(under the class definition) Apparatus especially adapted for shaping clay like materials and comprising either (1) a tool for shaping a clay like mass by a traversing action with respect thereto generally having a point or line contact between the tool and the mass while there is relative rotation therebetween or (2) means for rotating a mass to be shaped by a tool as defined in (1).
(1) Note. The patents in this subclasses comprise an art group and placement herein is on a disclosure basis relative to potter's wheel, profile tool, jigger tool or pottery working.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
263+, for a pottery wheel type support and a profile tool.
418, for a female mold and a rotating male press member.
425+, for means using mold motion generally to shape work.
460, for trowel type shaping members for the interior of hollow work. SEE OR SEARCH CLASS
72, Metal Deforming, appropriate subclasses, especially 67+ for a similar profile or jigger tool used for deforming metal.
