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Class Number: D18 Class Title: PRINTING AND OFFICE MACHINERY Subclass Subclass Number Title 1 TYPEWRITER OR CALCULATOR (1) 2 .Combined (2) 3 .Coin handling machine 4 ..Cash register (3) 5 .Checkwriter (3) 6 .Calculator (12) 7 ..With keyboard 8 ...With carriage 9 ..Slide rule type 10 ...Rotary 11 ..Housing or casing 12 .Element or attachment 36 COPY REPRODUCING EQUIPMENT 37 .Electrostatic type (i.e., specified as such) 38 ..Console or floor type 39 .Console or floor type 40 .Element or attachment (4) 41 ..Control or panel 43 ..Toner or developer container, cassette, etc. 44 ..Paper or film container, cassette, etc. 45 ..Copy stand 46 DOCUMENT HANDLER (13) 47 .Sorter, collator or stacker 48 ..Three or more identical receivers or feeders 49 .Receiver or feeder 50 PRINTING EQUIPMENT (14) 14 .Hand held or manipulated (5) 15 ..Stamp, seal imprinter, or stamp pad 16 ...Simulative (6) 17 ...Stamp pad 18 ...Element or attachment 19 ..Label or tape embossing tool 20 ..Stenograph 21 ..Autographic register 51 .Postal 52 .With typewriter type keyboard 53 .Console or floor type 54 .Text or data printer (e.g., computer peripheral printer, etc.) (15) 55 ..With slot, tray or channel for side feed or discharge (16) 56 .Element or attachment (17) 57 ..Engraving or plate preparation unit (18) 58 ..Inking roller 59 ..Stand or frame 24 TYPE OR TYPE FACE 25 .Foreign alphabet 26 .Segmented display type (7) 27 .Simulative (8) 28 .Script type 29 .Individual panel mount type (9) 30 .Outlined or with shadow 31 .With detached interior embellishment (10)) 32 .Border or ornament design 33 ..Animate figure representation 34 BOOKBINDING MACHINES, PRINTERS' STAPLING MACHINES AND EQUIPMENT (11) 35 PNEUMATIC DISPATCH TUBE OR SYSTEM 99 MISCELLANEOUS