(under subclass 232) Apparatus for treating a dried article having means for either (1) temporarily distorting the article within its elastic limits, or (2) returning a deformed or distorted article to its normal planar configuration.
(1) Note. In this subclass may be found, for example, devices for decurling photos:graphic prints, for "breaking" the coatings on flexible webs, or for flattening folded or creased computer cards.
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197, for processes there provided for involving a step of stretching, tensioning, decurling, flexing or breaking.
286, for paper making apparatus combined with means for trimming, scoring, cutting, severing or perforating the produced product.
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38, Textiles: Ironing or Smoothing, appropriate subclasses, for devices for ironing or smoothing textile materials.
