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Class Number: 264
Class Title: PLASTIC AND NONMETALLIC ARTICLE SHAPING OR TREATING:
PROCESSES
Subclass Subclass
Number Title
.5 SHAPING OR TREATING RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL, E.G., FISSIONABLE
OR FERTILE, ETC.
1.1 OPTICAL ARTICLE SHAPING OR TREATING
1.2 .Nonresinous material only, e.g., ceramic, etc.
1.3 .Light polarizing article or holographic article
1.4 .Utilizing plasma, electrical, or wave energy
1.5 .Fiber optic
1.6 .Continuous or indefinite length
1.7 .Composite or multiple layer
1.8 ..Including bifocal
1.9 ..Reflective
2.1 .Rotational molding
2.2 .Changing mold size or shape during molding or with
shrinkage compensation
2.3 ..With mold adherence or release
2.4 ..Preform
2.5 .Including step of mold making
2.6 .Nonmechanical aftertreatment, e.g., hydration of contact
lens, extraction, heat treatment, etc.
2.7 .Reshaping or treatment of an optical preform
3.1 EXPLOSIVE OR PROPELLANT ARTICLE SHAPING OR TREATING
3.2 .Rolling to form sheet or rod
3.3 .Extrusion to form sheet or rod
3.4 .Forming or treating particulate material
3.5 ..By liguid comminuting
3.6 ...Immersed in liguid
4 ENCAPSULATING NORMALLY LIQUID MATERIAL
4.1 .Liquid encapsulation utilizing an emulsion or dispersion
to form a solid walled microcapsule
4.3 ..With treatment subsequent to solid wall formation, e.g.,
coating, hardening, etc.
4.32 ...Microcapsule wall containing two or more layers
4.33 ...Microcapsule wall derived from synthetic polymer
4.4 ..Solid-walled microcapsule formed by cooling molten
material
4.6 ..Solid-walled microcapsule formed by physically removing a
constituent, e.g., evaporation, extraction, etc.
4.7 ..Solid-walled microcapsule formed by in situ
polymerization
5 FORMATION OF SOLID PARTICULATE MATERIAL DIRECTLY FROM MOLTEN OR
LIQUID MASS, E.G., LIQUID COMMINUTING
6 .With subsequent uniting of the particles
7 .Coated particles
8 .Utilizing centrifugal force or rotating forming zone
9 .By vibration or agitation
10 .Utilizing electrical energy
11 .By impinging plural liquid masses
12 .By impinging or atomizing with gaseous jet or blast
13 .By extrusion spraying, or gravity fall through orifice
14 ..Into moving fluid
15 SPHEROIDIZING OR ROUNDING OF SOLID PARTICLESS
16 DENTAL SHAPING TYPE
17 .Denture forming
18 ..Forming denture base against preformed teeth
19 .Tooth forming
20 ..Shaded layer
21 SHAPING OR TREATING LUMINESCENT MATERIAL
22 DIRECT APPLICATION OF ELECTRICAL OR WAVE ENERGY TO WORK
23 .Sonic or supersonic wave energy
24 .To convey or align particulate material
25 .To heat
26 ..Electro-static
27 ..By electric current passing directly through work
28 WITH STEP OF COOLING TO A TEMPERATURE OF ZERO DEGREES C. OR
BELOW
29.1 CARBONIZING TO FORM ARTICLE
29.2 .Filaments
29.3 .Agglomeration or accretion
29.4 .From cellulosic material
29.5 .With carbonizing, then adding carbonizable material and
re-carbonizing
29.6 .In specific atmosphere (except vacuum or air)
29.7 .Controlling varying temperature or plural heating steps
30 FURNACE LINING FORMATION OR REPAIR
31 FORMING STRUCTURAL INSTALLATIONS IN SITU
32 .Arched, domed, or vertical-cylindrical structure
33 .Repositioning or moving mold to form sequential portions of a
structure
34 .Sequentially molding in situ different portions or layers on a
unitary structure
35 .Uniting preform member with molding material
36 REPAIRING OR RESTORING ARTICLES FOR REUSE
37 RECYCLING OF RECLAIMED OR PURIFIED PROCESS MATERIAL
38 .Of extrudant receiving bath material
39 WITH STEP OF CLEANING, POLISHING OR PRECONDITIONING APPARATUS
FOR USE
40.1 WITH MEASURING, TESTING OR INSPECTING
40.2 .Sensing by passage of an electric field-current, or light
thru molding material
40.3 .Controlling fluid pressure in direct contact with molding
material
40.4 .Measuring a weight or volume, e.g., level-responsive,
etc.
