PTO Manual of Classification for US patents

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Class Number: 156
 Class Title: ADHESIVE BONDING AND MISCELLANEOUS CHEMICAL MANUFACTURE

Subclass  Subclass
Number    Title

  1       METHODS
  600     .Single crystal formation
  601     ..Including measuring, testing or sensing
  602     ..Including passage of noninduced current or plasma through
             solid-liquid interface
  603     ..Formation in solid state
  604     ..Zone melting with a melting point depressant; e.g., solvent
             zone melting, etc.
  605     ..With addition or removal of a dopant
  606     ...Dopant enters vapor state
  607     ..Including floating a solid or liquid in a liquid layer
  608     ..Including shaping or passage of melt through an aperture
  609     ..Deposited material passes through a vapor, liquid and solid
             sequence
  610     ..Deposited vapor forms a single crystal
  611     ...Vapor flow is: through a restriction, through a movable or
              divergent outlet(s) or intermittent
  612     ...Including prior treatment or positioning of substrate
  613     ...Deposition results from decomposition
  614     ...Deposited material formed in vapor state
  615     ..Fusion of falling powder; e.g., verneuil process, etc.
  616.1   ..Using a unidirectional moving solid-liquid interface
             through a melt; e.g., freeze gradient, bridgement, etc.
  616.2   ...Si or Group III and V compound
  616.3   ...With use of seed or seed material; e.g., Kyropoulos
              type, etc.
  616.4   ...With specified direction of solidification or imposition
              of a temperature gradient; e.g., Bridgeman or Stockbarger
              types, etc.
  616.41  ....Solidification from the bottom up
  617.1   ..Speed pulling; e.g., Czochralski, etc.
  618.1   ...Including relative eccentric movement between seed and
              melt support
  619.1   ...Including cooling or temperature gradient within melt
  620.1   ...Ribbon, sheet or of irregular or nonuniform shape
  620.2   ...Compound of Group III and V or Group I and IV; e.g.,
              mixed, binary, tertiary or quaternary materials, etc.
  620.3   ...Si, Ge, Sn, or Pb
  620.4   ....Silicon, per se
  620.5   ...B, Al, Ga, In, or Tl
  620.7   ..Zone melting
  620.71  ...Ribbon, sheet, or of irregular or nonuniform shape
  620.72  ...High energy radiation or plasma
  620.73  ...Crucibleless zone melting
  620.74  ....Including opposite axial or relative eccentric movement
               between solid parts of the crystalline material
  620.75  ....Including cooling or temperature gradient within melt
  620.76  ...Horizontal crucible
  621     ..From liquid solution
  622     ...Moving substrate (seed) during formation
  623 R   ...Maintaining an aqueous liquid above normal boiling
              point; e.g., hydrothermal, etc..
  623 Q   ....Quartz
  624     ...Molten solution
  625     .Etching
  626     ..Measuring, testing or inspecting
  627     ...By electrical means or of electrical property
  628     ..Altering the etchability of a substrate by alloying, diffusion
             or chemical reacting
  629     ..With uniting of preforms; e.g., laminating, etc.
  630     ...Prior to etching
  631     ....Delamination subsequent to etching
  632     ....With coating
  633     ...Differential etching
  634     ....Metal layer etched
  635     ..With in situ activation or combining of etching components on
             surface
  636     ..With thin film of etchant between relatively moving substrate
             and conforming surface; e.g., chemical lapping, etc.
  637     ..With relative movement between the substrate and a confined
             pool of etchant
  638     ...With removal of adhered reaction product from substrate
  639     ...With substrate rotation, repeated dipping or advanced
              movement
  640     ..Projection of etchant against a moving substrate or
             controlling the angle or pattern of projected etchant
  641     ...Curved surface etched
  642     ..Recycling or regenerating etchant
  643     ..With treatment by high energy radiation or plasma; e.g., ion
             beam, etc.
  644     ..Forming or increasing the size of an aperture
  645     ..With mechanical deformation, serving or abrading of a
             substrate
  646     ..Etchant is a gas
  647     ..Etching according to crystalline planes
  648     ..Etching isolates or modifies a junction in a barrier layer
  649     ...Discrete junction isolated; e.g., mesa formation, etc.
  650     ..Sequential application of etchant material
  651     ...Sequentially etching the same surface of a substrate
  652     ....Each etching exposes surface of an adjacent layer
  653     .....Etched layer contains silicon; e.g., oxide, nitride, etc.
