US PATENT CLASS 100
Class Notes
Current as of: June, 1999
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DEFINITION
Classification: 100/
This is the generic class for apparatus for subjecting material to compressive force by (a) causing solid surfaces to approach one another while the material is between them, (b) compelling the material to move through a constriction, or (c) by rendering a flexible member taut around the material. [For specific subclass references, see Subclass References to the Current Class, below.]
This class is the generic class for methods and apparatus for binding material with a flexible filament, strand or band.
This class includes methods in which material is pressed to compact it to a smaller volume.
This class includes methods and apparatus for pressing a lid against a receptacle.
This class includes silos combined with means to compact ensilage within them. (See subclasses 65+).
This class includes presses with a duct or collector for liquid flowing from the material as a result of the pressing.
This class includes devices for removing from the material a cloth in which the material has been compacted.
This class (100) includes methods and apparatus for crushing hollow metal bodies such as tin cans, automobile bodies, etc. Disclosure of additional utility for bottle breaking is also included here (Class 100) while bottle breaking, per se, is in the class for solid Material Comminution or Disintegration. See the Search Class Notes below.
This class includes devices for subjecting previously associated articles to compressive force to cause them to be bonded together where no associating means is claimed. EXPLANATORY NOTE ON SCOPE OF CLASS
Presses are employed in many arts and are classified generally according to the art to which they pertain. For the locus of various arts, reference may be made to the Index to the Manual of Classification. In Lines With Other Classes, Combined Pressing Elsewhere Classified and Binding and Pressing Elsewhere Classified, hereof, are listed arts in which pressing is common or in which subclasses have been established relating to it.
Class 100 has heretofore gathered presses relating to such arts as baling, bundling, copying, expressing liquids from
solids, and packing. The art so gathered has been employed to establish this generic classification of presses.
Since it is not desirable to withhold from use those portions of the reclassification which can be completed and handled as a unit, the reclassification is established even though many inventions relating to the subject matter are represented herein only by search notes to other classifications.
LINES WITH OTHER CLASSES
Class 100 is the generic class for apparatus for pressing particulate material. Class 264 is the generic class for corresponding methods; for the line between these classes see paragraphs under Lines With Other Classes and Within This Class of the class definition of Class 264.
COMBINED PRESSING ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED
This class provides, in subclass 102, and in the various subclasses preceding it for pressing in combination with other features. Nearly all pressing elsewhere classified includes not only pressing, per se, but in combination with other devices or steps. Where other classes set out subclasses directed to combinations of pressing with other features, which combinations relate to those appearing in the Class 100 schedule, suitable cross search notes to the subclasses concerned have been made.
See References to Other Classes, below, referencing this section for classes that each include pressing and have a subclass directed to combined features generally, one of which may be pressing, or a specific combination of pressing with other features and not appearing in the Class 100 schedule or of special note.
BINDING AND PRESSING ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED
Methods and apparatus are intermixed in the art as elsewhere classified and they are included together in References to Other Classes, referencing this section. Plastic shaping. The shaping of material by molecular flow under pressure is generically in Class 264, Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes, and divided among other classes according to the nature of the material worked. Of these, Class 99, Foods and Beverages: Apparatus, and Class 426, Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products, are generic to food material, and Class 72, Metal Deforming, as to metal. Class 419, Powder Metallurgy Processes, for making articles from particulate material including metal particles. See the definitions of these classes for the distribution of related art.
The compaction of particulate material into a definite shape wherein at least some of the particles maintain their identity in the product is classified in Class 100 and Class
264. For the line, see the definitions to Class 264, particularly subclasses 109+.
PRODUCTS
See References to Other Classes, below, referencing this section.
PRESS SUBCOMBINATIONS
See References to Other Classes, below, referencing this section, for classes including subcombinations of special utility in presses. Class 100 includes press subcombinations not elsewhere provided for.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
1+, for methods and apparatus for binding material with a flexible filament, strand or band.
35+, for methods in which material is pressed to compact it to a smaller volume.
