PTO Manual of Classification for US patents

PTO Manual of Classification for US patents

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Class Number: 29
 Class Title: METAL WORKING

Subclass  Subclass
Number    Title

  1.1     ARMS MAKING
  1.11    .Ordnance
  1.2     PROJECTILE MAKING
  1.21    .Hollow shrapnel forming projectile
  1.22    .Bullet or shot
  1.23    ..Jacketed or composite
  1.3     CARTRIDGE CASING MAKING
  1.31    .Heading
  1.32    .Trimming
  2       BATTERY-GRID MAKING
  2.1     BIAS (I.E., HELICALLY) CUTTING OF TUBULAR STOCK
  2.11    .Including orbital cutter
  2.12    ..Within stock support
  2.13    ..With orbiting strip accumulator
  2.14    .Including means to inflate stock
  2.15    .With means to feed stock along support or mandrel
  2.16    ..Single means produces compound motion
  2.17    ...Endless belt drive means
  2.18    ..Axially
  2.19    ..Rotatably
  2.2     .With means to rotate and store stock supply
  2.21    ..Axis of rotation parallel to support or mandrel
  2.22    .With means for arcuate shift of mandrel
  2.23    .Including means to handle produced strip or web
  2.24    ..With common adjustment for cutter
  2.25    .Method
  3       BUCKLE MAKING
  4       BUTTON-FASTENER MAKING
  4.51    SHREDDING METAL OR METAL WOOL ARTICLE MAKING
  4.52    .Metal wool making
  4.53    ..Shaving or longitudinal cutting
  4.54    ...Soap-pad making
  4.55    .Metal wool bundling
  4.56    ..Soap-pad making
  4.6     CORD HEDDLE MAKING
  5       COTTER-PIN MAKING
  6.01    CRANKSHAFT MAKING APPARATUS
  6.1     EXPANDED METAL MAKING
  6.2     .By use of reciprocating perforator
  7       EYEBOLT OR HOOK MAKING
  7.1     FENCE BARB MAKING
  7.2     .By use of reciprocating cutter or die
  7.3     .By use of rotary cutter or die
  8       FINGER-RING FORMING OR SIZING
  9       FISHHOOK MAKING
  10      GEM AND JEWEL SETTING
  11      HINGE MAKING OR ASSEMBLING
  12      LACING-STUD MAKING
  13      PAPER-FASTENER MAKING
  14      PLOW OR CULTIVATOR IRON MAKING
  15      PUDDLERS' BALLS MAKING
  16      RAILWAY-CHAIR MAKINGG
  17.1    FOIL OR OTHER THIN SHEET-METAL MAKING OR TREATING
  17.2    .Method
  17.3    ..Clad or other composite foil or thin metal making
  17.4    ..With assembling or disassembling of a pack
  17.5    ...Using transitory solid cover material
  17.6    ...Including bond prevention treatment
  17.7    ...Disassembling of a pack
  17.8    ..By shaving or longitudinal cutting
  17.9    ..Using transitory material
  18.1    .Means for opening or separating a pack
  20      SPECTACLE-FRAME MAKING
  20.1    SPIRAL CUTTING OF FLAT STOCK
  21      STEREOTYPE-PLATE FINISHING
  21.1    MEANS FOR FORMING CLENCH-TONGUE (E.G., FOR TIEBAND)
  22      TIRE UPSETTING, WITH CUTTING, PUNCHING, ETC.
  23.1    TOOTHED-CYLINDER MAKING APPARATUS (E.G., TEXTURE WORKING
           CYLINDER)
  23.51   IMPELLER MAKING APPARATUS
  24      TYPE FINISHING AND GROOVING
  24.5    VENETIAN BLIND ASSEMBLING
  25      UMBRELLA-FRAME MAKING
  25.01   BARRIER LAYER OR SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MAKING
  25.02   .BARRIER LAYER DEVICE MAKING
  25.03   ..ELECTROLYTIC DEVICE MAKING; E.G., CAPACITOR
  25.35   PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICE MAKING
  25.41   ELECTRIC CONDENSER MAKING
  25.42   .Solid dielectric type
  76.1    FILING
  76.2    .Of key article
  76.3    .Continuous band type
  76.4    .Reciprocating type
  77      .File-blank stripper
  81.01   SCALE REMOVER OR PREVENTOR
  81.02   .For hollow workpiece
  81.021  ..Interior surface
  81.03   .Rolling deformation or deflection
  81.04   ..For wire or rod
  81.05   .With rotary head
  81.06   .Fluid impingement
  81.07   ..With heater
  81.08   ..Liquid jet
  81.09   ..Airblast
  81.1    .Chainer
  81.11   .Scraper or scalper
  81.12   .Brush type
  81.13   .Mechanically powered operator
  81.14   ..Tack or needle type
  81.15   ..Hammer
  81.16   ..Blade or chisel
  81.17   .Hand tool
  89.5    BURNING IN, WEARING IN, OR OIL BURNISHING
  90.01   BURNISHING
  90.1    .Of water laid fibrous article (e.g., paper)
  90.2    ..Heated burnishing member
  90.3    ...Burnishing tool reciprocates across work surface
  90.5    .Continuous feed
  90.6    .Of gear article
  90.7    .By shot peening or blastingg
  91      UPHOLSTERED ARTICLE MAKING
  91.1    .Method
  91.2    .Tufting
  91.3    ..With means to clench fastener
  91.4    ..With means to insert guide pin or fastener
  91.5    .Cover stretching
  91.6    .Edge-roll forming
  91.7    .Form or holder
  91.8    ..With follower
  400.1   METHOD OF MECHANICAL MANUFACTURE
  592.1   .Electrical device making
  593     ..Including measuring or testing of device or component part
  594     ..Acoustic transducer
  595     ..Indicating transducer
  596     ..Dynamoelectric machine
  597     ...Commutator or slip ring assembly
  598     ...Rotor
  599     ..Superconductor
  600     ..Antenna or wave energy "plumbing" making
  601     ...With other electrical component
  602.1   ..Electromagnet, transformer or inductor
  603     ...Magnetic recording reproducing transducer (e.g., tape head,
              etc.)