40.5 .Positioning of a mold part to form a cavity or controlling
pressure of a mold part on molding material
40.6 .Controlling heat transfer with molding material
40.7 .Controlling rate of movement of molding material or its
support in a continuous process
41 PORE FORMING IN SITU, E.G., FOAMING, ETC.
42 .Of inorganic materials
43 ..Including vitrification or firing
44 ...Burning out components to form pores
45.1 .Composite article making
45.2 ..Utilizing inflatable or expandable mold part or mold, per
se
45.3 ..Incorporating particulate material, fibers or batts in a
random distribution within a foamed body
45.4 ..Forming one layer by uniting and expanding expandable
thermoplastic beads or particless
45.5 ..Autogenously formed surface layer or base supplies
surface, e.g., skin forming, etc.
45.6 ...Foam surface layer produced by surface treatment of
preformed base material
45.7 ..Utilizing rotational molding operation
45.8 ..Forming indefinite length continuous work
45.9 ...Including extrusion
46.1 ....With subsequent application of shaping force to form
final desired shape
46.2 ...Between at least two moving surfaces
46.3 ....With roller applied pressure
46.4 ..Shaping material and uniting to a preform or solidified
layer
46.5 ...Uniting spaced preforms or solidified layers by
introducing foamable material therebetween
46.6 ...Against inner surface of a hollow preform or solidified
layer
46.7 ...Utilizing metal part or reinforcement
46.8 ...Introducing preform into mold by thermoforming
operation, e.g., vacuum forming, etc.
46.9 ...On a preform or solidified layer which is spherical,
toroidal, or annular
48 .Including surface treatment of porous body
49 .By treating occluded solids
50 .By mechanically introducing gas into material
51 .By gas forming or expanding
52 ..Utilizing expansion retarder
53 ..Liquid to gas phase change
54 ..Chemical blowing
55 ...Plural or incremental expansion steps
56 VITRIFYING OR SINTERING OF PREFORM TO MAKE INORGANIC ARTICLE
57 .Particular positioning, arranging or conveying article during
heating
58 ..Stacking or arranging plural articles
59 .Simultaneously burning out embedded element to form void
60 .Forming coated, composite, or nonuniform composition article
61 ..Forming electrical article or component thereof
62 ..Shaping followed by article coating
63 .Utilizing binder to add green strength to preform
64 .Controlling or directing heat flow within heating or drying
chamber or against the article
65 .Controlling pressure or composition of heating atmosphere
66 .Controlling varying temperature or plural heating steps
67 .With article cutting, punching or grinding
68 INCLUDING STEP OF GENERATING HEAT BY FRICTION
69 TREATMENT OF MATERIAL BY VIBRATING, JARRING OR AGITATING DURING
SHAPING
70 .Continuously formed or indefinite length article
71 .By reciprocating or vibrating mold
72 ..Diverse, sequential or modulated
73 RANDOM VARIEGATED COLORING DURING MOLDING
74 .Of surface portion only
75 .By extrusion
76 .By calendering
77 .By compression in a closed mold cavity
78 WITH INCORPORATING DYE SUSCEPTIBLE MATERIAL OR DYEING WORKPIECE
79 WITH APPLICATION OR BARRIER FOR VOLATILE COMPONENT MATERIAL TO
MOLDED ARTICLE SURFACEE
80 FLAME CONTACT OR RESHAPING BY HEAT DECOMPOSITION OF WORK
81 GAS OR VAPOR DEPOSITION OF ARTICLE FORMING MATERIAL ONTO MOLD
SURFACE
82 REACTIVE GAS OR VAPOR TREATMENT OF WORK
83 .Work is organic material
84 APPLYING EXPLOSIVE FORCE TO MAKE ARTICLE
85 UTILIZING SPECIAL INERT GASEOUS ATMOSPHERE OR FLUSHING MOLD WITH
INERT LIQUID
86 REMOVAL OF LIQUID COMPONENT OR CARRIER THROUGH POROUS MOLD
SURFACE
87 .By direct application of vacuum or pneumatic pressure
500 DIRECT APPLICATION OF FLUID PRESSURE DIFFERENTIAL TO PERMANENTLY
SHAPE, DISTORT, OR SUSTAIN WORK
501 .Producing toroidal work, e.g., tire, etc.
