(under subclass 202) Apparatus in which more than one tool moves to operate on the work, in the same general cutting zone and including means for actuating one tool after another.
(1) Note. This subclass excludes patents claiming plural tools at different tool stations (separated by a distance equal to at least the length of work-feed increment) for which see subclass 255.
(2) Note. This subclass includes patents for machines wherein different tools are actuated in the same general
cutting zone in successive dwell periods of the work.
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255+, for a succession of tools operating on the same workpiece or same general area of a continuous workpiece, during different dwell periods, and see (1) Note above.
