the
substitution of special tool-forming dies to form tools, are
classified in the general operation classes.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
subclasses 85+ for mechanism for sharpening harrow-disks,
etc.
REFERENCES TO OTHER CLASSES
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
72, Metal Deforming, appropriate subclasses for a process or
an apparatus for shaping metal by merely deforming it, e.g.,
twisting a drill bit or rolling a saw blank, or the same
including cutting; and subclasses 462+ for a tool, e.g., a
die, per se.
100, Presses, appropriate subclasses, for presses not
elsewhere provided for.
493, Manufacturing Container or Tube From Paper; or Other
Manufacturing From a Sheet or Web, subclass 905 for cutting
a peephole in a box blank.
SUBCLASSES
Subclass:
1
Machines for making tools and implements not classifiable
elsewhere.
Subclass:
2
Machines specially adapted to form augers.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
409, Gear Cutting, Milling, or Planing, subclasses 65+ for
a machine for cutting a spiral groove in an auger.
72, Metal Deforming, subclasses 64+ and 298+.Machines for
twisting augers.
Subclass:
3
Machines for cutting away the material of the auger-bit
adjacent to the cutting edge to give clearance to the blade
and also machines for forming the cutting-lips of the bit.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
451, Abrading, for grinding, generally.
Subclass:
4
Machines specially adapted to form dies to be used in metal
shaping or forging machines or in punching-machines.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
82, Turning.
100, Presses, appropriate subclasses for presses not
elsewhere provided for.
409, Gear Cutting, Milling, or Planing. for a machine adapted
to cut a die.
Subclass:
5.1
Drill forming or sharpening:
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Machine
specifically adapted to change a member having some of the
physical characteristics of a drill (i.e., a drill blank) to
a member having the physical characteristics of a drill; or
(2) to make the cutting of a drill of better shape for
cutting.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
72, Metal Deforming, subclasses 64+ and 298+ for twisting
metal to form a twist-drill blank.
409, Gear Cutting, Milling or Planing, subclasses 65+ for
milling a groove in a member to form a drill blank.
451, Abrading, for sharpening a drill by grinding with an
abrasive material.
Subclass:
5.4
Forging:
This subclass is indented under subclass 5.1. Machine
comprising changing a drill blank to a drill by the action of
a pair of dies having opposite shape to that of the desired
drill, that move toward each other to effect shaping.
Subclass:
5.6
Punching:
This subclass is indented under subclass 5.1. Machine
comprising changing a drill blank to a drill by the action of
a fixed tool and a movable tool that moves toward the fixed
tool to shape the blank therebetween.
Subclass:
6
Machines for forging tool-heads which are provided with eyes
in which the handle is to be secured, also machines for
piercing the eyes, and machines for making hammers, picks,
mattocks, and hoes having eyes for the handles.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
72, Metal Deforming, appropriate subclasses and particularly
subclasses 343+.
Subclass:
7
Machines specially adapted to forge and shape ax-polls and
hatchet-heads.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
6
Subclass:
8
Machines having plungers or dies adapted to be adjusted in
such a manner that ax-heads having different weights may be
forged in the same dies.
Subclass:
9
Machines adapted to forge and shape various tool-heads having
handle-sockets (not eyes), straps, or tangs, including hoes,
shovels, rakes, pitchforks, etc.
Subclass:
10
Machines specially adapted to forge and shape the parts of
wrenches.
Subclass:
11
Machines for splitting tool-blanks, usually for the purpose
of forming the "straps" to which the handle is secured. Also
machines for splitting ax-polls for the insertion of the
steel bit.
Subclass:
12
Miscellaneous machines for forming the cutting ribs or teeth
of files and rasps.
(1) Note. For electrolytic apparatus used to sharpen or
resharpen files, see Class 204, Chemistry: Electrical and
Wave Energy, subclasses 194+.
(2) Note. For electrolytic processes for sharpening or
resharpening files, see Class 205, Electrolysis: Processes,
Compositions Used Therein, and Methods of Preparing the
Compositions, subclass 664.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
28 for machines which form saw teeth by forcing a chisel
into the edge of a blank to cut and swage up the teeth.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
29, Metal Working, subclass 77 for machines and processes
for preparing file-blanks by filing the surfaces of the rough
blanks.
72, Metal Deforming, for forging and swaging apparatus
peculiarly adapted for forging toothed articles such as
milling cutters, tapping tools, etc.
204, Chemistry: Electrical and Wave Energy, subclasses 194+
for an electrolytic apparatus used to sharpen or resharpen a
file or rasp.
