US PATENT SUBCLASS 425 / 11
PRODUCT OR PREFORM REPAIR OR RESTORING MEANS

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425 /   HD   PLASTIC ARTICLE OR EARTHENWARE SHAPING OR TREATING: APPARATUS

11PRODUCT OR PREFORM REPAIR OR RESTORING MEANS {6}
12  DF  .~> Hand manipulable tool
13  DF  .~> Means feeding fluent stock under pressure
14  DF  .~> Shape conforming sleeve or deformable pressure wrap means
15  DF  .~> Tire segment engaging channel box coacting with pressure surface or rim {1}
17  DF  .~> Tire recapping, rebeading or sidewall replacing means {3}
26  DF  .~> Means for supporting only a portion of a tire {1}

DEFINITION

Classification: 425/11

(under the class definition) Apparatus comprising means to renew, mend, fix or otherwise treat an article so as to put it into better or usable condition or to the state of newness as originally manufactured.

(1) Note. To be included herein, the resulting article must be of the same general type as the article being repaired or restored. Mere reclaiming of rubber from worn tires, for example, is not included herein but classified on some other basis.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

29, Metal Working,

402.01+, especially 402.18 for a process of reclaiming, renewing or repairing articles for reuse; see the search notes thereunder.

100, Presses, appropriate subclasses for presses of general utility, especially

231, for a frame type reciprocating press. As between Classes 100 and 156, all tire or tire tube patching presses are considered to be specialized and are proper for Class 156. 138, Pipes and Tubular Conduits,

97+, for tubular conduit repairing devices.

152, Resilient Tires and Wheels,

367+, for patches for resilient tires.

156, Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture,

94+, and appropriate other subclasses for apparatus and process for repairing an article by laminating. The line between Classes 156 and 425 is as follows: apparatus wherein

no apparent shaping is involved, e.g.., opposed pressure members merely applying a patch, and/or valve member and vulcanizing same is properly classified within Class 156; apparatus utilizing opposed pressure members to give at least two dimensional shape or apparatus utilizing the work to afford a shaping cavity, e.g.., fusing and vulcanizing repair plug with a toroidal preform, is properly classified within this or appropriate indented subclasses. If it is impossible to determine whether shaping is involved those patents which disclose tire repair means including curved or configured platens are considered proper for this class and all patents which disclose tire repair means including flat platens are considered proper for Class 156.

264, Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes,

30, and 36.1+ for related process for repairing or restoring a device.