(under the class definition) Subject matter wherein means are provided for impacting an object with gas ions resulting from an incomplete electrical discharge from an electrode.
(1) Note. The subject matter of this subclass includes method of and apparatus for irradiating an object to alter some physical characteristic of the object.
(2) Note. For the classes and subclasses which provide for irradiating to bleach, preserve, dry, treat, copy, etc. See the classes specified in the notes to subclass 315.
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315.3, for exposure of charged plate type detector