54+, for methods and apparatus for pressing a lid against a receptacle.
65+, for silos combined with means to compact ensilage within them. 104+, for presses with a duct or collector for liquid flowing from the material as a result of the pressing.
298, for devices for removing from the material a cloth in which the material has been compacted.
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REFERENCES TO OTHER CLASSES
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS
8, Bleaching and Dyeing; Fluid Treatment and Chemical Modification of Textiles and Fibers,
137+, for methods of cleaning combined with pressing of textiles. (see Combined Pressing Elsewhere Classified, above)
12, Boot and Shoe Making, appropriate subclasses, for presses having a pressure surface conformed to fit or shape shoe parts such as sole blanks (
21, ) sole laying and leveling (subclasses 33+), heels (subclass 48) and toe and heel stiffeners (subclasses 64+). Class 100 includes, in appropriate subclasses, presses compacting a stack of shoe soles together for binding. (See Binding And Pressing Elsewhere Classified, above.)
15, Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning,
260+, for mop wringers. (See Binding And Pressing Elsewhere Classified, above.) 15, Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning,
256.5+, for cleaning attachments to be applied to a device to remove material from a moving surface thereof in the normal operation of the device. (See Press Subcombinations, above.)
19, Textiles: Fiber Preparation,
144.5, for apparatus or processes for manufacturing articles, other then bales or packages, comprising compressing, compacting or shaping fibers into a wad or plug. Class 100 includes, appropriate subclasses, the compacting of cotton, hay, etc., into bales. (See Binding And Pressing Elsewhere Classified, above.)
24, Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, etc.,
16+, for binder chains, cords or wires, per se, or in combination with an attached binder tightener. See Class 100, subclass 1, (2) Note, for the line. (See Binding And Pressing Elsewhere Classified, above.)
28, Textiles: Manufacturing, appropriate subclasses, as the generic class for the production of structures by the mechanical interengagement of fibers and strands. Class 100 includes, appropriate subclasses, the compacting of cotton, hay, etc., into bales. (See Binding And Pressing Elsewhere Classified, above.)
29, Metal Working,
33+, for combined machines employed in metal working, and subclasses 400.1+, for manufacturing processes generically. (see Combined Pressing Elsewhere Classified, above)
29, Metal Working,
4.51+, for devices for shaping metal wool packages, subclasses 33+, for combined operation metal working apparatus, one of which operations may be pressing, subclasses 90.01+, as generic for machines and processes of condensing, smoothing, compacting, or polishing the surface of metallic or nonmetallic articles usually by rubbing with a smooth surface of greater hardness than that of the article being operated upon, subclasses 400.1+, as the generic locus for processes of manufacturing, and subclasses 700+, as the generic locus for apparatus for assembling and disassembling. (See Binding And Pressing Elsewhere Classified, above.)
34, Drying and Gas or Vapor Contact With Solids,
90, for drying apparatus with additional features. See the Class Definition of Class 34 for the line where heating and pressing are employed. (see Combined Pressing Elsewhere Classified, above)
34, Drying and Gas or Vapor Contact With Solids, appropriate subclasses, for devices for expressing liquids from solids for drying, particularly
143+, for the stationary press type. Class 34 includes also expressing of liquids from solids for other purposes than drying where there is drying of the solids other than by heating necessary for expressing. Class 34 includes also the denuding of fluent solids. (See Binding And Pressing Elsewhere Classified, above.)
37, Excavating,
225+, for devices for excavating snow and compressing it. (See Binding And Pressing Elsewhere Classified, above.)
38, Textiles: Ironing or Smoothing,
1+, for smoothing machines, subclasses 69+, for smoothing machines, subclasses 69+, for smoothing implements, and subclass 144, for textile pressing or smoothing processes. (See Binding And Pressing Elsewhere Classified, above.)
