METHOD FOR HARDENING AT A SURFACE A COMPONENT, DEVICES HAVING ONE OR MORE HARDENED SURFACES AND DEVICES FOR RETAINING AND REPRESENTING FOR USE A PLURALITY OF COMPONENTS
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Abstract
A method for hardening at a surface a component, the component being formed of a plastics material, comprises softening the component at a surface using supercritical carbon dioxide and incorporating into the component at the surface a material to harden the surface. There is also disclosed a device having one or more surfaces hardened according to the aforementioned method and a device for retaining and presenting for use one or more components which comprises a plurality of components arranged in a disc portion and means for moving one or more of the components from a rest position to an in use position.
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1-54. -54. (canceled)
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55. A method for hardening at a surface a component, the component being formed of a plastics material, the method comprising the steps of:
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softening the component at a surface using supercritical carbon dioxide, and incorporating into the component at the surface a material to harden the surface. - View Dependent Claims (56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 106)
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- 91. A device for retaining and presenting for use one or more components, the device comprising a plurality of components, arranged in a disc portion, the device further comprising means for moving one or more of the components from a rest position to an in use position.
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