US PATENT SUBCLASS 29 / 402.01
.~ Repairing

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592  DF  METHOD OF MECHANICAL MANUFACTURE {54}
402.01.~ Repairing {5}
402.02  DF  .~.~> Seal or element thereof
402.03  DF  .~.~> With disassembling {2}
402.09  DF  .~.~> By attaching repair preform, e.g., remaking, restoring, or patching {4}
402.18  DF  .~.~> By applying fluent material, e.g., coating, casting
402.19  DF  .~.~> By shaping, e.g., bending, extruding, turning, etc. {1}

DEFINITION

Classification: 29/402.01

Repairing:

(under subclass 592) Process comprising restoring an existing device such as an article of manufacture, a machine, an apparatus, or a static structure to a more functional,

stable, or working condition.

(1) Note. See the definition of repair in the class definition of this class (29), Glossary. These subclasses (402.01+) are intended as the residual home for mechanical repairing. Where a process of repairing a particular article is claimed, it is intended that the patent issue in the particular device making subclass of this class (29).

(2) Note. To make a complete search for a process of repairing a particular device it may be necessary to search the subclass under Class 29 or elsewhere which provides for manufacturing the particular device.

(3)

Search appropriate subclasses for various mechanicamanufacturing operations such as, for example, combined processes for making specific articles, converting one article to produce a different article, uniting, or shaping, or joining, which operations might be used in a repair operation.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

12, Boot and Shoe Making, 142, for a process of repairing a boot or a shoe.

49, Movable or Removable Closures,

506, for a process of repairing a movable or removable closure.

52, Static Structures (e.g., Buildings),

514, for a building component having means for split prevention or which repairs a damaged part.

62, Refrigeration,

77, for a refrigeration process including repairing some part of a refrigeration apparatus.

65, Glass Manufacturing,

27, for a process of repairing or cleaning glass working apparatus and subclass 28 for a process of mending otherwise unusable parts or material by a glass working operation for reuse, or preventing spreading of checks or cracks in a glass part during formation of the glass part.

66, Textiles: Knitting,

1.5, for a process of or apparatus for repairing a hole or a run in a knitted fabric. 76, Metal Tools and Implements, Making,

101.1, for a process of repairing a tool, generally.

137, Fluid Handling,

15, for a process of restoring a fluid handling system to a sound condition.

138, Pipes and Tubular Conduits,

97+, for a process of or apparatus for repairing a leak in a pipe or hose.

144, Woodworking,

330+, for a process of repairing or reconstructing a wooden article.

156, Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture,

94+, for a repairing process including a laminating step.

162, Paper Making and Fiber Liberation,

199, for a process of repairing or maintaining paper making machinery. 164, Metal Founding,

92.1, for casting of metal to repair a substrate.

166, Wells,

277, for a process of repairing an object in a shaft or deep boring in the earth.

228, Metal Fusion Bonding,

119, for repairing, restoring, or renewing a product for reuse.

264, Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes,

30, for furnace lining formation or repair and subclasses 36.1+ for repairing or restoring an article for reuse by an operation of that class.

285, Pipe Joints or Couplings,

15+, for repair of a pipe joint or coupling.

320, Electricity: Battery or Capacitor Charging or Discharging, appropriate subclasses for a process of recharging or reconditioning a voltaic cell, battery, or

capacitor. 405, Hydraulic and Earth Engineering, for construction involving the titular subject matter.

413, Sheet Metal Container Making,

1+, for a process of fabricating sheet metal cans.

427, Coating Processes,

140+, for restoring or repairing by an operation of that class.

429, Chemistry: Electrical Current Producing Apparatus, Product and Processes,

49, for a process of restoring, or aid in restoring a battery to its former condition after decay, injury, or partial destruction.

432, Heating,

3, for a process in which a step of repairing is an integral part of a heat procedure or in which repairing of the apparatus is effected in part by the heat incident to the operation of the apparatus.

445, Electric Lamp or Space Discharge Component or Device Manufacturing,

2, for a process of repairing an electric lamp or space discharge device.