(under subclass 700) Apparatus for assembling or disassembling a tube to or from a core that in assembled position is substantially coextensive with the tube.
(1) Note. The core may be tubular or of any other configuration.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
235+, for means for applying or removing a resilient element, including means for applying a noncoextensive resilient element to the interior of a tube, and means to apply a resilient tube or sleeve to a longer object.
237, for means to assemble a coupling to a conduit.
469.5, for a process of mechanical manufacture including metal deforming with nonmetallic bonding.
517+, for a process of axially joining a hollow body to a rod or other elongated body.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS 74, Machine Element or Mechanism,
500.5+, for a control lever or linkage system comprising a hand operated flexible transmitter.
138, Pipes and Tubular Conduits,
131, for a flexible pipe having a spirally wound metal core, subclass 139 for a flexible pipe having a metal core and subclasses 142 and 143 for another pipe having a metal core.
156, Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture, for an assembly operation combined with adhesive joining of the assembled parts.
464, Rotary Shafts, Gudgeons, Housings, and Flexible Couplings for Rotary Shafts,