38, Textiles: Ironing or Smoothing,
2+, for ironing machines with combined features, subclasses 75+, for flat irons with combined features. (see Combined Pressing Elsewhere Classified, above)
44, Fuel and Related Compositions,
635, for artificial fuel briquetting apparatus including plural operations, and subclass 631 for peat briquetting apparatus including plural operations. (see Combined Pressing Elsewhere Classified, above) 44, Fuel and Related Compositions,
634+, for apparatus for briquetting fuels, and subclasses 630+ for apparatus for briquetting peat. (See Binding And Pressing Elsewhere Classified, above.)
51, Abrasive Tool Making Process, Material, or Composition, for a process of making an abrasive tool which may involve pressing the material. (See Binding And Pressing Elsewhere Classified, above.)
53, Package Making,
436+, and 523+, for methods of and apparatus for, respectively, compacting material combined with a packaging operation including the application of a cover to a bale, and
subclass 138.1, for the application of a cover combined with applying a binding. An exception is that Class 100, in subclasses 54+, takes devices for pressing lids on mercantile containers and in which the contents may be compacted by such compression. In general, where pressing only is involved, classification is in appropriate subclasses of Class 100 even if the press box is a portable receptacle. (See Lines With Other Classes, Combined Pressing Elsewhere Classified, for additional information.)
53, Package Making,
396+, for methods of banding material to make a package, subclasses 436+, for methods involving compacting material and packaging it, subclasses 523+, for apparatus for compressing material into bales and covering the compressed material, subclasses 582+, for apparatus for forming band type packages, and subclasses 387+, for package flap or seam holders for adhesive setting. See the Class Definition of Class 53 and the notes thereto for the locus of art on packaging and binding. Class 100 includes in subclasses 1+ compressing material and binding it in a flexible filament strand or band while Class 53 includes in subclasses 124+ compressing material and covering it with flexible sheet material with or without additionally binding of the covered material. (See Binding And Pressing Elsewhere Classified, above.)
56, Harvesters, appropriate subclasses, particularly
341, for devices which gather material from the ground and then compact and bind the material gathered, subclasses 401+, for shockers, and subclasses 432+, for compressing and binding devices. (See Binding And Pressing Elsewhere Classified, above.)
56, Harvesters, appropriate subclasses, particularly
341+, for presses in combination with means to gather from the ground the material to be pressed. (see Combined Pressing Elsewhere Classified, above) 59, Chain, Staple, and Horseshoe Making, appropriate subclasses, for forging or welding presses for making the articles indicated in the class title. (See Binding And Pressing Elsewhere Classified, above.)
59, Chain, Staple, and Horseshoe Making,
16+, for combined machines for chain making, and subclasses 37+, for combined machines for horseshoe making. (see Combined Pressing Elsewhere Classified, above)
60, Power Plants, appropriate subclasses, for power plants as defined in definitions of that class and including nominally recited press elements as the loads thereof. Combinations of such power plants with significant press structure or press
relationships are classified in appropriate subclasses of Class 100. (See Press Subcombinations, above.)
62, Refrigeration,
66, 322, 601+, and 604, for processes and apparatus for manufacturing a solidified gas or liquid and shaping it. (See Binding And Pressing Elsewhere Classified, above.)
65, Glass Manufacturing, appropriate subclasses for a process of, or apparatus for manufacturing glass stock including a pressing step or means, especially
305+, for a press molding machine; see the "Search Notes" thereunder. (see Combined Pressing Elsewhere Classified, above)
65, Glass Manufacturing, appropriate subclasses, for molding of glass by pressing. (See Binding And Pressing Elsewhere Classified, above.)
68, Textiles: Fluid Treating Apparatus,
94+, for apparatus for squeezing textiles while subjected to a liquid, and subclasses 241+, for wringers for removing the liquid from textiles. (See Binding And Pressing Elsewhere Classified, above.) 68, Textiles: Fluid Treating Apparatus,
28+, for combined operations machines. (see Combined Pressing Elsewhere Classified, above)
69, Leather Manufactures,
1, for leather hammering devices subclass 7, for seam pressers, subclass 8, for devices for forming and pressing leather articles, subclasses 21+, for processes of working leather involving pressure, and, subclass 48 for presses for working leather. (See Binding And Pressing Elsewhere Classified, above.)
