COMBINATION OR MULTI-PURPOSE TOOLS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; DETAILS OR COMPONENTS OF PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS NOT PARTICULARLY RELATED TO THE OPERATIONS PERFORMED AND NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

Introduced: September 1968

Last revised: January 1985

Classification Context

Section:: PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
Class:: HAND TOOLS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; HANDLES FOR HAND IMPLEMENTS; WORKSHOP EQUIPMENT; MANIPULATORS
Subclass:: COMBINATION OR MULTI-PURPOSE TOOLS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; DETAILS OR COMPONENTS OF PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS NOT PARTICULARLY RELATED TO THE OPERATIONS PERFORMED AND NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

Description

This subclass covers combination tools integrating multiple functions within a single portable device (such as hammer-pry bar combinations or multi-bit screwdrivers) where the tool does not fit standard classifications for individual tool types. It also encompasses generic structural components, mechanisms, and features of portable power-driven tools—including handles, guards, speed controllers, chucks, and safety devices—that are not tied to specific tool operations and lack dedicated classifications elsewhere in B25. Inventions in this class typically address tool ergonomics, interchangeability, portability, or versatility rather than the performance of a particular task. Detailed designs for tool-specific mechanisms (e.g., feed mechanisms unique to drills or grinding wheels) are classified in their respective operation classes, not here.

Scope Notes

Glossary: Portable Capable of being easily carried or conveyed. Multi-purpose tool multi-purpose tools Device having or serving several purposes, which may be either manual or power-driven, e.g. a tool with interchangeable tool elements. Combination hand tools Manually operated object involving two, or possibly more than two (but a confined number of), clearly defined purposes (having two or more tools put together for different purposes), e.g. multi-plier tool.

Related Keywords

combination or multipurpose HAND TOOLScombination or multi-pur-pose TOOL(S)details or components of portable power-driven TOOL(S)

3 direct subcodes

Child Classifications

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B25F 1/00 Combination or multi-purpose hand tools
B25F 3/00 Associations of tools for different working operations with one portable power-drive means; Adapters therefor
B25F 5/00 Details or components of portable power-driven tools not particularly related to the operations performed and not otherwise provided for