IPC 6 English version  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 A 41 H 25/00; manufacturing footwear A 43 D; surgery A 61 B; punching metal B 21 D; drilling metal B 23 B; cutting of metal by applying heat locally, e.g. flame cutting, B 23 K; cutting by abrasive fluid jets B 24 C 5/02; details common to machines for severing B 26 D; drilling wood B 27 C; drilling stone B 28 D; working of plastics or substances in a plastic state B 29; making boxes, cartons, envelopes or bags, of paper or similarly worked materials, e.g. metal foil, B 31 B; of glass C 03 B; of leather C 14 B; of textile materials D 06 H; for light guides G 02 B 6/25; of tickets G 07 B) [2,5]

Notes

(1)

This subclass covers:

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

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

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 B 26 D.


1/

00

Perforating; Punching; Cutting-out; Stamping-out; Apparatus therefor (subjecting the grinding tools or the abrading medium to vibration, e.g. grinding with ultrasonic frequency, B 24 B 1/04; perforating by sand-blasting B 24 C; punching cards or tapes for statistical and record purposes G 06 K 1/00)

1/

02

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

1/

04

. . 

with selectively-operable punches

1/

06

. . 

with punching tools moving with the work

1/

08

. . . 

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

1/

10

. . . 

Roller type punches

1/

12

. . 

to notch margins of work

1/

14

. . 

Punching tools; Punching dies

1/

16

Perforating by tool or tools of the drill type

1/

18

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

1/

20

. . 

with tools carried by a rotating drum or similar support (B 26 F 1/22 takes precedence)

1/

22

. . 

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

1/

24

Perforating by needles or pins

1/

26

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

1/

28

. . 

by electrical discharges

1/

31

. . 

by radiation (by laser beam B 23 K 26/00) [3]

1/

32

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

1/

34

. . 

power actuated (details or components, e.g. casings, bodies, of portable power-driven tools not particularly related to the operation performed B 25 F 5/00) [4]

1/

36

. . 

Punching or perforating pliers

1/

38

Cutting-out; Stamping-out

1/

40

. . 

using a press, e.g. of the ram type (presses in general B 30 B)

1/

42

. . . 

having a pressure roller

1/

44

. . 

Cutters therefor; Dies therefor

1/

46

. . . 

Loose press knives

3/

00

Severing by means other than cutting; Apparatus therefor (severing by grinding B 24 B 27/06)

3/

02

Tearing

3/

04

Severing by squeezing (B 26 F 3/08 takes precedence)

3/

06

Severing by using heat

3/

08

. . 

with heated members

3/

10

. . . 

with heated rollers or discs

3/

12

. . . 

with heated wires

3/

16

. . 

by radiation (by laser beam B 23 K 26/00) [3]

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