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Number: 72
Name: Metal deforming >
Description: This is a restricted class for the art of metal deforming as defined in this class definition.

Class Number	Class Name	No. of Patents
72/54	By application of fluent medium, or energy field	92
72/56	By kinetic energy of fluid or field	223
72/60	Using fixed die	277
72/61	Expanding hollow work	228
72/62	In circular section die	215
72/63	Utilizing diaphragm between fluid and work	81
72/57	With actuated tool engaging work	179
72/58	Expanding hollow work	261
72/59	Corrugating tubular work	37
72/55	With cutting	83
72/127	By deflecting successively-presented portions of work during bodily movement thereof (e.g., for coiling, levelling, curving or troughing material in movement)	4
72/183	By tension applied to work or product (e.g., uncoiling)	60
72/160	By use of deflected arranged to provide longitudinally undulating path for work (e.g., "leveling")	79
72/164	And adjustable carrier for deflector	98
72/165	Including tier of roller-deflectors on carriers	30
72/163	And back-up means for roller-deflector	20
72/162	Including relatively-inclined successive rollers	17
72/161	With deforming of work or product (other than levelling)	68
72/176	By use of deflector arranged to bend work transversely of direction of work movement (e.g., troughing)	62
72/179	Including complementary roller-couple	31
72/180	Including plural, axially-spaced circumferential ribs and grooves	39
72/181	Including plural, successively-acting roller-couples	197
72/178	Including roller-cluster	41
72/182	Including roller-couple	27
72/177	With deforming of work or product (other than bending transversely)	96
72/166	By use of deflectors arranged to bend work longitudinally of direction of work-movement	75
72/167	Including thinning of portion of work-section	24
72/170	Including three concurrently-acting delta-arranged deflector elements	26
72/171	And additional work-deflecting or work-constraining element	32
72/172	Comprising two rollers and guide	8
72/173	Including adjustable element	56
72/174	And interrelated means to adjust plural elements simultaneously	8
72/175	Comprising rectilinearly reciprocable carrier for element	33
72/168	With deforming of work or product (other than bending longitudinally)	55
72/169	With handling of curved product	31
72/149	By use of work-contacting wiper and moving, work-holding form	127
72/156	And interrelated means to move form and gripper element thereon	10
72/153	And means to impart compound motion to form	4
72/155	And means to urge wiper toward form surface	31
72/159	And work-complementing gripper faces (e.g., contoured)	45
72/154	Including backed-up, travelling wiper (e.g., follow bar)	20
72/157	Including interchangeable or adjustable wiper or form	55
72/158	Comprising adjustable wiper	18
72/150	With core inside hollow workpiece	63
72/152	With deforming or work or product (other than by wiper and former)	10
72/151	With tensioning or work	15
72/135	To form helical coil or tube	95
72/140	By interchangeable or selectable tool portion	39
72/145	By movable-periphery tool external of coil	50
72/141	By multi-convolutional tool	4
72/138	By use of means acting by and during machine operation to form coil of irregular pitch and/or diameter	68
72/139	Including non-cylindrical core	16
72/142	By work-guide and rotatable, work-holding core	89
72/143	And means to change pitch of coil	17
72/144	And means to traverse work-guide	21
72/136	Including thinning of helical portion of work section	15
72/137	With deforming of work or product (other than by coiler)	94
72/146	To form spiral coil	56
72/148	With core inside coil	89
72/147	With interposes to space adjacent coil convolutions	20
72/129	With cutting of work or product	70
72/132	And actuation of cutter in timed relation to deflector or work movement	67
72/130	And deforming of work or product (other than by deflecting)	36
72/131	And stopping of work movement during cutting	62
72/133	With feeding of discrete articles or orienting of work relative to deflector (other than by deflector)	59
72/128	With modification or control of temperature or work, tool or machine	67
72/134	With use of means to remove product from deflector	31
72/253.1	By extruding through orifice	121
72/259	By plural impellers operating into one extrusion chamber	11
72/262	By rotating impeller means	103
72/272	Container and/or support therefor	72
72/260	Expressing non-uniform cross-section or non-linear product	57
72/261	Expressing plural products	33
72/258	Expressing polymetallic-layered product	58
72/273.5	Indirect extrusion	57
72/263	Non-axial movement of die, ram, mandrel or container	42
72/271	Pressure or velocity conditioning	39
72/273	Ram or ram element	52
