(under subclass .3) Processes and apparatus constituting combinations of staplizing means and methods with those directed to other operations.
(1) Note. All preceding subclasses must be investigated for particular combinations as shown by the preceding subclass titles.
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66, 72, 80+, for processes and means for fiber bundle opening, per se.
144, 145 and 146, for fiber mixing apparatus and methods, per se.
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8, Bleaching and Dyeing: Fluid Treatment and Chemical Modification of Textiles Fibers, appropriate subclasses for the combination, with a staplizing method not claimed significantly, of a significantly claimed method of bleaching, dyeing, or chemically treating either the starting material or the product of such staplizing method. See (3) Note to the definition of .3, above.
28, Textiles: Manufacturing,
217+, for thread finishing apparatus and processes. Where a thread-like member is finished, e.g., texturized, preparatory to its being stapilized and the staplizing is the last operation performed on the thread-like member, then the patent is placed in this class (19). Where the staplizing is just one of many operations used in a thread finishing or fabric production operation, then the patent is placed in Class 28 unless it is provided for elsewhere.
68, Textiles: Fluid Treating Apparatus, appropriate subclasses for the combination of significantly claimed textile fluid treating apparatus with staplizing apparatus which is not claimed significantly. See (3) Note to the definition of
.3, above.
156, Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture,
62.4, for combined staplizing and adhering of stapled fibers to form webs by the application of binding material.
241, Solid Material Comminution of Disintegration,
4, for processes, and subclasses 31+ for apparatus for opening spicules or bundles of parallelly arranged fibers (such as asbestos) by a comminuting operation, e.g., by flexing the bundle under pressure.
264, Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes, for processes for the molding and shaping of plastic materials, particularly
6, and 109+ pertaining to the formation, deposition and uniting of particulate material. 425, Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating: Apparatus appropriate subclasses. For the combination of staplizing means and apparatus for working plastic filaments; also see (3) Note. and the search note to Class 425 in
