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Class 131
TOBACCO
Class Definition:
This class includes:
(A) Products containing tobacco or tobacco substitutes
intended for personal use for smoking or chewing or for use
as snuff.
(B) Processes and apparatus for manufacturing the products
set forth in paragraph (1) where not elsewhere provided for.
(C) Processes and apparatus for treating tobacco preliminary
or subsequent to manufacturing into products of paragraph (1)
where not elsewhere provided for.
(D) Appliances peculiarly adapted to use by smokers where not
elsewhere provided for.
(1) Note. The word "tobacco", as used in this class, is
considered generic to any material which may be smoked or may
be substituted for real tobacco.
(2) Note. Tobacco product manufacturing apparatus may be
claimed in combination with apparatus of another classified
art. When such is the case, the combination will be found
with the other classified art, if the tobacco product
manufacturing apparatus is in name only, or no more of the
apparatus is claimed than is necessary to support the
operation of the other classified art device.
LINES WITH OTHER CLASSES AND WITHIN THIS CLASS
LINE WITH CLASS 34
The line between Class 34 and Class 131 is as follows:
Tobacco drying apparatus, per se, is in Class 34. Tobacco
drying apparatus combined with means to perform other
operations and tobacco drying processes are in Class 131.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
77 through 83, for apparatus and processes for making
cigarette mouthpieces and cigarette tubes.
subclasses 133+ for dynamic type humidifying apparatus
combined with tobacco handling means.
250.1 for a cigar or cigarette end cutter considered as a
tobacco users' appliance.
subclasses 353+ for a process or apparatus for making
reconstituted tobacco, per se.
REFERENCES TO OTHER CLASSES
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
30, Cutlery, subclass 109 and indented subclasses for hand
manipulable cigar tip cutters.
34, Drying and Gas or Vapor Contact With Solids, appropriate
subclasses for apparatus for drying tobacco or tobacco
articles. (See Lines With Other Classes and Within This
Class, Line With Class 34, above.)
40, Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting, subclass 321 and
subclasses 299.01+, for cigars and cigarettes carrying
indicia wherein the only modification of these products is to
receive the indicia, and in particular subclasses 638 and 670
for labels for tobacco products
47, Plant Husbandry, appropriate subclasses for tobacco plant
husbandry.
53, Package Making, appropriate subclasses for methods of and
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
material, particularly subclasses 396+ and 582+ for band
type encasing; subclasses 148+ and 236 for packing long,
slender articles (e.g., cigars, cigarettes) and subclass 198
for cigar banding.
55, Gas Separation, for gas or smoke filters of general
utility and in which neither the disclosure nor a claim is
directed solely to a filter for a tobacco users' appliance.
56, Harvesters, subclass 27.5 for tobacco harvesting.
57, Textiles: Spinning, Twisting, and Twining, particularly
subclass 28 and indented subclasses for tobacco spinning,.
83, Cutting, subclass 252, 253, and 313+ for cutting of
tobacco, except for that which is provided for in this class
(131). It should also be noted that apparatus to perforate an
article will be found in Class 83. However, due to the
uniqueness of the subject matter, apparatus and methods to
perforate tobacco or a tobacco product will be found in this
class (131).
118, Coating Apparatus, appropriate subclasses for coating
apparatus, per se.
156, Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture,
appropriate subclasses for assembling, per se, of mouthpiece
sheets and wrapper webs.
162, Paper Making and Fiber Liberation, subclasses 100+ for
paper made from tobacco which is not disclosed as being for
personal use as defined in Class 131.
201, Distillation: Processes, Thermolytic appropriate
subclasses for destructive distillation processes for solid
carbonaceous material.
202, Distillation: Apparatus, appropriate subclasses for
destructive distillation apparatus.
206, Special Receptacle or Package, appropriate subclasses
for pocket and personal use receptacle for cigars and
tobacco, particularly subclasses 85+ for a tobacco
container combined with an igniter means for the tobacco,
subclasses 96+ for a match container including smoking debris
receiver means, subclasses 236+ for a pocket or personal use
container for a tobacco product and some other article or
material-which combination is not elsewhere classified, and
subclasses 242+ for a container for tobacco, pipe, cigar, or
cigarette. Where significant tobacco product structure or
composition is claimed, classification is in the appropriate
subclass of this (131) class.
209, Classifying, Separating, and Assorting Solids,
appropriate subclasses for sorting, per se, of leaf tobacco
or tobacco products,.
211, Supports: Racks, particularly subclass 70.3 for pipe
racks.
221, Article Dispensing, appropriate subclasses for devices
for dispensing tobacco products either as individual entities
or in packages. Classification is in Class 221 when no
tobacco users' appliance is claimed in combination
therewith.
229, Envelopes, Wrappers, and Paperboard Boxes, subclasses
87.12-87.14 for cigar, cigarette, or tobacco wrappers.
239, Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing, subclasses
34+ for static type humidifiers (slow diffusers) without a
receptacle, and appropriate subclasses, particularly
subclasses 340+ and 398+ for dynamic type humidifying
apparatus.
241, Solid Material Comminution or Disintegration,
appropriate subclasses for the indiscriminate cutting or
comminution of tobacco when the comminutor is of that class
(241) type.
261, Gas and Liquid Contact Apparatus, appropriate subclasses
for dynamic type humidifying apparatus.
283, Printed Matter, subclass 71 for revenue stamps, etc.,
where the invention is in the stamp, per se.
294, Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements, subclass 5.5.
for tobacco sticks and hangers.
312, Supports: Cabinet Structure, subclasses 31+ for static
type humidifying receptacles for tobacco or tobacco
products.
383, Flexible Bags, appropriate subclasses for a tobacco
pouch, per se.
414, Material or Article Handling, subclass 26 for tobacco
stringing and unstringing.
424, Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions,
appropriate subclasses and particularly subclass 197 for a
composition of that class including a product obtained or
extracted from tobacco.
426, Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and
Products, subclasses 3+ for chewing gum containing no
tobacco fiber.
431, Combustion, subclasses 129+ for a burner assembly
having an igniter and a cover, and that is generally used for
lighting a cigar or cigarette.
435, Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology,
appropriate subclasses for tobacco extracts made by
fermentations and processes for their manufacture.
451, Abrading, subclasses 419+ and indented subclasses for
cigarette tube or continuous tobacco rod cutters with
sharpening means of the grinding type.
460, Crop Threshing or Separating, subclasses 123+ for the
concept of removing a tobacco leaf from the stalk.
493, Manufacturing Container or Tube From Paper; or Other
Manufacturing From a Sheet or Web, e.g., subclasses 39+ for
a process or apparatus for cigarette filter making in which
reconstituted tobacco is used as the filter material is
properly classified in Class 493 unless it is disclosed that
the filter itself can be smoked. Such disclosure would cause
placement in Class 313.
514, Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions,
appropriate subclasses, especially subclass 343 for a
composition of that class including a product obtained or
extracted from tobacco.
546, Organic Compounds, particularly subclass 282 for
nicotine containing extracts in general and processes of
making.
800, Multicellular Living Organisms and Unmodified Parts
Thereof and Related Processes, subclass 317.3 for a living
tobacco plant, per se.
SUBCLASSES
Subclass:
27.1
Including cooperating surfaces to induce rolling:
This subclass is indented under subclass 280. Subject matter
having coactive elements which act to revolve the tobacco or
tobacco substitute during the manufacture of the smoking
product, e.g., to form a cigar or cigarette, place a wrapper
thereon, or preform analogous operations.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
53, Package Making, subclasses 211+ for apparatus which
forms a package by rotating the contents to bring together
the edges which make up the longitudinal seam of the cover
material and subclasses 528+ for cigar banding apparatus.
100, Presses, subclasses 155+ for concurrent pressing and
conveying devices of the roll type, not elsewhere provided
for.
Subclass:
28
This subclass is indented under subclass 27.1. Devices for
rolling cigars or cigarettes combined with devices for
performing other operations.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
100, Presses, subclass 102 for presses combined with other
features and not elsewhere provided for.
Subclass:
29
This subclass is indented under subclass 28. Combinations
including distinct means for either applying a tip or
mouthpiece or for forming a tip or mouthpiece.
(1) Note. Where the tip forming means is merely an integral
part of the rolling means, classification is below in
subclasses 47+, 55, 56, and 57.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
61.1 71, 72, 76, and 88+, for tip or mouthpiece applying or
forming operations.
Subclass:
30
This subclass is indented under subclass 29. Combinations
provided with a tip forming means comprising a tip smoothing
device having stationary parts.
Subclass:
31
This subclass is indented under subclass 28. Combinations in
which the rolling mechanism is provided with means to treat
the tobacco to change its physical or chemical character.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
62 63, 64.1, 79, and 290+, for tobacco treatment, per se.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
100, Presses, subclasses 70+ for presses not elsewhere
provided for combined with means to treat the material
pressed.
Subclass:
32
This subclass is indented under subclass 28. Combinations in
which the tobacco article is subjected to further forming or
wrapping operations subsequent to the rolling operation.
Subclass:
33
This subclass is indented under subclass 28. Combinations in
which the rolling device is provided with means to cut the
wrapper either prior to or during the rolling operation.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
58 73 and 97+, for wrapper cutters, per se.
Subclass:
34
This subclass is indented under subclass 33. Combinations
provided with mechanism which severs wrappers from a
continuous sheet.
Subclass:
35
This subclass is indented under subclass 33. Combinations in
which there is provided means for supplying or applying
adhesive to the wrapper.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
34 for similar organizations combined with continuous
wrapper cutters.
37 69 and 90, for adhesive supply or applier means in other
cigar or cigarette making organization.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
118, Coating Apparatus, subclasses 35+ for coating
apparatus of general application combined with cutting
means.
427, Coating Processes, subclass 207.1 for coating processes
in general wherein an adhesive coating is used.
Subclass:
36
This subclass is indented under subclass 28. Combinations in
which the rolling device is provided with (1) means to feed
precut wrappers thereto, (2) means to hold a portion of the
wrapper during the rolling operation or (3) means to smooth
the wrapper prior to rolling.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
subclasses 33+ for wrapper feeders combined with wrapper
cutters.
105 for leaf transfer and/or holder, per se.
subclasses 315+ 324 and 325, for leaf smoothers or ironers,
per se.
Subclass:
37
This subclass is indented under subclass 28. Combinations in
which the rolling device is provided with means to supply or
apply adhesive to the wrapper.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
35 and the search notes appended to the definition thereof.
Subclass:
38
This subclass is indented under subclass 28. Combinations
provided with means to feed the tobacco or tobacco bunch to
the rolling apparatus.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
36 for wrapper feeders.
81.1 and 108+, for tobacco feeders, per se.
904 and 910, for tobacco feeders with automatic control of
weight or density.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
100, Presses subclass 173 for roll type concurrent pressing
and conveying devices, not elsewhere provided for, having
means for guiding or handling the material.
Subclass:
39
This subclass is indented under subclass 38. Combinations
provided with a plurality of tobacco or bunch feeders. This
includes means for feeding a plurality of grades of tobacco
to a common feed means for the machine.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
221, Article Dispensing, subclasses 92+ for article
dispensers having plural sources and means to dispense
articles therefrom.
222, Dispensing, for plural feeders, per se, particularly
subclasses 129+.
Subclass:
40
This subclass is indented under subclass 38. Combinations in
which the tobacco feeder is provided with means to separate
the tobacco into bunches.
Subclass:
41
This subclass is indented under subclass 40. Combinations in
which the tobacco bunch is subjected to compression, usually
for the purpose of preshaping it.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
45 for precompressors in organizations having no filler or
bunch feeder.
77 for cigar and cigarette molding, per se.
Subclass:
42
This subclass is indented under subclass 41. Combinations in
which tobacco is fed to the bunch separator in the form of a
shallow stream. The width of the stream usually represents
the length of the tobacco article to be formed.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
60 and indented subclasses, for devices for forming tobacco
articles in which filler material is formed into a rod.
84.1 for continuous rod forming, per se.
Subclass:
43
This subclass is indented under subclass 41. Combinations in
which the compression takes place against the apron
supporting table.
Subclass:
44
This subclass is indented under subclass 40. Combinations in
which the bunch separator cooperates with a hopper provided
with means to cause discharge.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
222, Dispensing, appropriate subclasses, for hoppers or other
supply containers with means for discharging the contents,
and see the search classes listed in the main class
definition.
Subclass:
45
This subclass is indented under subclass 28. Combinations
including means for subjecting the tobacco bunch to
compression prior to the rolling operation usually to
preshape it.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
41 and indented subclasses, for precompressors combined with
filler or bunch separators.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
100, Presses, subclasses 139+ for plural diverse presses,
not elsewhere provided for.
Subclass:
46
This subclass is indented under subclass 28. Combinations in
which the rolling mechanism is provided with means to trim
the ends of the tobacco.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
63 64.1+, 65, 83.1, and 91, for trimmers or completed article
cutters in other cigar or cigarette making organizations.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
30, Cutlery, subclasses 109+ for end or tip cutters.
