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Class Number: 81
Class Title: TOOLS
Subclass Subclass
Number Title
2 COMBINED WRENCHES AND PUMPS OR OILERS
3.05 SHELL, PROJECTILE, OR WAD EXTRACTORS
3.07 RECEPTACLE CLOSURE REMOVER
3.08 .Having discrete retainer or receptacle for removed
closure
3.09 .Combined or plural
3.15 ..Attached to receptacle or closure
3.2 .Power-, vacuum-, or fluid pressure-operated
3.25 .Wall or surface mounted or supported
3.31 ..With receptacle supporting or grasping means
3.32 ...With bottom support
3.33 ..Rotary remover device, gear or lever actuated
3.27 ..Lever or prying type
3.35 .Movable into or over handle
3.36 .With additional receptacle-engaging means
3.37 ..Lever- or gear-translated closure remover
3.29 ..For engaging receptacle about closure (e.g., socket
type)
3.39 ..Bottom support
3.4 .Gripping type
3.41 ..Finger grapple type
3.42 ..With reciprocating closure-engaging
3.43 ..With deformable strip-tightening means
3.44 ..With pivoted closure-engaging parts
3.45 .Screw type
3.55 .Levering or prying type
3.47 ..With impaling or inserting remover
3.56 ..Having discrete relatively movable portions
3.57 ..Having handle, intermediate hook, and end fulcrum
3.48 .Impaling or inserting type
3.49 ..With lateral projection or abutment
3.5 SPECTACLE
3.6 .Plier
3.7 LEAF-SPRING SPREADERS
3.8 FUSE PULLERS
4 ENGRAVERS' CLAMPS
6 WATCHMAKERS'
7 .Jewel setters'
7.5 .Mainspring winders
8 .Ruby pin setters
8.1 PACKING
9.2 STYLUS
9.21 STAMP SCARIFIER
9.22 PERFORATOR AND INKER
9.24 TAPPET ADJUSTER
9.26 PLOWSHARE HOLDER
9.3 HOSE-CLAMP APPLIERS
9.4 WIRE STRIPPER
9.51 .Bench tools
9.41 .Having relatively movable clamp and blade
9.42 ..Clamp and blade move relative to supporting structure
9.43 ..Blade moves relative to handle to remove insulationn
9.44 .Pivoted blade
10 NUT LOCK
13 BOLT HOLDERS
15.2 REPAIR TOOLS FOR RESILIENT TIRES
15.3 .Holders for spread tire casings
15.4 .Deflating tools
15.5 .Combined cement injectors and plug or patch inserters
15.6 .Cement injectors
15.7 .Plug or patch inserters
15.8 SKID CHAIN APPLYING TOOLS
15.9 FOR LOCK OR LATCH
16 CHUCK KEY
44 HOLDER, PUSHER, OR SETTER FOR DRIVEN-TYPE FASTENERS
45 SHINGLE TOOL
46 WOODEN FLOORING TOOL
300 TOOL JAW(S) POSITIONED BY RELATIVELY MOVABLE PLURAL HANDLES
(E.G., PLIERS)
301 .Including hydraulic features
302 .Antipodal jaw surfaces move apart as handles approach (e.g.,
outwardly expanding jaws)
303 .With three or more jaws
304 ..With single pair of handles
305 ...Double pair Janus-jawed
306 ....With jaws fixed to handle(s)
307 ...With intermediate jaw(s) in line with and between outer jaws
308 ...With three jaws only
309 ....Two pivoted jaws and one sliding jaw
310 ....Three coacting pivoted jaws
311 ...With separate jaw pairs
312 ....Parallel jaws perpendicularly spaced
313 .With means requiring a completion of travel of jaw movement
314 .With means for step-by-step jaw movement
315 .With means to immobilize handles against relative angular
movement and means to move jaw(s) thereafter
316 ..With plural selective handle positions
317 ..With means for relative longitudinal handle movement
318 .With means to immobilize jaws
319 ..With lock-release means
320 ..With lock-disabling means
321 ..Including spring-urged handles or jaws
322 ...And spring-urged latch
323 ..Spring-urged latch element(s)
324 ..Positive lock means
325 ...With plural selective jaw positions
326 ....Threaded lock means
327 .....With threaded jaw adjustment means
328 ....Interdigitated lock means
329 .With means (nontoggle) to hold jaws against only retrograde
movement