  604     ...Data storage inductor or core
  605     ...By winding or coiling
  606     ...By assembling coil and core
  607     ...Including permanent magnet or core
  608     ....From comminuted material
  609     ....Laminated
  609.1   ...Acoustic transducer
  610.1   ..Resistor making
  611     ...Heater type
  612     ...Thermally variable
  613     ...With envelope or housing
  614     ....Filling with powdered insulation
  615     .....With direct compression of powdered insulation
  616     ....Powdering the insulation
  617     .....By oxidation
  618     ....With winding
  619     ....Applying terminal
  620     ...Coating resistive material on a base
  621     ...Applying terminal
  621.1   ...Strain gauge making
  622     ..Switch making
  623     ..Fuse making
  623.1   ..Electric battery cell making
  623.2   ...Including sealing
  623.3   ...Including laminating of indefinite length material
  623.4   ...Including adhesively bonding
  623.5   ...Including coating or impregnating
  825     ..Conductor or circuit manufacturing
  826     ...Brush
  827     ...Beam lead frame or beam lead device
  828     ...Co-axial cable
  829     ...On flat or curved insulated base, e.g., printed circuit,
              etc.
  830     ....Assembling bases
  831     ....Assembling formed circuit to basee
  832     ....Assembling to base an electrical component, e.g., capacitor,
               etc.
  833     .....By utilizing optical sighting device
  834     .....With component orienting
  835     ......And shaping, e.g., cutting or bending, etc.
  836     ......Different components
  837     .....By inserting component lead or terminal into base aperture
  838     ......With deforming of lead or terminal
  839     .......Including metal fusion
  840     .....By metal fusion
  841     .....With encapsulating, e.g., potting, etc.
  842     ....Assembling terminal to base
  843     .....By metal fusion bonding
  844     .....By deforming or shaping
  845     ......With shaping or forcing terminal into base aperture
  846     ....Manufacturing circuit on or in base
  847     .....With selective destruction of conductive paths
  848     .....With molding of insulated base
  849     ......Simultaneous circuit manufacturing
  850     .....By using wire as conductive path
  851     .....With sintering of base
  852     .....By forming conductive walled aperture in base
  853     ......With deforming of conductive path
  854     ...Assembling electrical component directly to terminal or
              elongated conductor
  855     ....With encapsulating
  856     .....By molding of insulating material
  857     ...Assembling terminal to elongated conductor
  858     ....With molding of electrically insulating material
  859     .....By shrinking of cover
  860     ....By metal fusion bonding
  861     ....By deforming
  862     .....Of ferrule about conductor and terminal
  863     .....Of terminal
  864     ......With forming eyelet from elongated conductor
  865     ......With penetrating portion
  866     .......Through insulation
  867     ......With insulation removal
  868     ...Assembling elongated conductors, e.g., splicing, etc.
  869     ....With end-to-end orienting
  870     .....Including fluid evacuating or pressurizing
  871     .....Including deforming of joining bridge
  872     ....With overlapping orienting
  873     .....Including oppositely facing end orienting
  874     ...Contact or terminal manufacturing
  875     ....By powder metallurgy
  876     ....By assembling plural parts
  877     .....With bonding
  878     ......Of fused material
  879     .......Metal
  880     ........By impregnating a porous mass
  881     .....By elastic joining
  882     .....With deforming
  883     .....With molding of insulation
  884     .....Forming array of contacts or terminals
  885     ....With coating
  631     ..Insulator making
  631.1   ..Electret makingg
  888     .Prime mover or fluid pump making
  888.01  ..I.C. (internal combustion) engine making
  888.011 ...Repairing, converting, servicing or salvaging
  888.012 ...Rotary or radial engine making
  888.02  ..Fluid pump or compressor making
  888.021 ...Repairing, converting, servicing or salvaging
  888.022 ...Scroll or peristaltic type
  888.023 ...Screw or gear type, e.g., Moineau type
  888.024 ...Centrifugal type
  888.025 ...Vane type or other rotary, e.g., fan
  888.03  ..Valve lifter making
  888.04  ..Piston making
  888.041 ...Repairing, converting, servicing or salvaging
  888.042 ...Multi-element piston making
  888.043 ....Utilizing a high energy beam, e.g., laser, electron
               beam
  888.044 ...With assembly or composite article making
  888.045 ....With thermal barrier or heat flow provision
  888.046 ....With fiber reinforced structure
  888.047 ....By composite casting or molding
  888.048 ....By coating or cladding
  888.049 ...Ring groove forming or finishing
  888.05  ...Gudgeon pin, wrist pin, piston pin, or boss therefor
  888.051 ...With other attaching provision for connecting rod
  888.06  ..Cylinder, cylinder head or engine valve sleeve making
  888.061 ...With liner, coating, or sleeve
  888.07  ..Piston ring or piston packing making
