.~.~ Relaxation of running or indefinite length work
Unofficial Alpha Subclasses: R RE
DEFINITION
Classification: 264/342
(under subclass 340) Processes in which a treatment serves to decrease the surface area of said material.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS
8, Bleaching and Dyeing; Fluid Treatment and Chemical
Modification of Textiles and Fibers,
116+, for processes including a shrinking operation.
156, Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture,
76, for shrinking of a lamina in which parchmentizing or transparentizing also occurs and subclasses 84+ for shrinking combined with a laminating step. 228, Metal Fusion Bonding,
128, for bonding of metal parts by thermally shrinking one of the parts.
