US PATENT CLASS 144
Class Notes
Current as of: June, 1999
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DEFINITION
Classification: 144/
This class includes any machine or process for working in wood not classified elsewhere under a more specific title.
REFERENCES TO OTHER CLASSES
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12, Boot and Shoe Making, for cutting, shaping, or grooving a wooden heel where means is provided to hold or position the work, which means is configured or modified to engage a particular heel structure.
29, Metal Working,
428+, and 700+ for an assembly method or apparatus respectively not more specifically provided for elsewhere.
173, Tool Driving or Impacting, for subject matter directed to driving or impacting a tool, when such subject matter
includes combined features peculiar to tool driving, but which does not include features limiting the subject matter to a specific tool art, such as the specific shape of the work-contacting portion of a tool, related tools, or an opposed work support.
175, Boring or Penetrating the Earth, for a process or apparatus for boring a hole in the Earth. 227, Elongated-Member-Driving Apparatus, for applying a member (e.g., dowel).
241, Solid Material Comminution or Disintegration, especially
28, for a processor apparatus for performing a nonshaping comminuting operation on wood; see section 4 of the class definition of Class 241 for the line.
269, Work Holders, for a device for clamping, supporting, or holding an article (or articles) in position to be operated on or treated. See notes thereunder for other related loci.
483, Tool Changing, generally for a process or apparatus including a tool transfer means combined with either a tool support or storage means.
GLOSSARY:
BARK
The peripheral natural covering of a tree*.
GRAIN
Fibers of wood* that extend along the length of a tree*.
LOG
A longitudinal section cut from a tree*, generally cut normal thereto at both ends. LUMBER
Building material cut from a tree*, generally cut from a log*, generally without bark*.
SLAB
A portion of a log* comprising a longitudinally extending section cut from the side of a log*, similar to lumber*, but with the bark* side uncut.
TREE
A plant large enough to serve as a source of lumber*.
WOOD
The fibrous material of a tree*.