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Class Number: 12
Class Title: BOOT AND SHOE MAKING
Subclass Subclass
Number Title
1 R MISCELLANEOUS
1 A .Conveyors
1 B .Platform cover turners
1 F .Rubber shoe assembly
1 G .Arch support forming and inserting
1 W .Assembly machines
1 M .Moccasin machines
4.1 COMBINED SOLE AND UPPER MACHINES
4.2 .Lasting with laying and/or leveling
4.3 .Inseam trimming
4.4 ..With welt beating
4.5 ..With horn-carried knife
4.6 .Shoe turning
7 LASTING MACHINES
7.1 .With vamp cutting
7.2 ..Slitting or notching
7.3 .Prewelted upper
7.4 ..End lasting only
7.5 .Outturned upper, e.g., stitchdown
7.6 ..With nailing
7.7 ..With sewing
7.8 ..End lasting only
7.9 .Draw wire type, e.g., wire lasting
8.1 .With flexible conforming means
8.2 ..With wiper folder
8.3 .Rotated nipper or wiper
8.4 .Pronged wiper folder
8.5 .Nipper wiper
8.6 ..With nailing
8.7 ...End lasting only
8.71 ....With binder applying
8.8 ..End lasting only
8.81 ...With binder applying
9 .Nipper stretcher
9.1 ..With sewing
10 ..Wiper folder
10.1 ...Multiple nippers
10.2 ....With nailing
10.21 .....With binder applying
10.3 .....Fed work
10.4 .....Downward pull
10.5 ....End lasting only
10.6 ...With nailing
10.7 ....With parallel horizontally disposed camshaft and
gripper operating overdraw rod, i.e., continental type
10.71 .....With binder applying
10.8 ...End lasting only
11.2 ..With nailing
11.3 ..End lasting only
12 .Wiper folder
12.1 ..With nailing
12.2 ...Toe lasting onlyy
12.21 ....With binder applying
12.3 ...Heel lasting only
12.4 ..Toe lasting only
12.41 ...With binder applying
12.5 ..Heel lasting only
13.1 .With nailing
13.2 .With sewing
14.2 .Sole hold-downs
14.3 .Upper clamps
14.4 ..End bands
14.5 .Nippers
15 LAST INSERTING MACHINES
15.1 DELASTING MACHINES
16 LASTING-FASTENER REMOVING MACHINES
16.1 SOLE-FLAP HEEL-BREAST COVERING MACHINES
16.2 .Combined and/or plural operations
16.3 ..Flap laying and heel tread clamping
16.4 .Laying flap on breast
16.5 .Splitting sole
16.6 .Trimming flap to breast outline
16.7 ..Heel-guided trimmer
70 SOLE AND/OR HEEL BURNISHING MACHINES
70.5 .Combined or plural diverse
73.5 ..With coating application
74.5 ..With indenting
75.5 ...Heel only
76.5 ..With edge trimming
77 .Rotary tool
78 .Reciprocating tool
78.5 ..Heel traverse
79 ..Hand guided
79.3 .Fixed tool
79.2 .Tools and/or tool heads
77.5 ..Rotary
79.5 SOLE AND/OR HEEL WAX POLISHING MACHINES
85 SOLE AND/OR HEEL EDGE TRIMMING MACHINES
85.1 .Combined or plural diverse
85.2 ..With sole peripheral channeling
85.3 ...Clamped work
85.4 ..With fastener inserting
85.5 ...Heel only
85.9 .Shank trimming only
86 .Clamped work
86.5 ..Sole edge only
86.6 ...Traveling cutter
86.65 ....Rotary table supported
86.7 ...Rotary cutter
87 ..Rotary cutter
88 .Rotary cutter
89 ..Multiple cutter head
90 ..With adjustable rand guide and/or guard
91 .Rotary cutter heads
92 ..Axially adjustable
93 ..With supplemental cutter
94 ..Inserted cutters
95 ...Angularly adjustable
17 R SOLE MACHINES
17.2 .Peripheral operation and automatically bodily moved shoee
support
33 .Laying and/or leveling
33.1 ..With fastener inserting
33.2 ..With heating means
33.4 ..With welt pressing means
33.6 ..With sole positioning means
33.7 ..Configured oscillating former indexed with sole
33.8 ...Oscillating jack
34 ..With rotatable leveling pressure roll
34.5 ...With power-operated transverse roll tilting
35.5 ..Hammering and/or slicking
36 ..Multiple work supports
36.5 ...Traveling work support carrying fluid pressure applying
means
36.8 ....Rotary work support carrier
37 ...Rotary work support carrier
38 ..Pads or formers
18.1 .Assembling
18.2 ..Bulk shoe fillers
18.3 ..Shank pieces and/or stiffeners
18.5 .With diverse operations
18.7 ..With peripheral channeling
18.9 ..With slitting
20 .Applying or reinforcing separate rib
20.2 ..Full gemming
21 .Blank molding
22 ..Edge
24.5 .Edge covering
27 .Peripheral channeling
28 ..Clamped work
29 .Channel-flap layers
30 .Channel-flap turners
31.5 .Heel-seal forming
31.6 ..Spring heel
32 .Peripheral indenting
32.1 ..With stitch finder
39 .Sock-liner applying
39.3 .Stitch picking and/or cutting
39.5 .Splicing half soles to outsoles
40 .Slitting
40.5 .Shank pieces or stiffeners
41.05 .Grooving
41.1 .Pliabilizing soles in a shoe
41.2 .Pliabilizing soles
41.3 ..With fluid treatment
