B26D 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)
Introduced: September 1968
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.
Title
Titles differ between systems:
IPC: CUTTING; DETAILS COMMON TO MACHINES FOR PERFORATING, PUNCHING, CUTTING-OUT, STAMPING-OUT OR SEVERING
CPC: 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)
Full Title
Full titles differ between systems:
CUTTING; DETAILS COMMON TO MACHINES FOR PERFORATING, PUNCHING, CUTTING-OUT, STAMPING-OUT OR SEVERING
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)
Additional Content IPC
Limiting references
Disintegrating by knives or other cutting or tearing members which chop material into fragments Blast guns generating high velocity abrasive fluid jets for cutting materials Hand-held cutting tools Cutting-out or stamping-out Severing with heated members
Application references
Soil-working Harvesting or mowing Hand-operated implements for cutting-up straw, hay or the like Cutting of straw, hay or the like Cutting implements specially adapted for horticulture and forestry Cutting of butter during butter manufacturing , Cutting, stamping, slotting, slitting or perforating of dough and cutting or slicing of baked articles other than bread Slaughtering Processing meat, poultry, or fish Cutting for tobacco, cigars or cigarettes , , Marking-out, perforating or making buttonholes Manufacturing or repairing footwear Brushmaking Surgical cutting instruments Devices or methods specially adapted for bringing pharmaceutical products into particular physical or administering forms Cutting of the kind used for metal working Cutting of wood or similar materials , , , , , Cutting shaped articles made of clay or other ceramic compositions Cutting of stone or stone like materials Working of plastics or substances in a plastic state Moulds with means for cutting plastic articles Making boxes, cartons, envelopes or bags, of paper or similarly worked materials, e.g. metal foil Cutting related to typewriters or selective printing mechanisms , Auxiliary cutting of sheets in rotary printing presses Cutting related to apparatus or devices for manifolding, duplicating, or printing or related to addressing machines or like series-printing machines Sharpeners for pencils or leads Devices for opening envelopes Cutting for severing webs for packaging, or for separating joined packages Cutting-off the web for changing web rolls , Article or web delivery apparatus incorporating cutting or line-perforating devices Hand- or power-operated cutting devices for opening closed containers Cutting of leather or upholstery , , Cutting of glass Cutting explosives Making matches Cutting of peat Cutting of soap Reducing the size of material from which sugars are to be extracted Cutting of sugar Cutting of textile material Working rails, sleepers, baseplates, or the like Forming cuts into roads or like surfaces Cutting in earth or rock drilling and mining , , Cutting in connection with devices or accessories for making or mounting lamellar blinds or parts thereof Devices for withdrawing samples by cutting Preparing the ends of light guides, e.g. cutting Cutting processed photographic material Cutting for removing insulation or armouring from cables Cutting of a semiconductor body into separate parts ,
Of 7 combined children, 6 exist in both systems.
1 codes are CPC-only extensions.
Note: 1 CPC extensions are marked as secondary classification only.
2 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.
Child Classifications
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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 +1 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- B26D 11/00 Combinations of several similar cutting apparatus +1 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- B26D 2210/00 Machines or methods used for cutting special materials 2nd only +2 CPC CPC only CPC only
- B26D 3/00 Cutting work characterised by the nature of the cut made; Apparatus therefor +3 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- 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 +3 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- 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) +2 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- B26D 9/00 Cutting apparatus combined with punching or perforating apparatus or with dissimilar cutting apparatus IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
Top Applicants
Top Applicants (IPC)
Class B26,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- GILLETTE COMPANY US 1,650
- PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NL 1,359
- BIC-VIOLEX GR 618
- PHILIPS ELECTRONICS 373
- BRAUN DE 311
- DORCO COMPANY KR 298
- WEBER MASCHINENBAUBREIDENBACH DE 278
- GILLETTE COMPANY 277
- URSCHEL LABORATORIES US 255
- SGCC(STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA) 241
Top Applicants (CPC)
Class B26,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- GILLETTE COMPANY US 1,745
- PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NL 1,410
- BIC-VIOLEX GR 638
- PHILIPS ELECTRONICS 378
- DISCO CORPORATION JP 355
- BRAUN DE 325
- WEBER MASCHINENBAUBREIDENBACH DE 304
- DORCO COMPANY KR 297
- GILLETTE COMPANY 290
- URSCHEL LABORATORIES US 264