US PATENT SUBCLASS 83 / 916
NIBBLING
Current as of: June, 1999
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DEFINITION
Classification: 83/916
Severing work along a desired line of cut by means of successive overlapping notches with relative movement between the work and tool between each notching cut.
(1) Note. Work may be severed along a desired line of cut by means of overlapping slitting cuts, without removal of material. Disclosures of machines for doing work of this slitting type may be found, together with nibbling machines, in subclass 237.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
237, and 249, for nibbling machine of the subclass 202 type.
556+, for tool positioning means synchronized with cutting stroke (such tool may make overlapping cuts on stationary workpiece).
565, for template-surface-following tool.
917, and associated search notes, for notching.
