Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: processes

SECTION I - CLASS DEFINITION

This is a generic class for:

(1) Processes for molding, casting, or shaping of nonmetallic materials to produce articles.

(2) Liquid or melt comminuting of materials other than glass or metal.

(3) Uniting or compacting of bulk or randomly assembled particles.

(4) Furnace Lining or repair.

(5) Melt shaping in the absence of a mold or shaping surface, e.g., spheroidizing of particles.

(6) Working or treatment of nonmetallic materials not otherwise provided for.

GENERAL STATEMENT OF CLASS SUBJECT MATTER

(1) This is a generic class for processes for molding, casting or the plastic shaping, not provided for in any other class, of miscellaneous nonmetallic materials to make or reproduce articles of a definite shape, or the shaping and embossing of sheets of miscellaneous nonmetallic materials, not otherwise provided for.

The common property of plasticity renders molding operations of chief importance in this class.