B21GMAKING NEEDLES, PINS OR NAILS OF METALIn this subclass non-limiting references (in the sense of paragraph 39 of the Guide to the IPC) may still be displayed in the scheme. B21G1/00 B21G1/00Making needles used for performing operations forming heads on pin-like needles B21G3/12; making U-shaped hairpins B21G7/04 B21G1/003Needles for special purposes, e.g. knitting, crochet, hat-pins B21G1/006Special treatments of pins or needles, e.g. annealing, straightening B21G1/02of needles with eyes, e.g. sewing-needles, sewing-awls B21G1/04of needles specially adapted for use in machines or tools B21G1/06of needles with hook or barb, e.g. crochet hooks B21G1/08of hollow needles or needles with hollow end, e.g. hypodermic needles, larding-needles B21G1/10 takes precedence B21G1/10equipped with locking means for the material to be drawn through, e.g. for repairing tubeless tyres B21G1/12Securing, cleaning-off burrs, reconditioning polishing, grinding takes precedence over B21G1/02 - B21G1/10 B21G3/00Making pins, nails, or the like of pins with individual caps B21G5/00; of U-like shape B21G7/00; of split-pins B21G7/08 B21G3/005Nails or pins for special purposes, e.g. curtain pins B21G3/02of pins of the kind used in the tailoring trade or the house- hold B21G3/04with locking or shielding device for the pin point, e.g. safety-pins B21G3/06of nails with shoulders B21G3/08of nails with head and two or more shanks or split shanks B21G3/10of undulated nails or pins B21G3/12UpsettingForming heads B21G3/14Reducing diameter of parts otherwise than by rolling B21G3/16Pointingwith or without cutting B21G3/18by operations not restricted to one of the groups B21G3/12 - B21G3/16 B21G3/06 - B21G3/10 take precedence B21G3/20from wire of indefinite length by rolling B21G3/30 B21G3/22in pairs arranged head to head B21G3/24by simultaneously forming the head of one nail and the adjacent point of another B21G3/26by cutting from strip or sheet material B21G3/28by forging or pressing B21G3/30by rolling B21G3/32Feeding material to be worked to nail or pin making machines B21G5/00Making pins or nails with attached caps or with coated heads B21G5/02of drawing-pins or pins of drawing-pin type B21G7/00Making pins of U-like shape or split-pins of paper fasteners or staples B21D53/46, B21F45/16 B21G7/02of U-like shape B21G7/04of hairpins B21G7/06of undulated hairpins B21G7/08of split-pins, e.g. cotter-pins