71, Chemistry: Fertilizers, appropriate subclasses, for methods of producing and manufacturing fertilizers which may include pressing as a part of manufacturing. (See Binding And Pressing Elsewhere Classified, above.)
72, Metal Deforming, appropriate subclasses, for a means or a method for shaping plastic metal, e.g., by forging, rolling, bending, drawing or extruding it. See the definition of Class 72 for what constitutes "plastic metal". Shaping combined with cutting and/or heating or cooling to working or ambient temperature is included. (See Binding And Pressing Elsewhere Classified, above.)
72, Metal Deforming, appropriate subclasses, for a press combined with shaped dies (i.e., other than planar) for
plastically die-shaping metal. (see Combined Pressing Elsewhere Classified, above)
74, Machine Element or Mechanism, appropriate subclasses, for power transmitting devices of general utility. (See Press Subcombinations, above.)
73, Measuring and Testing,
78, for presses for hardness testing materials, and, subclasses 788+, particularly subclasses 818+, for presses for compression testing material. (See Binding And Pressing Elsewhere Classified, above.)
76, Metal Tools and Implements, Making, 4, for test presses for use in die making, and, appropriate subclasses, for presses and dies for forging tools. (See Binding And Pressing Elsewhere Classified, above.)
81, Tools,
3.09+, for the combination of a press and receptacle closure remover. (See Binding And Pressing Elsewhere Classified, above.)
81, Tools,
3.09+, for combined press and receptacle closure remover. (see Combined Pressing Elsewhere Classified, above)
83, Cutting,
14+, for process of cutting combined with ancillary treatment of work; and appropriate subclasses relating to apparatus for clamping work in a cutting machine, e.g., subclasses 176, 282, 375+, and 452+. (see Combined Pressing Elsewhere Classified, above)
83, Cutting, appropriate subclasses for means relating to the clamping of work in a cutting machine, e.g.,
176, 282, 375+, and 452+. (See Binding And Pressing Elsewhere Classified, above.)
86, Ammunition and Explosive-Charge Making, appropriate subclasses, for ammunition and explosive charge-making including pressing. (See Binding And Pressing Elsewhere Classified, above.)
91, Motors: Expansible Chamber Type, appropriate subclasses, for expansible-chamber type motors or fluid motors of the type provided for in that class and including nominally recited press elements as the loads thereof. Combinations of such motors with significant press structure or press relationships are classified in appropriate subclasses of Class 100, and especially in 269+,. (See Press Subcombinations, above.)
96, Gas Separation: Apparatus, for apparatus for gas separation with means to compact the separating media. See particularly
137, and 149 for solid sorbent apparatus with means to compress or compact a solid sorbent bed. (See Binding And Pressing Elsewhere Classified, above.)
99, Foods and Beverages: Apparatus, for methods and apparatus for treating food which may include pressing, particularly
349+, for cooking devices with material pressing means, subclasses, 495+ for removing a fluid from food, and, subclasses 568+, for shell crackers. (See Binding And Pressing Elsewhere Classified, above.)
101, Printing, appropriate subclasses, for presses having means to produce characters or designs on surfaces by impression or by applying coating material. (See Binding And Pressing Elsewhere Classified, above.)
108, Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces,
50.01+, for a horizontal planar surface member with combined features. (see Combined Pressing Elsewhere Classified, above)
117, Coating: Processes and Miscellaneous Products,
65, for processes wherein a coating is subjected to a pressure treatment such as, for example, calendering. (see Combined Pressing Elsewhere Classified, above)
118, Coating Apparatus,
100+, for coating apparatus having a solid member or material acting on the coating after application. (see Combined Pressing Elsewhere Classified, above) 127, Sugar, Starch, and Carbohydrates,
18+, for the purging and molding of sugars. (see Combined Pressing Elsewhere Classified, above)
131, Tobacco,
28+, and 78+, for cigar and cigarette machines with combined features. (see Combined Pressing Elsewhere Classified, above)
131, Tobacco,
77+, for cigarette and cigar making machines including tobacco molding or forming devices, and, subclasses 111+, for
apparatus for making plugs or compressed shapes of tobacco. (See Binding And Pressing Elsewhere Classified, above.)