  888.071 ...Including forging or hammering
  888.072 ...Including casting or molding
  888.073 ...Including rolling or die forming, e.g., drawing,
              punching
  888.074 ...Including coating or plating
  888.075 ...Including grinding or honing
  888.076 ...Including machining or angular cutting
  888.08  ..Crankshaft making
  888.09  ..Connecting rod making
  888.091 ...Including metallurgical bonding
  888.092 ...Including metal forging or die shaping
  888.1   ..Camshaft making
  888.2   ..Push rod or rocker arm making
  888.3   ..Seal or packing making
  888.4   ..Poppet or I.C. engine valve or valve seat making
  888.41  ...Valve guide making
  888.42  ...Repairing, converting, servicing or salvaging
  888.43  ...Valve tappet making
  888.44  ...Valve seat making
  888.45  ...Composite or hollow valve stem or head making
  888.451 ....Including forging
  888.452 ....Including extruding
  888.453 ....Including casting
  888.46  ...With assembly or composite article making
  889     .Impeller making
  889.1   ..Repairing or disassembling
  889.2   ..Turbomachine making
  889.21  ...Assembling individual fluid flow interacting members,
              e.g., blades, vanes, buckets, on rotary support member
  889.22  ...Assembling fluid flow directing devices, e.g., stators,
              diaphragms, nozzless
  889.23  ...Shaping integrally bladed rotor
  889.3   ..Axial blower or fan
  889.4   ..Centrifugal blower or fan
  889.5   ..Fluid coupling device
  889.6   ..Propeller making
  889.61  ...Utilizing hollow tube blank
  889.7   ..Blade making
  889.71  ...Composite blade
  889.72  ...Hollow blade
  889.721 ....With cooling passage
  889.722 .....Passage contains tubular insert
  890     .Catalytic device making
  890.01  .Rocket or jet device making
  890.02  .Burner, torch or metallurgical lance making
  890.03  .Heat exchanger or boiler making
  890.031 ..Repairing, converting, servicing or salvaging
  890.032 ..Heat pipe device making
  890.033 ..Solar energy device making
  890.034 ..Regenerator or recuperator making
  890.035 ..Cooling apparatus making, e.g., air conditioner,
             refrigerator
  890.036 ..Tube inside tube
  890.037 ..Tube wound about tube
  890.038 ..Tube joined to flat sheet longitudinally, i.e., tube
             sheet
  890.039 ..Sheet joined to sheet
  890.04  ...With inserted tubes
  890.041 ...Utilizing bond inhibiting material
  890.042 ....With subsequent fluid expansion
  890.043 ..Tube joint and tube plate structure
  890.044 ...Including conduit expansion or inflation
  890.045 ..Tube with heat transfer means
  890.046 ...Finned tube
  890.047 ....Common fin traverses plurality of tubes
  890.048 ....Helically finned
  890.049 ....Internally finned
  890.05  ....Made from unitary workpiece, i.e., no assembly
  890.051 ..Boiler making
  890.052 ..Header or manifold making
  890.053 ..Tube making or reforming
  890.054 ..With metallurgical bonding
  890.06  .Accumulator making
  890.07  .Condenser, evaporator or vaporizer making
  890.08  .Muffler, manifold or exhaust pipe making
  890.09  .Fluidic or fluid actuated device making
  890.1   .Fluid pattern dispersing device making, e.g., ink jet
  890.11  .Tapping device making
  890.12  .Valve or choke making
  890.121 ..Repairing, converting, servicing or salvaging
  890.122 ..Valve seat forming
  890.123 ..Valve stem or tire valve making
  890.124 ..With assembly, disassembly or composite article making
  890.125 ...Joining plural semi-circular components
  890.126 ...With material shaping or cutting
  890.127 ....Including molding or casting
  890.128 ....Including machining or drilling
  890.129 ....Including metallurgical bonding
  890.13  ....Including metal deformingg
  890.131 ...Including metallurgical bonding
  890.132 ..Including metal shaping and diverse operation
  890.14  .Gas and water specific plumbing component making
  890.141 ..Plumbing fixture making
  890.142 ..Nozzle making
  890.143 ...Sprayer
  890.144 ..Flexible conduit or fitting therefor
  890.145 ..Flue connector device making
  890.146 ..Trap making
  890.147 ..Return connector device making
  890.148 ..T-shaped fitting making
  890.149 ..Elbow or L-shaped fitting making
  890.15  ..Ferrule making or reforming
  891     .Agricultural device making
  891.1   ..Traction apparatus, e.g., for tractor
  891.2   ..Harvester guard
  892     .Pulley making
  892.1   ..Assembly
  892.11  ...With shaping
  892.2   ..Disc splitting to form pulley rim groove
  892.3   ..Groove forming in sheet metal pulley rim
  893     .Gear making
  893.1   ..Assembling of gear into force transmitting device
  893.2   ..Gear mounting
  893.3   ..Gear shaping
  893.31  ...Worm gear
  893.32  ...Roll forming
  893.33  ...Punching or stamping
  893.34  ...Die-press shaping
  893.35  ...Gear tooth cutting
  893.36  ...Gear blank making
  893.37  ...With specific gear material
  894     .Wheel making
  894.1   ..Steering wheel
  894.2   ..Material winding, e.g., reel, spool
  894.3   ..Land wheel
  894.31  ...Assembling tire to wheel body
  894.32  ...Disc type wheel
  894.321 ....Assembling wheel disc to rim and hub
  894.322 ....Assembling wheel disc to rim