330 ..With plural preselective jaw positions
331 ..Manipulated lock member
332 ...Pivoted bail
333 ...Sliding yoke
334 ...Threaded member
335 ....Nut
336 ...Pivoted rack
337 ...Pivoted pawl
338 ..Rack and pawl meanss
339 ..Coacting friction means
340 ...Serrated surfaces
341 .With means to vary range limit(s) of jaw movement
342 .Jaw-actuating means (handle-manipulation conversion)
343 ..With means to choose one of a plurality of actuator leverages
344 ...Predetermined and discrete member of leverage selections
345 ..Axial motion of handle-attached actuators(s)
346 ..Pivotal motion about axis of parallel actuator rod(s)
347 ..With means to articulate and/or slide both jaws
348 ...With means for arcuate motion of both jaws
349 ....Cam actuator
350 ....Dual pivoted actuator levers
351 .....With jaws pivoted together
352 ...With means for parallel movement of work-engaging surfaces
353 ....Longitudinal guide means
354 ....Lateral guide means
355 ..With means for sliding jaw actuation
356 ...With adjustment means
357 ....Pivoted pawl type
358 ...Pinion and rack
359 ...Claw lever and rack or notch
360 ....Plural teeth on claw
361 ...Grip lever and cam
362 ...Grip lever and link
363 ....Toggle link
364 ..Including claw lever and rack or notch means
365 ...With adjustment means
366 ...Plural teeth on claw
367 ..Including toggle means
368 ...With toggle release
369 ....By means acting on intermediate pivot
370 .....Release means carried by grip lever
371 ......Mounted on intermediate pivot
372 ...With means to limit movement of intermediate pivot
373 ...With means for relative parallel movement of jaws
374 ...With pitman between grip lever and intermediate pivot
375 ...With toggle linkage and actuated jaw mounted on carrier
376 ...With connecting rod between grip lever and actuated jaw
377 ...With connecting rod between grip lever and handle member
378 ....With actuated jaw pivoted on handle member
379 .....With means for resiliently biasing jaw and/or toggle
380 ......Extension coil spring between jaw and handle member
381 ..Including grip lever actuator and pivoted jaw (e.g., tandem
levers)
382 ...With adjustment means
383 ...With link connecting jaw and grip lever
383.5 ..Including cam actuator and pivoted jaw
384 ..With adjustment means
385 .Adjustable relationship between jaw(s) and/or handle(s)
386 ..By relative positioning of jaw(s) only
387 ...Both jaws adjustable
388 ...By threaded elements
389 ....Rotatable screw type
390 ....Rotatable nut type
391 ...Maintained by detent and rack
392 ...Maintained by locked interdigitated members
393 ..By angular orientation of one handle portion relative to
otherr
394 ..By selection of pivot hole(s) in each handle
395 ..By threaded adjustment means
396 ...Worm and rack type
397 ...Peripherally threaded handle manipulated for travel relative
to other handle
398 ...Threaded element travels relative to both handles
399 ...Rotatable screw in nut
400 ....Screw attached to joint
401 ....Nut attached to joint
402 ...Rotatable nut on screw
403 ....Screw attached to joint
404 ....Nut attached to joint
405 ..By manipulation of pivot-carrying member
406 ...With angular orientation of eccentric pivots joining handles
407 ..By relative sliding or slipping of handles
408 ...With fulcrum-carrying member
409 ....With positive lock for member
409.5 ....With spring urged lock for member
411 ...With pivot pin fulcrum in notched slot
412 ....With flattened cross section pin
413 ...With toothed-member fulcrum on notched handle
414 ...With opposed interdigitated concentric segmental annular
portions
415 .Crossed handles
