(under the class definition) Subject matter wherein heat is generated to melt charge material by the effects of the impingement, of a directed beam, of accelerated electrons on the charge.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS
75, Specialized Metallurgical Processes, Compositions for Use Therein, Consolidated Metal Powder Compositions, and Loose Metal Particulate Mixtures,
10.19+, for the production of metal or the treatment of molten metal using a wholly or partially charged mixture of
gaseous ions and electrons (i.e. plasma) as the source of thermal energy.
219, Electric Heating,
121.13+, for welding, machining and general heating applications utilizing electron beams, search here also for electron guns, or emitters, per se.
250, Radiant Energy, 251, for molecular, or atomic beam devices for producing and propagating a unidirectional stream of neutral molecules, or atoms through a vacuum, usually at thermal velocity, subclasses 324+ for methods and apparatus to irradiate materials by corona radiation, subclass 423 for methods and apparatus to generate ions, subclasses 428+ for methods and apparatus to support, contain, or transfer fluent material with, or without an irradiating source, subclass 453.11 for methods and apparatus including supports for objects to be irradiated with, or without an irradiating source, subclass 458.1 for the methods and apparatus to irradiate luminophors, subclasses 492.1+ for methods and apparatus to irradiate objects, or materials generally, and subclass 493.1 for invisible radiation generation and sources, particularly subclasses 493.1+ for neutron generators.
