.~ Swelling agent or solvent applied to treat coating
DEFINITION
Classification: 427/336
(under subclass 331) Processes which includes applying a chemical agent capable of dissolving or being absorbed into the applied coating.
(1) Note. For classification here the solvent must be employed to treat the whole coating and not merely to clean it or dissolve out only a constituent.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
335, for treating a coating with a solvent vapor.
352+, for utilizing a liquid solvent to extract only a constituent of a coating or to clean a coating.
372.2+, for heating or drying a coating which included a solvent when it was applied.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS 156, Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture,
83, for swelling of a lamina.
264, Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes, particularly
341, and 343 for processes of solvent polishing or swelling shaped or solid articles.