72/264	Utilizing internal forming means (e.g., mandrel) or core tube (e.g., wire guide)	87
72/269	Bridge mandrel	48
72/268	Core tube	14
72/266	Integral with ram	13
72/267	Single element ("impact extrusion" type)	56
72/265	Movable longitudinally in ram	30
72/254	With cutting	78
72/255	Severing product from stock or residue	54
72/256	With metal-deforming other than by extrusion	124
72/257	With product handling	64
72/270	Work supplying	64
72/457	By or with work-constrainer and/or manipulated work-forcer	185
72/458	Comprising lever manipulated to force work	111
72/459	With work-complementing tool-face adjacent to work-gripping clamp	53
72/460	Comprising nondeforming work-gripping clamp having adjacent tool-face	13
72/461	Comprising work-stopping abutment	121
72/404	By plural tool-couples	145
72/405.01	With means to feed work between plural tool stations	80
72/405.02	Belt or chain work carrier	25
72/405.06	Continuous stock feed	26
72/405.08	Including means to store work	12
72/405.03	Rotary work carrier (e.g., turret)	22
72/405.05	Sliding table work carrier	6
72/405.04	Threaded rod work carrier	1
72/405.09	Work grasping	40
72/405.11	Reciprocating work feeder	49
72/405.13	Adapted to grasp work laterally (e.g., by gripper rail or transfer fingers)	89
72/405.16	Lifting movement	65
72/405.15	Rotational movement	9
72/405.14	Telescoping work gripper	9
72/405.12	Having work grasping jaws	45
72/405.1	Suction device (e.g., suction cup)	68
72/405.07	Work pushed between tool stations	19
72/274	By pulling workpiece through closed periphery die (e.g., rod-, tube-, or wire-drawing)	59
72/284	And applying a "pushing" force	11
72/285	Movable die	25
72/276	Producing a non-uniform product	25
72/278	Utilizing plural metal-deforming tools	38
72/280	Accumulating work between successive tool stations	22
72/282	All closed dies coaxially aligned	16
72/283	Including a mandrel inserted within a hollow workpiece	87
72/281	Including non-coaxial closed dies	13
72/279	Varying speed of continuous workpiece through successive tool stations	19
72/287	Utilizing specified work moving means	12
72/290	Interrelated work gripper and carrier	20
72/291	Maintaining a "straight-line-draw"	15
72/289	Rotating a drum, roll, sheave, etc.	62
72/288	Varying speed of moving work	16
72/275	With cutting	33
72/286	With heating or cooling	65
72/277	With movement of discrete workpiece angularly, laterally, or in a reverse direction	2
72/380	By relatively movable offset tool-faces (e.g., for bending or drawing)	24
72/381	Embodying three or more coacting relatively movable tools (i.e., tool complex)	66
72/382	Comprising yieldable tool or face portion	24
72/383	With concurrent actuation of tools	49
72/385	Multi-point tool-couple (e.g., corrugator)	80
72/384	Plural	79
72/386	With tool motion in fixed path	38
72/389.1	Between and co-planar with opposed tools	71
72/390.3	Cam actuated	3
72/389.6	Fluid pressure actuated (i.e., hydraulically or pneumatically actuated)	81
72/389.7	Manually pumped (e.g., by use of a hydraulic jack)	8
72/389.8	Pivotable opposed tools	37
72/389.2	For a small radius bend	15
72/389.3	Elongated knife edge die (i.e., press brake)	161
72/389.4	Adjustable tool face	67
72/389.5	Opposed tools having adjustable crown (i.e., provision for die crowning)	45
72/390.5	Lever actuated	13
72/390.4	Linkage actuated	16
72/389.9	Rack and pinion actuated	5
72/390.2	Ratchet actuated	6
72/390.6	Screw actuated	4
72/390.7	Puller	5
72/391.2	Concentric or telescoped tools	57
72/391.4	Tool inside hollow fastener	74
72/391.8	Helically ribbed tool	63
72/391.6	With fastener loader or supply	43
72/387	Pivotal motion only	106
72/388	Cantilever bender	104
72/411	By relatively movable tools having slidably-engaged work-confining wall means (e.g., edgewise sheet-metal bender)	15
72/392	By relatively receding work-engaging tool-faces (e.g., for stretching)	80
72/393	Embodying three or more tools (e.g., tube expander)	153
72/53	By shot-blasting	242
72/394	By three or more coacting relatively movable tools (i.e., tool-complex)	14
72/399	Concurrently actuated tools	40
72/402	All tools movable radially inward	314
72/400	With coacting fixed tool	23
72/401	Between generally opposed-stroke tools	34
72/403	With means to actuate tools in sequence	79
72/395	With paired coplanar tool-faces (e.g., for stretching flat work)	11
72/396	Yieldable face portion or auxiliary tool on tool-couple element	13
72/398	Movable toward and against portion of work (e.g., floating mandrel)	39
72/397	On actuated tool	7
72/292	By tightening flexible band or chain about work	12
72/412	By tool-couple embodying nonplanar tool-face	106
72/416	Similar tool-faces	205
72/413	With adjustable or replaceable section of tool-face	113
72/414	With complementary tool-faces (e.g., for embossing)	101
