CLASS 59, CHAIN, STAPLE, AND HORSESHOE MAKING |
1 | CHAIN MAKING: |
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Miscellaneous inventions in chain making not included in
the subclasses under this head.
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2 | . Bead chain: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 1. Devices for forming metallic bead chains, said chains usually
consisting of hollow balls or beads joined to one another by connecting links.
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3 | . Loop interlocked: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 1. Apparatus for making chains formed or oval or elongated
links bent into substantially U shape, the link being passed through
the previously-formed link or links before being bent.
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4 | . Roller chain: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 1. Devices for forming or uniting the parts or units of a roller-chain. | |
5 | . Sprocket chain: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 1. Miscellaneous machines and devices employed in the manufacture of sprocket chains. | |
6 | .. Sheet metal: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 5. Machines for forming sprocket chains or links out of sheet metal. | |
7 | .. Link assembling: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 5. Machines for assembling or disassembling the finished sprocket-links
to form a chain.
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8 | .. Blanks and processes: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 5. Blanks and processes used in making sprocket-chains. | |
9 | . Swivel making: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 1. Apparatus employed in the manufacture of swivels used as connecting means between chains, cables, or similar articles. | |
10 | . Weldless: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 1. Machines for forming chains with solid links from a continuous
bar or blank by rolling, swaging, or cutting and without bending,
winding, or welding. This type of machine usually forms the chain
from a bar cruciform in cross-section.
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11 | .. Link separation: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 10. Machines which separate or cut apart links formed in the
manufacture of weldless chains from a continuous bar or rod.
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12 | .. Blanks and processes: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 10. Blanks and processes used in the manufacture of weldless chains. | |
13 | . Sheet metal: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 1. Miscellaneous machines and apparatus for making links or
chains from sheet metal.
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14 | .. Prong connected: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 13. Apparatus for making chains from sheet metal having links formed from sheet metal with prongs or projections and corresponding apertures or notches, whereby the links may be connected with one another. Chains of this character are usually designed for ornamental purposes. | |
15 | .. Stamping and bending: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 13. Machines which stamp or cut the link from sheet metal, thread it through the previously formed link, and bend it back upon itself. | |
16 | . Combined machines: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 1. Miscellaneous combined machines not otherwise classifiable.
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17 | .. Coiling, cutting, bending, curbing: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 16. Machines for forming wire-curb-chains by coiling the wire
into a helix, cutting it into sections, bending it into link form,
the links being assembled to form the chains, and giving to the links
a curbed or twisted form.
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18 | .. Feeding, cutting, bending, welding: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 16. Machines for performing the above operations in chain making.
Specific feeding means are not shown and described in every case.
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19 | .. Feeding, cutting, bending, wrapping: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 16. Machines which feed a continuous wire or rod to a cutting
mechanism, passing it through the previously formed link, and then
bend it into link form, wrapping or twisting the ends of the wire
around other portions of the link in order to securely fasten said
ends, and so dispense with welding. In some cases no specific feeding
or cutting means are shown.
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20 | .. Coiling, cutting, assembling: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 16. Machines for forming chains from a continuous rod or wire
by coiling such rod or wire into a helix, cutting off sections to
form links, and assembling and uniting the links to form a completed
chain.
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21 | .. Bending and eye forming: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 16. Machines for bending link-blanks into U- shaped
links and forming eyes at the ends of the links, the blank generally
being thrust through the eyes of the previously formed link before
being bent.
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22 | .. Bending and welding: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 16. Combined machines and devices for bending the links into
form and welding the ends together. In some of the machines of
this type, the links are automatically assembled before welding.
These machines may also include means for completing the act of
welding by shaping the links.
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23 | .. Cutting and bending: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 16. Combined machines for cutting from a bar, rod, or wire sufficient
for a link and then bending it into the general or completed form
of a link.
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24 | ... Automatic feed: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 23. Combined machines for cutting and bending having automatic
means for feeding the rod or wire to the cutting mechanism.