  654     ..Differential etching of a substrate
  655     ...Composite substrate
  656     ....Substrate contains metallic element or compound
  657     ....Substrate contains silicon or silicon compound
  658     ...Design or pattern formed by manual drawing or engraving
  659.1   ...Resist coating
  660     ....Pattern applied by transfer
  661.1   ....Plural resist coatings
  662     ..Silicon, germanium, or gallium containing substrate
  663     ...Glass substrate
  664     ..Metal substrate
  665     ...Aluminum
  666     ...Copper
  667     ..Metal oxide substrate
  668     ..Organic substrate
  39      .Plaster board making
  40      ..With bending or folding of facing sheet
  41      ..With water-proofing with added material
  42      ..With embedding of reinforcing material during or subsequent too
             core formation
  43      ..Pore forming in situ
  44      ..With preliminary treatment of facing sheet
  45      ..With subsequent treatment of plaster board
  46      ...Perforating
  47      .Making electrical conductors of indefinite length
  48      ..With filling of void or cavity with fluent material
  49      ..Splicing
  50      ..With mechanical working of conductor
  51      ..Covering of conductor
  52      ...With preformed material
  53      ....Wrapping of sheet material (e.g., tape) about conductor
               and/or conductor assembly
  54      .....By longitudinally bending sheet
  55      .....Plural spaced conductors
  56      .....Plural covering operations
  57      .Maintaining the natural appearance of plants or animal parts
  58      .Contour or profile photography to reproduce three-dimensional
            objects
  59      .Relief or intaglio representations of three-dimensional objects
            (e.g., relief modeling of photographs)
  60      .Surface bonding and/or assembly therefor
  61      ..Simulated products of nature
  62      ..With manual drawing or engraving
  62.2    ..With formation of lamina by bulk deposition of discrete
             particles to form self-supporting article
  62.4    ...Liberation or formation of fibers
  62.6    ...By joining portions of batt to itself
  62.8    ...To similarly formed batt
  63      ..Manually arranging different colored or shaped discrete
             elements to form design
  64      ..With measuring, testing, or inspecting
  65      ..Of multiple spaced elements between and transverse of parallel
             webs (e.g., Venetian blind ladders)
  66      ..Adhesive application of fasteners to articles (e.g., slide
             fastener to garment)
  67      ..Utilizing phosphorescent or fluorescent material
  68      ..With fur removal from animal pelt
  69      ..Application of end closures to containers
  70      ..Encasing movable or loosely confined element between adhering
             lamina (e.g., drawstrings)
  71      ..Of lamina to building or installed structure
  72      ..Setting or embedding tufts or discrete pile elements onto
             backing (e.g., rugs, brushes, etc.)
  73.1    ..With sonic or ultrasonic treatment
  73.2    ...Rod, strand, or filament
  73.3    ...With sonic or ultrasonic cutting
  73.4    ...Sheet or web splicing
  73.5    ..Friction treatment (e.g., welding)
  73.6    ..Vibratory treatment
  74      ..With application of centrifugal force
  75      ..With balancing of product
  76      ..With parchmentizing or transparentizing
  77      ..With pore forming in situ to form cellular lamina
  78      ...Foaming
  79      ....Subsequent to assembly of laminae
  80      ..With refrigeration or freezing
  81      ..With melting or gasification of permanently associated solidd
             material in situ in airtight cavity
  82      ..With flame contact of lamina
  83      ..With swelling of material of lamina
  84      ..With shrinking of material of lamina
  85      ...Subsequent to assembly of laminae
  86      ....Of lamina covering cylindrical or spherical body
  87      ..Providing escapeways for gases trapped or generated between
             layers
  88      ..Fray-prevention by bonding
  89      ..With vitrification or firing of ceramic matieral
  90      ..Utilizing layer to prevent migration or bleeding between
             laminae
  91      ..With separate permanent mechanical joining means (riveted,
             sewed, stapled, etc.)
  92      ...With penetrating of fastener
  93      ....Sewing
  94      ..Reclaiming, renewing or repairing articles for reuse
  95      ...Toroidal shapes (e.g., tire or tube)
  96      ....Adhesively secured tire retreads
  97      ....Puncture repairing
  98      ...With removal of defective area to be repaired
  99      ..Optically transparent glass sandwich making (e.g., window or
             filter)
  100     ...Variegated colored lamina or interlayer
  101     ...With cutting or breaking or partial removal of interlayer
              and/or lamina
  102     ...With deformation or shaping of interlayer and/or lamina
  103     ...With application of plural sequential pressures
  104     ...With air evacuation between laminae
  105     ...Directly applied fluid pressure
  106     ...With preformed intermediate adhesive layer
  107     ...Sandwich edge sealing
  108     ..Mounting transparent lamina over window opening (e.g.,
             slide-mounting)
  109     ..Multipane glazing unit making (e.g., air-spaced panes)
  110.1   ..Making flexible or resilient toroidal shape; e.g., tire,
             inner tube, etc.
  111     ...Moving work progressively to separate assembly stations
  112     ...Solid tire type (i.e., nonpneumatic)
  113     ....Having cushioning void or cavity
  114     ...Incorporation of solid nonrubber material at exposed tread
              surface of tire (e.g., anti-skid)
  115     ...Applying flowable puncture sealing material
  116     ...Applying differently colored material at sidewall (e.g.,
              white wall)
  117     ...Building tires directly from strands or cords
  118     ...Tubular (airtight) torus (e.g., auto tube-making)
  119     ....Multichamber safety tube
  120     ....Valve-applying
  121     ....Applying reinforcing material to external tube surface
  122     ....Joining tube ends to form torus
  123     ...Of plural layers
  124     ....At least one layer including metal cords
  125     ....With injection molding of outer lamina
  126     ....Axially assembling preformed flexible endless bands
  127     .....With tread-preforming
  128.1   ....Applying tread material to fully-formed carcass
  128.6   .....With specified treatment of tread material beforee
                application to carcass
  129     ......Shaping
  130     .....By winding or including application of inextensible lamina
                under tread bond
  130.3   .....With specified procedure for interlocking of lamina or
                removal of air from therebetween; e.g., "stitching", etc.
  130.5   .....With specified procedure for cooling or heating; e.g.,
                for vulcanization, etc.
