US PATENT SUBCLASS 148 / 627
.~.~.~.~ With localized or zone heating or cooling

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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}
579  DF  .~.~ Iron(Fe) or iron base alloy {24}
625  DF  .~.~.~ Treating with specified agent (e.g., heat exchange agent, protective agent, decarburizing agent, denitriding agent, etc.) or vacuum {8}
627.~.~.~.~ With localized or zone heating or cooling

DEFINITION

Classification: 148/627

With localized or zone heating or cooling:

(under subclass 625) Process wherein a heating or cooling operation is applied to a discontinuous area of the metal workpiece to provide treatment limited to one or several local areas or zones and not to other adjacent areas.