(under subclass 65) With means to advance work or product: Apparatus including a work station and including means to move a workpiece to that station or including means to move the product that has been shaped at the work station away from that station.
(1) Note. Means to transfer material from one work station to another work station is considered to be proper for this subclass since the material is the product of the first station and is the work of the second station.
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6, for gear cutting combined with work or product advancing.
159+, for a milling machine including means to infeed the work to the cutter and with means to advance the work or product.
172+, for a milling machine, broadly, combined with means to advance work or product.
174, for a milling machine, broadly, combined with means to manipulate the work. SEE OR SEARCH CLASS
82, Turning,
124+, for a lathe with work feeding and/or removing mechanism.
221, Article Dispensing, for a method of or apparatus for
dispensing or feeding an article, not otherwise classified, and especially
239, and 294 for an article dispenser or feeder delivering to a clamp or holddown. See the class definition of Class 221 for a statement of the lines between the classes and for the disposition of other related art.
226, Advancing Material of Indeterminate Length, for a method of or apparatus for feeding material without utilizing the leading or trailing end to effect movement of the material.
414, Material or Article Handling, for work advancing, including single or multiple, nominal shaping operations. Generally, work handling to present a workpiece to a named shaping means will be found in Class 414.
470, Threaded, Headed Fastener, or Washer Making: Process and Apparatus,
164+, for a miscellaneous machine for feeding nail blanks, screw blanks, nut blanks, nail plates, or other stock specialized to performing the various steps in the manufacture of an article of that class.
