(under subclass 375) Device in which a tool is rigidly mounted on or made integral with a displaceable surface element of the work-gripping means.
(1) Note. Both tools of the cutting pair are movable. One tool engages the work to clamp it against a work support before the other tool engages the work in its cutting stroke.
(2) Note. This subclass includes such devices as split die blocks which move together to clamp the work before the cutting tool engages it.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
266, for a tool carried by work-feed means.
319, for means to secure work to rectilinearly movable tool
carrier, in a machine of the flying cutter type. 567, for a tool with work clamped thereto and movable against another tool.
