(under subclass 19) Device including means for applying or maintaining tension in one or more directions to or within the hide, skin or leather.
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1.5, for a belt stretching machine.
33, for treating a hide, skin or leather by folding, flexing, crumpling, suppling or similar action for stretching, softening and rendering the same more flexible.
46, for a machine which stretches leather by rubbing action of a member over the surface thereof.
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16, Miscellaneous Hardware, 5, for a combined carpet fastener and stretcher.
26, Textiles: Cloth Finishing,
51+, for a cloth stretching apparatus involving a cloth
finishing operation; and subclasses 71+ for the apparatus, per se, for expanding (e.g., stretching, spreading) a running length cloth web.
28, Textiles: Manufacturing,
149+, for a frame upon which threads are to be stretched and held while being fabricated into a structure by some textile operation.
29, Metal Working,
91.5, for an upholstery making apparatus for drawing or pressing an outer fabric layer into or about a stuffed or padded furniture component.
38, Textiles: Ironing or Smoothing,
102.1+, for a cloth stretcher frame (e.g., curtain stretcher frame).
52, Static Structures (e.g., Buildings),
222, for a building panel having a tensioned or flexed sheet facing. 160, Flexible or Portable Closure, Partition, or Panel,
371+, for a fabric filled or covered frame or a frame for such use; especially subclasses 372+ for a device wherein the fabric may be stretched by adjusting the frame size and subclass 378 for a frame type device including means for applying tension to the fabric therein.
223, Apparel Apparatus,
61+, for a device for stretching apparel on forms.
254, Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling Force,
200+, for a tensioner for use in forcing a carpet or like covering into place in laying it, when including means for affording mechanical advantage.
294, Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements,
8.6, for a stretcher for use in forcing a carpet or like covering into place in laying it, when not including means for affording mechanical advantage.