72/415	Constant profile (e.g., cylindrical segments)	25
72/48	By tool-couple pressing together adjacent surface portions of same work (e.g., tube-seamer)	9
72/49	To form helically-seamed tube	73
72/50	Using roller conforming to seam contour	31
72/51	To form longitudinally-seamed tube	61
72/52	During longitudinal movement of work	78
72/64	By twisting axially moving work	19
72/65	With adjustment of machine or variation in effect of tool on product	17
72/184	By use of "flying tool" engaging moving work	42
72/187	Included in plural deforming stations or passes	80
72/188	Passes spaced along axis of rotating tool	3
72/189	Including arcuately oscillating tool-face	19
72/190	Including orbitally-moving tool-face	41
72/191	Moving in circular orbit	29
72/195	Circumferentially adjustable relative to work-spaced cooperating surface	12
72/194	Included in tool-cluster	13
72/198	With cooperating allochiral tool-face	30
72/196	With cooperating complementary (e.g., conjugate) tool-face	59
72/192	With cooperating rectilinearly-moving tool (e.g., "anvil")	8
72/193	Comprising tool inside hollow work	7
72/197	With cooperating roller	55
72/185	With cutting	34
72/186	By composite cutting, deforming tool	62
72/343	By use of closed-die and coacting work-forcer (e.g., push-drawing)	26
72/347	Cup or shell drawing (i.e., deep drawing)	204
72/348	With additional metal-deforming	277
72/349	Plural deep drawing	207
72/350	With application of frictional restraining force to work during deformation	134
72/351	With yieldable actuation of work-gripper (e.g., spring-biased blank-holder)	102
72/352	Forcing work into or within closed die; e.g., forging	130
72/353.2	By two or more coacting tools movable relative to closed die; e.g., tool complex	45
72/354.6	One tool telescoping into closed die	28
72/355.2	Coaxial opposed tools	29
72/355.6	Both tools telescoping into closed die	69
72/355.4	Passing through work; e.g., punch	57
72/354.8	One yieldably connected to another	29
72/353.4	Symmetrically expanding tools	34
72/353.6	With tools converging to form annular surface; e.g., segments of closed die	18
72/354.2	With tools converging to form annular surface; e.g., segments of closed die	43
72/360	Coacting closed-dies	46
72/358	Tool portion enters cavity of closed die	124
72/359	With telescoping engagement	131
72/357	With actuation of split die	55
72/356	With additional metal-deforming	305
72/361	With holding, handling or guiding of work or product	124
72/344	With stripping or ejecting from tool	101
72/345	Timed with tool motion	86
72/346	With work feeding	18
72/293	By use of non-deforming work-gripping clamp and relatively movable clamp, tool or work-forcer	31
72/295	By individually non-deforming clamps	34
72/301	With bodily motion in fixed path	27
72/302	Substantially direct approach or recession (e.g., stretching)	82
72/303	Along curved path (e.g., tire upsetting)	4
72/296	With coacting relatively movable tool	54
72/297	With means to actuate tool	39
72/300	With interrelated clamp closer and clamp mover	4
72/298	With means to rotate clamp about fixed axis	25
72/299	About axis intersecting work-gripping regions of two clamps (e.g., twisting)	45
72/308	Clamp is active metal-deforming element	37
72/310	Clamp rotatable about fixed axis (e.g., bending brake)	19
72/309	With coacting movable tool	19
72/316	Clamp structure constitutes sole initial metal-deforming force-reaction means (i.e., is passive tool)	99
72/318	Deforming indeterminate-length work	71
72/322	With die surface extending from clamp jaw	39
72/323	Plural die surface portions and coacting tools	68
72/319	With pivotal tool (e.g., sheet metal bender)	190
72/320	With die surface extension on clamp	26
72/321	Curved die surface	28
72/317	With plural selectively usable clamps (e.g., tube flarer)	28
72/311	Movable clamp	59
72/306	Plural or complex apparatus (e.g., with plural operations)	160
72/307	With means to advance elongated work (e.g., pipe elbow crimper)	191
72/294	With cutting	114
72/312	With interrelated clamp closer and tool mover	64
72/313	Jaw actuator driven by tool or tool holder	38
72/314	Mechanical actuator	7
72/315	Cam or toggle	51
72/305	With plural spaced clamps	67
72/304	With work-distorting clamp	21
72/199	By use of roller or roller-like tool-element	108
72/214	Comprising tool movable relative to stationary work-portion during deformation	105
72/215	Along a curved path	14
72/216	About a fixed pivot	8
72/217	Work between movable tool and pivot (e.g., sweep-arm bender)	134
72/219	Including adjustable tool	22
72/218	With means to apply torque to movable tool	17
72/220	Along a straight path relative to stationary cooperating tool	36
72/224	Included in roller-cluster	94
72/225	Comprising diverse roller-pairs	102
72/207	Including rectilinearly moving tool cooperating with single roller	18
