(under subclass 239) Processes in which the surface configuration only of the workpiece is altered by raising bosses or protuberances thereon or causing surface portions to be depressed below the plane of the workpiece surface.
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106+, for embossing a preform to provide surface sound grooves.
138+, for processes including a cutting operation.
284, for embossing of a running or indefinite length work and see the notes thereto.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS 101, Printing,
3.1+, for embossing processes there provided for.
156, Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture,
209, and 219+ for surface deformation or embossing combined with a laminating operation.
425, Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating: Apparatus,
385, for a preform reshaping means comprising a surface deformation means only.