US PATENT SUBCLASS 425 / 182
WITH APPARATUS ASSEMBLY OR DISMANTLING MEANS OR WITH IDLE PART

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

182WITH APPARATUS ASSEMBLY OR DISMANTLING MEANS OR WITH IDLE PART {10}
183  DF  .~> Plural wear or shaping surfaces mounted for alternative use
184  DF  .~> Shaping and severing means mounted for alternative use
185  DF  .~> Means permitting removal or substitution of elements during apparatus operation
186  DF  .~> Including support or guide means for disassembled element
187  DF  .~> Means excavating from bulk with simultaneous shaping (e.g., ice cream scoop or plugger, etc.)
188  DF  .~> Pivotally joined housings or housing sections enclosing removable element
189  DF  .~> By handle or handwheel means
190  DF  .~> For extrusion or injection type shaping means {2}
193  DF  .~> For press shaping surface {2}
196  DF  .~> Blade type harvesting means or severing means

DEFINITION

Classification: 425/182

(under the class definition) Apparatus comprising (1) at least a portion thereof equipped with specific means (other than parts making up a shaping surface and means for associating them for a normal working cycle) to aid in assembly or disassembly of the apparatus for repair, cleaning, "set-up", "knockdown", etc.., (2) a plurality of parts such as shaping members (e.g., material working means, etc..) having a community feature (e.g.., a common handle or support to provide a compound implement or the like), which feature will allow an operator, at his discretion, to select parts to be used and those to remain idle even though by changing the law of a machine, or (3) selectively useable identical wear parts (e.g.., opposite duplicate surfaces of a reversible unitary part).

(1) Note. Excluded from this and indented subclasses are means for opening and closing a mold or means for disassembling a component part of a device if such

disassembly is essential to carry out each mold cycle of the device.

(2) Note. Means to feed separable, distinct shaping means from a reservoir thereof into and out of an operational cycle are included, except for the "pallet" type which is provided for below in subclass 254.

(3) Note. Plural shaping couples (either diverse or same) which are normally operated, simultaneously or sequentially in a cycle controlled by the law of a machine are classified below under appropriate first-line subclasses, e.g.., see subclasses 357+ for plural female molds cooperating with a single press-shaping members.

(4) Note. Excluded from this and indented subclasses are patents with claims broadly reciting elements which are constructed as to be "detachably mounted"; specifically claimed means to allow assembly or disassembly of the apparatus or elements thereof are required for patents to be properly classified within this subclass.

(5) Note. This subclass includes, for example, under part (2) of the definition, supra, means converting a three-roll sheet forming press to a two-roll finishing or gauging press, an extrusion device including a plate with plural, variegated extrusion die orifices which are selectively engageable with the extrusion feed means, and reversible wear elements. (6) Note. Excluded under this definition is a device having means to merely facilitate adjustment of parts thereof. Such a device may be found in the subclass involving the member made adjustable (e.g.., see subclass 367 for means to adjust the relative position of a roll).

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

48, for inserter, releaser or remover means for inflatable bags or cores in tire or tube making apparatus.

110+, for composite article forming means comprising means to support or manipulate preform stock in conjunction with means for shaping fluent stock to form a composite product.

168, for means adjusting the machine to compensate for wear or to maintain synchronism of coacting moving parts.

253+, for the combination of pallet handling means, a female mold and mold charging means.

263+, for a pottery wheel type support and work traversing profile tool combination, especially subclass 265 wherein profile tools of diverse configuration are operated in a given sequence to produce a given article.

367, for endless surface type forming means with means to adjust positions thereof.

376.1+, for means pressuring stock through shaping orifices with movably mounted inner mandrels and flow controllers.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

15, Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning, 105.5, for a compound tool including a mortar-joint finishing implement.

65, Glass Manufacturing,

171, for glass working apparatus including repair, assembly or disassembly means.

137, Fluid Handling,

315+, for fluid handling apparatus including repair or assembly means.

164, Metal Founding,

339+, for means to assemble molding apparatus of that class; see the search notes thereunder to other areas of Class 164.

249, Static Molds, appropriate subclasses for means permitting, but not positively performing, the assembly or disassembly of static molds.