PTO Manual of Classification for US patents

PTO Manual of Classification for US patents

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Class Number: 26
 Class Title: TEXTILES: CLOTH FINISHING

Subclass  Subclass
Number    Title

  1       MISCELLANEOUS
  2 R     PILE FABRICS
  2 E     .Electrifiers
  3       SINGEING
  4       .Articles
  5       ..On attached form
  6       .Heated contact element
  7       CUTTING
  8 R     .Pile loops
  9       ..With simultaneous feeding
  10 R    ...With stopping
  10 C    ....Rotary cutters
  8 C     ..Rotary cutters
  10.4    .Weft end or selvage float loop removal
  11      .Float threads
  11.4    ..Venetian blind tapes
  12      ..With feeding
  13      .Double pile fabric
  14      ..Loom type
  15 R    .Shearing
  16      ..Ornamental
  17      ..With seam detector
  18      ..Automatic extension rests
  15 L    ..With lubrication
  15 FB   ..With flexible bed
  18.5    SHRINKING
  18.6    .Thread compacting
  19      .Fulling
  20      ..Continuous web machines
  21      ...Pleating type
  22      ..Beater type
  23      ...Gravity stroke
  24      ..Stopping
  25      BEATING
  26      .Beetling
  27      RUBBING
  28      .Abrasive
  29 R    NAPPING
  30      .Ornamental
  31      .Napping surface feature
  32      ..Machines
  33      .Planetary
  34      ..Including drive feature
  35      ...Drives
  36      .Reciprocating napping element
  37      .Single fixed-position napping roll
  29 P    .With pneumatic lint removal
  51      STRETCHING OR SPREADING AND WORKING
  51.3    .Weft angle adjusting
  51.4    ..Automatically controlled
  51.5    ...With photoelectric scanning or detecting means
  52      .Traveling clamp or hook typee
  53      ..Reciprocating frames
  71      EXPANDING DEVICE FOR TEXTILE WEBS
  72      .Biaxial expansion
  73      ..By successively accelerating spreader members of traveling
             set
  74      .Web-condition-responsive operation control
  75      ..Responsive to edge location to control spreader
  76      ...To adjust tenter frame
  77      ...To adjust angle of selvage-engaging roller spreader
  78      ...Roller spreader pair nip control
  79      ...To activate traveling spreader member responsive to removal
              from feeler
  80      .Tubular-fabric-enclosed spreader
  81      ..Including heater or dryer
  82      ..With slitter, for opening up
  83      ..With rotary feeder or bearing at spreader ends
  84      ...Driven
  85      ....Multi-dimensional spreader (e.g., tube or spider)
  86      .Overfeed arrangement; or rotary pinner for traveling pin
            spreader set
  87      .Spreader
  88      ..Acting on fabric edge only
  89      ...Edge-retaining traveler set (i.e., tenter)
  90      ....Edge-entraining wheel
  91      ....Laterally adjustable tenter frame
  92      ....With heater or dryer
  93      ....Set is series of traveling clamps
  94      .....Including clamp manipulator
  95      .....And mating pin series set
  96      ....Set is traveling pin series
  97      ...Roller spreader
  98      ...Edge straightener; e.g., uncurler
  99      ..Roller spreader
  100     ...Axially slidable sections
  101     ...Bowed
  102     ....Plural member roller
  103     .....Multi-spindle
  104     ......Covered
  105     ...Bi-helical
  106     .Including heater or dryer
  69 R    ORNAMENTAL
  69 A    .By shrinking
  69 B    .By fiber removal
  69 C    .By scraping
  70      INSPECTING
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  *       DIGEST
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  DIG 1   Edge and/or uncurling; stiffening