US PATENT SUBCLASS 294 / 86.4
GRAPPLE

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294 /   HD   HANDLING: HAND AND HOIST-LINE IMPLEMENTS

86.4GRAPPLE {18}
86.41  DF  .~> Load shifting
86.42  DF  .~> Interwoven contractable gripper (e.g., chinese fingers)
86.1  DF  .~> Well type {10}
87.1  DF  .~> Multiple grapples for multiple objects {3}
88  DF  .~> Magnet- or piston-controlled
89  DF  .~> Lewises
90  DF  .~> Collar-engaging {1}
92  DF  .~> Rigid gripper
93  DF  .~> Expanding {3}
99.1  DF  .~> Resilient jaws {2}
101  DF  .~> Pivoted cam and hook
102.1  DF  .~> Socket and slip wedge {1}
103.1  DF  .~> Fixed and moveable jaw {2}
106  DF  .~> Pivoted jaws {8}
119.1  DF  .~> Slideable jaws
119.2  DF  .~> Band type
119.3  DF  .~> Inflatable
119.4  DF  .~> Swing dampener

DEFINITION

Classification: 294/86.4

GRAPPLE:

(under the class definition) Devices adapted for grasping a load and having handling or hoist-line terminals.

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19.1+, for pole attached grapples.

27.1+, for plate and receptacle lifters.

50.5, and 50.6+, for grappling type hand forks and shovels.

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3, Artificial Body Members,

12+, for artificial hands adapted to engage or grasp objects. 15, Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning

104.03+, and especially subclass 104.32 for the combination of grapple and flexible linkage organized to grasp obstructions inside a tortuous conduit.

47, Plant Husbandry,

1, for tonglike devices for treating tobacco plants etc.

70, Locks,

16, 18, for manacles and handcuffs.

81, Tools, for grapples specialized to work other than mere handling, such as bending, twisting, clamping, etc.

100, Presses,

234, for plier type presses not elsewhere provided for.

114, Ships,

51, for hoisting devices for submerged vessels. 166, Wells,

98, for well grapples combined with well anchored lifting means, subclass 99 for well devices with junk retrievers (see subclass 99 for the line between classes 294 and 166 as to junk retrievers).

168, Farriery,

45, and 47 for force shoeing tools.

175, Boring or Penetrating the Earth,

249+, for an earth boring device of the core forming type provided with core grasping means, and subclasses 293+ for a below ground hammer or jar combined with an earth boring means. Class 175 takes a below ground hammer or jar of general utility, or combined with an earth boring means. A below ground hammer or jar combined with a grapple is classified in Class 294.

248, Supports,

75+, for hose or nozzle type supports.

413, Sheet Metal Container Making,

58+, for roofer's tongs.

417, Pumps,

451, for pumps having a valve mounted in a fixed wall and removed by the movable pumping member. 483, Tool Changing,

16+, for a machine tool combined with a means for transferring a tool and cross reference collection 902 for tool grippers.

623, Prosthesis (i.e. Artificial Body Members), Parts Thereof, or Aids and Accessories Therefor,

57+, for artificial hands adapted to engage or grasp object.