PERFORATING; PUNCHING; CUTTING-OUT; STAMPING-OUT; SEVERING BY MEANS OTHER THAN CUTTING (marking-out, perforating or making buttonholes A41H25/00; shoemaking A43D; surgery A61B; punching metal B21D; drilling metal B23B; cutting of metal by applying heat locally, e.g. flame cutting, B23K; cutting by abrasive fluid jets B24C5/02; details common to machines for severing B26D; drilling wood B27C; drilling 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; of glass C03B; of leather C14B; of textile materials D06H; for light guides G02B6/25; of tickets G07B)

Description

B26F covers machines and apparatus for perforating, punching, cutting-out, stamping-out, and severing operations performed by methods other than traditional cutting. This includes mechanical presses, die-cutting machines, perforation equipment, and punching devices that remove or separate material through impact, shearing, or forming rather than blade cutting. The classification encompasses both manual and powered equipment for creating holes, forming blanks, or separating workpieces from stock material across various materials including paper, textiles, leather, metals, and plastics. Adjacent classes B26D (cutting by blades) and B26B (hand tools) are excluded; B26F specifically addresses non-blade severing and perforation technologies.