72/205	Including tautening of work during deformation (e.g., "tension bridle")	166
72/211	Mounted on manually maneuverable carrier	36
72/210	Mounted on travelling, work-supported carriage	20
72/221	Plural passes spaced along axis of one roller of tool-couple	25
72/223	Roller common to two tool-couples	0
72/222	With use of means to displace work laterally into next pass	7
72/226	Plural roller-couples (e.g., successively or optionally usable)	81
72/232	Including one roller common to two roller-couples (e.g., three-high mill)	16
72/233	Including roller shiftable between successive passes of work	0
72/234	Including successively-acting roller-couples	211
72/235	Comprising relatively-inclined successive couples	105
72/227	With material-handling between successive couples	44
72/230	By curved guide (e.g., "loop return")	6
72/231	Changing orientation or direction of work	29
72/228	Including optionally selectable work paths	27
72/229	To reverse-roll the workpiece	116
72/252.5	Roller or roller-like tool-element of particular configuration	105
72/237	With carrier for roller-couple or tool-couple	168
72/241.2	Including back-up for roller	53
72/243.2	Including reaction roll	18
72/243.4	Equal size pair of reaction rolls	19
72/243.6	Irregular, convex or hollow back-up roll	24
72/242.2	Load bearing, equal size pair of back-up rolls	9
72/242.4	And second stage, equal size pair of back-up rolls	27
72/241.4	With means to relatively vary back-up force along roller axis	59
72/241.6	Hydraulic or pneumatic force appliers spaced along roller axis	61
72/241.8	Means to apply bending moment to roller or back-up roll	80
72/245	Including fluent-driven tool support	192
72/247	Including means to position tool along axis	199
72/246	Including resiliently urged tool support	21
72/248	With "screw-down" to adjust bite of tool-couple	82
72/244	With interposer (e.g., wedge or gag) between tool and pressure applier	42
72/249	With means to drive tool	157
72/238	With replacement of tool	184
72/239	By means to replace tool	134
72/240	With variation of bite of roller-couple during deformation	73
72/236	With cleaning or conditioning of tool, or lubrication of tool or machine	118
72/203	With cutting of work or product	144
72/204	By composite cutting deforming tool	33
72/250	With handling of, or guiding of, work or product relative to tool	152
72/251	By endless belt or conveyor roll	58
72/252	By reciprocating or oscillating means	33
72/200	With modification or control of temperature of work, tool or machine	92
72/202	By means (other than a tool) modifying temperature of work	152
72/201	Including cooling	282
72/206	With non-roller metal deforming station	66
72/208	With tool inside hollow work	100
72/209	Comprising plug acting on longitudinally moving work	64
72/212	With work-forcer offset from, and relatively movable between, spaced rollers	12
72/213	With use of means to move work-forcer	44
72/67	By use of tool acting during relative rotation between tool and work about internal center (e.g., gyrating or rotating tool)	43
72/80	During rotation of work	18
72/95	And longitudinal movement of work	43
72/96	Using external rotating tool and internal core	68
72/97	Including work-piercing or work-expanding plug	70
72/99	Using hyperboloidal roller	19
72/100	Using tool-cluster	42
72/98	Using tool-surfaces spaced along axis of work rotation	70
72/94	And movement of work laterally of rotational axis during deformation	76
72/91	Caused by rotating tool and opposing concave surface	36
72/92	Non-rotating concave surface	24
72/93	With means to adjust concave surface	8
72/88	Caused by tools (e.g., "platens") relatively moving parallel to their surface	133
72/89	Including rotating tool (e.g., "disk-platen")	5
72/90	Including stationary tool	27
72/82	Caused by work-holding, shape-imparting form (e.g., for "spinning")	65
72/83	With means causing cooperating presser member to traverse form surface	65
72/86	Using angularly related roller-couple acting parallel to axis of work rotation	15
72/87	And additional work-engaging tool, circumferentially spaced about axis of work rotation	2
72/102	Using non-cylindrical rotating tool	66
72/105	And cooperating, complementary tool	121
72/106	And circumferentially spaced, work-engaging elements	37
72/103	Having helical groove	39
72/104	With cooperating tool rotating in same direction	45
72/107	Included in roller-cluster	44
72/109	Including in tool-couple	12
72/108	With cooperating tool rotating in same direction	72
72/110	Using roller-cluster	178
72/101	Using rotating tool-couple relatively adjustable about pivot normal to tool axis	23
72/84	Using tool having rotating surface moving along it axis of rotation during deformation	124
72/85	And means causing tool to traverse surface of cooperating rotatable member	73
