text: US PATENT SUBCLASS 118 / 44-- WITH MEANS TO DEFORM WORK
  US PATENT SUBCLASS 118 / 44
  WITH MEANS TO DEFORM WORK
  44 WITH MEANS TO DEFORM WORK
  Classification: 118/44
  (under the class definition) Coating apparatus combined with means to alter the shape of the base either before, during or after the coating operation.
  (1) Note. Distortion of work incident to the handling thereof is excluded from this subclass, as is the mere flexing between opposed members of textile work in the presence of coating material to facilitate penetration of the coating material. To be placed in this subclass the work must be deformed from its normal state, for example, as by embossing of sheet-form work or untwisting of the strands of rope-form work.
  32, for coating apparatus combined with folding, unfolding or festooning.
  72+, for coating apparatus combined with means to place the base in suitable condition to receive the coating, which means may modify the surface of the work.
  427, for immersion coating apparatus having opposed relatively movable solid means acting on the work during the coating operation to bring about a more intimate contact between the work and the coating material, and see the notes thereto for the location of other art in which the base material is subjected to a combined coating and working operation. SEE OR SEARCH CLASS
  32, and see the notes thereto, for operations there provided combined with means for applying fluid or plastic material to the work.
  41+, and 46+ for plastic-metal shaping apparatus having means for applying a lubricant or a coating to work or to the work-engaging surface of a tool prior to forming the work, e.g., lubricating a wire-drawing die.
  87, Textiles: Braiding, Netting, and Lace Making,
  23, for apparatus there provided, combined with means for applying a coating or impregnating material to the strands or to the fabric at any time relative to the production of the fabric.
  90+, for molding apparatus for shaping or reshaping plastic or earthy materials combined with means for applying a coating to the material or the apparatus.