PTO Manual of Classification for US patents

PTO Manual of Classification for US patents

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Class Number: 138
 Class Title: PIPES AND TUBULAR CONDUITS

Subclass  Subclass
Number    Title

  26      WITH PRESSURE COMPENSATORS
  27      .Freeze protecting
  28      ..Expansible or compressible tube element
  30      .Variable capacity chambers
  31      ..Piston or plunger type
  32      THAWING AND FREEZE PROTECTION
  33      .Electric
  34      .Anti-freeze substance
  35      .Portable thawing apparatus
  36      WITH WEAR INDICATOR
  37      WITH FLOW REGULATORS AND/OR BAFFLES
  38      .Heat transfer
  39      .Flow facilitating
  40      .Restrictors
  41      ..With screen
  42      ..Tortuous path
  43      ...Variable restriction
  44      ..Central path
  45      ...Variable restriction
  46      ..Variable restriction
  89      WITH CLOSURES AND PLUGS
         .Inflation stem type
  89.1    ..Air and dust cap
  89.2    ...Combined
  89.3    ..Air cap
  89.4    ..Dust cap
  90      .Test plugs
  91      .Double end
  92      .Lateral opening
  93      .Inflatable
  94      .Laterally insertable
  94.3    ..Line blinds
  94.5    ...Pivoted
  95      .Return bend type
  96 R    END PROTECTORS
  96 T    .Threaded
  97      REPAIRING
  98      .Patches
  99      ..External
  100     BREAKJOINT
  101     .Distinct layers
  102     .With base
  103     COMBINED
  104     .With indicating means
  105     .With trench
  106     .With external support structure
  107     ..Suspended
  108     .With means to support disparate element therein
  109     .With end structure
  110     .With hose protector
  111     PLURAL DUCT
  112     .With spacer and encircling elementt
  113     .Surrounding radially spaced duct with axially spaced supports
            for internal duct
  114     .Coaxial
  115     .Longitudinally extending common wall
  116     ..Distinct
  117     ..Complementary sections
  118     FLEXIBLE
  118.1   .Casing
  119     .With means for facilitating collapse
  120     .Joined sections
  121     .Corrugated
  122     ..Spirally
  123     .Braided, interlaced, knitted or woven
  124     ..Distinct layers
  125     ...Plastic
  126     ....Rubber
  127     .....With metal
  128     .Longitudinally seamed
  129     .Spirally wound material
  130     ..Oppositely wound
  131     ..Metal core
  132     ..Embedded
  133     ...Metal
  134     ..Metal
  135     ...With interlocked or clamped edge
  136     ....Packed or sealed
  137     .Distinct layers
  138     ..With intermediate metal element
  139     ..Metal liner
  140     DISTINCT LAYERS
  141     .Bonded to each other
  142     ..Brazed, soldered or welded
  143     ..Metal
  144     ..Spirally wound layer
  145     .Coated
  146     ..Diverse coating material
  147     .With mechanical means to hold layers in contact
  148     .Spaced
  149     .With intermediate insulation layer
  150     .With spiral seam
  151     .With longitudinal seam
  152     ..Material of one layer passing through seam
  153     .Reinforced
  154     SPIRALLY SEAMED
  155     JOINED SECTIONS
  156     LONGITUDINALLY SEAMED
  157     .Sectional
  158     ..With separate mechanical securing means
  159     ...Bolt, nail, rivet or screw
  160     ....Radially extending
  161     ...Externally encircling
  162     ..Tongue and slot
  163     ..Bent over lip or flange
  164     .With packing
  165     .With wedge
  166     .With tongue in slot
  167     .With diverse locking means
  168     .With interlocking hookss
  169     .Diversity of seam
  170     .Permanent type seam
  171     ..Brazed, soldered or welded
  172     REINFORCED
  173     .Corrugated
  174     .With embedded element
  175     ..Clay, concrete or masonry
  176     ...Reinforcement under tension
  177     STRUCTURE
  178     MISCELLANEOUS
  *       ******************************
  *       DIGESTS
  *       ******************************
  DIG 1   Adhesive
  DIG 2   Glass fiber
  DIG 3   Teflon, Kel-F
  DIG 4   Air conditioning
  DIG 5   Pre-stress
  DIG 6   Corrosion
  DIG 7   Resins
  DIG 8   Bent shaped retained
  DIG 9   Cellular
  DIG 10  Metal foil
  DIG 11  Shape
  *       *Thermal and Electrical......*
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