72/111	Using tool-couple	46
72/81	With "pattern" causing movement of presser member	18
72/75	Spherical tool	80
72/112	Tool orbiting or rotating about an axis	57
72/115	Comprising movable tool cooperating with fixed, work-spaced tool	43
72/117	Outwardly acting movable tool	58
72/116	Plural, selectively usable fixed tools	8
72/124	Comprising roller cooperating with work-spaced tool	21
72/113	Comprising transverse-axis roller inside hollow work	15
72/114	Helically-grooved tool threadedly engaging work	58
72/118	Including tool surfaces spaced along orbital axis	21
72/119	Including plural tools rotating on angularly related axes	12
72/126	Tool both orbits and rotates	61
72/120	With actuation of tool radially	32
72/122	Including rotating tool mounted on rotating carrier	46
72/123	Including roller having noncylindrical work-engaging surface	44
72/121	Wherein tool is actuated inwardly	83
72/125	With work or tool locator or work-clamp	100
72/70	With cutting of work or product	58
72/71	By composite cutting, deforming tool	101
72/72	With actuation of cutter in timed relation to movement of deformer or work	10
72/68	With metal deformation of different type	105
72/69	With modification or control of temperature of work, tool or machine, or with lubrication thereof	68
72/73	With oscillation of work about work-axis	6
72/74	With oscillation of work-engaging tool surface about work surface	11
72/77	With tool surface orbiting around axis parallel to direction of travel of longitudinally moving work	30
72/79	Including deflectors arranged to provide undulating path for work	20
72/78	Including orbiting roller mounted on rotating carrier	54
72/76	Work-hammering tool	49
72/704	Camber-adjusting tool	23
72/66	Coiling by work-guide member orbiting about longitudinal centerline of formed coil	26
72/700	Deforming specified alloys or uncommon metal or bimetallic work	112
72/712	Electrical terminal crimper	37
72/706	Explosive	16
72/711	Hydrostatic extrusion	5
72/417	Including interrelated tool-mover and blankholder-mover	20
72/418	Including tool means to move work to or against cooperating tool	22
72/703	Knurling	34
72/707	Magnetism	37
72/715	Method of making can bodies	38
72/714	Method of making universal joint shell	6
72/713	Method of making vehicle power transmitting shaft	10
72/483	Miscellaneous	8
72/702	Overbending to compensate for springback	87
72/701	Preventing distortion	19
	Process (72/362)
72/362	Process	30
72/365.2	"rolling"	134
72/366.2	Between disclosed rollers	132
72/371	Coiling and/or twisting	69
72/379.2	Deforming sheet metal	411
72/379.4	Container making	166
72/379.6	Forming undulations	107
72/363	Deforming stacked blanks	40
72/372	Involving use of claimed apparatus	32
72/373	Reciprocating tool	19
72/374	Opposed tool faces	13
72/375	Complementary	16
72/376	Single tool pair	11
72/367.1	Tube making or reshaping	48
72/369	Bending	193
72/370.23	Change in cross section	56
72/370.24	Change in circular tube diameter	23
72/370.25	Reduction in diameter	34
72/370.26	Polygon cross section (e.g., rectangular)	21
72/370.14	Changing wall thickness	26
72/370.15	Increasing wall thickness	14
72/370.01	Comprising use of internal tool	80
72/370.02	End necked down	53
72/370.03	End upset	57
72/370.06	Expanding tube	80
72/370.08	Expanding internal tool	54
72/370.07	Sleeve expanded in passage	44
72/370.04	Laterally pressed die(s)	56
72/370.05	Collapsible mandrel	18
72/370.19	Corrugations forming	46
72/370.2	Axial	15
72/370.1	End forming	64
72/370.13	Compression die (e.g., swaging)	26
72/370.12	End closing (e.g., crimping)	15
72/370.11	Flange forming	36
72/370.16	Fin or thread forming	14
72/370.17	Internal	30
72/370.18	And external	3
72/370.27	Forming holes in tube	43
72/370.21	Groove forming	46
72/368	Making	139
72/370.22	Using pressurized fluid during deformation	66
72/377	With attenuation, thickening, elongating or shortening of work material	230
72/378	By application of tensile forces	43
72/364	With temperature maintenance or modification	201
72/708	Reverse drawing	3
72/709	Superplastic material	84
72/462	Tool and/or tool holder	126
72/476	Having unitary tool-face	40
72/478	Comprising plural sections fixed together in use (e.g., adjustable or collapsible)	103
72/477	Including optionally selectable faces	54
72/479	With elongated extension fixed to tool face in use (e.g., handle or shank)	151
72/480	Adjustable relative to tool-face before use	7
72/481.1	With support or holder for adjustable or removable tool face	77
72/482.1	Cam to move or hold tool face	17
72/482.2	To hold by actuating a clamping mechanism	29
72/482.3	Wedge shaped cam	9
72/482.5	Engaging dovetail on tool face	2
72/482.4	To move tool face	7
72/482.8	Gear to move tool face	5
72/482.6	Lever to move tool face	10