502 ..At least a portion of the external surface being unconfined
during application of fluid pressure
503 .Shaping against interior of a forming surface by rotation of
material or material shaping member
504 .Perforation by differential fluid pressure; or smoothing,
scoring, or cutting of green concrete with fluid pressure
505 .Corrugating
506 ..Of a tubular preform
507 ...With axial compression
508 ...Continuous or indefinite length
509 .Labeling or embossing indicia
510 .Producing multilayer work or article
511 ..Including application of vacuum to hold, support, or sustain a
preform against which material is molded
512 ..Producing hollow work or a tubular article
513 ...Including injection
514 ...Including extrusion
515 ....Including forming a hollow article
516 ...By insertion or application of a preform
517 .Bulk deposition of particles by differential fluid pressure
518 ..Continuous or indefinite length
519 .Differentail temperature conditioning
520 ..Including application of internal fluid pressure to hollow
finite length preform to force same into conformity with
female mold part
521 ...Heating
522 ..Starting material is nonhollow planar finite length preform or
product is planar and of finite length
523 .Including application of internal fluid pressure to hollow
finite length parison to expand same into conformity with
female mold part
524 ..Production of a sealed product or a filled mercantile
container
525 ...Including maintenance or production of internal sterility
526 ..Including use of vacuum or internal venting of parison to
remove fluid after application of differential fluid pressure
527 ..Forming multiple containers in a single mold block from a
single length of parison
528 ..Including internal cooling of the article after fluid pressure
shaping
529 ..Including plural distinct steps of differential fluid pressure
induced expansion
530 ...In diverse female mold cavities
531 ..Including shaping by mechanical means other than fluidd
pressure during or subsequent to fluid pressure differential
shaping
532 ...Shaping is longitudinal or axial stretching prior to or
during differential fluid pressure deformation
533 ...Shaping is neck formation other than by closure of mold for
body of article
534 ...Shaping is subsequent to expansion
535 ..Including heating of previously formed parison to blow molding
temperature
536 ..Including removal of flash or sprue
537 ..Including injection forming of parison or portion thereof
538 ...Arcuate or rotary movement of parison or workpiece from one
work station to another
539 ...Including extrusion
540 ..Including extrusion
541 ...Of irregular or varying cross section
542 ...With movement of parison or workpiece from one work station
to another
543 ....Movement is arcuate or rotary
544 .Starting material is nonhollow planar finite length preform or
product is finite length
545 ..Including uniting plural shaped sheets to form hollow work
546 ..Material shaped is a fabric per se
547 ..With distinct staged deformation by differential fluid
pressure
548 ...Including heating after forcing into contact with a solid
heating means by differential fluid pressure
549 ...Including use of male part to stretch heated preform which is
formed by a female mold which determines shape of work
550 ..Including use of male part to stretch heated preform which is
formed by a female mold which determines shape of work
551 ...Simultaneous formation of plural articles
552 ..Including curing or vulcanization
553 ..Including use of vacuum
554 ...Including use of male mold part which determines the final
shape of at least a portion of the work
555 .Production of continuous or running length
556 ..By casting on to a cooled roll
557 ..Including liquid contact
558 ...Including internal liquid contact
559 ....With downward movement of workpiece
560 ...With calibration, mandrel forming or with internal guide
561 ...Contact with liquid coagulant or reactive liquid
562 ...With immersion in liquid bath
563 ..Producing a tubular product
564 ...Including deformation by application of fluid pressure
565 ....With internal gas bearing or mandrel
566 ....With application of external pressure or vacuum
567 .....With reheating of work, e.g., tempering, annealing, etc.