  130.7   .....With specified procedure for bead, carcass or sidewall
                formation
  131     ....Bead-applying
  132     .....Folding fabric about bead
  133     ....Applying fabric to form (e.g., carcass building)
  134     .....Fabric splice end treatment
  135     ...Bead portion of carcass treatment
  136     ..Tire bead ring making
  137     ..Flexible endless drive belt making
  138     ...Forming grooves on inner surface
  139     ..."V" or trapezoid section belt
  140     ....With plastic shaping or molding
  141     .....Wrapping of belt prior to shaping
  142     ....With cutting to "V" or trapezoid section
  143     ..Helical wire or plural ring reinforced flexible tube making
  144     ...Assembling preformed helical coil or rings with separate
              tube
  145     ..With encapsulating of permanently fluent material in hollow or
             porous lamina or filling of space between adhered laminae
  146     ...Prior to bonding of laminae (e.g., golf balls)
  147     ....With inflation of airtight cavity
  148     ..With weaving, knitting, braiding, twisting or needling
  149     ...About tubular lamina
  150     ..With electro-deposition
  151     ...On adherent surface of lamina prior to assembly
  152     ..With temporary disassembling and subsequent bonding of same
             laminae
  153     ..With abrading or grinding of lamina
  154     ...Subsequent to assembly
  155     ..With destruction of solid transitory material; e.g.,
             dissolving, melting, etc.
  156     ..With fluid pressure to prevent collapse of hollow structure
             during assembly and/or joining
  157     ..Joining indefinite length laminae end-to-end
  158     ...Of wire, rod, tube or filament
  159     ...With cutting of joining ends
  160     ..Bonding in stressed condition of at least one prestressed
             element
  161     ...Of stressed filaments
  162     ...During winding of lamina
  163     ...Bonding of sheets or webs only
  164     ....Running length web
  165     ...Stressing spherical or tubular body
  166     ..Bonding of flexible filamentary material while in indefinite
             length or running length
  167     ...With formation of filaments
  168     ...With removal of filamentary material subsequent to lamination
              thereof
  169     ...With winding of filamentary material
  170     ....About spherical laminaa
  171     ....With winding of separate sheet or web
  172     ....Winding about and uniting to core
  173     ....Winding about subsequently removed core or mandrel
  174     .....With cutting of filamentary material to form web or sheet
  175     .....Of filamentary material only
  176     ...To web of indefinite length
  177     ....With axis of filamentary material nonparallel to axis of
               web
  178     ....Plural filaments
  179     .....Between plural webs
  180     ...Of filamentary material only to form article
  181     ....Article is sheet or web
  182     ..Of at least two bonded subassemblies
  183     ..With creping, wrinkling, crinkling
  184     ..With winding of web or sheet
  185     ...Uniting to separate core
  186     ....Spherical core
  187     ....Tubular core
  188     .....Sequential winding of separate webs
  189     ...About irregular or configured mandrel surface
  190     ...Sequential winding of separate webs
  191     ...With additional assembly (other than winding)
  192     ....Prior to winding
  193     ...With cutting of wound body (excludes nominal cutoff)
  194     ...With reshaping of wound body
  195     ...Longitudinally progressive helical winding
  196     ..With permanent bending or reshaping or surface deformation of
             self sustaining lamina
  197     ...By separating laminae between spaced secured areas (e.g.,
              honeycomb expanding)
  198     ...By inward collapsing of portion of hollow body
  199     ...Running or continuous length work
  200     ....Longitudinal bending
  201     .....Prior to or during assembly with additional lamina
  202     .....Overedge bending or overedge folding
  203     .....And edge-joining of one piece blank to form tube
  204     ....Folding
  205     ....Transverse corrugating
  206     .....Subsequent to assembly of laminae
  207     .....With deformation or cutting of corrugated lamina
  208     .....Treating material of corrugated lamina or dry adhesive
                thereon to render tacky
  209     ....Surface deformation only (e.g., embossing)
  210     ...To form undulated to corrugated sheet and securing to base
              with parts of shaped areas out of contact
  211     ...With slitting or removal of material at reshaping area prior
              to reshaping
  212     ...By bending, drawing or stretch forming sheet to assume shape
              of configured lamina while in contact therewith
  213     ....Encasing or enveloping the configured lamina
  214     ....With preshaping of lamina
  215     ....Flexible sheet to cylinder lamina
  216     ...Overedge bending of lamina about edges of sheetlike base
  217     ...Bending of one piece blank and joining edges to form article
  218     ....Hollow cylinder article
  219     ...Surface deformation only of sandwich or lamina (e.g.,
              embossed panels)
  220     ....Subsequent to laminationn
  221     ...Subsequent to assembly
  222     ....Of parallel stacked sheets only
  223     .....Bending of one lamina only
  224     .....To form dished or receptacle-like product
  226     ....Folding only
  227     ...By folding
  228     ..Of preshaped laminae between closed similarly shaped press
             platens or clamps
  229     ..With stretching
  230     ..Direct contact transfer of adhered lamina from carrier to
             base
  231     ...With formation of lamina of continuous length by molding or
              casting on endless carrier
  232     ...Carrier is configured mold
  233     ...Metal foil lamina
  234     ...Of portion only of lamina from carrier
  235     ...Plural transferring operations and/or with additional
              laminating
  236     ...Solvent other than water to release lamina
  237     ...Coating of transferred lamina
  238     ...Running or continuous flexible web carrier
  239     ...Plural superimposed laminae transferred
  240     ....Transfer of printing or design
  241     ...To base coated with adhesive
  242     ..With lamina formation by molding or casting
  243     ...Forming plural continuous web laminae
  244.11  ...By extrusion
  244.12  ....Encapsulating or enclosing a lamina
  244.13  ....Hollow article or lamina
  244.14  .....Differential fluid pressure used
  244.15  .....Specific nonuniform lamina or article; e.g., netting
                or rib and groove, etc.
  244.16  ....With printing
  244.17  ....Electrical, magnetic, or wave energy used
  244.18  ....With cutting, severing, or perforating
  244.19  .....After bonding; e.g., as finishing step, etc.
