US PATENT SUBCLASS 148 / 522
.~.~ With casting or solidifying from melt

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148 /   HD   METAL TREATMENT

95  DF  PROCESS OF MODIFYING OR MAINTAINING INTERNAL PHYSICAL STRUCTURE (I.E., MICROSTRUCTURE) OR CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF METAL, PROCESS OF REACTIVE COATING OF METAL AND PROCESS OF CHEMICAL-HEAT REMOVING (E.G., FLAME-CUTTING, ETC.) OR BURNING OF METAL {17}
516  DF  .~ Producing or treating layered, bonded, welded, or mechanically engaged article or stock as a final product {9}
522.~.~ With casting or solidifying from melt {1}
523  DF  .~.~.~> Of aluminum(Al) or aluminum alloy

DEFINITION

Classification: 148/522

With casting or solidifying from melt:

(under subclass 516) Process wherein a metal or metal alloy, article or stock is subjected to a casting operation or a total metal mass (i.e., not just a portion or coating) is solidified from a melted state.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

538, for casting or solidifying from a melted state nonlayered, bonded, welded or mechanically engaged stock or article. See the notes thereunder for locations of related classes.