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25 | .... Link assembling: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 24. Combined machines for cutting and bending having an automatic feed and in which the links are assembled into a completed chain. | |
26 | .. Winding and welding: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 16. Combined machines for making chains by winding several convolutions
of the stock or wire into link form and welding the same into an
integral link. These machines are usually constructed so that the
convolutions of the link being wound shall pass through the previously formed
link; also, machines which simply perform the operation of winding
without welding.
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27 | . Bending: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 1. Machines and devices for bending links into complete form
in the finished chain or preparatory to the operation of welding.
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28 | . Curbing: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 1. Devices for imparting a curb form to chains.
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29 | . Sizing and trimming: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 1. Machines and apparatus for trimming, straightening, stretching,
or otherwise imparting uniform dimensions to chain-links after they
have received their general form.
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30 | . Swaging and shaping: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 1. Machines or devices for giving form to the link by swaging
or the like.
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31 | . Welding: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 1. Apparatus particularly adapted for use in welding chain-links.
All machines in which there is invention in the form of die are
included in this group. Includes machines having, in addition to
the welding means, means for completing the weld by sizing or shaping
the link.
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32 | .. Rotary feed: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 31. Machines which rotate the links during the act of welding. In some cases the act of rotation threads the link to be welded into the previously welded link. | |
33 | .. Dies: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 31. Inventions in the welding dies, per se. It includes also
such patents as show or claim finishing or sizing dies in addition
to the welding dies.
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34 | .. Holding devices: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 31. Devices for holding a link or previously formed part of
a chain in a convenient position or for manipulating it during the
operation of welding.
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35.1 | . Blanks and processes: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 1. Blanks for use in chain making or processes thereunder employed
in chain making or link formation.
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36 | HORSESHOE MAKING: |
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Miscellaneous horseshoe making inventions not included in the subclasses indented hereunder. | |
37 | . Combined machines: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 36. Machines performing two or more functions or operations
in the manufacture of horseshoes which are not classified in the
more specific subclasses.
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38 | .. Cutting, bending, shaping, punching and creasing: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 37. Miscellaneous combined machines for performing the above
operations. Machines of this type may or may not have means for
feeding forward the blank for operation upon by the machine.
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39 | ... Calk and clip bending and forming: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 38. Machines which in addition to cutting, bending, shaping,
punching, and creasing perform one or more operations relating to
the bending or forming of calks or clips.
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40 | ... Reciprocating jaw or die block: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 38. Machines in which a reciprocating motion is imparted to the die-block around which the blank is bent or to the jaws which bend the blank around the die-block. | |
41 | .... Reciprocating punch and creaser: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 40. Machines of this type which have in addition to the reciprocating
jaw or die-block a reciprocating means for punching and creasing
the shoe.
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42 | ... Rotary die block: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 38. Machines having a rotary die-block or former around which the blank is bent. | |
43 | .... Rotary punch and creaser: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 42. Machines having in addition to the rotary die-block or former
around which the blank is bent a rotary means for punching and creasing
the blank or shoe.
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44 | .. Bending, shaping, punching and creasing: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 37. Miscellaneous combined machines for performing the operations
above enumerated.
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45 | ... Reciprocating jaw or die block: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 44. Machines in which reciprocating motion is communicated to the die-block around which the blank is bent or to jaws which bend the blank around the die-block. | |
46 | .... Reciprocating punch and creaser: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 45. Combined machines which have reciprocating means for punching
and creasing the shoe in addition to the reciprocating jaws or die-block for
bending and shaping the blank.
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47 | ... Rotary die block: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 44. Combined machines performing the above operations which have a rotary die-block around which the blank is bent. | |
48 | .... Rotary punch and creaser: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 47. Combined bending, shaping, punching, and creasing, rotary
die-block machines having in addition to the rotary die-block rotary
means for punching and creasing the shoe.
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49 | .. Cutting, bending, shaping: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 37. Miscellaneous combined machines performing the above operations.
Machines of this type may or may not have means for feeding forward
the blanks to the cutting apparatus.