83, Cutting, appropriate subclasses for a cutter of that
class (83) type which may include end cutters.
99, Foods and Beverages: Apparatus, subclasses 635+ for
food end or tip removers.
100, Presses, subclass 94 for presses not elsewhere provided
for, combined with means for cutting, breaking, piercing or
comminuting the material.
Subclass:
47
This subclass is indented under subclass 27.1. Rolling
devices including an apron member which substantially
encloses the tobacco in a single loop or bight during the
rolling operation. End shaping means consisting of means
which merely change the conformation of the apron or form a
part of other members such as rollers which contact the apron
are here included.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
29 and 30, for apron type devices combined with distinct tip
forming means.
43 and 45, for apron supporting surfaces embodying a mold.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
53, Package Making, subclass 215 for apparatus for wrapping
packages in which the rotation of the contents and cover
material is occasioned by a flexible band which partially
encircles the contents. For cigar banding apparatus, see
subclass 198.
100, Presses, subclass 87 for presses having means for
winding or folding a sheet, web or strand, not elsewhere
provided for, where such winding or folding means is of the
embracing belt loop type.
Subclass:
48
This subclass is indented under subclass 47. Devices in which
the bight in the apron rests upon a moving platform or table
during the rolling operation. Includes endless belts as
tables.
Subclass:
49
This subclass is indented under subclass 48. Devices in which
the table has a rotating or oscillating motion in completing
a cycle of operation.
Subclass:
50
This subclass is indented under subclass 47. Devices in which
the bight supporting member comprises a stationary platform
or table.
Subclass:
51
This subclass is indented under subclass 50. Devices in which
the bight of the apron is formed between the table and a roll
or equivalent member which moves relative to the table to
carry out the rolling operation.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
57 for roller elements, per se.
Subclass:
52
This subclass is indented under subclass 51. Devices in which
the movable roll member is supported by a member which pivots
about one or more axes to move the apron bight across the
table.
Subclass:
53
This subclass is indented under subclass 52. Devices in which
the swinging roll support pivots about a vertical axis or
axes.
Subclass:
54
This subclass is indented under subclass 47. Improvements in
the apron element of apron type rolling machines. Hand
manipulated aprons which comprise in themselves the rolling
device are here included.
Subclass:
55
This subclass is indented under subclass 27.1. Devices in
which one of the cooperating rolling surfaces is an endless
belt. Belts are distinguished from aprons classified above in
that the former, unlike the latter, do not enclose the bunch
in a single loop or bight.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
100, Presses, subclass 151 for concurrent pressing and
conveying presses of the endless conveyer type, and not
elsewhere provided for.
Subclass:
56
This subclass is indented under subclass 27.1. Devices in
which the cooperating rolling surfaces comprise a plurality
of rollers. Tip forming devices are included when they are
connected to or form a part of the forming rolls.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
57 for rollers, per se.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
100, Presses, subclass 155 for roller type presses of the
concurrent pressing and conveying type, not elsewhere
provided for.
Subclass:
57
Improvements under subclasses 27.1+ in the roller element,
per se. Rollers of apron machines are here included. The
rolls may be provided with tip shaping means when said means
is part of the roll or is integrally connected thereto.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
29 and 30, for rolling surfaces combined with tip formers
not parts of the rollers.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
492, Roll or Roller, for a roll, per se, not elsewhere
provided for, and see the notes thereunder.
Subclass:
57.5
Drum and concave surface:
This subclass is indented under subclass 27.1. Subject matter
wherein the coactive elements include a cylinder cooperating
with an associated inwardly curving, i.e., concave, element.
Subclass:
58
This subclass is indented under subclass 280. Devices
including means for applying a wrapper to a cigarette or
cigar not elsewhere classified.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
27.1 for devices wherein the wrapping is effected by
cooperating rolling surfaces.
285 for devices wherein the wrapping is effected by
sectional members which alternately release and engage the
cigarette or cigar.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
53, Package Making, appropriate subclasses particularly
subclasses 396+ and 582+ for band type encasing, for
methods of and 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.
Subclass:
59
This subclass is indented under subclass 58. Devices in which
the tobacco to be wrapped is presented to a continuous
wrapper which is fed angularly of the stream of tobacco to
form a spiral wrapper.
(1) Note. For spiral wrapping, per se, of more general
application, see Class 57, Texiles: Spinning, Twisting, and
Twining subclasses 3 and 160 and their indented subclasses;
493, Manufacturing Container or Tube From Paper; or Other
Manufacturing From a Sheet or Web, subclasses 299+.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
53, Package Making, subclasses 582+ for apparatus to apply
a cover member, consisting of a band or tube, to a contents
to form a package.
242, Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding subclasses 430+ for a
process or apparatus for forming a composite article by
wrapping material around a core, particularly subclasses 441+
for distributing the material along the core.
Subclass:
60
This subclass is indented under subclass 58. Devices in which
the tobacco to be wrapped is presented to a continuous
wrapper which is fed longitudinally of the stream of tobacco.
These machines are those usually referred to as "continuous
rod" machines.
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.
493, Manufacturing Container or Tube From Paper; or Other
Manufacturing From a Sheet or Web, subclass 302 for paper
tube manufacturing apparatus and processes including
advancing of tube axially.
Subclass:
61.1
With tip or mouthpiece applier or former:
This subclass is indented under subclass 60. Subject matter
including means to affix or configure either end, i.e., apply
or form a tip or mouthpiece, of a cigar or cigarette.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
subclasses 29+ 71+, 76, and 88+, for other tip or mouthpiece
applying or forming operations.
Subclass:
62
This subclass is indented under subclass 60. Devices
including means for treating the tobacco to change its
physical or chemical character.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
31 79 and 290, for tobacco treatment, per se
Subclass:
63
This subclass is indented under subclass 62. Devices provided
with means to cut a completed cigarette or cigar from the
wrapped tobacco rod.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
65 for similar organizations without means for tobacco
treatment.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
83, Cutting, for a cutter of that class (83) type which may
include a cigarette or cigar rod.
Subclass:
64.1
With tobacco rod preshaper:
This subclass is indented under subclass 63. Subject matter
including means to compress or shape the tobacco before it is
enclosed in the wrapper.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
66.1 for preshaping not combined with tobacco treatment.
84.1 for tobacco rod formers, per se.
Subclass:
64.2
With transverse or longitudinal compression:
This subclass is indented under subclass 64.1. Subject matter
wherein the means to compress or shape the tobacco includes
means for applying a compacting force perpendicular to or
along the long axis of the tobacco being shaped.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
66.2 for similar compression means not combined with tobacco
treatment.
84.2 for a continuous rod or ribbon former with transverse
compression means.
Subclass:
65
This subclass is indented under subclass 60. Devices provided
with means to cut a completed cigarette or cigar from the
wrapped tobacco rod.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
63 and 64.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
83, Cutting, for a cutter of that class (83) type wherein a
cigarette or cigar rod may be included.
Subclass:
66.1
With tobacco rod preshaper:
This subclass is indented under subclass 60. Subject matter
including means to compress or shape the tobacco before it is
enclosed in a wrapper.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
64.1 for tobacco rod preshaping combined with tobacco
treatment.
84.1 for tobacco rod formers, per se.
Subclass:
66.2
With transverse or longitudinal compression:
This subclass is indented under subclass 66.1. Subject matter
wherein the means to compress or shape the tobacco includes
means for applying a compacting force perpendicular to or
along the long axis of the tobacco being shaped.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
64.2 for similar compression means combined with tobacco
treatment.
84.2 for a continuous rod or ribbon former with transverse
compression means.
Subclass:
67
This subclass is indented under subclass 60. Devices provided
with means to permanently seal the wrapper about the
tobacco.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
156, Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture,
appropriate subclasses, for seaming or sealing apparatus.
493, Manufacturing Container or Tube From Paper; or Other
Manufacturing From a Sheet or Web, subclasses 272+ for
forming and coating a tube.
Subclass:
68
This subclass is indented under subclass 67. Devices provided
with means for furnishing heat to the sealing means.
Subclass:
69
This subclass is indented under subclass 67. Devices provided
with means for supplying or applying adhesive to the
wrapper.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
34 35, 37, and 90, for other cigar and cigarette machines
having adhesive applying means.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
118, Coating Apparatus, appropriate subclasses, for coating
apparatus, per se.
Subclass:
70
This subclass is indented under subclass 58. Devices in which
the tobacco is placed in a wrapper tube which is formed prior
to the filling operation.
Subclass:
71
This subclass is indented under subclass 70. Devices provided
with means for either applying or forming a tip or
mouthpiece.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
29 30, 61, 76, and 88 and indented subclasses, for tip or
mouthpiece applying or forming operations.
Subclass:
72
This subclass is indented under subclass 71. Devices provided
with means for inserting a plug into the end of a cigar or
cigarette.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
94 for plug attaching or inserting, per se.
Subclass:
73
This subclass is indented under subclass 70. Devices provided
with means other than the tobacco former for making the
wrapper tubes.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
493, Manufacturing Container or Tube From Paper; or Other
Manufacturing From a Sheet or Web, subclasses 269+ for a
tube making device or method in general.
Subclass:
74
This subclass is indented under subclass 70. Devices provided
with hopper means for feeding the tobacco tubes to the
filling device.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
221, Article Dispensing, appropriate subclasses for article
dispensers 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 or article and
strip feeding processes and apparatus.
Subclass:
75
This subclass is indented under subclass 70. Devices in which
the filler former member is adapted to be encircled by the
wrapper tube or a portion thereof.
(1) Note. Devices of this type have been placed in this
subclass whether or not the placing of the tobacco in the
wrapper tube is claimed.
Subclass:
76
This subclass is indented under subclass 58. Devices provided
with means for either applying or forming a tip or
mouthpiece.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
29 30, 61.1, 71, 72, 88, and 285 and indented subclasses, for
other cigar or cigarette machines having tip or mouthpiece
appliers or formers.
Subclass:
77
This subclass is indented under subclass 280. Devices
comprising means for molding or otherwise forming the tobacco
in the manufacture of cigarettes and cigars not elsewhere
classified.
(1) Note. For sectional, alternate release and engaging
devices which shape as well as wrap the bunch, see this
class, subclass 285.
(2) Note. See this class, subclass 27.1 and indented
subclasses, for forming by rolling.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
27.1 and indented subclasses, for forming by rolling.
285 for sectional, alternate release and engaging device
which shape as well as well as wrap the bunch.
906 for structure sensing the condition or characteristic of
a continuous tobacco rod.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
100, Presses, appropriate subclasses for methods of
compacting material and for presses not otherwise provided
for.
425, Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating:
Apparatus, appropriate subclasses for molding apparatus for
shaping or reshaping nonmetallic material not elsewhere
provided for.
Subclass:
78
This subclass is indented under subclass 77. Combinations in
which the molding or forming device is combined with another
device. Combinations with supporting racks or tables are here
included. For purposes of this classification the "other
device" may be means for performing additional molding or
forming operations.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
75 for combinations including formers adapted to be
encircled by a wrapper tube.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
100, Presses, subclass 102 for presses combined with other
features, and not elsewhere provided for.
Subclass:
79
This subclass is indented under subclass 78. Combinations
including means to treat the tobacco to change its physical
or chemical characteristics.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
31 62, 63, 64.1, and 290 and indented subclasses for tobacco
treatments, per se.
Subclass:
80
This subclass is indented under subclass 78. Combinations
including means for carrying out a plurality of molding or
forming operations on the tobacco.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
32 41-43 and 45, for similar subject matter involving rolling
of the tobacco.
86 and 87 for means for simultaneously molding a plurality
of cigars.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
100, Presses, subclasses 193+ for plural presses not
elsewhere provided for.
Subclass:
81.1
With tobacco or bunch feed:
This subclass is indented under subclass 78. Subject matter
including means to deliver the tobacco or a grouped amount of
tobacco to the molding or forming device to be formed into a
cigar or cigarette.
(1) Note. Included in this subclass are means for separating
bunches from ribbons even though no molding is claimed.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
subclasses 38+ 108+ and 280+, for tobacco feeders, and
particularly subclass 42 for ribbon feed of tobacco to a
bunch separator combined with structure having cooperating
surfaces to induce rolling or the tobacco.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
100, Presses, subclass 215 for reciprocating platen presses,
not elsewhere provided for, having means to deposit material
on the means supporting the material during the compressing
operation.
Subclass:
82
This subclass is indented under subclass 78. Combinations in
which the mold is provided with means to remove or eject the
tobacco therefrom and/or means to transfer the formed bunch
elsewhere.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
41 through 43 and 45, for devices including this combination
where the bunch is transferred to a rolling device.
70 and indented subclasses, for such devices which insert
tobacco into a wrapper tube.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
100, Presses, subclass 218 for reciprocating platen presses,
not elsewhere provided for, combined with means for
discharging material from the press.
