(under the class definition) Apparatus in which a shaping device is adapted to travel over a surface and deposit a layer of moldable material from a material supply, including means, shaping the material in more than one plane or dimension, the entire device and supply being designed to be either held in the hand during operation or manually guided or steered by an attendant as it traverses a surface against which the material is molded.
(1) Note. Included herein, for example, are (1) devices for applying a layer of moldable material to a base including means controlling the thickness and edge structure of the applied layer or (2) devices for applying putty to windows in which a guide surface is attached to the putty smoothing surface in such a way as to slide along the window frame and
shape the putty at a given angle or in a given configuration.
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375, for apparatus for depositing material on a casting surface including means causing the depositor to travel so as to deposit the material in a pattern.
376.1+, for extrusion devices, per se, which may be hand held.
458, for similar hand held apparatus without a material supply. SEE OR SEARCH CLASS
15, Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning, appropriate subclasses for hand tools for cleaning by means of a dry brushing, scraping, wiping or using a squeegee, and especially
105, for compound tools where one of the tools is of the Class 15 type, subclass 236 for scrapers of the same shape as a putty knife, and subclass 243.5 for putty knives, per se.
118, Coating Apparatus, appropriate subclasses for coating machines, per se; for the line between Classes 118 and 425, see
90, of Class 425.
222, Dispensing, for dispensing, apparatus, per se. For the line between Classes 222 and 401, see the definitions of these classes.
401, Coating Implements With Material Supply, appropriate subclasses, for base coating devices which are adapted to be hand held or steered by a walking attendant in which the device includes a member for contacting the coating during or after application, said member being spaced from the base a distance equal to the thickness of the coating. The primary distinction between Classes 401 and 425 is that Class 401, only controls thickness while Class 425 shapes in plural dimension.
