(under the class definition) Coating apparatus having means, per se, to grasp or manipulate the work.
(1) Note. The subclasses above provide for work handling devices claimed in combination with means to coat or treat the coated article. To complete the search for particular types of work handling devices search must be made in the various work handling subclasses set forth above.
(2) Note. The work handling and holding devices found here either (1) hold the work with no means to move the work from one place to another, or (2) impart a motion to the work for the purpose of assisting the coating operation, such as rotating the work during a spray coating operation. Class 198 provides for mechanisms, per se, for moving work pieces from one place to another even when disclosed in combination with a coating device.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS
198, Conveyors: Power-Driven,
343.1+, and 373 for a conveyor provided with a device for orienting an article.
221, Article Dispensing, appropriate subclasses for article dispensing not otherwise provided for, and see the reference to Class 221 in section IX of the class definition of this class (118) for a statement of the class line. 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.
294, Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements, appropriate subclasses for such devices not limited by disclosure to, or claiming use in, a coating operation.
