B
SECTION B — PERFORMING OPERATIONS
  
SHAPING
 B25
HAND TOOLS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; MANIPULATORS
 B25

Note(s)

The word "portable" is to be understood as including suspension for easy manual handling, e.g. in connection with spring-suspended portable apparatus for use along assembly lines.

 B25G
HANDLES FOR HAND IMPLEMENTS (attaching the blades or the like to handles of hand tools for soil working A01B 1/22; handles of hand implements for harvesting A01D 1/14; handles integral with brushware A46B)
 B25G

Note(s)

This sub-class provides for handles for hand implements, in general, and also for those handles for hand implements for particular purposes which are not provided for elsewhere, e.g. in A45B 9/02, A45C 13/22, A45C 13/26, A47B 95/02, A47J 45/00, B25J 13/02, B60N 3/02, B62B 5/06, B62B 9/20, B62K 21/26, B62M 3/14, B65D 25/28, E05B, G05G.

 B25G 1/00
Handle constructions
 B25G 1/02
·  flexible
 B25G 1/04
·  telescopic; extensible; sectional
 B25G 1/06
·  reversible or adjustable for position
 B25G 1/08
·  with provision for storing tool elements
 B25G 1/10
·  characterised by material or shape
 B25G 3/00
Attaching handles to the implements
 B25G 3/02
·  Socket, tang, or like fixings (B25G 3/34 takes precedence)
 B25G 3/04
·  ·  with detachable or separate socket pieces (B25G 3/12 takes precedence)
 B25G 3/06
·  ·  with multiple socket, e.g. T-socket (B25G 3/12 takes precedence)
 B25G 3/08
·  ·  with dovetail or other groove (B25G 3/12 takes precedence)
 B25G 3/10
·  ·  with elastic, taper, or other self-grip socket or tang (B25G 3/12 takes precedence)
 B25G 3/12
·  ·  Locking and securing devices
 B25G 3/14
·  ·  ·  comprising barbs or teeth
 B25G 3/16
·  ·  ·  comprising bayonet joints
 B25G 3/18
·  ·  ·  comprising catches or pawls
 B25G 3/20
·  ·  ·  comprising clamping or contracting means acting concentrically of the handle or socket
 B25G 3/22
·  ·  ·  ·  Chucks
 B25G 3/24
·  ·  ·  comprising clamping or contracting means acting transversely of the handle or socket
 B25G 3/26
·  ·  ·  comprising nails, screws, bolts, or pins traversing or entering the socket
 B25G 3/28
·  ·  ·  comprising wedges, keys, or like expanding means
 B25G 3/30
·  ·  ·  comprising screwed sockets or tangs
 B25G 3/32
·  ·  ·  in association with, or including, tang, bolt, or other member passing axially through whole length of handle
 B25G 3/34
·  by pressing the handle on the implements; using cement or molten metal, e.g. casting, moulding; by welding or the like
 B25G 3/36
·  Lap joints; Riveted, screwed, or like joints (socket, tang, or like fixings B25G 3/02)
 B25G 3/38
·  Hinged, pivoted, swivelling, or folding joints