US PATENT SUBCLASS 483 / 19
.~.~ Tool having specific mounting or work treating feature

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483 /   HD   TOOL CHANGING

16  DF  INCLUDING MACHINE TOOL OR COMPONENT {3}
17  DF  .~ Rotating work machine tool (e.g., screw machine, lathe, etc.) {4}
19.~.~ Tool having specific mounting or work treating feature {2}
20  DF  .~.~.~> Workpiece holder (e.g., chuck or chuck jaw, collet, etc.)
21  DF  .~.~.~> Turning tool insert changer

DEFINITION

Classification: 483/19

Tool having specific mounting or work treating feature:

(under subclass 17) Apparatus comprising an implement or portion thereof having (a) a detailed provision for attachment to a holder or (b) structurally limited to performing a particular function with respect to the workpiece.

(1) Note. For original classification in this subclass a patent must claim more than a nominal recitation of a "cutting" tool or implement.

(2) Note. A named "probe" is considered to have a "work treating feature".

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

31+, for apparatus comprising a rotary spindle machine tool combined with means to transfer an implement having a specific mounting or work treating feature.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

33, Geometrical Instruments, 501+, for a contact member or probe to touch an object and measure a geometrical characteristic of the object.

407, Cutters, for Shaping, generally for a tool adapted to remove material from a workpiece.