  894.323 .....With disc shaping
  894.324 ....Integral rim and disc making
  894.325 ....Disc shaping
  894.33  ...Tensioned spoke type wheel making
  894.331 ....Tensioning all spokes simultaneously
  894.332 ....Tensioning spokes in series
  894.333 ....Tensioning spokes individually
  894.34  ...Compression, e.g., nontension, spoke type wheel making
  894.341 ....Joining spokes to rim and hub
  894.342 ....Joining spokes to rim
  894.343 ....Joining spokes to hub
  894.344 ....Making plural spokes from a single blank
  894.345 ....Individual spoke making
  894.35  ...Rim making
  894.351 ....With assembling
  894.352 .....Demountable rim making
  894.353 ....Die-press shaping
  894.354 ....Roller formingg
  894.36  ...Hub making
  894.361 ....With assembling
  894.362 ....Hub shaping
  894.37  ...Tire making
  894.38  ...Wheel trim making, e.g., wheel cover, hubcap
  894.381 ....With means for retaining trim member on wheel
  895     .Roller making
  895.1   ..Repairing or servicing
  895.2   ..Assembling preformed components
  895.21  ...Work contacting surface element assembled to core
  895.211 ....Work contacting surface wound about core
  895.212 ....With prestressing of component by heat differential,
               e.g., shrink, fit
  895.213 ....Work contacting surface having annular axial sections
  895.22  ...Work contacting surface element assembled to end support
              members
  895.23  ...Includes securing removable cover on roller
  895.3   ..Fabricating and shaping roller work contacting surface
             element
  895.31  ...Toothed roller
  895.32  ...With coating or casting about a core
  895.33  ..One-piece roller making
  160     .Grille
  160.6   .Jewelry and dentistry
  161     .Knob or knob shank
  163.6   .Multiperforated metal article making
  163.7   ..Coil wound wall screen
  163.8   ..Filter
  168     .Railway car wheel
  169.5   .Sound device
  172     .Spring-head clip
  173     .Spring
  175.1   .Turnbuckle making
  177     .Watch or clock
  178     ..Arbor, pinion, or balance
  179     ..Case, crown, or pendant
  897     .Structural member making
  897.1   ..Restoring existing member, e.g., reinforcing, repairing
  897.2   ..Vehicular structural member making
  897.3   ..Static structure, e.g., a building component
  897.31  ...Openwork, e.g., a truss, joist, frame, lattice-type or
              box beam
  897.312 ....Frame component
  897.32  ...Panel
  897.33  ...Columnar member
  897.34  ...Metal reinforcement member for nonmetallic, e.g.,
              concrete, structural element
  897.35  ...Beam or girder
  898     .Process for making bearing or component thereof
  898.01  ..Repairing
  898.02  ..Fluid bearing
  898.03  ..Linear bearing
  898.04  ..Rotary bearing
  898.041 ...Thrust bearing
  898.042 ...Plain bearing
  898.043 ....Self-adjusting or self-aligning, including ball and
               socket type, bearing and component making
  898.044 .....Deforming socket to secure balll
  898.045 ......Die-press shaping
  898.046 .......Having liner
  898.047 .....Having liner
  898.048 .....Socket making
  898.049 ......By molding or casting
  898.05  ......Nonmetallic socket
  898.051 ......By assembling
  898.052 .....Ball making
  898.053 ......With metallurgical bonding
  898.054 ....Sleeve or bushing making
  898.055 .....Nonmetallic
  898.056 .....Strip or blank material shaping
  898.057 ......Die-press shaping
  898.058 .......Having inner lining layer
  898.059 .....Having liner
  898.06  ...Anti-friction bearing or component thereof
  898.061 ....Assembling of race, cage, and rolling anti-friction
               members
  898.062 ....Assembling of race and rolling anti-friction members
  898.063 .....With race making
  898.064 ....Assembling of cage and rolling anti-friction members
  898.065 .....With cage making
  898.066 ....Race making
  898.067 ....Cage making
  898.068 ....Roller making
  898.069 ....Ball making
  898.07  ..Mounting
  898.08  ..Demounting
  898.09  ..Pre-usage process, e.g., preloading, aligning
  898.1   ..Lubricating
  898.11  ..Sealing
  898.12  ..Coating or casting
  898.13  ..Bearing surface treatment
  898.14  ..Specific metallic composition
  898.15  ..Nonmetallic bearing element
  899     .Ball making
  899.1   ..Hollow ball
  401.1   .Converting
  402.01  .Repairing
  402.02  ..Seal or element thereof
  402.03  ..With disassembling
  402.04  ...Including reconditioning of part
  402.05  ....By shaping
  402.06  .....Removing material
  402.07  ......And by a metallurgical operation, e.g., welding,
                 diffusion bonding, casting
  402.08  ...Replacing of defective part
  402.09  ..By attaching repair preform, e.g., remaking, restoring,
             or patching
  402.11  ...And removing damaged material
  402.12  ....Mechanically attaching preform with separate fastener
  402.13  ....Metallurgically attaching preform
  402.14  ...Mechanically attaching preform by separate fastener
  402.15  ....Screw threaded fastener
  402.16  ...Metallurgically attaching preform
  402.17  ...Screw threaded preform
  402.18  ..By applying fluent material, e.g., coating, casting
  402.19  ..By shaping, e.g., bending, extruding, turning, etc..