568 .....Including use of vacuum
569 .....Including annular fluid contact
570 .Including hydrostatic or liquid pressure
571 .Including use of vacuum
572 .With internal application of fluid pressure
573 ..To finite length tubular product
574 ..To form generally spherical product
101 VACUUM TREATMENT OF WORK
102 .To degas or prevent gas entrapmentt
103 WITH TWINING, PLYING, BRAIDING OR TEXTILE FABRIC FORMATION
104 FORMING ELECTRICAL ARTICLES BY SHAPING ELECTROCONDUCTIVE
MATERIAL
105 .Conductive carbon containing
106 FORMING SOUND GROOVES IN RECORDS
107 .Die pressing disk type records
108 ORIENTING OR ALIGNING SOLID PARTICLES IN FLUENT MATRIX MATERIAL
109 FORMING ARTICLES BY UNITING RANDOMLY ASSOCIATED PARTICLES
110 .Mica particles
112 .Stratified or layered articles
113 ..Plural layers formed by uniting randomly associated particles
114 .Utilizing centrifugal force
115 .With liberating or forming of particles
116 ..From felt or batt
117 .Agitating to form larger particles, i.e., accretion or
agglomeration
118 .With subsequent cutting, grooving, breaking or comminuting
119 .With reshaping or surface embossing of formed article
120 .Plural, intermittent pressure applying
121 .Projecting particles in a moving gas stream
122 .Utilizing diverse solid particles
123 .Autogenously or by activation of dry coated particles
124 ..By activating naturally occurring binder, e.g., cork, etc.
125 ..Sintering or heat fusing particles
126 ...Of organic material
127 ....Fluorocarbon resin
128 .Liquid binder applied subsequent to particle assembly
129 WITH PRINTING OR COATING OF WORKPIECE (OUT OF MOLD)
130 .Anti-stick or adhesion preventing coating
131 .Coating with particulate material
132 .Applying indicia or design, e.g., printing, etc.
133 .Applied to clay, sand or earthen workpiece
134 .Coating or impregnating workpiece before molding or shaping
step
135 ..Molding material against and uniting to the coated or
impregnated workpiece
136 ..Impregnation of batt, sheet, or filament
137 ...Heat settable impregnant
138 WITH SEVERING, REMOVING MATERIAL FROM PREFORM MECHANICALLY OR
MECHANICALLY SUBDIVIDING WORKPIECE
139 .Removing surface portion of composite workpiece to expose
substrate
140 .To form particulate product, e.g., flakes, etc.
141 ..Subsequent to extruding step
142 ...By cutting at point of extrusion
143 ...From strands
144 ..From continuously cast material
145 .Forming continuous work followed by cutting
146 ..Slitting longitudinally
147 ...Of web to form plurality of threads
148 ..Extruding followed by cutting to length
149 ...Extruding around moving preform
150 ...Extruding hollow product
151 ...With shaping between extruding and cutting steps
152 .Cutting and uniting cut parts
153 .Punching article from sheet material
154 .Making hole or aperture in article
155 ..By punching or drillingg
156 ...Plurality of holes
157 .Dividing work to form plural articles
158 ..Shaving or slicing sheets from work block
159 ..Tubular work
160 ..Sheet or web work
161 .Flash or sprue removal type
162 .Surface finishing, e.g., abrading, grinding, etc.
163 .Simultaneous severing and shaping, or severing while work
remains on shaping surface
164 UNCONFINED DRAWING OR EXTENDING OF A PLASTIC MASS TO MAKE
ARTICLE
165 FORMING CONTINUOUS OR INDEFINITE LENGTH WORK
166 .With mold element formation or removal
167 .Of varying cross-sectional area or with intermittent
cross-sectional irregularity
168 .With crimping or crinkling of strands of filaments
169 .With prevention of equipment fouling accumulations or deposits
170 ..By chemical additive to molding material or treating bath
171 .Composite or stratified transversely of length
172 ..Plural discrete axially aligned preforms
173 ..Hollow articles
174 ..Strand-like or filament-like preforms
175 .By calendering
176.1 .Shaping by extrusion
177.1 ..To produce particular cross section, e.g., noncircular,
etc.
177.11 ...Nonresinous material only, e.g., ceramic, soap,
cellulose, glue, etc.
177.12 ...Honeycomb
177.13 ...Filament, e.g., T-configured, dog-bone, trilobal, etc.
177.14 ....Hollow or tubular work produced
177.15 .....Capillary passages, e.g., pen nibs, writing tips,
etc.
177.16 ...Die configuration (other than fixed orifice shape)
177.17 ...Processing or treatment after extrusion, e.g., support,
guide, etc.
