MACHINES, APPARATUS OR TOOLS FOR ARTISTIC WORK, e.g. FOR SCULPTURING, GUILLOCHING, CARVING, BRANDING OR INLAYING

Introduced: September 1968

Classification Context

Section:: PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
Class:: DECORATIVE ARTS
Subclass:: MACHINES, APPARATUS OR TOOLS FOR ARTISTIC WORK, e.g. FOR SCULPTURING, GUILLOCHING, CARVING, BRANDING OR INLAYING

Description

B44B covers mechanized and powered equipment designed to perform decorative and artistic operations on materials, including sculpturing, guilloching (ornamental line engraving), carving, branding, and inlaying. The subclass encompasses both specialized machines and hand-operated or power-assisted tools that automate or facilitate precise artistic work on wood, metal, stone, leather, and similar materials. This classification excludes general-purpose machine tools (covered under B23-B24) and addresses devices specifically engineered for aesthetic rather than purely functional manufacturing purposes.

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Glossary

Decorative arts Crafts or arts providing an object with an effect or mark meant to be judged by the eye. Such crafts or arts may comprise, for example, sculpturing, kneading, carving, engraving, guilloching, embossing, branding and inlaying. Artistic work Work performed by craftsmen or artists to provide an object with an effect or mark meant to be judged by the eye. Artistic work may comprise techniques such as sculpturing, kneading, carving, engraving, guilloching, embossing, branding and inlaying.

Limiting references

Working or processing of sheet metal or metal tubes, rods or profiles without essentially removing material Marking or engraving machining specially adapted for treating particular metal objects or for obtaining special effects or results on metal objects by the action of a high concentration of electric current Control systems or devices for copying directly from a pattern or a master model Surface shaping of plastics or of substances in a plastic state by mechanical means, e.g. embossing; apparatus therefor Embossing of paper or cardboard without removing material including combined deformation and laminating Processes for the manufacture or reproduction of printing surfaces; engraving Processes for the manufacture or reproduction of printing surfaces by embossing, e.g. with a typewriter Printing machines or presses; apparatus or machines for carrying out printing operations combined with embossing Typewriters; selective printing mechanisms for embossing Stamps; stamping or numbering apparatus or devices with means for offset or intaglio stamping Stamps; stamping or numbering apparatus or devices with means for relief stamping Stamps; stamping or numbering apparatus or devices with means for deforming or punching the copy matter Machines for ornamenting, producing designs, embossing of leather surfaces Mechanical treatment for finishing; producing designs or patterns Hand tools specially adapted for the treatment of hides, skins or leather Photomechanical production of textured or patterned surfaces, e.g. for printing, for processing of semiconductor devices; apparatus specially adapted therefor; exposure

Related Keywords

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Child Classifications

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B44B 1/00 Artists' machines or apparatus equipped with tools or work holders moving, or able to be controlled, three-dimensionally for making single sculptures or models
B44B 11/00 Artists' hand tools for sculpturing, kneading, carving, engraving, guilloching, or embossing; Accessories therefor
B44B 3/00 Artists' machines or apparatus equipped with tools or work holders moving or able to be controlled substantially two-dimensionally for carving, engraving, or guilloching shallow ornamenting or markings
B44B 5/00 Machines or apparatus for embossing decorations or marks, e.g. embossing coins
B44B 7/00 Machines, apparatus, or hand tools for branding
B44B 9/00 Machines or apparatus for inlaying with ornamental structures, e.g. tarsia or mosaic work

Top Applicants

Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class B44, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

FLOORING TECHNOLOGIES MT 248
UNILIN BE 248
DNP (DAINIPPON PRINTING COMPANY) 244
FLOORING INDUSTRIES LIMITED LU 196
VAELINGE INNOVATION SE 188
XINXIANG UNIVERSITY 174
AKZENTA PANEELE + PROFILE DE 171
LEONHARD KURZ STIFTUNG & COMPANY DE 169
DNP (DAINIPPON PRINTING COMPANY) JP 163
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY (MINNESOTA MINING AND MANUFACTURING INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY) US 149