US PATENT SUBCLASS 228 / 50
SEAM BACKUP MEANS
Current as of: June, 1999
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DEFINITION
Classification:        228/50  
(under the class definition) Device comprising a tangible  instrumentality having a surface portion designed and  intended to engage directly the surface area of the work or  material being fused, on the side of the work opposite to the  side which receives energy for fusion-bonding, for the  purpose of reacting against such energy.  
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46, for a similar instrumentality (a "chill") provided with  means to bring it into engagement with work or product.  
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219, Electric Heating,  
160, for back-up means for an electric welder.  
285, Pipe Joints or Couplings, for a backup member that  constitutes part of, or remains with, the joint as a  coupling.