CUTTING; DETAILS COMMON TO MACHINES FOR PERFORATING, PUNCHING, CUTTING-OUT, STAMPING-OUT OR SEVERING (for growing crops or plants A01D, A01G; for fodder or straw A01F; for bulk butter A01J; for dough A21C; slaughtering A22B; for tobacco, cigars or cigarettes A24; marking-out, perforating or making buttonholes A41H25/00; manufacturing footwear A43D; brushmaking A46D; surgery A61B; disintegrating, mincing or shredding in general B02C; cutting wire, making pins or nails B21F, B21G; of the kind used formetal B23; cutting by abrasive fluid jets B24C5/02; hand-held cutting tools B26B; perforating, cutting-out, stamping-out or punching, or severing by means other than cutting B26F; for wood B27; for stone B28D; working of plastics or substances in a plastic state B29; making boxes, cartons, envelopes or bags, of paper or similarly worked materials, e.g. metal foil, B31B; article or web delivery apparatus incorporating cutting or line-perforating devices B65H35/00; for leather or upholstery B68, C14B; for glass C03B; making matches C06F; for peat C10F; for sugar C13B45/00; for textile materials D06H; civil engineering, building, mining, see Section E; for light guides G02B6/25; cutting processed photographic material G03D15/04)

Description

B26D covers mechanical cutting machines and apparatus that sever, cut, perforate, punch, or stamp materials. This subclass encompasses the structural design, operational mechanisms, and shared technical features of cutting machinery across industries—including blade configurations, feed systems, guides, clamps, and safety devices common to multiple cutting processes. It excludes hand-held cutting tools (covered by B26B) and specialized machines for particular materials or end-uses, which are classified in their respective technology branches. B26D serves as the primary classification for innovations in the mechanical and control aspects of industrial cutting equipment.

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B26D 1/00 Cutting through work characterised by the nature or movement of the cutting member ; Apparatus or machines therefor; Cutting members therefor
B26D 11/00 Combinations of several similar cutting apparatus
B26D 2210/00 Machines or methods used for cutting special materials
B26D 3/00 Cutting work characterised by the nature of the cut made; Apparatus therefor
B26D 5/00 Arrangements for operating and controlling machines or devices for cutting, cutting-out, stamping-out, punching, perforating, or severing by means other than cutting
B26D 7/00 Details of apparatus for cutting, cutting-out, stamping-out, punching, perforating, or severing by means other than cutting (cutters B26D1/00; arrangements for guiding hand cutting tools B26B29/06; punching tools or dies, cutting-out knives or dies B26F)
B26D 9/00 Cutting apparatus combined with punching or perforating apparatus or with dissimilar cutting apparatus