(under subclass 114.1) Machine in which the work is held stationary or slowly fed while the cutter cyclically starts from a point, then moves over the work, returns along generally the same path to a point near the starting point, only to then advance progressively further along the work.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
147, for a wood shaping machine that uses a reciprocating cutter.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS
409, Gear-Cutting, Milling, or Planing,
288+, for planing that is not restricted to work on a workpiece of wood.
451, Abrading,
162+, for finishing the surface of a workpiece by a tool comprised of naturally occurring crystals, particularly subclasses 162+ for such machine which uses a reciprocating tool.