205, Electrolysis: Processes, Compositions Used Therein, and
Methods of Preparing the Compositions, subclass 664 for
electrolytic sharpening or resharpening of a file or rasp.
451, Abrading, for a process of or machine for cleaning or
resharpening a file by means of a blast of sand or other
abrading material.
Subclass:
13
Machines specially adapted to form rasping-teeth upon
file-blanks, usually by swaging up the teeth from the surface
of the blank by means of punches. These machines are usually
characterized by mechanism adapted to shift the bed or the
tool in such a manner as to form the teeth in staggered
rows.
Subclass:
14
Machines which force up the file-ribs by means of a cutter or
punch which is actuated by pressure as distinguished from a
blow.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
13
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
72, Metal Deforming, subclasses 184+ for "roller" grooving
of work, and other appropriate subclasses for metal deforming
by other means.
Subclass:
15
Machines in which the cutter is raised against a spring or
weight by means of a trip-cam or other device, which upon
release causes the cutter to strike a blow upon the
file-blank.
Subclass:
16
Machines in which the cutter is raised against a spring or
weight by means of a trip-cam, which upon release causes the
cutter to strike a blow upon the file-blank and which is
provided with means, usually automatic, for increasing or
decreasing the force of the blow in conformity to the width
or thickness of the file-blank as it is fed beneath the
cutter.
Subclass:
17
Machines in which the cutter is supported over the blank,
usually by a spring, and is struck by a hammer, generally
power-operated.
Subclass:
18
Machines in which the cutter is supported over the blank,
usually by a spring, and is struck by a power-operated
hammer, the force of the blow being increased or diminished,
usually automatically in conformity to the width or thickness
of the file-blank as it is fed beneath the cutter.
Subclass:
19
Pressers for holding the file-blank upon the bed of the
file-cutting machine.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
100, Presses, appropriate subclasses for presses not
elsewhere provided for.
Subclass:
20
Beds for supporting the file-blanks, also the clamps for
securing said blanks to the beds.
(1) Note. The beds in this class are mostly of the
oscillating type.
Subclass:
21
Cutter-heads and holders for the cutting-tool or punch of
file or rasp making machines.
Subclass:
22
Miscellaneous devices for feeding the blanks to the file
cutting or punching mechanisms.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
226, Advancing Material of Indeterminate Length, appropriate
subclasses for methods of, and apparatus for, feeding
material without utilizing the leading or trailing ends to
effect movement of the material.
Subclass:
23
Mechanisms for feeding the blanks to the file cutting or
punching devices, comprising a screw-feed for advancing the
blank carriage or clamp.
Subclass:
24.1
Process:
This subclass is indented under subclass 12. Method of
forming cutting ribs or teeth on the surface of a file or
rasp.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
204, Chemistry: Electrical and Wave Energy, subclasses 194+
for an electrolytic apparatus used to sharpen or resharpen a
file or rasp.
205, Electrolysis: Processes, Compositions Used Therein, and
Methods of Preparing the Compositions, subclass 664 for
electrolytic sharpening or resharpening of a file or rasp.
Subclass:
24.5
Chemically sharpening:
This subclass is indented under subclass 24.1. Method of
restoring previously sharpened cutting edges of a file or
rasp to sharp condition by application of a chemical that
modifies the surface characteristics thereof.
Subclass:
25.1
SAW-MAKING OR FURBISHING DEVICE OR MACHINE:
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Miscellaneous apparatus for changing a saw blank into a
toothed saw blade or for treating a saw blade to make it more
suitable for sawing.
(1) Note. A "saw blank" normally comprises a metallic sheet
having two generally parallel planar surfaces and a
perimeter; a "saw blade" is similar in structure but has
formed along at least a portion of the perimeter a series of
aligned cutting teeth intended to follow each other in a
cutting action.
(2) Note. The apparatus of this subclass may ba a randomly
manipulated hand tool, i.e., a "device" or it may be a base
mounted structure, i.e., a "machine".
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
112 for method of changing a saw blank into a toothed saw
blade, and for a saw blank, per se.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
451, Abrading, for grinding to shape, generally, including
sharpening a drill or other tool, other than a saw. Note
that abrading to sharpen a saw, contrary to the general line
between Class 76 and Class 451, is included in Class 76.
Subclass:
26
Machines for stretching and straightening saw-blades or
sections thereof for the purpose of reducing "buckled"
portions by means of a hammering action; also devices for
supporting saws upon anvils, thus adapting them to be
stretched by a manually-operated tool.