  402.21  ...Including heating
  403.1   .Scrap recovering or utilizing
  403.2   ..Metalworking to consolidate scrap
  403.3   ..Separating one material from another
  403.4   ...By burning or heating
  404     .During simulated operation or operating conditions
  405     ..Temperature
  406     .Center locating and shaping
  407     .With testing or indicating
  408     .Of a slide fastener
  409     ..Of slider
  410     ..Of interlocking element
  411     .Obtaining plural composite product pieces from preassembled
            workpieces
  412     .Obtaining plural product pieces from unitary workpiece
  413     ..Breaking through weakened portion
  414     ..Dividing through modified portion
  415     ..Dividing on common outline
  416     ..Coacting pieces
  417     ..Dividing sequentially from leading end, e.g., by cutting or
             breaking
  418     .Providing transitory integral holding or handling portion
  419.1   .Shaping fiber or fibered material
  419.2   .Magnetically shaping
  421.1   .Shaping by direct application of fluent pressure
  421.2   ..Explosively shaping
  422     .Shaping container end to encapsulate material
  423     .Utilizing transitory attached element or associated separate
            material
  424     ..Temporary protective coating, impregnation, or cast layer
  425     .Shaping mating parts for reassembly in different positions
  426.1   .Disassembling
  426.2   ..With other than ancillary treating or assembling
  426.3   ..With conveying of work or disassembled work part
  426.4   ..By altering or destroying work part or connector
  426.5   ..By applying force
  426.6   ...To elastically deform work part or connector
  428     .Assembling or joining
  429     ..Progressively advancing of work assembly station or assembled
             portion of work
  430     ...Advancing work to successive stations (i.e., assembly line)
  431     ...Advancing station
  432     ..Punching, piercing or reaming part by surface of second part
  432.1   ...With shaping
  432.2   ....Of first part
  433     ..By stringing
  434     ..Retaining clearance for motion between assembled parts
  435     ...Between tube-forming helical coils
  436     ...Through resilient media
  437     ...By deforming interlock
  438     ....By folding part into plural ears
  439     ....By wrapping around
  440     .....Of link closure
  441.1   ....Of sphere, i.e., ball, in socket
  441.2   .....Ball point pen making
  442     .....Allowing assembled sphere to move in single plane only
  443     ....Of flange into tubular socket
  444     ....Outwardly deforming internally fitted rodd
  445     ..Sizing mating parts during final positional association
  446     ..With prestressing of part
  447     ...By temperature differential (e.g., shrink fit)
  448     ...Of skin on frame member
  449     ....By flexing
  450     ...Elastic joining of parts
  451     ....Confining elastic part in socket
  452     ...Prestressing rod, filament or strand
  453     ...By snap fit
  454     ..Of flexible wall, expansible chamber devices (e.g., bellows)
  455.1   ..Spaced wall tube or receptacle
  456     ..Of separate helix (e.g., screw thread)
  457     ..Ribbing
  458     ..With coating before or during assembling
  459     ...To roughen surface
  460     ..Subsequently coating
  461     ..With spreading of cable strands
  462     ..Joining plate edge perpendicularly to frame
  463     ..Peripheral joining of opposed mirror image parts to form a
             hollow body
  464     ..Associating parts by use of aligning means (e.g., use of a
             drift pin or a "fixture")
  465     ...Registering mating opposed tool parts (e.g., registering a
              punch and a cooperating die)
  466     ...By multiple cooperating aligning means
  467     ...Sequentially associating parts on stationary aligning means
  468     ...By manipulating aligning means
  469     ..Assembling a subassembly, then assembling with a second
             subassembly
  469.5   ..Metal deforming with nonmetallic bonding
  505     ..Joining by deforming
  506     ...Securing cup or tube between axially extending concentric
              annuli
  507     ....By expanding inner annulus
  508     ....By constricting outer annulus
  509     ...Overedge assembling of seated part
  510     ....By necking in cup or tube wall
  511     .....At cup or tube end
  512     ....By flaring inserted cup or tube end
  513     ....By bending over projecting prongs
  514     ...Of parallel side-by-side elongated members
  515     ...Inward deformation of aperture or hollow body wall
  516     ....Hollow body is axially joined cup or tube
  517     .....Joined to rod
  518     ......Joined to overlapping ends of plural rods
  519     ......After thinning
  520     ....By axially applying force
  521     ...Surface interlocking
  522.1   ...Radially expanding part in cavity, aperture, or hollow
              body
  523     ....Radially expanding internal tube
  524     ....Peripheral edge joining of abutting plates
  524.1   ....Riveting
  525     ..By driven force fit
  525.1   ..By applying separate fastener
  525.2   ...Riveting
  526.2   .With separating, localizing, or eliminating of as-cast
            defects from a metal casting (e.g., anti-pipe))
  526.3   ..Compressing ingot while still partially molten
  526.4   ..Removing defects
  526.5   ...From center of ingot to leave hollow blank
  526.6   ...After deforming
  527.1   .Combined manufacture including applying or shaping of
            fluent material
  527.2   ..Coating
  527.3   ...And casting
  527.4   ...Subsequent to metal working
  527.5   ..Metal casting
  527.6   ...Followed by cutting or removing material
  527.7   ...Combined with rolling
  530     ..Filling of opening
  557     .Shaping one-piece blank by removing material
  558     ..Successive distinct removal operations
  559     .Work holding
  560     CONVERTIBLE METAL WORKING MACHINE
  560.1   .Vise type
  33 R    PLURAL DIVERSE MANUFACTURING APPARATUS INCLUDING MEANS FOR
           METAL SHAPING OR ASSEMBLING
  33.2    .Slide fastener or slide fastener element
  33.5    .Binding or covering and cutting
  33.52   ..Cutting covering material only
         .Type of machine
  26 R    ..Drill press
  26 A    ...Drilling and other
  26 B    ...Portable
  27 R    ..Lathe
  28      ...Grinding attachment
  29      ...Pulley or wheel
  27 A    ...Convertible
  27 B    ...Commutator
  27 C    ...Lathe and tool
  30      ..Planer
  34 R    .Forging and bending, cutting or punching
