(under subclass 33) Sole engaging members of laying and leveling machines which are adapted to contact the sole and conform it to shape.
(1) Note. Such sole engaging members, generally called "pads" or formers in the art, may consist of platens or blocks shaped to impart the desired form to the work and may be rigid, resilient, inflatable or deformable (such as a flexible bag filled with a liquid).
(2) Note. A patent is placed in this subclass even though a work support and/or a means to relatively move the pad or former and work support is nominally claimed.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS
100, Presses,
211+, for presses with a flexible sheet or spring pressure surface not otherwise provided for, and subclasses 295+ for platens or pressure surfaces for presses, not otherwise provided for.
