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Class Number: D18
Class Title: PRINTING AND OFFICE MACHINERY
Subclass Subclass
Number Title
1 TYPEWRITER OR CALCULATOR (1)
2 .Combined (2)
3 .Coin handling machine
4 ..Cash register (3)
5 .Checkwriter (3)
6 .Calculator (12)
7 ..With keyboard
8 ...With carriage
9 ..Slide rule type
10 ...Rotary
11 ..Housing or casing
12 .Element or attachment
36 COPY REPRODUCING EQUIPMENT
37 .Electrostatic type (i.e., specified as such)
38 ..Console or floor type
39 .Console or floor type
40 .Element or attachment (4)
41 ..Control or panel
43 ..Toner or developer container, cassette, etc.
44 ..Paper or film container, cassette, etc.
45 ..Copy stand
46 DOCUMENT HANDLER (13)
47 .Sorter, collator or stacker
48 ..Three or more identical receivers or feeders
49 .Receiver or feeder
50 PRINTING EQUIPMENT (14)
14 .Hand held or manipulated (5)
15 ..Stamp, seal imprinter, or stamp pad
16 ...Simulative (6)
17 ...Stamp pad
18 ...Element or attachment
19 ..Label or tape embossing tool
20 ..Stenograph
21 ..Autographic register
51 .Postal
52 .With typewriter type keyboard
53 .Console or floor type
54 .Text or data printer (e.g., computer peripheral printer, etc.)
(15)
55 ..With slot, tray or channel for side feed or discharge (16)
56 .Element or attachment (17)
57 ..Engraving or plate preparation unit (18)
58 ..Inking roller
59 ..Stand or frame
24 TYPE OR TYPE FACE
25 .Foreign alphabet
26 .Segmented display type (7)
27 .Simulative (8)
28 .Script type
29 .Individual panel mount type (9)
30 .Outlined or with shadow
31 .With detached interior embellishment (10))
32 .Border or ornament design
33 ..Animate figure representation
34 BOOKBINDING MACHINES, PRINTERS' STAPLING MACHINES AND EQUIPMENT
(11)
35 PNEUMATIC DISPATCH TUBE OR SYSTEM
99 MISCELLANEOUS