  34 A    ..Fastener (zipper)
  34 B    ..Riveting
  34 C    ..Ball making
  34 D    ..Wire working
  561     .With means to feed work during tool contact
  562     ..Including nonrotary flying tool
  563     .With means to feed work intermittently from one tool station to
            another
  37 R    ..Stock turret
  37 A    ...Swiss type
  38 R    ..Blank turret
  38 A    ...Rotary work - vertical axis
  38 B    ...Rotary work - horizontal axis
  38 C    ...Stationary work
  38 D    ...Belt drive
  38 E    ...Crankshaft
  38 F    ...Collapsible tube
  38.9    ..Endless belt
  564     .Separate tool stations for selective or successive operation on
            work
  564.1   ..Including assembling or disassembling station
  564.2   ...And means to machine work part to fit cooperating work
              partt
  564.3   ...And means to sever work prior to disassembling
  564.4   ....Comprising means to strip insulation from wire
  564.5   ...And means to stake electric wire to commutator or
              armature in assembling of electric motor or generator
  564.6   ...And means to sever work from supply
  564.7   ...And means to machine product
  564.8   ....To sever product to length
  565     .Common reciprocating support for spaced tools
  566     .Including composite tool
  566.1   ..Including severing means
  566.2   ...To sever electric terminal from supply strip
  566.3   ...To trim electric component
  566.4   ....Means comprising hand-manipulatable implement
  35.5    .With turret mechanism
  36      ..Multiple turret
  39      ..Tool turret
  40      ...Rotary tool holder
  41      ...Sliding tool holder
  42      ...Fluid operated
         ...Cam operated
  43      ....Longitudinal turret axis
  44      ....Transverse turret axis
  45      ...Lever operated
  46      ...Rack-and-pinion operated
  47      ...Screw operated
  48.5 R  ..Including rotating and/or locking means
  49      ...Frictional and positive
  48.5 A  ...Lock means for tool or work turrets
  50      .Multiple-tool holder
  51      ..Laterally movable stock holder
  52      ..Axial tool and transversely movable slide rest
  53      ...Rotary tool spindle
  54      ..Longitudinally and transversely movable
  55      ...Rotary tool spindle
  56      ..Oscillating tool
  56.5    .Including machining means
  56.6    ..And work-holder for assembly
  57      .Attachment
  64      .Speed controller
  65      .Carriage stop mechanism
  33 A    .Flash remover
  33 B    .Welding strip ends
  33 C    .Casting and working
  33 D    .Tube making
  33 E    .Covering
  33 F    .Wire working
  33 G    .Radiator making
  33 H    .Printing plate
  33 J    .Turret
  33 K    .Assembly
  33 L    .Armature
  33 M    .Electrical connector or terminal
  33 N    .Tire valve or spark plug
  33 P    .Multiple station with conveyor
  33 Q    .Multiple stations working strip material
  33 S    .Continuous strip
  33 T    .Work on tubes
  650     PLURAL DIVERSE MANUFACTURING APPARATUSS
  700     MEANS TO ASSEMBLE OR DISASSEMBLE
  701     .With means to regulate operation by use of templet, tape, card
            or other replaceable information supply
  702     ..With comparator
  703     ...Computer input
  704     ..Web or strand-carried information supply
  705     .With means to test work or product
  706     .With randomly actuated stopping or disabling means
  707     ..Responsive to condition of work or product
  708     ..Responsive to operative (e.g., safety device, etc.)
  709     .With control means energized in response to activator
            stimulated by condition sensor
  710     ..Including means to divert defective work part
  711     ..Multiple station assembly or disassembly apparatus
  712     ...Including position sensor
  713     ..Responsive to timer
  714     ..Responsive to work or work-related machine element
  715     ...With means to fasten by deformation
  716     ....Self-piercing work part
  717     ...With means to fasten by elastic joining
  718     ...With means to fasten by frictional fitting
  719     ...Including means to apply magnetic force directly to position
              or hold work
  720     .With signal, scale, illuminator, or optical viewer
  721     ..For work-holder for assembly or disassembly
  722     .Including means to provide a controlled environment
  723     .Nuclear device
  724     .Roller or ball bearing
  725     ..Including deforming means
  726     .Heat exchanger
  726.5   ..Including means to manipulate heat exchanger tube bundle
  727     ..Including deforming means
  728     .Means to place sheath on running-length core
  729     .Means to assemble electrical device
  730     ..Storage cell or battery
  731     ...Including deforming means
  732     ..Motor or generator
  733     ...Means to assemble commutator
  734     ...Means to position insulation
  735     ...Means to stake wire to commutator or armature
  736     ...Including deforming means
  737     ..Magnetic memory device
  738     ..Laminated device
  739     ..Means to fasten electrical component to wiring board, base, or
             substrate
  740     ...Chip component
  741     ...Multilead component
  742     ..Multiple station assembly apparatus
  743     ..Means to apply vacuum directly to position or hold work part
  744     ..Means to apply magnetic force directly to position or hold
             work part
  745     ..Conductor
  746     ...Electrode
  747     ...Terminal or connector
  748     ....Assembled to wire-type conductor
  749     .....Means to simultaneously assemble multiple, independent
                conductors to terminal
  750     .....Means comprising hand-manipulatable implementt
  751     ......Fastening by deformation
  752     ......Fastening by elastic joining
  753     .....Means to fasten by deformation
  754     .....Means to fasten by elastic joining
  755     ...Multiple, independent conductors
  756     ...Switch or fuse
  757     ..Means to simultaneously fasten three or more parts
  758     ..Means comprising hand-manipulatable implement
  759     ..Means to align and advance work part
  760     ..With work-holder for assembly
  761     ..Means to fasten by deforming
  762     .Means to disassemble electrical device
  763     ..Storage cell or battery
  764     ..Means comprising hand-manipulatable implement
  765     .Means to place traveler on ring or ring on bobbin of a textile
            machine
  766     .Slide fastener
  767     ..Means to assemble stop onto stringer
  768     ..Means to assemble slider onto stringer