Subclass:
27
Machines for stretching and straightening saw-blades,
comprising a pair of rollers or a roller and bed, between
which the saw-blade is passed.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
492, Roll or Roller, for a roll, per se, not elsewhere
provided for, and see the notes thereunder.
Subclass:
28
Machines in which saw-teeth are formed upon a blank by means
of a chisel, which, being forced into the edge of the blank
cuts and swages up the saw-teeth, also machines having
chisel-cutters adapted to shave the tooth, the line of
movement of the cutter being in the plane of the disk.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
subclasses 12+
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
72, Metal Deforming, subclasses 325+ for a composite metal
deforming and cutting tool.
Subclass:
29
Machines for notching the blank to form saw-teeth by means of
a cutting-die or punch.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
30
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
83, Cutting, appropriate subclasses for cutting devices
generally, and particularly subclass 917 for notching
devices.
Subclass:
30
Machines which remove the metal at the bases of saw-teeth to
lengthen the teeth by means of a die-cutter or punch.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
29
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
83, Cutting, appropriate subclasses and particularly subclass
917 (notching).
Subclass:
31
Machines for sharpening saws in which a file or sharpening
tool is positively guided in its reciprocation across the
saw. The patents in this subclass are mainly hand-operated
devices.
Subclass:
32
Machines provided with reciprocating sharpening tools
especially adapted to sharpen gin-saws. These machines are
usually characterized by crossed files.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
37 and indented subclasses for machines for sharpening
gin-saws by means of a rotary file or grinder are classified
in this class, subclass
Subclass:
33
Machines for sharpening the teeth of saws by means of a
reciprocating file or tool in which the carriage supporting
the filing mechanism is automatically moved forward as the
successive teeth are sharpened.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
31 for machines in which the carriage is fed forward by
hand.
Subclass:
34
Machines in which the saw-teeth are sharpened by a
reciprocating file or tool and which are provided with
automatic means for feeding the saw-clamp forward as the
successive teeth are sharpened.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
76 for clamp-feeding mechanism.
Subclass:
35
Machines in which the saw-teeth are sharpened by a
reciprocating file or tooth and which are provided with means
for engaging the teeth of the saw and feeding it forward as
the successive teeth are sharpened.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
226, Advancing Material of Indeterminate Length, subclasses
52+ for means to engage modifications in material to
advance the material.
Subclass:
36
File-holders having guides or indicators attached to and
carried by the file in its movement which show to the
operator the angle at which the file is being held.
SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
31, for guides supported by the saw-clamp.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
407, Cutters, for Shaping, subclass 29.15 for a file or rasp
holder, per se.
Subclass:
37
Miscellaneous machines which sharpen the teeth of saws by
means of a rotary file, milling-tool, or abrading-tool, not
classifiable in the following subclasses.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
408, Cutting by Use of Rotating Axially Moving Tool,
appropriate subclasses, for drilling machines which feed the
work or tool or both relative to one another along the axis
of rotation of the tool; and see the Notes thereto for other
machines in which a rotating tool is fed relative to work.
Subclass:
38
Machines which sharpen the teeth of saws by means of a
helical or spiral file, cutter, or abrading devices.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
409, Gear Cutting, Milling, or Planing, subclasses 1+ for
gear cutting, generally.
Subclass:
39
Machines which sharpen saws by means of a rotary file or
abrading-disk having oblique or helical ribs adapted to
engage the teeth of the saw for the purpose of feeding the
saw forward. The disks or cutters in this class of machines
usually have a section broken away to permit the feeding of
the saw.
Subclass:
40
Machines for sharpening the teeth of saws in which a rotary
file or abrading-tool carried by a pivoted gate or bracet is
adapted to be swung toward and from the saw-blade.
Subclass:
41
Machines for sharpening the teeth of saws in which a rotary
file or abrading-tool supported upon a sliding gate is
adapted to be reciprocated toward and from the saw-blade.
Subclass:
42
Machines for sharpening the teeth of saws by means of a
rotating file, cutter, or abrading-tool in which the saw is
supported upon a pivoted carriage and adapted to be swung
against the rotating tool.
Subclass:
43
Machines for sharpening saws by means of a rotating file,
cutter or abrading-tool in which the saw is supported upon a
sliding carriage and is adapted to be reciprocated into
contact with the rotating tool.
Subclass:
44
Machines which remove the metal at the bases of saw-teeth to
lengthen the teeth by means of milling-cutters. This
subclass also includes machines having annular cutters.