141, Fluent Material Handling, With Receiver or Receiver Coacting Means, appropriate subclasses, for combinations involving means for filling receivers with fluent material including means to compact the material charge either prior to or after placement thereof into the receiver. In general, where pressing only is involved, classification is in appropriate subclasses of Class 100 even if the press box is a portable receptacle See also the discussion of Class 141 in (4) Note and (5) Note of
229, of this class (100) and the Search Note of that subclass to Class 141. (See Binding And Pressing Elsewhere Classified, above.)
144, Woodworking.
256.1, for woodworking bending presses, subclass 284 for a cork or bung press, and subclasses 329+ for processes or methods of working wood including compression, particularly subclasses 381+ for a Woodworking process. (See Binding And Pressing Elsewhere Classified, above.)
147, Coopering, 4, for barrel compressors, subclass 6, for barrel headers for heading barrels during manufacture, and, subclasses 7-12, for barrel hoop drivers. (See Binding And Pressing Elsewhere Classified, above.)
148, Metal Treatment,
131, for processes of heat treating metal combined with the application of a nondeforming pressure. (see Combined Pressing Elsewhere Classified, above)
148, Metal Treatment, appropriate subclasses, for processes which press metal and also heat-treat it. See particularly
131, for processes of treating solid material involving a nonreshaping pressing operation. (See Binding And Pressing Elsewhere Classified, above.)
156, Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture, appropriate subclasses, for press structures peculiarly adapted to laminating functions and, especially
580+, for presses, per se, peculiar to laminating. Heating or cooling a press structure is provided for in Class 100 (subclasses 92+); also vacuum means to facilitate the pressing operation is provided for in Class 100 (subclass 90). (See Binding And Pressing Elsewhere Classified, above.)
156, Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture, appropriate subclasses, for laminating apparatus which may
include a press. The patents in Class 156 recite some step or mechanism peculiar to laminating, such as adhesive applying, assembly or association of parts, shaping of at least one of the parts, etc. See also the note to 156 related to Binding And Pressing Elsewhere Classified that appears later in this section. (see Combined Pressing Elsewhere Classified, above)
162, Paper Making and Fiber Liberation, appropriate subclasses, for paper making operations that may involve a pressing step, and, especially
56, for chemical processes involving squeezing or compression, subclasses 205+, for the subsequent pressure treatment of a formed web, subclasses 224+, for processes of treating an article by pressure, subclass 305, for the combination of molds for forming a paper article combined with pressing means, and subclasses 358+, for press and felt combinations. This class (100) provides for calenders, per se, when not combined with a felt for conveying the moist web. (See Binding And Pressing Elsewhere Classified, above.)
164, Metal Founding, 37+, for processes of compacting sand to form a metal casting mold and, subclasses 169+, for corresponding apparatus. (See Binding And Pressing Elsewhere Classified, above.)
165, Heat Exchange,
168+, for a heat exchange platen, per se. (See Press Subcombinations, above.)
173, Tool Driving Or Impacting, appropriate subclass, for subject matter directed to driving or impacting a tool, when such subject matter includes combined features peculiar to tool driving, but which does not include features limiting the subject matter to a specific tool art, such as specific shape of the work contacting portion of a tool, related tools, or an opposed work support. (See Press Subcombinations, above.)
192, Clutches and Power-Stop Control,
116.5+, for mechanisms usually automatic in operation for stopping a machine when a predetermined result is reached, when some part of the machine fails to function, or the material fails or is disarranged, when an operator's position renders him liable to injury. This subclass takes the subcombinations, per se. (See Press Subcombinations, above.)
