(under subclass 331) Method or apparatus including juxtaposing of fastening together a plurality of workpieces.
(1) Note. The workpiece of this and the indented subclasses are totally separate and distinct. A first and a second surface of a workpiece are not considered to be separate workpieces, no matter how far spaced from each other.
(2) Note. A fastener, e.g., a staple or a rivet, is considered to be a workpiece when assembled to a paper workpiece; however, see the search note to Class 227 below.
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6, for an operation of this class including assembling or coating and the use of control means responsive to that assembling or coating.
47+, for assembling dissimilar filter materials in making a cigarette filter.
67+, for assembling a rigid container combined with cutting, breaking, tearing, or abrading by a rotary tool.
75+, for assembling a rigid container combined with cutting, breaking, tearing, or abrading by a reciprocatory tool. 84+, for making a rigid container including assembly of distinct members.
210+, for making a pliable container including assembly of distinct members.
297+, for making a tube including assembly of distinct members.
343+, for assembling of distinct members combined with cutting, breaking, tearing, or abrading.
374+, for assembling of distinct members, one of which is a sheet or web, generally.
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29, Metal Working,
428+, for methods of and subclasses 700+ for apparatus for assembling or disassembling. Class 29 is the generic home for assembling. See the search notes under subclasses 428 and 700 for other locations of specific types of assembling.
156, Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture, for uniting a first and a second web by adhesive bonding without assembling or bending in forming an article of commerce or with or without assembling or bending in forming united stock material. See the line notes under the definition of this class.
198, Conveyors: Power-Driven,
418+, for a conveyor for establishing and moving a group of items; and subclass 644 for means for conveying a signature. 227, Elongated-Member-Driving Apparatus, for a device specific to driving a fastener into a sheet or web; or into a stack or sheets or webs, with no recognition of more than one sheet or web.
