.~ Workpiece mimicking finished stock having nonrectangular or noncircular cross section
DEFINITION
Classification: 428/587
(under subclass 544) Subject matter comprising stock-material* which (a) is of irregular cross-section, that is, not a circle or a regular polygon, (b) is to be modified in its cross-sectional shape by a manufacturing operation, and (c) produces a finished stock-material* which has a cross-sectional shape irregular in the same fashion as the starting material.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
573+, 598, 599, and 600+, for other stock-material* of nonregular cross section.