193, Conveyors, Chutes, Skids, Guides, and Ways, appropriate subclasses, for chutes, per se, for carrying material as to a press box or between stages of a plural stage roll type press. (See Press Subcombinations, above.)
196, Mineral Oils: Apparatus,
14.5, for apparatus for separating paraffin from oil by a filter press. (See Binding And Pressing Elsewhere Classified, above.)
198, Conveyors: Power-Driven, appropriate subclasses, as residual for power type conveyors or elements thereof, such as belts, per se.(See Press Subcombinations, above.)
206, Special Receptacle or Package, 83.5, for bales and see the Notes thereto for compacted or bound articles elsewhere classified. (See Lines With Other Classes, Products, above.)
209, Classifying, Separating, and Assorting Solids,
599, and 699, for devices which assort articles by determining their compressibility. (see Combined Pressing Elsewhere Classified, above)
209, Classifying, Separating, and Assorting Solids, appropriate subclasses, for separating devices such as separator belts, per se. (See Press Subcombinations, above.)
210, Liquid Purification or Separation, appropriate subclasses, for filters or devices in which material is pressed against a perforated surface by the pressure of fluid contacting the material. (See Binding And Pressing Elsewhere Classified, above.)
210, Liquid Purification or Separation,
400+, for belt type filters. (See Press Subcombinations, above.)
219, Electric Heating,
50+, for metal heating (e.g., resistance heating, etc.), especially subclasses 149+ for forging or shaping of the workpiece, subclasses 443.1+ for an exposed horizontal planar support surface for material to be heated (e.g., hot plate, etc.), subclasses 600+ for inductive heating, subclasses 678+ for microwave heating, or subclasses 764+ for capacitive dielectric heating.
220, Receptacles,
578+, for an internal closure-like member which rests on the unused contents of a container. (See Binding And Pressing Elsewhere Classified, above.)
221, Article Dispensing, appropriate subclasses for article dispensers (feeders) not otherwise provided for, and see the class definition of Class 221 for a statement of the class lines and for the disposition of related disclosures of articles and strip feeding processes and apparatus. (See Press Subcombinations, above.)
221, Article Dispensing, appropriate subclasses, for article dispensing (feeding) devices which may be disclosed as feeding to press structure. (See Binding And Pressing Elsewhere Classified, above.)
222, Dispensing, for devices which operate to separate a quantity of material from a larger receptacle-enclosed mass of such material by the application of pressure upon the walls of the receptacle, as in
95+, and 214, in which the walls of collapsible and resilient wall containers, respectively, are pressed together by press-like structures in order to expel the contents of such containers. See Class 222 also for combinations involving devices so related to a source of material as to assist the discharge of such materials from the source. Where such discharge assistants serve only to forward the material through a discharge opening, classification is in Class 222 but where the further function of pressing a compressible material is accomplished as by forcing the compressible material through a restricted opening, or between pressing rolls, classification is in Class 100, subclasses 144+. See Class 222 also for dispensers, per se, disclosed as delivering material to or from a press. Where the press is claimed as an element of the combination other than as of a nominal source of supply for the dispenser, classification is in Class 100. (See Binding And Pressing Elsewhere Classified, above.)
223, Apparel Apparatus,
12+, for hat shaping presses, subclasses 28+ for apparel fluting presses, and subclasses 52+ for devices for pressing garments. (See Binding And Pressing Elsewhere Classified, above.)
227, Elongated-Member-Driving Apparatus,
152, for apparatus for holding a lid on a receptacle combined with applying a member, e.g., nail, thereto. Class 100 includes, in subclasses 54+, presses for applying a lid to a receptacle combined with means to apply a member thereto. (See Binding And Pressing Elsewhere Classified, above.)
239, Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing, appropriate subclasses, for apparatus for liquid distributors or discharges.(See Press Subcombinations, above.)
