Class 173: TOOL DRIVING OR IMPACTING ( Manual of U.S. Patent Classification )

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Class
173
TOOL DRIVING OR IMPACTING


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Subclass Title
ClassTitle ===> TOOL DRIVING OR IMPACTING
1[Patents]PROCESSES
2[Patents]AUTOMATIC CONTROL OF POWER OPERATED MEANS
3[Patents] . Responsive to condition of cleansing means
4[Patents] . Tool advance causing or controlling means
5[Patents] . . Responsive to torque or speed condition of drive
6[Patents] . . . With additional control by means sensing condition of advance means
7[Patents] . . . Drive motor motivating energy condition initiates control
8[Patents] . . . . Motive fluid flow or pressure condition of drive motor
9[Patents] . . . Fluid flow or pressure operated advance means
10[Patents] . . Responsive to length of stroke of means reciprocating hammer head or tool
11[Patents] . Drive means responsive to condition of advance causing or controlling means
176[Patents] . Drive means responsive to torque or speed condition
177[Patents] . . Fluid pressure change controls drive
178[Patents] . . Having torque responsive clutch
179[Patents] . . With speed responsive governor
180[Patents] . . With torque indicator
181[Patents] . . Having torque sensor
182[Patents] . . . Strain gauge
183[Patents] . . . Proximity angle detector
13[Patents]DRIVE CONTROLLED BY RELATIVE AXIAL MOVEMENT OF TOOL
14[Patents] . Reciprocating drive member connected to pulsing fluid column
15[Patents] . Drive motor controlled
16[Patents] . . Modified internal motor operation
17[Patents] . . . Motor piston movement modified relative to motive fluid port
18[Patents]DRIVE CONTROLLED BY RELATIVE MOVEMENT OF ADVANCE CAUSING OR CONTROLLING MEANS OR MANIPULATING HANDLE
19[Patents]SELF-ACTING ADVANCE AND RETRACTION CYCLE
20[Patents]WITH INDICATING OR SIGNALING MEANS
21[Patents] . Distance of advance
184[Patents]WITH VEHICLE SUPPORT FOR DRIVE
185[Patents] . Pivoted
186[Patents] . Nontransporting means to support vehicle during tool operation
187[Patents] . . Adjustable nontransporting means
188[Patents] . . . Having screw threads
189[Patents] . . . Having fluid cylinder
24[Patents] . Movement of vehicle causes tool advance
25[Patents] . Vehicle motor mechanically coupled to drive tool
26[Patents] . . Drive gearing displaced relative to source of power
27[Patents] . Vehicle motor and drive motor powered by same energy source
28[Patents] . Drive structure moved to nonuse position for transport
29[Patents]CONVERTIBLE
30[Patents]WITH MEANS ENGAGED BY PART OF HUMAN OTHER THAN HAND
31[Patents]WITH WORK ENGAGING MEANS SUPPORTING DRIVE
32[Patents] . Anchored to work
33[Patents] . . Balanced with respect to axis of tool advance
34[Patents] . Structure extends between opposed points
35[Patents] . . Tool advanced laterally of structure
36[Patents] . Structure engages work at point diametrically opposed to tool
37[Patents] . Relatively adjustable work engaging elements
38[Patents]SWINGING ARM CAUSES ADVANCE WITH MEANS TO GUIDE RECTILINEAR TOOL ADVANCE
39[Patents]WITH MEANS TO ADJUST POSITION OF AXIS OF TOOL ADVANCE
40[Patents] . Drive gearing displaced relative to source of power
41[Patents] . . With plural relatively displaced gearing sections
42[Patents] . Plural adjustments
190[Patents] . . Powered by motor or mechanism
191[Patents] . . . Having screw threads
192[Patents] . . . Having turntable
193[Patents] . . . Having fluid motor
194[Patents] . . . . With mechanical movement
195[Patents] . . . . . With flexible endless member
196[Patents] . . . Having flexible endless member
44[Patents] . Adjustment powered by motor or mechanism
45[Patents]WITH MEANS TO SPACE AXIS OF TOOL ADVANCE RELATIVE TO PRIOR POSITION
46[Patents]COMBINED
47[Patents]DRIVE ADJUSTABLE TO COMPLETELY CHANGE KIND OF DRIVE
48[Patents] . Adjustable to impacting device
49[Patents]DRIVE BY MEANS REACTING TO ROTATING ECCENTRIC MASS
50[Patents]POWER PATHS TO PLURAL TOOLS FROM SINGLE DRIVE
51[Patents] . Drive plural means to reciprocate hammer heads or tools
52[Patents]SINGLE ADVANCE CAUSING OR CONTROLLING MEANS OR MANIPULATING FOR PLURAL DRIVES
53[Patents]HAMMER OR TOOL SHAFT RECIPROCATED BY GRIPPING MEANS WHICH RELEASE OR YIELD TO PERMIT ADVANCE
54[Patents] . With fixed means cyclically contacted by grip structure
55[Patents] . . Contact moves grips out of shaft engagement