72/482.9	Magnetic means to hold tool face	4
72/482.92	Pin to hold tool face	21
72/481.2	Pneumatic- or fluid-actuated means to move or hold tool face	46
72/482.7	Ratchet to move tool face	2
72/482.91	Spring to hold tool face	36
72/481.3	Threaded means to move or hold tool face	26
72/481.6	To hold by actuating a clamping mechanism	29
72/481.7	Threaded means comprising "fastener"	17
72/481.9	To hold by binding tool face	6
72/481.8	To hold by threaded means comprising "fastener"	26
72/481.4	To move by threaded member that travels along tool face	9
72/481.5	Threaded means "telescopically" interfits with tool face	3
72/482.93	Tool face held by friction fit to support	8
72/482.94	Tool face threaded directly to support	9
72/464	Including deforming tool and cutting tool	42
72/465.1	Including flexible or yieldable tool or support	25
72/466.2	Bending mandrel	22
72/466	Flexible or articulated back-up	72
72/466.7	Fluid pressure supported	14
72/466.6	Handtool (e.g., hammer or dolly)	8
72/466.3	Overload release	8
72/466.8	Resilient material	76
72/466.9	Metal spring (e.g., coil or leaf)	46
72/466.4	Riveting tool	9
72/466.5	Rivet bucker or dolly	9
72/470	Including tool couple or die couple (e.g., opposed die faces)	38
72/473	Having adjustable face	25
72/474	Having nonsymmetrical faces	14
72/475	Complementary faces	18
72/472	Including plural tool couples	52
72/471	With intermediate tool	7
72/467	Tool comprising closed periphery deforming passageway	177
72/468	Including adjustable size or multiple passageway	37
72/469	Tool-comprising die plate having ribs and/or grooves	89
72/463	With nondeforming passageway	20
	Tool or tool holder (72/462)
72/705	Vehicle body or frame straightener	435
72/710	Vibrating	28
72/46	With "coating" of work	142
72/47	Metal coating	100
72/39	With cleaning, descaling, or lubrication of work or product	96
72/41	Lubricating	105
72/43	With means to apply lubricant	85
72/44	With means to transfer lubricant	30
72/45	Force feed	53
72/42	With particular lubricant	425
72/40	Mechanical cleaning	77
72/324	With cutting	115
72/325	By composite tool (e.g., piercing)	219
72/326	Shear-type	95
72/330	Blank detaching	28
72/331	Severing (e.g., subdividing)	26
72/327	With endless cutting edges	77
72/329	Blank detaching	50
72/328	Utilizing stripper or ejector	27
72/332	By shearing tool-couple	52
72/337	Blank detaching	52
72/333	With endless cutting edges (e.g., for punching a hole)	44
72/334	After final metal-deforming operation	138
72/335	Pre-cutting (i.e., before metal-deforming)	139
72/336	Blank detaching	98
72/340	Machining after final metal-deforming (e.g., grinding to size)	103
72/341	Machining between plural metal-deforming operations	30
72/338	Severing a discrete piece from stock, work, or product	73
72/339	Pre-cutting	83
72/38	With exposure of work to gas, vapor, mist, or modified atmosphere	109
72/31.01	With indication of condition or position of work, product, or machine element (e.g., broken tool alarm, etc.)	88
72/31.07	Including deformation by roller or roller-like tool	32
72/31.08	Distance between tools of tool couple	23
72/31.09	Work guide position	1
72/31.1	Including deformation by simple bending	72
72/31.11	Tool or tool driver travel	51
72/31.12	Work stop position	14
72/31.02	Trueness (e.g., devices for repairing, etc.)	23
72/31.03	Elongate member straightening	12
72/31.06	Tube diameter resizing	13
72/31.04	Tube or rod bending	23
72/31.05	Deflection angle	29
72/31.13	Work drawn or extruded through die	11
72/407	With means to actuate both elements of tool-couple	114
72/408	By continuously rotating shaft	11
72/409.01	Handle actuated (e.g., plier type, etc.)	143
72/409.18	Flanger or beader	13
72/409.02	Hog ringer	5
72/409.03	With supply	11
72/409.1	Including cam	23
72/409.13	Including distinct work retaining or positioning means	15
72/409.15	Belt clip	0
72/409.14	Electrical connector	74
72/409.16	Including selectable or replaceable tool	34
72/409.07	Multiple stroke actuator	5
72/409.11	Plural tools pivotal with respect to plural handles	13
72/409.17	Spreader	5
72/409.12	Toggle	52
72/409.08	Tool having constant angular orientation	19
72/409.09	Including cam	8
72/409.04	With work supply or feed	8
72/409.06	Electrical connector	21
72/409.05	Surgical clip	12
72/409.19	Work comprises tube	43
72/429	With means to drive tool	17
72/452.1	Including cam-actuated support	22
72/452.8	Linear cam	40
72/452.9	Inclined cam (eg., inclined plane)	84
72/452.2	Pivotal cam	15
72/452.3	Internal cam	9
72/452.4	Rotary cam	18
72/452.7	Axial cam face	24
72/452.5	Eccentric circle (e.g., crank)	70
72/452.6	Radial cam face	18
72/449	Including gear-actuated tool support	58
72/450	Including link-actuated tool support	134
72/451	Toggle links	86
72/430	Including magnet, solenoid or explosive	97
