.~.~.~ Spreading or expanding work between bond joints (e.g., honeycomb or heat exchanger making, etc.)
DEFINITION
Classification: 228/157
(under subclass 155) Process including bonding a first work part to a second work part at a first point or line, bonding the first work part at a second point or line to the second work part or to a third work part, followed by stretching of the first work part.
(1) Note. In this subclass there is deliberate elongation of a portion of the work part remote from the bonded faces with no corresponding significant change in the parts at the bonded faces.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS
29, Metal Working,
6.1+, for cutting of a single work part at spaced, offset lines and deforming the severed portions apart from each other.