Subclass:
45
Filing, grinding, or other disks or cutters especially
adapted for sharpening and gumming saw-teeth. This subclass
includes spiral files.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
83, Cutting, subclasses 174+ for tool sharpeners for
cutting devices.
407, Cutters, for Shaping, subclasses 30+ for a rotary
cutter which may be the product of the device of this
subclass.
Subclass:
46
Machines and implements in which devices for truing, the
teeth of saws by side-dressing or making the teeth of uniform
length are combined with a gage which is adapted to determine
the relative length of the teeth or the amount of set of the
teeth.
Subclass:
47.1
Dressing or jointing:
This subclass is indented under subclass 25.1. Furbishing
apparatus for (1) making the side surface of aligned teeth of
the saw blade touch a common plane parallel with the plane of
a planar surface of the blade; or (2) making the teeth of a
desired common height.
Subclass:
48
Devices specially adapted to true the teeth of circular saws
in such a manner that the points of all the teeth will lie in
the circumference of a circle; also devices for truing the
sides of the teeth of saws.
Subclass:
49
Machines and implements for shaping and truing the points and
sides of the teeth of saws by swaging. These machines are
generally adapted to be used on circular saws.
Subclass:
50
Machines having rotary cutting or abrading devices for truing
the points and sides of the teeth of saws.
Subclass:
50.2
Band saw dressing:
This subclass is indented under subclass 47.1. Furbishing for
making the side surface of aligned teeth of a saw blade touch
a common plane parallel with the plane of a planar surface of
the blade; wherein the blade comprises a flexible, endless
ribbon.
Subclass:
50.4
Jointing:
This subclass is indented under subclass 47. Furbishing
apparatus,1 for making the teeth of a desired common height.
Subclass:
51
Miscellaneous implements, machines, and processes for
widening the points of the teeth of saws, not classifiable in
the following subclasses. This subclass also includes
devices for "knocking down" the points of the teeth of saws.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
72, Metal Deforming, for metal swaging or forging apparatus
generally.
Subclass:
52
Machines in which the swaging-tool is pivotally supported and
is forced forward to swage the tooth by means of a lever or
system of levers.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
63
Subclass:
53
Machines in which the swage is slidably mounted and is
adapted to be forced forward to swage the tooth by means of a
lever or a system of levers.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
68
Subclass:
54
Machines for widening the points of the teeth of saws by
means of camfaced swages, the swages being in many instances
provided with rollers. These machines are used for
sharpening or renewing the teeth of saws. This subclass also
includes cam-swaging machines for "knocking down" the points
of teeth and for swaging the raker-teeth of crosscut-saws.
Subclass:
55
Machines for swaging the teeth of saws in which the tooth is
supported upon an anvil and a punch normally supported in
proper position over the anvil, usually by a spring, is
adapted to be struck by a hammer.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
65 and 70.
Subclass:
56
Implements for swaging the teeth of saws, usually "punches",
having properly formed swaging-faces adapted to be held in
the hand and struck by a hammer; also tools for "knocking
down" the points of the saw-teeth.
Subclass:
57
Specially-formed anvils upon which the saw tooth is held by
means of clamps or otherwise and the tooth swaged by being
struck with a hammer or a punch held in the hand.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
73
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
72, Metal Deforming, subclasses 457+ and 476+ for a metal
working anvil, per se, not otherwise provided for.
Subclass:
58
Miscellaneous machines, implements, and processes for bending
the teeth of saws laterally in order to give proper clearance
in the cut or kerf made by the saw.
Subclass:
59
Machines in which the teeth of the saw are given set by means
of a rotary set--as, for example, toothed or corrugated rolls
or disks.
Subclass:
60
Machines in which the tooth-setting devices are forced into
engagement with the teeth by means of a screw.
Subclass:
61
Instruments having pivotally-mounted sets adapted to act upon
a plurality of teeth simultaneously. They are usually for
simultaneously bending adjacent teeth in opposite
directions.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
66
Subclass:
62
Machines in which the set or punch is carried by a pivoted
arm, usually spring-actuated, and adapted to be operated by a
trip dog or cam.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
15 and 67.
Subclass:
63
Machines in which the set or punch is carried by a
lever-operated pivoted arm and is adapted to bend the tooth
against a properly formed anvil.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
52 and 68.
