PTO Manual of Classification for US patents

PTO Manual of Classification for US patents

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Class Number: 227
 Class Title: ELONGATED-MEMBER-DRIVING APPARATUS

Subclass  Subclass
Number    Title

  1       WITH RANDOMLY ACTUATED STOPPING OR DISABLING MEANS
  2       WITH CONTROL MEANS RESPONSIVE TO SENSED CONDITION
  3       .Responsive to work feed means
  4       .Responsive to position of work support or anvil
  5       .Work-responsive
  6       ..Position of work
  7       ...Control initiates driver-actuation
  175     SURGICAL STAPLERS
  176     .With magazine
  177     ..Including biasing means
  178     .Multiple driving means
  179     ..Tubular driving path
  180     .With cutting means
  181     .With means to position a mating-member in alignment with
            driver
  182     .With means to prevent partial drive cycle
  8       WITH INTERLOCK MEANS
  9       EXPLOSIVE-TYPE DRIVING MEANS
  10      .With plunger
  11      .With protective shield
  12      STRETCHING TOOL WITH MEANS TO FASTEN FLACCID WORK TO RIGID BASE
  13      .Including mechanical means to apply force to stretching tool
  14      WITH MEANS TO CEMENT WORK OR MEMBER
  15      WITH MEANS TO POSITION "MATING-MEMBER" IN ALIGNMENT WITH DRIVER
  16      .Strip-type "mating-member"
  17      .With means to form "mating-member"
  18      .Comprising feed means for "mating-member"
  19      WITH MEANS TO ASSEMBLE PLURAL PIECES OF WORK
  20      .With means to deform work
  21      ..Including cutting means
  22      ..Including means to rotate work
  23      ...With die-shaping means
  24      ...With end-inserting or clamping means
  25      ..Means to buckle flaccid work
  26      .With means to place member between workpieces (e.g., dowels,
            etc.)
  27      .With drilling or punching means
  28      .With means to sequentially secure layers (e.g., heels, etc.)
  29      ..With work clamp
  30      .With driver acting through clamp jaw
  31      .Bight attaching means (e.g., buttons, etc.)
  32      ..Including means to insert member in bight
  33      ...With member-forming means
  34      ...After member is applied to a workpiece
  35      ....Single pointed member
  36      ....With work feed means
  37      ..With work feed means
  38      ...With means to actuate driver
  39      .Work conveyer means
  40      ..Including common means to shift and clamp work
  41      ..Pivoted work carrier
  42      ...Plural pivotal axess
  43      ..Including means to align member-aperture with member
  44      ..Endless conveyer
  45      ...Including magazine-type work supply means
  46      ...With reel-type work supply means
  47      ....Including work cutting means
  48      ..Including magazine-type work supply means
  49      ...With means to rotate work
  50      ...With means to move assemblage to fastener station
  51      WITH MEANS TO HEAD MEMBER
  52      .Driver or heading means located within tubular work
  53      .Common tool to drive and head member
  54      .Pointed or edged tool
  55      .Heading tool extends within hollow portion of member
  56      ..Simultaneously used heading tools
  57      ..With work feed means
  58      ..With means to form opening in work for member
  59      ...Heading means also acting as opening former
  60      ..With pilot pin
  61      .Anvil
  62      ..Die
  63      WITH MEANS TO WITHDRAW MEMBER
  64      WITH MEANS TO SHAPE WORK OR CUT PRODUCT
  65      .Buckling of flaccid work
  66      .Deforming means with rectilinear reciprocating motion
  67      .Means to form opening in work for member
  68      ..Driver also acting as punch
  69      ..Rotatable cutting tool
  70      ..Plural cutting tools (e.g., awls, etc.)
  71      ...For dual openings
  72      ...With pivoted tool carrier
  73      ..Including work-feeding means
  74      ...Cutting tool having work-feeding motion
  75      ....With pivoted tool carrier
  76      .Cutting means
