This class is the generic class for devices and processes for producing a smooth appearance on the surface of a textile article or fabric, by pressing, stretching, rolling, sliding contact, or other means, as well as accessory means used in conjunction with the devices or operations.
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12, Boot and Shoe Making,
57.1, for upper turning combined with seam smoothing.
15, Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning,
104, for devices for cleaning the flat iron sole surfaces.
26, Textiles: Cloth Finishing,
51, and 71 for devices for stretching a textile web or fabric to straighten the edges or stretch the web. 29, Metal Working,
90.01+, for machines and processes for condensing, compacting, smoothing, or polishing the surface of metallic or nonmetallic articles, usually by rubbing with a smooth surface of greater hardness than that of the articles being operated upon.
34, Drying and Gas or Vapor Contact With Solids, for devices and methods of drying generally, particularly
94, 110, 306, 414, 419+, 444+, 466, 556, and 611+.
69, Leather Manufactures, particularly
7, 27 and 37 to 47 for apparatus for smoothing of fur, hides, skins, or leather.
100, Presses, appropriate subclasses, for presses, per se, not elsewhere provided for.
219, Electric Heating,
245, for flat irons which are electrically heated and in which the invention lies in the heating means, see Class. If heated by gas or liquid fuel and the invention lies in the heating means, see Class 126, Stoves and Furnaces, subclass 411. If heated by extraneous means, see Class 126, Stoves and Furnaces, subclasses 227, 228 and 230.
223, Apparel Apparatus, for devices for and methods of shaping or forming a fabric such as an article of apparel and combined means for both forming or shaping with smoothing or ironing. The ironing and shaping of collars, cuffs and garments by stretching or molding them to shape over a form is in Class 223, Apparel Apparatus, as are all devices for smoothing the edges of collars and cuffs, whether the article is formed at the same time or not. If a fabric or garment is slipped loosely over a support to facilitate ironing or smoothing, it is in this class (38). Devices for shaping and smoothing the neckband of a shirt as an incident to ironing the shirt as a whole, are in this class (38) and devices illustrating a device for forming and smoothing, but claiming only a smoothing operation, are in this class and cross-referenced into Class 223, Apparel Apparatus.
248, Supports, 117.1, for flat iron stands, per se.
312, Supports: Cabinet Structure,
242, and 245 for wall accommodated or wall mounted enclosures.
131, Tobacco,
290+, or machines and processes for smoothing tobacco leaves,
see Class.
118, Coating Apparatus,
271, for pads impregnated with a heat liquefiable coating material.
428, Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles, for articles named as adjuncts of Class 38 structure wherein the only characteristic claimed is a base carrying a coating, see appropriate subclasses of Class 428 for a stock material product in the form of a single or plural layer web or sheet, and especially
411.1+, for a composite web or sheet characterized solely by the compositions of the layers.