177.18 ....Chemical
177.19 ....Temperature specified (other than ambient)
177.2 ...With reinforcement, filler or additive
178 R ..Into a liquid bath
179 ...With purifying or replenishing of bath
180 ...Liquid of bath is in motion
181 ....With stretching in bath of extruded article
182 ...Polyacrylonitrile containing extrudant
183 ...Reactive bath
184 ....Synthetic resin containing extrudant
185 .....Polyvinyl alcohol containing
186 ....Carbohydrate containing extrudant
187 .....Cellulose derivatives
188 ......Viscose
189 .......Bath contains organic compound
190 ........Carbohydrate or protein
191 .......Extrudant contains added organic compound
192 ........Sulfur containing organic compound
193 ........Polyethers, e.g., oxyalkylated compounds, etc.
194 ........Nitrogen containing organic compound
195 .......Subsequent chemical treatment of formed articles
196 .......Plural step coagulating or regeneratingg
197 ........With stretching
198 .......Mechanical treatment of articles, e.g., stretching,
folding, deforming, etc.
199 ......Cupro ammonium cellulose
200 ......Cellulose acetate
201 ....Natural rubber containing extrudant
202 ....Protein containing extrudant
203 ...Liquid is solvent extractive
178 F ...Filaments
204 ..Solidifying by evaporation of liquid solvent or liquid
carrier
205 ...Synthetic resin containing spinning solutions
206 ....Polyacrylonitrile
207 ...Cellulose derivative
208 ....With stretching of formed article
209.1 ..Hollow article
209.2 ...Including rotational or translational movement of a
material shaping member
209.3 ...Reshaping product (extrudate) subsequent to extrusion
209.4 ....Sizing to desired dimension
209.5 .....Stretching extruded material
209.6 ...Curing or polymerizing operation during extrusion, e.g.,
cross-linking, vulcanizing, etc.
209.7 ...At least two distinct operational temperatures employed
during the extrusion operation
209.8 ...Providing special flow channel feature, e.g., varying
dimension of flow channel or varying direction of flow of
material in the extruder, etc.
210.1 ..And reshaping
210.2 ...Including a step other than application or removal of
tension
210.3 ...With application of agent other than water or air to
workpiece
210.4 ....During or after final shape change
210.5 ...With temperature gradient across cross section of
workpiece or heat treatment after all shaping
210.6 ...With processing before extrusion or inclusion of
additive
210.7 ...Plural stretching steps or stages
210.8 ...Of filament
211 ..Utilizing added agent, e.g., flux, plasticizer, dispersing
agent, etc.
211.1 ..Centripetal extrusion
211.11 ..Nonresinous material only, e.g., ceramic, soap,
cellulose, etc.
211.12 ..Processing or treatment after extrusion
211.13 ...Contact of extrudate with fluid other than ambient air
211.14 ....Filament (e.g., fiber, etc.)
211.15 .....Plural treatment stages of zones
211.16 .....Extractive fluid or effects reaction
211.17 .....Heating
211.18 ....Plural treatment stages or zones
211.19 ....Extractive fluid or effects reaction
211.2 ....Heating
211.21 ..Screw extruder or screw feeder device
211.22 ...Filament (e.g., fiber, etc.)
211.23 ...Plural screws, plural extruders, or plural stage
extruderr
211.24 ..Curing or polymerization in the extruder (includes
incomplete polymerization or curing, or coagulating rubber)
212 .By casting liquids on a solid supporting or shaping surface
213 ..Utilizing surface parting, anti-stick or release agent
214 ..To form nonplanar article or surface
215 ..By dipping the forming surface into the forming material
216 ..Rubber or synthetic resin containing liquid
217 ..Carbohydrate containing liquid
218 ...Solidifying by applied reagent
219 WITH STEP OF MAKING MOLD OR MOLD SHAPING PER SE
220 .Utilizing surface to be reproduced as an impression pattern
221 ..With destruction of pattern or mold to dissociate
222 ..Anatomical surface, i.e., using body area as an impression
pattern
223 ...Pedal
224 ..With flexible inversion of a forming surface
225 ..Forming mold from fluent material
226 ...With initial molding or treating of a surface to be
reproduced
227 ....Developing a surface negative and then a surface positive
mold
228 FORMING STRESSED CONCRETE ARTICLES
229 PRESTRESSING SOLID BODY AND UNITING IN STRESSED CONDITION
230 UTILIZING HEAT RELEASABLE STRESS TO RESHAPE SOLID WORKPIECE,
E.G., ELASTIC MEMORY, ETC.
