US PATENT SUBCLASS 148 / 567
.~.~.~ Induction


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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}
559  DF  .~ Heating or cooling of solid metal {22}
566  DF  .~.~ Electric heating with work as conductor (e.g., alternating current, induction, etc.) {2}
567.~.~.~ Induction {6}
568  DF  .~.~.~.~> Wire or filament
569  DF  .~.~.~.~> Railway stock (e.g., rails, wheels, axles, etc.)
570  DF  .~.~.~.~> Of hollow bodies (e.g., pipe, sphere, etc.) {1}
572  DF  .~.~.~.~> Rod, axle, shaft, or roller
573  DF  .~.~.~.~> Gear, threaded article, drill or serrated work surface (e.g., saw blade, etc.)
574  DF  .~.~.~.~> And cooling with fluid contact {1}


DEFINITION

Classification: 148/567

Induction:

(under subclass 566) Process wherein electricity is caused to pass through the workpiece by inducing current flow through influence of an external electrical field

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

509, for processes of measuring or testing of electrical or magnetic properties utilizing induction therefor or coincident with the heating of a metal workpiece for Class 148 purposes.

526, for processes of inductively heating a layered metal or metal alloy workpiece or article.