Class   228	METAL FUSION BONDING
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PROCESS

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. (1 indent ) With condition responsive, program, or timing control

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. (1 indent ) With measuring, testing, indicating, inspecting, or illuminating

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.. (2 indent ) Nondestructive testing

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.. (2 indent ) Using optical viewing means (e.g., microscope)

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. (1 indent ) Using a compliant cushioning medium

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. (1 indent ) Using explosive energy

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.. (2 indent ) Specific rate of explosive burn or approach of preforms

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.. (2 indent ) Critical spacing between preforms

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. (1 indent ) Using high frequency vibratory energy (e.g., ultrasonic)

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.. (2 indent ) With treating other than heating

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.. (2 indent ) Soldering or liquid phase bonding

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. (1 indent ) Using dynamic frictional energy (i.e., friction welding)

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.. (2 indent ) Inertia type

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.. (2 indent ) With treating other than heating

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.. (2 indent ) By rotating one work surface relative to another about an axis

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. (1 indent ) Using only pressure (e.g., cold welding)

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.. (2 indent ) With pretreating of work

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.. (2 indent ) Cold rolling

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. (1 indent ) Using bond inhibiting separating material

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. (1 indent ) Repairing, restoring, or renewing product for reuse

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. (1 indent ) Mechanically joining metal/nonmetal and bonding to the metal

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. (1 indent ) Bonding nonmetals with metallic filler

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. (1 indent ) Metal to nonmetal with separate metallic filler

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.. (2 indent ) Semiconductor-type nonmetallic material

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.. (2 indent ) With treating

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.. (2 indent ) Active or reactive filler component

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.. (2 indent ) Forming hermetic seal (e.g., welding lid to container)

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.. (2 indent ) Forming joint of rotary shaft

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. (1 indent ) With removing or reshaping of filler material or flash after bonding

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. (1 indent ) Encasing a rodlike core within a substantially coextensive tube by complete bonding therebetween

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.. (2 indent ) Thermally induced pressure weld

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.. (2 indent ) With mechanical interlock

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.. (2 indent ) By bending planar part to form tube around rodlike core

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... (3 indent ) Progressively

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.. (2 indent ) By fitting rodlike core within tube

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... (3 indent ) Joining through filler

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.... (4 indent ) Preplacing solid tubular filler

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.... (4 indent ) Applying molten filler from top reservoir

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. (1 indent ) With supplementary mechanical joining

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.. (2 indent ) Deforming of work part

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... (3 indent ) Lock seaming

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.. (2 indent ) Attaching of bridge or tie member

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.. (2 indent ) Using separate fastener

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... (3 indent ) Threaded fastener

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. (1 indent ) With shaping

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.. (2 indent ) Corner mitering

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.. (2 indent ) Of multilayer tube from single web

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.. (2 indent ) And edge joining of one piece blank or strip

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... (3 indent ) To form helically seamed tube

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... (3 indent ) Progressively bending and joining

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.... (4 indent ) Forming indefinite length member

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....• (5 indent ) Sheathing, cable or wire

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... (3 indent ) Uniform thickness thin blank or strip

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.... (4 indent ) Elongated seam

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....• (5 indent ) Butt joining

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... (3 indent ) Irregular thick blank or strip

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.. (2 indent ) Lap joining of parts of nonplanar surfaces

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... (3 indent ) For telescoping sleeve

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.. (2 indent ) Subsequent to bonding

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... (3 indent ) Drawing elongated member through die

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... (3 indent ) Spreading or expanding work between bond joints (e.g., honeycomb or heat exchanger making, etc.)

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... (3 indent ) Rolling

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... (3 indent ) Removing of material

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.... (4 indent ) By cutting

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....• (5 indent ) Producing internal cavity, aperture, or opening

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....• (5 indent ) Abrading

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.... (4 indent ) By melting

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.. (2 indent ) Prior to bonding

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... (3 indent ) Forming channel, groove, or aperture for reception of filler material

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.... (4 indent ) Elongated seam

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.... (4 indent ) Planar intersecting channel walls

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.... (4 indent ) Annular seam

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....• (5 indent ) Having U-shaped or curved cross section

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... (3 indent ) By cutting

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.... (4 indent ) Producing opposed complementary matching bonding surface

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.... (4 indent ) Abrading

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... (3 indent ) By deforming

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.... (4 indent ) Pressing first work part against second work part

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.... (4 indent ) Preforming work faying surface

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.... (4 indent ) Tube or frame member

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.... (4 indent ) Rod, bar, or wirelike object

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.... (4 indent ) Sheet material

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....• (5 indent ) Continuously feeding sheet material

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... (3 indent ) Forming channel, groove, or aperture

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.. (2 indent ) With concurrent bonding

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. (1 indent ) Plural diverse bonding

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. (1 indent ) Combined

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. (1 indent ) Alternative bonding

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. (1 indent ) Plural joints

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.. (2 indent ) Of electrical device (e.g., semiconductor)

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... (3 indent ) Simultaneous bonding of multiple joints (e.g., dip soldering of printed circuit boards)

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.... (4 indent ) Component terminal to substrate surface (i.e., nonpenetrating terminal)

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....• (5 indent ) Lead-less (or "bumped") device

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... (3 indent ) Wire bonding

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.. (2 indent ) Honeycomb structure

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.. (2 indent ) Of mechanical article

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... (3 indent ) Heat exchanger structure

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... (3 indent ) Pressure vessels, tanks, and container-type structures

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.. (2 indent ) Noncoextensive lamina to common base in regular pattern

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.. (2 indent ) Preliminary sealing of joints

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.. (2 indent ) Separate successive bonds at different temperatures

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.. (2 indent ) Including nonmetallic base

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.. (2 indent ) Using bridge or spacer

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.. (2 indent ) Of concurrently bonded stacked laminae

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. (1 indent ) With disassembling of bonded joint (e.g., desoldering)

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. (1 indent ) Chain link

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. (1 indent ) Diffusion type

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.. (2 indent ) Using intermediate diffusion facilitating material

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.. (2 indent ) With incipient melting of bonding surface

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. (1 indent ) Autogenous fusion

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.. (2 indent ) With diffusion of atoms or nuclear particles

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. (1 indent ) Chemical reaction produces filler material in situ

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. (1 indent ) With subsequent treating other than heating of bonded parts and/or filler material

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.. (2 indent ) Cooling under particular conditions

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.. (2 indent ) Cleaning

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... (3 indent ) Chemical

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. (1 indent ) With pretreating other than heating or cooling of work part of filler prior to bonding and any application of filler

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.. (2 indent ) Applying porous or capillary feed material

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.. (2 indent ) Cleaning

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... (3 indent ) Chemical

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.... (4 indent ) Applying flux

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.. (2 indent ) Applying preliminary bond facilitating metal coating

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... (3 indent ) Chemical deposition

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... (3 indent ) Mechanically secured

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.. (2 indent ) Chemical

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. (1 indent ) With clamping or holding

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.. (2 indent ) And unclamping

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. (1 indent ) With protecting of work or filler or applying flux

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.. (2 indent ) By confining filler

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... (3 indent ) Using backup means

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.. (2 indent ) Using getter

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.. (2 indent ) Using gas, vapor, vacuum, or reactive flame

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... (3 indent ) Gas or vapor

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.... (4 indent ) Reducing gas

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... (3 indent ) Vacuum

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.. (2 indent ) Using cooling means (e.g., heat sink or barrier)

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.. (2 indent ) Applying flux

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... (3 indent ) Flux affixed to or incorporated with filler

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. (1 indent ) Plural filler applying

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.. (2 indent ) Diverse fillers

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. (1 indent ) Plural heat applying

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.. (2 indent ) And applying pressure

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.. (2 indent ) Separate and distinct heating of work and filler

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.. (2 indent ) Diverse heating

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.. (2 indent ) Including post-heating

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.. (2 indent ) Including preheating

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. (1 indent ) Specific rate of varying pressure or schedule of distinct pressures

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. (1 indent ) Specific rate of varying temperature or schedule of distinct temperatures

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. (1 indent ) Specific mode of heating or applying pressure

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.. (2 indent ) Vapor phase heating

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.. (2 indent ) Exothermic reaction heating

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.. (2 indent ) Mode of applying pressure

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... (3 indent ) Roll bonding

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.... (4 indent ) At specific temperature level

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. (1 indent ) Feeding unfused filler into fusing contact with work part

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. (1 indent ) Preplacing solid filler

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.. (2 indent ) Particular size or shape

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... (3 indent ) Indefinite length

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.. (2 indent ) Applied in powdered or particulate form

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... (3 indent ) Nonhomogeneous metal filler particles

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.. (2 indent ) Joint interposed

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... (3 indent ) Butt

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... (3 indent ) Lap

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... (3 indent ) Coextensive sheet

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... (3 indent ) Attaching filler to work part

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.... (4 indent ) Adherent solid layer or coating (e.g., pretinned)

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.... (4 indent ) Mechanically secured

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. (1 indent ) Applying or distributing fused filler

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.. (2 indent ) By gravity

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.. (2 indent ) By capillary action

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.. (2 indent ) By immersing in stagnant pool

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.. (2 indent ) Using pumped stream or jet

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.. (2 indent ) Using spray

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.. (2 indent ) With agitating or vibrating (e.g., using ultrasonic energy)

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. (1 indent ) Critical work component, temperature, or pressure

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.. (2 indent ) Nonmetal work component without metallic filler

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... (3 indent ) Solid state bonding

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.. (2 indent ) Nickel or cobalt member

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... (3 indent ) Brazing or soldering

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.. (2 indent ) Ferrous metal member

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... (3 indent ) Steel member

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.... (4 indent ) Brazing or soldering

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....• (5 indent ) And nonferrous metal member

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.... (4 indent ) And nonferrous metal member

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... (3 indent ) Brazing or soldering

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.. (2 indent ) Aluminum or magnesium member

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... (3 indent ) Brazing or soldering

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.. (2 indent ) Copper or noble metal member

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... (3 indent ) Brazing or soldering

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.. (2 indent ) Refractory metal member

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... (3 indent ) Titanium or zirconium member

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.... (4 indent ) Brazing or soldering

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... (3 indent ) Brazing or soldering

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.. (2 indent ) Brazing or soldering

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PROCESS OF DISASSEMBLING BONDED SURFACES, PER SE (E.G., DESOLDERING)

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MEANS TO APPLY VIBRATORY SOLID-STATE BONDING ENERGY (E.G., ULTRASONIC, ETC.) TO WORK

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INCLUDING MEANS TO PROVIDE HEAT BY FRICTION BETWEEN RELATIVELY MOVING SURFACES (I.E., FRICTION WELDER)

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. (1 indent ) Means to rotate one surface relative to the other about a fixed axis

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EXPLOSIVE WELDING MEANS

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MEANS TO BOND BY APPLYING ONLY PRESSURE (E.G., FOR COLD WELDING, ETC.)

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WITH MEANS TO JUXTAPOSE AND BOND PLURAL WORKPIECES

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. (1 indent ) Wire lead bonder

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. (1 indent ) With means to treat workpieces (e.g., cutting, deforming, etc.)

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. (1 indent ) Including compliant cushioning medium

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. (1 indent ) Strip leading end to trailing end bonder

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. (1 indent ) Plural discrete workpieces

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.. (2 indent ) With electrical connection made at joint

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WITH MACHINE PART RESPONSIVE TO TEMPLATE OR PATTERN OR TO INDICIA CARRIED BY AUXILIARY RECORD (E.G., TAPE, CARD, ETC.)

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WITH CONTROL MEANS RESPONSIVE TO SENSED CONDITION

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. (1 indent ) Work-responsive (e.g., temperature, orientation of work, etc.)

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.. (2 indent ) Presence of work

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... (3 indent ) To control feed of filler

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. (1 indent ) Responsive to position of work carrier

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WITH MEANS TO CUT OR SEPARATE WORK, FILLER, FLUX, OR PRODUCT

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. (1 indent ) Plus means to apply cut filler or cut flux to work

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WITH MEANS TO DEFORM WORK, FILLER, OR FLUX PORTION BEFORE FUSION

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. (1 indent ) By a funnel-shaped conduit (e.g., welding bell, etc.)

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. (1 indent ) By roller means

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. (1 indent ) Comprising means forming one-piece blank into a tubular shape

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.. (2 indent ) Helical tubular shape

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COMBINED

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WITH MEANS TO REMOVE, COMPACT, OR SHAPE APPLIED FLUX OR FILLER

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. (1 indent ) By fluid blast or suction

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.. (2 indent ) Hand tool

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. (1 indent ) With shield or guide for removed material

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. (1 indent ) Including wiper

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.. (2 indent ) Comprising endless wiper

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INCLUDING REPETITIVE IMPACT FUSION-BONDING MEANS

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INCLUDING APPLICATOR MOVABLE DURING FUSION

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. (1 indent ) Including "flying" applicator engaging moving work

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. (1 indent ) With lateral oscillation along path of seam

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. (1 indent ) Reciprocatory or oscillatory motion

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. (1 indent ) Orbital or plane curvilinear motion

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.. (2 indent ) Of roller applicator

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... (3 indent ) With associated bath of liquid flux or filler

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. (1 indent ) Means to move applicator

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INCLUDING MEANS TO APPLY FLUX OR FILLER TO WORK OR APPLICATOR

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. (1 indent ) With means to skim dross

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. (1 indent ) By brush, wick, or pad

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. (1 indent ) By partial or total immersion of work or applicator into liquid

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.. (2 indent ) Flowing flux or filler (e.g., wave former, etc.)

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.. (2 indent ) With means to roll or orbit work portion

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.. (2 indent ) With means to mask or stop work

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.. (2 indent ) Comprising work immersion

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. (1 indent ) Solid flux or solid filler

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. (1 indent ) Gaseous flux

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. (1 indent ) Moving work

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INCLUDING MEANS TO FORCE OR CLAMP WORK PORTIONS TOGETHER DURING BONDING

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. (1 indent ) Comprising tube aligning means

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. (1 indent ) Work portion comprises electrical component

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INCLUDING MEANS TO MOVE OR GUIDE APPLICATOR

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WITH MEANS TO COOL WORK OR PRODUCT

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WITH MEANS TO HANDLE WORK OR PRODUCT

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. (1 indent ) Including means to rotate cylindrical work

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. (1 indent ) Including means to orient work or position work portion relative to another work portion

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.. (2 indent ) Means to rotate work and to position work about a different axis

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.. (2 indent ) Pipe joint aligner

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.. (2 indent ) Sheet aligner

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. (1 indent ) Work portion comprises electrical component

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. (1 indent ) Work portion comprises can body

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SEAM BACKUP MEANS

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METALLIC HEAT APPLICATOR (E.G., SOLDERING IRON, ETC.)

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. (1 indent ) With means to handle flux or filler

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.. (2 indent ) With means to heat applicator

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. (1 indent ) Tip or head alloy or polymetallic structure

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. (1 indent ) Adjustable or detachable head or tip

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SPECIALIZED POT

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. (1 indent ) Having means to treat flux or filler

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SOLDER FORM

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WITH SIGNAL, INDICATOR, GAUGE, OR STOP

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APPARATUS FOR BONDING BATTERIES (I.E., PLURAL CELLS)

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HEAT SHIELD

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TUBE END CLOSING

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MISCELLANEOUS

	CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS

901

PROCESS OF BONDING BATTERIES

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USING FLAME

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METAL TO NONMETAL

904

WIRE BONDING

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