  244.21  ....Differential fluid pressure used
  244.22  ....Bonding spaced preforms
  244.23  ....Pretreatment
  244.24  ....Post-treatment
  244.25  ....Article or at least one lamina of nonuniform thickness
               or discontinuous
  244.26  ....Bonding in specified environment
  244.27  ....Pressure assisted bonding
  245     ...In configured mold
  246     ...On temporary planar support (e.g., film casting)
  247     ..With stripping of adhered lamina
  248     ...With cutting of one lamina only while adhered
  249     ...And assembly with different lamina
  250     ..With cutting, punching, tearing or severing
  251     ...And simultaneously bonding (e.g., cut-seaming)
  252     ...Perforating lamina
  253     ....Subsequent to assembly of laminae
  254     ...Splitting sheet lamina in plane intermediate of faces
  255     ...Spiral peeling
  256     ...Prior to assembly
  257     ....Partial cutting (e.g., grooving or incising)
  258     ....Cutting to shape joining edge surfaces onlyy
  259     ....Continuous longitudinal slitting
  260     .....Bonding face to face of laminae cut from single sheet
  261     ....Punching and bonding pressure application by punch
  262     .....Closure cap liner applying type
  263     ....Separate cutting of separate sheets or webs
  264     ....Of plural laminae from single stock and assembling to each
               other or to additional lamina
  265     .....Applying plural cut laminae to single face of additional
                lamina
  266     .....Joining of cut laminae end-to-end
  267     ...Flash, trim or excess removal
  268     ...Partial cutting bonded sandwich (e.g., grooving or incising)
  269     ...Of continuous or running length bonded web
  270     ....One web only
  271     ....Continuous longitudinal slitting
  272.2   ..With direct application of electrical, magnetic, or
             radiant energy to work
  272.4   ...Involving magnetically susceptible lamina or
              incorporating into the work a particulate susceptor material
              having magnetic properties
  272.6   ...Exposure of work to corona or glow discharge
  272.8   ...Exposure of work to laser
  273.1   ...Developing electrostatic charge
  273.3   ...Before final assembly; e.g., to cure lamina, etc.
  273.5   ....Before and after final assembly
  273.7   ...Applying pressure before electrical, magnetic, or
              radiant energy
  273.9   ...Work constitutes conductor of electrical circuit
  274.2   ....Conductor is a coil
  274.4   ...Exposure of work to electrode
  274.6   ....Continuously moving work in relation to electrode
  274.8   ....With application of adhesive
  275.1   ...Only part of containing lamina surfaces bonded; e.g.,
              seaming, etc.
  275.3   ....With application of adhesive
  275.5   ...To polymerize or cure material in work
  275.7   ...With application of adhesive
  276     ..With mass application of nonadhesive fibers or particles
             between laminae
  277     ..With printing
  278     ..With coating of nonadherent face of lamina
  279     ...Coating with fibers or particles
  280     ...Subsequent to bonding
  281     ..Combined; e.g., with cleaning, etc.
  282     ..Simultaneous heating and cooling
  283     ..Adhesive applied as dry particles
  284     ...Treating particle with liquid to render tacky
  285     ..Direct application of vacuum or fluid pressure during bonding
  286     ...To remove gas from between assembled laminae
  287     ...To the lining of hollow body
  288     ..Simultaneous pressure application to at least two separate
             sandwiches
  289     ..Utilizing parting or release material to prevent adhesion
  290     ..Bonding of facing continuously contacting laminae at spaced
             points only
  291     ...By nonuniform adhesive application
  292     ..Of laminae having opposed facing areas out of contact
  293     ..Inserting of lamina in hole, aperture or recess of otherr
             lamina and adherence to side walls thereof
  294     ...Core within tube
  295     ..Adhesive applying to restricted area and spreading thereof by
             assembly pressure
  296     ..Strands, rods, tubes or sticklike bodies to each other only
  297     ..Of discrete laminae to single face of additional lamina
  298     ...Embedding of laminae within face of additional laminae
  299     ...All laminae planar and face to face
  300     ....With covering of discrete laminae with additional lamina
  301     .....Opposed laminae are running length webs
  302     ....Lamina is running length web
  303     .....Feeding of discrete laminae from separate sources
  303.1   ..Inserting lamina into preformed plastic body
  304.1   ..Butt edge joining of laminae
  304.2   ...Joining of nonplanar elements; e.g., configured hollow
              objects, etc.
  304.3   ...With joiner member or reinforcement
  304.4   ....Carpet or fabric joined
  304.5   ...With preliminary edge treatment or joining of edges of
              irregular shape; e.g., tongue and groove, beveled, etc.
  304.6   ...By heat
  304.7   ...Of carpet or fabric
  305     ..By applying after assembly an adhesive, solvent or chemical
             activating agent
  306.3   ..By pressure or drying only, without tack; e.g., for easy
             delamination, etc.
  306.6   ..Using single, preformed, diverse bonding lamina between
             other laminae
  306.9   ...Including curing of nonfully polymerized material
  307.1   ..By curing of nonfully polymerized self-sustaining lamina
  307.3   ...With coating or impregnating a face to be adhered
  307.4   ....Indefinite plurality of similar impregnated thin
               sheets; e.g., "decorative laminate" type, etc.
  307.5   ....Coating solidified; e.g., by drying, etc., before
               assembly
  307.7   ...Including uncurable lamina; e.g., metal, paper, etc.
  308.2   ..By tackifying substance of self-sustaining lamina to be
             bonded; e.g., autogenous bonding, etc.
  308.4   ...Only part of contacting laminae surfaces bonded; e.g.,
              seam, seal, etc.