Subclass:
83.1
With trimmer, perforator or slitter:
This subclass is indented under subclass 78. Subject matter
including means for (1) removing a portion of the cigar or
cigarette, i.e., a trimmer, (2) puncturing or, (3) making a
narrow cut in, i.e., slitting, the end thereof.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
46 63+, 65, and 91, for other cigar or cigarette machines
combined with end trimmers, perforators, or slitters.
233 for the combination of an end cutter and an ash
receptacle.
subclasses 248+ for an end cutter.
Subclass:
84.1
Continuous rod or ribbon former:
This subclass is indented under subclass 77. Subject matter
including means for shaping the tobacco into an unbroken
shaft or thin band, i.e., ribbon, of indefinite length.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
42 for ribbon feed of tobacco into a bunch separator
combined with devices for rolling cigars or cigarettes.
66.1 for a tobacco rod preshaper used with a wrapping device
having a longitudinally fed continuous wrapper.
Subclass:
84.2
With transverse compression:
This subclass is indented under subclass 84.1. Subject matter
wherein the means for shaping includes the application of
compacting pressure perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of
the shaft or thin band.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
64.2 and 66.2, for transverse or longitudinal compression
means, (1) combined with or, (2) without tobacco treatment,
respectively.
Subclass:
84.3
With pneumatic assist for tobacco movement:
This subclass is indented under subclass 84.1. Subject matter
wherein the means for shaping includes a blown or pressurized
gas used for transferring or separating the tobacco.
(1) Note. Pneumatic condition or characteristic sensing
means alone are not considered to be pneumatic assist proper
for this subclass.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
904 for pneumatic means for sensing a condition or
characteristic.
Subclass:
84.4
With trimmer for rod or ribbon:
This subclass is indented under subclass 84.1. Subject matter
wherein the means for shaping includes structure for removing
tobacco from the shaft or thin band.
Subclass:
85
This subclass is indented under subclass 77. Improvements in
the mold members of devices.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
75 for molds or formers which are adapted to be encircled by
a wrapper.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
249, Static Molds, appropriate subclasses, for molds, per
se.
Subclass:
86
This subclass is indented under subclass 85. Devices in which
there is provided a plurality of cigarette or cigar molds.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
80 for machines for performing a plurality of molding or
forming operations successively.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
249, Static Molds, subclasses 119+ for plural article
forming molds.
Subclass:
87
This subclass is indented under subclass 86. Devices in which
the mold members are carried in whole or in part on rotary or
endless members.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
100, Presses, subclass 178 for concurrent pressing and
conveying presses of the moving compression chamber type, not
elsewhere provided for, having a platen or piston in the
chamber, and subclass 222 for reciprocating platen presses
having a belt indexing to forward plural material supports,
and subclass 223 for reciprocating platen presses having a
rotary support for plural or indexing material supports.
Subclass:
88
This subclass is indented under subclass 280. Devices for
either applying or forming a tip or mouthpiece on a cigarette
or cigar. The application of ignition tips is here included.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
29 30, 61.1, 71, 72, and 76, for cigarette making including
tip or mouthpiece applying or forming.
Subclass:
89
This subclass is indented under subclass 88. Devices
comprising means to tuck, fold, crimp, or smooth the ends of
cigarettes or cigars.
Subclass:
90
This subclass is indented under subclass 89. Devices provided
with means to supply or apply adhesive.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
34 35, 37, and 69, for adhesive appliers with other cigar or
cigarette making organizations.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
118, Coating Apparatus, appropriate subclasses, for coating
apparatus, per se.
Subclass:
91
This subclass is indented under subclass 89. Devices provided
with a cutter or trimmer.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
46 63, 64.1, 65, and 83.1, for end trimmers in various cigar
and cigarette making organizations.
Subclass:
92
This subclass is indented under subclass 89. Devices provided
with a heater and/or an end punch.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
83.1 233, 252, and 253, for end punches.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
34, Drying and Gas or Vapor Contact With Solids, for driers,
per se.
Subclass:
93
This subclass is indented under subclass 89. Devices
embodying rotating parts which contact the cigarette or cigar
to carry out the tip forming function.
Subclass:
94
This subclass is indented under subclass 88. Devices
comprising means for attaching or inserting a plug of
material different from the remainder of the cigarette or
cigar.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
72
Subclass:
95
This subclass is indented under subclass 88. Devices
comprising means for attaching a sheet material tip to a
cigar or cigarette.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
156, Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture,
appropriate subclasses for processes and apparatus for making
laminated sheet material stock for use in tipping cigars and
cigarettes.
Subclass:
96
This subclass is indented under subclass 280. Processes and
apparatus for recovering tobacco from cigars and cigarettes.
Usually the outside wrapper is cut to liberate the enclosed
tobacco.
Subclass:
105
This subclass is indented under subclass 280. Devices per se
for holding or carrying a wrapper for a cigar or cigarette.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
33 through 36, 58 and 97, and their indented subclasses, for
these devices claimed in combination with various cigar and
cigarette making organizations.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
271, Sheet Feeding or Delivering, appropriate subclasses for
transferring devices in general.
Subclass:
106
This subclass is indented under subclass 280. Processes and
apparatus for applying tags or labels to cigars to cigarettes
and not provided for specifically elsewhere.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
subclasses 280+ for such apparatus combined with cigar or
cigarette making organizations.
subclasses 347+ and 368, for tobacco products combined with
labels or tags.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
29, Metal Working, subclasses 428+ for a residual method of
assembly not more specifically provided for elsewhere, and
subclasses 505+ thereunder for joining two parts by deforming
one around another. For binding and covering apparatus, see
subclasses 243.57+, and when combined with a diverse means,
as for cutting, see subclasses 33.5+.
40, Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting, subclass 2 and
indented subclasses, for tags or labels, per se.
53, Package Making, subclass 137 for machines to form a
package and to apply to the cover thereof a strip, stamp, gap
filler ar label, subclasses 396+ and 582+ for banding, per
se, and subclasses 179 and 449 for plural layer cover
application where at least one layer is a band.
156, Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture,
appropriate subclasses, for methods and apparatus for
wrapping and seaming, per se.
227, Elongated-Member-Driving Apparatus, appropriate
subclasses, for apparatus for applying a member, e.g.,
staple, to work.
Subclass:
107
This subclass is indented under subclass 280. Processes an
apparatus for compacting or tying cigars or cigarettes into
bundles.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
112 113 and 114, for bundling plug tobacco shapes.
282 and 283, for bundling combined with cigar or cigarette
making organizations.
327 for tobacco leaf bundling.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
53, Package Making, appropriate subclasses for methods of and
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, and see (40) and (41) Notes to the class
definition for other methods and apparatus for bunching and
banding or binding.
100, Presses, subclasses +1 for binding apparatus and methods
not elsewhere classified.
Subclass:
108
This subclass is indented under subclass 280. Processes and
apparatus for feeding tobacco not specifically provided for
elsewhere. These devices usually are for the purpose of
securing a uniform feed of granular tobacco to a cigar or
cigarette machine.
(1) Note. For mere hopper discharging, see the search notes
below.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
31 38-44, 60-69, 79, 81.1, and 280+, for tobacco feeding in
combination with cigar and cigarette making organizations.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
198, Conveyors: Power-Driven, subclass 329, 540+, 550.01+,
for mere hopper discharging,
222, Dispensing, subclass 251, for mere hopper discharging,
414, Material or Article Handling, subclasses 226+, for mere
hopper discharging,
Subclass:
109.1
With brushing, carding, or picking means:
This subclass is indented under subclass 108. Subject matter
wherein tobacco is separated from a mass by a device in a bit
by bit fashion, i.e., by a brushing, carding, or picking
means.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
110 for tobacco feeding including separating tobacco fibers
of different character.
subclasses 311+ for tobacco treatment including leaf
disintegration.
321 for stemming tobacco by carding.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
19, Textiles: Fiber Preparation, subclasses 65+ and
particularly subclasses 80+ and 98+ for picking and carding
of fibers in general.
Subclass:
109.2
With separator for tobacco dust, stems, or foreign material:
This subclass is indented under subclass 109.1. Subject
matter including means for separating offal type material
from the tobacco being fed.
Subclass:
109.3
With vibration tamper or rake:
Subject matter under subclasss 109.1 including an agitating
packer or comb for manipulating the tobacco being fed.
Subclass:
110
This subclass is indented under subclass 108. Tobacco feeding
wherein tobacco fibers of different character are separated
or wherein a suction device is employed to assist the feeding
operation.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
312 for separation combined with leaf disintegrating.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
209, Classifying, Separating, and Assorting Solids,
appropriate subclasses, for separation, per se.
Subclass:
111
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Processes and apparatus for making tobacco plugs or
compressed shapes. These plugs or shapes are usually for use
as chewing tobacco, but shaping of unwrapped pipe cartridges,
snuff tablets and the like is here included.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
subclasses 77+ for molding or forming cigars or
cigarettes.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
57, Textiles: Spinning, Twisting, and Twining, subclasses 28+
for apparatus for spinning ropes of tobacco.
100, Presses, appropriate subclasses, for methods of
compacting and for presses not otherwise provided for.
264, Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating:
Processes, appropriate subclasses, for molding and shaping
processes within the class definitions.
425, Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating:
Apparatus, subclasses 394+ for preform reshaping or
resizing apparatus for nonmetals not otherwise provided for,
and subclasses 406+ for a press forming apparatus for shaping
nonmetallic plastic or fluent materials; see the search notes
thereunder.
Subclass:
112
This subclass is indented under subclass 111. Processes and
apparatus including packing the plugs or shapes in groups or
bundles. This packing usually involves compressing.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
107 for cigar and cigarette bundling.
111 and the other subclasses indented thereunder for
simultaneous molding of a plurality of plugs or shapes.
282 and 283, for packing and arranging cigars and cigarettes
combined with cigar or cigarette making.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
53, Package Making, subclasses 443+ for processes and
subclasses 147+ for apparatus for forming a group of contents
portions and subsequently packaging same.
Subclass:
113
This subclass is indented under subclass 112. Plug making
involving the fastening of a tag or label to the plug or
shape. The embossing of a tag or label directly into the
material is here included.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
106 and the search notes appended thereto, for cigar tagging
or labeling.
368 for plug tobacco products combined with identifying
labels or tags.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
53, Package Making, subclass 137 for machines to form a
package and to apply to the cover thereof a strip, stamp, gap
filler or label.
227, Elongated-Member-Driving Apparatus, appropriate
subclasses, for apparatus for applying a member, e.g., a
tack, to work by driving.
Subclass:
114
This subclass is indented under subclass 113. Plug making
including the making of the tag or label to be attached to
the plug or shape.
Subclass:
115
This subclass is indented under subclass 111. Plug making
involving the use of a plurality of molding means arranged on
a turret. The turret may rotate on either a horizontal or
vertical axis.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
100, Presses, subclasses 193+ for plural presses not
elsewhere provided for.
Subclass:
116
This subclass is indented under subclass 111. Plug making
wherein the tobacco is molded into a sheet of indefinite
length from which the plugs may be separated.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
324 325 and 326, for tobacco leaf rolling.
Subclass:
117
This subclass is indented under subclass 116. Plug making
including the cutting of the plugs or shapes from the sheet.
Subclass:
118
This subclass is indented under subclass 111. Plug making
including separately cutting the molded material into plugs
or shapes. If the cutting is accomplished by the mold parts
during molding, it is not here included.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
117 for continuous sheet molding with cutting.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
100, Presses, subclass 94 for presses combined with means
for cutting, breaking, piercing or comminuting the material,
and not elsewhere provided for.
Subclass:
119
This subclass is indented under subclass 111. Improvements in
the molds, per se, for molding the tobacco into plugs or
shapes.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
100, Presses, subclasses 240+ for reciprocating platen
presses, not elsewhere provided for, of the box and piston
type.
249, Static Molds, for molds, per se.
Subclass:
173
This subclass is indented under subclass 330. Smoking devices
wherein the smoke is passed through a liquid, usually for
purposes of cooling or washing the smoke. Devices commonly
known as hookahs are here included.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
subclasses 331+ for smoke treating means.
Subclass:
174
This subclass is indented under subclass 330. Smoking devices
having means to shield the smoker from windblown ash, or
provided with means to receive the ash or prohibit its
inadvertent removal from the burning zone by action of wind
or from any other cause.
(1) Note. Compare smoking tubes in this class, subclass
191.
(2) Note. Compare base burner type, this class, subclass
193.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
349 for cigarettes with nonburning wrappers.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
206, Special Receptacle or Package, subclasses 242+ for a
container for tobacco, pipe, cigar or cigarette and see (18)
Note in the main class definition of this (131) Class for
pocket receptacles for containing partly consumed cigars and
cigarettes.
Subclass:
175
This subclass is indented under subclass 174. Smoking devices
having a socket or receiving portion to receive and hold an
end of a cigarette or cigar in position to be smoked, the
socket communicating with a passage for the smoke.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
174 for smoking tubes with guards.
179 combined pipes and cigar or cigarette holders.
182 cigar and cigarette holders with ejectors.
187 and indented subclasses for cigar or cigarette holders,
per se.
260 for mere cigar or cigarette supports, i.e., those not
having a smoke passage.
