(under the class definition) Process or apparatus, not elsewhere classified, (1) for reducing metal to shreds by cutting operations or (2) for producing an article of manufacture from metal wool.
(1) Note. Metal wool is defined as metal filaments or threads matted into a densely felted mass.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS
82, Turning,
1.11, for a process of turning, including cutting shavings from a rotating workpiece.
140, Wireworking,
71+, for a machine or process for making an article from wire within the class definition. 144, Woodworking,
185+, for slivering wood as for excelsior making.
148, Metal Treatment,
11.5+, for a method of metal working and heat treatment within the class definition.
241, Solid Material Comminution or Disintegration, for a process or apparatus for reducing metal to smaller particles without imparting a shape thereto. See Class 241, section (4), of the main class definition.
264, Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes,
5+, for a process of forming a particulate material directly from molten or liquid mass other than glass, e.g., liquid comminuting.
419, Powder Metallurgy Processes, for a method of forming an article by uniting randomly associated metal particles.
425, Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating: Apparatus,
6+, for apparatus for making particulate material directly from molten material.
428, Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles,
605, for metallic stock in the form of a mass of fibers and subclass 684 for composite metallic stock in which an iron-base component is next to a steel component.