  308.6   ...With treating agent application to a surface
  308.8   ....Plural agents applied sequentially or to different
               laminae or using water as sole agent
  309.3   ....Diverse laminae
  309.6   ...Involving defined plastic flow or melting of entire
              lamina
  309.9   ...With heating of lamina prior to assembly
  310     ..Of laminae having a different coating on at least two mating
             surfaces
  311     ..Sequential heating and cooling during pressure applying
  312     ..Sequential different pressure applying
  313     ..Interposing intermediate laminate between non-coated laminae
  314     ..Sequentially applying different liquids or liquefiable
             materials to adhering face of lamina
  315     ...At least two liquids rubber and/or resin-containing
  316     ...First applied liquid acid-containing
  317     ...Protein-containing liquid
  318     ...Carbohydrate-containing liquidd
  319     ...One liquid containing inorganic material only
  320     ..Heating of dry adhesive on lamina prior to assembly contact
  321     ..Heating adhesive by contacting with heated lamina
  322     ..Heating lamina prior to assembly or adhesive applying
  323     ..Interposing subsequently removed flexible element between
             lamina and a pressure applying surface
  324     ..Running or continuous webs of indefinite length
  324.4   ..By tackifying a single lamina of intermediate laminate
  325     ..Particular adhesive
  326     ...Organic containing
  327     ....Synthetic resin containing
  328     .....With carbohydrate and/or protein or derivatives thereof
  329     .....Silicon resin
  330     .....Epoxy resin
  330.9   .....Nitrogenous resin
  331.1   ......With polymerization completion, i.e., curing, after
                 assembly
  331.2   .......N only in unlinked side-chain or side-ring
  331.3   .......Derived from aldehyde or ketone
  331.4   .......Iso- or thio-cyanate moiety reacted in curing
  331.5   .......N in a ring
  331.6   ......N only in unlinked side-chain or side-ring; e.g.,
                 polyvinyl, pyridine, etc.
  331.7   ......Derived from iso- or thio-cyanate, e.g.,
                 polyurethane, etc.
  331.8   ......Derived from acyclic compound containing N
  331.9   .......And aldehyde, ketone, or carbocyclic
                  moiety-containing compound
  332     .....Polycarboxylic acid ester resin
  333     .....Halogenated hydrocarbon resin
  334     .....Hydrocarbon resin
  335     .....Phenolic-aldehyde resin
  336     ....Protein and/or carbohydrate containing and/or derivatives
               thereof
  337     ....Bituminous containing
  338     ....Natural rubber containing
  344     .Delaminating, per se
  345     DIFFERENTIAL ETCHING APPARATUS
  346     PLASTER BOARD MAKING APPARATUS
  347     .With surface deformation means
  348     .With edge treatment means
  349     SURFACE BONDING MEANS AND/OR ASSEMBLY MEANS THEREFOR
  350     .Automatic and/or material-triggered control
  351     ..Plural interrelated sensing means
  352     ..To stop operation of complete machine
  353     ..Of cutter
  354     ...And separate means feeding cut pieces in sequence and
              applying to serially conveyed articles
  355     ...Responsive to feed of article to which cut piece is applied
  356     ..Of application of fluent material to work
  357     ...By presence or absence of work to which applied
  358     ..Of application of bonding pressure
  359     ..Of temperature and/or motion of heat exchange means
  360     ..Means responsive to weight or dimension
  361     ..Of feed or motion of indefinite length work or transfer
             carrying tape
  362     ..Of feed of articles to assembly station
  363     ...Responsive to presence, absence, or condition of article too
              which applied
  364     ....Sheet feeding
  365     .With safety interlocks
  366     .With timing means
  367     .With electrical controls
  368     ..For starting or stopping machine operation
  378     .With testing, measuring, and/or indicating means
  379     .With inspecting and/or illuminating means
  379.6   .With means applying wave energy or electrical energy
            directly to work
  379.7   ..To an electrically conductive lamina or component
             incorporated into the work
  379.8   ..With means to assemble laminae or position them relative
             to each other
  379.9   ...With plural diverse heating means
  380.1   ...With tube-forming means
  380.2   ...With electrode or coil member contacting work
  380.3   ....Electrodes on opposing sides of smallest dimension of
               work
  380.4   .....With means moving one electrode toward the other
                electrode
  380.5   ......With means to change the configuration of a lamina,
                 e.g., folding, deforming, etc.
  380.6   ..With electrode having a mechanical function; e.g.,
             pressing, etc.
  380.7   ...Cutting, tearing, or breaking function
  380.8   ...Shaping or deforming function; e.g., patterned
              electrode, etc.
