US PATENT SUBCLASS 405 / 156
.~ With forming or cutting of pipe or cable

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405 /   HD   HYDRAULIC AND EARTH ENGINEERING

154  DF  PIPE OR CABLE LAYING, RETRIEVING, OR UNDERWATER MANIPULATION {6}
156.~ With forming or cutting of pipe or cable

DEFINITION

Classification: 405/156

With forming or cutting of pipe or cable:

(under subclass 154) Method or apparatus including a step or means for either (a) serving or machining the string or conduit, or (b) either plastically shaping stock material into the form of a string or conduit or plastically shaping an already formed string or conduit so as to alter its cross sectional configuration.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

168.1+, for methods and apparatus for submerging a line of pipe or cable and controlling or causing the deformation of the same in a direction transverse to its longitudinal axis.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

72, Metal Deforming,

48+, and 176+ for processes and apparatus for forming tubes by plastically deforming a strip of stock material.