Subclass:
176
This subclass is indented under subclass 174. Smoking
devices, commonly known as pipes, provided with covers or
screens to preclude escape of ash from the bowl portion.
Subclass:
177
This subclass is indented under subclass 176. Smoking devices
wherein the cover or screen is provided with a tamper or may
be employed as a tamper.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
184.1 243 and 247, for pipe tampers.
193 for closures for base burner type smoking devices.
Subclass:
178
This subclass is indented under subclass 330. Smoking devices
(a) convertible to other uses, including convertible to other
forms of smoking devices; (b) combined with other tobacco
users' appliances, or (c) those combinations of smoking
device and other apparatus not elsewhere provided for.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
174 and indented subclasses for combinations of smoking
devices with wind or ash guard or ash receivers.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
135, Tent, Canopy, Umbrella, or Cane, subclass 47 for
combinations of smoking devices with canes sticks.
206, Special Receptacle or Package, subclasses 236+ for a
pocket or personal use container for a tobacco product and
some other article or material. Where significant tobacco
product structure or composition is claimed, classification
is in this (131) class.
446, Amusement Devices: Toys, subclass 15 and indented
subclasses, for combinations of smoking devices with soap
bubble devices.
Subclass:
179
This subclass is indented under subclass 178. Combinations
involving more than one pipe, or cigar or cigarette holder,
or involving combinations thereof.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
175 and 187, and indented subclasses for other cigar or
cigarette holders.
Subclass:
180
This subclass is indented under subclass 178. Combinations of
(a) a smoking device and means for storing tobacco, or means
for feeding fresh tobacco to the smoking zone, or (b) smoking
devices provided with a plurality of bowls or smoking
compartments.
(1) Note. Compare with subclass 179 of this class.
Subclass:
181
This subclass is indented under subclass 180. Combinations of
a smoking device with a follower adapted to eject the
tobacco, cigar or cigarette progressively as it is smoked.
(1) Note. Compare with subclasses 182 and 183 of this
class.
Subclass:
182
This subclass is indented under subclass 178. Combinations of
a smoking device and means to eject the burned tobacco, cigar
or cigarette from the smoking zone.
(1) Note. Compare with subclass 181 of this class.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
190 for smoking devices with releasable means for gripping a
cigar or cigarette.
Subclass:
183
This subclass is indented under subclass 182. Combinations
wherein the ejector is of the type which normally supports
the tobacco during combustion.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
205 206 and 224, for tobacco supports.
Subclass:
184.1
With cleaner, stirrer, or tamper:
This subclass is indented under subclass 178. Subject matter
wherein the smoking device is combined with means to help rid
the smoking device of unwanted debris, residues or tobacco,
i, e., cleaning means, or to mix or compact the tobacco in
the smoking zone.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
177 for pipe covers combined with tampers or employed as
tampers.
182 and 183, for a smoking device combined with means for
ejecting the tobacco, cigar, or cigarette from the smoking
zone.
subclasses 200+ and 216+, and particularly subclasses 209
and 217, for a removable insert in the smoke passage which
will incidentally clean on removal but have no additional
cleaning structure.
232 and 243-246, for a smoking device cleaner, per se.
247 for a tamper per se for a smoking device.
Subclass:
184.2
Pipe bowl type:
This subclass is indented under subclass 184.1. Subject
matter wherein the cleaning, mixing or compacting means is
used in the tobacco holding receptacle of a reusable smoking
device, i.e., the bowl of a pipe.
Subclass:
184.3
With cleaner extending or operable through external passage:
This subclass is indented under subclass 184.1. Subject
matter wherein the smoking device is combined with cleaning
means within, or manipulated via structure in, an outside
opening in the smoking devices other than the opening through
which tobacco is inserted or burned or through which smoke is
inhaled by the user.
Subclass:
185
This subclass is indented under subclass 178. Combinations of
smoking device with means to ignite the charge therein or
means upon which to scratch a match.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
351 for tobacco products combined with igniting means.
Subclass:
186
This subclass is indented under subclass 178. Combinations of
smoking device and means to support the device. This subclass
includes combinations of smoking device with means to support
the device upon the chin of the user.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
240.1 and 257, and their indented subclasses for supports,
per se, for cigars, cigarettes appliances.
Subclass:
187
This subclass is indented under subclass 330. Smoking devices
having a socket or receiving portion to receive and hold an
end of a cigar or cigarette in position to be smoked, the
socket communicating with a passage for the smoke.
(1) Note. The patents are placed here only when the socket
or receiving portion is claimed. Where only the
characteristics of the stem or mouthpiece are claimed, since
they are identical with the corresponding parts of other
smoking devices, classification is in appropriate following
subclasses.
(2) Note. For holders or mouthpieces permanently attached to
cigars and cigarettes or otherwise adapted to be discarded
with the cigar or cigarette, see this class, subclass 361 and
indented subclasses.
(3) Note. Compare with subclass 191 of this class.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
175 for cigar or cigarette holders equipped with wind
guards, ash guards, or ash receivers, subclass 178 and
indented subclasses, for combinations there provided for,
particularly subclass 182, for combination with an ejector.
240.1 and 257, for mere cigar or cigarette supports, i.e.,
holders not equipped with a smoke passage.
Subclass:
188
This subclass is indented under subclass 187. Cigar or
cigarette holders equipped with means to pierce the cigar or
cigarette.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
233 252 and 253, and indented subclasses for cigar slitters
or perforators, per se.
363 for mouthpiece end structures permanently attached to a
cigar or cigarette and penetrating the filler.
Subclass:
189
This subclass is indented under subclass 188. Cigar or
cigarette holders wherein the piercing means is provided with
smoke conducting passages.
Subclass:
190
This subclass is indented under subclass 187. Cigar or
cigarette holders wherein the socket or receiving portion is
provided with a movable means for gripping or holding the
cigar or cigarette.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
182 for cigar or cigarette holders combined with means to
eject the cigar or cigarette.
Subclass:
191
This subclass is indented under subclass 330. Smoking devices
commonly known as smoking tubes. These usually comprise a
mouthpiece and a tubular compartment in substantial alinement
therewith to receive loose tobacco.
(1) Note. Compare with subclass 187 and indented subclasses
of this class.
(2) Note. Compare the base burner type in subclass 193 of
this class.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
174 such devices having means for guarding against the
action of wind or receiving the ash.
181 for tubes equipped with a follower.
Subclass:
192
This subclass is indented under subclass 330. Smoking devices
adapted to be folded or collapsed. These are usually to make
the device smaller so that it may be more readily inserted in
a pocket for carrying.
(1) Note. Compare this class, subclass 199.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
181 and 182, for holders which may be telescoped to feed or
eject tobacco.
Subclass:
193
This subclass is indented under subclass 330. Smoking devices
arranged to burn the charge from the bottom upwardly.
(1) Note. Compare smoking tubes, subclass 191 of this
class.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
176 and 177, for wind or ash guarding covers.
Subclass:
194
This subclass is indented under subclass 330. Smoking devices
provided with means either (1) to exchange heat between the
burning charge and/or the smoke and some fluid (usually air),
or (2) to heat insulate the burning charge and/or the smoke.
(1) Note. The mere provision of elongated passageways, even
though claimed as being for smoke cooling, where no heat
exchange means is provided, are not placed in this group, but
in subclass 200 and indented subclasses, and 216 and indented
subclasses of this class.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
173 for the smoke washing type.
Subclass:
195
This subclass is indented under subclass 194. Smoking devices
provided with passages for air to flow in heat exchange
relation with the container for the burning charge and/or
with the smoke conducting passages.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
198.1 for devices having special air inlets to either the
burning charge or to the smoke conducting passages.
Subclass:
196
This subclass is indented under subclass 194. Smoking devices
in which a tobacco charge containing bowl is mounted in
spaced relation within an outer bowl.
(1) Note. Compare with subclass 220 of this class.
Subclass:
197
This subclass is indented under subclass 196. Smoking devices
having a plurality of smoke passages connected, in series,
arranged to extend in substantially opposite directions, so
that the smoke reverses its direction of travel. This is
generally stated to be for providing an elongated smoke
passage to give the smoke time to cool and/or to cause
precipitation of suspended solids or liquids due to their
inertia when the direction of motion of the smoke changes.
(1) Note. Compare this class, subclasses 212.1+, 213 and
218.
Subclass:
198.1
Supplemental or substitute air inlet:
This subclass is indented under subclass 330. Subject matter
provided with an air intake passageway in addition to, or in
place of, the opening through which tobacco is inserted into
the smoking device.
(1) Note. The air may be admitted to the burning tobacco or
to the smoke conducting passages only.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
176 for pipe covers with air inlets.
191 and 193, for a smoking device having a smoking tube or
burning tobacco from the bottom upwardly.
Subclass:
198.2
Adjustable air inlet type:
This subclass is indented under subclass 198.1. Subject
matter wherein the air intake passageway, or structure
therein, may be altered to vary the air flow.
(1) Note. A supplemental or substitute air inlet covered, at
least in part, by a smoker's finger or having a valve therein
controlled by a thermostat are included in this subclass.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
subclasses 270+ and particularly subclass 272 for an
antismoking product or device which may vary the amount of
air flowing through the smoking device.
336 for a smoke treater or separator which adds air to the
smoke stream.
Subclass:
199
This subclass is indented under subclass 330. Smoking devices
which are divided longitudinally, i.e., along the axis.
(1) Note. The bowl only or the stem only may be so divided.
(2) Note. Compare with foldable or collapsible devices in
subclass 192 of this class.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
175 for longitudinally divided cigar and cigarette holders
with ash retainers.
Subclass:
200
This subclass is indented under subclass 330. Smoking devices
provided with means for treating the smoke.
(1) Note. Included under this definition is means for only
treating or medicating the smoke as well as for treating or
medicating together with removing or separating a constituent
material from the smoke.
(2) Note. Compare subclass 173 of this class for smoking
devices having means for washing the smoke.
(3) Note. Compare this class, subclass 194 and indented
subclasses, for smoking devices having means for cooling the
smoke or for insulating either the burning charge or the
smoke to prevent cooling.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
198 for smoke diluting means.
subclasses 331+ for cigars and cigarettes having smoke
treating means therein.
352 for tobacco compositions.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
128, Surgery, subclass 203.12 for inhalers.
424, Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions,
appropriate subclass for a medicinal composition and
especially subclasses 441+ and 443+ for a carrier or
vehicle impregnated with such a composition.
428, Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles, appropriate
subclasses, for a stock material in the form of a single or
plural layer web or sheet, and especially subclass 292.1 for
a composite web or sheet including a layer containing
structurally defined fibers, and subclasses 364+ for a fiber
or filament which is structurally defined (e.g., crimped,
specific cross-section) or is coated.
Subclass:
201
This subclass is indented under subclass 200. Smoking devices
comprising means for separating and retaining a constituent
from the smoke.
(1) Note. The patents in this and the indented subclasses
must provide a trap chamber. Where only the structure of the
smoke passage is claimed, even though such smoke passage is
disclosed as providing for the separation of ingredients from
the smoke, but no trap chamber for the separated ingredients
is used, the patents are placed in this class, subclasses
216+. A filter or absorber is considered to be a trap chamber
for this definition.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
subclasses 331+ for smoke separators or treaters.
Subclass:
202
This subclass is indented under subclass 201. Smoking devices
provided with a filter or an absorber, or both.
(2) Note. For a smoke treater or separator device, per se,
disclosed for use with a smoking device or product, see this
class, subclasses 261+.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
10 for cigars and cigarettes having filters or absorbers
therein.
261 for smoke treater or separator device, per se, disclosed
for use with a smoking device or product.
Subclass:
203
This subclass is indented under subclass 202. Smoke devices
provided with an absorber which performs no filtering
operation.
(1) Note. This subclass includes arrangements of smoke
outlets to provide an absorbent layer of tobacco which will
not be burned.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
207 where the absorbent materials is so arranged in the
device as also to perform a filtering function.
230 for absorbent pipe bowl materials and compositions.
Subclass:
204
This subclass is indented under subclass 203. Smoking devices
in which the absorbent material is in the form of a lining or
a coating for either the bowl or the smoke passage in the
stem.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
219 and 220, for other linings or coatings.
Subclass:
205
This subclass is indented under subclass 202. Smoking devices
in which the filter, filtering absorber, or trap supports the
tobacco charge.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
183 and 224, for other tobacco supports.
193 for grates for supporting the burning charge in base
burner type devices.
Subclass:
206
This subclass is indented under subclass 205. Smoking devices
which are also provided with a valve in the smoke- conducting
passage or with a passage communicating with the
smoke-conducting passage in addition to the charge inserting
opening or the mouthpiece outlet, extending to the exterior
of the smoking device and having a removable closure.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
215.1 and 223, for other smoking devices having a valve or
external passage closure.
Subclass:
207
This subclass is indented under subclass 202. Smoking devices
in which a filter made of absorbent material or made of
granular or other finely divided material is provided.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
203 and 204, where the absorbent material is not arranged in
the smoking device to perform a filtering function but is so
arranged as to provide an absorbing function only.