  380.9   ..With radiant heater not touching work
  381     .Chamber enclosing work during bonding and/or assembly
  382     ..Evacuated or fluid pressure chamber
  383     .Means encasing separate nonadhered part between adhered
            laminae
  384     .With printing
  385     ..Simultaneous with bonding
  386     ...Printing member also bonds
  387     ..Printing
  388     ..After bonding
  389     .Including cleaning, conditioning or renewing means for
            apparatus
  390     .With coating means for work (other than laminating adhesive)
  391     .Work-secured and/or work-guided
  392     ..Pipe wrapping type
  393     .With braiding or weaving means
  394.1   .Tire body building type
  395     ..Means delaminating protective liner from lamina
  396     ..Multiple discrete building forms and/or means advancing a
             building form through multiple work stations
  397     ..Means building tires from strands or narrow tapes
  398     ..Means operating on the bead portion of the tire
  399     ...Means trimming fabric adjacent bead
  400     ...Means folding carcass fabric about a bead
  401     ....Inflatable bag type
  402     ....Disc or roller type
  403     ...Means placing bead ring on tire carcass
  404     ..Solid tire building type
  405.1   ..With fabric or tread stock feeding means
  406     ...Means selecting stock from multiple sourcee
  406.2   ...For transporting discrete ring-shaped lamina
  406.4   ...With cutting, heating, laminating, or shaping means
              upstream of assembling means
  406.6   ....Stretching means
  407     ..Centerless core or off-center support of annular tire
             structure
  408     ..Relative traversing motion between rotating tire supporting
             structure and pressing or bending means
  409     ...Compound traversing motion
  410     ....With changing direction of force of pressing or bending
               means with respect to the axis of rotation of the supporting
               structure (e.g., curved drum)
  411     .....Pressing means manually advanced toward the axis or
                rotation of the supporting structure
  412     ...Resilient or deformable surface pressing or bending element
  413     ...Plural sequential pressing or bending elements
  414     ..Building drums, per se
  415     ...Axially or widthwise adjustable or collapsible
  416     ...Resilient and/or inflatable core
  417     ...Collapsible
  418     ....Rack and pinion type actuator
  419     ....Resilient spring actuated
  420     ....Toggle linkage lever type actuator
  421     ..Stitching elements, per se
  421.2   ..Tire chamber and means regulating interior casing
             pressure
  421.4   ..With means for folding lamina while on drum
  421.6   ..Tire support with pressing or heating means
  421.8   ..Ring-shaped lamina stretching means
  422     .Tire bead ring winding type
  423     .Means assembling part within hole or aperture (telescoping)
  424     ..Electric lamp or space discharge device envelope basing type
  425     .Longitudinally progressive helical winding means
  426     ..With means cutting wound body to form sheet or web
  427     ...Strands secured to web
  428     ..Forming and/or covering indefinite length article
  429     ...Rotating core or mandrel
  430     ...By winding plural strands or webs
  431     ....About circular section core or mandrel
  432     .....Plural discrete axially spaced winding means
  433     .Indefinite or running length flexible strand, rod, tube, or
            filament uniting
  434     ..Means applying transverse spacers to spaced parallel strands
  435     ..Pile fabric making type
  436     ..To indefinite or running length web
  437     ...With means forming web by calendering
  438     ...With means folding web longitudinally
  439     ...Transversely of web
  440     ....Reciprocating feed means for strand
  441     ..Means gathering strands or filaments only into indefinite
             length
  441.5   .Envelope sealing type
  442     ..With stamp applying means
  442.1   ..With bending or folding means
  442.2   ..With feeding means
  442.3   ...Reciprocating feed
  442.4   ..Work traversing type
  443     .With bending, folding, winding, or wrapping meanss
  444     ..Pneumatic blast to bend work
  445     ..About preformed sphere
  446     ..Rotating mandrel or article
  447     ...Means registering sheet with selected peripheral portion of
              rotating article
  448     ...Translating axis of rotation
  449     ....Rolling mandrel or article
  450     .....Winding flexible web
  451     .....Article rolls across sheet stack
  452     ......By gravity
  453     ......Belt feed
  454     .....By gravity
  455     .....Belt feed
  456     ....Axis translates in circular path
  457     ...Centerless core or mandrel
  458     ...Means serially feeding mandrel or article to applying
              station
  459     ..For an indefinite or running length flexible web
  460     ...Tire bead or endless belt covering type
  461     ...Longitudinal bending
  462     ....Corrugating
  463     ....Plural sequential bending means
  464     ....And means feeding discrete articles to web
  465     ....Single web only
  466     .....Tube-making type
  467     ....And means uniting noncoextensive plural webs
  468     ...Means bending to configuration of part to which secured
  469     ...Transverse withdrawal of shaping or shape-retaining elements
  470     ...And means applying separate web to shaped web
  471     ....While still on shape-retaining means
  472     .....Fluted roll-shape retainer
  473     ......Separate means holding web in flutes
  474     ...Pleating means
  475     ..To configuration of part to which secured
  476     ...Plural discrete bending means, each acting on separate
              article
  477.1   ...Plural, distinct, sequential bending or folding means
  478     ....Intersecting bend axis
  479     .....Means bending sheet over edges of planar part
  480     ......With separate member pressing bent sheet corner at axis
                 intersection
  481     ....Arcuate bending
  482     ....Having intersecting axes of force
  483     ...Flexible sheet across through passage for work
  484     ....Sheet applied to passage
  485     .....With additional separate smoothing means
  486     ...Member travels along configured part
  487     ....Flexible bristle wiping surface
  488     ....Bodily deformable pad type
  489     ....Opposed movable biased members
  490     .....Positively actuated to intermittently defeat bias
  491     ......Cam defeats bias
  492     ...By swinging folding member approaching part
  493     ...Deformable pad
  494     .With stretching or tensioning means
  495     ..By driven web feeding means
  496     ...To transversely stretch or tension the web
  497     .With gas, vapor, or flame contact means for workk
  498     .With work cooling means
  499     .With separate (nonpress) heating means for work
  500     .With casting, plastic molding, or extruding means
  501     ..With means generating at least one self-sustaining web (e.g.,
             film casting)
  502     .Means joining flexible indefinite length or endless bodies
            end-to-end (e.g., film, tape, belt splicers)
  503     ..Tube splicing type (e.g., inner tube)
  504     ..Moving web (flying splice or with web accumulating means)
  505     ..Means applying adhesive tape to joint only
  506     ...With severing means for tape before application
  507     ..Longitudinally moving web support moving web ends into
             association
  508     ...With scraper or adhesive applying means
  509     ..With scraper or adhesive applying means
  510     .With cutting, punching, piercing, severing, or tearing
  511     ..Plural severing means each acting on a different work piece
  512     ..Severing followed by associating with part from same source
  513     ..Means making hole or aperture in part to be laminated
  514     ...And securing separate part over hole or aperture
  515     ..Cutting element simultaneously bonds (e.g., cut seaming)
  516     ..Means feeding plural workpieces to be joined
  517     ...Severing before bonding or assembling of parts
  518     ....Severing means or member secured thereto also bonds
  519     ....Delivering cut part to indefinite or running length web
  520     .....Cutter also delivers cut piece
  521     ....Delivering cut part in sequence to serially conveyed
               articles
  522     ...Cutting indefinite length web after assembly with discrete
              article
  523     ..Work traversing type
  524     ...With liquid applying means
  525     ....Slitting and severing
  526     ....Cutting after bonding
  527     ...Fixed cutter
  528     ..Stamp from multiple row sheet type
  529     ..With means projecting fluid against work
  530     ..Cutter actuated by or secured to bonding element
  531     ...With liquid applicator
  532     ....Common actuator for bonding and liquid applying means
  533     .....Liquid applied to web before cutting
  534     ......Roller applicator
  535     .With means shaping, scarifying, or cleaning joining surface
            only
  536     .Combined and/or convertible
  537     .With bond interfering means (slip sheet, etc.)
