US PATENT SUBCLASS 148 / 663
.~.~.~.~.~ Tempering


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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}
660  DF  .~.~.~ Including cooling (e.g., quenching, etc.) {3}
662  DF  .~.~.~.~ Heating step follows cooling {1}
663.~.~.~.~.~ Tempering


DEFINITION

Classification: 148/663

Tempering:

(under subclass 662) Process which includes a tempering heat treatment at any stage whereby a crystal structure such as martensite is transformed to carbides residing in austenite.