205 and 206, for absorbent tobacco supports.
Subclass:
209
This subclass is indented under subclass 201. Smoking devices
having a spiral passage for the smoke.
(1) Note. Compare this class, subclass 217.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
339 for cigars or cigarettes having spiral passages for the
smoke.
Subclass:
210
This subclass is indented under subclass 201. Smoking devices
having two or more devices arranged in the smoke passage in
series to check or baffle the flow of smoke.
Subclass:
211
This subclass is indented under subclass 201. Smoking devices
in which the trap chamber has extended into it at least one
tube or nipple forming a continuation of the smoke passage.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
339 for cigars or cigarettes having interior surfaces (e.g.,
baffles) predetermining smoke streak flow characteristics.
Subclass:
212.1
Smoke direction changing:
This subclass is indented under subclass 322. Subject matter
in which the path of the smoke through the smoking device is
altered by (1) at least two tubes or nipples either extending
into the trap chamber or overlapping one another, or (2) the
position of a single tube or nipple with respect to the
smoking passage.
Subclass:
212.2
Concentric dusts:
This subclass is indented under subclass 212.1. Subject
matter wherein one or more tubes are inserted in a trap
chamber and arranged such that there is one common axis of
symmetry for causing fluid cross-flow of smoke along the
pathways formed thereby (i.e., alternate directions of flow
along adjacent concentric pathways).
Subclass:
213
This subclass is indented under subclass 201. Smoking devices
having a plurality of smoke passages, connected in series, to
extend in substantially opposite directions, so that the
smoke reverses its direction of travel.
(1) Note. Compare also with subclasses 212.1+ of this
class.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
197 and 218, for similarly arranged passages.
Subclass:
214
This subclass is indented under subclass 201. Smoking devices
in which the charge receiving bowl in which the charge is
burned is caused to be detachable from the neck cup.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
222 for other like devices.
Subclass:
215.1
With valve in smoke path or removable, external passage
closure:
This subclass is indented under subclass 201. Subject matter
wherein the smoking device (1) is provided with a smoke
regulating means in a smoke conducting passageway thereof, or
(2) has a separate, detachable plug, cap, or cover for a
passageway (in addition to any tobacco receiving inlet or
mouthpiece outlet passageway) which communicates with the
smoke conducting passageway and extends to the exterior of
the smoking device.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
206 and 223, for other valve or external passage closures
for a smoking device.
Subclass:
215.2
With filter:
This subclass is indented under subclass 215.1. Subject
matter wherein the smoking device includes means for
preventing the passage of certain components in the smoke.
Subclass:
215.3
Valve:
This subclass is indented under subclass 215.1. Subject
matter wherein the smoking device is provided with a smoke
regulating means in a smoke conducting passageway thereof.
Subclass:
216
This subclass is indented under subclass 330. Smoking devices
claiming the construction of the smoke passage.
(1) Note. Compare this class, subclass 201 and indented
subclasses.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
428, Stock material or Miscellaneous Articles, appropriate
subclasses, for a stock material in the form of a single or
plural layer web or sheet, and especially subclass 292.1 for
a composite web or sheet including a layer containing
structurally defined fibers, and subclasses 364+ for a fiber
or filament which is structurally defined (e.g., crimped,
specific cross-section) or is coated.
Subclass:
217
This subclass is indented under subclass 216. Smoking devices
in which the smoke passage or some part thereof is of spiral
formation.
(1) Note. Compare this class, subclasses 209 and 339.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
198.1 for special air inlets to the smoke passage.
Subclass:
218
This subclass is indented under subclass 216. Smoking devices
having a plurality of smoke passages, connected in series,
arranged to extend in substantially opposite directions, so
that the smoke reverses its direction of travel.
(1) Note. Compare this class, subclasses 197, 212.1+, and
213.
Subclass:
219
This subclass is indented under subclass 330. Smoking devices
provided with either a lining for the interior or a coating
for either the interior or exterior parts.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
204 for absorbent linings.
Subclass:
220
This subclass is indented under subclass 219. Smoking devices
in which the bowl is either lined or coated.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
183 for bowl linings removable for ejection of charge.
196 and 197, where an inner bowl is provided spaced from the
outer walls of the bowl.
Subclass:
221
This subclass is indented under subclass 330. Smoking devices
in which the charge receiving bowl is constructed to be
reversible in position.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
180 for smoking devices having more than one bowl.
Subclass:
222
This subclass is indented under subclass 330. Smoking devices
in which the bowl is constructed to be detachable from the
neck cup.
(1) Note. Compare this class, subclass 214.
Subclass:
223
This subclass is indented under subclass 330. Smoking devices
provided with a valve in the smoke-conducting passage or
having a passage communicating with the smoke-conducting
passage in addition to the charge receiving inlet and the
mouthpiece outlet, extending to the exterior of the smoking
device and having a removable closure.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
176 for valved pipe covers.
198.1 for valved special air inlets.
206 and 215.1+, for other like devices.
Subclass:
224
This subclass is indented under subclass 330. Smoking devices
claiming the means by which the tobacco charge is supported.
(1) Note. Where the support is constructed and arranged to
eject the charge from the smoking device, see this class,
subclass 183, and where the support is of the filter type,
see this class, subclasses 205 and 206.
Subclass:
225
This subclass is indented under subclass 330. Smoking devices
claiming the joints or connections between the parts.
(1) Note. For pipe and rod joints of general application,
see Classes 277, Joint Packing, for joint packing, 285, Pipe
Joints or Couplings, and 403, Joints and Connections.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
192 for joints and connection permitting folding or
collapsing of the smoking device.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
16, Miscellaneous Hardware, subclass 108 and 109 for
ferrules, rings and thimbles.
Subclass:
226
This subclass is indented under subclass 330. Smoking devices
claiming the bowl structure.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
191 for smoking-tube bowls.
196 and 197, for spaced bowls.
199 for longitudinally divided bowls.
204 and 220, for lined or coated bowls.
214 and 222, for bowls detachable for neck cups.
Subclass:
227
This subclass is indented under subclass 330. Smoking devices
claiming the structure of the stem, including the mouthpiece
or only the structure of either the external portion of the
mouthpiece, namely, the bit, or the smoke discharging tip of
the mouthpiece.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
199 for longitudinally divided stems.
204 for stems with absorbent linings.
219 and 220, for lined or coated stems.
361 and indented subclasses for tips and mouthpiece ends of
cigars and cigarettes.
Subclass:
228
This subclass is indented under subclass 227. Smoking devices
having a sleeve or cap for the bit or tip.
Subclass:
229
This subclass is indented under subclass 227. Smoking devices
claiming merely the shape of the portion which is placed in
the mouth or only the orifice structure or arrangement.
Subclass:
230
This subclass is indented under subclass 330. Smoking devices
in which no significant structure of the smoking device is
claimed but only the materials or compositions used.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
352 for tobacco compositions.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
106, Compositions: Coating or Plastic, and the notes to the
class definition thereof, for other coating or plastic
compositions.
Subclass:
231
This subclass is indented under subclass 329. Appliances
combined with a receiver for smokers' refuse.
(1) Note. Since most receptacles are capable of containing
smokers' refuse, ash receptacles, per se, are classified in
the appropriate receptacle classes. This subclass includes
ash receivers only in combination as stated above. For other
combinations, see the remaining search notes to this
subclass.
(2) Note. Exceptions are made in the case of subclasses 233
and 234, indented hereunder. Although tip cutters, igniters,
and scratching surfaces are not, per se, classified in Class
131 as tobacco-users' appliances, the combinations thereof
with ash receivers are classified in subclasses 233 and 234
respectively where there is no subclass specifically
providing therefor elsewhere.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
4, Baths, Closets, Sinks, and Spittoons, subclasses 258+, for
spittoons.
206, Special Receptacle or Package, subclass 19.5, 117, 120,
125, 130, 132, 135, and 136 for various combinations of a
match packet (container or holder) with a debris receiver and
subclass 496 for a pocket or personal use container for
debris, per se.
220, Receptacles, particularly subclasses 501+, for
intercommunicable compartment receptacles of general
application.
232, Deposit and Collection Receptacles, subclass 43.1 for
ash receivers of the deposit and collection type.
Subclass:
232
This subclass is indented under subclass 231. Combinations
wherein the appliance is a smoking device cleaner.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
184.1 and 243-246, for smoking device cleaners.
Subclass:
233
This subclass is indented under subclass 231. Combinations
wherein the appliance is a device for perforating or slitting
a cigar, or for removing the end therefrom.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
248 and indented subclasses, for tip cutters in other
combinations.
253 and indented subclasses, for tip perforators or
slitters, per se, and in other combinations.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
30, Cutlery, subclass 109 and indented subclasses, for tip
cutters, per se.
Subclass:
234
This subclass is indented under subclass 231. Combinations
wherein the appliance is a means to ignite a tobacco article
or with means providing a scratching surface for matches and
the like.
(1) Note. See note (2) under subclass 231 of this class.
(2) Note. For combinations of igniters or scratching
surfaces with smoking devices, see this class, subclass 185,
and with cigar tip cutters, see this class, subclass 249.
(3) Note. For pocket and personal use receptacles having
igniters, see Class 206, Special Receptacle or Package,
subclasses 98+, 108+, 112+, and 137+ for a match packet
(container or holder) with striker structure.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
44, Fuel and Related Compositions, subclass 643 for
scratching surfaces, per se.
221, Article Dispensing, subclasses 136+ for article
dispensing devices including igniting means.
431, Combustion, appropriate subclass, for a burner assembly,
per se.
Subclass:
235.1
Extinguisher:
This subclass is indented under subclass 231. Subject matter
wherein the appliance is particularly adapted to terminate
the burning of a lighted tobacco article.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
256 for an extinguisher, per se.
Subclass:
236
This subclass is indented under subclass 235.1. Combinations
wherein the extinguisher includes a body of liquid or a
moistened member.
Subclass:
237
This subclass is indented under subclass 235.1. Combinations
wherein the extinguisher includes at least one member which
is movable relative to the receiver to carry out the
extinguishing operation.
Subclass:
237.5
Split tube type:
This subclass is indented under subclass 235.1. Subject
matter wherein the appliance in made from a plurality of
individual arcuate segments which form a longitudinally
divided conduit to help terminate the burning of the lighted
tobacco article.
Subclass:
238
This subclass is indented under subclass 231. Combinations in
which in addition to the tobacco users' appliance, the ash
receiver is combined with a device having independent
utility.
Subclass:
239
This subclass is indented under subclass 238. Combinations
wherein the device combined with the ash receiver and tobacco
users' appliance comprises a match receptacle or means for
mounting a match holder.
(1) Note. For other match holders or receptacles, see this
class, subclass 251, and Class 206, Special Receptacle or
Package, subclasses 117, 120, 125, 130, 132, 135, and 136 for
a match packet (container or holder) with a debris receiver.
Subclass:
240.1
Cigar, cigarette, or smoking device rest or holder:
This subclass is indented under subclass 231. Subject matter
wherein the appliance is a means to support a smoking device
or lighted tobacco article.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
subclasses 257+ for a cigar, cigarette, or smoking device
support, per se.
Subclass:
241
This subclass is indented under subclass 240.1. Combinations
provided with special means for supporting the receiver.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
108, Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces, subclasses 25+
for a horizontal planar supporting surface combined with a
receptacle.
206, Special Receptacle or Package, subclass 19.5 for
vehicle attached receptacles.
248, Supports, appropriate subclasses for receptacle stands
and brackets, per se.
Subclass:
242
This subclass is indented under subclass 240.1. Combinations
wherein the ash receiver includes a closure or a covered
compartment.
(1) Note. For compartmented receptacles, see Class 220,
Receptacles, subclasses 500 and indented subclasses,
particularly subclasses 501+. Tobacco users' appliances,
Smoking device cleaners. Devices under subclass 329
peculiarly adapted for use in cleaning smoking residue from
smoking devices.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
184.1 for smoking devices combined withe cleaners and
subclass 232 for smoking device cleaners in combination with
ash receivers.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
15, Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning, for cleaning
implements in general and subclass 104.03 in particular.
Subclass:
242.5
With cigar or cigarette ejector, dumper, or advancer:
This subclass is indented under subclass 240.1. Subject
matter wherein the appliance includes means to force, drop,
or propel a lighted tobacco article into or towards the
refuse receiver.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
237 for a member which moves to carry out an extinguishing
operation.
Subclass:
242.6
With grid or grille:
This subclass is indented under subclass 240.1. Subject
matter wherein the appliance includes a grating type
structure through which ashes may fall.
(1) Note. If the grid or grille is also used as a rest or
holder it must be capable of supporting the cigar, cigarette,
or smoking device at three or more spaced locations to be
properly considered a grid or grille hereunder.
(2) Note. Spiral shaped coils which support a cigar,
cigarette, or smoking device along the coil axis or
tangential to the surface of the coils are proper for this
subclass but coils which only support the cigar, cigarette,
or smoking device between the individual coils (i.e.,
transverse to the coil axis) are not proper hereunder.