Subclass:
64
Hand implements in the form of pliers in which the set or
punch is carried by a pivoted arm which is actuated by one of
the plier-handles.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
69
Subclass:
65
Machines in which a set or punch carried upon a pivoted arm
is adapted to be struck by a hammer to give set to a tooth
held upon a properly formed anvil.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
55 and 70.
Subclass:
66
Machines and implements having slidably-mounted sets adapted
to act upon a plurality of teeth simultaneously. These
devices are usually for simultaneously bending adjacent teeth
in opposite directions.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
61
Subclass:
67
Machines in which a slidably mounted set, usually
spring-actuated, is operated by a trip dog or cam.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
62
Subclass:
68
Machines in which a set slidably supported is operated by a
lever or a cam-lever to bend the tooth against a suitably
formed anvil.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
63
Subclass:
69
Hand implements in the form of pliers in which a
slidably-mounted set is actuated by one of the pivoted
handles.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
64
Subclass:
70
Machines in which a set slidably supported, usually by means
of a spring, is adapted to be struck by a hammer to give set
to a tooth held upon a suitably formed anvil.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
55 and 65.
Subclass:
71
Machines and implements having means for engaging or
embracing the tooth, the lateral (or oscillating) movement of
the device serving to bend the tooth to the proper set
without the cooperation of an anvil.
Subclass:
72
Machines and implements in which the tooth is bent by means
of a wedge-shaped punch or swaging device.
Subclass:
73
Bevel-faced anvils upon which the saw is laid and the teeth
bent to conform to the beveled face of the anvil by being
struck by a manually-operated hammer.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
57
Subclass:
74
Devices adapted to support and guide saws to sharpening,
dressing, or setting mechanisms. These guides are usually
used to support band saws.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
83, Cutting, subclasses 719+ for tool guides.
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:
75
Mechanisms adapted to feed the saw-blank or saw to mechanisms
for operating upon the same, not classifiable in the
following subclasses.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
226, Advancing Material of Indeterminate Length, appropriate
subclasses for methods of, and apparatus for, feeding
material without utilizing the leading or trailing ends to
effect movement of the material.
Subclass:
76
Mechanisms for feeding a clamp which holds the saw or
saw-blank to the devices which operate upon the saw blade or
teeth.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
22 and 34.
Subclass:
77
Mechanisms for feeding the saw to the devices which operate
upon the saw handle or teeth, which comprise a reciprocating
pawl or other means for engaging successive teeth of the saw
to feed the saw forward.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
35
Subclass:
78.1
Clamp:
This subclass is indented under subclass 25.1. Apparatus
comprising structure for gripping a saw blank or blade.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
144, Woodworking, subclass 273.1, for a miscellaneous clamp
or clamping device used in woodworking.
269, Work Holders, for a device of general utility to clamp
or otherwise immobilize a workpiece being modified or
treated.
Subclass:
79
Clamps and vises for holding circular saws during their
manufacture or while being sharpened. Includes, mainly,
clamps applied to the center of the saw, but also includes
other forms of clamps having special attachments for
centering the saw.
Subclass:
79.5
Vice:
This subclass is indented under subclass 78.1. Apparatus
including a structure for immobilizing a saw blank or blade.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
29, Metal Working, subclasses 423+ for a process of
assembling, generally: particularly subclass 559 for a method
of holding work not provided for elsewhere.
269, Work Holders, for a device for holding a workpiece being
modified, generally. Class 269 is the residual locus of
device for holding material while that material is modified.
Subclass:
80
Tools especially adapted for inserting and extracting
saw-teeth.
Subclass:
80.5
Chain saw sharpener:
This subclass is indented under subclass 25.1. Apparatus for
making the cutting edge of a tooth element of a better shape
for cutting, wherein the tooth is one of a series pivotally
connected together to follow one another in cutting.
Subclass:
81
Miscellaneous devices and machines having a fibrous (i.e.,
leather, cloth, wood, etc.) working surface for sharpening
razor blades and similar cutlery by application of the work
thereto.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
30, Cutlery, subclasses 35+ when razor features, such as
means for securing the blade in operative relation to a gauge
or guard that protects the skin from cuts, are claimed.
428, Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles, subclass 473
for a plural layer web or sheet including a leather layer and
adapted for use as a strop, and subclass 904 (a
cross-reference art collection) for an artificial leather
product or stock material.
451, Abrading, subclass 169, 316, and 318 for a stropping
machine; subclasses 461+ and 526+ for a sharpener having a
stropping surface and an abrading surface; subclass 459 for a
strop renewing device; and subclasses 490+ for an abrasive
surface adapted to sharpen a tool.
