This is the residual class for fluid material handling, and takes processes, systems, combinations, subcombinations and certain elements pertaining thereto not otherwise classified.
Fluid materials include gas and liquids primarily, but the handling of other flowable materials, as fluent granular solids, is also found.
Handling for this class comprises the transfer of fluent material by flow, as by confining, directing, causing and/or controlling the flow, and includes making the material available for flow or separating a smaller from a larger body of fluid material, as by tanks, containers, receivers, traps, etc., or pipes or conduits, with or without siphons, pumps, pressure or displacing fluids or other flow imparting means.

LINES WITH OTHER CLASSES AND WITHIN THIS CLASS
The class is divided into two groups, subclasses 1+ for processes, and subclasses 38 to 616 for automatic or condition change responsive devices, special types and combinations of the necessary elements of the class with the subject matter of other classes or with features added to perfect the operation of the material handling means, and the more complex devices of the class generally grouped under the title "systems." Class 251, Valves and Valve Actuation, provides for valves and valve actuation not otherwise classified. Subclasses 777 to 802 comprise subcombinations and elements pertaining to fluid handling not particularly related to any of the special types and not otherwise classified.
Automatic or condition change responsive systems and devices of this class are discussed more at length in (1) Automatic Control below, (2) Plural Valves, and (3) Valve Actuation.
(1) AUTOMATIC CONTROL
Devices and systems in which the presence or absence of, or a change in, a condition is sensed and control exercised as a result thereof are commonly called automatic, and in this class form the basis of a number of "special type" and general categories.
Line condition change response refers to control exercised over the material being handled in the system as a result of a change in the condition of that material, as temperature, quantity, pressure or rate of flow. Condition change response does not include the mere fact of flow or those fluid pressure operated devices where change does not affect the operation of the device, nor those where the flow is changed by external means for the purpose of causing operation of the control means or with that result.
Combinations of an automatic valve with a nonautomatic valve have been excluded for line condition change responsive groupings because the system comprising such combinations is not primarily automatic.
Fluid actuated or retarded valves which have not been considered automatic even though they depend on the presence of fluid flowing in the line, and have been classified in the following subclasses in Class 251; are (1) fluid actuated valves with compulsory cut-off after a flow period (subclasses 15+), (2) dash-pot or fluid controlled timers and retarders for valves, operating fluid for which is derived from the line controlled (subclasses 50+).
The following groups of subject matter in this class are wholly or partly of automatic or closely related types. In each instance the search notes in the definitions of the particular subclasses referenced in Subclass References of the Current Class, below, should be consulted for related art.
Atmospheric
Boiler (see temperature)
Combustion (see temperature)
Discriminating Valves (see level response).
Failure Responsive and Testing Devices
Freeze (see Temperature).
Heating (see Temperature)
Inertia or Position Change
Level Response or Maintenance, Floats, Gravitating Tanks, including: (A) By pressure connection at liquid level; (B) By gravitating vessel; and (C) By floats - This class is the generic place for floats, per se, and systems controlled by
floats are classified in various appropriate groups, the subclasses in Subclass References to the Current Class provide especially for float control or operation.
Line Condition Change Response - See the definition, second paragraph of this section, and listings under Plural heading below
Periodic or Cyclic
Plural - For a discussion of plural valves as such, see following section (4). In this category, plural flow controllers, valves, or condition responsive means may be (A) plural valves controlling different flows, (B) plural valves controlling the same flow, (C) one valve responding to changes in plural conditions, or (D) plural valves each responding to a different condition change. Subclass References to the Current Class includes subclasses references to the following: (1) Plural Flows; (2) Plural Condition Responses; (3) Plural Controls, One Condition Responsive -Where the controls are separate valves controlling the same flow and one is not automatic or line condition responsive the patent is excluded from line condition responsive categories. See section 2, definitions. Such patents may appear in the earlier special type groups of subclasses, however:
Pressure Modulating
Pump
Safety cut-offs - For resetting operations see (3) Manual Control, Resetting, and Adjusting Devices, especially the subclass references to Cut-offs With Resetting.
Speed Responsive Control
Temperature. (See Boiler, Combustion)
(2) PLURAL VALVES
Control means for plural flow paths comprising a single movable body having plural seats or plural port obstructing positions have been classified as multiway valve units in subclasses 625+. Valves associated with dispensers have been classified in Class 222, Dispensing. See especially the Search Notes in the appropriate subclasses of these classes and in the main class definitions, as well as the Search Notes to the subclasses listed below.
In Class 137 devices for controlling plural flows have been regarded as comprising a system (1) if additional flow confining means was claimed to a greater extent than as a mere mounting for the valves, (2) if some definite significant relation between fact of flow and/or the direction of flow in the plural flow paths exists, or (3) if one or more conduits or passages have two or more valves or
cut-off devices which function to control the flow of the fluid by means of the valves. Some plural flow path controls of various automatic or condition change responsive types are also found in the earlier subclass groups, but on that basis rather than as systems in and of themselves.
Plural valves having a common means for simultaneous or alternating actuation, are for the most part in appropriate subclasses under subclass 561. Some valves, because of motor or complex mechanical actuation, have been classified in Class 251, Valves and Valve Actuation, under the type of actuation.
For plural automatic or condition responsive valves, see (1) Automatic Control, "Plural Condition Responses", above and the associated references in Subclass References to the Current Class.
For plural valves, one automatic or condition responsive and one or more mechanically or manually actuated, see section for Automatic Control, Plural Controls, "One Condition Responsive", above and the associated references in Subclass References to the Current Class.
(3) MANUAL CONTROL, RESETTING AND ADJUSTING DEVICES
See section for Automatic Control, Plural Controls, One Condition Responsive, above for notes on manual control of valves which are also condition responsive and for manual valves combined with automatic or condition responsive valves.
The term "manual" in some instances includes nonautomatic valve actuation of other types, as by mechanical movements or even motors.
The term "control" or "actuation" as applied to the operation of valves does not include the resetting of valves which are either condition responsive or trip actuated to move from a preset position and which do not return to that position when the operating force is removed or reversed, but require intervention of an external independent agency to restore them to their set position. Mere adjustment of bias, spacing, seating or actuator connection of a valve is not included in these terms.
(A) Flow Control or Valve Actuation - See references to (1) Automatic Control, "Plural Controls, One Condition Responsive", for manual and automatic actuation of valves, and also (2) "Plural Valves," for plural valves, including actuation.
(B) Cut-Offs with Resetting - Also see references to (1) Automatic Control, "Safety Cut-offs."
(C) Adjustment

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2 for processes of controlling a flow by condition or characteristic of a fluid, especially subclasses 3+ for mixture control. (Automatic Control - Line Condition Change Response)
3 processes of mixing plural fluids of diverse characteristics or conditions. (Automatic Control - Plural Flows)
6 processes of mixing controlled by heat of combustion of mixture. (Automatic Control - Combustion)
8 processes for producing uniform flow. (Automatic Control - Pump)
13 processes for affecting flow by the addition of energy (Automatic Control - Pump)
11 Processes of regulating boiler feed water level.(Automatic Control - Boiler)
11 processes of regulating boiler water level. (Automatic Control - Level Response or Maintenance, Floats, Gravitating Tanks)
10 processes of flow control by speed of fluid. (Automatic Control - Speed Responsive Control)
13 processes of affecting flow by the addition of heat. (Automatic Control - Temperature)
38 for change of altitude as reflected by change in air pressure, see subclass 81. (Automatic Control - Inertia or Position Change)
39 control by change of position or inertia of system with second control.. (Automatic Control - Plural Controls, One Condition Responsive)
39 control by change or position or inertia of system with second control. (Automatic Control - Plural Condition Responses)
40 marine governors. (Automatic Control - Combustion)
49 speed responsive valve control with manual control. (Automatic Control - Plural Controls, One Condition Responsive)
76 and 77, heat destructible or fusible control elements with external closing means. (Automatic Control - Plural Controls, One Condition Responsive)
80 atmospheric temperature change responsive control with additional diverse control. (Automatic Control - Plural
Controls, One Condition Responsive)
41 float controlled marine governors. (Automatic Control - Level Response or Maintenance, Floats, Gravitating Tanks, By floats)
47 speed responsive valve control. (Automatic Control - Speed Responsive Control)
43 vent closing in overturned containers. (Automatic Control - Safety cut-offs)
50 and 57, excess speed responsive controls.(Automatic Control - Safety cut-offs)
50 and 51+, speed responsive control with other condition responsive valve control.(Automatic Control - Plural Condition Responses)
50 and 57, excess speed cut-offs. (Manual Control, Resetting And Adjusting Devices - Cut-Offs with Resetting)
52 speed responsive valve control with governor drive failure control. (Automatic Control - Failure Responsive and Testing Devices)
59 freeze condition responsive safety cut-off. (Automatic Control - Temperature)
65 combustion failure responsive safety cut-offs for burners. (Manual Control, Resetting And Adjusting Devices - Cut-Offs with Resetting)
65 combustion failure responsive fuel safety cut-offs for burners. (Automatic Control - Boiler)
65 combustion failure responsive fuel safety cut-off for burners. (Automatic Control - Temperature)
65 combustion failure responsive fuel safety cut-offs for burners. (Automatic Control - Combustion)
65 combustion failure responsive fuel safety cut-off for burners. (Automatic Control - Safety cut-offs)
65 combustion failure responsive cut-off for burner fuel. (Automatic Control - Failure Responsive and Testing Devices)
67 frangible, soluble, deformable or fusible control elements, the failure of which caused operation of safety means. (Automatic Control - Failure Responsive and Testing Devices)
67 destructible or deformable element control, especially subclasses 72+, heat destructible or fusible. (Automatic Control - Combustion)
72 heat destructible or fusible element control. (Automatic Control - Temperature)
73 heat destructible of fusible element control with second sensing means. (Automatic Control - Plural Condition Responses)
75 heat destructible or fusible safety cut-offs. (Manual Control, Resetting And Adjusting Devices - Cut-Offs with Resetting)
80 atmospheric temperature change responsive control with additional diverse control. (Automatic Control - Plural Condition Responses)
82 pressure modulating relays or followers. (Automatic Control - Pressure Modulating)
98 self-proportioning flow systems. (Automatic Control - Plural Condition Responses)
75 heat destructible or fusible safety cut-off elements. (Automatic Control - Safety cut-offs)
78 for atmospheric condition change responsive controls. (Automatic Control - atmospheric)
79 atmospheric temperature change responsive control. (Automatic Control - Temperature)
87.01 plural flows. (Automatic Control - Line Condition Change Response)
87.01 self-proportioning or correlating systems. (Automatic Control - Plural Flows)
88 apparatus for controlling mixtures. (Automatic Control - Line Condition Change Response)
96 control of pump-motive fluid by level of pumped liquid. (Automatic Control - Level Response or Maintenance, Floats, Gravitating Tanks)
98 self-proportioning flow systems. (Automatic Control - Line Condition Change Response)
90 mixture condition maintaining or sensing by temperature or heat content. (Automatic Control - Temperature)
94 fuel controlled by boiler or water system condition. (Automatic Control - Temperature)
94 fuel controlled by boiler or water system condition.(Automatic Control - Boiler)
94 fuel controlled by boiler or water system condition. (Automatic Control - Combustion)
101.25 for self-proportioning systems with liquid level sensing means. (Automatic Control - Level Response or Maintenance, Floats, Gravitating Tanks)
103 vacuum or suction pulsator type systems. (Automatic Control - Periodic or Cyclic)
106 reversing or 4-way valve systems. (Automatic Control - Periodic or Cyclic)
109 self-controlled branch flow systems. (Automatic Control - Line Condition Change Response)
115.03 by-pass or relief responsive to change in rate or main line flow in self-controlled branch systems. (Automatic Control - Speed Responsive Control)
129 163, 190, 401, and 404, sinking or bucket type floats. (Automatic Control - Level Response or Maintenance, Floats, Gravitating Tanks, By gravitating vessel)
120 161, 162+, 189, 402, and 403+, especially subclass 408, gravitating tanks. (Automatic Control - Level Response or Maintenance, Floats, Gravitating Tanks, By gravitating vessel)
120 and 122, filling successive tanks by float controlled receiver. (Automatic Control - Level Response or Maintenance, Floats, Gravitating Tanks, By floats)
129 sinking float operated siphons. (Automatic Control - Level Response or Maintenance, Floats, Gravitating Tanks, By floats)
129 163, 190, 401, and 404, for sinking or bucket type floats: see level response. (Automatic Control - Level Response or Maintenance, Floats, Gravitating Tanks, By floats)
131 float controlled discharge from a siphon to a receiver. (Automatic Control - Level Response or Maintenance, Floats, Gravitating Tanks, By floats)
132 periodic or accumulation responsive siphon discharge. (Automatic Control - Periodic or Cyclic)
133 periodic siphons with manual control. (Automatic Control - Plural Controls, One Condition Responsive)
135 float operated inlet for siphons. (Automatic Control - Level Response or Maintenance, Floats, Gravitating Tanks, By floats)
137 for float operated vents for trapped air in a siphon. (Automatic Control - Level Response or Maintenance, Floats, Gravitating Tanks, By floats)
154 diverse fluid containing pressure systems, especially subclass 155, gas lift valves for wells, 180, 183, 199, 204, 213+. (Automatic Control - Line Condition Change Response)
154 155, 156+, for diverse fluid containing pressure systems which repeatedly discharge gas and/or liquid upon accumulation thereof. (Automatic Control - Periodic or Cyclic);
154 diverse fluid containing pressure systems, especially subclasses 156+, gas pressure discharge of liquid feed traps to receivers under pressure and 173+, plural discriminating outlets for diverse fluids in pressure systems. (Automatic Control - Plural Flows)
156 gas pressure discharge of liquid feed traps to boilers.(Automatic Control - Boiler)
158 gas pressure discharge of liquid feed trap controlled by level in boiler or receiver. (Automatic Control - Level Response or Maintenance, Floats, Gravitating Tanks, By pressure connection at liquid level)
169 manual control of gas pressure in discharging liquid feed traps to boilers. (Manual Control, Resetting And Adjusting Devices - Flow Control or Valve Actuation)
171 fluid separating traps or vents.(Automatic Control - Boiler)
171 accumulation responsive fluid separating traps and vents. (Automatic Control - Periodic or Cyclic)
163 165+, 185+, 192+, and 202, for float control in diverse fluid containing pressure systems. (Automatic Control - Level Response or Maintenance, Floats, Gravitating Tanks, By floats)
171 fluid separating traps and vents. (Automatic Control - Discriminating Valves)
173 plural discriminating outlets for diverse fluids in pressure systems. (Automatic Control - Plural Condition Responses)
183 199+, for accumulation responsive gas pressure discharge of liquid feed traps to receivers under pressure. (Automatic Control - Periodic or Cyclic)
184 plural successively opened discriminating fluid responsive valves for liquid in diverse fluid containing pressure systems. (Automatic Control - Plural Condition Responses)
185 for gas collecting floats, e.g., inverted bucket type. (Automatic Control - Level Response or Maintenance, Floats,
Gravitating Tanks, By floats)
213 liquid level responsive gas vent or whistle.(Automatic Control - Boiler)
213 liquid level responsive gas vent or whistle. (Automatic Control - Level Response or Maintenance, Floats, Gravitating Tanks, By pressure connection at liquid level)
215 back flow prevention by vacuum breaking. (Automatic Control - Line Condition Change Response)
214 high and low level responsive gas vents or whistles for diverse fluid containing pressure systems. (Automatic Control - Plural Condition Responses)
218 back flow preventing air vent in liquid line with coacting valve in liquid flow path. (Automatic Control - Plural Condition Responses)
220 line condition change responsive valves of the Larner-Johnson type. (Automatic Control - Line Condition Change Response)
223 tire filling chuck and stem type connectors. (Automatic Control - Plural Controls, One Condition Responsive)
224 pressure-responsive pressure-control means for tire inflation devices. (Automatic Control - Pump)
226 coaxial inflation and relief valves for tire inflation with pressure-responsive pressure-control means. (Automatic Control - Plural Condition Responses)
229 selectively connected gauge and inflow or relief passages in tire inflation devices. (Plural Valves)
230 stem attached relief valves for tires. (Automatic Control - Line Condition Change Response)
238 steam sterilizing. (Automatic Control - Temperature)
255 plural tanks or compartments with parallel flow. (Plural Valves)
270-270.5, for a convertible unit orientable in a single location between plural positions.
271 for convertible units interchangeable between alternate locations.
274 286+, 614+, and 616, valve actuators comprising movable flow pipes. (Manual Control, Resetting And Adjusting Devices - Flow Control or Valve Actuation)
285 299 and 300, serial valves in hydrants. (Plural Valves)
289 balanced valves in hydrants. (Plural Valves)
290 291+, and 298, hydrant valve actuators. (Manual Control, Resetting And Adjusting Devices - Flow Control or Valve Actuation)
297 hydrant casing with heater. (Automatic Control - Temperature)
301 hydrant protection against freezing. (Automatic Control - Temperature)
309 regenerative furnace type reversing valves. (Automatic Control - Combustion)
309 regenerative furnace type reversing valves. (Plural Valves)
310 regenerative furnace type reversing valves with cooling means. (Automatic Control - Temperature)
334 heating or cooling of fluid handling systems. (Automatic Control - Temperature)
334 heating, especially subclasses 335+, burner type. (Automatic Control - Combustion)
345 locomotive associated systems. (Automatic Control - Combustion)
344 heating, especially subclasses 335+ burner type.(Automatic Control - Boiler)
346 locomotive boiler or steam dome associated systems.(Automatic Control - Boiler)
386 liquid level responsive or maintaining systems.(Automatic Control - Boiler)
389 liquid level responsive systems with a second diverse control. (Automatic Control - Plural Condition Responses)
390 liquid level responsive systems with manual control. (Automatic Control - Plural Controls, One Condition Responsive)
391 control of both inflow and outflow of a tank by liquid level responsive means. (Automatic Control - Plural Condition Responses)
393 liquid level control or maintenance. (Automatic Control - Level Response or Maintenance, Floats, Gravitating Tanks, By pressure connection at liquid level)
396 for self-emptying tanks responsive to level of accumulated liquid. (Automatic Control - Periodic or Cyclic)
397 398+, 401, 404, and 409+, for float control in liquid level responsive or maintaining systems. (Automatic Control - Level Response or Maintenance, Floats, Gravitating Tanks, By floats)
399 low level safety cut-off of tank outflow. (Automatic Control - Safety cut-offs)
399 float operated low level safety cut-offs. (Manual Control, Resetting And Adjusting Devices - Cut-Offs with Resetting)
405 oil burner fuel overflow preventing safety cut-offs operated by accumulated fluid weight. (Manual Control, Resetting And Adjusting Devices - Cut-Offs with Resetting)
405 oil burner fuel overflow preventing safety cut-offs operated by weight of accumulated fuel. (Automatic Control - Combustion)
436 float arm operated valves with restrictors, e.g., silencers. (Automatic Control - Plural Controls, One Condition Responsive)
456 line condition change responsive safety cut-offs requiring resetting. (Manual Control, Resetting And Adjusting Devices - Cut-Offs with Resetting)
475 pop valve with adjustable choke (Automatic Control - Plural Controls, One Condition Responsive)
481 combustion engine induction type governor with manual modifier. (Automatic Control - Plural Controls, One Condition Responsive)
495 line condition responsive valves with a separate connected fluid reactor surface and manual or external control for the valve. (Automatic Control - Plural Controls, One Condition Responsive)
479 combustion engine induction type governors. (Automatic Control - Combustion)
457 safety cut-offs responding to thermal conditions and requiring resetting. (Automatic Control - Temperature)
458 and 459+, line condition change responsive valves of the safety cut-off type responding to velocity or rate of flow. (Automatic Control - Speed Responsive Control)
458 safety cut-offs responsive to both high and low pressure or velocity. (Automatic Control - Plural Condition Responses)
482 combustion engine induction type. (Automatic Control - Plural Condition Responses)
493 line condition change responsive valves of the bidirectional type governor with suction compensator. (Automatic Control - Plural Condition Responses)
456 line condition change responsive safety cut-off valves requiring resetting. (Automatic Control - Safety cut-offs)
455 line condition change responsive valves, especially 469+, pop valves. (Automatic Control - Boiler)
486 for pilot or servo-controlled valves responsive to change in rate of fluid flow. (Automatic Control - Speed Responsive Control)
497 for valves with separate connected fluid reactor surface responsive to change in rate of fluid flow. (Automatic Control - Speed Responsive Control)
468 line condition thermal change responsive valves. (Automatic Control - Temperature)
482 combustion engine induction type governor with suction compensator. (Automatic Control - atmospheric)
455 line condition change responsive valves. (Automatic Control - Line Condition Change Response)
506 and 512+, plural line condition change responsive valves. (Automatic Control - Plural Condition Responses)
522 for safety valves with testing means. (Automatic Control - Failure Responsive and Testing Devices)
524 for a valve (i.e., check valve, etc.) that directly responds to a change in line condition having a bias adjustment indicator.
530 for a reciprocating valve (i.e., check valve, etc.) that directly responds to a change in line condition having a bias fixed or adjusted by a cam.
531 for a reciprocating valve (i.e., check valve, etc.) that directly responds to a change in line condition having a bias fixed or adjusted by varying its lever.
533 position or extent of motion indicators for fluid handling apparatus. (Manual Control, Resetting And Adjusting Devices - Adjustment)
571 plural tanks or compartments connected for serial flow. (Plural Valves)
583 systems with plural openings, one a gas vent or access opening. (Plural Valves)
586 access opening interlock with outlet valve actuator. (Manual Control, Resetting And Adjusting Devices - Flow
Control or Valve Actuation)
595 601, 607, 609, 888+, and 896+, plural valves with common operator in plural flow paths, either separate or branching. (Plural Valves)
596 stop and waste systems. (Plural Valves)
598 hill holders for hydraulic brake lines. (Automatic Control - Plural Controls, One Condition Responsive)
606 and 861+, flow control means for plural flows in distribution systems. (Plural Valves)
613 distribution systems comprising a single flow path with plural serial valves and/or closures. (Plural Valves)
622 multiple valve type fluid distributors for plural chamber servo motors. (Plural Valves)
624.11 for timer controlled flow. (Manual Control, Resetting And Adjusting Devices - Flow Control or Valve Actuation)
624.22 for time cam-operated trips. (Manual Control, Resetting And Adjusting Devices - Cut-Offs with Resetting)
625 multiway valve units. (Plural Valves)
624.14 for self-cycling flows. (Automatic Control - Line Condition Change Response)
624.27 for line condition change responsive release of valve. (Automatic Control - Line Condition Change Response)
625.61 for variable orifice modulator for pilot valve of supply and exhaust valve. (Automatic Control - Plural Controls, One Condition Responsive)
624.13 for repeating cyclic control. (Automatic Control - Periodic or Cyclic)

