.~ Tool has circumferentially spaced teeth, tines, blades or the like {13}
550
.~.~ Tooth or blade adjustable on carrier
DEFINITION
Classification: 172/550
(under subclass 540) Apparatus wherein a tine, tooth, blade, or like projection is adjustable on a rotatable carrier means.
(1) Note. For the meaning of "adjustable" see the class definition.
(2) Note. A device disclosed as comprising a tool driven about a horizontal longitudinal axis and having adjustable teeth or blades is classified in subclass 109 even if the drive means is not claimed.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
545+, for a rolling or rotating tool in which the blades or teeth change position during rotation.
549, for a rolling or rotating tool with plural, adjustable, positioned tine units on a single axle.
