US PATENT SUBCLASS 401 / 48
WITH MEANS SUPPORTING OR STABILIZING IMPLEMENT IN USE


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401 /   HD   COATING IMPLEMENTS WITH MATERIAL SUPPLY

48WITH MEANS SUPPORTING OR STABILIZING IMPLEMENT IN USE


DEFINITION

Classification: 401/48

(under the class definition) Implement including a work-contacting element, in addition to the tool*, which element serves, or helps, to sustain the tool upon the work surface against the force of gravity, or to maintain a desired angular relationship of the tool to the work surface, during the coating operation.

(1) Note. This subclass provides primarily for carriages, wheels, skids, etc., which relieve the tool or operator of the weight of the implement and which are intended to preclude operation of the device in a free path along the surface according to the will of the operator.

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5, for an implement including adjustable support means for regulating the coating thickness.

6, for an implement provided with body-conforming (e.g., hand grip) or body-attaching (e.g., hand loop) means.

9, for an implement including a tool for a curved work surface or a plurality of tools arranged to engage a plurality of angularly related, noncoplanar or opposed work surfaces. 131, for an implement with means to support or stabilize same when not in use.

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15, Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning,

437, for a dip pen including means to support or stabilize the pen while in use.

248, Supports,

118.5, for an armrest adapted to move with the arm of a person while he is performing a writing operation, and see the search notes thereto.

425, Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating: Apparatus,

87, and 458 for a hand-manipulable device for applying plastic material onto a surface including a work-engaging member to support or stabilize the device and controlling at least one lateral Woodworking Tools dimension of the applied material.