231 APPLYING TENSILE STRESS TO WORKPIECE DURING HEAT CURING
232 DISPARATE TREATMENT OF ARTICLE SUBSEQUENT TO WORKING, MOLDING OR
SHAPING
233 .Washing of article
234 .Effecting temperature change
235 ..Annealing
235.6 ...After stretching running or indefinite length work
235.8 ....Biaxial stretching of film
236 ..Completing vulcanization or polymerization
237 ..Cooling
238 COMBINED
239 MECHANICAL SHAPING OR MOLDING TO FORM OR REFORM SHAPED ARTICLE
240 .Separately introducing reacting materials into mold
241 .To produce composite, plural part or multilayered article
242 ..Joining parts for relative movement
243 ..Bristled or tufted article making
244 ..Uniting shoe part to upper
245 ..Multicolored surface
246 ...One component self-sustaining prior to compositing
247 ....Positioning component in mold
248 ..Fusion bonding of preformed bodies and shaping at joint only
249 ..Mechanically securing parts together by reshaping joint
portion only
250 ..By separately molding different article portions
251 ...Spaced molded portions interconnected by solid preform
252 ....Molding portions along sheet edge
253 ....Building unit having spaced walls
254 ...Separate stage covering of different preform areas
255 ...Sequential formation of portion on same mold or a preform
surface
256 ....Utilizing clay, sand or calcareous slurry
257 ..One component is a fibrous or textile sheet, web or batt
258 ...Joining a plurality of superposed fibrous or textile layerss
259 ..Shaping material and uniting to a preform
260 ...Co-molding plural fluent materials and uniting to preform
261 ...Uniting spaced preforms, by introducing fluent material
therebetween
262 ....Concentric preforms
263 ...To unite independent contacting preforms
264 ...Preventing adherence of shaped material to preform
265 ...Conditioning or treatment of preform
266 ...Simultaneously shaping material and reshaping preform
267 ...Against inner surface of hollow preform
268 ....Cap or cup-like preform, e.g., container closure, etc.
269 ....Cavity lining type
270 .....Utilizing centrifugal force, e.g., pipe lining, etc.
271.1 ...Preform embedded in or surrounded by shaped material
272.11 ....Electrical component encapsulating
272.12 .....Nonresinous encapsulant
272.13 .....With curing procedure, or procedure or treatment to
compensate for differential expansion
272.14 .....Plural electrical components
272.15 .....With component positioning procedure or incorporation
of article positioning means
272.16 .....Transducer, or electric lamp or space discharge
device
272.17 .....Semiconductor or barrier layer device, e.g.,
integrated circuit, transistor, etc.
272.18 .....Condenser or resistor
272.19 .....Dynamoelectric machine, electromagnet, transformer
inductors or coils
272.2 ......Motor or part encapsulated
272.21 .....Battery or part encapsulated
273 ....Shaped material extends through holes in preform
274 ....Preform particularly provided with means to provide
interlock with shaped material
275 ....Positioning or maintaining position of preform relative to
mold surface
276 .....Preventing flash
277 .....Maintaining preforms in spaced relationship
278 .....By removable means
279 ....Applying fluent material to preform
279.1 ....Preform is completely surrounded by shaped material
280 .Reshaping running or indefinite-length work
281 ..Longitudinally advanced coiling (nonplanar)
282 ..Creping or crinkling
283 ...By doctoring from drum
284 ..Deforming the surface only
285 ..Bending
286 ...Corrugating
287 ....And subsequent reshaping of corrugated material
288.4 ..Stretching by applying tension
288.8 ...Nonuniform product, e.g., porous, etc., or with
tensioning before application of heat
289.3 ...With treatment other than heating before stretching
289.6 ...With shrinking or with liquid contact during or after
stretching
290.2 ...Biaxial or transverse to travel direction
290.5 ...Of filament
290.7 ....Including contact with mechanism in stretch path, e.g.,
snubbing, etc..
