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DEFINITION
Classification: 29/402.18
By applying fluent material, e.g., coating, casting:
(under subclass 402.01) Process of repairing comprising (1) depositing a flowable substance upon or into a base material (e.g., coating, impregnating) or (2) shaping a flowable substance upon or into a base material (e.g., casting, molding).
(1) Note. The terms "coating", "casting" and "molding" as used in this definition coincide with these concepts as comprehended in Class 427, Coating Processes; Class 148, Metal Treatment, subclasses 6+; Class 164, Metal Founding; Class 204, Chemistry: Electrical and Wave Energy; and Class 264, Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
424, for a manufacturing process utilizing a temporary protective coating or casting.
428+, especially subclasses 458+ or 460 for a process of assembling or joining combined with coating or casting.
526.2+, for a process of casting plus separating, removing, or eliminating a defect which has been cast in the ingot.
527.1+, for a process of applying or shaping of fluent material combined with an additional step of manufacturing.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS 72, Metal Deforming,
46+, for a process of coating or casting liquid material upon a metal base (but not casting the base, per se), and then deforming the base, regardless of whether or not the applied material is also deformed. See the definition and notes thereof.
148, Metal Treatment, appropriate subclasses, especially
538+, for casting or subclasses 516+ for coating operations
combined with significant heat treatment of metal to modify or maintain the internal physical structure (i.e., microstructure) or chemical properties of metal. See the Class 148 definition to determine what constitutes significant heat treatment.
164, Metal Founding,
92.1, for a process of repairing a metal preform by metal casting.
205, Electrolysis: Processes, Compositions Used Therein, and Methods of Preparing the Compositions,
115, for processes there provided for in which the object treated is repaired by electrodeposition.
219, Electric Heating,
76.1+, for a process of repairing by coating or building up of a base by means of metal deposited by an electric arc.
228, Metal Fusion Bonding, 119, for a process including metallurgically bonding work faces together wherein a product is repaired, renewed, or restored for reuse.
264, Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes,
30, for furnace lining formation or repair, and subclasses 36.1+ for a process under the Class 264 definition of repairing or restoring an article for reuse.
425, Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating: Apparatus,
11+, for plastic shaping or reshaping apparatus peculiar to product or preform repair or restoring means; see the search notes thereunder.
427, Coating Processes,
140+, for a process of restoring or repairing by coating.
