In this subclass, the following terms or expressions are used with the meaning indicated:
"fabric" includes yarns in warp or sheet form; [2]
"textile material" includes fabrics, yarns or other fibrous materials; [2]
"indefinite length" means an extent of material having the characteristic that the longitudinal dimension is effectively infinite in so far as the procedure for advancing or moving the material is concerned. [3]
MECHANICAL OR PRESSURE CLEANING OF CARPETS, RUGS, SACKS, HIDES, OR OTHER SKIN OR TEXTILE ARTICLES OR FABRICS; TURNING INSIDE-OUT FLEXIBLE TUBULAR OR OTHER HOLLOW ARTICLES (mechanical preparation or mechanical treatment of bed feathers Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B68G 3/00)
MARKING, INSPECTING, SEAMING, OR SEVERING TEXTILE MATERIALS (seaming by sewing Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...D05B; in connection with manufacturing, see the relevant subclasses)
Within each one of main groups Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...D06M 11/00-D06M 15/00, a mixture of substances is classified at least according to the essential ingredient. If more than one ingredient is essential, the mixture is classified, in the absence of an indication to the contrary, according to the essential ingredient which belongs to the last appropriate place in the sequence of substances;
In this subclass, the treatment of textiles, not provided for elsewhere in class Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...D06, is classified according to the following principles:
WALL, FLOOR, OR LIKE COVERING MATERIALS, e.g. LINOLEUM, OILCLOTH, ARTIFICIAL LEATHER, ROOFING FELT, CONSISTING OF A FIBROUS WEB COATED WITH A LAYER OF MACROMOLECULAR MATERIAL; FLEXIBLE SHEET MATERIAL NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (laminates in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B32B; coated webs which retain the character of paper or cardboard Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...D21)
In this subclass, the following term is used with the meaning indicated:
"decorating" means "local treatment" or "local effects produced" as to change, e.g. optically, the appearance or the properties of textile materials. [5]