  538     .With work feeding or handling means
  539     ..For plural parts or plural areas of single part
  540     ...Lamina transferred to base from adhered flexible web or sheet
              type carrier
  541     ....Discrete spaced laminae on adhered carrier
  542     .....Means serially presenting discrete base articles or
                separate portions of a single article
  543     ...Indefinite or running length work
  544     ....Means joining indefinite length work edge to edge
  545     .....Means applying adhesively secured tape to seam
  546     .....Means applying fluid adhesive to work edge
  547     ....Means applying fluent adhesive or adhesive activatorr
               material between layers
  548     .....At spaced areas
  549     .....Plural indefinite length or running length workpieces
  550     ......Fluid applied to nip between indefinite length webs
  551     ......Fluid applied to plural workpieces
  552     ....Means bringing articles into association with web
  553     ....Discontinuous, spaced area, and/or patterned pressing
  554     ....Webs of different width, longitudinally aligned
  555     ....Progressive continuous bonding press (e.g., roll couples)
  556     ...Means bringing discrete articles into assembled relationship
  557     ....Plural lines and/or separate means assembling separate
               sandwiches
  558     ....All articles from single source only
  559     ....At least three articles
  560     .....At least two applied side by side to common base
  561     ......Plural ranks
  562     ......Sheet form common base
  563     .....Stacked serially
  564     ....Magazine stack directly contacting separate work
  565     .....Magazine movable to work
  566     ....Means simultaneously conveying plural articles from a single
               source and serially presenting them to an assembly station
  567     .....Turret or rotary drum-type conveyer
  568     ......For flexible sheets
  569     ....Means separating articles from bulk source
  570     .....Stacked sheet source
  571     ......Rotary or pivoted picker
  572     ......Translating picker
  573     ..Magazine stack directly contacting work
  574     ..Work traversing type and/or means applying work to wall or
             static structure
  575     ...With liquid applying means
  576     ...Grip or clamp for web end
  577     ...Implement carried web supply
  578     ..With liquid adhesive or adhesive activator applying means
  579     .With handle or handgrip
  580     .Presses or press platen structures, per se
  580.1   ..With sonic or ultrasonic means
  580.2   ...Specified structure of sonic or ultrasonic work
              contacting surface
  581     ..Relieved or configured pressing face
  582     ...Rotary
  583.1   ..Heated
  583.2   ...Impulse heating
  583.3   ...With significantly flexible platen
  583.4   ...Nonuniform heating
  583.5   ...With endless belt
  583.6   ...C-frame type
  583.7   ....Electric heating
  583.8   ...Hinged platen
  583.9   ....Electric heating
  583.91  ...Plural adjustable pressure points
  584     DELAMINATING APPARATUS
  598     MISCELLANEOUS
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  *       CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS
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  901     PRINTED CIRCUIT MANUFACTURE INCLUDING ETCHINGG
  902     .On organic base
  903     BRIGHT POLISHING BY ETCHING
  904     ETCHING RESIST COMPOSITIONS
  905     PRINTING PLATE-MAKING INCLUDING ETCHING
  906     OFF-DRUM MANUFACTURE OF TIRE FABRIC OR PLY
  907     .Including assembly of bias-cut fabric
  908     LAMINATING SHEET TO ENTIRE EDGE OF BLOCK AND BOTH ADJACENT
           OPPOSITE SURFACES; E.G., BOOKBINDING, ETC.
  909     APPARATUS FOR APPLYING NEW TREAD TO USED TIRE CASING; E.G.,
           RETREADING, RECAPPING, ETC.