416 ..Joint detail
417 ..Resiliently urged
418 .Jaw features
419 ..Tined or digitated jaws
420 ..Jaws extend laterally beyond side edge plane of handle(s)
421 ..Jaw attachment and/or inserts
422 ...Selective
423 ....By detachment
424 ...Articulated
424.5 ..Nonplanar jaw face
426 ...And diversely shaped face
426.5 ...Work conforming face
427 .Resiliently urged
427.5 .Handle
463 INCLUDING TOOL DRIVING BY IMPACT DELIVERING COMPONENT OR
COOPERATING ANVIL
464 .Motor or gear driven
465 .Structurally constrained to arcuate movement
466 ..About turning axis of work engaging portion
52 WRENCH, SCREWDRIVER, OR DRIVER THEREFOR
53.1 .With elongated hot line stick
53.11 ..Globe manipulator
53.12 ...Rotatable grasper
53.2 .Stud-removal and implacement
429 .Responsive to movement of work
467 .Responsive to torque on work
468 ..With marking mechanism
469 ..Means for regulating motor
470 ...Fluid motor
471 ..Permanently deformable component
472 ..Relatively movable work contacting components
473 ..Rotatable, coaxial, clutching components
474 ...Having intermediate, disparate, interlock element
475 ...Having complementary formationss
476 ...Having friction type contact surfaces
477 ..Work engaging portion attached to and turned by resilient
member
478 ..Work engaging portion pivotally or rotatably connected to
handle
479 ...With electric signal device
480 ...Axis of connection coaxial to rotational axis of work
481 ....With arm extending from portion
482 ....With pivoted locking pawl
483 ...With arm extending from portion and through connection
54 .Machine
55 ..Bolt-holding
56 ...Gear-operated
57 ..Gear-operated
57.11 ...With motor
57.12 ....Oblique angle drive
57.13 ....Right angle drive
57.14 ....Parallel axis drive
57.15 ...Round work
57.16 ....With additional work-engaging means
57.17 ....Flexible jaw
57.18 ....Cam-operated jaw
57.19 ....Fluid-operated jaw
57.2 ....Pivoted jaw
57.21 ....Sliding jaw
57.22 ...Multiple drive or driven means
57.23 ....With magazine
57.24 ...With support
57.25 ....Vehicular
57.26 ...Adjustable angle drive
57.27 ....Flexible shaft
57.28 ...Oblique angle drive
57.29 ...Right angle drive
57.3 ...Parallel axis drive
57.31 ...Common axis drive
57.32 ..Double or duplex
57.33 ..Round work
57.34 ...With additional work-engaging means
57.35 ...With support
57.36 ..Multiple work-engaging means
57.37 ..With feed or magazine means
430 ...Utilizing fluid to convey work
431 ...Including chute having longitudinal axis collinear with
rotational axis of work turning portion
432 ...Including vibratory work supporting member
433 ...Including revolvably driven work contacting member
434 ...Including driven, flexible, work supporting strip
435 ...Including driven, reciprocating, conveying member
57.38 ..With tensioning means
57.39 ..Step by step
57.4 ..With support
57.41 ...Vehicular
57.42 ..Direct drive
57.43 ...Flexible
57.44 ...Fluid
57.45 ...Oblique angle
57.46 ...Tangential engagement
57.5 .Turret headd
74 .Wheel or endless track operated
75 ..Hub-rim grasp
76 ...Internal
58 .Handle clutched to head
58.1 ..With additional head-turning means
58.2 ..Radially slotted or open end head
58.3 ..Axially movable clutching parts
58.4 ..Positive two-way drive (e.g., dog clutch)
58.5 ..Radially extending eccentrically movable handle
59.1 ..Ball or roller wedge
60 ..One-way detent drive, e.g., ratchet
61 ...Pivoted pawl
62 ....Reversing
63 .....Single
63.1 ...Reversing
63.2 ....Single pawl
436 .Having work engaging and force exerting portion inserted into
cavity (e.g., allen wrench, screwdriver)
437 ..Combined with or usable as diverse-type wrench