Subclass:
81.1
This subclass is indented under subclass 81. Device provided
with means for putting the working surface under the proper
or desired tautness.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
451, Abrading, subclasses 490+ for an abrasive sheet holder
with means to tension the sheet thereon.
Subclass:
81.2
This subclass is indented under subclass 81.1. Device wherein
the tensioning means includes a helical screw operator.
Subclass:
81.3
This subclass is indented under subclass 81. Device wherein
the sharpening device is wound, folded or otherwise reduced
in overall dimension for storage purposes and/or stored in a
receptacle provided therefor.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
132, Toilet, subclass 292 for toiletry kits including a
strop.
Subclass:
81.4
This subclass is indented under subclass 81.3. Device wherein
storage is caused by a means which urges the strop to its
position of confinement within the receptacle, such as a
spring-actuated reel or a counter-weight.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
242, Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding, subclasses 371+ for a
spring power reeling device and subclasses 390+ for other
motor powered reeling devices used to wind and unwind
elongated material.
Subclass:
81.5
This subclass is indented under subclass 81. Device wherein
the sharpening device is provided with means on one extreme
for the purpose of suspension (i.e., hook, eye, etc.).
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
248, Supports, subclasses 317+ and more specifically 339+.
Subclass:
81.6
This subclass is indented under subclass 81.5. Device wherein
the suspension means constitutes or comprises a swivel
connection.
Subclass:
81.7
This subclass is indented under subclass 81. Device wherein
said working surface is disclosed as following an arcuate or
closed curved path during the sharpening operation.
Subclass:
81.8
This subclass is indented under subclass 81. Device wherein
the working surface of the sharpening device is maintained in
a condition other than flat.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
81.1 through 81.7, for other stropping devices having a
nonplanar working surface.
Subclass:
82
Miscellaneous devices and machines for sharpening cutters by
removing the material of the cutter adjacent to the edge by
cutting, filing, or chipping, as distinguished from abrading
or swaging. There are a few patents for scissors-sharpeners,
the action of which is somewhat analogous to swaging
sharpeners.
(1) Note. See this class, subclass 82.2.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
29, Metal Working, subclass 76.1 for machines and processes
for filing metal, which may be defined as cutting metal by a
hard instrument having its surface or surfaces sharply
ridged.
451, Abrading, for a method of or apparatus for sharpening a
cutter by grinding.
Subclass:
82.1
This subclass is indented under subclass 82. Devices
especially adapted to sharpen lawn mowers.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
56, Harvesters, subclass 250 for rotating cutting reel mower
organizations modified to facilitate sharpening.
451, Abrading, subclasses 419+ for an abrading device
adapted to be attached to a cutting machine, such as a lawn
mower, to sharpen the blade thereof.
Subclass:
82.2
This subclass is indented under subclass 82. Devices
especially adapted to sharpen scissors.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
451, Abrading, especially subclass 45 for a method of
abrading to sharpening scissors.
Subclass:
83
Devices especially adapted to sharpen skates.
Subclass:
84
The title is self-explanatory.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
51, Abrasive Tool Making Process, Material, or Composition,
subclass 309 for making an abrasive tool of metal.
428, Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles, subclass 684
for a metallic composite in which a component has a steel
base.
451, Abrading, subclass 553 for an abrading tool comprising
a metal rotary cylinder that turns about a stationary axis.
Subclass:
85
Disk-sharpening devices, including cutting or filing tools
adapted to be rotated about the disk or against which the
disk is rotated. This subclass comprises, mainly, devices
for sharpening harrow disks.
(1) Note. See this class, subclass 89.2 for devices for
sharpening harrow disks, etc., by swaging by rolls or
otherwise.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
172, Earth Working, subclass 437 for earth working apparatus
comprising the combination of an earth working disk and means
to sharpen it.
451, Abrading, especially subclasses 321+ for a device for
sharpening a disc by grinding.
Subclass:
86
Devices comprising a plurality of converging cutting or
filing blades, the article to be sharpened being passed
between them, thereby having stock removed from both sides of
the blade adjacent to the edge thereof.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
451, Abrading, subclasses 490+ for a tool support for a
flexible-member abrading tool.
Subclass:
87
Devices comprising a plurality of cutting disks or files,
such disks being arranged in such a manner that the
circumferences of the disks are tangent to the same line or
overlap one another.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
451, Abrading, subclasses 364+ for a work holder for use
with abrading device.
Subclass:
88
Devices for sharpening cutters comprising an edged blade or a
file against which the article to be sharpened is directed by
means of a guide usually angularly disposed relative to the
blade.