REFERENCES TO OTHER CLASSES

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251, Valves and Valve Actuation, subclass 11 for heat motor actuators for valves. (Automatic Control - Temperature)
251, Valves and Valve Actuation, 16 for main line cut-off after flow period reset by operation of serial main valve. (Automatic Control - Safety cut-offs)
251, Valves and Valve Actuation, 12, for fluid actuated or retarded valves, especially subclasses 15+ for compulsory cut-off after flow period, and subclass 50 for line pressure connected chambers for retarding or timing valves. (Automatic Control - Line Condition Change Response)
251, Valves and Valve Actuation, subclass 11 for buoyancy motor actuators for valves. (Automatic Control - Level Response or Maintenance, Floats, Gravitating Tanks, By floats)
251, Valves and Valve Actuation, subclass 27 for servo failure responsive control of a fluid servo operated valve and 69, for electrical trip actuated valves with trip operation on failure of electric power. (Automatic Control - Failure Responsive and Testing Devices)
251, Valves and Valve Actuation, 16 for serial main line cut-off and manual valves, the cut-off operating after a predetermined flow and being reset only by closing the serial manual or mechanically operated valve; subclass 117 for valve and restrictors in parallel flow passages; subclasses 118+ for valves and serial restrictors; subclasses 129+ for valve actuators comprising plural solenoids, which may operate separate valves; and 281+ for balanced valves. (Plural Valves)
251, Valves and Valve Actuation; subclass 3, for pattern tracer controlled actuators; subclass 11, for heat or buoyancy motor actuators; subclass 12+, for fluid actuators or retarder.; subclass 64, for nonfluid retarder.; subclass 65, for permanent magnet actuators.; subclass 66, for biased trip actuators; subclass 75, for snap action actuators.; subclass 76, for impact type actuators; subclass 77+, for actuators with lost motion.; subclass 89, for means for holding an actuator in set position; subclass 128and 335, for seals for actuator connecting means; subclass 128and 291+, for detachable actuators; subclass 129+, for electrical actuators; subclass 149+and 149.8, for valves operated by conduit motion; subclass 213+, for mechanical movement actuators; subclass 289, for actuation from plural position.; subclass 290, for plural neutral positions of an actuator; subclass 293, for actuator extensions; subclass 294, for flexible actuators; subclass 295, for pedal actuators; subclass 339, for actuators extending through fluid flow path; subclass 340, for actuators surrounding flow pipes; subclass 341 and 349, for valve actuators wherein part of the valve body is movable. (Manual Control, Resetting And Adjusting Devices - Flow Control or Valve Actuation)
251, Valves and Valve Actuation, 15, for fluid actuated valves with compulsory cut-off after a flow period; 48+, for fluid retarders or timers for valves; subclasses 64+, for nonfluid retarders for valves; 66+, for biased trip valve actuation. (Manual Control, Resetting And Adjusting Devices - Cut-Offs with Resetting)
251, Valves and Valve Actuation, subclass 35 for a valve actuated or retarded by a fluid type servomotor having a choke passage that varies according valve position, subclass 42 for a fluid actuated or retarded valve having choke passage pressure type servomotor including an adjustable
opening limit for a main valve, subclass 60 for a fluid actuated or retarded valve having an adjustable limit stop, subclasses 84-88 for valve heads movable connected for accommodation to seat, subclasses 120-122 for a valve having a movable or resilient material guide or restrictor, subclass 233 for a valve having a variable leverage lever actuator that is adjustable during operation or subclass 234 for a valve having an adjustable leverage lever.
417, Pumps, for pumps, per se. For distinction of the line between Classes 137 and 417, see the class definition. (Automatic Control - Pump)

GLOSSARY:
SPECIAL TYPE CATEGORIES
Those comprising a group of related patents directed toward solving a problem in one specific field of activity, which have been classified on the basis of and under a title reflecting that activity rather than on a generalized basis. Examples of special type categories are 94, Fuel controlled by boiler or water system condition; 108, Pump unloader type (indented under Self-proportioning or correlating systems).
SYSTEM
A term applied to any apparatus of the class which comprises more than a single flow path and/or a single valve unit. It may include only an unvalved branched flow path or a single flow path having two or more valve units. In some instances subcombinations or elements having special utility in the combination and having no other classification have been included in the group of subclasses pertaining to the system, as subclasses 777-802, Expansible Chamber Devices.
VALVES AND VALVE ACTUATION
The term "valve unit," as used above, is applied to either a single or multiway valve. In the multiway type plural passages are controlled by valve means having plural flow closing areas or points, but the entire means is housed in a single casing or organized as a body or unit. Valve units as such are classified in subclasses 625+. The class also provides for some valve units under the special titles. Radiator vent check valves, Reversing cokes and valves, Flush or water closet valves, Drain valves, Float valves, Temperature operated cut-off valves, Safety valves, and certain analogous types. The class also takes valves combined with other structure, as the tire inflation type combined with or adapted for connection with inflation means and/or the inflatable article. Class 251, Valves and Valve Actuation provides for valves combined with certain actuators, particularly the fluid and electric motors and the more complex mechanical movement actuators.
The term "Valves" includes variable restrictors, which
frequently cannot be distinguished as claimed, and have been set apart only in certain subclasses having the term restrictor or choke in the title, as subclasses 436+, and 475+, primarily because of their special function as silencers. Closures are also frequently indistinguishable from valves, particularly as used and claimed in fluid handling systems. In some instances they have been classified with valves, as in subclasses 613+, Single flow path with plural serial valves and/or closures and Class 251, Valves and Valve Actuation, provides for restrictors or flow guides in subclasses 118.01+.

This subclass is indented under the class definition. Processes.
(1) Note. All patents containing method claims drawn to the method of operation of any of the systems or parts thereof involved in the class are included in this and the indented subclasses, but methods of making parts of the system are not included. They will be found in the subclass providing for the system or part.
(2) Note. This subclass includes, for example, methods of operation of speed regulators for prime movers, valves, fluid motors; methods of developing fluid pressures by series parallel combinations of pumps, tanks or pipes; methods for affecting fluid flow by using pipe sections of varying diameter or joined at critical angles, or by slugging.

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166, Wells, 244.1 for process of flowing or treating a well; and particularly subclasses 373+ for a method of operating a valve, closure, or changeable restrictor in a well wherein some significant manipulative step regarding the well is recited.
210, Liquid Purification or Separation, subclass 606, 631, 632, 639, 663+, 696+, 702+, and 749+ for a process comprising the step of adding a chemical to a liquid with treatment of the liquid.
222, Dispensing, subclass 1 for processes of dispensing.
399, Electrophotography, 237 for liquid developer applied to a latent image within an electrophotos:graphic device.
414, Material or Article Handling, 800 for a process of material or article handling.

This subclass is indented under subclass 1. Processes in which one or more conditions or characteristics of a fluent material are determined and used to control the system in such a manner as to cause delivery of controlled quantities of a fluent material at a part of the system.
(1) Note. See the main class definition, for collected search notes on automatic fluid handling devices of this and related classes.

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455 for line condition change responsive valves, and see the search notes to subclass 455.

This subclass is indented under subclass 2. Processes in which two or more fluent materials of different conditions or characteristics are mixed and the determined condition or characteristic may be taken from any or all the fluent materials and used to control the quantitative flow in any or all the branches or in the mixed channel.

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87.01 for self proportioning or correlating systems, especially subclasses 88+ for those involving mixture condition maintaining or sensing.

This subclass is indented under subclass 3. Processes in which the determined condition is the consistency of the mixture.

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92 for systems for mixture condition maintaining or sensing by viscosity or consistency.
467.5 for line consistency responsive flow controller.

This subclass is indented under subclass 3. Processes in which the determined condition is the conductivity of the mixture.

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93 for systems for maintaining or sensing a mixture condition by optical or chemical properties.

This subclass is indented under subclass 3. Processes in which the determined condition or characteristic is the heat of combustion of the mixture.

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90 for systems of mixture condition maintaining or sensing by temperature or heat content.

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431, Combustion, subclass 12 for a process of combustion involving the control or proportioning of burner feed.

This subclass is indented under subclass 3. Processes in which the determined condition or characteristic is a pressure.

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87.01 for self-correlating or proportioning flow systems controlled by the pressure in one or more flow lines or branches.

This subclass is indented under subclass 2. Processes in which one or more characteristics or conditions of a fluent material is determined and used to control the system in such a manner as to cause a uniform flow of a fluent material through a part of the system.

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494 particularly subclasses 505+ for pressure regulators having a separate connected reactor service.
517 for direct response condition change controlled valves of the pressure regulating type, and see the search notes to subclass 517.

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222, Dispensing, subclass 55 for dispensers which maintain a constant weight, volume or pressure by means controlled by the output.

This subclass is indented under subclass 2. Processes in which one or more conditions of a fluent material is determined and used to produce or control the flow of a fluent material at a part of the system, which flow is regulated by the condition or conditions sensed so as to vary proportionally therewith.
(1) Note. The flow in which the condition is sensed may be the controlled flow or a different flow.

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82 for pressure modulating relays or followers, per se.
98 for self-proportioning flow systems.
109 for self-controlled branched flow systems.

This subclass is indented under subclass 2. Processes in which the condition or characteristic determined is the speed of the fluent material of the system.

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497 for line condition responsive valves which are responsive to a change in the rate of fluid flow, and see the search notes to subclass 497.

This subclass is indented under subclass 2. Processes in which one or more conditions or characteristics of a fluent material is determined and used to control the flow of boiler feed water.

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94 for fuel control devices for boilers responsive to boiler or water system conditions.
156 for gas pressure discharge of liquid feed traps to boilers.
386 for liquid level responsive or maintaining systems.

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122, Liquid Heaters and Vaporizers, 451 for boiler feeders combined with boilers, and subclasses 412+ for boiler feed heaters.

This subclass is indented under subclass 2. Processes in which the condition or characteristic which is determined is a fluid pressure and the determination is used to cause delivery of controlled quantity of a fluent material at a part of the system.

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7 for processes of mixture control depending on pressure sensing.
455 for line condition change responsive valves, and see the search notes to subclass 455.

This subclass is indented under subclass 1. Processes for handling potable liquids which are impregnated with gas.

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154 for systems which contain, under pressure, a plurality of diverse type fluids, as gas and liquids, and especially 170.1+ for apparatus for controlling foam in handling such liquids, and 206+ for gas pressure storage over or displacement of liquids in such systems.

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222, Dispensing, subclass 1 for dispensing methods and subclasses 394 and 396 to 402 for apparatus for dispensing liquids under fluid (gas) pressure.
426, Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products, appropriate subclasses, especially 474+ for process involving gas-liquid contact including preparation of carbonated beverages.

This subclass is indented under subclass 1. Processes in which the flow of fluent material is facilitated by the addition of material which affects the flow characteristics of the fluent material, or by the application of heat or other forms of energy.

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3 for processes of mixing plural fluids with automatic control.
88 for automatic mixture condition maintaining by the addition of materials, etc.
334 for fluid handling means combined with heating means, and see the search notes thereto.
565.01 for distribution systems comprising pumps, and see the search notes thereto.
803 for a pure fluid device or system capable of performing the process of this subclass (13).

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208, Mineral Oils: Processes and Products, subclass 370 for miscellaneous treatments of mineral oils during transportation.
507, Earth Boring, Well Treating, and Oil Field Chemistry, subclass 90 for compositions for preventing contaminant deposits in petroleum oil conduits and methods of preventing such deposits involving no significant manipulative steps.
516, Colloid Systems and Wetting Agents; Subcombinations Thereof; Processes of Making, Stabilizing, Breaking, or Inhibiting, appropriate subclasses for subject matter relating to: colloid systems (such as sols*, emulsions, dispersions, foams, aerosols, smokes, gels, or pastes) or wetting agents (such as leveling, penetrating, or spreading); subcombination compositions of colloid systems containing at least an agent specialized and designed for or peculiar to use in making or stabilizing colloid systems; compositions and subcombination compositions specialized and designed for or peculiar to use in breaking (resolving) or inhibiting colloid systems; processes of making the compositions or systems of the class; processes of breaking (resolving) or inhibiting colloid systems; in each instance, when generically claimed or when there is no hierarchically superior provision in the USPC for the specifically claimed art.
520, Synthetic Resins or Natural Rubbers, appropriate subclasses, particularly Class 523, subclass 175 for a composition containing a synthetic resin or natural rubber having utility related to improving drag reduction formation or systems which are effective for reducing the dynamic drag of a turbulent fluid in contact with a surface or to processes of preparing said composition.

This subclass is indented under subclass 1. Processes in which the pressure of the fluent material is reduced for the purpose of facilitating handling of the material or avoiding damage to the equipment, or equalized with the pressure in another part of the system or a container to facilitate transfer of the fluent material or of control thereof, or regulated to maintain the pressure of the fluent material at a desired value.

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7 for processes of mixing fluids automatically controlled by pressure.
12 for processes for controlling the flow of material by sensing the pressure thereof.

Cleaning, repairing, or assembling:
This subclass is indented under subclass 1. Subject matter wherein the method comprises the removal of undesirable material from the system, restoration of the system or its component to a sound condition, or connecting together various components of the system. [figure] [caption] [figure] [caption] [figure] [caption]Figures 1, 2, and 3: A typical example of the subject matter showing various steps of assembling and mounting a faucet structure. A - Sink deck; B - Valve stem; C - Nut; D - Protective shield; E - Groove; F - "C" clip; G - Spout tube; H - Spout bolt; J - Clamping screw; K - Wrench; L - Draw spout.

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237-246.23, With cleaner, lubrication added to fluid or liquid sealing at a valve interface.
315.01-329.4, for a fluid handling system with repair, tapping or assembly means.

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29, Metal Working, subclasses 402.01-402.21 for a method of mechanical repair.
166, Wells, subclass 277 for a process of repairing an object in a well, subclasses 311-312 for a process of cleaning or unloading a well or subclasses 378-380 for a process of assembling a well part.

Repairing or assembling hydrant (e.g., fireplug, etc.):
This subclass is indented under subclass 15.01. Subject matter wherein the process of repairing or assembling is directed to a system having a discharge pipe including a valve and a spout, at which water may be drawn from a water main or water system. [figure] [caption]Figure 1: A typical example of the subject matter. A - Fire hydrant; B - Nozzle; C - Cap; D - Jet of water; E - Nozzle expander bolted to "B" by bolts "F"; F - Bolts; G - Shutoff valve; H - Flange; J - Bolts secure to "E" and "G".

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236.1 for a fluid handling distribution system involving a geographic feature.
272-308, for a hydrant type.

Gas or water meter repairing or assembling:
This subclass is indented under subclass 15.01. Subject matter wherein the process of repairing or assembling is directed to an instrument for measuring and recording the quantity of combustible mixture used for commercial or industrial heating or for measuring and recording the quantity of water supplied for commercial or domestic use. [figure] [caption]A typical example of the subject matter. Figure 1: A - Gas meter; B - Outlet gas supply; C - Control valve; D - Regulator; E - Riser nipple; F - Relief valve. [figure] [caption]Figure 2: A - Water meter; B - Backflow prevention valve; C - Meter pit; D - Coaxial fitting; E - Fluid conduit; F - Flow control valve; G - Fittings to facilitate meter mounting.

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364-371, for a static ground supported valve or meter well.

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138, Pipes and Tubular Conduits, subclasses 97-99 for repairing of a pipe or tubular conduit.

Fluid cleaning or flushing:
This subclass is indented under subclass 15.01. Subject matter wherein the process of comprises injecting a pressurized gas, liquid, or a mixture of flowable solid and liquid through the system to eliminate or wash out the material from the system.
(1) Note. The liquid may contain a solid particle. [figure] [caption]Figure 1: A typical example of the subject matter. A - Storage tank; B - Oil; C - Sludge (unwanted material); D - Tank roof; E - Loading valve; F - Riser; G - Pump hose (pressuirzed cleaning fluid); H - Bottom hose; J - Main valve.

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238-245.5, for a fluid handling system with a cleaning or steam sterilizing means.

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15, Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning, subclass 246.5 for a brushing, scrubbing, or general cleaning implement,
device, or machine attached to a tank.

Liquid cleaning or flushing:
This subclass is indented under subclass 15.04. Subject matter wherein the process of washing out or eliminating the undesirable material from the system is accomplished by use of a desirable material which is a fluid that is not in gaseous form. [figure] [caption]Figure 1: A typical example of the subject matter. Brake cylinder "A" is filled with brake liquid "B". Inlet valve "C" is provided for introduction of new brake liquid. The outlet valve "D" is for removal of spent brake liquid due to purging.

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134, Cleaning and Liquid Contact with Solids, subclass 22.12 for a process of cleaning the internal surface of a pipe, tubing, hose, or conduit with pressurized fluid or fluid manipulation, or subclass 40 for a process of removing oil, grease, tar, or wax by dissolving.

Valve or valve seat cleaning:
This subclass is indented under subclass 15.05. Subject matter wherein the flushing liquid is being passed through the body of a flow regulating device or around the circular ring or annular sealing surface used for resting or supporting the head of the device. [figure] [caption]Figure 1: A typical example of the subject matter. A - Seat assembly; B - Valve seat; C - Replaceable gasket; D - Represents washing fluid being flushed; E, F - Path of washing fluid through slots of gasket.

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246-246.23, for a fluid handling system with liquid supplied at a valve interface for sealing.

Mechanical cleaning (e.g., pig, etc.):
This subclass is indented under subclass 15.01. Subject matter comprising an internally movable element consisting of a brush, scraper, inflatable ring, or similar means used for removing undesirable material from the system.
(1) Note. The pig is an in-line scraper, brush, blade, cutter, or swab forced through a pipeline by fluid pressure to remove undesirable material. [figure] [caption]Figure 1: A typical example of the subject matter. A - Cleaning tool to clean "B" of "B1"; B - Axial bore; B1 - Manifold body; C - Manifold flange; D - Manifold opening for "E"; E - Mounting bolt; F, G, H, J, K, L - Cleaning tool assembly; M - Cleaning member with sharp edge.

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15, Brushing, Scrubbing, or General Cleaning, subclasses 3.5-3.52 for a machine with means to pass a solid cleaning agent and a fluid carrier through tubular work or subclasses 104.03-104.33 for a pipe, tube, or conduit cleaning implement, especially subclasses 104.05-104.33 for an implement to clean inside a pipe, tube, or conduit.
138, Pipes and Tubular Products, subclass 93 for a pipe or conduit with an inflatable closure or plug.

Repairing, securing, replacing, or servicing pipe, joint, valve, or tank:
This subclass is indented under subclass 15.01. Subject matter wherein the process is directed to a tubular product, coupling, a flow regulating device, or a container or receptacle. [figure] [caption]Figures 1and 2: A typical example of the subject matter. A - Supply main; B - Pipe saddle; C - Pipe conduit; D - Coupling; E - Flange adaptor; F - Coupled assembly; G - Standard tool; H - Control valve.

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138, Pipes and Tubular Conduits, subclasses 97-99 for repairing of a pipe or tubular conduit.
251, Valves and Valve Actuation, subclass 152 for a correlated flow line having a pipe coupling or union where a valve seat and coupling element is removable as a unit.
285, Pipe Joints or Couplings, subclasses 18-40 for a pipe joint or coupling with assembly means or feature.

Including joint or coupling:
This subclass is indented under subclass 15.08. Subject matter wherein the significance is attributed to a union
formed by two abutting pipes or ducts, an area at which two ends or edges of the pipe or duct are attached, or a device that serves to connect the ends of adjacent parts of a pipe or duct. [figure] [caption]A typical example of the subject matter. Figure 1: COUPLING: A, B - Flanges; C - Gasket; D - Band; E, F - Welds; G - Seat; H, J - Sealing nuts; K - Bolt. [figure] [caption]Figure 2: PIPE JOINT: A - Pipe Joint; B, C - Pipe; D - Internal shelf; E - Connector; F - Fitting.

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29, Metal Working, subclasses 509-513 for a method of assembling by deforming a part over an edge of a seated part or subclasses 525.01-525.15 for assembling or joining by applying separate fastener.
285, Pipe Joints or Couplings, subclasses 15-17 having repairing means, subclasses 18-40 with or having means to assemble or disassemble, or subclasses 363-368 for a flanged pipe joint having a packing.
403, Joints and Connections, subclasses 11-22 for a protector or broken part retainer with repair, assembly, or disassembly feature.
405, Hydraulics and Earth Engineering, subclasses 169-170 for assembling a line of pipe or cable in or from a marine environment.

This subclass is indented under the class definition. Apparatus comprising intake means described for use in an ambient gaseous medium to gather a portion of that medium, said incoming medium moving at a relatively high speed with respect to the intake means, said intake means comprising a flow passage for the incoming medium, said flow passage disclosed as having at least (1), a portion which converges in the direction of flow or (2), a portion which diverges in the direction of flow or (3), an enlarged portion downstream of the intake end.
(1) Note. Many of the patents herein disclose the intake means as being used to convert a portion of the kinetic energy of the incoming gas into static pressure energy.
(2) Note. A claim to merely recite the wall structure of a tubular member, or to a mere tubular member with a restricting or baffle means for facilitating or restricting flow of fluid is classifiable in Class 138, Pipes and Tubular Conduits. For classification in Class 137, some additional fluid handling features must be claimed. See the reference to Class 137 under "SEARCH CLASS" in the definition of
subclass 37 in Class 138.
(3) Note. A claim with a nominal recitation of the apparatus to which the incoming gaseous medium is being delivered, (e.g., jet engine, pump), in combination with the intake means, does not preclude classification in Class 137.

Detecting or repairing leak:
This subclass is indented under subclass 15.08. Subject matter wherein the significance is attributed to discovering or determining presence or existence of a crack, crevice, or hole that usually by wear and tear or mishap allows gas or liquid to escape, and restoring to a sound condition by patching, applying, or injecting a liquid, semi-liquid, or semi-solid material to prevent gas or liquid entry to or loss from a pipe, duct, container, or valving system. [figure] [caption]A typical example of the subject matter. Figure 1: INJECTING SEALANT: A - Leak repair clamp; B - Pipe line; C - Cavity for receiving sealant; D - Passageway for sealant injection; E - Stopper plug. [figure] [caption]Figure 2: FLEXIBLE PATCH: A - Sealing leak; B - Pipe; C - Sealing patch.

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312-314, for leakage or drip collecting.

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29, Metal Working, subclasses 402.09-402.17 for a method of repairing by attaching a repair preform (e.g., remaking, restoring, patching, etc.).
73, Measuring and Testing, subclasses 40-49.3 using fluid pressure to test or determine a leak.
228, Metal Fusion Bonding, subclass 119 for a process of repairing, restoring, or renewing a product for reuse.
285, Pipe Joints and Couplings, subclasses 13-14 for leakage or drip disposal including weep holes.

Tapping pipe, keg, or tank:
This subclass is indented under subclass 15.08. Subject matter wherein the significance is attributed to piercing an aperture or removing a plug from a tubular product, a small cask or barrel, or a container or receptacle used for
transporting, holding, or storing a gas or liquid. [figure] [caption]Figure 1: A typical example of the subject matter. A - Concrete tube or pipe; B - Tensioned wires; C - Cement coating; D - Sealing gland; E - Shell cutter; F - Film (auxiliary coating); G - Saddle; H - Straps; J - Saddle neck; K - Gasket; L - Tightening bolts; M - Grout; N - Valve casing; P - Valve; Q - Adapter for tapping machine; R - Tapping machine; S - Conduit for fluid under pressure; T - Cutting machine shaft; V - Centering drill.

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317-325, for an apparatus for tapping a pipe, keg or apertured tank under pressure.

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29, Metal Working, subclasses 522.1-524.1 for a method of assembly or joining by deforming a radially expanding part in a cavity, aperture, or hollow body or subclasses 890.14-890.15 for a method of making a specific gas or water plumbing component.
138, Pipes and Tubular Products, subclasses 94-94.5 for a laterally insertable closure or plug.

Particular aperture forming means:
This subclass is indented under subclass 15.12. Subject matter wherein the significance is attributed to creating a hole, gap, indentation, or a narrow, deep opening. [figure] [caption]Figure 1: A typical example of the subject matter. A - Nipple (outer end); B - Exterior threads; C - Enlarged outer end portion; D - Perforating tool; E - Exterior taper; F Main pipe; G - Allen wrench; H - Passageway; J - Valve.

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318 for an apparatus for tapping a pipe, keg, or apertured tank under pressure with aperture forming means.

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83, Cutting, subclass 54 for a process of cutting the wall of a hollow work in general.
408, Cutting by Use of Rotating Axially Moving Tool, subclasses 22-30 combined with diverse cutting means, subclass 704 for drilling small holes, or subclass 705 for drilling deep holes.

Cutter or cutting tool:
This subclass is indented under subclass 15.13. Subject matter comprising a shearing device to remove a portion of the pipe or keg to provide an aperture. [figure] [caption]Figure 1: A typical example of the subject matter. A - Cutter assembly; B - Piston; C - Recess; D - Bushing; E - Resilient ring; F - Cutter; G - Tubular insert; H - Annular ring; J - Pipe wall; K - Cut portion (coupon); L - Allen wrench; M - Piston movement.

