(under subclass 33) Machines in which the laying and leveling operation is produced by a tool adapted (1) to give a series of percussive blows upon the outsole being treated and/or (2) to conform the outsole to shape by a wiping movement of the tool over the outsole being operated upon.
(1) Note. The machines in this subclass may, by movement of their tools, perform a burnishing or polishing action on the sole but this result is considered incidental to their functions of conforming the sole to the desired shape.
(2) Note. Machines employing rotating rollers whose periphery slides with respect to the sole have not been considered "slicking" or wiping and such patents have been classified in subclasses 34+ of this class.
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70+, for sole burnishing machines which condense and polish the edge and tread surfaces of shoe soles which are not designed to force the soles to a desired shape.