(1) Note. See this class, subclass 82.2.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
451, Abrading, subclasses 364+ for a work holder for use
with abrading device.
Subclass:
89
Devices for sharpening cutters in which the article to be
sharpened is directed against a disk cutter or file by means
of a guide.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
451, Abrading, subclasses 364+ for a work holder for use
with abrading device.
Subclass:
89.1
Machines, devices and processes for serrating the metal
adjacent to the edges of cutters, the serrations extending in
most instances across the beveled portion of the blade and
obliquely to the edge.
Subclass:
89.2
Machines and devices for sharpening metal tools by forging or
rolling the metal adjacent to the edge.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
492, Roll or Roller, for a roll, per se, not elsewhere
provided for, and see the notes thereunder.
Subclass:
101.1
BLANK OR PROCESS:
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Invention comprising stock material having some of the
physical characteristics of a desired tool; or comprising a
method of modifying such stock material to make it into a
desired tool.
(1) Note. Included herein is a blank for, or process of
making a work holder, if not provided for elsewhere.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
29, Metal Working, subclasses 428+ for a process of
assembling and joining, generally; particularly subclass 559
for a method of holding work not provided for elsewhere.
72, Metal Deforming, for shaping metal, generally (which may
be combined with cutting). The operation of Class 72 may
prepare a tool blank, but is not restricted an operation of
converting such a blank into a tool.
156, Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture,
subclasses 1+ for a process of making a product by
laminating, not restricted to tool making.
228, Metal Fusion Bonding, subclasses 101+ for a process
generally, which may include tool making, including only such
step or steps as is necessary for the formation of a single
joint by soldering, brazing, or welding.
269, Work Holders, for a device for holding a workpiece being
modified, generally. Class 269 is the residual locus of a
device for holding material while that material is modified.
409, Gear Cutting, Milling or Planing, subclasses 66+ for
process of milling a thread or helix into a workpiece (as in
forming a drill bit blank, a thread cutting tap, or a thread
cutting die).
419, Powder Metallurgy Processes, for a method of making a
blank of general utility from metal or alloy powders by
sintering, especially subclasses 10+ for such a method
performed upon a composition which is particularly suited for
use as a die, drill, or cutting tool, in general.
428, Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles, subclasses
544+ for stock material, generally, e.g., for indefinite
length stock material of metal or having a metallic
component; especially subclass 599 for metallic stock having
both thickness and nonthickness surfaces of defined
configuration, and subclass 602 for metallic stock material
whose symmetrical shape varies in thickness longitudinally.
451, Abrading, subclasses 28+ for a method of finishing a
tool by abrading.
Subclass:
102
Processes for forming auger bits, also blanks especially
adapted to be made into augers.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
175, Boring or Penetrating the Earth, subclasses 374+ and
425+ for an earth boring tool made of a specific material.
103. Processes for making the heads of axes, adzes, hammers,
and hatchets (mainly wood-working-tools), also blanks
specially adapted to be made into such tools.
Subclass:
104.1
Cutlery:
This subclass is indented under subclass 101.1. Blank or
process comprising stock material for, or a method of making
an article commonly known as "cutlery".
(1) Note. "Cutlery" includes a knife, scissors, hand
shears, a fork or a spoon.
Subclass:
105
Processes for making metallic table forks and spoons, also
patents upon blanks specially adapted to be made into such
articles.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
111 for processes for making metallic forks for heavy work.
Subclass:
106
Processes for making hollow handles of articles of cutlery,
also making articles of cutlery having hollow handles, also
blanks specially adapted to be formed into such articles.
Subclass:
106.5
Hand shears:
This subclass is indented under subclass 104.1. Blank or
process comprising stock material for, or a method of, making
a cutting device intended to be manually supported during
operation, which device includes a pair of cutting blades
that move adjacent to and past each other to sever a
workpiece therebetween by a shearing action.
(1) Note. A pair of scissors is included in this subclass.
Subclass:
107.1
Die:
This subclass is indented under subclass 101.1. Blank or
process comprising stock material for, or method of, making
an instrumentality for engaging a workpiece and directly
performing work thereon.
(1) Note. "Die" includes a tool of a metal-forging machine,
a metal shaping machine, stencil punching machine, metal
shaping machine, stencil punching machine, metal-ornamenting
machine, etc.
Subclass:
107.4
Drawing die:
This subclass is indented under subclass 107.1. Blank or
process comprising stock material for, or method of, making a
tool having an aperture through which work is pulled to treat
that work.
