US PATENT SUBCLASS 76 / 101.1
BLANK OR PROCESS

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76 /   HD   METAL TOOLS AND IMPLEMENTS, MAKING

101.1BLANK OR PROCESS {16}
102  DF  .~> Augers
103  DD  .~> Axes, hammers and hatchets
104.1  DF  .~> Cutlery {3}
107.1  DF  .~> Die {3}
108.1  DF  .~> Drill {3}
109  DF  .~> Hoes, mattocks and picks
110  DF  .~> Keys
111  DF  .~> Pitchforks and rakes
112  DF  .~> Saws
113  DF  .~> Shovels
114  DF  .~> Wrenches
115  DF  .~> Rotary cutter
116  DF  .~> Cutter of sheet metal
117  DF  .~> Involving use of tap or die
118  DF  .~> Scythe
119  DF  .~> Hand tool

DEFINITION

Classification: 76/101.1

BLANK OR PROCESS:

(under the class definition) Invention comprising stock material having some of the physical characteristics of a desired tool; or comprising a method of modifying such stock material to make it into a desired tool.

(1) Note. Included herein is a blank for, or process of making a work holder, if not provided for elsewhere.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

29, Metal Working,

428+, for a process of assembling and joining, generally; particularly subclass 559 for a method of holding work not provided for elsewhere.

72, Metal Deforming, for shaping metal, generally (which may be combined with cutting). The operation of Class 72 may prepare a tool blank, but is not restricted an operation of converting such a blank into a tool.

156, Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture,

1+, for a process of making a product by laminating, not restricted to tool making. 228, Metal Fusion Bonding,

101+, for a process generally, which may include tool making,

including only such step or steps as is necessary for the formation of a single joint by soldering, brazing, or welding.

269, Work Holders, for a device for holding a workpiece being modified, generally. Class 269 is the residual locus of a device for holding material while that material is modified.

409, Gear Cutting, Milling or Planing,

66+, for process of milling a thread or helix into a workpiece (as in forming a drill bit blank, a thread cutting tap, or a thread cutting die).

419, Powder Metallurgy Processes, for a method of making a blank of general utility from metal or alloy powders by sintering, especially

10+, for such a method performed upon a composition which is particularly suited for use as a die, drill, or cutting tool, in general.

428, Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles,

544+, for stock material, generally, e.g., for indefinite length stock material of metal or having a metallic component; especially subclass 599 for metallic stock having both thickness and nonthickness surfaces of defined configuration, and subclass 602 for metallic stock material whose symmetrical shape varies in thickness longitudinally.

451, Abrading,

28+, for a method of finishing a tool by abrading.