US PATENT SUBCLASS 414 / 745.4
.~ Pipe laying


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414 /   HD   MATERIAL OR ARTICLE HANDLING

745.1  DF  CYLINDRICAL BAR HANDLING DEVICE {9}
745.4.~ Pipe laying {1}
745.5  DF  .~.~> Vehicle having supporting wheel or wheel substitute {1}


DEFINITION

Classification: 414/745.4

Pipe laying:

(under subclass 745.1) Apparatus particularly adapted to placing a hollow rod in a particular horizontal alignment.

(1) Note. Normally, the alignment of the pipe of this subclass is alignment with a string of pipes, but no intended contact is made by the means to move or manipulate with a coaxial pipe.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

29, Metal Working,

237, for means to move or manipulate a pipe into alignment with a string of pipes, with means to engage the string and draw the manipulated pipe thereto.

405, Hydraulic and Earth Engineering,

154+, for placing a string of conduit or slender material beneath the surface of water or the earth, claimed with manipulating the string under water or with opening or otherwise handling the earth.