US PATENT SUBCLASS 29 / 505
.~.~ Joining by deforming

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29 /   HD   METAL WORKING

592  DF  METHOD OF MECHANICAL MANUFACTURE {54}
428  DF  .~ Assembling or joining {21}
505.~.~ Joining by deforming {6}
506  DF  .~.~.~> Securing cup or tube between axially extending concentric annuli {2}
509  DF  .~.~.~> Overedge assembling of seated part {3}
514  DF  .~.~.~> Of parallel side-by-side elongated members
515  DF  .~.~.~> Inward deformation of aperture or hollow body wall {2}
521  DF  .~.~.~> Surface interlocking
522.1  DF  .~.~.~> Radially expanding part in cavity, aperture, or hollow body {3}

DEFINITION

Classification: 29/505

Joining by deforming:

(under subclass 428) Process in which the fastening of the part or parts is effected by distorting a portion of at least one of the parts beyond its elastic limit, so that portion interferes with or prevents separation of the parts or other portion of the same part.

(1) Note. The distortion may, for example, (1) extend a portion of a part beyond a dimension of another part to thereby interlock them (see search notes below for example), or (2) change a dimension of the first part to frictionally grip the other part with or without changing the latter's dimensions (see search notes below for example).

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

1.1, through 25.42, 91+, 592.1 through 623.5, and 825 through 899.1, for a process of fastening by deforming in making (1) a special article by combined diverse operations or (2) for making a special article by a single operation not provided for specifically elsewhere in this class (Class 29), i.e., not joining by deforming a single operation provided for in this and the indented subclasses.

437+, for a process of joining by deforming wherein clearance for movement of the parts is retained.

509+, for extending a portion of a part beyond a dimension of another part to thereby interlock them. See (1) Note above.

515+, 522+, for changing a dimension of the part to frictionally grip the other part with or without changing the latter's dimensions. See (1) Note above.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS 72, Metal Deforming, for shaping of metallic work, generally, including "recognition" of only one work piece. Recognition usually comprises physical contact.

100, Presses,

35+, for a process of making an article from particulate material in which the particles do not bond to each at their respective interfaces but are held together to form a self-sustaining mass solely by the intermingling and/or deformation of the particles together.

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

249+, for a method of shaping of a nonmetal, generally, including uniting such nonmetal with a metal if there is no

stressing of the metal beyond its elastic limit.