438 ..Having structure adapting portion or tool for separation
439 ..Including discrete, separately usable inserted portions
440 ...Pivotally or rotatably mounted
441 ..Inserted portion cuts into or deforms cavity
442 ..Inserted portion having relatively movable components
443 ...Having camming or wedging element for moving components
444 ....Axially shiftable element located between and wedging
against components
445 .....With threaded surface for cooperating with mating tool
structure
446 ....Rotatable element located between and camming against
components
447 ...Having cooperating threaded element type actuating means
448 ...Having resilient or spring biased component
449 ....Biased component rotated about axis collinear to rotational
axis of tool
450 ..Inserted portion mounted to pivot or swivel relative to
longitudinal axis of handle
451 ..With separate means for guiding or gripping work
452 ...Having resilient, relatively movable, work gripping members
453 ....With camming or wedging element for moving members
454 ...Having pivoted, relatively movable, work gripping members
455 ....With camming or wedging element for moving members
456 ...Having member with work underlying portion
457 ....Member spring biased for axial movement
458 ....Resilient member
459 ..Inserted portion having threaded periphery
460 ..Inserted portion having plural, noncollinear blades (e.g.,
Phillips)
461 ..Inserted portion having plural, separate, work-engaging
projections
64 .Flexible
65 ..Threaded adjustment
65.2 ..Link
68 ...Handle jaw
69 ....Pivoted
70 ....Duplex
65.4 ...Toothed adjustment
73 .U-crank armm
77 .Double-ended, simultaneous adjustment
90.1 .Plural pivoted jaws and handle-lever
90.2 ..Cam or gear operated
90.3 ..Jaws enclose work
90.4 ...Including latch to connect jaw to handle-lever
90.5 ....At least three jaws enclose work
90.6 ...Including latch to connect pivoted jaws
90.7 ....At least three jaws enclose work
90.8 .....Two jaw pairs connected by latch
90.9 ..Including means to adjust or to secure jaw in adjusted
position
91.1 ..Slidable pivot
91.2 ..First jaw pivoted directly to handle and to second jaw
91.3 ..Two jaws pivoted directly to intermediate member
92 .Pivoted inner jaw
93 ..Nut or screw fulcrum
94 ..Pin fulcrum
95 ...Roller jaw
96 ....Pinion
97 ...Spring-pressed
.Pivoted outer jaw
..Fixed fulcrum
98 ...Nontraveling jaw
99 ....Spring-pressed
100 ...Traveling jaw
101 ....Nut fulcrum
102 ....Rocking sleeve
103 .....Spring-pressed
104 ......Fulcrum washer
105 ......Sleeve-enclosed nut
106 ..Traveling fulcrum
107 ...Threaded handlebar
108 ....Axillary rotating
109 ...Slotted guide
110 ...Fulcrum tooth and rack
111 .Pivoted side jaw
112 ..Bevel-closing
113 ...Cammed into socket by axial nut or screw
114 ....Sleeve socket nut
115 ...Rotating ring
116 ...Wedge
117 ..Rocking link
118 ..Transverse screw clamp
126 .Sliding jaw, handle-lever grip
127 ..Claw
128 .Sliding jaw, cam-closing
129 .Slidable jaw adjustments
129.5 ..Rack
131 ...Interlocking jaw handles
132 ...Locking set screw or nut
133 ...Pinion lock
134 ...Pivoted rack catch
135 ....Nontraveling
136 .....Intermediate fulcrum
137 ....Transverse
138 ....Cam-seated
139 ....Indirectly operated
140 ....Intermediate fulcrumm
141 ...Shank-engaged cam
142 ...Sliding rack catch
143 ....Cam-seated
144 ....Screw- or nut-seated
145 ....Spring-seated
146 ...Spring-seated jaw frame
147 ....Integral frame and teeth
148 ...Wedge lock
149 ....Wedge pusher
150 ..Shank grip
151 ...Side jaw
152 ...Clutch yoke
153 ...Roller clutch
154 ...Locking incline
155 ..Thread