  910     BONDING TIRE CORD AND ELASTOMER: IMPROVED ADHESIVE SYSTEM
  911     Single crystal formation from a crucible of the same material as
           the single crystal
  *       ******************************
  *       DIGESTS
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  DIG 1   Labelling flat, essentially rigid surfaces (1/00)
  DIG 2   .Affixing labels to one flat surface of articles; e.g., of
            packages, of flat bands (1/02)
  DIG 3   .Affixing labels; e.g., wrap-around labels, to two or more
            flat surfaces of a polyhedral article (1/04)
  DIG 4   ..Of a box; e.g., cigarette box (1/06)
  DIG 5   Labelling other than flat surfaces (3/00)
  DIG 6   .Affixing labels to elongated objects; e.g., wires, cables,
            bars, tubes, (3/02)
  DIG 7   ..Applying bands or labels to cigars or cigarettes (3/04)
  DIG 8   .Affixing labels to short rigid containers (3/06)
  DIG 9   ..To container bodies (3/08)
  DIG 10  ...The container being positioned for labelling with its
              centerline horizontal (3/10)
  DIG 11  ....By rolling the labels onto cylindrical containers;
               e.g., bottles (3/12)
  DIG 12  ...The container being positioned for labelling with its
              centerline vertical (3/14)
  DIG 13  ....By rolling the labels onto cylindrical containers;
               e.g., bottles (3/16)
  DIG 14  ..To container necks (3/18)
  DIG 15  ..To bottle closures (3/20)
  DIG 16  ...Affixing metal foil coverings (3/22)
  DIG 17  ...Affixing labels indicating original state of bottle snap
              or screw closure (3/24)
  DIG 18  .Affixing labels to nonrigid containers; e.g., bottles made
            of polyethylene, boxes to be inflated bt internal air pressure
            prior to labelling (3/26)
  DIG 19  Labelling fabrics or comparable materials or articles with
           deformable surface,e.g., paper, fabric rolls, stockings, shoes
           (5/00)
  DIG 20  .Using adhesives (5/02)
  DIG 21  ..Thermo-activatable adhesives (5/04)
  DIG 22  .Using staples (5/06)
  DIG 23  Affixing tags (7/00)
  DIG 24  Details of labelling machines or apparatus (9/00)
  DIG 25  .Devices for moving articles, e.g., containers, past
            labelling station (9/02)
  DIG 26  ..Having means for rotating the articles (9/04)
  DIG 27  .Devices for presenting articles in predetermined attitude
            or position at labelling station (9/06)
  DIG 28  .Label feeding (9/08))
  DIG 29  ..Label magazines (9/10)
  DIG 30  ..Removing separate labels from stacks (9/12)
  DIG 31  ...By vacuum (9/14)
  DIG 32  ...By wetting devices (9/16)
  DIG 33  ..Label feeding from strips; e.g., from rolls (9/18)
  DIG 34  .Gluing the labels or articles (9/20)
  DIG 35  ..By wetting (9/22)
  DIG 36  ..By heat (9/24)
  DIG 37  .Devices for applying labels (9/26)
  DIG 38  ..Air-blast devices (9/28)
  DIG 39  ..Rollers (9/30)
  DIG 40  ...Cooperating rollers between which articles and labels
              are fed (9/32)
  DIG 41  ..Flexible bands (9/34)
  DIG 42  ..Wipers; pressers (9/36)
  DIG 43  .Label cooling or drying (9/38)
  DIG 44  .Controls; safety devices (9/40)
  DIG 45  ..Label feed control (9/42)
  DIG 46  ...By special means responsive to marks on labels or
              articles (9/44)
  DIG 47  .Applying date marks, code marks, or the like to the label
            during labelling (9/46)
  DIG 48  Manually controlled or manually operable label dispensers;
           e.g., modified for the application of labels to articles
           (11/00)
  DIG 49  .Having printing equipment (11/02)
  DIG 50  .Having means for moistening the labels (11/04)
  DIG 51  .Having means for heating thermoactivatable labels (11/06
  DIG 61  Aluminum and its compounds
  DIG 62  Levitation and reduced gravity
  DIG 63  Rare earths and compounds
  DIG 64  Silicon and compounds
  DIG 65  Cutting, twinning, seed material, or orientation
  DIG 66  Gettering
  DIG 67  Germanium and compounds
  DIG 68  Diamonds and carbon
  DIG 69  Tungsten and compounds
  DIG 70  IIIA (except aluminum) and IIIA, VA compounds
  DIG 71  Alkali metals and compounds
  DIG 72  Tellurium, sulfur, selenium, and compounds
  DIG 73  Annealing, heat treating
  DIG 74  Iron and compounds
  DIG 75  Titanium and compounds
  DIG 76  Copper and compounds
  DIG 77  Zinc and compounds
  DIG 78  Alkaline earth metals and compounds
  DIG 79  Bismuth and compounds
  DIG 80  Laser
  DIG 81  Arsenic and compounds
  DIG 82  Mercury and compounds
  DIG 83  Special crucible material or treatment
  DIG 84  Web or cage crystal growth
  DIG 85  Lead and its compounds
  DIG 86  Boron and its compounds
  DIG 87  Niobium, tantalum and their compounds
  DIG 88  Crystal sheet, ribbon, or tube
  DIG 89  Special atmosphere
  DIG 90  Reflux, vapor barrierr
  DIG 91  Vibration
  DIG 92  Cadmium and its compounds excluding tellurium, sulfur and
           selenium
  DIG 93  Liquid seal or bellows
  DIG 94  Antimony and its compounds
  DIG 95  Zirconium and its compounds
  DIG 96  Downward pull
  DIG 97  Horizontal seed pull
  DIG 98  Seed or rod holders
  DIG 99  Nitrides
  DIG 100 Nickel and its compounds
  DIG 101 Gold, silver, or platinum and their compounds
  DIG 102 Electron beam heat
  DIG 103 Molecular beam
  DIG 104 ALUMINUM WITH 3 AND/OR 4 COMPOUNDS
  DIG 105 PARTIAL MELTING
  DIG 106 VANADIUM AND ITS COMPOUNDS
  DIG 107 MOLYBDENUM AND ITS COMPOUNDS
  DIG 108 GEL
  DIG 109 URANIUM AND ITS COMPOUNDS
  DIG 110 TIN AND ITS COMPOUNDS
  DIG 111 ETCHING
  DIG 112 WHISKER GROWTH
  DIG 113 ORGANIC
  DIG 114 SCANDIUM
  DIG 115 REPLENISHING OF MELT IN SINGLE CRYSTAL GROWING