  769     ..Means to assemble teeth onto stringer
  770     ..Disassembly means
  771     .Means to interrelatedly feed plural work parts from plural
            sources without manual intervention
  772     ..Box or pallet assembly means
  773     ..Means to assemble container
  774     ...Handle to container
  775     ...Label to container
  776     ...Pressurized dispensing container
  777     ...Hypodermic syringe
  778     ...Including fluid component
  779     ..Running-length work
  780     ...Means including orbiting running-length work supply
  781     ...Pipe section
  782     ...Assembled to article
  783     ..Multiple station assembly apparatus
  784     ..Including assembly pallet
  785     ..Including turret-type conveyer
  786     ..Including converging conveyers
  787     ..And means to fasten work parts together
  788     ...By deforming
  789     ...By elastic joining
  790     ...By friction fit
  791     .Multiple station assembly or disassembly apparatus
  792     ..Including turret-type conveyer
  793     ..Including converging conveyers
  794     ...And primary central conveyer
  795     ..Means to fasten work parts together
  796     ...By deforming
  797     ...By elastic joining
  798     .Means to drive self-piercing work part
  799     .Including assembly pallet
  800     .Including provision to utilize thermal expansion of work
  801     .Means to assemble or disassemble container and fluid component
  802     .Vehicle wheel
  803     ..Railway wheel
  804     .Tumbler lock
  805     .Toy doll
  806     .Film or tape cartridgee
  807     .Crystal to watch or clock
  808     .Means to insert or extract pen point
  809     .With magazine supply
  810     ..And magnetic work-holder or positioner
  811.2   ..Assembling means comprising hand-manipulatable implement
  812     ...One work part comprising living tissue
  812.5   ...Comprising driver for snap-off-mandrel fastener; e.g.,
              Pop (TM) riveter
  813     ...One work part comprising nut or screw
  814     ...One work part comprising paper clip
  815     ...Means to assemble tire stud into tire tread
  816     ...Means to fasten by deforming
  817     ....Fastening sinker to fishing line
  818     ..Means to fasten by deforming
  819     .Running-length work
  820     ..Assembled on core
  821     .Including means to vibrate work
  822     .Including work conveyer
  823     ..Including transporting track
  824     ...And work carrying vehicle
  213.1   .Valve applying or removing
  214     ..Engine valve unit puller or applier
  215     ..Engine valve spring compressor (only)
  216     ...Plural spring engagement
  217     ...Screw operated
  218     ....Parallel or tong type, side entrance
  219     ...Lever operated
  220     ....Single jaw or valve engagement
  221     ....Plier type
  221.5   ..To or from wheel rim of resilient tire or tube
  221.6   ..Removal tool
  222     .Piston ring inserter or remover
  223     ..Plier-type operation
  224     ...With ring encirclement
  225     .Spring applier or remover
  226     ..Transmission spring
  227     ..Helical spring
  228     ..Flat spiral spring (e.g., watch or clock type)
  229     ..Circular spring
  230     ..Leaf spring
  231     .Means to stake watch or clock
  232     ..Plier type
  233     .Brake lining to brake shoe
  234     .Tube and coextensive core
  235     .To apply or remove a resilient article (e.g., tube, sleeve,
            etc.)
  235.5   ..Nipple to nursing bottle
  236     ..Well protector to sucker rod
  237     .Coupling to conduit
  237.5   .Loose-leaf sheet binder
  238     .Compressing parts together face to face
  239     .Spreading parts apart or separating them from face to face
            engagement
  240     .By rotation of work part
  240.5   ..Means to insert or remove helix
  241     .Means to string
  242     .Tool handle and tool
  243     .Tool chuck and tooll
  243.5   .Overedge assembling means
  243.51  ..Belt-hook attacher
  243.517 ..Annular work
  243.518 ...With radially acting tool inside annular work
  243.519 ...With second workpiece inside annular work one workpiece
              moved to shape the other
  243.521 ....Comprising driver for snap-off-mandrel fastener; e.g.,
               Pop (TM) riveter
  243.522 .....Including near side fastener shaping tool
  243.523 .....Pneumatic- or fluid-actuated tool
  243.524 ......Liquid
  243.525 .......And gas
  243.526 .....Having rotary drive mechanism
  243.527 .....Having allochiral actuating handles
  243.528 .....Having repositionable annulus engaging tool
  243.529 ....Including near side fastener shaping tool
  243.53  ..Riveter
  243.54  ...Single header
  243.55  ....Pipe joiner
  243.56  ..Clip applier
  243.57  ..Binding or covering
  243.58  ...Edge binding
  244     .Puller or pusher means, contained force multiplying operator
  245     ..Hubcap and hub
  246     ..Battery post and terminal
  247     ..Cotter pin and cooperating member
  248     ...Plier type means
  249     ..Valve stem pin or key and another member
  250     ..Machine key and another member
  251     ..Arbor-type press means
  252     ..Having fluid operator
  253     ..Having wedge operator
  254     ..Having percussion or explosive operator
  255     ...Tube, sleeve, or ferrule inserting or removing
  256     ..Having screw operator
  257     ...C-frame
  258     ...Central screw, work-engagers around screw
  259     ....Work-engager arms along or parallel to screw
  260     .....With arm connecting engaging means
  261     .....Pivotal arms
  262     .....Pivotal grippers on screw
  263     ....Tubular or tube segment forms work-engager
  264     .....Screw threaded work-engager
  265     .....Movable grippers on screw
  266     ....Plate or bar forms work-engager
  267     ..Having lever operator
  268     ...Plier type means
  269     .Means comprising piston ring group contractor or holder
  270     .Means comprising hand manipulatable tool
  271     ..Aligner or center
  272     ...Tube with tube
  273     ...Auto wheel with auto chassis
  274     ...Clutch plates
  275     ..Means comprising impact receiving tool
  276     ...C-frame
  277     ...Thread protector (e.g., wheel axle type)
  278     ..Hand gripper for direct push or pull
  279     ...Centrifugal separatorr
  280     ...Tube sleeve or ferrule applying or removing
  281     ....Thread-tapping grip
  281.1   .With work-holder for assembly
  281.2   ..For assembling a luminescent mantle
  281.3   ..And assembling press (e.g., truss assembling means,
             etc.)