56[Patents] . Means concurrently moving shaft about an axis
197[Patents]WORK CLEANSING
58[Patents] . Controlled by relative movement between drive and tool, advance causing or controlling means or manipulating means
59[Patents] . By motive fluid for drive motor or advance causing or controlling motor
60[Patents] . . Motive fluid does not contact work but induces flow of another fluid
61[Patents] . . Additional cleansing fluid source
62[Patents] . . . With means providing for independent use of either fluid
63[Patents] . . . Motive fluid for cleansing bypasses motor chamber
64[Patents] . . Supply for cleansing bypasses motor chamber
65[Patents] . . . Controlled by motor inlet throttle valve
66[Patents] . . Fluid supplied through working chamber of idled cyclically operable drive motor
67[Patents] . . . Supplied through distributor maintained in fixed position
68[Patents] . . . . Motor inlet throttle valve maintains distributor fixed
69[Patents] . . . . Motor exhaust throttled
70[Patents] . . . . Mechanically maintained in fixed position
71[Patents] . . With means to inhibit return of detritus into cleansing passage
72[Patents] . . Fluid supplied through chamber of advance causing or controlling motor
73[Patents] . . Directed into passage in tool
74[Patents] . Plural cleansing fluid sources
75[Patents] . Cleansing fluid pump operated by drive
76[Patents] . . Pump comprises hammer head or impact transmitting anvil
77[Patents] . Cleansing fluid controlled by control for drive or advance causing or controlling means
78[Patents] . Cleansing fluid passage through hammer head
79[Patents] . Drive motor or advance causing or controlling motor provided with passage for cleansing fluid
80[Patents] . Cleansing fluid passage in impact transmitting anvil
198[Patents] . Using vacuum or reverse circulation
199[Patents] . Having outside conduit to supply cleansing fluid
81[Patents]MEANS TO CONTROL ADVANCE AND CYCLICALLY RECIPROCATE A CABLE-OPERATED HAMMER OR TOOL
82[Patents] . With means to synchronize advance with reciprocating drive
83[Patents] . Advance means bodily reciprocated
84[Patents] . Hammer or tool cyclically disconnected from cable
85[Patents] . With plural cable drums
86[Patents] . Relatively elevated guide engaging cable between drive and hammer or tool
87[Patents] . . Drive is oscillating cable drum
88[Patents] . . Drive is oscillating cable engaging means
89[Patents] . . . Drive permits hammer or tool to freely drop
90[Patents]IMPACTING DEVICES (E.G., HAMMERS)
91[Patents] . Selective axial direction of impact
92[Patents] . With means to grip and release tool in timed relation to impact
93[Patents] . With anvil arranged to transmit torsional impact to tool
93.5[Patents] . . Rotary tool drive having torque responsive impact
93.6[Patents] . . . Hammer head reciprocates along rotary axis
93.7[Patents] . . Torque transmitted from hammer head traveling axially only
94[Patents] . Hammer head moves in arcuate path or rotates
95[Patents] . . Hammer head reciprocates along fixed transverse axis
96[Patents] . . . Arcuate or rotary movement selectively releasable or variable independent of reciprocation
97[Patents] . . . Arcuate or rotary movement transmitted to tool
98[Patents] . . Hammer head moves out of arcuate or rotary path
99[Patents] . . . Movement out of path is about rotating pivot
100[Patents] . . Hammer head movement is oscillatory
101[Patents] . Plural relatively moved hammer heads
102[Patents] . . One impacts another
103[Patents] . . Concentric
104[Patents] . With means for rotating tool
105[Patents] . . Rotated by separate motor
106[Patents] . . . Rotation motor exhaust is motive fluid for hammer motor
107[Patents] . . . Motive fluid supplied to rotation motor is hammer motor exhaust
108[Patents] . . . Reciprocating type separate motor
109[Patents] . . Rotated by hammer head or drive for hammer head
110[Patents] . . . Rotation is intermittent or oscillatory
111[Patents] . . . . Rotary drive path is directly through hammer head
112[Patents] . With means to cause or control advance of hammer head
113[Patents] . . Advance operated by hammer drive or actuated in response to hammer vibration
114[Patents] . With means to reciprocate tool
115[Patents] . Length of cyclic travel of hammer head selectively adjustable
200[Patents] . Hammer head driven by pulsating fluid pressure
201[Patents] . . Pulsation caused by mechanical movement
117[Patents] . Hammer head driven by electric motor
