DIFF Subclass Not Allocatable
A42C MANUFACTURING OR TRIMMING HEAD COVERINGS, e.g. HATS
Introduced: September 1968
Description
A42C encompasses processes and machinery for manufacturing, assembling, and finishing head coverings including hats, caps, bonnets, and similar headwear. This subclass covers techniques such as blocking, shaping, stitching, binding, and application of trimmings or decorative elements to headwear. It includes both hand tools and automated equipment used in hat production, as well as methods for cutting, forming, and joining hat components from various materials such as felt, straw, fabric, or leather.
IPC and CPC are identically structured here. All 5 subcodes exist in both systems.
1 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.
Child Classifications
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- A42C 2/00 Manufacturing helmets by processes not otherwise provided for since 1990 +3 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- A42C 3/00 Miscellaneous appliances for hat-making, e.g. for making wire forms for hat-frames (sewing-machines for straw hats D05B; sewing- machines for making hat-brims D05B); Apparatus for changing the form or size of finished hats IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- A42C 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass since 2006 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC