Description
This is the generic class of metal working or shaping. It comprisesprocesses, tools, machines, and apparatus not classifiable in thespecific classes relating to the manufacture of articles from metal.It also includes means which comprise a plurality of operationswhich separately might be classified in the specific classes, but whichby their joinder include more than is covered by the definitionsof such specific classes.
This class has been made the generic class for the followingsubject matter, regardless of the composition of the blank, stockmaterial, or article recited or worked upon: (a) process of electriccondenser making; (b) a burnishing process; (c) a process of manufacture;(d) apparatus used to assemble or disassemble. See Subclass Referencesto the Current Class, below, for specific subclass references.