118[Patents] . Spring bodily cyclically moved with hammer head
202[Patents] . Hammer head driven by spring
203[Patents] . . Having cam to compress spring
204[Patents] . . Fluid spring
120[Patents] . . With means to adjust spring force
121[Patents] . . Spring retracts hammer head
122[Patents] . Hammer head driven by relatively moving motion transmitting element
205[Patents] . . Rotary cam
124[Patents] . . Cyclically disconnected from motion transmitting element
125[Patents] . Hammer head constitutes or fixed to drive motor cylinder
126[Patents] . Hammer head comprises plural parts or diverse materials
127[Patents] . . Piston of drive motor
128[Patents] . Impact transmitting anvil
129[Patents] . . Attachable at plurality of points along tool
130[Patents] . . Adapted to fit tool noncircular in cross section
131[Patents] . . Formed of plural transmitting part or separate layers
132[Patents] . . With means to directly connect anvil to tool
133[Patents] . . Anvil retained for limited movement
206[Patents] . Hammer head constitutes piston of drive motor
207[Patents] . . Having valve not directly associated with motive fluid for piston
208[Patents] . . . With accumulator
209[Patents] . . Driven by internal combustion engine
135[Patents] . . Motive fluid applied to striking face
136[Patents] . . . Supplied through passage in striking face
137[Patents] . . . Reduced area striking face
138[Patents] . . With means to conduct motive fluid to or from striking face
210[Patents] . With impact cushioning means
211[Patents] . . Mechanical spring
212[Patents] . . Fluid spring
140[Patents]DRIVE GEARING ADVANCES RELATIVE TO SOURCE OR POWER
141[Patents]ADVANCE CAUSING OR CONTROLLING MEANS
142[Patents] . Operated solely by vibrations from reciprocating element in tool drive
143[Patents] . . Intermittent unidirectional rotation of advance element
144[Patents] . Reciprocatory drive and advance originate from same mechanical element
145[Patents] . Rotary drive and advance originate from same mechanical element
146[Patents] . . Friction clutch or torque yielding couple in connecting train
147[Patents] . Driven flexible member causes advance
148[Patents] . Tool advances relative to drive
149[Patents] . . Advance means engageable with tool shaft at any point
150[Patents] . . Advance motor working member coaxial with tool shaft
151[Patents] . . Cable means controls advance
152[Patents] . Motor causes or controls advance
153[Patents] . . Drive motor exhaust is motive fluid for advance motor
154[Patents] . . Drive motor generates advance motor motive energy
155[Patents] . . Advance motor exhaust is motive fluid for drive motor
156[Patents] . . With lock or brake operable during advance
157[Patents] . . Common control element for advance and drive motors
158[Patents] . . . With relatively movable advance motor control element
159[Patents] . . Common energy supply for advance and drive motors
160[Patents] . . Advance means includes relatively movable transmission element
161[Patents] . . Advance motor control in tool drive manipulating handle
162.1[Patents]INCLUDING MEANS TO VIBRATIONALLY ISOLATE A DRIVE MEANS FROM ITS HOLDER
162.2[Patents] . Handle type holder
213[Patents]MEANS TO DRIVE TOOL ABOUT AN AXIS
214[Patents] . Plural tools
215[Patents] . Endless flexible drive means
216[Patents] . Gear drive
217[Patents] . Electric motor
218[Patents] . Fluid motor
219[Patents] . . Having sound attenuator
220[Patents] . . With means to rotate reciprocating piston
221[Patents] . . With manual means to control motor
222[Patents] . . Plural motors
164[Patents] . Means to hold and relatively rotate sections of tool shaft
165[Patents] . Relatively fixed drive for an advancing tool
166[Patents] . . With advance stopping means having selectively operable actuating mechanism
167[Patents] . . With advance stopping means adapted to grip tool shaft at any point
168[Patents]PASSAGE IN MANIPULATING HANDLE FOR DRIVE MOTOR MOTIVE FLUID
169[Patents] . Motive fluid control valve in handle passage
170[Patents]DRIVE CONTROL OPERABLE BY HAND ENGAGING MANIPULATING HANDLE
171[Patents]MISCELLANEOUS
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DIGESTS
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DIG 1[Patents]Operable submerged in liquid
DIG 2[Patents]Sound muffling
DIG 3[Patents]Lubrication
DIG 4[Patents]Liquid operated


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