(under subclass 470) Apparatus comprising a endless surface.
(1) Note. This subclass includes a singular roll having male or female surface featured thereon which are limited by intent to shaping plastic material under the Class 425 definition. However, a roll having a smooth surface and identified as a "casting roll" is proper for Class 425. A roll having a combination of cutting means and a region that shapes by plastic flow into a molding area; i.e., as found in certain briquetting rolls or cookie shaping rolls; is proper for Class 425.
(2) Note. Also included herein are belts, casting drums, briquetters, pelletizing means, etc.., when disclosed as a shaping surface.
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194, for an apparatus assembly or dismantling means or with an idler part having a press shaping surface including a calendar roll or roll face.
223, for a casting or felter type forming means and a harvesting means.
224, for means casting a fluent stock associated with a shaping surface to form an indefinite length product. 363+, for shaping couples which include an endless surface shaping member; see the search notes thereunder.
374, for a press couple wherein a roll coacts with an endless surface which has shape imparting cavities therein.
375, for a press couple comprising a roll coacting with a static forming surface.
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198, Conveyors: Power-Driven,
606+, and 804+ for endless conveyors.
492, Roll or Roller, for a roll, per se, not elsewhere provided for, and see the search notes provided under the general definition.