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50 | ... Reciprocating die block: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 49. Combined cutting, bending, and shaping horseshoe-making machines having a reciprocating die-block or former around which the blank is bent. | |
51 | ... Rotary die block: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 49. Combined cutting, bending and shaping horseshoe-making machines characterized by a rotary die-block or former around which the blank is bent in the formation of the shoe. | |
52 | .. Bending and shaping: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 37. Miscellaneous machines for bending the blank into the form
of a horseshoe and at the same time or subsequently giving shape
to the shoe by swaging or other means.
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53 | ... Reciprocating die block: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 52. Machines having a reciprocating die-block or former around which the blank is bent. | |
54 | ... Rotary die block: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 52. Machines having a rotary die-block or former around which the blank is bent. | |
55 | .. Shaping, punching and creasing: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 37. Combined machines for shaping the shoe and also punching
or creasing, or both.
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56 | . Bending: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 36. Machines or devices particularly designed for bending the
bar or blank into the general form or shape of a shoe.
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57 | . Punching and creasing: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 36. Machines and apparatus for performing either one or both
the above operations.
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58 | . Swaging and shaping: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 36. Machines and devices for swaging, rolling, or in any manner
shaping or giving form to the shoe. May include means for thickening
up heels or ends of shoes.
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59 | . Trimming and bur removing: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 36. Machines and devices for trimming horseshoe or for removing
the burs raised in the operations of punching and creasing.
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60 | . Dies and tools: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 36. Dies designed to be used in forming or making horseshoes;
also tools for use in making or shaping calks and horseshoes and
not adapted for general purposes.
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61 | . Processes: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 36. The title indicates the contents of this subclass.
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62 | . Blanks and bars: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 36. Blanks and bars designed especially for use in the manufacture
of horseshoes; also machines and apparatus for producing blanks
and bars which are not classified in the subclasses under this head.
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63 | .. Rolling: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 62. Rolling-machines and rolls for forming blanks or bars particularly
designed for horseshoes. One or more of the operations of beveling, punching,
and creasing or calk-forming may be performed during the rolling
of the blank.
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64 | ... Processes: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 63. Processes or methods for producing blanks and bars for horseshoes by rolling. | |
65 | . Calk and clip bending, forming, sharpening, welding: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 36. Machines and devices which perform one or more of the above
operations such as show means for forming the calk or clip from
the horseshoe-blank or operating upon the calk in connection with
the shoe.
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66 | . Calk making: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 36. Apparatus for making horseshoe-calks.
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67 | .. Blanks and bars: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 66. Blanks and bars designed for use in the manufacture of horseshoe-calks or from which the calks are cut. | |
68 | .. Processes: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 66. Processes or methods for making or treating calks or the blanks or bars from which the calks are made. | |
69 | .. Calks: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 66. Includes calks which are not removable and in which there
is invention in the means for attaching them to the shoes.
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70 | OX-SHOE MAKING: |
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Miscellaneous machines, apparatus, blanks, and processes
particularly designed for use in the manufacture of ox-shoes.
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71 | STAPLE MAKING: |
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Machines, apparatus, blanks, and processes for making or
forming staples of general U-shape having legs substantially equal
in length and adapted to be driven into wood or other material,
including staples for general purposes and such as are made by machines which
cannot be classified in the specific art classes and subclasses.
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72 | . Sheet metal: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 71. Machines for making staples from sheet-metal strips or plates. | |
73 | . Cutting, bending, barbing: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 71. Combined machines which perform the operations of cutting,
bending, and barbing or corrugating. This type of machine may or
may not have an automatic feeding mechanism for feeding the wire
to the cutting apparatus.
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74 | . Cutting, bending, point forming: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 71. Machines which perform the above operations, the point-forming
operation being distinct and separate from the operation of cutting
the wire or rod into lengths.
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75 | . Cutting and bending: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 71. Machines for cutting the wire into lengths and bending into
staple form. These machines may or may not have an automatic feeding
mechanism, and the cutting mechanism may also operate to point the
staples.
