(under subclass 862) Subject matter comprising means for examining the load sustaining ability of devices for joining or fastening one member to another with a biasing force.
(1) Note. Examples of force-biased joining or fastening devices are male-female frictional connectors, wire-wrapped electrical terminals, and spring-biased clamping means.
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150, 827 and 842, for examining the holding strength of bonding materials.
161, for measuring the biasing force of springs.
761, and 862.21, for testing threaded connections.