  77      WITH MEANS TO DEFORM MEMBER REMOTE FROM THE WORK SURFACE AFTER
           WORK PENETRATION
  78      SELECTIVE ALTERNATIVE APPLYING MEANS
  79      WITH MEANS TO CUT MEMBER AFTER PENETRATION
  80      .From material of indefinite length
  81      DRIVING MOTION OF DRIVER HAS COMPONENT IN DIRECTION OF MOVING
           WORK (I.E., FLYING DRIVER)
  82      WITH MEANS TO FORM MEMBER PRIOR TO PENETRATION OF WORK
  83      .Deflector
  84      .With means to vary length of members
  85      .With offset tools to deform members (e.g., bending, drawing,
            etc.)
  86      ..With cutting edge on driver
  87      ..With driver acting through offset tools
  88      ...Including retractable forming bar
  89      ....With movable member-holder
  90      ....Pivoted
  91      ...Including diverse means to sever and apply member
  92      .With opposed tools to form member (e.g., forging, swaging,
            etc.)
  93      .Severing means sole member former
  94      ..Including plural diverse severing operations
  95      ..With feed means for concatenated members
  96      ...Pivoted feed meanss
  97      ..Severing means moves member to driver
  98      ..With reciprocating member carrier to driver
  99      WITH MEANS TO CONVEY WORK OR PRODUCT RELATIVE TO DRIVING
           STATION
  100     .Interrelated conveying and driver-actuating means
  101     ..With means to move both the conveyer and a driver carriage
  102     ..With means to vary timed relationship between conveyer
             movement and driver actuating means
  103     ..Plural conveying means
  104     ..With compound movement of work holder
  105     ..With rotary movement of work holder
  106     .Work holder moves in curved path
  107     WITH MEANS TO MOVE OR GUIDE MEMBER INTO DRIVING POSITION
  108     .With work-penetrating clenching tools
  109     .Adaptable to dispense different sizes or quantities of members
  110     .With positionable driver
  111     ..Including means to move driver carriage
  112     .Fluid-contact member-feed means
  113     .Magnetic member-feed and/or holding means
  114     .Including means other than the driver to separate leading
            member from a supply
  115     ..Interrelated separator elements
  116     ..Rectilinear motion
  117     ..Rotary
  118     ...Oscillating separator
  119     .With means to assure correct orientation of member(s)
  120     .Including supply magazine for constantly urged members
  121     ..With means to prevent partial drive cycle
  122     ..With means to cut jammed member
  123     ..With removable or resiliently urged (antijam) noseplate
  124     ..With interrelated driver and work clamp
  125     ..With means to disable urging means
  126     ...By lock means
  127     ..With magazine closure
  128     ...Pivoted magazine cover
  129     ..With means to actuate driver
  130     ...Fluid pressure means
  131     ...Magnet or solenoid
  132     ...Spring
  133     ...Inertia means
  134     ..Spring-retracting means
  135     .Including carrier feed means for a plurality of members
  136     ..With means to feed strip-type carrier
  137     ..Rotary
  138     .Driver actuates member-feed means
  139     .With means to guide member
  140     WITH MEANS TO SUPPORT MEMBER AND/OR WORK RELATIVE TO DRIVER
  141     .Driver moves work, member held stationary
  142     .With means to vary the length of the tool stroke
  143     .With means to move elements of tool-pair during driving
  144     ..Pivoted tool element
  145     .Curved driver path
  146     .Spring-actuated driver
  147     .Impact-type driver
  148     .Comprising means to angularly orient member
  149     .Bias-type member holder
  150     .Means to guide moving work
  151     .Work immobilizerr
  152     ..Means to clamp work
  153     ...Interrelated with driver-actuation
  154     .Work support
  155     ..Including clenching means
  156     MISCELLANEOUS
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  901     SURGICAL CLIP APPLIERS
  902     SURGICAL CLIPS OR STAPLES