41.5 .Tempering
41.7 .Inside fastener end trimmers
17 A .Sbicca-type sole
42 R HEEL MACHINES
50 .Assembling
50.1 ..With die cutting
50.2 ...With fastener inserting
50.3 ..With cement applying
50.4 ..Heel logs
42.5 .With diverse operations
43 ..Fastener inserting and breasting
43.5 ..Fastener inserting and molding
46 .Seal cuttingg
46.5 .Spring heel beveling
47 .Breasting
47.1 ..Uni-directionally moving cutting edge
48 .Molding
49 .Beading
49.1 .Covering
50.5 .Removers
42 B .Heel affixing
51 UPPER MACHINES
52 .Assembling
52.5 .With diverse operations
53.1 .Assembled shoe shaping
53.2 ..By expanding and conforming
53.3 ..By conforming roller
53.4 ..By conforming impactor
53.5 ..By conforming press action
53.6 ..By expander only
53.7 ...Wall-supported
53.8 ...Reciprocating expander
54.1 .Loose upper shaping
54.2 ..Toe only
54.3 ..Heel only
54.4 ..Crimping with former and wiper
54.5 ...Belt-carried former
54.6 ...Pivoted former
55 ..Folding
55.1 ...With slitting or notching
57 .Turning
57.1 ..With seam pressing
57.5 .Trimming
57.6 ..Sole-attaching edge
58 ..Skiving
58.3 .Buttoning or unbuttoning
58.5 .Lacing or unlacing
59 .Strap covering
59.5 .Tape appliers
59.7 .Tempering
61 R TOE AND HEEL STIFFENER MACHINES
62 .Skiving
63 ..Recessed carrier
64 .Molding
65 ..Roll
66 ..Separable
61 A .Assembling
61 B .With diverse operations
67 R WELT AND RAND MACHINES
67.1 .Welt and rand formers
67.2 .Welt beaters
67 A .Welt guides
67 B .Combined welt preparing
67 C .Welt attaching to loose sole and heel
67 D .Plural diverse operations
67 E .Welt beating and slitting
67 F .Welt butting and attaching
67 G .Beaters
67 H .Butting
67 J .Forming
67 K .Welt attachingg
67 L .Welt tempering
103 TOOLS
104 .Sole and/or heel burnishing
104.5 .Inside fastener end trimmers
107 R .Lasting
108 ..Fastener holding and inserting and upper stretching
109 ..Upper tensioners and hammers
110 ..Upper tensioners
111 ...Multiple transversely positioned grippers
112 ...Toe
107 A ..Over-lasted upper retainers
113 .Fly holders
114.2 .Interiorly stretching assembled shoes
114.4 ..Fluid expander
114.6 ..Top stretchers
114.8 ...With top holder
115.2 ..Spot stretchers
115.4 ...With cooperating exterior former
115.6 ..Variable expander
115.8 ...Longitudinal and lateral
116.2 ....Longitudinal and lateral lock
116.4 ....Lateral lock
116.6 ....Longitudinal lock
116.8 ...Lateral
117.2 ....Lock
117.4 ...Longitudinal lock
119.5 .Upper crimping and stretching
120.5 .Sole straightening
122 SHOEMAKERS' BENCHES
123 WORK SUPPORT
123.3 .For loose heels
123.5 .For boot trees
124 .Expansible holder
125 .Heel clamping
126 .Last jacks
127 ..With saddle
128 R FORMS
129.4 .Heated
133 R .Lasts
134 ..Preliminarily adjustable
135 R ..Separate heel block
136 R ...Hinged
136 A ....With movable instep block
136 B ....With single link
136 C ....With double link
135 A ...With sliding movement
137 ..Instep-block fasteners
138 ...Sliding bolt
139 ..Heel plates and sockets
140 ..Peg receivers
141 ..Shoe retainers
133 A ..With fillers
133 B ..With altered surfaces
133 C ..With heel fastener receiving means
133 M ..Material
128 B .With deodorant, etc.
128 H .For open-heel shoe
128 V .Expanding verticall
128 C .With upper retaining means
128 D .With sole retaining means
128 E .Heel plates
128 F .With fastener receiving means
142 R PROCESSES
145 .Lasting
146 R .Miscellaneous parts
146 B ..Soles
146 BP ...Prepared
146 BC ....Channeling
146 BR ..Rubber soles
146 C ..Uppers
146 CK ...Edge finishing
146 D ..Toe and heel stiffeners
146 L ..Last making
146 M ..Orthopedic parts
146 S ..Shank stiffener making and attaching
146 W ..Welts and rands
147 R .Heel
147 A ..Rubber
147 B ..Covering
148 .Filling shoes
142 A .Evaginated shoe
142 B .Thru-and-thru shoe
142 C .Stitch-down shoe
142 D .Welt-type shoe
142 E .Rubber shoe
142 EV .Rubber overshoe
142 F .Cemented shoe
142 G .Felt and fabric
142 J .Interfitted sole and heel
142 K .Protection of shoes
142 LC .Lacing and closing
142 MC .Moccasins
142 N .Orthopedic
142 P .Athletic
142 Q .Repairing
142 RS .Rubber sole attaching
142 S .Sandals
142 T .Sole-attaching
142 V .Ventilated
142 W .Leggings and gaiters
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* DIGESTS
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DIG 1 Lasting machines, fluid-actuated
DIG 2 Lasting machines, dash pots
DIG 3 Jigging