US PATENT SUBCLASS 166 / 54.5
MEANS FOR CUTTING CABLE OR ROPE BELOW GROUND


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166 /   HD   WELLS

54.5MEANS FOR CUTTING CABLE OR ROPE BELOW GROUND {1}
54.6  DF  .~> Cutting means actuated by contacting element suspended in well by cable or rope


DEFINITION

Classification: 166/54.5

(under the class definition) Devices comprising means for severing a flexible strand such as a cable, rope or the like, the severing means being located in a well below ground level when performing the severing operation.

(1) Note. See (1) Note under subclass 75.1 for the meaning of ground level as used in this definition.

(2) Note. The cable or rope may be used to suspend a tool, such as an earth boring bit or the like, and the nominal recitation of a tool by name will not preclude classification in this subclass.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

55+, for means perforating, weakening, bending or separating pipe at any point in a well.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

30, Cutlery, 92+, and the search there noted, for pipe or rod cutters of general utility.

43, Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying,

17.2, for devices for cutting a fishing line near the hook or for otherwise releasing the hook or other fishing element.

114, Ships,

221+, for ship working implements including devices for cutting a ship's cable when the anchor is caught or for other reasons.