Subclass:
243
Smoking device cleaners combined with devices having other
uses, and combinations of a plurality of types of smoking
device cleaners.
Subclass:
244
Smoking device cleaners for cleaning by means of fluid flow.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
15, Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning, subclass 304,
316.1+, 395+, and 406+ for air blast and/or suction devices
for cleaning hollow work other than smoking devices.
285, Pipe Joints or Couplings, subclass 8 for a coupling
comprising means to connect a faucet to a member of a smoking
device (e.g., pipe bowl or stem), and subclasses 148.22+ for
serial diverse couplings of diverse size or shape (e.g.,
reducer).
Subclass:
245
Smoking device cleaners comprising means to be passed through
a smoking device stem to clean residue therefrom.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
243 for stem cleaners in combination.
Subclass:
246
Smoking device cleaners comprising means for cleaning the
bowl of a smoking device. These are for the most part reamers
or scrapers.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
243 for bowl cleaners in combination.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
15, Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning, subclass
104.09 and 236.01+ and appropriate indented subclasses for
pipe reaming or scraping devices or general applications.
Subclass:
247
This subclass is indented under subclass 329. Devices
comprising means for compacting material within the bowl of a
smoking device and combinations including such devices, not
otherwise provided for.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
177 and 184.1+, for combinations of smoking device and
tamper.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
206, Special Receptacles and Packages, subclass 41.1, for
tobacco dispensing receptacles having means to eject tobacco
from the receptacle into a pipe, which ejectors may be
employed to tamp.
81, Tools, subclass 488 for miscellaneous hand tools,
including tampers.
Subclass:
248
This subclass is indented under subclass 329. Combinations
including as one element means for cutting the end from a
cigar or cigarette.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
46 63, 64, 65, 83, and 91, for cigar and cigarette making
machines equipped with tip cutters.
233 for cigar and cigarette end cutters combined with means
to receive ashes and/or the cut off portion.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
30, Cutlery, subclasses 109+ for tip cutters, per se.
40, Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting, subclass 461 for
changing exhibitors operated by a cigar cutter or lighter.
83, Cutting, for cutters of that class (83) type which
include cigar end cutters.
99, Foods and Beverages: Apparatus, subclasses 635+ for
food ends cutters.
Subclass:
249
This subclass is indented under subclass 248. Combinations
wherein the tip cutter is combined with means to ignite a
tobacco article or with means providing a scratching surface
for matches and the like.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
234
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
44, Fuel and Related Compositions, subclass 48 for
scratching surfaces, per se.
431, Combustion, appropriate subclass for a burner assembly,
per se.
Subclass:
250
This subclass is indented under subclass 248. Combinations in
which the tip cutter is combined with a receptacle or
holder.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
206, Special Receptacle or Package, subclasses 238+ for
pocket and personal use tobacco receptacles provided with
cutters other than cigar or cigarette end cutters.
Subclass:
250.1
This subclass is indented under subclass 250. Combinations in
which the receptacle or holder is provided with a discharge
means which separates a single or a limited number of
articles from the supply in said receptacle or holder.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
221, Article Dispensing, appropriate subclasses for article
dispensing in general and including the cigar or cigarette
dispensing means, per se, which is a subcombination of the
subject matter of this subclass.
Subclass:
251
This subclass is indented under subclass 250. Combinations in
which the receptacle combined with the tip cutter is a match
receptacle or holder.
(1) Note. For other match holders or receptacles, see this
class, subclass 239, and Class 206, Special Receptacle or
Package, subclasses 96+.
Subclass:
252
This subclass is indented under subclass 248. Combinations
wherein the tip cutter is combined with a cigar tip
perforator or slitter.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
253 for cigar tip perforators, per se, and in other
combinations.
Subclass:
253
This subclass is indented under subclass 329. Devices
comprising means for perforating or slitting cigar tips and
combinations including such devices not elsewhere provided
for.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
83.1 for combinations of molding and perforating.
92 for means to tuck, fold, crimp, or smooth a cigar or
cigarette tip combined with means to perforate the end
thereof.
188 for a cigar or cigarette holder combined with a tip
perforator.
233 for combinations of ash receivers with perforators or
slitters.
347 and 363, for cigars with end protectors having pins to
enter the cigar end.
Subclass:
254
This subclass is indented under subclass 253. Devices
comprising pin or drill means to perforate the cigar tip.
(1) Note. See the search notes under subclass 253 of this
class.
Subclass:
255
This subclass is indented under subclass 253. Devices wherein
the perforator comprises a punch which removes a core from
the tobacco article.
(1) Note. See the search notes under subclass 253 of this
class.
Subclass:
256
This subclass is indented under subclass 329. Devices
comprising means particularly adapted to extinguish a lighted
tobacco article.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
235.1 for extinguishers combined with ash receivers.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
431, Combustion, subclasses 144+ for an extinguisher for a
fuel burner or candle.
Subclass:
257
This subclass is indented under subclass 329. Devices
comprising means for supporting a single smoking device or
providing a rest or holder for lighted tobacco articles.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
240.1 for supports and rests combined with ash receivers.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
24, Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, etc., subclass 3.1 for article
holders in general.
211, Supports: Racks, subclasses 60+, and 70 for slender
article supports of general utility.
Subclass:
258
This subclass is indented under subclass 257. Devices in
which the support, rest or holder is mounted on a finger
encircling member.
(2) Note. Compare with Class 294, Handling: Hand and
Hoist-Line Implements, subclass 25.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
224, Package and Article Carriers, appropriate subclasses for
finger attached package and article carriers.
Subclass:
259
This subclass is indented under subclass 257. Devices in
which the support, rest or holder is mounted on or forms a
part of a staff member.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
294, Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements, subclass 19.1,
for staff type handling devices in general.
Subclass:
260
This subclass is indented under subclass 257. Devices
comprising means to support a single smoking device.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
186 for the combination of a smoking device with means to
support the device upon the chin of a user.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
211, Supports: Racks, particularly subclass 60 and 70 for
racks for supporting a plurality of smoking devices.
Subclass:
270
ANTISMOKING PRODUCT OR DEVICE, I.E., DETERRENT:
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Product
or device which discourage, break, or otherwise deter the
smoking habit.
(1) Note. This subclass includes concepts relating to
breaking of the smoking habit utilizing such concepts as of
messages, shocking the user by means of electricity, smoke
cartridges, tobacco volatilization, i.e., no combustion, and
smoking materials which leave an undesirable taste. This
subclass also includes the method of using such devices or
products.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
424, Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Composition,
appropriate subclasses for a composition for treating the
human body for addiction to tobacco.
Subclass:
271
No smoke to user:
This subclass is indented under subclass 270. Device or
product wherein smoke is produced, but such smoke does not
reach the mouth of the user.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
446, Amusement Devices: Toys, subclasses 24+ for
smoke-producing toys.
Subclass:
272
Smoke to air ratio controlled:
This subclass is indented under subclass 270. Device or
product wherein the air component of the smoke-air mixture
reaching the user, is gradually increased in order to reduce
the amount of smoke inhaled.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
198.1 for a smoker's appliance having controlled air
inlets.
331 for smoke separation and treating.
Subclass:
273
Smoking simulator:
This subclass is indented under subclass 270. Device or
product wherein the smoking of a smoking device is simulated
or pretended by the use of an inhaler resembling a cigar,
cigarette, or pipe.
(1) Note. The inhalers of this subclass may include
flavoring agents, aromatization agents, medicaments, etc.,
but do not employ a lighted product or smoke of any kind.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
274 for tobacco products including flavoring agents.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
128, Surgery, appropriate subclasses for medicament inhalers
not employed in the breaking of the smoking habit.
Subclass:
274
PRODUCT OR DEVICE HAVING IDENTIFIABLE CONSTITUENT TO FLAVOR
OR ENHANCE FLAVOR:
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Product
or device having a chemically definable or identifiable
constituent or component which is present to flavor or
enhance the flavor of the tobacco.
(1) Note. Nicotine, in any form, is not considered a
flavorant or flavor enhancer.
Subclass:
275
Naturally occurring or synthetic duplicate:
This subclass is indented under subclass 274. Product or
device wherein the flavorant or flavor enhancer occurs
naturally, or is a synthetically produced duplicate of that
which occurs naturally.
Subclass:
276
Organic compound:
This subclass is indented under subclass 274. Product or
device wherein the flavorant or flavor enhancer is a carbon
containing compound.
Subclass:
277
Heterocyclic:
This subclass is indented under subclass 276. Product or
device wherein the organic compound is characterized by a
ring composed of atoms of more than one kind.
Subclass:
278
Containing nitrogen as a hetro atom:
This subclass is indented under subclass 277. Product or
device wherein one of the atoms in the ring is a nitrogen
atom.
Subclass:
279
Containing a sulphur atom:
This subclass is indented under subclass 276. Product or
device wherein the organic flavorant or flavor enhancer
contains sulphur.
Subclass:
280
CIGAR OR CIGARETTE MAKING:
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Process
or apparatus relating to the manufacture of smoking products
commonly known as cigars or cigarettes, or like tobacco or
tobacco substitute products, and subcombinations thereof not
elsewhere provided for.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
290 for the treatment of finished tobacco products.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
53, Package Making, for methods and apparatus for
encompassing or encasing goods or materials with a separate
cover or band which serves as means for identifying,
protecting, or unit handling of the goods so packaged. See
particularly subclasses 396+ and 582+ for band type and
casing.
73, Measuring and Testing, appropriate subclasses for methods
and apparatus for measuring or testing cigars, cigarettes, or
like tobacco products.
177, Weighing Scales, appropriate subclasses for devices
which weigh tobacco or tobacco products.
209, Classifying, Separating, and Assorting Solids, for
devices of that class relating to cigars or cigarettes.
222, Dispensing, for tobacco dispensing or feeding devices,
per se.
Subclass:
281
Including perforating:
This subclass is indented under subclass 280. Process or
apparatus including means for penetrating, slitting, or
otherwise perforating the tobacco product.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
350 for a hand held or manipulated tobacco product
perforator.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
219, Electric Heating, appropriate subclasses for perforating
by inductive heating, microwave heating, and capacitive
dielectric heating.
Subclass:
282
Including arranging, collecting, or delivering:
This subclass is indented under subclass 280. Process or
apparatus including means to manipulate the cigar or
cigarette product in a way so as to arrange the product in a
given manner, collect the product in a given way, or deliver
the product to a given station.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
198, Conveyors: Power-Driven, appropriate subclasses for a
power-driven conveyor in combination with a nominally recited
tobacco product-making apparatus.
414, Material or Article Handling, appropriate subclasses for
article piling or arranging means in combination with a
nominally recited tobacco product-making apparatus.
Subclass:
283
And packing:
This subclass is indented under subclass 282. Process or
apparatus including means to pack or package the tobacco
product.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
53, Package Making, appropriate subclasses, particularly
subclass 137, 148, and 444, each relating to cigarette-type
articles.
Subclass:
284
With coating or printing:
This subclass is indented under subclass 280. Process or
apparatus including means to perform a printing or coating
operation on the tobacco product.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
subclasses 88+ for coating the tip of a cigar or
cigarette.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
101, Printing, appropriate subclasses for printing apparatus
in combination with a nominally recited tobacco
product-making apparatus.
118, Coating Apparatus, appropriate subclasses for coating
apparatus, per se.
Subclass:
285
Including fingerlike member which alternately engages and
releases product:
This subclass is indented under subclass 280. Process or
apparatus in which one or more fingerlike members alternately
engage and release the tobacco product or part thereof.
(1) Note. The devices of this subclass usually perform a
shaping, wrapping, or similar function on the tobacco
product.
Subclass:
286
With cleaning away unwanted product component, e.g., gum or
adhesive:
This subclass is indented under subclass 280. Process or
apparatus including means to cleanse the tobacco
product-making apparatus of unwanted contaminations such as
gum or adhesive.
Subclass:
287
By pneumatic means:
This subclass is indented under subclass 286. Process or
apparatus wherein the cleansing involves a blown or
pressurized gas.
Subclass:
288
By liquid means:
This subclass is indented under subclass 286. Process or
apparatus wherein the cleansing involves a liquid.
Subclass:
289
By scraping, wiping, etc.:
This subclass is indented under subclass 286. Process or
apparatus wherein the cleansing involves a physical act of
removal, such as scraping, wiping, or the like.
Subclass:
290
TOBACCO TREATMENT:
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Process
or apparatus relating to the physical or chemical treatment
of tobacco, either prior or subsequent to the manufacture
thereof into a tobacco product.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
31 62+ and 79, for cigar and cigarette making combined with a
tobacco treatment.
281 for cigar and cigarette making including the step of
perforating.
286 for cigar and cigarette making including the step of
cleaning away an unwanted tobacco product.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
34, Drying and Gas or Vapor Contact With Solids, appropriate
subclasses for the drying of tobacco, per se.
47, Plant Husbandry, appropriate subclasses for tobacco plant
husbandry.
