(under subclass 1) Method including (A) restoring or reconditioning an inoperative electric lamp or electric space discharge device to its functional, stable, or working
condition; or (B) altering or modifying an electric lamp or electric space discharge device to produce a lamp or device of substantially different capacity, size, function, or type of operation; or (C) recovering or reclaiming a portion of an electric lamp or electric space discharge device that would otherwise be discarded.
(1) Note. The methods in this subclass are limited by some claimed subject matter to use in repairing or salvaging a discharge device or lamp and are not merely methods of general utility which are disclosed as being useful in such repair or salvage.
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3+, for methods including testing or adjusting.
5, for methods including use of electric arc or current for removing an undesired particle, i.e., spot knocking.
6, for methods including start up, flashing or aging.
61, for the corresponding apparatus - see the search notes thereunder. SEE OR SEARCH CLASS
29, Metal Working,
401.1, for miscellaneous methods of converting, subclasses 402.01+ for miscellaneous methods of repairing, and subclasses 403.1+ for miscellaneous methods including scrap recovery or utilization.
156, Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture,
94+, for methods of reclaiming, renewing or repairing articles for reuse by surface bonding techniques.
164, Metal Founding,
92.1, for methods of repairing or restoring articles for use utilizing liquid metal.
204, Chemistry: Electrical and Wave Energy,
192.1+, for coating, forming, or etching by sputtering.
205, Electrolysis: Processes, Compositions Used Therein, and Methods of Preparing the Compositions, appropriate subclasses for electrolytic processes, including coating and erosion.
219, Electric Heating,
600+, for inductive heating, subclasses 678+ for microwave heating, subclasses 764+ for capacitive dielectric heating, and subclasses 50+ for electrical heating of metal. Said heating may be in combination with working, as for example, welding.
228, Metal Fusion Bonding,
119, for methods of repairing, restoring or renewing product for reuse by metal fusion bonding operations.
264, Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes,
36.1+, for methods of repairing or restoring articles for reuse under the class definition, and subclasses 37.1+ for recycling of reclaimed or purified process material under the class definition.
427, Coating Processes,
58+, for processes of coating which produce an electrical product, and subclasses 140+ for restoring or repairing by means of coating processes.
