.~ Work support (e.g, sheet or card holddown or guide, sheet-size platen, etc.)
DEFINITION
Classification: 400/48
Work support (e.g., sheet or card holddown or guide, sheet-size platen, etc.):
(under subclass 23) Subject matter wherein significance is attributed to a device or member for backing the record-medium* as type-face* elements are impacted thereagainst.
(1) Note. The device or member may include a flat platen*, per se, for example, characterized as being of dimensions corresponding to a sheet that it will hold, or may include means for holding or guiding the record-medium relative to the flat platen, these being only examples of the subject matter of this subclass.