72/453.01	Including pneumatic- or fluid-actuated tool support	87
72/453.18	Having hydraulic or pneumatic return	51
72/453.19	Riveting tool	20
72/453.13	Including fluid cushion for die opposite to ram	83
72/453.02	Multiple or staged drive means	65
72/453.05	Displacement additive	6
72/453.06	Pressure additive	22
72/453.07	Axially aligned pistons	29
72/453.08	Independently actuated means	25
72/453.09	Pull-down press	6
72/453.03	With mechanical drive means	61
72/453.04	Fluid high pressure/mechanical low pressure	8
72/453.12	Pull-down press	8
72/453.15	Randomly manipulated or work-supported tool	72
72/453.16	With handle for manual manipulation	148
72/453.17	Riveting tool	76
72/453.1	Utilizing stored energy	8
72/453.11	Stored kinetic energy	6
72/453.14	With ram or tool support aligning means	15
72/454	Including screw-actuated tool support	124
72/431	Including yieldable connection in drive train to movable tool	15
72/433	Including metallic spring connection	9
72/434	Coil spring	9
72/432	Including pneumatic or hydraulic connection	17
72/435	Mechanical potential-energy drive means only	2
72/437	Wherein energy is stored by retraction of tool	7
72/440	Wherein tool is retracted by flexible strap	1
72/439	Wherein tool is retracted by pinch rolls acting on rectilinearly moving tool-support	2
72/438	With means to control force of blow	13
72/436	With means to check energy for subsequent release	8
72/446	With means to permit tool positioning	315
72/448	To position stationary tool of tool-pair	111
72/447	To reposition line-of-action of tool	123
72/441	With means to selectably control movement of tool	88
72/442	By drive means common to optionally selectable tools	69
72/444	By means to connect and/or disconnect tool from its drive	47
72/443	To control speed of tool	45
72/445	With stored-energy means to retract tool	12
72/406	With means to effect compound motion of tool (e.g., rocking)	51
72/419	With means to handle work or product	75
72/422	By gripper and/or endless chain	201
72/423	With drum carrier for gripper	8
72/420	Including means to permit maneuvering of work or product at tool zone	179
72/421	With means to interrelate movement of tool and of work	139
72/426	Including product handling means	64
72/427	Ejector	115
72/425	Including variable-speed means	5
72/428	Including work guide	62
72/424	With means to store workpieces (e.g., magazine)	50
72/1	With randomly-actuated stopping	29
72/2	Manually controlled	7
72/3	Responsive to condition of work or product	19
72/4	Work feed or faulty work	38
72/5	Termination or tangle of running-length work	10
72/30.1	With stopping upon completion of prescribed operation	32
72/30.2	Metal deforming by use of roller or roller-like tool element	7
72/342.1	With temperature modification of tool or of specified portion of work	109
72/342.2	Cooling	25
72/342.5	And heating of work	48
72/342.6	Distinct temperature modifications at distinct locations of workpiece	34
72/342.3	Of tool	31
72/342.4	And heating of tool	13
72/342.94	Distinct temperature modifications at distinct locations of workpiece	74
72/342.96	By passing electric current through work	37
72/342.7	Of tool	44
72/342.92	By electrical resistance heater within tool	21
72/342.8	Preheating	31
72/455	With tool carrier (e.g., press frame)	193
72/456	With guide for rectilinearly moving tool	114
72/6.1	With use of control means energized in response to activator stimulated by condition sensor	9
72/16.1	Including plural sensors or sensor responsive to comparison between plural conditions	8
72/17.2	Sensing tool or tool-linked part	50
72/16.2	Sensing work or product (e.g., by x-ray)	35
72/16.8	Sensing cross sectional dimension	9
72/16.9	Sensing thickness	5
72/16.7	Sensing lead end or tail end	8
72/16.3	Sensing performance of work or product	9
72/16.6	Sensing slack or tension (e.g., by use of dancer)	3
72/16.5	Sensing temperature	8
72/17.1	Sensing tool or tool-linked part	12
72/16.4	Work and product	12
72/19.8	Including use of sensor responsive to energy input to tool or tool driver	29
72/19.9	Sensing pressure of tool actuating fluid	40
72/14.8	Including use of sensor responsive to information carried by removable auxiliary record (e.g., recording disk, tape, or card)	62
72/14.9	Including plural sensors or sensor responsive to comparison between plural conditions	3
72/15.1	Sensing "memory" stored on tool or tool-linked part	26
72/15.2	Sensing "pattern"	10
72/15.3	Sensing work or product (e.g., by x-ray)	11
72/15.5	Sensing cross section dimension	2
72/15.4	Sensing lead end or tail end	1
72/6.2	Metal deforming by use of roller or roller-like tool element	8
72/14.7	Controlling deflector	6
72/8.1	Including plural sensors or sensor responsive to comparison between plural conditions	9
72/8.2	Sensing "memory" stored on tool or tool-linked part	2
