(under subclass 284) Device wherein means is provided to move the tool or a member connected to the tool into contact with or in the path of the moving work, so that the tool or member is moved (e.g., dragged or pulled) along by the work at the same speed as the work, and this contact is the sole motive force which moves the tool in the direction of work-feed at the time of cutting.
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222, for a tool of the type there classified in which the tool motion initiates work-feed and vice versa.