291 .Stretching or stretch forming
292 ..By drawing over a form
293 .Deforming the surface only
294 .Plural sequential shaping or molding steps on same workpiece
295 ..Molding followed by bending or twisting
296 ..One step reshapes portion only of article
297.1 .Forming plural articles
297.2 ..Including introducing material under pressure into a
closed mold cavity, e.g., injection molding, etc.
297.3 ...With plural molds on belt or turntable
297.4 ..Forming multiple stacked or nested articles or including
multi-layer pressing
297.5 ..Reshaping or treatment of a preform, e.g., vulcanizing,
etc.
297.6 ..With plural molds on a moving surface
297.7 ...With linear movement of the molds
297.8 ..Simultaneous formation of plural articles
297.9 ...Of primarily inorganic material, e.g., concrete or
ceramic, etc.
298 .By casting on a liquid surface
299 .Shaping against forming surface, e.g., casting, die shaping,
etc.
300 ..Utilizing release agent in molding material
301 ..Accretion from bulk
302 ...Slush casting type
303 ...Accretion of varying wall thickness or control of accretion
by compound movement of form
304 ...Facilitating removal of article from form
305 ...Successive dipping steps into same material
306 ...Conditioning or treating material or form to effect
deposition
307 ...Treating accreted material on form with added agent or
reactant
308 ..Incremental layer molding type
309 ..Spraying or flinging material against a shaping surface
310 ..By rotation of material or material shaping member
311 ...Utilizing centrifugal force
312 ...Inner relatively rotating member to form hollow article
313 ..Utilizing a flexible, deformable or destructable molding
surface or material
314 ...Utilizing fluid-expansible mold
315 ....Toroidal mold bag
316 ...Utilizing sheet-like material
317 ...Removing mold by destruction
318 ..Molding trapped undercut article portion
319 ..Applying heat or pressure
320 ...Reshaping solid work or introducing solid work into mold
cavity
321 ....Sponge-like or foamed work
322 ....Initially softening workpiece
323 ....Sliding motion between material and mold surface (extruding
finite articles)
324 ....Woven or felted sheet-form work
325 ....Utilizing closed mold cavity
326 .....Toroidal work, e.g., tire, etc.
327 ...Differential heating or cooling in mold
328.1 ...Introducing material under pressure into a closed mold
cavity, e.g., injection molding, etc..
328.2 ....Material is nonthermoplastic
328.3 .....Toroidal work, e.g., tire, etc.
328.4 .....Utilizing a transfer chamber
328.5 ......With preformed charge
328.6 .....Including mixing of reactants
328.7 ....Including changing mold size or shape during injection
or between multiple stages of injection
328.8 ....With multiple injectors, mold cavities, or multiple
steps of injection of material
328.9 ....Including operation or design to minimize formation of
gate, sprue, or flash
328.11 ....Including movement of mold relative to injector
328.12 ....Including specified direction or condition of flow in
mold
328.13 ....Including injection at two or more pressures
328.14 ....With heating or cooling
328.15 .....Of injection nozzle
328.16 .....Of mold
328.17 ....Pretreatment or preparation of charge material
328.18 .....Mixing of filler, dye, or pigment
328.19 .....Including feeding to accumulator
330 ...Organic material shaping
331.11 ....Synthetic resin containing
331.12 .....Polymer having heterocyclic group or polymer derived
from monomer having heterocyclic group except heterocyclic
derived solely from carboxylic acid, i.e., cyclic imide,
lactam, lactone, or anhydride
331.13 .....Polymer derived from monomer having at least two
ethylenic groups, e.g., ABS rubber, chloroprene, etc., or
with natural rubber
331.14 .....Fluorine
331.15 .....Ethylenically unsaturated polymer or polymer derived
from ethylenically unsaturated monomer
331.16 ......Nitrogen containing polymer
331.17 ......Hydrocarbon polymer
331.18 ......Carboxylic acid or derivative, e.g., acrylic, etc.
331.19 .....Nitrogen containing, e.g., polyamide, polyurethane,
etc.
