.~ Severing a discrete piece from stock, work, or product {1}
339
.~.~ Pre-cutting
DEFINITION
Classification: 72/339
Precutting:
(under subclass 338) Subject matter wherein the severing precedes any metal-deforming operation.
(1) Note. In addition to "blanking", this subclass may include trimming or squaring of stock or of a rough blank, subdividing of a multiple blank, etc., by nonshearing or undisclosed means, where it is evident that the cut portions are not reduced to chips or shavings.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
329, and 330, for precutting (prior to metal-deforming) by a shear-type composite tool.
