.~.~.~ Repairing, converting, servicing or salvaging
DEFINITION
Classification: 29/888.021
Repairing, converting, servicing or salvaging:
(under subclass 888.02) Process wherein an existing valve or valve seat is (1) restored or otherwise put in a more functional, stable or improved working condition; (2) mechanically modified or altered to produce an article of substantially different capacity, size, function or type of operation; or (3) treated to recover a portion or the whole thereof which would otherwise constitute discarded material or using such material in a process of mechanical manufacturing.
(1) Note. See the definition of repair in the Class 29 Glossary.
(2) Note. Making a replacement part, per se, is not found in this subclass unless that part is claimed as being installed in the device being repaired.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
401.1, for a process of converting. Also see the search notes thereunder.
402.01+, for a process of repairing. Also see the search notes thereunder.
403.1+, for a process including scrap recovery or utilization. Also see the search notes thereunder. 890.121, for a process of repairing, converting, servicing or salvaging a valve in general.
