US PATENT SUBCLASS 264 / 129
WITH PRINTING OR COATING OF WORKPIECE (OUT OF MOLD)

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264 /   HD   PLASTIC AND NONMETALLIC ARTICLE SHAPING OR TREATING: PROCESSES

129WITH PRINTING OR COATING OF WORKPIECE (OUT OF MOLD) {5}
130  DF  .~> Anti-stick or adhesion preventing coating
131  DF  .~> Coating with particulate material
132  DF  .~> Applying indicia or design (e.g., printing, etc.)
133  DF  .~> Applied to clay, sand, or earthen workpiece
134  DF  .~> Coating or impregnating workpiece before molding or shaping step {2}

DEFINITION

Classification: 264/129

(under the class definition) Processes including the step of applying a layer of fluent material to the workpiece, which material is not restrained or confined by a mold or shaping surface.

(1) Note. For purposes of this subclass, application of a coating to a shaped article is generally outside of a mold. Where an added layer of material is applied to a previous layer while in the mold it is assumed that the layer is subjected to mold shaping and thus excluded, regardless of the thickness of said surface layer, unless there is a specific disclosure that the coating is unrestrained.

(2) Note. Treatment material, e.g., catalysts, solvents, softening materials such as water, etc., are not considered coatings or impregnants for this subclass.

(3) Note. The general line between this class (264) and Class 427, Coating Processes, with regard to processes of reshaping or deforming plus coating will be as follows:

a) Where a base is coated and the coating only is reshaped or deformed, the patent will go in Class 427.

b) Where a base is coated and the subsequent reshaping or deforming is applied to the coating and the contiguous surface to which the coating is applied, without an overall reshaping of the base and without altering the shape of any noncoated surface, the patent will go to Class 427.

c) Where a base is surface deformed only on one side or area so that there is no overall reshaping of the entire base, and the deformed surface is subsequently coated, the patent will go to Class 427. d) Where a base is coated and there is subsequent overall reshaping of the resulting coated article or, when the base is in the form of a planar sheet or web, there is subsequent reshaping of both surfaces, e.g., corrugating, the patent will go to Class 264.

e) Where there is surface deformation of only one surface of a base, the opposed surface remaining unaltered, and the unaltered surface is coated, the patent will go to Class 264.

f) Where a base is reshaped overall or where opposing surfaces are reshaped, deformed, e.g., embossed, and then coated either on one or both deformed surfaces, the patent will go to Class 264.

g) Where a base is coated and subsequently said coated article is surface deformed, e.g., embossed through the coating and a portion of the base on opposed sides or surfaces, the patent will go to Class 264.

(4) Note. For nominal molding followed by a significant coating step see Class 427, Coating Processes.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

7, for processes of forming solid particles liquids or melts combined with a coating step of said particles.

79, for processes including the step of applying a barrier layer to the surface of an article to prevent escape of volatiles.

128, for processes of assembling random, bulk deposited particles with subsequent application of liquid binder thereto.

232, for subsequent disparate treatment of formed articles.

255, for processes of forming plural layers in a mold, the surface layer being similar to a coating in the final product. 304, and 308, for processes in which plural layers of the same material are built up in the mold.

343, for swelling or plasticizing, per se.

603, for processes of firing, sintering or vitrifying of shaped articles or preforms having combined steps of shaping and coating.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

428, Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles, appropriate subclasses, for a stock material product in the form of a composite web or sheet, especially

411+, for plural layer products not elsewhere provided for.

442, Fabric (Woven, Knitted, or Nonwoven Textile or Cloth, etc.),

59+, for a coated or impregnated fabric.