  281.4   ..Having means to permit support movement while work is
             thereon
  281.5   .Including means to relatively position plural work parts
  281.6   .Work-supported apparatus
  282     .Tube, sleeve or ferrule
  283     .Work gripper, anvil, or element
  283.5   .By deforming
  78      FILE OR RASP
  79      .Sectional
  80      .Holder
  1.01    MISCELLANEOUS APPARATUS
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  *       CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS
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  900     METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ASSEMBLY BY ELECTROSTATIC ATTRACTION
  901     BALANCING METHOD
  902     FILTER MAKING
  903     FIREARM BOLT MAKING
  904     LAMINATED METAL ARTICLE MAKING
  905     MAKING COIL WOUND WALL SCREEN
  906     NUCLEAR DEVICE MAKING
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  *       DIGESTS
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  DIG 1   Method or apparatus involving adhesive
  DIG 2   Method or apparatus using aluminum
  DIG 3   Method or apparatus with bending
  DIG 4   Method or apparatus with brazing
  DIG 5   Method or apparatus with casting
  DIG 6   Method or apparatus with centrifugal casting
  DIG 7   Method or apparatus with cleaning
  DIG 8   Method or apparatus with composite casting
  DIG 9   Method or apparatus with cup formed and bottom removed
  DIG 10  Method or apparatus with die casting
  DIG 11  Method or apparatus with drawing
  DIG 12  Method or apparatus with electroplating
  DIG 13  Method or apparatus with electric heating
  DIG 14  Method or apparatus with enameling
  DIG 15  Forming article on end of long stock and then cutting off
  DIG 16  Method or apparatus with etching
  DIG 17  Method or apparatus with making flow lines; crystals
  DIG 18  Method or apparatus with forging
  DIG 19  Method or apparatus with grinding
  DIG 20  Method or apparatus for double blank
  DIG 21  Method or apparatus for heating
  DIG 22  Method or apparatus using indium
  DIG 23  Method or apparatus with knurling
  DIG 24  Method or apparatus with local heating
  DIG 25  Method or apparatus with particular material
  DIG 26  Method or apparatus with machining
  DIG 27  Method or apparatus using magnesium
  DIG 28  Magnetic recording digestt
  DIG 29  Molding with other step
  DIG 30  Ornamenting with other step
  DIG 31  Pressing powder with other step
  DIG 32  Rolling with other step
  DIG 33  Scoring with other step
  DIG 34  Scaling with other step
  DIG 35  Shrink fitting with other step
  DIG 36  Shot blasting with other step
  DIG 37  Stamping with other step
  DIG 38  Spot welding with other step
  DIG 39  Spraying with other step
  DIG 40  Strips of repeated articles - cut up later
  DIG 41  Taper tube making
  DIG 42  Tension applied during working
  DIG 43  Upsetting and flanging tube end
  DIG 44  Vacuum
  DIG 45  Titanium
  DIG 46  Vibration
  DIG 47  Extruding with other step
  DIG 48  Welding with other step
  DIG 49  Work hardening with other step
  DIG 50  Cutting fluid application and debris control
  DIG 51  Power stop control for movable element
  DIG 52  Chip breaker
  DIG 53  Workpiece and debris separator
  DIG 54  Fluid control interrelated with machine tool mechanism
  DIG 55  With cutter drive
  DIG 56  With shield or hood movements
  DIG 57  With cutter feed
  DIG 59  Hood actuated by tool or work approach
  DIG 60  Progressive displacement of hood
  DIG 61  Plural-type debris removers
  DIG 62  Rubbing transfer of solid coating to rotating element
  DIG 63  Fluid conveyor or applicator
  DIG 64  Ambulatory cutter with fluent conduit
  DIG 65  Cutter contained supply reservoir
  DIG 66  Fluid flow to channeled cutter
  DIG 67  Rotating cutter
  DIG 68  Hollow spindle contains
  DIG 69  Fluid spreader contacts cutter
  DIG 70  Rotary or oscillating fluid applicator
  DIG 71  Complete immersion of cutter
  DIG 72  Dip or splash supply
  DIG 73  Chain or belt conveyor
  DIG 74  Partial immersion of cutter
  DIG 75  Adjustable liquid level
  DIG 76  Movable liquid-carrying trough
  DIG 77  With separator or filter
  DIG 78  Air blast and/or vacuum conveyor
  DIG 79  Removable debris receptacle
  DIG 81  Gas as a conveyor
  DIG 82  Air current generated by cutter
  DIG 83  Fan coaxial with cutter
  DIG 84  Vacuum exhaust type
  DIG 85  With fluid control valve
  DIG 86  Hood encased cutter
  DIG 87  Multiple fluid paths
  DIG 88  By projecting, squirting or drippingg
  DIG 89  Gas entrained liquid supply
  DIG 90  Elevated tank supply
  DIG 91  Plural discharge openings
  DIG 92  Fluid channel in cutter
  DIG 93  Plural discharge loci
  DIG 94  Debris remover, catcher, or deflector
  DIG 95  Magnetic or electrostatic
  DIG 96  Mechanical removal assistant
  DIG 97  Cutter engaging cleaner
  DIG 98  Rotating, reciprocating or oscillating cleaner
  DIG 99  Flexible conveyor
  DIG 100 Screw or cam conveyor
  DIG 101 Pan, bed, or table
  DIG 102 Debris chute
  DIG 104 Tool or work attached
  DIG 105 Assembly, magnetic, or indicia tool