(under subclass 700) Apparatus for assembling and/or securing or disassembling tubes, sleeves, or ferrules to each other or to other articles.
(1) Note. Many of the preceding subclasses have special types of apparatus for this purpose, some of which are referred to in the following note.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
234, for tube and coextensive core apparatus.
235+, for apparatus for operating upon resilient tubes or sleeves.
255, for percussive apparatus.
280+, for hand grippers.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS 81, Tools,
3.05, for devices for extracting a shell, projector, or wad from a gun barrel.
254, Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling Force,
29+, for pipe jacks.
405, Hydraulic and Earth Engineering,
154+, for a method or apparatus for laying a pipe or cable into a subterranean location where a step or means for handling the earth material is claimed, or a method or apparatus for laying, retrieving, or manipulating a pipe or cable at or from a submerged location.