241, Solid Material Comminution or Disintegration,
99, for bottle breaking, per se; appropriate subclasses for apparatus for disintegrating a solid mass into a number of smaller masses. See the Class 241 class definition, References to Other Classes, the Search Note to Class 100, for the line between Classes 100 and 241. (See Binding And Pressing Elsewhere Classified, above.) 249, Static Molds, appropriate subclasses, for molds intended for use with a press member for shaping a fluent material.(See Press Subcombinations, above.)
254, Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling Force,
199+, for portable implements or apparatus for tensioning flexible material (e.g., tightening cord around a box) from which the implement or apparatus is detached after tensioning. (See Press Subcombinations, above.)
264, Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes, appropriate subclasses, for molding and shaping processes within the class definition, particularly
109+, for processes of forming articles by uniting of bulk assembled discrete particles. (See Binding And Pressing Elsewhere Classified, above.)
267, Spring Devices,
119, for a fluid spring press cushion; and subclass 130, for press cushion structure using a spring other than a fluid spring. (See Press Subcombinations, above.)
269, Work Holders, appropriate subclasses. Class 269 is the residual locus for patents to a device for clamping, supporting and/or holding an article (or articles) in position to be operated on or treated. See notes thereunder for other related loci. Particularly, see the class definition of Class 269, Lines With Other Classes, "Relationship to Press Means", for the line with respect to Class 100. (See Binding And Pressing Elsewhere Classified, above.)
289, Knots and Knot Tying, appropriate subclasses, for apparatus for and methods of intertwining portions of cords, ropes, or strips for the purpose of fastening them together. (See Press Subcombinations, above.)
292, Closure Fasteners, appropriate subclasses, for bolt elements and latching devices, not combined with lock structure for securing any closure element in closed or adjusted position. (See Press Subcombinations, above.)
297, Chairs and Seats,
188.03, for trouser pressing attachment with a chair. (see Combined Pressing Elsewhere Classified, above) 324, Electricity: Measuring and Testing, appropriate subclasses, for apparatus for determining the electrical properties of material while under pressure including means to apply the pressure. (see Combined Pressing Elsewhere Classified, above)
366, Agitating, appropriate subclasses, for compacting material by merely shaking it. (See Binding And Pressing Elsewhere Classified, above.)
384, Bearings, appropriate subclasses for linear bearings. (See Press Subcombinations, above.)
396, Photography,
658+, for apparatus for burnishing or polishing a photos:graphic image by applying to it heat and pressure or friction. (See Binding And Pressing Elsewhere Classified, above.)
399, Electrophotography,
222+, for development, particularly subclasses 279+ for a roller-type application member; subclass 318 for transfer by pressure; subclasses 320+ for fixing, particularly subclass 331 for pressure roller; subclass 357 for cleaning roller; and subclasses 361+ for document handling. (See Binding And Pressing Elsewhere Classified, above.)
400, Typewriting Machines, appropriate subclasses, for key operated machines for the production at will of printed matter generally, particularly,
127+, for machines for producing characters in relief or intaglio or entirely through the material. (See Binding And Pressing Elsewhere Classified, above.)
408, Cutting by Use of Rotating Axially Moving Tool, appropriate subclasses, for cutting by a tool that turns about an axis and moves along that axis toward a workpiece with no additional motion during operation. (see Combined Pressing Elsewhere Classified, above)
408, Cutting by Use of Rotating Axially Moving Tool, 72+, for drilling of that class type utilizing a drill press. (See Binding And Pressing Elsewhere Classified, above.)
412, Bookbinding: Process and Apparatus, appropriate subclasses, for presses combined with other book manufacturing apparatus. (see Combined Pressing Elsewhere Classified, above)
414, Material or Article Handling,
467, (especially subclasses 501+ and 508+) and also subclass 679, in both of which areas a means for compressing material within a vehicle body may be included, in which the means for compressing the load functions (1) to fill or load the vehicle body, (2) move the material within the body for increasing the load capacity thereof, or (3) unload the vehicle body. However, compressing the material for the
purpose of baling or forming a solid, compact, self-contained bundle is considered treatment of matter to change its shape or condition and so would go beyond Class 414 subject matter and cause classification in Class 100 even if associated with a vehicle. (See Binding And Pressing Elsewhere Classified, above.)
