(under subclass 374) Process using apparatus which includes opposed shaping tools whose work-engaging surfaces are generally of similar and mating or interdigitating form (allowing for the thickness of the work), so that a shape product corresponding to the tool shape and of generally uniform thickness results.
(1) Note. The patents found here are mainly directed to shaping (e.g., embossing) sheet metal.
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414+, for apparatus comprising complementary tool faces.
475, for a complementary-faced tool couple, per se.