Subclass:
107.6
Spinnerette:
This subclass is indented under subclass 107.1. Blank or
process comprising stock material for, or method of, making a
tool having relatively small, apertures through which
flowable material is extruded to form strands of product.
Subclass:
107.8
Steel rule die:
This subclass is indented under subclass 107.1. Blank or
process comprising stock material for, or method of, making a
tool having a cutting edge extending along a first plane and
having a force receiving edge extending along a second plane
that is parallel with the first plane, said tool being made
of a strip of sheet metal with the cutting edge at one edge,
the force receiving edge at an opposing edge wherein the
sheet like dimension of the tool extends normally to the
first and second plane.
(1) Note. The die made from the blank of this subclass or
by the method of this subclass may be used in a "clicker die"
press and is similar in structure to some cookie cutters.
Subclass:
108.1
Drill:
This subclass is indented under subclass 107.1. Invention
comprising stock material for, or method of, making a tool
intended to turn about an axis and cut a workpiece by
relative rotation and relative axial movement therewith.
(1) Note. Including herein the making of a metal cutting,
wood cutting, or stone cutting drill.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
175, Boring or Penetrating the Earth, subclasses 374+ and
425+ for an earth boring bit made of specific material.
409, Gear Cutting, Milling or Planing, subclass 66, for a
process of milling a thread or helix on a workpiece, such as
in making a drill bit, wherein the operation is not
restricted to making of a tool.
451, Abrading, subclass 48 for a process of abrading a
drill, including forming a drill bit by abrading only.
Subclass:
108.2
Rock drill:
This subclass is indented under subclass 108.1. Invention
comprising stock material for, or a method of, making a drill
capable of cutting stone.
Subclass:
108.4
Well drill:
This subclass is indented under subclass 108.1. Invention
comprising a stock material for, or method of making a drill
intended to penetrate the earth to access fluid therein.
Subclass:
108.6
Twist drill:
This subclass is indented under subclass 108.1. Invention
comprising stock material for, or a method of, making a drill
having a solid center and a helically spiralled marginal
extent revolved thereabout, and having a radially extending
web that continuously connect the solid center and the
helically spiraled marginal extent.
Subclass:
109
Processes for making hoes, mattock, grub-hoes, or other
hand-digging tools adapted to strike blows.
Subclass:
110
Processes for making hand-operated lock keys, also patents
upon blanks for making keys.
(1) Note. It does not include processes for making watch
keys, which are to be found in this class, subclass 114, nor
does it include processes for making keys for holding pinions
on shafts, etc.
Subclass:
111
Processes for making metallic tools having teeth or tines to
be used for heavy work, comprising pitchforks, manure-forks,
garden-rakes, potato-rakes, etc., also blanks specially
adapted to be made into such articles.
Subclass:
112
Processes for making saws, including forming saw-teeth,
sharpening, gumming, stretching, and setting and patching
saws etc., also blanks for saw-blades, patches for cracked
blades, etc.
Subclass:
113
Processes for making shovels, spades, scoops, etc., also
blanks specially adapted to be made into such articles.
Subclass:
114
Processes for making wrenches, including watch and clock
keys, also blanks specially adapted to be made into such
articles.
Subclass:
115
Rotary cutter:
This subclass is indented under subclass 101.1. Invention
comprising stock material for, or a method of, making a work
engaging member having a sharp cutting edge, which member is
of generally circular configuration about a center axis, and
is intended to turn about that axis to cut a workpiece.
Subclass:
116
Cutter of sheet metal:
This subclass is indented under subclass 101.1. Invention
comprising stock material for, or a method of, making a work
cutting member of relatively thin metallic material.
Subclass:
117
Involving use of tap or die:
This subclass is indented under subclass 101.1. Invention
including utilization of a threaded member to cut or impress
a helical shape on the outer surface of a rod-like blank, or
on the inner surface of a pipe-like blank.
Subclass:
118
Scythe:
This subclass is indented under subclass 101.1. Invention
comprising stock material for, or a method of, making a tool
having a sharp cutting blade intended to be manually
supported in the hands of an operative and manipulated to
swing just above the ground with the cutting edge generally
parallel to the ground to sever grass or other small stem
plants growing therefrom.
Subclass:
119
Hand tool:
This subclass is indented under subclass 101.1. Invention
comprising stock material for, or a method of, making a tool
intended, when in use, to be supported by hand or hands of an
operative.
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Last Modified: 6 October 2000