(under subclass 214) Apparatus in which both of the opposed pressure surfaces are caused to move relative to one another and to stationary elements of the apparatus by applying moving force to each of the surfaces.
(1) Note. The moving force for one of the surfaces may be springs supporting such surface.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
143, for plural diverse presses in which one of the presses is of the type which conveys while pressing, and is loaded by plural transverse moving platens usually opposed to one another.
244, for box and piston type presses in which there are plural opposing pistons movable within the box.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS
38, Textiles: Ironing or Smoothing, 25+, for smoothing machines wherein there are two press platens and it is necessary in effecting the smoothing of a textile to move both press platens.
68, Textiles: Fluid Treating Apparatus,
112, for machines in which a textile is squeezed while subjected to a liquid and the squeezer is provided with a pair of elements both of which are movable toward and from each other to effect the squeezing of the textiles.
72, Metal Deforming,
259, for an opposed-plunger metal extrusion device, subclass 354, for an opposed ram closed-die forging machine, and, subclasses 399+, 403, 411, and 418, for various other opposed-ram swaging devices.