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83, Cutting, subclass 30 for a process of puncturing or subclass 54 for a process of cutting a wall of hollow work.
222, Dispensing, subclasses 81-90 for a cutter or punch to form a dispensing opening in a container.
228, Metal Fusion Bonding, subclass 171 for a process of producing opposed complementary matching bonding surfaces by cutting prior to bonding.
408, Cutting by Use of Rotating Axially Moving Tool, subclasses 87-102 for a cutting tool in combination with a tool-opposing, work-engaging surface.

Having deformable or inflatable means:
This subclass is indented under subclass 15.13. Subject matter wherein the method of forming an aperture further includes sealing by use of an abnormally expandable bladder, compressible stopper, or similar resilient member. [figure] [caption]Figure 1: A typical example of the subject matter. A - Pipe main; B - Resilient plug (inflatable); C - Inner rod; D - Saddle; E - Opening in pipe; F - Pipe plug; G - Stopper rod; H - Intermediate rod; J - U-bolt; K - Service tree.

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138, Pipes and Tubular Conduits, subclasses 89.1-89.2 for an inflation stem type air and dust cap, subclass 89.3 for an inflation stem type air cap, subclass 89.4 for an inflation stem type dust cap, subclass 93 for an inflatable closure or plug, subclasses 94-94.5 for a laterally insertable closure or plug, or subclasses 97-99 for repairing a pipe or tubular conduit.

With content loading or unloading (e.g., dispensing, discharge assistant, etc.):
This subclass is indented under subclass 15.08. Subject matter comprising a method of filling the pipeline or tank with a substance or material or removing a substance or material from a pipeline or tank. [figure] [caption]Figure 1: A typical example of the subject matter. A - Vessel; B - Viscous material; C - Gear pump; D - Drain opening; E - Boss; F - Valve body; G - Flange connection; H - Side outlet; J - Piston; K - Actuator; L - Hose; M - Container; N - Solenoid valve.

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587-588, for a fluid handling system having a tank that includes a gas vent and a liquid inlet or outlet.

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141, Fluent Material Handling, With Receiver or Receiver Coacting Means, subclasses 2-3 for a process of filling a dispenser or subclasses 5-7 for a process of manipulating gas within the receiver and filling with fluent nongaseous materials, especially subclass 7 for a process of evacuation of a container.
222, Dispensing, subclasses 321.1-321.9 with discharge assistant (e.g., impeller, pump, conveyer, movable trap chamber, etc.), a movable nozzle interconnected with it and a material supply container and discharge assistant casing.

Specific valve or valve element mounting or repairing:
This subclass is indented under subclass 15.08. Subject matter wherein the significance is attributed to the process of installing, replacing, or servicing a flow regulating device or its component. [figure] [caption]Figure 1: A typical example of the subject matter. A - Valve assembly; B - Interior wall; C - Distribution pipe; D - Tank; E - Tank inlet; F - Main valve; G - Water inlet line; H - Flexible tube; J - Fittings.

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15.18-15.26, for a process of assembling, disassembling, or repairing a valve or valve member.

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29, Metal Working, subclasses 213.1-221.6 for assembly or disassembly means for applying or removing a valve, subclass
890.121 for a method of repairing, converting, servicing, or salvaging a valve or choke, or subclasses 890.124-890.131 for a method of assembly, disassembly, or composite valve or choke making.

Valve or valve element assembling, disassembling, or repairing:
This subclass is indented under subclass 15.01. Subject matter wherein the significance is attributed to the process of installing, replacing, or securing a flow regulating device or its component. [figure] [caption]Figure 1: A typical example of the subject matter. A - Valve body; B - Inlet port; C - Outlet port; D - Flanges; E - Valve chamber; F - Seat sections; G - Valve body portion; H - Hanger surface; J - Hanger recess; K - Clapper; L - Annular ring; M- Spherical segment; N - Annular recess; P - Clapper pin; Q - Bushing.

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15.17 for a process having a particular repairing or mounting feature for the valve or valve member.
329.01-329.06, for repair by means where a valve head or seat is replaceable or having an unworn surface movable into operative position.

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29, Metal Working, subclasses 213.1-221.6 for assembly or disassembly means for applying or removing a valve, subclass 890.121 for a method of repairing, converting, servicing, or salvaging a valve or choke, or subclasses 890.124-890.131 for a method of assembly, disassembly, or composite valve or choke making.

Fluid actuated or retarded:
This subclass is indented under subclass 15.18. Subject matter wherein the significance is attributed to the opening or closing movement of the valve and is produced by the relative force of a gas, liquid, or a mixture of a solid and liquid. [figure] [caption]Figure 1: A typical example of the subject matter. A - Control valve; B - Valve stem; C, D, E, F - Lever and link mechanism; G - Piston; H - Servomechanism; J - Actuator; K - Manifold to control actuator.

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601.13 for systems dividing into parallel flow lines then recombining having a fluid actuated or retarded valve.

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251, Valves and Valve Actuation, subclasses 12-63.6 for a fluid actuated or retarded valve actuating means or subclass 175 for means to increase head and seat contact by fluid pressure.

This subclass is indented under subclass 15.1. Apparatus having means sensing a condition of the ambient medium, or of the medium flowing through the intake means, said sensing means controlling operation of a control means for the medium flowing through the intake means, or for a separate fluid.

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601.13 for systems dividing into parallel flow lines then recombining having a fluid actuated or retarded valve.

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251, Valves and Valve Actuation, subclasses 12-63.6 for a fluid actuated or retarded valve actuating means or subclass 175 for means to increase head and seat contact by fluid pressure.

Multi way valve:
This subclass is indented under subclass 15.18. Subject matter wherein the valve regulates or controls a plurality of flow lines. [figure] [caption]Figure 1: A typical example of the subject matter. A - Valve body; B - Valve cage; C - Valve plug; D - Valve stem; E - Bonnet; F, G - Valve ports; H - Central boss; J - Valve body bridge; K, L - Side ports; M - Bottom port.

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315.09 for a fluid handling system with means for assembling or disassembling a multi way valve device.
625-625.5, for a multi way valve unit.

Ball valve or rotary ball valve:
This subclass is indented under subclass 15.18. Subject matter wherein the significance is attributed to a valve comprising a recriprocating spherical element, a pivoting spherical element, or a housing having a flow passage therethrough with a valve seat, and a spherical head that contacts the seat and can be rotated about an axis passing generally through its geometrical center by actuating means. [figure] [caption]Figure 1: A typical example of the subject matter. A - Valve seat; B - Upper valve seat; C - Lower valve seat; D - Packings; E, F - Retainers; G, H -Bearing packings; J - Valve box; K - Valve rod; L - Packing gland; M - Gland screw; N - Ball handle; P - Cap nut; Q - Lock nut; R, S, T - Fluid passages.

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315.18-315.21, for a rotary ball valve with assembling or disassembling.

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251, Valves and Valve Actuation, subclasses 315.1-315.15 for housing construction for a ball valve.

Gate valve:
This subclass is indented under subclass 15.18. Subject matter wherein the significance is attributed to a valve comprising essentially a wedge-shaped or flat sliding plate that can be lowered into a seat or raised to regulate fluid flow. [figure] [caption]Figure 1: A typical example of the subject matter. A - Gate valve; B - Valve body; C - Passageway; D -Valve gate; E - Valve seats; F - Valve stem; G - Valve yoke; H - Valve handle.

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315.29-315.32, for a reciprocating gate valve with assembling or disassembling means.
625.45 for system shaving a multi way valve unit that uses a pivoted gate valve unit.
625.49 for systems having a multi way valve unit that uses a reciprocating combined disk or plug for closing one port and a gate or piston valve for closing another port.

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251, Valves and Valve Actuation, subclass 300 for a pivoted terminal gate valve, subclasses 301-302 for a pivoted gate valve, or subclasses 326-329 for a reciprocating gate valve.

Plug valve:
This subclass is indented under subclass 15.18. Subject matter wherein the significance is attributed to a valve comprising a cock with a conical or cylindrical piece which is being turned to regulate the flow. [figure] [caption]Figure 1: A typical example of the subject matter. A - Valve assembly; B, C - Inlet and outlet in axial alignment with each other; D - Cylindrical plug assembly with valve assembly "A"; E - Upper actuating portion of plug "D"; F - Lower actuating portion of plug "D"; G, H - Sealing grooves for plug "D"; J - Plug valve handle; K - Valve support surface.

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315.25-315.26, for a plug valve with means to assemble or disassemble.

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251, Valves and Valve Actuation, subclasses 309-312 for a rotary plug valve or subclass 904 for a snap-fit plug valve.

Butterfly valve:
This subclass is indented under subclass 15.18. Subject matter wherein significance is attributed to a valve comprising a substantially flat and coplaner wings depending from a central axis of rotation. [figure] [caption]Figure 1: A typical example of the subject matter. A - Throttle valve shaft; B - Cylindrical bosses; C - Throttle valve disk; D - Spring retainer and lever; E - Holes to receive bosses "B".

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315.22-315.24, for a butterfly valve with assembly or disassembly means.
601.17 for systems dividing into parallel flow lines then recombining including a butterfly valve.

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29, Metal Working, subclasses 890.124-890.131 for valve making in general with assembly, disassembly, or composite article making.
454, Ventilation, subclasses 333-336 for an adjustable damper type valve; subclass 369 for a fire damper in general.

Float valve:
This subclass is indented under subclass 15.18. Subject matter wherein the significance is attributed to a valve comprising a hollow, buoyant element, usually attached at the end of a lever, providing positive buoyancy while resting on the fluid surface. [figure] [caption]Figure 1: A typical example of the subject matter. A - Tank; B - Water level; C - Standpipe; D - Ballcock valve; E - Lever arm; F - Float; G - Port; H - Fill tube. Note: Valve "D" operates such that downward articulation of lever arm "E" causes valve "D" to open so that water can communicate between port "G" and the fill tube "H".

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165-168, for a float responsive to liquid in a trap (e.g., boiler, etc.) to control gas pressure within the trap.
315.08 for a fluid handling system combined with means to assemble or disassemble a float or float valve.
409-451, for a liquid level responsive or maintaining system by a float controlled valve.

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73, Measuring and Testing, subclass 322.5 for a float structure.
119, Animal Husbandry, subclasses 78-80 for a watering or liquid feed device with a float-controlled supply.
340, Communications: Electrical, subclasses 623-625 for a liquid level responsive indicating system using a float sensor.

This subclass is indented under the class definition. Apparatus wherein a flow of fluid is controlled in response
to (1) the shifting of the position of the system as a whole relative to gravitational field or to a body of liquid in which the system exists or (2) the inertia or dislocation of the system as a whole.
(1) Note. Systems which are controlled by overflow pipes or arrangements are excluded from this and indented subclasses and are classified on a basis appropriate to the system claimed.

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53 for systems wherein the control is in response to the inertia or position of a speed responsive element (e.g., fly ball governors).
581 for distribution systems comprising a movable tank.

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184, Lubrication, subclass 26 for lubricating pumps operated by the vibration of a machine.
220, Receptacles, 203.19 for a receptacle closure comprising a pressure responsive vent or valve which is also responsive to tilting of the receptacle.
222, Dispensing, 160 for movably mounted supply containers for dispensers; subclasses 454+ for dispensers which have a trap which is filled and emptied solely by the tilting motion of the assembly, and subclasses 500+ for dispensers having gravity or inertia operated outlet elements.
364, Electrical Computers and Data Processing Systems, subclass 528.16 for control of fluid level or volume, and subclasses 528.17+ for flow control.
399, Electrophotography, 237 for liquid developer applied to a latent image within an electrophotos:graphic device.
417, Pumps, 231 for pumps operated by a vehicle.

This subclass is indented under subclass 38. Apparatus which includes, in addition to the control responsive to the position or inertia of the system as a whole, a second means for operating the control means.
(1) Note. The second control may be manual or operated in response to some other condition, such as pressure, temperature, etc.
(2) Note. This subclass also provides for systems including means to neutralize or overcome the effect of a change of position on a second flow control.
(3) Note. See the class definition, section 3, for search notes on combined automatic and manual control of fluid handling systems.

This subclass is indented under subclass 38. Apparatus wherein the flow is controlled in response to the position of the system as a whole relative to a body of water in which the system is located.
(1) Note. To be classifiable in this or indented subclass the apparatus must include some means for sensing the position of the system relative to the body of water.
(2) Note. Marine governors operated in response to the shifting of the position of the system relative to gravity (due to ocean wave motion for example) but which do not include means for sensing the position of the system relative the water are found in other subclasses of this group.

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146 for the plunge or immersion starting of siphons.

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440, Marine Propulsion, subclass 74 for marine propulsion screw type propellers combined with propeller brakes to prevent racing of the propeller.

This subclass is indented under subclass 40. Apparatus which includes a float means for sensing the position of the system relative the body of water in which the system exists.

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386 and Notes thereto for other float controlled apparatus.

This subclass is indented under subclass 40. Apparatus which includes means to sense the pressure or head of the body of water in which the system exists.

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403 for liquid level responsive or maintaining systems in which the level is determined by head or pressure.

This subclass is indented under subclass 38. Apparatus including means to close or open a vent opening on a container when the position of the container is varied, e.g., when the container is tipped.

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583 for distribution systems having plural flow passages, one of which is a gas vent, and see the search notes to subclass 583.

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222, Dispensing, subclass 500 for gravity or inertia actuated outlet elements for dispensers.
429, Chemistry: Electrical Current Producing Apparatus, Product, and Process, 84 for vents combined with battery structure and battery vents, per se, of the nonspill type.

This subclass is indented under subclass 38. Apparatus wherein the control is effected by a change in a level of a liquid.

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40 where the control is in response to a change or shift in the level of a body of water in which the system is located relative to the system.
45 for similar devices in which a liquid is employed as a shifting weight in combination with a pendulum or swinging member.
386 for liquid level responsive systems which are not inertia controlled.

This subclass is indented under subclass 38. Apparatus wherein the flow is controlled by means of a pendulum or other pivoted member swinging about its pivot in response to a change of position of the system or to the inertia of the system.

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33, Geometrical Instruments, 391 for pendulum type levels or plumbs.

This subclass is indented under subclass 45. Apparatus in which the pendulum or pivoted member controls the application of another source of power for operating the control instead of by acting directly through a mechanical connection.

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251, Valves and Valve Actuation, 25 for fluid servo or pilot operated valves, and see the search notes to subclass 25.

This subclass is indented under the class definition. Systems including the combination of a valve or valves and an actuator therefor, the actuator including a driven means which changes its position or produces a regulating pressure which varies in accordance with the speed at which it is driven.
(1) Note. The driven means may comprise one or more governors.

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73, Measuring and Testing, 488 for a speed responsive device, per se.
116, Signals and Indicators, 37 and 57 for vehicle speed responsive indicators and subclasses 200+ for speed limit indicators.
364, Electrical Computers and Data Processing Systems, 528.17 for flow control including valve or pump control, and subclasses 528.36 and 528.39 for pressure and speed contro, respectively.
399, Electrophotography, 237 for liquid developer applied to a latent image within an electrophotos:graphic device.

This subclass is indented under subclass 47. Control systems wherein the driven means changes its position in accordance with the rate of change of speed at which it is driven.

This subclass is indented under subclass 47. Control systems including additional means whereby the valve or valves may be manually operated.
(1) Note. Manually operated means to modify the response setting of the speed responsive means or to reset the trip latch, are not deemed to constitute a manual control within the definition of this subclass. However, if the manual reset means also actuates the valve or valves, the device would be considered as being manually operated for classification herein. See the class definition, section 3, for search notes on combined automatic and manual control means for fluid handling systems, and Section 5, for a listing of manual control, resetting and adjusting devices in this class.
(2) Note. The term "manual" as used herein includes both hand and foot actuated means.
(3) Note. This subclass includes manual valve actuating means in which a speed responsive device become effective at a predetermined speed of the engine or vehicle, either (1) to disconnect the mechanical movement of the manual actuator, and in some instances also to operate a trip mechanism to permit a biasing means to close the valve, or (2) to act as a limit stop to prevent further valve opening by the manual actuator.

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57 for excess speed responsive control, and see the search notes thereto.

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73, Measuring and Testing, subclass 513 for a speed responsive device combined with manual control.

This subclass is indented under subclass 47. Control systems wherein the driven means is operable to vary the extent of opening of the valve or valves in response to changes in speed and to effect closing of the valve or valves in response to a speed above a predetermined speed.
(1) Note. The driven means may comprise one or more governors which may control a single valve or a plurality of valves.

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57 for excess speed responsive valve control of the centrifugal mass type, and see the search notes thereto.

This subclass is indented under subclass 47. Control systems including additional means responsive to another operating condition which may actuate the same valve which is actuated by the speed responsive means, or another valve.

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73, Measuring and Testing, subclass 509 for a speed responsive device that is also responsive to a nonspeed condition.

This subclass is indented under subclass 51. Control systems wherein the additional condition responsive means comprises a control device responsive to the breaking or failure of the driving means for the speed responsive governor to effect
closing or substantial closing of a valve.
(1) Note. The valve which is closed or substantially closed on failure of the driving means may be the valve controlled by the speed responsive governor or another valve.

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73, Measuring and Testing, subclass 508 for a governor having drive failure responsive means.
251, Valves and Valve Actuation, subclass 27 for fluid pressure servo operated valves having means to close the valve on failure of the servo means, and subclass 69 for biased trip valves having the trip actuated on failure of the electric power.

This subclass is indented under subclass 47. Control systems wherein the speed responsive means comprises a rotating or revolving weight or weights, the position assumed by such weight or weights due to centrifugal force varying as a function of the speed at which they are rotated or revolved.

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73, Measuring and Testing, 535 for a centrifugal type speed responsive device, per se.

This subclass is indented under subclass 53. Control systems wherein two or more valves are provided, at least one of said valves being actuated by the speed responsive means.
(1) Note. See the class definition, section 3, for search notes on plural automatic valves in this and related classes.

This subclass is indented under subclass 53. Control systems wherein the valves or valve are periodically and continually opened and closed, the governor being effective to vary the
period and/or the extent of opening.
(1) Note. The valves are usually disclosed for use in a reciprocating type of expansible chamber motor, the valves being periodically actuated for admitting motive fluid to the power cylinder and the governor varies the quantity of motive fluid in accordance with the motor speed.

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631 for nonautomatic cyclically operated valves, and see the search notes to subclass 631.

This subclass is indented under subclass 53. Control systems wherein the speed responsive means and the valve or valves are combined to comprise a continuously rotating construction.

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55 for valves connected with a speed responsive governor to rotate therewith in order to periodically open and close the valve, the governor producing an axial motion of the valve to control the period and/or extent of valve openings.

This subclass is indented under subclass 53. Control systems wherein the speed responsive means is effective to actuate the valve or valves only at speeds above a predetermined speed.

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50 for speed change and excess speed valve control.
456 for safety cut-offs of general utility which respond to line condition and require resetting.

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116, Signals and Indicators, subclass 57 and 62.1+ for vehicle speed limit indicators and alarms.

This subclass is indented under subclass 53. Control systems wherein the speed responsive means transmits its regulating motion to the valve or valves by means of a fluid type servo-motor mechanism.

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91, Motors: Expansible Chamber Type, subclass 366 and 458 for speed governor operated expansible chamber motors.
251, Valves and Valve Actuation, 25 for fluid pressure actuated valves of the pilot or servo-motor type, and see the search notes to subclass 25.
418, Rotary Expansible Chamber Devices, 40 for speed controlled rotary expansible chamber devices.

This subclass is indented under the class definition. Apparatus which includes means which senses the existence of conditions which would cause the freezing of liquid within the system and in response thereto exercises a control to protect the liquid from freezing or to safeguard the system as a whole from the effects of freezing of a part thereof.

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72 for valves controlled by heat destructible or fusible means.
79 for devices responsive to atmospheric temperature not amounting to a freeze condition.
107 for apparatus wherein a waste valve opens in response to the stopping of flow through the line, disclosed as preventing freezing.
118.01 for branched flow systems responsive to temperature of the system.
301 for hydrants with means to prevent freezing.
457 for safety cut-offs requiring reset and responsive to thermal conditions in a fluid line.
468 for other valves controlled in response to thermal conditions in a fluid line.

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62, Refrigeration, 132 for condition sensing controls for a refrigeration system, particularly subclasses 139+ for control by accumulation on a freezing surface.
123, Internal-Combustion Engines, subclass 41.14, 41.15, 41.42, 41.5, and 142.5 for devices for protecting the cooling systems of internal combustion engines against cold.
138, Pipes and Tubular Conduits, 27 for freeze protecting pressure compensators, and subclasses 32+ for freeze protection for pipes and tubular conduits.
236, Automatic Temperature and Humidity Regulation, appropriate subclasses.
237, Heating Systems, subclass 80 for heating radiators having means for preventing freezing.

This subclass is indented under subclass 59. Apparatus which includes means to protect the liquid from freezing by responding to the freezing of the liquid in a chamber.
(1) Note. The freeze chamber may be in the main flow line or may be an auxiliary control chamber which is more exposed to the low temperature.

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67 for frangible control elements not responsive to a freeze condition.

This subclass is indented under subclass 59. Apparatus which closes the system to liquid flow and opens a waste outlet so that at least part of the liquid in the system is drained or wasted in response to the sensing of low temperature or freezing conditions.

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107 for opening fluid waste passage in response to stopping of the main flow.
596 for stop and waste devices not responsive to change in condition, and see the search notes thereto.

This subclass is indented under subclass 59. Apparatus which operates to open an outlet so that at least part of the system is drained or emptied of liquid in response to the sensing of low temperature or freezing conditions.

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570 for drain valve actuator combined with a pump.
596 for distribution systems comprising a drain which is not automatic, and see the search notes thereto.

This subclass is indented under the class definition. Subject matter comprising a flow control device or safety valve in the fuel supply to a burner which is automatically actuated to discontinue the fuel flow in response to the extinguishment of the main or pilot burner.
(1) Note. These devices are not self-opening, but must be manually reset, usually requiring that the pilot burner be lighted first.

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405 for cut-offs responsive to an accumulation of unburned fuel oil delivered to a burner.
456 for safety cut-offs responsive to a change in line condition, which also require resetting.

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431, Combustion, 42 for a burner system in which the sensor of a first burner controls a second burner and subclasses 77+ for a burner shutdown by a means sensing a failure of the burner flame.

This subclass is indented under subclass 65. Control systems
wherein the safety valve is retained in its set or open position under the action of a solenoid, which solenoid is energized by the electric current generated by a thermoelectric element, e.g., a thermocouple, subject to the heat of the pilot burner or main burner.

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251, Valves and Valve Actuation, subclass 11 for heat motor actuated valves of general utility, and subclasses 68+ for electrical trip actuation of biased valves, including electrical resetting.
431, Combustion, subclass 80 for a burner assembly including a shutdown control responsive to combustion failure or overheat having a thermoelectric combustion sensor.

DESTRUCTIBLE OR DEFORMABLE ELEMENT CONTROLLED:
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Subject matter in which the flow of fluid is controlled in response to the destruction, fusion or permanent deformation of an element or body.
(1) Note. The destruction, fusion or deformation may result automatically in response to the existence of some condition causing destruction, fusion or deformation (e.g., heat), or may be deliberately brought about by external means.

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318 for tapping a system under pressure by making an aperture therein.

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166, Wells, 316 for closures used in wells and destructible by drilling.
222, Dispensing, subclass 54 for automatic control of dispensers by fusible or soluble means; subclasses 80+ for dispensers having a cutter or punch associated therewith; subclasses 541.1+ for dispensers having a frangible outlet element.
251, Valves and Valve Actuation, subclass 1.2 for a blowout preventer having a deformable annulus.

Destructible element:
This subclass is indented under subclass 67. Subject matter in which the fluid flow control element is physically broken by having a force acting directly upon it.

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797 for frangible elements, the breaking of which do not control any flow of fluid.

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222, Dispensing, 80 for dispensers having a cutter or punch associated therewith.

Combined destructible and fusible element:
This subclass is indented under subclass 68.11. Subject matter in which the element breaks and melts at a specific temperature to control the fluid flow or has, in addition to the destructible element, a separate element which melts at a specific temperature to control the fluid flow.

Explosive actuation:
This subclass is indented under subclass 68.11. Subject matter which includes means capable of detonation for creating a force for breaking or deforming the destructible element (e.g., an explosive element moves a plunger or creates a pressure surge to break the element).

Separable valve coupling or conduit:
This subclass is indented under subclass 68.11. Subject matter where the destructible element is a fluid-conveying assembly such as a nipple, valve assembly, or hose that disconnects at a specific joint when an excessive force is applied to it.

Tensile or sheer pin or bolt:
This subclass is indented under subclass 68.14. Subject matter where the destructible element is a pin or bolt that holds the coupling together and destructs when a perpendicular or axial excessive force is applied to the coupling.

Tensile or sheer pin or bolt:
This subclass is indented under subclass 68.11. Subject matter where the destructible element is a pin or bolt that destructs when an excessive force is applied.

Pressure causes pin or bolt to destruct:
This subclass is indented under subclass 68.16. Subject matter that destructs when the applied excessive force that fractures the pin or bolt is applied over the surface of the pin or bolt.

With alarm or indicator:
This subclass is indented under subclass 68.11. Subject matter that includes a sensing means that sends a signal when the element breaks.

Rupture disc:
This subclass is indented under subclass 68.11. Subject matter where the destructible element is a diaphragm or seal that holds fluid.

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72 for a fluid-controlled fusible diaphragm.

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220, Receptacles, 89.2 for a receptacle that is a frangible diaphragm within a container or vessel.

Means for holding entire disc after rupture:
This subclass is indented under subclass 68.19. Subject matter that has a specific means for preventing the rupture disc from tearing away (e.g., hinge-reinforcing member).

Disc burst after destruction of additional element:
This subclass is indented under subclass 68.19. Subject matter that includes a second frangible element in a system which destructs before the rupture disc.
(1) Note. This subject matter would include a system with two or more rupture discs in a flow passage.

Direct pressure causes disc to burst:
This subclass is indented under subclass 68.19. Subject matter wherein the destructible element is destroyed by excessive pressure exerted by the fluid flow.

Two-way rupture disc:
This subclass is indented under subclass 68.23. Subject matter that is designed to break either in the direction of or opposite the direction of the fluid flow when an excessive pressure differential exists.

Dome shape:
This subclass is indented under subclass 68.23. Subject matter that is specifically designed to be hemispherical to enable the disc to more easily rupture as pressure builds.

Reverse buckling:
This subclass is indented under subclass 68.25. Subject matter which has excessive pressure at the convex side of the disc to cause the disc to reverse its concavity and burst.

Specific weakening point:
This subclass is indented under subclass 68.19. Subject matter specially modified to have an area of varied thickness creating a vulnerable section to enable the pressure disc to more easily break.

Integral disc assembly:
This subclass is indented under subclass 68.19. Subject matter including a support member welded or bonded with adhesive to the rupture disc or the rupture disc is directly bonded or welded to the assembly.

Knife or cutter causes disc to break:
This subclass is indented under subclass 68.19. Subject matter penetrated by a piercing device to enable the disc to more easily break when the internal pressure in the system becomes excessive.

Movable knife or cutter:
This subclass is indented under subclass 68.29. Subject matter wherein the piercing device is positionable.

With counterbalancing element:
This subclass is indented under subclass 68.12. Apparatus which includes means for applying a force or bias to the frangible means in a direction opposing the force (usually
fluid pressure) which tends to break the frangible element.

Frangible element returns pressure responsive valve:
This subclass is indented under subclass 68.12. Apparatus in which a valve which opens in response to increased pressure is retained in closed position by means of a frangible element, opening of the valve resulting from the breaking of the frangible element.

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455 for line condition responsive valves not opposed by frangible means.

Having pressure responsive valve:
This subclass is indented under subclass 68.12. Apparatus including a pressure responsive valve controlling the fluid flow in response to the pressure thereof in addition to the control in response to the breaking of the frangible element.

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511 for direct pressure responsive valves.

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220, Receptacles, subclass 203.08 for a vent or valve in a removeable closure, said vent or valve designed to rupture when exposed to excessive pressure.

This subclass is indented under subclass 67. Apparatus in which the flow is controlled in response to an element which is fusible or destructible by heat (e.g., combustible).

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79 for atmospheric temperature responsive flow control.
457 for safety cut-off valves controlled by a thermal condition of the line.
468 for other valves controlled by a thermal condition of a fluid line.

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116, Signals and Indicators, 217 for indicators of the fusible type.
122, Liquid Heaters and Vaporizers, subclass 504.1 for safety device for a boiler with fusible control and subclass 504.3 for a fusible type safety device extinguishing a fire under a boiler.
222, Dispensing, subclass 54 for dispensers having a fusible controller.
431, Combustion, subclass 21 for a burner assembly controlled by a combustion destructible element.

This subclass is indented under subclass 72. Apparatus which includes a means for controlling the fluid flow in response to a change in condition in addition to the control in response to the fusion or destruction of the heat destructible element.
(1) Note. See the class definition, section 3 for search notes on plural automatic controls in fluid handling devices.

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75 for safety cut-offs operated by fusible means but without responding to a second sensing means.

This subclass is indented under subclass 72. Apparatus in which the fusible or heat destructible element is in the passage carrying the flow controlled and functions as a barrier or stop member for such flow.
(1) Note. The fusion of the fusible element may result in either the opening or closing of the passage carrying the fluid flow.

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251 for liquid valves or barriers.

This subclass is indented under subclass 72. Apparatus in which the valve controlling the fluid flow is biased toward a closed position but is held open by a restraining means, the fusion or destruction of the heat destructible or fusible means causing a release of the restraining means.

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457 for other cut-offs which are operated in response to a change in thermal condition in the fluid within the controlled line.

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251, Valves and Valve Actuation, 66 for biased trip valve actuators not responsive to a condition change.

This subclass is indented under subclass 75. Apparatus which includes a heating means for the fusible or heat destructible element.
(1) Note. The heating element is usually for the purpose of fusing or otherwise destroying the destructible element to control the operation of the valve.

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468 for line condition responsive valves controlled by thermal conditions, and see the search notes thereto.

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251, Valves and Valve Actuation, subclass 11 for heat motor actuators for valves.

This subclass is indented under subclass 75. Apparatus
including a means for closing the valve by manual or external means in addition to the operation in response to the fusible or heat destructible element.
(1) Note. See the class definition, Automatic Control, and Subclass References to the Current Class for search notes on combined automatic and nonautomatic control of a fluid handling device.

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76 for manual or external closing by heating the fusible or heat destructible element.

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251, Valves and Valve Actuation, 66 for biased trip valve actuators not responsive to a condition change.

AMBIENT CONDITION CHANGE RESPONSIVE:
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Apparatus which controls a flow of a fluid in response to a variation in a condition of, or in the surrounding environment.
(1) Note. To be classifiable in this or indented subclasses the apparatus must include a sensing means responsive to changes in environmental conditions and there must be a disclosure that the control is in response to such changes. Devices which employ a sensing means using environmental pressure merely as a standard against which some internal pressure or condition is measured are not classified in this or indented subclass but are classified elsewhere on a basis appropriate to the system.
(2) Note. This and indented subclasses include devices which include means for sensing changes in an environmental condition and exercising a compensating effect so as to neutralize any effect the change in environmental condition would otherwise have on the operation of the device.
(3) Note. See the class definition, section 3, for search notes on the automatic control of fluid handling systems.

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59 for device which sense the existence of freeze condition in the atmosphere and in response thereto operate to prevent freezing of liquid in the system.

For controlling soil irrigation:
This subclass is indented under subclass 78.1. Apparatus in which flow of water to the ground is controlled by means responsive to an environmental condition.

Coil moisture sensing:
This subclass is indented under subclass 78.2. Apparatus in which flow of water to the ground is controlled in response to a change in moisture content of the ground.

Burner gas cutoff:
This subclass is indented under subclass 78.1. Apparatus in which flow of flammable gas to a burner is stopped in response to a sensed environmental extinguishing action to the flame of the burner.

Atmospheric:
This subclass is indented under subclass 78.1. Apparatus in which control of a flow of fluid is responsive to a variation in a condition of, or in surrounding atmosphere.

This subclass is indented under subclass 78.5. Apparatus which controls a fluid flow in response to variations of temperature in the surrounding atmosphere.
(1) Note. This subclass includes apparatus which sense the presence of a fire in the atmosphere and exercise a control in response thereto.

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59 for freeze condition responsive safety devices.
67 for systems controlled by a heat destructible or fusible means.
468 for thermally responsive valves responding to line condition change, and see the search notes thereto.

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169, Fire Extinguishers, 56 for fire extinguishers including valves responsive to the occurrence of fire conditions.

This subclass is indented under subclass 79. Apparatus which also includes, in addition to the atmosphere temperature responsive element, an additional means for operating the control means.
(1) Note. See the class definition, Section 3 for search notes on automatic and combined automatic and nonautomatic control of fluid handling systems.

Pressure:
This subclass is indented under subclass 78.5. Apparatus in which a fluid flow is controlled in response to variations of atmospheric pressure.
(1) Note. See (1) Note and (2) Note to the definition of subclass 78.1.

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455 for valves controlled by changes in line pressure, especially subclass 482 for suction compensators for combustion engine induction type line conduction change responsive valves.

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454, Ventilation, 70, 238, 255, and 340 for apparatus for maintaining a pressure in enclosure including means responsive to air conditions either in the atmosphere or in the enclosure.

Underwater:
This subclass is indented under subclass 78.1. Apparatus in which control of a flow of fluid is responsive to a variation in a condition of, or in an environment beneath the surface of a body of water.

This subclass is indented under the class definition. Apparatus which continuously varies or modulates a fluid in response to a varying control condition. The modulation is usually accompanied by varying a pressure bleed.
(1) Note. Only the subcombination, without a pressure responsive device, and a main valve controlled thereby is classified in this subclass; for the combination search appropriate succeeding subclasses, as indicated below.

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102 for pressure regulators which regulate by supply and exhaust valves to maintain a pre-set pressure.

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91, Motors: Expansible Chamber Type, appropriate subclasses for apparatus under this definition combined with the expansible chamber motor which is operated by the fluid pressure.
236, Automatic Temperature and Humidity Regulation, 79 for temperature control systems utilizing pressure modulators to operate fluid pressure motors.
251, Valves and Valve Actuation, 25 for apparatus which by means of a pilot valve controls the application of fluid pressure to an expansible chamber motor which in turn controls a main line valve.
399, Electrophotography, 237 for liquid developer applied to a latent image within an electrophotos:graphic device.

This subclass is indented under subclass 82. Apparatus which utilize a fluid jet and one or more jet receiving orifices with the control condition varying the pressure in the orifices by varying the amount of jet fluid entering the
orifices.

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625.6 for a jet control type pressure modulator combined with a pilot valve and a supply and exhaust valve.

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91, Motors: Expansible Chamber Type, subclass 3 for expansible chamber motors combined with a jet type control therefor.
239, Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing, appropriate subclasses, especially 505, 518+ and 587.1+ for jet producing discharge members, per se.

This subclass is indented under subclass 82. Apparatus wherein a plurality of modulating relays on followers are connected in series; the output pressure of one controlling the modulation in the next.

This subclass is indented under subclass 82. Apparatus in which the modulated pressure is utilized in a feedback arrangement to counterbalance the modulating control element.

This subclass is indented under subclass 85. Apparatus in which the modulated pressure is utilized in a second feedback arrangement to counterbalance the counterbalance of the modulating control element.

SELF-PROPORTIONING OR CORRELATING SYSTEMS:
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Subject matter wherein a fluid flow in a first flow line is proportioned or correlated with the fluid flow in a second fluid flow line by a movable means, which is positioned in one of the fluid flow lines and controlling the fluid flow in the other fluid flow line in response to a sensor detecting a variable condition or characteristic of the fluid in the other fluid flow line.
(1) Note. The flow proportioning or correlating may constitute plural separate flow lines, branches of the same flow and a branch thereof.
(2) Note. The proportioning and correlating of the fluid flows may be continuous or discontinuous and may vary directly or inversely and according to any ratio or in any manner.
(3) Note. Systems that rely on static means (e.g., a jet pump) to produce a correlated flow are excluded.

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155 for gas lift devices for wells including a valve between a gas line and a liquid column responsive to the pressure differential between the gas and the liquid.

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210, Liquid Purification or Separation, 198.1 for a system including a chemical feeder and a separating means.
222, Dispensing, subclass 57 for dispensing of one material controlled by the weight, volume, or pressure of a second dispensed material.
251, Valves and Valve Actuation, 12 for mere fluid pressure actuated valves, even though the flow through the valve may be disclosed as being related or proportioned to the pressure in the fluid pressure actuator line.
399, Electrophotography, 237 for liquid developer applied to a latent image within an electrophotos:graphic device.

Liquid level responsive:
This subclass is indented under subclass 87.01. Subject matter wherein the sensor is detecting the variation in an uppermost horizontal surface of the liquid in one of the flow lines and in response thereto the sensor controls the flow in the other flow line.

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101.25 for a self-proportioning flow system with liquid level sensing.
386 for a liquid level responsive means without proportionate or correlated flow.

Flow rate responsive:
This subclass is indented under subclass 87.01. Subject matter wherein the sensor is detecting the variation in the amount of fluid flowing in one of the flow lines in a set period of time or is detecting the variation in fluid pressure (i.e., pressure differential) along the flow line and in response thereto the sensor controls the flow in the other flow line.

Pressure differential:
This subclass is indented under subclass 87.03. Subject matter wherein the sensor is detecting the variation of the fluid pressures at two distinct points along one of the flow lines and in response thereto the sensor controls the flow in the other flow line.

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101 for the self-proportioning flow system responsive to flow comparison or pressure differential.

Plural sensors:
This subclass is indented under subclass 87.01. Subject matter including two or more sensors for detecting two distinct or similar conditions or characteristics of the fluid in one of the flow lines and in response thereto the sensors control the flow in the other flow line.

For single valve:
This subclass is indented under subclass 87.05. Subject matter comprising one valve element and wherein the sensors
operate only one valve element to control the flow.

This subclass is indented under subclass 87.01. Systems in which a condition of a fluid mixture is maintained by controlling the flow of at least one of the fluids mixed in response to a means which sense the condition of the mixture.

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3 for the corresponding processes.

This subclass is indented under subclass 88. Systems in which a fluid flow is divided into a plurality of flow paths which are subsequently recombined, the ratio of the flows thus divided and recombined being controlled in response to a means sensing a condition to be maintained.
(1) Note. This subclass includes, for example, systems in which one of the plurality of flow paths pass through a means to treat the fluid to restore the property to be maintained, the amount of fluid passing through the treating means being controlled by the condition sensing means.

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599.01-601.21, for systems dividing into parallel flow lines then recombining.

This subclass is indented under subclass 88. Systems in which the condition maintained or sensed is specific gravity.

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403 for systems in which a single flow is controlled by weight of an accumulated fluid, and see the search notes to subclass 403.

This subclass is indented under subclass 88. Systems in which the condition maintained or sensed is viscosity or consistency.
(1) Note. Due to their similarity with systems classified in this subclass, systems are also included in which the viscosity or consistency of a stream is sensed and in response thereto the subsequent addition of water is controlled in order to produce a predetermined or desired viscosity or consistency.

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4 for the corresponding process.

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162, Paper Making and Fiber Liberation, subclass 258 and 380 for systems for maintaining the consistency or viscosity of paper making pulp combined with paper making apparatus.

This subclass is indented under subclass 88. Systems in which the condition maintained or sensed is an optical or chemical property.

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5 for processes of controlling flow according to the conductivity of the mixture.
392 for control of a single fluid flow by sensing electrical characteristics.

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250, Radiant Energy, 200 for photocell circuits.
356, Optics: Measuring and Testing, for examination of material by light for optical properties particularly 128 for refraction tests, subclasses 410+ for shade or color tests involving flowing liquids, and subclasses 432+ for light transmission tests involving gases or liquids.
422, Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting, Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing, 50 for chemical
analyzers; and subclasses 105+ for apparatus operating in response to a sensed condition.

This subclass is indented under subclass 87.01. Subject matter in which a condition of the fluid in a boiler or water heating system controls the flow of fuel used for heating the boiler or water.

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386 for liquid level responsive or maintaining systems.
468 for thermally responsive controllers, and see the search notes thereto.

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122, Liquid Heaters and Vaporizers, subclass 448.1 and 449 for water heaters and boilers with automatic regulation of the fuel and water.

This subclass is indented under subclass 87.01. Systems in which the control means maintains a predetermined ratio between flows in a plurality of flow lines.
(1) Note. The flows may be separate or may subsequently be combined or may be branches from a single source of a fluid.

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577-579, for systems having a tank with movable or adjustable outlet or overflow pipe.
599.01-601.21, for systems dividing into parallel flow lines then recombining.
861-887, for systems having flow control means for branched passages.

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73, Measuring and Testing, 195 for rate of flow meter systems employing two or more meters usually for measuring and comparing a plurality of flows.
210, Liquid Purification or Separation, subclass 101 for proportionate feed means combined with separating means.
261, Gas and Liquid Contact Apparatus, appropriate subclass for gas and liquid contact devices including means for maintaining a proportional flow between a gas and liquid; see particularly 69.1 for systems in which the flow of liquid is controlled in response to the rate of flow in the gas line as measured by means of a venturi in the gas line.

This subclass is indented under subclass 98. Systems in which the proportioning or correlating means includes mechanically interconnected flow displacement elements.
(1) Note. Flow displacement elements include primarily pump and meter arrangements and vanes or other elements exposed to the flow and shifted in response to variations therein, such shifting elements usually acting both as controlling and detecting means.

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565 for nonautomatic distribution systems including pumps.

This subclass is indented under subclass 99. Subject matter wherein the flow displacement element comprises a bodily movable measuring chamber which provides continuous flow with increment feeding.

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101.31 for a stationary measuring chamber.

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222, Dispensing, 344 for systems wherein the movable discharge assistant is not related to a continuous flow, and see the search notes thereunder.

This subclass is indented under subclass 98. Systems in which the sensing means is sensitive to the differences between the rates of flow or pressure difference along the line in a plurality of flow lines or at spaced points along one line.
(1) Note. Means sensing changes in the difference between the flows may control the flow in a third flow line or may exercise a control on the flows compared.

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497 for line change condition responsive valves controlled by change in the rate of flow, and see the search notes to subclass 497.

This subclass is indented under subclass 100. Systems in which a flow is divided into a plurality of flow paths and the ratio between the flow in each branch maintained in response to means sensing differences in flow or pressure in each branch by throttling one branch an amount equal to the amount the other branch is opened.
(1) Note. Many of the patents in this subclass are for systems in which a single pressure fluid is employed to supply a plurality of fluid pressure motors with means to automatically maintain the amounts of fluid fed to each motor proportional.

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60, Power Plants, 420 for automatic control of a plurality of fluid motors.
91, Motors: Expansible Chamber Type, appropriate subclasses and especially 165 and 508+ for automatic control of a plurality of expansible chamber motors.

This subclass is indented under subclass 100. Subject matter wherein a shunt line having a reservoir therein relies on the pressure difference between its connection to the main line to cause flow therethrough to entrain material in the reservoir, or to displace the reservoir material or an intermediate distinct fluid layer or expansible chamber device whereby the reservoir material is forced into the main
line without mixing with the flow while in the shunt.

This subclass is indented under subclass 100. Subject matter comprising an electrical controller responsive to the sensing means.

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251, Valves and Valve Actuation, 129 for an electrical valve actuator.

This subclass is indented under subclass 98. Subject matter comprising an electrical controller responsive to a flow displacement element.

This subclass is indented under subclass 98. Subject matter comprising at least one means which senses the level of a liquid in means to receive an accumulation thereof and in response thereto exercises a control of the flow in one or more of the flow lines.

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386 for liquid level responsive means without proportionate or correlated flow. See the search notes thereunder.

This subclass is indented under subclass 101.25. Subject matter wherein a weir or valve is responsive to the level sensing means.

This subclass is indented under subclass 101.25. Subject matter wherein a swinging outlet pipe controls the flow from an accumulator or tank responsive to the level sensing means.

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577 for a tank with a movable or adjustable outlet or overflow pipe.

This subclass is indented under subclass 98. Subject matter comprising a measuring type discharge assistant in one flow line responsive to a flow displacement element in another flow line or by the weight of accumulated fluid of a proportionate part of the flow in another line to provide continuous flow through the system with increment feeding.

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222, Dispensing, 261 for dispensing apparatus with discharge assistants.

This subclass is indented under subclass 87.01. Systems in which an outlet or receiver alternatively receives a fluid from a source of supply and drains the fluid to an exhaust, the flow of fluid from the supply or to the exhaust, being controlled in response to a means sensing a change in condition.
(1) Note. Many of the patents classified in this subclass are drawn to distributor valves for fluid motors.

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224 for tire inflation apparatus which may have condition responsive filling and relief valves
596 for distribution systems involving stop and waste arrangements, and see the search notes thereto.

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91, Motors: Expansible Chamber Type, appropriate subclasses for apparatus under this definition combined with an expansible chamber motor which is controlled thereby.

This subclass is indented under subclass 102. Systems in which an outlet or receiver is alternately connected to a source of suction or vacuum and a source of fluid under pressure or vent (usually the atmosphere).
(1) Note. Many of the patents classified in this subclass are for milking machine pulsators.

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526 for vacuum relief valves of the type responding to fluid pressure exerted directly on the valve face.

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119, Animal Husbandry, 14.01 for milking machines.

This subclass is indented under subclass 103. Apparatus which include a snap acting or trip linkage in the control system.

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251, Valves and Valve Actuation, 66 for valves with biased trips, and see the search notes to subclass 66, and subclass 76 for snap action valves, per se, and see the search notes thereto.

This subclass is indented under subclass 103. Apparatus wherein the flow controlling valve is moved by a fluid servo under control of a second valve which is itself fluid operated under control of the first valve, there being no mechanical linkage between the two valves.

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488 for line condition change responsive fluid pressure type servo or pilot controlled valves.

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251, Valves and Valve Actuation, 28 for fluid servo or pilot actuated valves having fluid actuated pilot valve.

This subclass is indented under subclass 102. Systems which include two outlets or receivers, one outlet or receiver being connected to the supply while the other is connected to the exhaust, the connections being reversed or changed in response to a means sensing a change in condition.
(1) Note. Many of the patents classified in this subclass are drawn to distributor valves for plural expansible chamber motors.

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625 for multiway valve units and their actuators, and see the search notes to subclass 625.

This subclass is indented under subclass 102. Systems wherein a waste or drain is opened in response to the stopping of the fluid flow from the supply to the outlet or receiver.

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61 for stop and waste systems which are responsive to means sensing freeze conditions.
596 for stop and waste systems not responsive to any change in a condition, and see the search notes thereto.

This subclass is indented under subclass 87.01. Systems in which a single flow is divided into a plurality of flow paths
or a plurality of flow paths are combined into a single flow path or in which a single flow path is divided and then recombined, and in which the flow in one branch or line is controlled in response to a change in a condition in another branch or line.
(1) Note. This and indented subclasses takes only those systems which include some significant branched structure such as having a valve and/or sensing means in a plurality of the branches or which require branched flow in order to be operative. For example, a pressure flow line having a mere relief valve or pressure relief passage mounted in the side is not classifiable as a branched system, because the outflow end of the line is not necessary for the operation of the pressure relief valve; such valves operate in the same manner when applied to a tank.
(2) Note. Plural relief valves opening into the atmosphere or the same tank or source are not branched flow systems, nor is a valve in which the flow is divided and recombined within the same valve body a branched flow system.

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455 for relief and other condition responsive valves whether mounted in a flow line or in a container. (See (1) Note.)
561 for branched flow distribution systems in which there is no control of a flow in response to a change in a sensed condition.

This subclass is indented under subclass 109. Systems in which a single flow path is divided into a plurality of branch flow paths which are in turn recombined into a single flow path and in which at least one branch flow path is controlled in response to a sensing means which is at least partially affected by a condition in another branch flow path.

