US PATENT SUBCLASS 72 / 7.3
.~.~.~.~ Sensing "pattern"

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72 /   HD   METAL DEFORMING

6.1  DF  WITH USE OF CONTROL MEANS ENERGIZED IN RESPONSE TO ACTIVATOR STIMULATED BY CONDITION SENSOR {7}
6.2  DF  .~ Metal deforming by use of roller or roller-like tool element {8}
7.1  DF  .~.~ Including use of sensor responsive to information carried by removable auxiliary record (e.g., recording disk, tape, or card) {1}
7.2  DF  .~.~.~ Including plural sensors or sensor responsive to comparison between plural conditions {2}
7.3.~.~.~.~ Sensing "pattern"

DEFINITION

Classification: 72/7.3

Sensing "pattern":

(under subclass 7.2) Subject matter including using a contoured guide engaged by a traversing follower connected to a metal deforming tool such that the tool follows a path identical to the contours of the guide as the tool engages the work for deformation thereof.

(1) Note. The term "pattern" (in the title) refers to a model or prototype insertable into and removable from the machine and having a shape or configuration exactly similar or proportional to the shape or configuration of the desired product. A cam or eccentric or other object which is distorted with respect to the desired product is not

considered to be a pattern, and disclosures of such objects may be found in other subclasses appropriate to the deformer.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

15.1, for a removable pattern to be used in a condition responsive control means of metal deforming means, generally.

82, for deforming of a rotating workpiece by use of a "pattern" that causes tool movement without a control means energized in response of an activator.