US PATENT SUBCLASS 148 / 575
.~.~.~.~.~ Iron(Fe) or iron base alloy


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148 /   HD   METAL TREATMENT

95  DF  PROCESS OF MODIFYING OR MAINTAINING INTERNAL PHYSICAL STRUCTURE (I.E., MICROSTRUCTURE) OR CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF METAL, PROCESS OF REACTIVE COATING OF METAL AND PROCESS OF CHEMICAL-HEAT REMOVING (E.G., FLAME-CUTTING, ETC.) OR BURNING OF METAL {17}
559  DF  .~ Heating or cooling of solid metal {22}
566  DF  .~.~ Electric heating with work as conductor (e.g., alternating current, induction, etc.) {2}
567  DF  .~.~.~ Induction {6}
574  DF  .~.~.~.~ And cooling with fluid contact {1}
575.~.~.~.~.~ Iron(Fe) or iron base alloy


DEFINITION

Classification: 148/575

Iron (Fe) or iron base alloy:

(under subclass 574) Process wherein the metal or metal alloy workpiece undergoing treatment is iron (Fe) or an iron alloy containing greater than 50 percent iron.