US PATENT SUBCLASS 408 / 187
.~ Pivotable tool


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408 /   HD   CUTTING BY USE OF ROTATING AXIALLY MOVING TOOL

186  DF  TOOL-SUPPORT WITH MEANS TO PERMIT POSITIONING OF THE TOOL RELATIVE TO SUPPORT {5}
187.~ Pivotable tool {1}
188  DF  .~.~> With multiple cutting positions


DEFINITION

Classification: 408/187

(under subclass 186) Device wherein the sustaining structure includes a connection permitting movement of the tool about an axis allowing the tool to assume various preselected positions relative to the tool-sustaining structure prior to cutting operation.

(1) Note. Included among the patents of this subclass is a device having a cutting tool that is positionable in a

retracted, inoperatable state and in an extended, operatable state.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

150+, for an eccentrically-mounted tool with means to move the tool relative to the tool-support.

159, for a pivotable tool with an axially- slidable tool moving means.

180, for structure including a pivotally- mounted tool combined with means to move the tool relative to the tool-sustaining structure.