418, Rotary Expansible Chamber Devices, for rotary expansible chamber devices particularly adapted to compress elastic or compressible fluids. (See Binding And Pressing Elsewhere Classified, above.)
418, Rotary Expansible Chamber Devices, for rotary expansible chamber motors, per se, or with nominally recited press elements as the loads thereof. Combination of such motors with significant press structure or press relationships are classified in appropriate subclasses of Class 100 and especially
269+,. (See Press Subcombinations, above.)
425, Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating: Apparatus, appropriate subclasses for a reshaping means for nonmetallic materials, see
394+, for a preform reshaping apparatus, and subclasses 406+, for a press for shaping fluent material: see the search notes thereunder. (See Binding And Pressing Elsewhere Classified, above.)
425, Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating: Apparatus, for apparatus to shape or reshape non-metallic preform or powdered metal combined with perfecting features or operations not elsewhere provided for; see
77, for an ultra high pressure generating device disclosed for use in changing or controlling chemical or physical properties of material (e.g., diamond maker, etc.). (see Combined Pressing Elsewhere Classified, above) 426, Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products, appropriate subclasses, especially 479+ for food working operations which may involve a pressing operation. (See Lines With Other Classes, Binding And Pressing Elsewhere Classified, for additional information.)
428, Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles,
546, for metallic stock material having metal particles.(see Combined Pressing Elsewhere Classified, above)
449, Bee Culture,
57+, for a press for setting honey comb foundation into a honey frame. Class 100 includes, in appropriate subclasses, a press for expressing honey from honey comb. (See Lines With Other Classes, Binding And Pressing Elsewhere Classified, for
additional information.)
452, Butchering,
35+, for sausage stuffers, subclasses 46+ for sausage linkers, and subclasses 141+ for meat tenderizers. (See Lines With Other Classes, Binding And Pressing Elsewhere Classified, for additional information.)
452, Butchering,
35+, for sausage stuffers and subclasses 46+ for sausage linkers. (see Combined Pressing Elsewhere Classified, above)
470, Threaded, Headed Fastener, or Washer Making: Process and Apparatus, appropriate subclasses for metal forging presses for making the articles indicated in the class title. (See Lines With Other Classes, Binding And Pressing Elsewhere Classified, for additional information.)
470, Threaded, Headed Fastener, or Washer Making: Process and Apparatus, appropriate subclasses processes and apparatus in which pressing combined with other operations to produce the articles indicated in the class title except as provided for in Class 408. (see Combined Pressing Elsewhere Classified, above) 492, Roll or Roller, for a roll per se, not elsewhere provided for, and see the search notes thereunder. (See Lines With Other Classes, Binding And Pressing Elsewhere Classified, for additional information.)
493, Manufacturing Container or Tube From Paper; or Other Manufacturing From a Sheet or Web,
162+, for a paper box making press. (See Lines With Other Classes, Binding And Pressing Elsewhere Classified, for additional information.)
504, Plant Protecting and Regulating Compositions, appropriate subclasses for methods of producing and manufacturing substances regulating the action on plant growth which may include pressing as a part of manufacturing. (See Lines With Other Classes, Binding And Pressing Elsewhere Classified, for additional information.)
554, Organic Compounds,
8+, for processes which include the recovery or extraction of fats from vegetable or animal substances or waste materials where there may be a broad inclusion of pressing or filtering; processes directed to a significant pressing or filtering may be in Class 100 or in Class 210 Liquid Separation or Purification. (See Lines With Other Classes, Binding And Pressing Elsewhere Classified, for additional information.)
GLOSSARY:
BINDING
The disposing of a flexible filament, strand, or band taut and circumferentially closed about material.
MATERIAL
The solid substance subjected to compressive force or about which a binder is applied.