.~ With means to treat workpieces (e.g., cutting, deforming, etc.)
DEFINITION
Classification: 228/5.1
(under subclass 4.1) Device including an instrumentality capable of altering some property, characteristic, or condition of at least one workpiece before it has become a part of a fusion-bonded product*.
(1) Note. The alteration, for example, may include cleaning, cutting, deforming, insulation stripping, etc., before bonding.