56, Harvesters, subclass 27.5 for tobacco harvesting.
57, Textiles: Spinning, Twisting, and Twining, subclasses 28+
for tobacco spinning.
432, Heating, subclass 500 for tobacco barns.
460, Crop Threshing or Separating, subclasses 123+ for the
stripping of tobacco leaves from the stalk.
Subclass:
291
Puffing:
This subclass is indented under subclass 290. Process or
apparatus designed to effect an increase in the volume of the
tobacco.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
99, Foods and Beverages: Apparatus, subclass 323.4 for
puffing apparatus.
426, Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and
Products, subclasses 445+ for the puffing of food by
heating.
Subclass:
292
Including freeze drying:
This subclass is indented under subclass 291. Process or
apparatus including the step of drying the tobacco in a
frozen state under high vacuum.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
34, Drying and Gas or Vapor Contact With Solids, subclasses
245+ for drying by subjecting material to electrical
energy; and subclasses 266+ and 519+ for the use of radiant
energy in drying.
99, Foods and Beverages: Apparatus, subclass 451 for
treating of food with radiant energy.
Subclass:
293
By chemical reaction:
This subclass is indented under subclass 291. Process or
Apparatus wherein puffing is accomplished by a chemical
reaction within or on the tobacco.
(1) Note. The chemical reaction can be the result of the
particular reactant or reactants reacting with each other or
with the tobacco.
Subclass:
294
By radiant energy:
This subclass is indented under subclass 291. Process and
apparatus wherein the puffing is accomplished by subjecting
the tobacco to electromagnetic wave energy.
Subclass:
295
By high frequency field:
This subclass is indented under subclass 291. Process or
apparatus wherein puffing is accomplished by induction or
dielectric heating.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
219, Electric Heating, subclasses 600+ for inductive
heating, subclasses 678+ for microwave heating, and
subclasses 764+ for capacitive dielectric heating.
Subclass:
296
By contact with hot gaseous medium:
This subclass is indented under subclass 291. Process or
apparatus wherein the puffing is accomplished by contacting
the tobacco with a hot gas.
Subclass:
297
Extraction of component, other than moisture, by contact with
diverse medium:
This subclass is indented under subclass 290. Process or
apparatus wherein components or ingredients of tobacco, other
than moisture or water, are extracted or absorbed, by
contacting the tobacco with a separate and distinct medium.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
308 for treating tobacco with a particular enzyme.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
23, Chemistry: Analytical and Physical Processes, subclass
295 for extraction by a crystallization technique.
435, Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology,
appropriate subclasses for the involvement of fermentation.
546, Organic Compounds, subclass 279.4 for the production of
nicotine containing extracts from tobacco.
Subclass:
298
By organic solvent:
This subclass is indented under subclass 297. Process or
apparatus wherein the diverse medium is a solvent containing
a carbon compound.
Subclass:
299
With electrical or radiant energy:
This subclass is indented under subclass 290. Process or
apparatus wherein the tobacco treatment includes the
application of electrical or radiant energy.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
34, Drying and Gas or Vapor Contact With Solids, subclass 93,
245+, 266+, and 519+, for drying including the use of
electrical or radiant energy.
99, Foods and Beverages: Apparatus, subclass 451 for
apparatus to treat food with electric or radiant energy.
204, Chemistry: Electrical and Wave Energy, subclasses 688+
for the electrolytic treatment of organic materials.
422, Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting,
Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing, appropriate
subclasses for the preserving, disinfecting, and sterilizing
of organic plant material.
Subclass:
300
With fluid or fluent material:
This subclass is indented under subclass 290. Process or
apparatus for treating by subjecting the tobacco to the
action of a flowing or flowable material.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
34, Drying and Gas or Vapor Contact With Solids, subclass 359
for treating in a fluidized bed; and appropriate subclasses
for tobacco drying.
68, Textiles: Fluid Treating Apparatus, subclasses 5+ for
treating textiles with gas, steam, or mist.
99, Food and Beverages: Apparatus, subclass 323.1 for gas
treating of food.
118, Coating Apparatus, appropriate subclasses for apparatus
for coating or impregnating cigars or cigarettes with
flavoring materials.
239, Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing, appropriate
subclasses for fluid applying apparatus, per se.
312, Supports: Cabinet Structure, subclasses 31+ for
cabinet structures including the gas or vapor treatment of
material.
Subclass:
301
Including means to create a vacuum:
This subclass is indented under subclass 300. Process or
apparatus including means to create a negative atmospheric
pressure.
Subclass:
302
Including means to circulate fluid:
This subclass is indented under subclass 300. Process or
apparatus wherein means is provided to circulate the fluent
material.
Subclass:
303
And temperature or humidity control of fluid:
This subclass is indented under subclass 302. Process or
apparatus including means to control or regulate the
temperature or humidity of the fluid.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
236, Automatic Temperature and Humidity Regulation,
appropriate subclasses for systems to regulate temperature or
humidity in general.
Subclass:
304
Including means to convey tobacco:
This subclass is indented under subclass 302. Process or
apparatus including means to convey the tobacco to, through,
or from the treating zone.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
subclasses 304+ for similar conveying structure.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
198, Conveyors: Power-Driven, for power-driven conveyors, per
se.
414, Material or Article Handling, for article handling, per
se.
Subclass:
305
Within rotary drum-type apparatus:
This subclass is indented under subclass 300. Process or
apparatus wherein the treatment takes place within a drum
which rotates to agitate the materials and produce intimate
association.
Subclass:
306
Including means to convey tobacco:
This subclass is indented under subclass 300. Process or
apparatus including means to convey the tobacco, into,
through, or from the treatment zone.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
302 for conveying means employed with fluid circulation.
Subclass:
307
Including expressing rolls:
This subclass is indented under subclass 306. Process or
apparatus wherein the tobacco is conveyed through rolls after
the fluid treatment to express the excess fluid therefrom.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
100, Presses, subclasses 104+ for presses having drain
means for the expressed fluid; subclass 138 for fluid
expressing while conveying; and subclasses 155+ for roll-type
presses.
Subclass:
308
Containing enzymes to cause fermentation:
This subclass is indented under subclass 300. Process or
apparatus wherein the treating fluid contains any one of a
number of complex proteins commonly known as enzymes, to
cause or aid in fermentation.
Subclass:
309
Other than water, steam, or air:
This subclass is indented under subclass 300. Process or
apparatus wherein the fluid or fluent material is a material
other than water, steam, or air.
Subclass:
310
Organic:
This subclass is indented under subclass 309. Process or
apparatus wherein the fluid or fluent material contains a
carbon compound.
Subclass:
311
Including leaf disintegration:
This subclass is indented under subclass 290. Process or
apparatus wherein means are employed to break the tobacco
into small particles or otherwise destroy the unity or
integrity thereof.
Subclass:
312
And separation of fibers of different character:
This subclass is indented under subclass 311. Process or
apparatus including means to separate fibers of known or
identifiable character.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
110 for fiber separation combined with tobacco feeding.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
209, Classifying, Separating, and Assorting Solids,
appropriate subclasses for separating, per se.
Subclass:
313
Leaf stemming:
This subclass is indented under subclass 290. Process or
apparatus for removing the stem from a tobacco leaf.
(1) Note. This subclass includes a process or apparatus for
reducing the leaf stem by abrading or attrition.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
subclasses 311+ for stemming by disintegration.
Subclass:
314
With stem cleaning:
This subclass is indented under subclass 313. Product or
apparatus wherein the stem is cleansed before or after
removal.
Subclass:
315
And straightening, smoothing, flattening, or cleaning:
This subclass is indented under subclass 313. Process or
apparatus wherein the tobacco leaf is further treated by a
straightening, smoothing, flattening, or cleaning action.
Subclass:
316
Booking:
This subclass is indented under subclass 315. Process or
apparatus wherein the tobacco leaves are superposed to form a
stack commonly known in the art as a book.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
326 for booking a tobacco leaf that has not been stemmed.
Subclass:
317
Stemmed by rotary or endless cutter:
This subclass is indented under subclass 316. Process or
apparatus wherein the stem is removed by a cutter which is
endless in form or which rotates.
Subclass:
318
By fluid current:
This subclass is indented under subclass 313. Process or
apparatus wherein the stem is removed from the tobacco leaf
by a blast of fluid current.
Subclass:
319
By tearing:
This subclass is indented under subclass 313. Process or
apparatus wherein the stem is removed from the tobacco leaf
by a tearing or ripping operation.
Subclass:
320
Including transverse stem cutting:
This subclass is indented under subclass 319. Process or
apparatus wherein the stem is severed transversely by a
cutting device.
Subclass:
321
Card clothing type:
This subclass is indented under subclass 319. Process or
apparatus wherein the tobacco leaf stem is held and the leaf
portion is torn away from the stem by means of rotating
fingerlike devices.
Subclass:
322
By cutting:
This subclass is indented under subclass 313. Process or
apparatus wherein the stem and leaf material are separated by
a cutting action.
Subclass:
323
Stem die type:
This subclass is indented under subclass 322. Process or
apparatus wherein the stem is severed from the leaf by die
cutters which approximate the cross-sectional shape of the
stem.
Subclass:
324
Leaf straightening, brushing, smoothing, rolling,
corrugating, or flattening with or without stem crushing:
This subclass is indented under subclass 290. Process and
apparatus for performing operations on leaf tobacco such as
straightening, smoothing, brushing, rolling, or stem
crushing, corrugating, flattening.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
307 for process and apparatus for moistening tobacco and
subsequently expressing the excess moisture therefrom the use
of rolls.
subclasses 315+ for process and apparatus for smoothing or
cleaning leaf tobacco in combination with the removal of
stems therefrom.
Subclass:
325
And cleaning:
This subclass is indented under subclass 324. Process or
apparatus wherein the tobacco leaf is cleansed.
Subclass:
326
Booking:
This subclass is indented under subclass 324. Process or
apparatus wherein the leaves are superposed to form a stack
commonly known in the art as a book.
Subclass:
327
Leaf associating or disassociating:
This subclass is indented under subclass 290. Process or
apparatus for bringing together and bundling leaf tobacco or
for separating or segregating masses of leaves.
(1) Note. The association of leaves may be for the purpose
of blending tobaccos.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
209, Classifying, Separating, and Assorting Solids,
appropriate subclasses for leaf sorting.
Subclass:
328
MAKING OR USING TOBACCO USERS' APPLIANCE:
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Process
or apparatus specifically designed to make or use an
appliance, e.g., pipe or cigarette holder, which is normally
used by a use of tobacco.
(1) Note. This subclass includes devices for and methods of
breaking in or presmoking pipes. Also included herein are
miscellaneous apparatus and process of manufacturing tobacco
users' appliances not elsewhere provided for.
Subclass:
329
TOBACCO USERS' APPLIANCE:
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Device
peculiarly adapted for use by a user of tobacco.
Subclass:
330
Device used for smoking:
This subclass is indented under subclass 329. Appliance
designed to burn tobacco or a substitute material, and
delivers the products of combustion to the appliance user.
(1) Note. Included in this and the indented subclasses are
devices for receiving or holding tobacco or a substitute
material in loose or cartridge form, means for burning the
material, and means for conveying the product of combustion,
usually to the mouth of the user, and subcombinations of such
devices not elsewhere provided for.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
329 for devices which distill rather than burn tobacco or a
tobacco substitute.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
446, Amusement Devices: Toys, subclass 6 for bubble blowing
pipes.
Subclass:
331
SMOKE SEPARATOR OR TREATER:
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Product
or process comprising (a) means for removing or separating a
constituent material from tobacco smoke, or (b) means for
adding a constituent or otherwise treating tobacco smoke.
(1) Note. Included in this subclass is stock material which
is solely disclosed as being filter material for a smoking
product or device. Such material requiring no treatment other
than cutting or altering to proper size.
(2) Note. Also included in this subclass is a special
arrangement of tobacco in a portion of the cigar or cigarette
which is disclosed as a smoke separator or filter, but which
may be burned, provided this portion is distinguished from
the remainder of the cigar or cigarette as a separate segment
or mass.
(3) Note. The method of making a smoke separator, e.g.,
filter, and apparatus for practicing the method are not
included under this subclass and will be found in the
manufacturing class appropriate to the method, apparatus, or
material involved.
Subclass:
332
Having a polymer:
This subclass is indented under subclass 331. Product or
process wherein the means comprises a chemical composition
comprising the union of a considerable number of repeated
structural units.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
520, Synthetic Resins or Natural Rubbers, appropriate
subclasses for the specific polymer.
Subclass:
333
By electric, magnetic, or radioactive action:
This subclass is indented under subclass 331. Product or
process wherein separation is effected due to the presence of
a charged electric field, magnetic field, or the presence of
alpha, beta, or gamma rays.
Subclass:
334
By chemical reaction, e.g., ion-exchange, chelating,
catalytic, etc.:
This subclass is indented under subclass 331. Product or
process wherein separation is effected by a chemical reaction
which includes the tobacco smoke.
