(under subclass 22) Device comprising configured mating elements between which the workpiece is formed to a desired configuration.
(1) Note. Included here are patents to a device for forming a basket from a blank of slatted material termed "basket mat".
(2) Note. Means to clamp a piece of work to a mandrel and rotate the mandrel to form the work around it is not die shaping means for this subclass; such disclosures will be found in subclasses 22 and 24.
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22, and 24, for a disclosure of work-shaping means other than dies for rotating work.