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76 | .. Rotary former: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 75. Machines for cutting and bending having a rotary former or die-block around which the staple is bent or rotary jaws or lugs for bending it around a stationary die-block. | |
77 | . Blanks and processes: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 71. Processes of manufacture and blanks or bars designed to
be used in staple making.
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78 | CHAINS: |
This subclass is indented under the class definition. This is the generic locus of concatenated elements known
as "chains" and includes both general-purpose
and ornamental chains and swivel link mechanisms.
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78.1 | . Conduit: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 78. Chains, generally used for supporting chandeliers or the
like, in which the links are provided with grooves, openings, or
passageways for receiving electric conductors or for providing a conduit
for gas or other fluid. The chain may be provided with end fittings
such as nipples, hooks, eyes, etc., for attaching the chain to a fixed
object or for attaching an article to the chain. The mere recital,
broadly, in the claims of electric conductors does not operate to exclude
a patent which would otherwise be classified herein.
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79.1 | . Elastic: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 78. Chains which upon the application of tension will be extended
and will automatically resume their normal length when the tension
is removed.
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79.2 | .. Coil spring: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 79.1. Chains comprising expansible chain linkages which are biased to retract by a continuous coil spring passing through a plurality of links. | |
79.3 | .. Sliding link: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 79.1. Chains comprising expansible chain linkages in which links are slidable upon each other to expanded and contracted positions. | |
80 | . Ornamental: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 78. Chains ornamental in appearance designed for jewelry or
personal wear, and includes chains having alternate or different
links composed of different materials, or the links joined in a manner
to render the chain ornamental in appearance, or the individual
links composed of different metals or materials which render them
ornamental in appearance, or having parts or features rendering
the chains ornamental in appearance, but which parts or features
would possess no particular utility in a general purpose chain.
Metallic bead chains are included in this subclass.
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81 | .. Multistrand roller: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 80. Chains composed of two or more parallel rows or strands or roller links or beads having means extending transversely of the chain for connecting them. | |
82 | .. Links: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 80. Inventions limited to the construction of the link. | |
83 | . Wire: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 78. Chains composed of wire links or elements. If the invention
be limited to the link structure, the patents will be classified
in the appropriate subclass under the head of Links.
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84 | . Links: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 78. Miscellaneous inventions in the construction of the link.
This subclass includes links made up of two or more parts or composed
of different materials.
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85 | .. Detachable: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 84. Links or coupling devices of the general form of a chain-link
which are designed to replace broken links or connect chains or
parts of chains without heating or welding. These links should be
capable of receiving two chain-links and furnishing bearings for
the same, one at each end of the detachable link.
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86 | ... Shackles: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 85. Couplings for chains or parts of chains comprising U or
link shaped members pivoted together by a removable pin and having
means for normally retaining the pin in position.
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87 | ... Double lap: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 85. Links comprising two main members, usually constituting the sides of the links, which members overlap each other at and for some distance adjacent their extremities. The members may or may not have interlocking lugs and recesses. | |
88 | .... Pivoted: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 87. Double-lap links which are pivoted together or have means for maintaining them in pivotal relation. | |
89 | ... Pivoted closure: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 85. Links having pivoted closures which may or may not have
locking means.
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90 | .. One piece: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 84. Such links as are formed of a single piece of metal or other
material.
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91 | ... Sheet metal: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 90. The title is self-explanatory.
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92 | ... Wrapped and twisted: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 90. Links usually formed from wire having their ends wrapped or twisted about other portions of the links, thereby securely fastening said ends and dispensing with welding. | |
93 | . Attachments: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 78. Various devices not otherwise classifiable, such as hooks,
bars, and rings to be attached at or intermediate the ends of the
chain and becoming a part of and being used in connection with the
chain.
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95 | . Swivels: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 78. Includes all devices in which the invention resides in the
swivel, per se.
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900 | PLASTIC: |
Links which are made of plastic or contain significant plastic portions. | |
901 | CROSS PIN: |
Links characterized by some particular significance in the cross pin use at the pivot point with another link. | |
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This subclass has no definition. | |