IPC 7 English version B26F !A-B26F 3/16

B26F-B26F00316

SECTION B – PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING

B 26

HAND CUTTING TOOLS; CUTTING; SEVERING

B 26 F

PERFORATING; PUNCHING; CUTTING-OUT; STAMPING-OUT; SEVERING BY MEANS OTHER THAN CUTTING (marking-out, perforating or making buttonholes A41H 25/00; manufacturing footwear A43D; surgery A61B; punching metal B21D; drilling metal B23B; cutting of metal by applying heat locally, e.g. flame cutting, B23K; cutting by abrasive fluid jets B24C 5/02; details common to machines for severing B26D; drilling wood B27C; drilling stone B28D; working of plastics or substances in a plastic state B29; making boxes, cartons, envelopes or bags, of paper or similarly worked materials, e.g. metal foil, B31B; of glass C03B; of leather C14B; of textile materials D06H; for light guides G02B 6/25; of tickets G07B) [2,5]

Notes

(1)

This subclass covers:

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perforating, punching, cutting-out, stamping-out;

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severing, by means other than cutting, non-metallic sheet material or metal foil in general;

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severing, by means other than cutting, other forms of non-metallic materials not otherwise provided for.

(2)

Attention is drawn to Notes (1) and (3) following the title of subclass B26D.

Perforating; Punching; Cutting-out; Stamping-out; Apparatus therefor (subjecting the grinding tools or the abrading medium to vibration, e.g. grinding with ultrasonic frequency, B24B 1/04; perforating by sand-blasting B24C; punching cards or tapes for statistical and record purposes G06K 1/00)

Perforating by punching, e.g. with relatively-reciprocating punch and bed

with selectively-operable punches

with punching tools moving with the work

wherein the tools are carried by, and in operation move relative to, a rotative drum or similar support

Roller type punches

to notch margins of work

Punching tools; Punching dies

Perforating by tool or tools of the drill type

Perforating by slitting, i.e. forming cuts closed at their ends without removal of material

with tools carried by a rotating drum or similar support (B26F 1/22 takes precedence)

to form non-rectilinear cuts, e.g. for tabs

Perforating by needles or pins

Perforating by non-mechanical means, e.g. by fluid jet

by electrical discharges

by radiation (by laser beam B23K 26/00) [3]

Hand-held perforating or punching apparatus, e.g. awls

power actuated (details or components, e.g. casings, bodies, of portable power-driven tools not particularly related to the operation performed B25F 5/00) [4]

Punching or perforating pliers

Cutting-out; Stamping-out

using a press, e.g. of the ram type (presses in general B30B)

having a pressure roller

Cutters therefor; Dies therefor

Loose press knives

Severing by means other than cutting; Apparatus therefor (severing by grinding B24B 27/06)

Tearing

Severing by squeezing (B26F 3/08 takes precedence)

Severing by using heat

with heated members

with heated rollers or discs

with heated wires

by radiation (by laser beam B23K 26/00) [3]