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89 for mixture condition maintaining or sensing systems involving dividing and recombining the flow.
115.01 for by-pass or relief flows controlled by main line condition.
599.09 for systems dividing into parallel flow lines, having a fluid pressure-regulating valve, then recombining.

This subclass is indented under subclass 109. Systems in which a plurality of flows from separate sources are joined, or are provided with a common outflow, and in which at least one flow path is controlled in response to a sensed condition change.

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88 for system in which a plurality of fluids are mixed and the flow of at least one of the fluids is controlled in response to a change in a sensed condition of the mixture.
98 for self-proportioning systems involving mutual control features in plural lines.
480 for combustion engine induction type governor valves controlling one or more auxiliary inlets, the main flow also being controlled in some instances.
602 for branched flow distribution systems with multiple inlets and a single outlet in which there is no control of a flow in response to a change in a sensed condition.

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222, Dispensing, subclass 57 for control of a dispensed material by the weight, volume or pressure of a second dispensed material.

This subclass is indented under subclass 111. Systems in which flow in one inlet is alternated with the flow in a second inlet or is substituted therefor in response to a sensing of a changed condition.

This subclass is indented under subclass 112. Systems in which the control is in response to a failure or depletion of the source of the flow in one of the inflow.
(1) Note. Many of the patents in this subclass are drawn to bottled gas handling devices for substituting a second source
of gas for the first when the pressure in the first drops below a satisfactory value.

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222, Dispensing, subclass 6 for gas or vapor dispensing of this type.

This subclass is indented under subclass 111. Systems in which one inflow is added to or supplements the second flow and is in response to a sensed condition change such as reduction in pressure or flow in the second inflow or in the combined flow or in the level of accumulated fluid derived from the second or combined flow.

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98 for self proportioning flow systems involving the uniting of a plurality of inflows with mutual control effects.

Bypass or relief controlled by main line fluid condition:
This subclass is indented under subclass 109. Subject matter including a flow line with an inlet and outlet for a main flow and an outlet branch or bypass in which the flow is controlled in response to a variation in the fluid condition (e.g., fluid level, flow rate or pressure, or the like) in the main flow line detected by a sensor.

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223 for inflatable article filling means having a back pressure cut-off or relief means.
455 for relief and other condition responsive valves whether mounted in a flow line or container, in which there is no significantly claimed branched flow structure.
599.01-601.21, for systems dividing into parallel flow lines then recombining.

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210, Liquid Purification or Separation, 96.1 for a liquid purification or separation responsive to a variation of constituents in a liquid mixture.

Liquid level responsive:
This subclass is indented under subclass 115.01. Subject matter wherein the sensor is detecting the variation in the levels of the liquid in the main line and in response thereto the sensor controls the flow in the bypass or relief.

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87.02 for a self-proportioning and correlating having a liquid level sensor.
101.25 for a self-proportioning flow system having a liquid level sensor.

Flow rate responsive:
This subclass is indented under subclass 115.01. Subject matter wherein the sensor is detecting the variation in the quantity of the fluid flowing in the main flow line in a set period of time and in response thereto the sensor controls the flow in the bypass or relief.
(1) Note. This subclass also includes a flow measurement by a pressure differential along the main line.

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87.03 for a self-proportioning and correlating system having a flow rate sensor.
107 for supply and exhaust-type waste valves opening in response to the stoppage of the main line flow.
118.04 for flow rate responsive plural outflows.
215 for back flow prevention by vacuum breaking.
455 for line condition responsive valves which respond to a change in the flow rate.

Including controlling main line flow:
This subclass is indented under subclass 115.03. Subject matter wherein the sensor is regulating the flow in the main
line in response to the variation in the flow rate.

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596.12 for supply and exhaust system with bypass.

Relief or bypass closes as main opens:
This subclass is indented under subclass 115.04. Subject matter wherein the sensor, in response to the change in the flow rate, is simultaneously opening a main line valve and closing a relief valve in a branch line or vice versa.

Bypass or relief valve biased open:
This subclass is indented under subclass 115.03. Subject matter comprising a valve means for permitting the flow to the bypass or relief valve is held open in absence of the flow by a flexibly adjustable device (e.g., a weight of the valve body itself, or a spring or such similar flexible means).

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115.16 for pressure responsive biased open bypass or relief valve.

Pilot valve operated:
This subclass is indented under subclass 115.03. Subject matter comprising an auxiliary valve control and wherein the bypass or relief valve is controlled by the auxiliary control valve in response to the variation of the flow rate in the main line.

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300 for a supplemental valve independent of a main valve for hydrant-type fluid handling.

Carried choke:
This subclass is indented under subclass 115.03. Subject matter wherein the sensor is a fluid flow restricting element which is an integral part of the bypass or relief valve and the element is moving with the bypass or relief valve to restrict the flow.

Choke:
This subclass is indented under subclass 115.03. Subject matter wherein the sensor includes a device for restricting the flow of the fluid in the main flow line.

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166, Wells, 316 for changeable chokes.

Variable choke resistance:
This subclass is indented under subclass 115.09. Subject matter wherein the choke is adjustable to provide different flow resistances without requiring disassembly of the sensor.

Venturi:
This subclass is indented under subclass 115.03. Subject matter wherein the sensor includes a device which is a part of the main flow passage having a cross section of the part gradually constricted to a throat between two ends of the part and gradually expanded from the throat to the cross section of the passage.
(1) Note. The device is used with a pressure tap at the throat and another pressure tap at the normal flow passage to register the pressure differential at the throat relative to a pressure in the normal passage and signals the sensor which in turn exercises the control of the flow in the bypass or relief.

Flapper:
This subclass is indented under subclass 115.03. Subject matter wherein the sensor includes a member supported at one end and moving by the momentum of the fluid in the flow line to operate the bypass or relief valve.

Pressure responsive:
This subclass is indented under subclass 115.01. Subject matter wherein the sensor is detecting the pressure of the fluid in the main flow line and in response thereto controls the bypass or relief valve.

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118.06 and 119.08+, for self-controlled pressure responsive plural outflows and pressure responsive alternate and substituted plural outflows respectively.

Common sensor for both bypass or relief valve and other branch valve:
This subclass is indented under subclass 115.13. Subject matter comprising an additional valve in another flow path and wherein the sensor which controls the bypass or relief valve also controls the additional valve.

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488 for fluid pressure-type pilot valves.

Bypass or relief valve opens as other branch valve closes.
This subclass is indented under subclass 115.14. Subject matter wherein the sensor opens the bypass or relief valve in the main line while it closes the additional valve in the main line or vice versa.

Bypass or relief valve biased open:
This subclass is indented under subclass 115.13. Subject
matter wherein the bypass or relief passage is held open in absence of the fluid pressure by a flexibly adjustable device (e.g., a weight of the valve body itself, or a spring, or such similar flexible means).

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115.06 for flow rate responsive biased open bypass or relief valve.

Increasing pressure progressively closes then reopens bypass or relief valve:
This subclass is indented under subclass 115.16. Subject matter wherein the increase in the fluid pressure progressively closes the bypass or relief valve and reopens at still higher pressure.

Bypass or relief valve responsive to pressure downstream of outlet valve:
This subclass is indented under subclass 115.13. Subject matter wherein the outlet branch includes a valve which is located before the bypass or relief valve and the bypass or relief valve is controlled by the fluid pressure between the outlet valve and the bypass or relief valve.

Pilot valve:
This subclass is indented under subclass 115.18. Subject matter comprising an auxiliary control valve and wherein the bypass or relief valve is controlled by the auxiliary control valve in response to the pressure in the main flow line.

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488 for a fluid pressure-type pilot control.

Outlet valve carried by bypass or relief valve:
This subclass is indented under subclass 115.18. Subject
matter wherein the outlet valve is an integral part of the bypass or relief valve and the outlet valve moves with the bypass or relief valve.
(1) Note. The outlet valve in this subclass is located between the pressure sensor and the bypass or relief valve.

Plural sensors for single bypass or relief valve:
This subclass is indented under subclass 115.13. Subject matter comprising at least two pressure sensors for controlling either the bypass or relief valve.

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115.03 for a flow responsive bypass or relief valve.

Sensors interconnected by timing or restrictive orifice:
This subclass is indented under subclass 115.21. Subject matter wherein the pressure sensors are connected to each other directly by means of a restrictive passage in order that all the sensors react to the same pressure, but with a different speed of response.

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192, Clutches and Power-Stop Control, 109 for fluid retarders.

Pilot valve operated:
This subclass is indented under subclass 115.13. Subject matter comprising an auxiliary control valve and wherein the bypass or relief valve is controlled by the auxiliary control valve in response to the pressure in the main flow line.

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115.07 for a pilot valve responsive to a fluid flow rate.

Mechanical movement between sensor and valve:
This subclass is indented under subclass 115.13. Subject matter wherein the sensor and the bypass or relief valve are so interconnected that the sensor is moving at a different rate and in different direction than the movement of the bypass or relief.

Electrical control:
This subclass is indented under subclass 115.13. Subject matter comprising an electrical element and wherein the sensor controls the bypass or relief by means of the electrical element.

Sensor rigid with valve:
This subclass is indented under subclass 115.13. Subject matter wherein the sensor is either (a) assembled as an integral part of the bypass or relief valve, or (b) attached inflexibly to the bypass or relief valve.

Flexible sensor:
This subclass is indented under subclass 115.26. Subject matter wherein the sensor is constructed of a thin pliable or resilient material such as used in a diaphragm or bellows or the like.

Pressure responsive outlet valve:
This subclass is indented under subclass 115.26. Subject matter comprising a valve on the outlet branch and wherein the valve is responsive to a pressure being sensed in the outlet branch.

This subclass is indented under subclass 115. Devices with a correlated fluid pressure responsive regulator or pressure reducing valve controlling the inlet branch.

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505.11 for pressure regulators with independently operable relief valves.

This subclass is indented under subclass 116.3. Devices in which a common sensing means for both inlet control and relief control has a valve controlled outlet or relief passage.

Plural outflows:
This subclass is indented under subclass 109. Subject matter comprising a sensor and wherein the flow is from a single source and is divided in to a plurality of paths which the flow may take to separate destinations and the flow is controlled by the sensor in response to the change in the condition (e.g., fluid level, flow rate, or pressure, or the like), or a characteristic of the fluid.

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98 for plural flow systems with mutual control devices.
115.01 for branch flow systems in which a bypass is controlled in response to a change in condition.
455 for pressure relief valve which may be mounted on the side of the flow line in which there is no branched flow characteristics claimed.
861 for nonautomatic distribution systems having a plurality of controlled outflows.

Single actuator operates plural outlets simultaneously:
This subclass is indented under subclass 118.01. Subject matter comprising an outlet valve in each outflow and wherein
the outlet valves are opened or closed at the same time by only one sensor.

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625 for noncorrelated multiway valves.
862 for plural outlet valves controlled by a single operator without correlation control.

Biased open isolation valve:
This subclass is indented under subclass 118.01. Subject matter comprising an outlet valve in each outflow and wherein each outlet valve is held open in the absence of a fluid pressure by a flexibly adjustable device (e.g., a weight of the valve body itself, or a spring) and at least one valve closes in response to a sudden pressure drop or flow increase in the outlet line.

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458 through 466, for valves on a single line (one inlet and one outlet) serving the same purpose, but requiring reset.
498 and 517+, for valves on a single line that are biased open and shut when the downstream line has a sudden pressure drop.

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303, Fluid-Pressure Brake and Analogous Systems, subclass 84.2 for a flow retarding isolation valves.

Flow rate responsive:
This subclass is indented under subclass 118.01. Subject matter wherein the sensor is detecting a change in the quantity of the fluid flowing in the main line in a set period of time and in response thereto controls the outflows.

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115.03 for bypass or relief controlled by the flow rate in self-controlled branch flow system.

Primer valve:
This subclass is indented under subclass 118.04. Subject matter wherein the change in the fluid flow rate in the main line actuates an outlet leading to a liquid trap seal.

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247 for liquid trap seals or liquid valves.

Pressure responsive:
This subclass is indented under subclass 118.01. Subject matter wherein the sensor detects a change in the fluid pressure in the main line and in response thereto controls the outflows.

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115.13 for a similar device controlling a bypass or relief valve.
119.08 for self-controlled pressure responsive alternately or successively substituted plural outflows.

With external control for correlating valve (e.g., manual):
This subclass is indented under subclass 118.06. Subject matter wherein, in addition to the pressure responsive sensor, the outflows are controlled by a device independent of the condition of the flow line.
(1) Note. Modifiers which merely vary the loading are not deemed to constitute external control means within this definition.

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481 for suction controlled valves which are manually modified or adjusted.
522 for direct response valves in combination with external means for opposing the closing bias.
613 for system comprising plural valves arranged in series in the flowline wherein manual or external means operate one valve to produce a change in the condition in the flowline in
order to utilize such changed condition to effect automatic operation of the other valve in the flowline.

Alternately or successively substituted outflow:
This subclass is indented under subclass 118.01. Subject matter wherein (a) the fluid is flowing first through one outlet and then changed to another outlet, or (b) more than two outlets are substituted for each other in sequence; in response to the change in the condition or characteristic of the main line flow detected by the sensor.

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160 for plural feed traps alternately filled and alternately discharged by gas pressure.
625 for multiway valve unit actuation which is not responsive to a change in condition.

Four port reversing valve:
This subclass is indented under subclass 119.01. Subject matter including a four way valve having an inlet port, an outlet port and two intermediate ports, the valve being selectively movable into two positions, in one position the inlet port being connected to the first intermediate port and the second intermediate port being connected to the outlet port, and in the other position the inlet port being connected to the second intermediate port and the first intermediate port being connected to the outlet port.

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309 for reversing valves in connection with a regenerative type of furnace.
625.43 for four port reversing valve not of the correlating type.

Responsive to pressure or flow interruption:
This subclass is indented under subclass 119.01. Subject matter comprising a valve and wherein the alternately or successively substituted outflow is controlled by the valve
in response to a break in the pressure of the fluid or a break in the flow of the fluid being detected by the sensor.

Plural outlets control with automatic reset:
This subclass is indented under subclass 119.03. Subject matter wherein the valve is regulating more than one outlet; said valve opens one outlet in response to the pressure or flow interruption and closes that outlet and opens another outlet when the pressure or flow is restored.
(1) Note. The valves in this subclass are diverter valves that operate, for example, when a valve in a rinse sprayer is manually opened.

Manually set to a single outflow position:
This subclass is indented under subclass 119.03. Subject matter wherein the sensor causes the valve to move from a first position to a second position to open or close one outlet, but the valve is moved back to the first position by an application of a force exerted by a living being.

Flow rate responsive:
This subclass is indented under subclass 119.01. Subject matter wherein the alternately or successively substituted outflow is responsive to a change in the amount of fluid flowing in the flow line in a set period of time being detected by the sensor.

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87.03 for a flow rate responsive bypass or relief.
118.04 for flow rate responsive plural outflows.

Flow sensing turbine:
This subclass is indented under subclass 119.06. Subject matter wherein the sensor comprising a member pivoted for
oscillation or rotation, and having blades, vanes or surfaces which are exposed to the flow and rotating or tending to rotate the member.

Pressure responsive:
This subclass is indented under subclass 119.01. Subject matter wherein the change in the condition is a fluid pressure detected by the sensor for controlling the alternately or successively substituted outflow of the fluid in the main flow line.

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87.04 for a pressure differential sensor controlling the flow.
118.06 for pressure responsive plural outflows.

Responsive to outlet pressure:
This subclass is indented under subclass 119.08. Subject matter wherein in response to the change in the fluid pressure in the outlet branch the sensor controls the outflow of the fluid.

Electrical control:
This subclass is indented under subclass 119.01. Subject matter comprising an electrical element and wherein the sensor controls the outlet by means of the electrical element.

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596.16 for an electric pilot-actuated supply and exhaust system.

This subclass is indented under subclass 119. Systems in
which the control of the flow is in response to a filling of a separate or auxiliary tank of the gravitating or float operating type.
(1) Note. Many of the patents in this subclass are drawn to rain spouts in which the initial flow is wasted to remove dirt before the rain water is fed to the cistern or storage vessel.

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386 for other liquid level responsive flow control, especially subclass 408 for gravitating tank devices and subclasses 409+ for float operated valves, and see the search notes to subclasses 386, 403, 408, and 409.

This subclass is indented under subclass 119. Systems in which the control of the flow is in response to a filling of a tank or receivers receiving fluid from an outflow of the system.

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115.01 for by-pass control in response to a change in main line condition.
386 for other liquid level responsive flow control.

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141, Fluent Material Handling, With Receiver or Receiver Coacting Means, 198 for filling devices controlled by the quantity in a separable receiver.
222, Dispensing, subclass 56 for delivery from a dispenser controlled by the quantity in a discharging receiver.

This subclass is indented under subclass 121. Systems in which the filling of the tank or receiver is sensed by means of a float.

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386 particularly subclasses 397, 398+ and 409+ for other flow control responsive to a float, and see the search notes
to subclass 409.

This subclass is indented under the class definition. Apparatus having a flow passage comprising two branches or legs of unequal effective length by which a liquid can be transferred to a lower level over an intermediate elevation by the pressure of the atmosphere in forcing the liquid up the shorter branch or leg immersed in it while the excess of weight of the liquid in the longer branch (when once filled) causes a continuous flow.
(1) Note. This group of subclasses is directed to the siphon subcombination, i.e., the siphon element, per se, and this element associated with supply and/or receiver chambers and/or such other adjuncts as are commonly found in this class combined with the basic subject matter of the class. Patents for combinations of siphons with other art devices are classified with the art device.

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591 for tanks with internally extending inverted U passage, which are not intended to operate as siphons even though of the proper design for it.

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4, Baths, Closets, Sinks, and Spittoons, 368 for water closet flushing tanks having an outlet siphon and subclasses 421+ for siphon bowls.
141, Fluent Material Handling, With Receiver or Receiver Coacting Means, subclass 230 for siphon tube filling of separable receivers, and see the search notes thereto.
222, Dispensing, subclass 204 for dispenser type siphons with external starting means and subclass 416 for dispensing siphons, per se.
399, Electrophotography, 237 for liquid developer applied to a latent image within an electrophotos:graphic device.

This subclass is indented under subclass 123. Apparatus including a plurality of siphons.

This subclass is indented under subclass 124. Apparatus in which the siphons are connected to the compartments of a tank truck to discharge the liquid contained therein.

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267 for tank trucks having a plurality of compartments with manifold or grouped outlets arranged for parallel flow.
899 for vehicle supported fluent material handling systems, and see the search notes to subclasses 351 and 899.

This subclass is indented under subclass 124. Apparatus in which the plural siphons operate successively to produce plural discharges from the same or from different supply chambers. Means are usually provided whereby the termination of the discharge of one of the siphons initiates the discharge of a subsequently operated siphon.

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627 627.5 and 628+, for sequentially actuated valves, and see the search notes thereto.

This subclass is indented under subclass 126. Apparatus in which at least some of the siphons are supplied from different chambers.

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256 for sequentially filled and emptied plural tanks in parallel relation.

This subclass is indented under subclass 124. Apparatus having a main siphon through which the major portion of the fluid is discharged and an auxiliary siphon which operates to start or stop fluid flow through the main siphon, or, after discharge of the main siphon, restores some or all of the main siphon operating means to a position permitting a subsequent discharge.
(1) Note. In series arrangements of plural tanks and siphons wherein one siphon discharges into a tank which is emptied by a second siphon, the first siphon is not regarded as a starter for the second when discharge of the second siphon results merely upon accumulation of sufficient fluid in the tank to permit such discharge, and patents for this subject matter are not included in this or the indented subclass.

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132 for periodic siphons, or those which discharge as often as a supply sufficient for starting is accumulated.
142 for other siphon starting means.

This subclass is indented under subclass 128. Apparatus having a float which fills with liquid and sinks to initiate discharge through the main siphon, the auxiliary siphon then emptying the float.

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404 for liquid level responsive control means comprising a sinking or bucket type float, and see the search notes thereto.
427 for float controlled valves with float leakage disposal.

This subclass is indented under subclass 123. Apparatus having a receiver for the discharge of the siphon, the siphon discharge being controlled by a condition in the receiver.

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121 for self correlating systems controlled by a filled
receiver.
453 for liquid level maintaining systems including barometric control.

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141, Fluent Material Handling, With Receiver or Receiver Coacting Means, subclass 230 for siphon tube filling of separable receivers, and see the search notes thereto.
222, Dispensing, subclass 56 for automatic control of dispensing by the quantity in a receiver which is also discharging.

This subclass is indented under subclass 130. Apparatus in which a float responsive to a condition in the receiver controls discharge of the siphon.

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135 for siphon discharge controlled by float means responsive to liquid accumulation in the system.
409 for float operated valves of general utility, and see the search notes to subclass 409.

This subclass is indented under subclass 123. Apparatus having means responsive to a condition or characteristic of the fluid in the system whereby the siphon is caused to discharge at recurrent intervals, i.e., as often as a certain level of tank contents is reached.

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130 for apparatus in which siphon discharge is controlled by a condition in a receptacle into which the siphon discharges.
396 for self-emptying tanks of other types which empty in response to liquid level as often as filled, and see the search notes to subclass 396.

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73, Measuring and Testing, subclass 222 and 226 for tank type meters with siphon discharge.

This subclass is indented under subclass 132. Apparatus having means whereby the siphon may be discharged either by manual operation or by a condition or characteristic of the fluid in the system, the manual control being either auxiliary to the automatic or the control being convertible from one type to the other.
(1) Note. See the class definition, section 3 for search notes on combined automatic and nonautomatic controls in this and related classes.

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269 for convertible fluid handling systems.

This subclass is indented under subclass 132. Apparatus having an additional accumulation receptacle arranged to discharge recurrently into the siphon chamber, such recurrent discharge initiating discharge of the siphon.

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142 for other siphon starting means.

This subclass is indented under subclass 132. Apparatus having a float responsive to the accumulation of liquid in the siphon chamber in which the float actuates means for admitting liquid to the siphon element to initiate liquid flow there through.

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409 for float controlled valves of general utility, and see the search notes to subclass 409.

This subclass is indented under subclass 132. Apparatus in which the liquid accumulating in the siphon chamber traps air in the siphon element and means is provided to release such trapped air to initiate liquid flow through the siphon.

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143 for siphon venting or breaking.
144 for removal of the air which accumulates in siphons during use.

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4, Baths, Closets, Sinks, and Spittoons, 369 for water closet flush tanks having an outlet siphon which is prevented from discharging until air is positively release therefrom.

This subclass is indented under subclass 136. Apparatus in which the trapped air releasing means is actuated by a float responsive to accumulation of liquid in the siphon system.

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202 and 213+, for liquid level responsive vents for gas in diverse fluid containing pressure systems.
409 for float operated valves of general utility and see the search notes to subclass 409.
583 for distribution systems having a gas vent and other flow passages, and see the search notes to subclasses 583 and 587.

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222, Dispensing, subclass 69 for float operated vents in dispensers.

This subclass is indented under subclass 136. Apparatus in
which the trapped air releasing means comprises a liquid trap seal, which may be formed by suitable configuration of the discharge end of the siphon element.

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247 for combinations of liquid trap seals with fluid distribution apparatus other than siphons, and see the search notes to subclass 247.

This subclass is indented under subclass 138. Apparatus in which the air releasing seal comprises a second liquid trap seal in addition to the air trapping seal necessarily present at the discharge end of the siphon element.

This subclass is indented under subclass 123. Apparatus combined with a strainer, filter, separator or sediment trap.

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544 for other fluid distribution apparatus combined with means for separating solid material from the fluid, and see the search notes to subclass 544.

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210, Liquid Purification or Separation, 416.1 for filter means of that class (210) combined with means providing a suction.

This subclass is indented under subclass 123. Apparatus combined with a recorder, register, signal, indicator or inspection window.

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551 for other fluid distribution apparatus combined with the listed devices, and see the search notes to subclass 551.

