(under subclass 64) Subcombinational apparatus or method comprising (a) pattern means or the use of pattern means that is separate from the workpiece and is separate from a milling machine, which pattern means is to be used to determine the operation of the milling machine; (b) a follower or the use of a follower to ride over the form of a pattern and thereby determine the operation of a milling machine; or (c) a cutting tool or the use of such a cutting tool adapted to shape the surface of the workpiece, wherein the subcombinational structure includes sufficient interrelationship to a milling machine as to exclude the apparatus or method from any class limited to the subcombination.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS
234, Selective Cutting (e.g., Punching),
89, for a pattern or pattern sensor usable with a pattern controlled selective cutting machine.
407, Cutters, for Shaping, for a cutting tool, per se, with limited features so as to be distinct from a milling machine.
