(under subclass 214) Apparatus having either (1) multiple supports or supporting areas each bearing discrete portions of material to be compressed by a single opposing pressure surface or, (2) a support having plural areas for a single mass of material and means whereby the support and an opposed single pressure surface may be relatively shifted laterally for compressing different portions of the single mass of material at successive or alternative offset locations.
(1) Note. This subclass includes platens or boxes which can be shifted transversely to alternative compression positions for the compression of different portions a single mass of material at successive or alternative offset locations.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
65+, for a platen shifting across the top of a silo contents between successive compressive strokes.
215, for presses having means to place the material upon the support portions which carry the weight of the material during the compacting operation and see the notes thereto for other presses having material charging or handling means.
229, for single material supports displaceable transversely of the direction of platen movement.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS 12, Boot and Shoe Making,
36+, for shoe sole laying and leveling machines having multiple work supports for the shoes being operated upon.
65, Glass Manufacturing,
308+, for glass working press molding apparatus comprising a
plunger coacting with successively presented molds.
68, Textiles: Fluid Treating Apparatus,
123, for machines for squeezing textiles while subjected to a liquid in which the squeezer element only of a pair of members, between which pressure is effected, is moved and the squeezer has a substantially rectilinear vertical motion and in which the squeezer is displaced, or in which means are provided to facilitate displacement of the squeezer, while out of pressure engagement with the textiles, to cause the succeeding squeezing actions to be at different positions in the tub.
408, Cutting by Use of Rotating Axially Moving Tool,
44+, 69+, and 89+ for a cutting machine of that class type combined with an indexing material support.
425, Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating: Apparatus,
357+, for a single press member coacting with plural female molds.