This subclass is indented under subclass 123. Apparatus having means for applying pressure to initiate, stop or maintain liquid flow, to vent air for starting, stopping or maintaining siphon flow, or for controlling the flow by opening, closing or variably restricting the main flow path of the siphon.

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128 for siphons with auxiliary starting siphon.
130 for siphon discharge controlled by the receiver.
132 for periodic discharging or level responsive siphons.

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222, Dispensing, subclass 204 for dispenser siphons with auxiliary starting means and subclass 416 for dispenser siphons.

This subclass is indented under subclass 142. Apparatus in which the siphon is provided with means for stopping or regulating the flow through the siphon by admitting air into the siphon.

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151 for apparatus including siphons having a valve or closure for controlling the flow of liquid therethrough.
215 for apparatus for preventing reverse flow siphoning action in apparatus not normally operating by siphon action.
583 for distributing systems including a gas vent and at least one other flow opening, and see the search notes to subclasses 583 and 587.

This subclass is indented under subclass 142. Apparatus having means for removing air which accumulates in the siphon while it is discharging liquid, such means comprising a positively acting eductor connected at one or more high points of a siphon and having either a separate or a line jet operated pumping means.

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136 for release of trapped air to start a siphon of the periodic type.
143 for siphon venting means which operate to reduce or stop the flow in the siphon.

This subclass is indented under subclass 142. Apparatus in which pressure either of liquid or a displacing gas is developed in that part of the system which holds the material into which the inlet end of the siphon dips to fill the siphon and start the flow.

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130 for siphons started by controlling the position or pressure condition of the receiver.
206 for gas pressure displacement of a liquid, and see the search notes to subclass 206.
565 for distribution systems having a pump as part thereof, and see the search notes to subclass 565.

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4, Baths, Closets, Sinks, and Spittoons, subclass 375 for water displacer starters for siphons in water closet tanks.
222, Dispensing, subclass 204 for siphons combined with discharge assistants in dispensers.

This subclass is indented under subclass 142. Apparatus in which a movable siphon is provided with an enlarged entrance chamber whereby when the chamber end is rapidly introduced into the supply a surge of fluid through the line results, which fills the siphon and initiates flow.

This subclass is indented under subclass 142. Apparatus in which the means comprises a pump mounted in or on the siphon.

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565 for distribution systems with pumps, and see the search notes to subclass 565.

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4, Baths, Closets, Sinks, and Spittoons, 42 for siphon starters for water closet tanks.
222, Dispensing, subclass 204 for siphons with pump or other discharge assistant type starter.

This subclass is indented under subclass 147. Apparatus in which the pump includes a piston.

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4, Baths, Closets, Sinks, and Spittoons, subclass 373 for water closet flushing tanks having a siphon outlet which is started by a piston or its equivalent.

This subclass is indented under subclass 148. Apparatus in which the piston is moved in the flow passage of the siphon.

This subclass is indented under subclass 147. Apparatus in which the pump comprises a collapsible bulb.

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222, Dispensing, subclass 209 for collapsible bulb fluid pressure generators in dispensers.

This subclass is indented under subclass 142. Apparatus in which the siphon is movably mounted so that the inlet end comes into contact with the supply chamber wall when flow is cut off, the contact either operating a valve or directly blocking flow through the siphon.

This subclass is indented under subclass 142. Apparatus having a flow controlling stopping means which comprises a valve or closure.

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131 for float-operated valves in receivers controlling the discharge of siphons.
135 for float-operated valves for inlets to siphons of the level responsive type.

This subclass is indented under subclass 123. Apparatus in which the siphon is provided with means for mounting and/or positioning it relative to the chamber from which liquid is supplied to the siphon.

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222, Dispensing, subclass 416 for dispensing siphons, per se.

This subclass is indented under subclass 123. Apparatus comprising the siphon passage forming means, per se.

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222, Dispensing, subclass 416 for dispenser siphons, per se.

This subclass is indented under the class definition. Apparatus which contain under pressure a plurality of fluids having diverse characteristics such as fluid phase (i.e., gas and liquid) or specific gravity, and which fluids are in contact in at least a part of the system.
(1) Note. The pressure need not exist continuously in the system, but must be present at least some of the time.
(2) Note. This subclass does not include systems in which diverse fluids as steam and water are utilized merely for heating purposes.

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241 for steam sterilization in fluid handling systems.
246 for liquid supplied at a valve interface, which liquid may be different from the fluid handled in the system.
334 for gas and liquid containing systems for heating, as by mixing steam and water. See Note (1) above.

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222, Dispensing, 394 for dispensers with fluid pressure discharge assistants, and see the search notes to subclass 394.
399, Electrophotography, 237 for liquid developer applied to a latent image within an electrophotos:graphic device.

This subclass is indented under subclass 154. Apparatus which controls a gas to be injected or introduced into the liquid column of well to elevate the liquid.

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417, Pumps, subclass 109 for aerated column type pumps combined with valve means for a controlling a gas inlet.

This subclass is indented under subclass 154. Apparatus which includes a receiving chamber which holds a liquid for subsequent discharge to a receiver at a higher pressure, which discharge is controlled or enabled by the controlled application of a gas pressure over the liquid equal to or greater than the pressure to which the liquid is discharged.
(1) Note. The discharge may be to a closed receiver at higher pressure than the trap filling pressure, which may be at atmospheric pressure, or the discharge may be to atmosphere or an open receiver from a vacuum system.
(2) Note. A feed or discharge trap in the fluid handling art is an auxiliary chamber which collects or portions out a separated quantity of fluid which is to be added to or removed from the quantity in the container to which it is auxiliary. It may discharge the separated quantity or merely make it accessible.

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177 for gas traps which may utilize internal uncontrolled pressure for liquid discharge.
206 for gas pressure discharge of non feed trap type containers.
571 for plural tanks or compartments connected for serial flow, and see the search notes to subclass 571.

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122, Liquid Heaters and Vaporizers, 451 for feed-traps of particular application to boilers.
417, Pumps, 118 for liquid pumping by supplying or exhausting gaseous motive fluid to or from a liquid pumping chamber.

This subclass is indented under subclass 156. Feed-traps wherein the application of gas pressure is controlled by the
amount of liquid in the discharge receiving receptacle, as the boiler.

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130 for siphon discharge controlled by the receiver.
205 for liquid filling by evacuating a container and see the search notes thereto.

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141, Fluent Material Handling, With Receiver or Receiver Coacting Means, 39 for diverse fluid containing pressure filling systems wherein the filling means is controlled by the gas condition in the receiver.
222, Dispensing, subclass 56 for automatic dispensing controlled by the quantity in a discharging receiver.

This subclass is indented under subclass 157. Feed-traps which include a gas pressure connection at the desired liquid level in the discharging receiver.

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393 for level controlled valves having a control fluid connection at the desired liquid level in nonpressure systems.

This subclass is indented under subclass 156. Feed-traps wherein the application of gas pressure is controlled by the amount of liquid in the feed-trap chamber.

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183 and 199+, for fluid responsive valves in fluid separating traps in diverse fluid containing pressure systems.

This subclass is indented under subclass 159. Feed-traps which include a plurality of trap chambers.
(1) Note. The plural trap chambers may be arranged serially or in parallel, as for alternating use.

This subclass is indented under subclass 160. Feed-traps wherein alternately acting feed traps are moved by gravity to discharge their contents and the lowering of one trap raises the other trap.

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403 for liquid level responsive or maintaining control systems operated by the weight of accumulated fluid, especially subclass 408 for accumulation in the gravitating tank, and see the search notes to subclasses 403 and 408.

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177, Weighing Scales, subclass 90 for weighing apparatus in which alternating weight chambers control flow of the material being weighed.

This subclass is indented under subclass 159. Feed-traps wherein liquid accumulates in a vessel which lowers by gravity upon the accumulation of a predetermined amount of liquid therein to control the admission of gas pressure.

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189 for separating traps of the gravitating type in diverse fluid containing pressure systems.
408 for liquid level responsive devices of the gravitating tank type, and see the search notes thereto.

This subclass is indented under subclass 162. Feed-traps
wherein the vessel is an open-topped float which floats in liquid and sinks when filled with liquid.

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404 for sinking floats in liquid level responsive or maintaining systems, and see the search notes thereto.

This subclass is indented under subclass 162. Feed-traps wherein the vessel is pivoted and a fluid passage is provided through the pivot.

This subclass is indented under subclass 159. Feed-traps wherein the gas pressure application is controlled by a float in the feed-trap chamber.

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192 and 202, for float responsive fluid separating traps and vents in diverse fluid containing pressure systems.
409 for float operated valves of general utility, and see the search notes to subclass 409.

This subclass is indented under subclass 165. Feed-traps wherein a valve in the liquid flow line to or from the trap is actuated by a distinct positively acting mechanism in conjunction with the float control of the gas inlet.
(1) Note. Self actuating valves such as check valves are not "positively" actuated.
(2) Note. See the class definition, section 3 for search notes on automatic valves combined with other actuating means.

This subclass is indented under subclass 165. Feed-traps which are not provided with a gas outlet, as the gas applied to discharge the trap is in the form of a readily condensed vapor such as steam which condenses to eliminate the gas pressure after discharge to allow subsequent filling of the trap.

This subclass is indented under subclass 165. Feed-traps provided with gas inlet and outlet valves which are integrally mounted on a single actuating stem.
(1) Note. See the class definition, section 4 for search notes on plural valves in the fluid handling systems of this and related classes.

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411 for liquid level responsive or maintaining systems in which plural valves are controlled by one float.

This subclass is indented under subclass 156. Feed-traps wherein the gas pressure application to the feed-traps controlled by manual or cyclic means.

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631 for cyclic actuation of valves, and see the search notes to subclass 631.

This subclass is indented under subclass 169. Feed traps wherein the feed trap is moved into discharge relationship with the receiver for discharge and the controlling gas pressure is the pressure in the discharge receiver which may enable discharge of the liquid by the mere flow connection of the trap chamber to the receiver.

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222, Dispensing, subclass 636 for fluid flow discharge from a movable trap chamber and subclasses 344+ for dispensers with movable trap chambers.
406, Conveyors: Fluid Current, 63 for material intake into a fluid current conveyor and comprising successively registering pockets.

This subclass is indented under subclass 154. Apparatus in which the fluids comprise a liquid and a gas which has been intentionally and desirably entrained in the liquid to form a mixture which is subject to frothing under certain conditions and having means for preserving or modifying the pressure of gas in the mixture, thereby controlling the amount of froth released, retained or formed in the handling of the mixture.
(1) Note. Disclosures of froth or foam control functions for structures of general utility in the fluid handling arts does not result in classification in this or the indented subclasses unless there is a claimed disclosure of a combination of handling features which specialize the overall apparatus to a foam controlling function and for which no suitable general classification exists elsewhere.

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12.5 for methods of controlling foam in handling carbonated liquids.
206 for gas pressure storage over or displacement of liquids in diverse fluid containing pressure systems, and see the search notes thereto.

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516, Colloid Systems and Wetting Agents; Subcombinations Thereof; Processes of Making, Stabilizing, Breaking, or Inhibiting, 115 for processes of or compositions for or subcombination compositions for the breaking of or inhibiting of foam colloid systems, when generically claimed or when there is no hierarchically superior provision in the USPC for the specifically claimed art.

This subclass is indented under subclass 170.1. Apparatus having means for sensing a force exerted by the mixture or of either of its component parts, or means for sensing a fluid level, such means causing operation of a control device.

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386 for liquid level responsive or maintaining systems of general application.

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516, Colloid Systems and Wetting Agents; Subcombinations Thereof; Processes of Making, Stabilizing, Breaking, or Inhibiting, 115 for processes of or compositions for or subcombination compositions for the breaking of or inhibiting of foam colloid systems, when generically claimed or when there is no hierarchically superior provision in the USPC for the specifically claimed art.

This subclass is indented under subclass 170.1. Apparatus having means apart from the mixture handling means for treating or disposing of the froth while it remains in the frothy state either by discharging said froth, by extracting liquid from it, or by storing or retaining it in a separate chamber.
(1) Note. Structures involving foam control within the meaning of subclass 170.1 have been placed in this subclass where the claimed structure includes a passageway for the discharge of foam on the basis of the applicant's disclosure that foam is so discharged rather than gas.

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170.4 for similar structures where only liberated gas is separately handled.

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96, Gas Separation: Apparatus, 155 for degasifying means for liquid, per se.
516, Colloid Systems and Wetting Agents; Subcombinations Thereof; Processes of Making, Stabilizing, Breaking, or Inhibiting, 115 for processes of or compositions for or subcombination compositions for the breaking of or inhibiting of foam colloid systems, when generically claimed or when there is no hierarchically superior provision in the USPC for the specifically claimed art.

This subclass is indented under subclass 170.1. Apparatus wherein the means for preserving or modifying the pressure of the gas includes an enclosed vessel through which such fluids pass and in which they are retained for a time.

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571 for plural tanks or compartments, including traps, connected for serial flow.
613 for single flow path devices with serial valves which may comprise alternately seated inlet and outlet valves.

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222, Dispensing, 424.5 for dispensers including stationary trap chambers, and especially subclass 442 for such arrangements in which a vent is provided for the trap chamber. See also Class 222, Class Definition, "Stationary Traps," for a discussion of the disposition of stationary trap chamber structures and for a listing of other classes containing similar structures.
516, Colloid Systems and Wetting Agents; Subcombinations Thereof; Processes of Making, Stabilizing, Breaking, or Inhibiting, 115 for processes of or compositions for or subcombination compositions for the breaking of or inhibiting of foam colloid systems, when generically claimed or when there is no hierarchically superior provision in the USPC for the specifically claimed art.

This subclass is indented under subclass 170.4. Apparatus having means associated with the vessel for withdrawing evolved gas from the mixture and means whereby some or all of such evolved gas may be returned to the mixture for reentrainment therein before being discharged by the apparatus.

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599.01-601.21, for systems dividing into parallel flow lines then recombining.

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261, Gas and Liquid Contact Apparatus, appropriate subclasses for devices for contacting liquids and gases, generally.
516, Colloid Systems and Wetting Agents; Subcombinations Thereof; Processes of Making, Stabilizing, Breaking, or Inhibiting, 115 for processes of or compositions for or subcombination compositions for the breaking of or inhibiting of foam colloid systems, when generically claimed or when there is no hierarchically superior provision in the USPC for the specifically claimed art.

This subclass is indented under subclass 170.4. Apparatus having conduits or passages so connecting portions of the apparatus that the mixture may be directed to a point of discharge without passing through the vessel so that it is possible to discharge either material which has been held or treated in the vessel, material which has not been so treated, or a desired combination of such materials.

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599.01-601.21, for systems dividing into parallel flow lines then recombining.

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222, Dispensing, subclass 318 for dispensers having means to by-pass or to otherwise return the material to the source.
516, Colloid Systems and Wetting Agents; Subcombinations Thereof; Processes of Making, Stabilizing, Breaking, or Inhibiting, 115 for processes of or compositions for or subcombination compositions for the breaking of or inhibiting of foam colloid systems, when generically claimed or when there is no hierarchically superior provision in the USPC for the specifically claimed art.

This subclass is indented under subclass 154. Apparatus which separates and provides for the removal of one or more of the diverse fluids from the system.
(1) Note. The material may be collected in an auxiliary chamber or trap prior to discharge, or it may be vented directly through a controlled or restricted outlet in the system. In either case, a given discharge means is intended
to relieve the system of one fluid but not others.
(2) Note. Mere vents for gas in diverse fluid containing pressure systems are found in this subclass.

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213 for venting gas from the supply stored over or used to displace a liquid.
312 for collection of external condensate or drip.

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34, Drying and Gas or Vapor Contact With Solids, subclass 125 for liquid removal devices for steam drying apparatus.
96, Gas Separation: Apparatus, for apparatus for gas separation, per se, particularly 155 for degasifying means for liquid, per se.
210, Liquid Purification or Separation, appropriate subclasses for separation of liquids from liquids or solids.
236, Automatic Temperature and Humidity Regulation, appropriate subclasses, especially subclass 41 and 53-60 for thermally operated or responsive traps or vents in fluid handling system for automatic temperature regulation.

This subclass is indented under subclass 171. Separating traps wherein the diverse fluids are liquids of different specific gravity.
(1) Note. Systems containing diverse fluids which are liquids will be found in subclass 154 of this group where discrimination is not involved.

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210, Liquid Purification or Separation, 513 for liquid separating decanters, and see the search notes thereunder.
222, Dispensing, subclass 62 and 395 for dispensers having a liquid pressure fluid for displacing the material to be dispensed.

This subclass is indented under subclass 171. Separating traps which are provided with plural discriminating outlets each of which permits outflow of one fluid and prevents outflow of other diverse fluids.

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236, Automatic Temperature and Humidity Regulation, subclass 53 for traps having a float controlled liquid outlet and a thermostatic air valve.

This subclass is indented under subclass 173. Separating traps wherein the outlets are valve controlled and the valves have a common actuator.

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595 for systems having a plural noncommunicating flow paths with a common valve operator.
601.01-601.12, for systems dividing into parallel flow lines then recombining including valves having a common operator therefor.
607 for systems having a multiple inlet with a single outlet, a flow control valve in each inlet, and a common valve operator.
862-871, for systems having a flow control means for branched passages and a common valve operator.

This subclass is indented under subclass 173. Separating traps wherein one of the discriminating outlets is a restricted gas bleed, which by its small size acts or tends to act as a discriminating gas outlet.

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179 for a discriminating liquid outlet with a nondiscriminating gas vent in a diverse fluid containing pressure system.
583 for distribution systems having a gas vent and at least one other flow passage, and see the search notes to
subclasses 583 and 587.

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251, Valves and Valve Actuation, subclass 117 for valves having a restrictor in parallel flow relation thereto, and subclasses 118+ for valves combined with material guides or restrictors, and see the search notes to subclass 118.

This subclass is indented under subclass 175. Separating traps wherein the gas bleed has its inlet above the normal maximum liquid level in the trap chamber.

This subclass is indented under subclass 171. Separating traps wherein the separating trap is provided with a discriminating outlet which permits outflow of liquid but prevents outflow of gas.

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159 for traps having discriminating liquid outlets, the liquid in the trap controlling gas pressure application to the trap for discharging the liquid.

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222, Dispensing, subclass 66 for empty container cut-offs for dispensers.
236, Automatic Temperature and Humidity Regulation, subclasses 53-60 for temperature responsive liquid separating traps.

This subclass is indented under subclass 177. Separating traps further provided with a valve controlling a trap chamber inlet which is operated alternately with the outlet valve.
(1) Note. See the main class definition, Lines With Other
Classes and Within This Class, Plural Valves, and also Subclass References to the Current Class, for search notes on plural valves in fluid handling systems.

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596 for distribution systems having alternately seated stop and waste valves, and see the search notes thereto.
602 627.5 and 861+, for other alternately seated valves.

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222, Dispensing, 425, especially subclasses 445+ and 450+ for dispensers with stationary traps and cut-offs for inlet and outlet, which are ordinarily alternately seated.

This subclass is indented under subclass 177. Separating traps provided with a nondiscriminating gas vent, an additional nondiscriminating liquid outlet or an additional control of the discriminating liquid outlet, the additional control being such as to give a nondiscriminating action to the discriminating outlet.

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175 for plural discriminating outlet trap devices in which one outlet is a choked or restricted passage gas bleed.
583 for distribution systems with plural openings, one of which is a gas vent, and see the search notes to subclasses 583 and 587.

This subclass is indented under subclass 179. Separating traps wherein the additional liquid outlet or additional control of the liquid outlet responds to a system pressure either above or below the normal operating pressure.

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493 for line condition change responsive valves operated by flow in either direction, i.e., high or low pressures on either side.

This subclass is indented under subclass 179. Separating traps wherein the nondiscriminating fluid discharge is manually controlled.
(1) Note. See the class definition, Lines With Other Classes and Within This Class, (3) Manual Control, Resetting, etc., and also Subclass References to the Current Class, for search notes on manual valve actuation in this and related classes.

This subclass is indented under subclass 177. Separating traps further provided with a nondiscriminating valve in the trap inlet or a valve providing a by-pass of the trap.

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597 and 602+, for distribution systems having multiple inlets with multiple and single outlets respectively, and see the search notes to subclass 602.
599.01-601.21, for systems dividing into parallel flow lines then recombining.

This subclass is indented under subclass 177. Separating traps wherein the discrimination is obtained by an outlet valve which is responsive to a fluid condition.

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455 for line condition change responsive valves of the safety cut-off, pop, pressure regulating, safety or check types, and see the notes to subclass 455 for search notes on condition responsive valves in this and related classes.

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236, Automatic Temperature and Humidity Regulation, subclasses 53-60 for temperature responsive liquid separating traps in devices for automatic temperature regulation.

This subclass is indented under subclass 183. Separating traps having a plurality of successively opened liquid outlet valves.
(1) Note. See the class definition,Lines With Other Classes and Within This Class, Plural Valves, and also Subclass References to the Current Class, for search notes on plural valves in this and related classes.

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628 for sequentially progressive actuation of plural valves to opening or closing position, and see the search notes to subclass 628.
861 for distribution systems having plural valved branches, and see the search notes to subclass 861.

This subclass is indented under subclass 183. Separating traps wherein the valve closes in response to the collection of gas in an open-bottom float.

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409 for float operated valves, and see the search notes to subclass 409.

This subclass is indented under subclass 185. Separating traps wherein the float is located downstream from the valve.

This subclass is indented under subclass 183. Separating
traps wherein the valve is controlled by the level of liquid in the trap.

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159 for liquid level control of gas pressure discharge type feed-traps.
386 for liquid level responsive valves for other and general uses, and see the search notes to subclass 386.

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222, Dispensing, 64 for dispensers controlled by material level.

This subclass is indented under subclass 187. Separating traps wherein the valve is responsive to the weight or pressure of accumulated liquid.

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403 for control devices responsive to the weight of accumulated liquid, and see the search notes to subclass 403.

This subclass is indented under subclass 188. Separating traps wherein liquid accumulates in a vessel which lowers in response to the weight of the liquid which lowering controls the valve.

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161 and 162+, for similar subject matter with a control for applying gas pressure to the trap to force the discharge thereof as to a boiler.
408 for gravitating tank devices responsive to and controlling liquid level, and see the search notes thereto.

This subclass is indented under subclass 189. Separating traps wherein the vessel is an open-topped float which floats in liquid and sinks when filled with liquid.

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404 for liquid level responsive or maintaining systems controlled by a sinking or bucket type float, and see the search notes thereto.

This subclass is indented under subclass 190. Separating traps wherein the float operates a servo-mechanism or pilot valve controlled device which in turn operates the valve.

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195 for servo control with level responsive means of the float type in these devices.
412 for servo relay operation of control in float controlled valves.

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251, Valves and Valve Actuation, 25 for fluid pressure type servo-motors for valve actuation, and see the search notes to subclass 25 and subclasses 129+ for electrical actuators for valves.

This subclass is indented under subclass 187. Separating traps wherein the level responsive means is a float.

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386 for liquid level responsive or maintaining systems, especially 409+ for float controlled valves, and see the search notes to subclasses 386 and 409.

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222, Dispensing, 67 for float operated flow controllers in dispensers.

This subclass is indented under subclass 192. Separating traps wherein the trap chamber is provided with an inlet for gas and liquid, a discriminating outlet for liquid and a nondiscriminating outlet for the main flow of the gas to a gas distribution system.

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173 for devices having a gas and liquid inlet and discriminating outlets for both fluids.
179 for devices having a discriminating outlet for liquid and a nondiscriminating vent for gases, i.e., one which does not discharge the main flow of the material being handled.

This subclass is indented under subclass 192. Separating traps wherein the discriminating liquid outlet pipe rises above the normal liquid level in the trap chamber, thus requiring the gas pressure in the chamber to discharge the liquid.

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206 for diverse fluid containing pressure systems in which gas is used as a liquid displacing means, and see the search notes to subclass 206.
590 for distribution systems having internally extending pipes, and see the search notes to subclass 590.

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222, Dispensing, subclass 373 for fluid pressure discharge of material from a dispenser trap.

