(under subclass 46) Method for fabricating or manufacturing a configurated electrode by means of non-assembly steps which significantly alter the physical structure of the stock material of the electrode.
(1) Note. The shaping may be by cutting, machining, etching, or plastic deforming.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS
29, Metal Working,
874+, for miscellaneous methods of manufacturing contacts or terminals.
72, Metal Deforming, appropriate subclasses, for methods and apparatus for metal deforming, per se.
140, Wireworking,
71.5+, for methods of making electric lamp or space discharge device electrodes where only wireworking operations are involved.
148, Metal Treatment, appropriate subclasses for processes of treating solid or semi-solid metal including metal electrodes to modify or maintain the internal physical structure (i.e., microstructure) or chemical properties of metal. If metal casting, fusion bonding, machining, or working is involved, there is a requirement of significant heat treatment as described in section III, A, of the Class 148 definition.
205, Electrolysis: Processes, Compositions Used Therein, and Methods of Preparing the Compositions,
640+, for electrolytic erosion to change the shape or surface configuration of a workpiece (e.g., etching, polishing, etc.).
216, Etching a Substrate: Processes, appropriate subclasses for shaping of an electrode involving etching.
264, Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes, appropriate subclasses, for methods of shaping, forming, or treating nonmetallic materials under the class definition.