156 ...Displaceable half nut
157 ...Displaceable nut or screw
158 ....Traveling screw, shank rack
159 ...Interrupted
160 ....Nut set
161 .....Traveling nut
162 ....Traveling screw, shank rack
163 ...Right and left threads
164 ...Rotatable threaded handle shank
165 ...Sliding side jaw
...Nontraveling rotatable nut
166 ....Intermediate
167 .....Causing outer jaw to slide
168 ....Terminal
169 .....Causing outer jaw to slide
170 ...Nontraveling rotatable screw
171 ....Bracket-bearing
172 ....Spiral groove engaged by slidable actuator
173 ...Traveling and rotating nut
174 ....Threaded handlebar
175 ...Traveling and rotating screw
176 ....Shank rack
176.1 .Spanner
176.15 ..Having means to engage work axially
176.2 ...And means to engage peripheral face of work
176.3 ..Having relatively movable jaws
119 .Rigid jaws
120 ..Round work
121.1 ..Enclosed (e.g., socket)
122 ...Watch and clock keys
123 ....Dust protectors
124.1 ...With nut ejectors
125 ...Work-holding
124.2 ...Slotted socket
124.3 ...Through socket and perpendicular handle
124.4 ...Plural sockets
124.5 ....Slidably or pivotally connected to handle or each
other
124.6 ...Having axial opening for removable handle
124.7 ...Having perpendicular handle
125.1 ..Double-ended
177.1 .Handle or shank
177.8 ..Angularly adjustable handlee
177.9 ...With yieldable one-way detent
177.2 ..Extensible handle or handle extension
177.3 ..Having finger opening
177.4 ..Having means to store parts
177.5 ..Having terminal cross arm
177.6 ..Foldable or flexible
177.7 ..Having pivoted handle section
177.75 ...Universal joint
177.85 ..Including socket and boss type connecting means
178 .Reversible jaws
179 .Sliding jaw face
462 .Having stationary structure for supporting wrench or
screwdriver
180.1 .Attachment, or including adjunct or replaceable portion
181 ..Cutters
182 ...Rotary
183 ..Roller clutch
184 ..Shank-embracing
185 ..Socket reducers
185.1 ..Removable jaw face
185.2 ..Movably mounted
186 .Jaw faces
19 DEFORMABLE HEAD MALLET
20 HAMMER
21 .Having work protector surrounding face
22 .Having shock absorbing means
23 .Having nail placer
24 ..Magnetic
25 .Having replaceable striking face
26 .Having plural striking faces
27 .Rod encircling type
28 BIT STOCK HAVING MANUAL DRIVE MEANS (E.G.,BRACE)
29 .Having ratchet mechanism
30 ..Straight crank arm
31 ..Adjustable pawl
32 ..Pivoted pawl
33 ..Sliding pawl
34 .Straight stock having side driving gear
35 .Having U-shaped crank arm
36 ..Speeding gear
37 ..Bit shaft inclined relative to crank
484 FOR ADJUSTING VARIABLE POSITIONED PARTS
485 SPREADER
486 RESILIENT ARTICLE TENSIONER OR COMPRESSOR
489 HANDLE FOR TOOL
490 .Having storage compartment
491 .Having discrete relatively movable tool clamp
492 .Having cap or reinforcing means
487 HAND HELD HOLDER OR HAVING CLAMP
488 MISCELLANEOUS
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* CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS
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900 WRENCH OR SCREWDRIVER CONSTRUCTED FROM SPECIFIC MATERIAL
901 WRENCH OR SCREWDRIVER ADAPTED TO TURN EYE SCREW
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* DIGESTS
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DIG 1 Tool-support adjuncts
DIG 2 Spiral drive for wrenches
DIG 3 Wrenches, thread-adjustment lock
DIG 4 Double adjustments, sliding jaw
DIG 5 Wrench scales and indicia
DIG 6 Spring means biasing wrench jaws
DIG 7 Bicycle spoke or nipple wrench
DIG 8 Crowfoot-type wrenches
DIG 9 Pivoted jaw latch means
DIG 10 Iris-type wrench head
DIG 11 Adapters for different-sized fasteners
DIG 12 Power hammer