.~ With conveyance of sample along a test line in a container or rack {2}
48
.~.~ With step of insertion or removal from test line
DEFINITION
Classification: 436/48
With step of insertion or removal from test line:
(under subclass 47) Process wherein the sample containers or
racks are fed into or out of the testing pathway.
(1) Note. This subclass includes processes where the containers or racks are fed into or discharged from the testing pathway at the starting or terminating point of the testing pathway or processes where a container or rack is removed from the testing pathway during its processing for processing at a particular testing station and later reinserted into the testing pathway for further processing thereby allowing continuous movement of the testing pathway.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS
73, Measuring and Testing,
19.01+, and 23.2+ for physical methods of gas analysis especially subclasses 23.35+ for chromatos:graphic analysis.