This subclass is indented under subclass 192. Separating traps wherein the liquid outlet valve is controlled by a servo mechanism or pilot valve operated means which is in turn controlled by the float.

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191 for similar devices in which the level responsive means responds to weight or pressure of the accumulated fluid, and see the search notes thereto.

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236, Automatic Temperature and Humidity Regulation, subclass 55 for a float controlled pilot with a thermostatically controlled trap in automatic temperature regulation devices.
251, Valves and Valve Actuation, 25 for fluid pressure servo-motors for valve actuation, and see the search notes to subclass 25.

This subclass is indented under subclass 192. Separating traps wherein a plurality of coacting liquid outlet valves are arranged to act in opposition or a single outlet valve is provided with opposed surfaces to cancel out the effect of internal pressure on the valve.

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251, Valves and Valve Actuation, 281 for balanced valves of general utility and see the search notes thereto.

This subclass is indented under subclass 171. Separating traps wherein the trap is provided with an outlet through which outflow of a gas is permitted but outflow of a liquid or diverse gas therethrough is prevented.

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173 for diverse fluid containing pressure systems having plural discriminating outlets or vents.
175 for traps having a choke or restricted gas bleed.
213 for liquid level responsive gas vents for boilers or other gas pressure over liquid devices which may also be utilized as safety or warning devices or whistles.
386 for liquid level responsive or maintaining devices involving hygroscopic means.
388 for liquid excluding devices for gas inlets or outlets in systems which are not diverse fluid containing pressure systems.
583 for distribution systems having plural passages, one of which is a gas vent, and see the search notes to subclasses 583 and 587.

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96, Gas Separation: Apparatus, for apparatus for gas separation, per se, particularly 155 for degasifying means for liquid, per se.
222, Dispensing, subclass 69 for float operated controllers for dispensing container vents.

This subclass is indented under subclass 197. Separating traps further provided with a pressure responsive valve in the gas outlet which prevents reverse flow or regulates the system gas pressure.

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455 for line condition change responsive valves, especially subclass 496 for those having separate reactor surface and closing in response to reverse flow, subclass 505 for the pressure regulating type, and subclasses 511+ for check valves, especially subclasses 517+ for those biased open.

This subclass is indented under subclass 197. Separating traps wherein the discrimination is obtained by an outlet valve which is responsive to a fluid.

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183 for fluid responsive valves comprising discriminating outlets for liquids.
455 for line condition change responsive valves of general types, and see the search notes to subclass 455.

This subclass is indented under subclass 199. Separating traps wherein the valve or an additional device functions to stop normally liquid fluid which is vaporized, such as steam, in the system.

This subclass is indented under subclass 200. Separating traps wherein a separate return path is provided from the trap to the system for condensed vapor.

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156 for devices of this type where the condensed vapor is returned to a boiler or other receivers under higher pressure.

This subclass is indented under subclass 199. Separating traps wherein the valve is responsive to a float member.

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192 for devices of this type which are discriminating for liquids.
409 for float controlled valves, and see the search notes to subclass 409.

This subclass is indented under subclass 171. Separating traps wherein the provision for removal of a fluid from the system is a nondiscriminating liquid outlet.
(1) Note. Nondiscriminating outlets for gas in systems of this type have been placed in the subclass under which this subclass is indented.

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179 for systems of this type having both discriminating and nondiscriminating outlets for liquid.
861 for distribution systems having plural valved outlets, and see the search notes to subclass 861.

This subclass is indented under subclass 203. Separating traps wherein the outlet empties the system of liquid of its own volition, as when the system pressure is removed.

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183 and 199+, for fluid responsive valves in diverse fluid containing pressure systems.
396 for self-emptying tanks which are level responsive.

This subclass is indented under subclass 154. Apparatus providing means whereby a container may be filled with a liquid by evacuating the container either prior to or simultaneously with the liquid filling.

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130 for siphon systems with discharge controlling receiver.
571 for distribution systems comprising plural tanks connected for series flow.

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141, Fluent Material Handling, With Receiver or Receiver Coacting Means, 59 for filling devices in which a separable receiver is placed under vacuum for filling.
166, Wells, subclass 165 and the subclasses there noted for receptacles used in wells and filled by liquid because the receptacle has been evacuated or is filled with air at a pressure lower than the surrounding liquid.
417, Pumps, 118 and particularly subclasses 148+ for means for pumping a liquid by exhausting a gaseous motive fluid from the liquid pump chamber.

This subclass is indented under subclass 154. Apparatus including a shunt line having a reservoir therein containing a fluid diverse from that in the main line and wherein the reservoir material is fed into the main line, without mixing with main line material in the reservoir, by main line flow into the shunt due to differential pressure along the main line.

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268 for means to entrain a solid material into a fluid handling system and see the search notes thereunder.
564.5 for a line responsive follower type feeder in a shunt line.

This subclass is indented under subclass 154. Apparatus wherein a gas under pressure is provided over a body of liquid or is utilized to displace a liquid and a definite coaction exists between the gas and liquid which affects the system.
(1) Note. The usual purpose for mere storage of gas over liquid is for an air cushion or surge eliminating means.

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145 for application of pressure to liquid in a siphon chamber to initiate a flow through a siphon connected thereto.
156 for liquid feed traps utilizing a gas pressure for discharge.
170.1 for diverse fluid containing pressure systems in which the fluids are in the form of a liquid impregnated with gas and there are means for controlling the degree of froth or foam formed in the handling of such fluids.

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222, Dispensing, 61, 258, 261 to 263 and 396+ for dispensers with fluid pressure discharge assistants.
417, Pumps, 118 for liquid pumping by supplying or
exhausting gaseous motive fluid to or from a liquid pumping chamber.

This subclass is indented under subclass 206. Apparatus wherein the gas is trapped in a dome over a liquid from a liquid distribution system to suppress or absorb pressure surges in the liquid system.

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568 and 593, for surge chambers for distribution systems in which a head of liquid supplies the cushion or bias in the system. The chamber may be closed, but air pressure is not relied on for surge suppression.

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138, Pipes and Tubular Conduits, 26 for pressure compensators for pipes and tubular conduits.
417, Pumps, 543 for expansible chamber type pumps having a pulsation damping means of the direct contact compressible fluid type.

This subclass is indented under subclass 206. Apparatus in which the liquid in one part of the system is allowed to flow back, is forced back, or is by-passed back to the source of supply, in order to empty the system for cleaning, storage, etc.

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239 for fluid handling systems of general application having means for reversing the normal direction of flow of the fluid for assisting in the cleaning of such systems.

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222, Dispensing, subclass 318 for dispensing devices embodying discharge assisting means and having a bypass or return to supply.

This subclass is indented under subclass 206. Apparatus wherein a plurality of similarly functioning gas pressure over liquid units are provided.

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255 for fluid handling systems comprising plural tanks with parallel outflow, and see the search notes to subclass 225.

This subclass is indented under subclass 206. Apparatus wherein means are provided to maintain or apply the gas pressure over or to the liquid.

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145 and 147+, for pressure fluid supply for starting siphons.

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141, Fluent Material Handling, With Receiver or Receiver Coacting Means, subclass 19 for puncturing gas pressure reservoirs for filling dispensers.
222, Dispensing, subclass 209 for resilient wall fluid pressure generating pump or pulsator for dispensers, subclasses 399 for gas pressure supplying reservoirs and 401+ for container mounted fluid pressure generating pump or pulsator.

This subclass is indented under subclass 209. Apparatus in which the gas is derived from a liquid not necessarily the liquid over which the gas acts.

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62, Refrigeration, 45.1 for process and apparatus for handling liquefied gas as a commodity including steps or means involving pressure or temperature control special to liquefied gas and more than required for other liquids under gas pressure.

This subclass is indented under subclass 210. Apparatus with a device to add or inject gas into the liquid of the system to replenish the gas over the liquid.

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261, Gas and Liquid Contact Apparatus, appropriate subclasses for carbonators, per se.

This subclass is indented under subclass 209. Apparatus including means to apply gas pressure over the liquid said means utilizing the pressure of flow of the liquid to apply the gas.

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211 for gas injectors utilizing the pressure or flow of the liquid in which the gas is carried into the storage tank by the liquid.

This subclass is indented under subclass 209. Apparatus wherein the gas pressure inlet and liquid outlet have a common mounting adapted for manipulation as a unit for positioning or removal from a gas and liquid container.

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317 for devices for tapping a container under pressure which frequently comprise the liquid outlet subcombination of the subject matter under this definition.
594 and 625.18+, for fluid distribution systems including noncommunicating flow paths where one flow path may be for gas and the other for liquid.

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222, Dispensing, 394 for dispensers having fluid pressure discharge assistants, especially subclass 399 for those
having a gas reservoir and subclasses 401+ for those having a pressure generating pump mounted on the supply container, and see the search notes to subclass 394.

This subclass is indented under subclass 206. Apparatus wherein a gas vent or whistle is opened in response to a predetermined liquid level.
(1) Note. An example of such apparatus is a low water level steam exhaust and signal for a boiler.

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197 for discriminating gas outlets or vents which may be liquid level responsive.
386 for liquid level responsive or maintaining systems.
558 for liquid level indicators involving release of a separate gas for their operation, or of internal gas pressure when gas is the only fluid in the system. The use of whistles with gas exhaust devices as found in diverse fluid containing pressure systems is so common in the art that no cross reference is made of patents involving such subject matter to subclass 558. The search note under subclass 558 directs that search be made in subclasses 213+.

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116, Signals and Indicators, 137 for whistles, per se.
222, Dispensing, subclass 39 for audible signals for dispensers and subclass 69 for float controlled vents for dispensers.
446, Amusement Device: Toys, 204 for a sounding toy comprising a whistle.

This subclass is indented under subclass 213. Apparatus wherein the gas vent or whistle is opened in response to a high and low liquid level.

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391 for liquid level control of both inflow and outflow in a
tank.

This subclass is indented under the class definition. Apparatus which stop reverse flow of a liquid in a distribution system by preventing or eliminating the vacuum condition which would cause the reverse flow, such as a condition which would start siphoning.
(1) Note. The normal flow in these systems is not of the siphon type.

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143 for breakers in flow devices which are intended to act as siphons.
441 for refill pipes which may act as vacuum breakers.
526 for vacuum relief valves, per se.
583 for distribution systems having plural openings, one of which is a gas vent, and see the search notes to subclasses 583 and 587.

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251, Valves and Valve Actuation, subclass 34 for reverse flow prevention in choked pressure type servo motors which actuate valves.
399, Electrophotography, 237 for liquid developer applied to a latent image within an electrophotos:graphic device.

This subclass is indented under subclass 215. Apparatus wherein the back flow is prevented by an air vent or gap in the liquid flow line.

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143 for vent type breakers in flow devices which are intended to act as siphons.
583 for distribution systems having plural flow passages, one of which is a gas vent, and see the search notes to subclasses 583 and 587.

This subclass is indented under subclass 216. Apparatus including a liquid seal means in the liquid flow line.

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247 for liquid seals.

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4, Baths, Closets, Sinks, and Spittoons, subclass 211, 218 and 219 for ventilation of house plumbing or sewers.

This subclass is indented under subclass 216.1. Subject matter including an automatic valve in the vent line.

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217 for valved vents without a liquid seal means.

This subclass is indented under subclass 216. Apparatus wherein the air vent is provided with a valve.

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216.2 for valved vents in a flow line of the instant type including a liquid seal.
526 for vacuum relief valves, per se.

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4, Baths, Closets, Sinks, and Spittoons, subclass 426 for vented siphon bowls.

This subclass is indented under subclass 217. Apparatus wherein a valve is provided in the liquid flow path which operates in conjunction with the air vent valve.

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861 for distribution systems having plural valved flow paths, and see the search notes to subclass 861.

This subclass is indented under the class definition. Flow control devices comprising a flow line having a contracted portion, a valve seat adjacent said contracted portion and an internal coaxial valve part comprising telescoping members, one of which is a movable needle or valve head which engages said seat.
(1) Note. These valves are commonly known as Johnson or Larner-Johnson valves, and are used principally in water conduits providing for very large flow, as in dams and hydraulic installations associated therewith.
(2) Note. In addition to one or two moving valve heads or needles the internal part of the device comprises one or more stationary members around which flow occurs. The stationary members may be merely guides for the needles or they may complete a pressure chamber arrangement in cooperation with the movable member or members, but in either case a flow channel must be formed around a stationary member and between it and the wall of the flow line; i.e., the parts of the internal device must be surrounded by flowing fluid, except for the supports or connections between the stationary member and the wall.
(3) Note. The contracted portion of the flow line constitutes a region of relatively low fluid pressure, and the usual streamlining of the needle or stationary part, or both, provides a balanced or easily controlled valve suitable for controlling large flows.
(4) Note. The inner valve element frequently comprises a closed top-shaped body having fluid pressure chambers therein, but may comprise annular members having annular chambers therebetween, or less streamlined forms. In any form the valve head always lies in an enlarged portion of the flow line.
(5) Note. The valve may be operated (1) by fluid pressure derived either from the line or from an external source, the expansible chambers comprising (a) the telescoping valve body
(b) a separate motor within the valve body or (c) a mechanical movement connected fluid pressure motor external to the line, (2) by mechanical movement or electric motor means either within or outside of the flow line; or (3) by combinations of fluid pressure operating means and nonfluid operated means.

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455 for line condition responsive valves of other types.

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251, Valves and Valve Actuation, appropriate subclasses for valves and valve actuation generally, especially 12 for fluid actuated or retarded valves of other types, and subclasses 123+ for combined valves and restrictors in which the valve is located at the point of greatest restriction in the line.
399, Electrophotography, 237 for liquid developer applied to a latent image within an electrophotos:graphic device.

This subclass is indented under subclass 219. Flow control devices in which the valve is actuated in response to a change in condition of the fluid handled.
(1) Note. Such devices as pressure regulators and excess or reverse flow responsive valves, and combinations of the above with each other or with manual or other external controls, are included.

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455 for line condition responsive valves of other types, especially subclasses 485+ for pilot or servo-controlled condition change responsive valves.

This subclass is indented under subclass 219. Flow control devices in which a controlled motor device comprising a pilot operated or servo-mechanism is involved, the motor device and its pilot or control valve being located within the internal part of the valve, i.e., the part comprising the telescoping support and the needle or movable valve head lying within the flow passage.

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251, Valves and Valve Actuation, 25 for valve actuation involving fluid type pilot or servo type motors, and see the search notes to subclass 25.

This subclass is indented under subclass 221. Flow control devices in which the pilot valve controls a passage through the needle or movable part of the valve means internal to the flow line.

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251, Valves and Valve Actuation, 38 for choked pressure type servo motors for valve actuation in which the pilot valve is seated in the motor or valve element.

This subclass is indented under the class definition. Apparatus comprising valved inflation stems of the type attached to pneumatic tires and analogous inflatable articles, including filling and/or relief extensions of such stems, valved filling chucks or the type attached to pressure fluid supplying conduits and employed to inflate such articles by means of the inflation stems, and combinations of such inflation stems and filling chucks.
(1) Note. Relief and filling extensions to be attached to inflation stems have means to hold open the valve normally present in such stems.
(2) Note. The claiming of a source of supply of inflating fluid by name only does not exclude patents otherwise classifiable herein.

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320 for means comprising a tap or other attachable flow conduit which can be applied to a container under pressure to open a valve therein for transfer of fluids.
455 for line condition change responsive valves, e.g., safety and check valves.

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138, Pipes and Tubular Conduits, subclasses 89.1-89.4 for inflation stem closures and caps.
141, Fluent Material Handling, With Receiver or Receiver Coacting Means, subclass 4 for methods of charging separable receivers with gas, subclass 38 for filling apparatus for filling tires with gas and liquid, and appropriate subclasses for charging tires with gas, comprising in addition to the chuck and/or stem a significantly claimed source of supply, means for holding or supporting the tire or other Class 141 feature.
152, Resilient Tires and Wheels, 415 for tire inflating devices combined with vehicle or wheel structure.
222, Dispensing, 3 for gas dispensers.

This subclass is indented under subclass 223. Apparatus having fluid pressure responsive means permanently associated therewith for controlling the pressure therein or in the inflatable article during the inflating operation or while the inflatable article is in use.
(1) Note. If the pressure responsive control device is associated with the stem and controls the article in use, it does not interfere with the inflation operation.

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230 for relief valves adapted to be mounted on the end of a conventional inflation stem, and not having a filling passage. See (1) Note.
494 particularly subclasses 505+ and 511+ for pressure regulators and relief valves of general utility with and without separate reactor surfaces, respectively.

This subclass is indented under subclass 224. Devices wherein the fluid is dispensed in successive charges until the predetermined pressure is reached.

This subclass is indented under subclass 224. Apparatus having a diaphragm, bellows or expansible tube as the pressure responsive means.

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510 for relief valves of general utility closing in the direction of fluid flow and having a reactor surface comprising flexible diaphragm or bellows.
777 for expansible chamber devices, per se, and see the notes to subclass 777.
793 for diaphragms and bellows, per se, and see the notes to subclass 793.

This subclass is indented under subclass 224. Apparatus having inflation and relief valves on a common axis.
(1) Note. See the class definition, Section 4 for search notes on plural valves in this and related classes.

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228 and 230, for other relief valves associated with inflation stems.
493 for line condition responsive valves of the bi-directional type, including plural valves of which one may relieve high pressure and another relieve vacuum or reverse pressure.
505.11 for combined pressure regulators and relief valves of general utility.
512.2 614.16+, 630+, and 637.2+, for other valves mounted on a common axis.

This subclass is indented under subclass 223. Apparatus having a fluid pressure gauge or indicator combined therewith.

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224 for inflation devices having fluid pressure responsive pressure control means in association with a fluid pressure gauge or indicator or wherein the pressure responsive means is also a gauge or indicator or part thereof.
557 for combinations of fluid delivery systems other than inflatable article filling chucks or stems with fluid pressure responsive gauges or indicators.
524 for check and safety valves having means to adjust and indicate the setting of the biasing means.

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73, Measuring and Testing, 146.2 for fluid pressure gauges connected to a tire value stem and mounted on the stem or a vehicle carrying the stem and subclasses 700+ for fluid pressure gauges, per se.
116, Signals and Indicators, subclass 34 for signals, indicators and alarms for indicating when tire pressure is different from a desired valve.

This subclass is indented under subclass 227. Apparatus having means for releasing fluid from the article being inflated while the gauge or indicator remains combined with the filling chuck and/or stem.

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230 for stem attached relief valves.
511 for relief valves of general utility in which the pressure fluid acts directly on the valve head, without separate reactor surfaces.

This subclass is indented under subclass 227. Apparatus having means whereby the gauge or indicator may be selectively placed in or out of communication with the filling passage of the chuck or stem.

This subclass is indented under subclass 223. Valved devices which are adapted to be mounted in the end of a conventional pneumatic tire inflation stem to relieve excess pressure.
(1) Note. These valves each include a projection which holds the conventional valve open when it is in place.
(2) Note. Since these valves do not include an inflow passage, they must be removed during inflation.

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224 for tire pressure relief valves integral with tire inflating stems and/or chucks, and intended to remain in place during inflation. See (2) Note.
320 for tapping connections to valved containers which are under pressure, the connection comprising or carrying means for opening the valve after or during the connecting operation.
494 and 511+, for relief valves with and without separate reactor surfaces, respectively some of which are disclosed for use with inflatable articles.

This subclass is indented under subclass 223. Apparatus having significant structure for connecting a filling chuck to an inflation stem, or an inflation stem to a second inflation stem or filling tube, the second stem or tube usually being permanently associated with a tire.
(1) Note. The mere statement that a chuck or stem is screw threaded or flanged for coupling is not regarded as significant coupling structure for this subclass.

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614.02 and 614.05, for a valve operated by coupling motion of the flow path sections.
798 for nonvalved couplings joining two or more flow lines in fluid connecting relation, and see the search notes to subclass 798.

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141, Fluent Material Handling, With Receiver or Receiver
Coacting Means, 383 for couplings between a separable dispenser and receiver, and see the search notes to subclass 223 of this class (137).
251, Valves and Valve Actuation, 142 for a valve associated with a flow path, particularly subclasses 149+ wherein the valve is operated by the act of joining flow path sections.

This subclass is indented under subclass 223. Apparatus, usually of the inflation stem type, having a cap or closure for protecting and/or sealing the end thereof.

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800 for closures associated with devices of this class, and see the search notes thereto.

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49, Movable or Removable Closures, appropriate subclasses, for closures of the type provided for, and see the search notes thereto in section IV for the loci of closures in other classes.
138, Pipes and Tubular Conduits, subclasses 89.1-89.4 for inflation stem type closures and plugs.

This subclass is indented under subclass 232. Apparatus in which the cap is provided with means for actuating, locking in place, or assembling a valve located in an inflation stem.

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315.01-329.4, for a fluid handling system with repair, tapping, or assembly means.
613 for a flow path with serial valves and/or closures.

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152, Resilient Tires and Wheels, subclass 431 for combined valve stem caps and tools, the tool usually being employed to manipulate a valve in the stem.

This subclass is indented under subclass 233. Apparatus in which the valve which is actuated, locked or assembled is seated by manual manipulation.
(1) Note. The valve may also be provided with biasing means tending to seat it.

This subclass is indented under subclass 223. Devices comprising one or more valve heads and their cooperating seats formed in a sleeve or similar structural unit which is removable as such from a tire stem.

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283 and 454.2+, for similar structure removable from other fluid handling devices.

This subclass is indented under the class definition. Fluid handling system combined with means for supporting, guiding or confining a vehicle relative to fluid handling means which supples a fluid to the vehicle, e.g., lubricant or fuel.
(1) Note. Included in this subclass are a fluid system which services vehicles, which system has a defined relationship to an area or body of land or water or a vehicle support or guide even though a nozzle or metering device such as those used in a Class 141, 222 or 239 system is defined.

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236 for other fluid handling systems involving geos:graphic features.

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52, Static Structures (e.g., Buildings), 169.1 for a building defined as having a specific relationship to the adjacent terrain, and subclass 174 for a static structure, combined with a defined traffic confining or directing
feature wherein no fluid handling feature is defined.
62, Refrigeration, subclass 260 for such apparatus related to the terrain.
184, Lubrication, particularly subclass 1.5 for an automobile gear and crank case system having means specifically related to the crank case.
210, Liquid Purification or Separation, subclass 170 for such a system having defined features related to the terrain.
222, Dispensing, for a dispensing device with a casing or support not related to a guide or support for a vehicle being serviced.
399, Electrophotography, 237 for liquid developer applied to a latent image within an electrophotos:graphic device.

DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS INVOLVING GEOGRAPHIC FEATURES:
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Fluid handling systems including or specifically related to a particular geos:graphic feature, e.g., a hill, river, ocean shore, city street, etc.
(1) Note. Mere location of a fluid handling system or a portion thereof below the surface of the ground is not sufficient for inclusion in this subclass.
(2) Note. The geos:graphic feature may be either natural or artificial, but must be a clearly defined area on or below the surface of the earth.

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272 for hydrant type devices including water cranes, which usually have a connection to a water main and a valve located below the surface of the ground. See (1) Note, above.
363 for casings for fluent material handling devices which separate the device from the ground and support the adjacent earth, as valve and meter wells and pipe line housings. See (1) Note, above.

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239, Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing, 201 for ground or floor embedded sprinkler systems.
399, Electrophotography, 237 for liquid developer applied to a latent image within an electrophotos:graphic device.

This subclass is indented under the class definition. Fluid handling systems having (1) devices to render the system or parts thereof free from undesirable material, or (2) devices for lubricating the system or parts thereof by adding a lubricating medium to the stream of fluent material carried by the system or (3) devices for preventing leakage between the valve and a solid valve seat by introducing a liquid between the valve and its seat.
(1) Note. Cleaning means for this group requires the installation of additional means or connections to treat the apparatus, not the material being handled, or the manipulation of the system in some special way to secure the cleaning effect.

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15.01-15.26, for a process of cleaning, repairing, or assembling.
247 for liquid valves, i.e., those having liquid seats.
544 for screens, filters, etc., for physically separating solid or unwanted materials from the material being handled.