331.21 .....Carboxylic acid or derivative
331.22 .....Polymer derived from aldehyde
332 ...Fusing or melting inorganic material
333 ...Inorganic hydraulic settable material shaping
334 ..Article or material ejecting, core or mold stripping or
separating
335 ...By direct fluid pressure or pressure differential
336 ...Ejecting or stripping before full set or cure of work
337 ..Utilizing particular mold material
338 ...Coating or lining
339 .Bending or twisting of work
340 TREATING SHAPED OR SOLID ARTICLE
341 .Solvent polishing type
342 R .To shrink
342 RE ..Relaxation of running or indefinite length work
343 .To swell or plasticize
344 .To remove entrained material from article
345 .By a temperature change
346 ..To anneal or temper
347 ..To complete vulcanization or polymerizationn
348 ..To cool
349 MISCELLANEOUS
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DIG 1 Methods of blow-molding cellular containers
DIG 2 Molding cellular aldehyde resins
DIG 3 Molding cellular pvc-isocyanate resins
DIG 4 Molding and forming bendable and flexible product from
rigid preform
DIG 5 Use of one or more blowing agents together
DIG 6 Molding microballoons and binder
DIG 7 Binding and molding cellular particles
DIG 8 Fibrillating cellular materials
DIG 9 Pre-expansion of foamed polystyrene
DIG 10 Foamed polystyrene mold filling
DIG 11 Molding styropor using steam probes -batch
DIG 12 Molding styropor using steam probes continuous
DIG 13 Cell size and distribution control while molding a foam
DIG 14 Forming integral skin on a foamed product
DIG 15 Aging of foamed resin products
DIG 16 Molding foamed polypropylene articles
DIG 17 Molding a foam containing a filler
DIG 18 Cross-linking a thermoplastic linear foam during molding
DIG 19 Inorganic fiber
DIG 20 Tar bonded
DIG 25 Metallic oxide
DIG 26 Composite fibers made of two or more materials
DIG 27 Process of spinning viscose where viscose has high degree
or polymerization
DIG 28 Stretching filaments in gas or steam
DIG 29 Mixed resin filaments
DIG 30 Use of anatomy in making a mold or using said mold
DIG 31 Processes of making tile and tile-like surfaces
DIG 32 Processes in molding using asbestos or asphalt
DIG 33 Blow-molding articles of nonuniform thickness
DIG 34 Processes and molds for making buttons
DIG 35 Use of Ca O with refractories
DIG 36 Process of making metal-ceramics
DIG 37 Processes and molds for making capsules
DIG 38 Making film or tubes from casein
DIG 39 Treatment of clay before and after molding
DIG 40 Processes of coiling plastics
DIG 41 Processes of molding collapsible tubes
DIG 42 Processes of molding involving cross linking
DIG 43 Processes of curing clay and concrete materials
DIG 44 Using destructible molds or cores in molding processes
DIG 45 Molding using an electrical force
DIG 46 Molding using an electrical heat
DIG 47 Processes of splitting film, webs or sheets
DIG 48 Processes of making filters
DIG 49 Processes of using fly ash
DIG 50 Use of fluid pressure in molding
DIG 51 Use of fluidized bed in molding
DIG 52 Processes of making corrugated tubes for gas mask
DIG 53 Processes of using glass filler in molding process
DIG 54 Processes in making insulators
DIG 55 Processes for making jewelryy
DIG 56 Processes of molding lactams
DIG 57 Processes of forming layered products
DIG 58 Processes of forming magnets
DIG 59 Processes in which a partial cure is involved
DIG 60 Processes of molding plastisols
DIG 61 Processes of molding polyamide
DIG 62 Processes of molding porous films
DIG 63 Processes of molding porous blocks
DIG 64 Processes of using preforms in molding
DIG 65 Processes of preheating prior to molding
DIG 66 Processes of reshaping and reforming
DIG 67 Forming ring-like structure
DIG 68 Roll
DIG 69 Processes of using scrap in molding
DIG 70 Processes for forming screens or perforating articles
DIG 71 Processes of shaping by shrinking
DIG 72 Processes of molding by spraying
DIG 73 Processes of stretching
DIG 74 Processes of repairing tires
DIG 75 Processes of uniting two or more fibers
DIG 76 Processes of uniting two or more parts
DIG 77 Processes of molding urethanes
DIG 78 Processes of molding using vacuum
DIG 79 Processes of molding articles of vinylidene chloride
DIG 80 Processes of waterproofing
DIG 81 Plastic net
DIG 82 Embossing by foaming
DIG 83 Injection molding of polyolefin-type foam
DIG 84 Conversion of foamed resinous buns into foamed billets
having geometrical cross-sections