(1) Note. Examples of chemical reactions which will be found
under this subclass are ion-exchange reactions, chelating
reactions, catalytic conversions, and oxidation reduction
systems, etc.
Subclass:
335
By adding constituent to smoke stream:
This subclass is indented under subclass 331. Product or
process wherein the separator or treater is a means which
allows the addition of a heretofore not present constituent
to the smoke stream.
Subclass:
336
Air:
This subclass is indented under subclass 335. Product or
process wherein the constituent added is air.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
198.1 for air inlets in a cigar holder, cigarette holder, or
pipe.
272 for antismoking devices wherein the smoke to air ratio
is controlled.
Subclass:
337
Having destructible, fusible, soluble, or deformable
container for treatment material:
This subclass is indented under subclass 335. Product or
process wherein a container is provided for the constituent,
at least a portion of a wall of the container being intended
to be destroyed, melted, dissolved, or otherwise deformed, in
order to release the contents into the product.
Subclass:
338
Having means to vary smoke flow rate:
This subclass is indented under subclass 331. Product or
process having means to cause variations in the smoke stream
velocity.
Subclass:
339
Interior surface causes particular flow characteristic:
This subclass is indented under subclass 331. Product or
process wherein the means has an internal cavity through
which the smoke passes, the cavity having a surface on which
the smoke impinges, the surface causing the smoke to assume a
preset or prearranged flow path, or flow in a prescribed
manner.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
209 through 213, 217, and 218, for smoking device, e.g.,
pipe, having a similar structure for separating the
constituent of the smoke.
Subclass:
340
By use of specific filter mass:
This subclass is indented under subclass 339. Product or
process wherein the surface is part of a particular filter
mass, the mass being specifically disclosed in an arrangement
to cause the flow of smoke to follow a predetermined or
prearranged path.
Subclass:
341
Plural diverse elements:
This subclass is indented under subclass 331. Product or
apparatus wherein the means comprises at least two components
which differ from each other in either composition, shape, or
form.
Subclass:
342
Including particulate material:
This subclass is indented under subclass 341. Product or
process wherein at least one of the elements comprises a
plurality of small particles.
(1) Note. Included in this subclass is tobacco in flake
form.
Subclass:
343
Plasticizer or adhesive coating:
This subclass is indented under subclass 341. Product or
process wherein one element is a coating or covering for
another element, the coating or covering serving to soften,
bond, bind, or enhance filtration.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
355 for tobacco compositions in which the tobacco fibers
carry an adhesive coating.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
55, Gas Separation, subclass 524 for gas separating media of
general utility comprising a coating impregnant or bonding
agent.
427, Coating Processes, appropriate subclasses.
428, Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles, appropriate
subclasses for a coated or impregnated strand or fiber.
501, Compositions: Ceramic, appropriate subclasses for
ceramic compositions.
Subclass:
344
Occupying plural, separate, distinct zones:
This subclass is indented under subclass 341. Product or
process wherein the diverse elements occupy separate and
distinct clearly identifiable areas.
Subclass:
345
Including a cellulose ester or ether:
This subclass is indented under subclass 331. Product or
process including (a) cellulose which has been treated with
an acid to form a cellulose ester, or (b) cellulose which has
been treated with an alcohol to form a cellulose ether.
Subclass:
346
With indicator or inspection means:
This subclass is indented under subclass 331. Product or
process including means to indicate to the user that
deleterious material has been separated from the smoke
screen, or means to inspect the deleterious material that has
been separated.
Subclass:
347
TOBACCO OR TOBACCO SUBSTITUTE PRODUCT OR COMPONENT PART
THEREOF:
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Products which contain tobacco or a tobacco substitute, and
are intended for personal use for smoking, chewing, or for
use as snuff.
(1) Note. Component parts of tobacco products will be found
in this and the indented subclasses when such component parts
are not elsewhere classifiable.
Subclass:
348
Pipe cartridges:
This subclass is indented under subclass 347. Product
specifically designed to form a charge for a smoking pipe.
Subclass:
349
With ash retainer or means to prevent or retard burning:
This subclass is indented under subclass 347. Product
including means to retain or receive the burnt ash of the
consumed tobacco product or means to prevent, retard, or
extinguish combustion.
Subclass:
350
With means to pierce or protect cigar end structure:
This subclass is indented under subclass 347. Product
including means to form a hole in the end of a cigar or
protect the end of the cigar from accidental damage.
Subclass:
351
With means to facilitate ignition:
This subclass is indented under subclass 347. Product
including means to facilitate the ignition thereof.
(1) Note. Included in this subclass are smoking products
combined with pyrophoric or easily ignitable material and
products combined with match scratchers or analogous means.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
88 for the application of ignition tips to cigars or
cigarettes.
Subclass:
352
Compositions, e.g., smoking or chewing mixture or medium:
This subclass is indented under subclass 347. Products
useable for smoking, chewing, or as snuff.
Subclass:
353
Reconstituted tobacco:
Compositions under subclass 352 comprising sheet, strip, or
leaflike products formed from a combination of two or more
pieces of tobacco in any form, such pieces being united by
adhesive or cohesive forces.
Subclass:
354
Material coated with tobacco dust or particle:
This subclass is indented under subclass 353. Compositions
wherein a substraight or web is coated with tobacco dust or
particles.
(1) Note. The tobacco substrate or web may be of tobacco or
nontobacco material.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
371 for the dust impingement method or apparatus for making
reconstituted tobacco.
Subclass:
355
Tobacco particles bonded by nontobacco adhesive:
This subclass is indented under subclass 353. Reconstituted
tobacco wherein the adhesive used is derived from a
nontobacco source.
Subclass:
356
Having tobacco extracts or tobacco paste:
This subclass is indented under subclass 353. Compositions
wherein a substrate is treated with a substance that has been
extracted from tobacco or with a paste made from tobacco
particles.
(1) Note. The substrate may be tobacco or nontobacco
material.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
373 for method or apparatus of impregnating a web with
tobacco paste.
Subclass:
357
Tobacco sheet formed from wet ground or wet beaten tobacco:
This subclass is indented under subclass 353. Compositions
wherein tobacco is ground or beaten in or underwater to
produce a gelatinous mass, the mass then being formed and
dried into a reconstituted product.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
370 374 and 375, for process and apparatus for making
reconstituted tobacco of this type.
Subclass:
358
Wrapper:
This subclass is indented under subclass 353. Reconstituted
tobacco used as a wrapper for a tobacco product, e.g., cigar
wrapper.
Subclass:
359
Tobacco substitute, i.e., nontobacco:
This subclass is indented under subclass 352. Compositions
which are of a composition other than tobacco.
Subclass:
360
Cigar or cigarette:
This subclass is indented under subclass 347. Product which
are tubular in physical shape, and are designed to be ignited
at one end and having the smoker draw the smoke through to
the other end.
Subclass:
361
End structure:
This subclass is indented under subclass 360. Product wherein
significance is attributed to the structure at either end of
the cigar or cigarette.
Subclass:
362
Coated or impregnated:
This subclass is indented under subclass 361. Products
wherein the end structure has been treated by coating or
impregnating.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
subclasses 290+ for process and apparatus for treating
tobacco products.
Subclass:
363
Filler penetrating:
This subclass is indented under subclass 361. Products
wherein the end structure is at least partially surrounded by
a portion of the filler.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
subclasses 188+ for cigar and cigarette holders with end
perforators.
Subclass:
364
Blank or filler:
This subclass is indented under subclass 360. Product wherein
significance is attributed to that portion of the cigar or
cigarette which is left when the wrapper material is
removed.
Subclass:
365
Wrapper or binder:
This subclass is indented under subclass 360. Product wherein
the significance is attributed to that portion of the cigar
or cigarette which wraps the blank or filler material.
Subclass:
366
Plug tobacco:
This subclass is indented under subclass 347. Product wherein
tobacco has been compressed into a dense mass commonly known
as a plug.
(1) Note. Tobacco in this form is usually known as chewing
tobacco and is not intended for smoking.
Subclass:
367
Having specific shape:
This subclass is indented under subclass 366. Plug tobacco
wherein significance is attributed to the shape of the plug.
Subclass:
368
With identification, marking, label, or tag:
This subclass is indented under subclass 366. Plug tobacco
wherein the plug is provided with some form of marking,
label, tag, or other identification.
Subclass:
369
METHOD OR APPARATUS FOR MAKING TOBACCO SUBSTITUTE:
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Method
or apparatus for making particles, or sheet, strip, or
leaflike products from nontobacco material wherein the
nontobacco material is to be used as a substitute for
tobacco.
Subclass:
370
METHOD OR APPARATUS FOR MAKING RECONSTITUTED TOBACCO:
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Method
or apparatus for making sheet, strip, or leaflike products
from a combination of two or more pieces of tobacco in any
form, such pieces being united by adhesive or cohesive
forces.
Subclass:
371
Dust impingement:
This subclass is indented under subclass 370. Process or
apparatus wherein ground tobacco is applied to a surface
having adhesive thereon, and then allowing the mixture to
dry.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
354 for compositions of this type, per se.
Subclass:
372
Slurry:
This subclass is indented under subclass 370. Process or
apparatus wherein tobacco particles are mixed into a flowable
solution, the solution then being poured out onto a surface
and allowed to dry.
(1) Note. The solution may contain adhesive, reinforcing
fibers, etc.
Subclass:
373
Impregnation of web:
This subclass is indented under subclass 370. Process or
apparatus wherein a web of material is impregnated with a
tobacco paste and allowed to dry.
(1) Note. The paste is usually a suspension of tobacco dust
or particles and other additives such as adhesive.
Subclass:
374
Paper process:
This subclass is indented under subclass 370. Process or
apparatus wherein the reconstituted tobacco is manufactured
by a paper-making method or apparatus.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
162, Paper Making and Fiber Liberation, appropriate
subclasses for the particular paper-making process or
apparatus.
Subclass:
375
Extrusion:
This subclass is indented under subclass 370. Process or
apparatus wherein tobacco particles are mixed with an
adhesive and pushed or forced through an orifice onto a sheet
for drying.
CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS
Subclass:
900
LIQUIFIED GAS EMPLOYED IN PUFFING TOBACCO:
Process or apparatus related to the puffing of tobacco
wherein a gas in liquid form is employed.
Subclass:
901
ORGANIC LIQUID EMPLOYED IN PUFFING TOBACCO:
Process or apparatus wherein a liquid containing a carbon
compound is employed in the puffing of tobacco.
Subclass:
902
INORGANIC CHEMICAL AGENTS EMPLOYED IN PUFFING TOBACCO:
Process or apparatus wherein noncarbon containing chemical
agents are employed in the puffing of tobacco.
Subclass:
903
FIXING THE PRODUCT AFTER PUFFING:
Process or apparatus wherein previously puffed tobacco is
treated to allow it to retain its puffed structure and
preclude shrinking.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
292 for a freeze drying step in a puffing treatment.
Subclass:
904
PNEUMATIC MEANS FOR SENSING CONDITION OR CHARACTERISTIC:
Process or apparatus relating to the manufacture of a tobacco
product wherein a particular characteristic or condition is
sensed, the sensing means being wholly or partly pneumatic.
(1) Note. Means responsive to the condition or
characteristic sensed to control the operation of the product
maker is also included herein.
Subclass:
905
RADIATION SOURCE FOR SENSING CONDITION OR CHARACTERISTIC:
Process or apparatus relating to the manufacture of a tobacco
product wherein a particular condition or characteristic is
sensed by means employing an element which emits alpha, beta,
or gamma rays.
Subclass:
906
SENSING CONDITION OR CHARACTERISTIC OF CONTINUOUS TOBACCO
ROD:
Process or apparatus relating to the manufacture of a tobacco
product wherein a condition or characteristic of a continuous
tobacco rod, usually of cigarette material, is sensed.
Subclass:
907
EJECTION OR REJECTION OF FINISHED ARTICLE DUE TO DETECTED OR
SENSED CONDITION:
Process or apparatus relating to the manufacture of a tobacco
product wherein a means is employed to sense a particular
condition, and a reaction means ejects or rejects the
finished tobacco product due to the condition sensed.
Subclass:
908
SENSING UNIQUE CHARACTERISTIC OR SPECIFIC CONDITION OF
FINISHED PRODUCT:
Process or apparatus relating to the manufacture of a tobacco
product wherein means are employed to sense a particular
characteristic or a specific condition of a finished product,
examples of such characteristics are conditions being,
moisture content, weight, length, all of which may be
measured against a standard, or one product relative to
another.
Subclass:
909
SENSING CONDITION IN FEED HOPPER FOR CIGAR OR CIGARETTE
MAKING:
Product or apparatus relating to the manufacture of a tobacco
product wherein a sensor is employed to sense a particular
condition in a hopper which feeds tobacco to the cigar or
cigarette maker.
Subclass:
910
SENSING OR DETECTING MALFUNCTION IN CIGAR OR CIGARETTE
MAKER:
Process or apparatus relating to the manufacture of tobacco
products wherein means are employed to sense or detect any
operation or machine malfunction.
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Last Modified: 6 October 2000