US PATENT SUBCLASS 264 / 36.1
REPAIRING OR RESTORING CONSUMER USED ARTICLES FOR REUSE

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264 /   HD   PLASTIC AND NONMETALLIC ARTICLE SHAPING OR TREATING: PROCESSES

36.1REPAIRING OR RESTORING CONSUMER USED ARTICLES FOR REUSE {7}
36.11  DF  .~> Articles containing nontextile porous material (e.g., foam, sponge, etc.)
36.12  DF  .~> Balls or rollers (e.g., printing rollers, golf balls, etc.)
36.13  DF  .~> Sound records (e.g., by removing grooves, etc.)
36.14  DF  .~> Toroidal shapes (e.g., resilient tires, etc.)
36.15  DF  .~> Hollow- or container-type articles (e.g., vase, pipes, cups, tubes, etc.) {1}
36.18  DF  .~> Inorganic material containing articles (e.g., plaster board, ceramic, fiberglass, etc.) {3}
36.22  DF  .~> By polymerizing, cross-linking, or curing (e.g., hardening, etc.)

DEFINITION

Classification: 264/36.1

REPAIRING OR RESTORING CONSUMER USED ARTICLES FOR REUSE:

(under the class definition) Processes wherein a worn, damaged, or consumer used article is renewed or reconditioned for reuse in a capacity similar to that of the original article, without substantially altering or destroying the

overall configuration of the original article.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

30, for processes for repairing furnace linings.

37.1, [supscrpt]+[end supscrpt], for processes involving reuse of articles or article forming material in which flash, trim, or product rejects are recycled and put through an overall mixing and/or reshaping, and see subclass 37.1 notes thereto.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

152, Resilient Tires and Wheels,

367, for devices, e.g., patches applied to a tire surface for covering a puncture or blowout, wherein the claims involve a superficial fixing of the tire and do not involve a substantial removal of the material of the tire to permit rebuilding. 156, Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture,

94+, for repairing by a laminating operation.

369, Dynamic Information Storage or Retrieval,

153+, for similar subject matter combined with recording on a restored storage medium element.

401, Coating Implements With Material Supply,

50, for a lipstick, crayon, or the like combined with means to reshape the working end.

427, Coating Processes, especially

140+, for restoring or repairing by a coating operation.

428, Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles,

63, for a product in which a hole or depression has been patched and subclass 912 (a cross-reference art collection) for a product having a puncture healing layer.