72/10.1	Sensing tool or tool-linked part	52
72/10.4	Sensing force	74
72/10.6	By sensing hydraulic pressure applied to roll	26
72/10.5	By sensor along roll surface and another sensor along roll axis	8
72/10.7	Sensing roll gap	38
72/10.3	Sensing roll rotation (e.g., speed or distance)	40
72/10.2	Sensing torque	13
72/8.3	Sensing work or product (e.g., by x-ray)	43
72/8.9	Sensing cross sectional dimension	26
72/9.1	Sensing flatness (e.g., crown)	63
72/9.2	Sensing thickness	79
72/9.3	Of edge of work or product	7
72/9.4	Sensor utilizes radiation to detect thickness (e.g., by x-ray)	13
72/8.8	Sensing lead end or tail end	26
72/8.6	Sensing slack or tension (e.g., by use of dancer)	55
72/8.7	Measuring tension distribution across width of work	12
72/8.5	Sensing temperature	35
72/9.5	Sensing tool or tool-linked part	11
72/8.4	Work and product	16
72/13.1	Including use of sensor responsive to energy input to tool or tool driver	7
72/13.2	Including plural sensors or sensor responsive to plural conditions	5
72/13.3	Sensing pressure of tool actuating fluid	17
72/7.1	Including use of sensor responsive to information carried by removable auxiliary record (e.g., recording disk, tape, or card)	20
72/7.2	Including plural sensors or sensor responsive to comparison between plural conditions	11
72/7.3	Sensing "pattern"	1
72/7.4	Sensing work or product (e.g., by x-ray)	23
72/7.6	Sensing cross sectional dimension	13
72/7.5	Sensing lead end or tail end	2
72/10.8	Requiring operative intervention (e.g., for safety)	2
72/10.9	With pause awaiting input from operative	2
72/13.4	Sensing tool or tool-linked part	62
72/14.1	Including plural sensors or sensor responsive to plural conditions	38
72/14.4	Sensing force on tool	57
72/14.5	By sensing hydraulic pressure	22
72/14.2	To control operation of interlock	0
72/13.5	To control predetermined sequence of operating movements (e.g., of one tool operating on work)	7
72/13.6	Of different operating assemblages	2
72/13.7	Including plural sensors or sensor responsive to plural conditions	3
72/13.8	Including work handling or product handling	3
72/14.3	To stop machine	9
72/11.1	Sensing work or product (e.g., by x-ray)	36
72/11.2	Including plural sensors or sensor responsive to plural conditions	26
72/11.6	Sensing cross sectional dimension	23
72/11.7	Sensing flatness (e.g., crown)	93
72/11.8	Sensing thickness	45
72/11.9	Of edge of work or product	5
72/11.5	Sensing lead end or tail end	29
72/11.4	Sensing slack or tension (e.g., by use of dancer)	54
72/11.3	Sensing temperature	22
72/12.1	Sensing tool or tool-linked part	19
72/12.6	Including sensor responsive to infeeder or outpuller	3
72/12.7	Sensing cross sectional dimension	37
72/12.8	To control operation of deformer directly by sensor	14
72/12.5	Sensing lead end or tail end	31
72/12.3	Sensing slack or tension (e.g., by use of dancer)	40
72/12.4	With deforming of work by sensor	1
72/12.2	Sensing temperature	36
72/14.6	To control different operating assemblages	2
72/20.1	Sensing tool or tool-linked part	131
72/21.1	Including plural sensors or sensor responsive to plural conditions	75
72/21.4	Sensing force on tool	88
72/21.5	By sensing hydraulic pressure	38
72/21.2	To control operation of interlock	4
72/20.2	To control predetermined sequence of operating movements (e.g., of one tool operating on work)	48
72/20.3	Of different operating assemblages	12
72/20.4	Including plural sensors or sensor responsive to plural conditions	15
72/20.5	Including work handling or product handling	29
72/21.3	To stop machine	76
72/17.3	Sensing work or product (e.g., by x-ray)	90
72/18.1	Including plural sensors or sensor responsive to plural conditions	19
72/18.6	Sensing cross sectional dimension	13
72/18.7	Sensing flatness (e.g., crown)	4
72/18.8	Sensing thickness	5
72/18.5	Sensing lead end or tail end	8
72/18.4	Sensing slack or tension (e.g., by use of dancer)	0
72/18.3	Sensing temperature	10
72/18.9	Sensing tool or tool-linked part	17
72/18.2	Work and product	4
72/19.5	Including sensor responsive to infeeder or outpuller	4
72/19.6	Sensing cross sectional dimension	17
72/19.7	To control operation of deformer directly by sensor	5
72/19.4	Sensing lead end or tail end	13
72/19.2	Sensing slack or tension (e.g., by use of dancer)	7
72/19.3	With deforming of work by sensor	0
72/19.1	Sensing temperature	14
72/21.6	To control different operating assemblages	14
72/37	With use of optical or transparent (e.g., viewing) means	95
72/28.1	With use of self regulating control system utilizing electrical or hydraulic energy	10
72/28.2	Metal deforming by use of roller or roller-like tool element	5
72/29.1	Utilizing electrical energy	12
72/29.2	Utilizing electrical energy	6

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