(under the class definition) Device having means for applying a mechanical force to the meeting faces* of two work parts to produce a fusion bond at said area without the aid of any other force or energy (e.g., heat).
(1) Note. A patent disclosing the bonding of work heated to any degree above and beyond room temperature is excluded herefrom.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
44.3+, for a device for applying pressure to work which has been or is being heated.
115+, for a method of bonding by pressure alone.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS
72, Metal Deforming, 199+, for a roller or roller-like tool-element for deforming metal work; and see the search notes thereto.
81, Tools,
300+, for pliers of general utility.
100, Presses, for a press of general utility.
173, Tool Driving or Impacting,
90+, for an impacting device of general utility.
492, Roll or Roller, for a roll, per se, not elsewhere provided for, and see the notes thereunder.
