US PATENT SUBCLASS 264 / 157
.~ Dividing work to form plural articles

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264 /   HD   PLASTIC AND NONMETALLIC ARTICLE SHAPING OR TREATING: PROCESSES

138  DF  WITH SEVERING, REMOVING MATERIAL FROM PREFORM MECHANICALLY, OR MECHANICALLY SUBDIVIDING WORKPIECE {10}
157.~ Dividing work to form plural articles {3}
158  DF  .~.~> Shaving or slicing sheets from work block
159  DF  .~.~> Tubular work
160  DF  .~.~> Sheet or web work

DEFINITION

Classification: 264/157

(under subclass 138) Processes in which a workpiece is divided into two or more sections to form a plurality of articles.

(1) Note. Excluded from this subclass are processes punching plural articles from a sheet or web in which the sheet left after punching out the desired articles may be considered to be waste, or wherein the dividing is for the purpose of removing attached waste material, e.g., flash or sprue. The entire work blank must be utilized.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

153, for punching of plural articles from a sheet and subclass 161 for removal of flash or sprue.