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222, Dispensing, 148 for dispensers with installed cleaning means.
225, Severing by Tearing or Breaking, 12 for installed beer pipe cleaners.
251, Valves and Valve Actuation, subclass 355 for lubrication of actuators or parts of a valve in which the lubricant does not enter the flow path.
399, Electrophotography, 237 for liquid developer applied to a latent image within an electrophotos:graphic device.

This subclass is indented under subclass 237. Systems containing a means other than those causing or controlling the normal or unmodified flow of the fluent material of the system for removing germs or other undesirable internal or
extraneous material from the system itself or parts thereof, as distinguished from treating the material being handled to remove undesirable material.

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15.04-15.06, for a process of fluid cleaning a fluid handling system.
171 for traps for separating or venting either gas or liquid from a pressure system containing both materials.
312 for leakage or drip collecting in fluid handling devices.
387 for washing machine cycle control involving liquid level response or maintenance.
544 for screens, filters, sediment, traps, etc., for removing undesired particles from the material being handled.

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8, Bleaching and Dyeing; Fluid Treatment and Chemical Modification of Textiles and Fibers, 137 for cleaning and laundering processes for textiles and fibers. 147+ for manipulative fluid treatment processes for textiles and fibers.
15, Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning, appropriate subclasses for fluid blast or suction cleaning and mechanical cleaning with or without the addition of liquid.
62, Refrigeration, subclass 303 for a refrigerator combined with cleaning means.
68, Textiles: Fluid Treating Apparatus, appropriate subclasses for fabric cleaning by liquid contact.
134, Cleaning and Liquid Contact With Solids, appropriate subclasses for cleaning by liquid contact.

This subclass is indented under subclass 238. Systems in which the cleaning device includes a means for causing a fluid to flow in the reverse direction to the normal flow path to remove undesirable material from the system or parts thereof.

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102 for reversing valves in supply and exhaust type self-regulating systems, especially subclasses 103+ for the suction pulsator type and 106 for 4-way valve systems.
207.5 for diverse fluid containing pressure systems having means to return fluid contained in the system to the source of supply.
249 and 309+, for reversing valves of the regenerative furnace type.
627 for sequential distributing valves.

This subclass is indented under subclass 238. Systems in which a separate material such as steam, air, water, valve grinding compounds or other chemical or physical agents are introduced into the fluent material of the system to clean parts of the system.

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255 for systems having parallel discharge from plural tanks.
268 for systems with holders for solid, flaky or pulverized material to be dissolved or entrained, and see the search notes thereto.
602 for systems having plural inflows and a single outflow, and see the search notes to subclass 602.

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222, Dispensing, 129 for dispensers in which plural diverse fluids from plural sources are discharged either separately or together.

This subclass is indented under subclass 238. Systems in which steam is used as a medium for cleaning germs or other infective agents from parts of the system.

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13 and 565+, for processes and systems using steam as a propelling fluid.
334 for systems using influent gas or vapor for heating fluid.

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15, Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning, 316.1 for cleaning by gas blast only.

This subclass is indented under subclass 238. Systems in which the undesired material is removed from the device or system or parts thereof by the physical interaction of two or more parts of the device or system, not including relations or operations which are part of or necessary for flow handling.
(1) Note. One or more of the interacting parts may be parts present solely for cleaning purposes, or all may have utility as flow handling means provided the two modes of operation are present.
(2) Note. This and the first indented subclass include disclosures relating to valve grinding only where the assembled system is described as having a specific nonvalving member or motion which produces valve grinding action or where the system or part when disassembled has a specific member that facilitates valve grinding.

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315.01-329.4, for a fluid handling system with repair, tapping, or assembly means.
330 for systems having nonvalving motion of the valve or valve seat for purposes other than cleaning or disassembling, though the motion may prevent fouling or dislodge material tending to settle on the valve parts.

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15, Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning, 104.31 for sewer cleaners.

This subclass is indented under subclass 242. Systems in which the fluent material system or a part thereof has means
for giving the valve or its seat a motion which produces cleaning or grinding of the valve and/or its seat.
(1) Note. This motion must be one not contemplated or normally occurring in the fluid controlling movement of the valve.

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240 for this subject matter wherein a separate material (e.g., grinding compound) is added at the grinding zone.
330 for other nonvalving motion of valves or valve seats.

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251, Valves and Valve Actuation, 215 for plural motions of mechanically actuated valves.
451, Abrading, 115 for grinding a valve on a seat by use of plural workholders, without an abrading tool.

This subclass is indented under subclass 243. Devices in which the actuator is made up of an axial rod mounted within a sleeve.

This subclass is indented under subclass 243. Devices provided with a spring which permits regrinding of the valve head on its seat.

This subclass is indented under subclass 243. Devices provided with lost motion which permits the valve to rotate on its seat before it leaves the seat upon opening.

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243.2 for such connections which use a spring.

This subclass is indented under subclass 243. Devices in which a normally swiveled connection between the head and stem is blocked to cause the head to rotate on the seat as the stem rotates.

This subclass is indented under subclass 243. Devices comprising screw actuated valves in which the nut is disconnected from the body or the stem, or both, to permit the valve head to rotate without reciprocating.

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243.2 for valves in which a spring permits limited movement between the nut and the body or stem.

This subclass is indented under subclass 243. Devices which are provided with means in addition to and independent of the normal valve actuator for imparting the grinding motion to the valve.

This subclass is indented under subclass 243.6. Devices in which the grinding means is normally removed from the valve.

This subclass is indented under subclass 242. Systems in which the fluent material system has a member which has a reciprocating movement to enter a restricted passage of the system to clean either or both parts, either the member, the passage or the movement being nonworking characteristics of
the system; i.e., not contributing to the fluid flow causing or controlling function of the system, though the member or passage may be carried by a working part of the system.

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22, Dispensing, 149 for dispensers in which a cleaning element enters the container outlet.

This subclass is indented under subclass 244. Systems in which the reciprocating member cleans a branch channel.
(1) Note. The branch channel may comprise a diverting passage for fluid to be used to operate a valve, pilot valve, etc.

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599.01-601.21, for systems dividing into parallel flow lines then recombining.

This subclass is indented under subclass 244. Devices wherein the means to actuate the cleaning means is independent of the valve actuator.

This subclass is indented under subclass 237. Systems in which a separate fluid is applied between the valve and its seats to seal the valve against passage of the fluent material carried by the system.
(1) Note. The sealing material may be a lubricant.

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15.06 for a process of cleaning using liquid on a valve or valve seat.
247 for liquid valves and liquid trap seals.

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251, Valves and Valve Actuation, subclass 355 for lubrication in which the lubricant does not enter the flow path.

This subclass is indented under subclass 246. Valves wherein plural feed means (other than gravity) are provided for the sealing liquid to cause flow thereof.

This subclass is indented under subclass 246. Valves wherein line pressure is used to feed the sealing liquid.

This subclass is indented under subclass 246. Valves wherein the feed means is actuated by the valve actuator or is so interrelated therewith that feeding of sealing liquid is dependent on valve actuation.

This subclass is indented under subclass 246. Valves having means to control or prevent the loss of sealing means to the line flow.

This subclass is indented under subclass 246. Valves having a screw means (e.g., screw fed plunger) for feeding the fluid.

This subclass is indented under subclass 246.15. Valve having check valve means in the lubrication or sealing system.

This subclass is indented under subclass 246.16. Valves having means to permit escape of the sealing liquid from its flow system to prevent excessive pressure therein or as an indication of complete flow therein.

This subclass is indented under subclass 246.16. Valves wherein the valve is lifted from its seat to aid actuation by the pressure of the lubricant.

This subclass is indented under subclass 246.15. Valves wherein the lubrication pressure lifts the valve from its seat.

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246.18 for "jacking" with a check valve in the lubrication system.

This subclass is indented under subclass 246.15. Valves wherein the lubrication pressure aids in seating of the valve.

This subclass is indented under subclass 246. Valves wherein the lubricant feed means is a spring biased piston.

This subclass is indented under subclass 246. Valves wherein the sealing material is introduced into the valve under pressure from some means such as a grease gun or oil pump.

This subclass is indented under subclass 246. Valves wherein the lubricant flows by gravity or by capillarity.

This subclass is indented under the class definition. Apparatus in which a liquid, maintained at the desired location by some form of reservoir, is used as a seal or closure between adjacent parts of a system containing either a gas or a liquid which is lighter than the sealing liquid.

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138 for periodic siphon discharge by release of trapped air through a liquid trap seal.
154 for diverse fluid containing pressure systems, especially subclasses 154 and 172 for those containing plural liquids and 171+ for fluid separating traps and vents.
246 for liquid sealing at the valve interface by supplying the sealing liquid to the flow path or directly to the valve interface.
505.31 and 505.4, for reactor surface of the inverted cup type having liquid seal.

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4, Baths, Closets, Sinks, and Spittoons, appropriate
subclasses for liquid trap seals and valves combined with the subject matter of the class.
222, Dispensing, subclass 188 for fluid trap seals for dispenser inlets and outlets, including vents.
399, Electrophotography, 237 for liquid developer applied to a latent image within an electrophotos:graphic device.

This subclass is indented under subclass 247. Apparatus comprising a U-shaped flow passage which retains a portion of a line flow liquid to provide a gas seal in the said line.

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138 for periodic siphon discharge through liquid trap seals.
171 for diverse fluid containing pressure systems with fluid separating traps, especially subclasses 177+ for a discriminating outlet for liquid.
216.1 for a vented siphon breaking system including a liquid seal.
251 for seals utilizing a diverse liquid.

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210, Liquid Purification or Separation, appropriate subclasses for separation apparatus comprising liquid seals, particularly 163 for grated inlet surface drains, subclasses 295+ for grated inlet catch basins, subclasses 116 and 119 for the same with a backflow preventing float or filtrate accumulation responsive valve, respectively, and subclasses 532.1+ for catch basins with gravitational separation.

This subclass is indented under subclass 247.11. Apparatus having a valve in the liquid flow line in or adjacent to the seal.

This subclass is indented under subclass 247.13. Apparatus in which the valve is responsive to a change in the condition of the liquid in the flow line.

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386 for liquid level responsive valves where no liquid seal is present, and particularly subclasses 409+ for float controlled valves.
455 for other line condition change responsive valves.

This subclass is indented under subclass 247.15. Apparatus having a plurality of line condition responsive valves or having such a valve which seats alternatively on one of a plurality of seats.

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512 for plural direct response valves.
516.25 for check valves having serially arranged plural seats.
613 for systems with plural serial valves in a single flow path.

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251, Valves and Valve Actuation, subclass 211 for a valve, per se, having serial alternately closed ports.

This subclass is indented under subclass 247.15. Apparatus in which the valve is pivoted.

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517 for a biased opened direct response valve.
527 for a pivoted check valve.

This subclass is indented under subclass 247.15. Apparatus in which the valve is a substantially spherical element.

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409 especially subclasses 433 and 449 for float responsive ball valves.
519.5 for weight biases open direct response valves of the ball type.
533.11 for a weight biased ball check valve.
539 for a spring biased ball check valve.

This subclass is indented under subclass 247.21. Apparatus having a seat lying in a general horizontal plane above the valve.

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519.5 for ball valves which are weight biased open.

This subclass is indented under subclass 247.11. Devices having (1) a distinct compartment with a restricted orifice which stores flow line liquid during flow and discharges it into the seal after the flow ceases in order to assure a seal or replace lost seal liquid, or (2) a connection to an outside source of seal liquid for the same purpose.

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114 and 118, for valves providing correlated flow in seal replenishing apparatus of the (2) type.
240 for means to add a cleaning material to a fluid handling system.

This subclass is indented under subclass 247.11. Devices having connections for a plurality of inlet pipes.

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216.1 for liquid seals with plural connections one of which is for an external vent means.
602 for systems having multiple inlets and a single outlet, and see the search notes thereunder.

This subclass is indented under subclass 247.11. Devices having divided and recombined passage means for flow liquid and/or air, for preventing seal loss by forward siphonage.

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247.25 for divided and recombined passages where a seal replenishing chamber is included.
599.01-601.21, for systems dividing into parallel flow lines then recombining.

This subclass is indented under subclass 247.11. Devices wherein the flow enters a leg of the U-shaped passage tangentially to the axis of the leg.

This subclass is indented under subclass 247.11. Seals in which the U-shaped passage is formed by a chamber having a downwardly extending partition comprising an inverted cup and a distinct outlet pipe which projects up into the cup.

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210, Liquid Purification or Separation, 163 and 247 for grated inlet surface drains with similar liquid seal means
where the inverted cup functions as a filtrate splash plate or deflector.

This subclass is indented under subclass 247.11. Seals comprising a chamber having a distinct inlet pipe projecting thereinto and an outlet at a higher lever than the inlet pipe end opening.

This subclass is indented under subclass 247.35. Seals wherein the chamber comprises an overflow seal bowl hinged for movement into and out of seal forming position.

This subclass is indented under subclass 247.35. Seals wherein the chamber comprises a distinct overflow seal bowl within a flow line connected closed casing.

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210, Liquid Purification or Separation, subclass 247 for devices of similar structure including separation means.

This subclass is indented under subclass 247.11. Seals wherein theU-shaped passage comprises a U-bend of which one leg thereof is an inlet pipe and constitutes the downflow column and the other leg is distinct and externally spaced from the first leg and constitutes the upflow column.

This subclass is indented under subclass 247.41. Apparatus installed beneath a surface and having a top side access means located beneath an opening in the surface, the opening being provided with a removable cover plate.

This subclass is indented under subclass 247.41. Seals wherein the upflow leg or a portion thereof ahead of the overflow into the outlet is transversely larger than the downflow (inlet) leg.

This subclass is indented under subclass 247.45. Seals with a top side access means located above the liquid seal level.

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247.43 for the same apparatus positioned beneath a surface, such as a floor, having a covered access opening therein.

This subclass is indented under subclass 247.41. Seals wherein both legs of the U-bend have substantially uniform and like internal cross sections.

This subclass is indented under subclass 247.49. Seals having access means.

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138, Pipes and Tubular Conduits, subclass 92 for lateral plugs and closures.

This subclass is indented under subclass 247. Apparatus in which the liquid is used to seal a gap between relatively movable valving parts of a valve in at least one position of the valve, the liquid pool comprising in effect the seat for the movable valve element.

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246 for liquid sealing at a valve interface where the liquid is supplied to seal the crack and is washed away when the valve is opened.

This subclass is indented under subclass 248. Apparatus in which the movement of the valve has a component in a horizontal plane.

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309 for reversing valves of the regenerative furnace type which do not have a liquid seat.

This subclass is indented under subclass 249. Apparatus in which the movement in a horizontal plane is rotary.

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311 for rotary reversing valves of the regenerative furnace type which do not have a liquid seat.

Liquid valves:
This subclass is indented under subclass 247. Apparatus in which the sealing liquid alone performs a valving function in response to either external control means or to fluid pressure in the flow path, i.e., no flow conduit is withdrawn from the liquid to open a flow path.

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455 for line condition responsive valve comprising solid material valve parts.

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222, Dispensing, subclass 188 for fluid trap seals for dispenser inlets and outlets, including vents.

This subclass is indented under subclass 251. Apparatus in which at least one side of the liquid valve is provided with a branching path whereby as the sealing liquid rises on that side beyond a predetermined point it divides into a plurality of branches.

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472 for pop safety valves in which the top pressure reactor is in a branched released path.

This subclass is indented under subclass 251. Apparatus including auxiliary means independent of the flow path for adjusting or varying the height of the liquid in the valve.

This subclass is indented under subclass 251. Apparatus in which one or more baffles is provided either in or above the liquid of the valve, usually to restrict, deflect, or slow up sudden rising of the valving liquid.

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251, Valves and Valve Actuation, 118 for devices having flow restrictors, especially subclass 127 for restrictors comprising baffles, and see the search notes to subclasses 118 and 127.

This subclass is indented under the class definition. Apparatus having two or more tanks or compartments so connected that (1) fluid from the same or different sources is separately supplied to different tanks or compartments, and/or (2) the tanks or compartments discharge separate fluid flows externally of the system or to parts of the system other than one another.

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87.01 for self proportioning or correlating systems involving plural fluid sources.
124 for plural siphons, especially subclass 127 for sequential parallel discharge from plural tanks.
208 for plural units in pressure systems having gas pressure stored over or displacing liquids.
571 for plural tanks or compartments connected for series flow, i.e., discharging into one another, and see the search notes to subclass 571.

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222, Dispensing, 129 for dispensers having plural sources, compartments and containers.

This subclass is indented under subclass 255. Apparatus having means for successively filling the tanks and means for subsequently emptying the filled tanks in succession. Many of the patents in this group of subclasses are directed to milk pasteurization tank systems, wherein milk at pasteurization temperatures is retained in a tank for a period of time before the tank is emptied.

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119.01 for alternately substituted outlets of a line, as to plural tanks, in a self controlled system.
127 for siphon discharge of plural tanks in sequence.
160 and 169+, for plural traps sequentially filled and emptied by gas pressure into a pressure chamber such as a boiler.
266 for plural tanks discharging, receiving or vented
through a manifold or through grouped outlets and 263 for similar devices in which the manifold is a tank.
627 for sequential distributor or collector type valve actuation.

This subclass is indented under subclass 256. Apparatus in which a group of tanks or compartments and the filling means therefor are mounted for rotation with respect to one another.

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581 for movable tanks, and see the search notes thereto.

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141, Fluent Material Handling, With Receiver or Receiver Coacting Means, 129 for apparatus for filling separable receivers having means to supply and position successive receivers relative to the filling means.
222, Dispensing, subclass 144 for rotatably mounted assemblies of plural dispensing containers.

This subclass is indented under subclass 257. Apparatus in which the filling means rotates with respect to the tank group and the filling means also includes means for emptying the tanks.

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627 for sequential operation of distributing and collecting valves, and see the search notes thereto.

This subclass is indented under subclass 255. Apparatus having means for enclosing some or all of the tanks or compartments, means for positioning the tanks or compartments with respect to a supporting surface or member other than the
tanks or compartments themselves, or constructional features specially designed to permit stacking one upon another.

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264 for parallel discharging tanks positioned one within another.
356 for static constructional installations of fluid handling devices, especially subclasses 357+ for buildings.
376 for supported tanks other than those arranged for parallel flow.

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206, Special Receptacle or Package, 503 for a receptacle having feature or element intended to facilitate stacking.
222, Dispensing, subclass 143 for packing or stacking arrangements for plural dispensing containers and subclasses 173+ for dispenser supports and casings.

This subclass is indented under subclass 255. Apparatus in which the tanks or compartments are storage battery or electrolytic cells and means is provided for supplying liquid thereto, usually to maintain a constant liquid level in the cells.
(1) Note. Patents for subcombinations specialized for use in battery or cell filling apparatus are classified herein.

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386 for liquid level responsive or maintaining systems other than those for storage batteries electrolytic cell, especially subclasses 453+ for barometric type level maintenance.

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141, Fluent Material Handling, With Receiver or Receiver Coacting Means, appropriate subclasses, especially 285 for battery filling devices which are not continuously associated with a particular battery.
204, Chemistry: Electrical and Wave Energy, subclass 263 and see the note thereto for electrolytic cells provided with means for feeding and/or withdrawing material therefrom.
429, Chemistry: Electrical Current Producing Apparatus,
Product and Process, 72 for battery having means feeding electrolyte thereto.

This subclass is indented under subclass 260. Apparatus in which the supply means comprises a closed container elevated with respect to the cells and adapted to be placed in continuous communication therewith, whereby, upon lowering of the liquid level in the cell, liquid is supplied thereto.

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453 for tank level responsive or maintaining systems of the barometric type wherein the tank is other than a battery or an electrolytic cell, and see the search notes to subclass 453.

This subclass is indented under subclass 255. Apparatus in which fluid from a single source is supplied to a plurality of compartments, each of which has a normally open outlet, for the purpose of proportionally dividing the single flow into a plurality of flows.

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561 for distribution systems comprising plural flow paths, and especially subclass 561 for those comprising an inlet and a plurality of flow dividing outlets which have no valves and do not accumulate any liquid at the entrance to the flow path.
861 for fluid distribution systems having a plurality of branches with means for stopping or controlling fluid flow in at least one of the branches.

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73, Measuring and Testing, 215 for weir type meters.
222, Dispensing, subclass 330 for dispensers having plural outlets from a discharge assistant and subclasses 478+ for supply containers having plural outlets or discharge guides.

This subclass is indented under subclass 255. Apparatus in which one tank or compartment is arranged to supply to and/or receive from a plurality of additional tanks or compartments, with or without the intervention of a manifold.

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266 for tanks arranged for parallel flow having a filling and/or emptying manifold which does not supply to or receive from a tank or compartment in addition to those arranged for parallel flow, and see the definition of subclass 266 for the meaning of the term "manifold".
571 for plural tanks arranged for serial flow only.

This subclass is indented under subclass 255. Apparatus in which one tank is positioned within another.

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259 for tanks with stacking or superposing means.
340 for jackets forming a flow path in heat-exchange type fluid handling systems.
375 for jacketed containers in a fluid handling system. The jacket may be spaced and disclosed for holding fluid, for storage, heat exchange or any other purpose, but the inlet and/or outlet is not claimed.

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222, Dispensing, subclass 131 for dispensers comprising a supply container and a spaced, nondispensing jacket and subclass 183 for dispenser supply containers with nonspaced jackets.

This subclass is indented under subclass 255. Apparatus having a connecting passage whereby fluid may flow between the tanks or compartments.

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571 for plural tanks connected for flow only from tank to tank, and see the search notes on serial tanks and/or traps collected in the definition of subclass 571.

This subclass is indented under subclass 255. Apparatus having (1) a filling and/or emptying or venting manifold or (2) separate outlet conduits from plural tanks or compartments arranged to terminate adjacent one another, usually for convenience in discharging the contents of the several compartments.
(1) Note. In this and the indented subclasses, the term "manifold" includes any arrangement in which flow conduits to or from two or more tanks or compartments arranged for parallel flow merge into a common flow passage.

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262 for flow dividing compartments.
263 for plural tanks in parallel having a filling and/or emptying manifold which is itself a tank or for plural tanks or compartments arranged for parallel flow which discharge into or are supplied from at least one other tank by means of a manifold.
561 for distribution systems having branched flow lines, including manifolds, per se.
597 for systems having a multiple inlet with a multiple outlet.
599.01-601.21, for systems dividing into parallel flow lines then recombining.
602-607, for systems having multiple inlets with a single outlet.
861-877, for systems having a flow control means for branched passages.

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222, Dispensing, 145.1 for dispensers having plural sources, compartments or containers and a common discharge.

This subclass is indented under subclass 266. Apparatus in which the plural compartments are of the type commonly mounted on a truck or other vehicle.

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125 for plural compartment tank trucks having siphon discharge outlets.
899 for other fluid delivery systems combined with vehicles, especially subclasses 351+ for automobile type vehicles, and see the search notes to subclasses 351 and 899.

This subclass is indented under the class definition. Fluid handling devices including a member for holding and bringing a fluent material and a material to be dissolved or entrained into contact with the fluid.

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101.11 for self proportioning systems comprising differential response means with means to entrain material from a reservoir.
205.5 for a diverse fluid containing pressure system including means for main line flow to displace material from a shunt reservoir into the main line.
240 for cleaning means involving the supplying for cleaning purposes of material other than and in addition to the material handled by the system.
255 for systems having parallel discharge from plural tanks.
564.5 for a follower type feeder in a shunt line responsive to mainline flow.
602 for systems having plural inflows and a single outflow, and see the search notes to subclass 602.

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4, Baths, Closets, Sinks, and Spittoons, 222 for chemical holders in water closets.
15, Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning, subclass 302 and 320 for air blast or suction cleaners with liquid or other cleaning material application to the work.
34, Drying and Gas or Vapor Contact With Solids, appropriate subclasses for material handling in contact with gas or vapor for drying, and also for such other purposes as are not otherwise classified.
48, Gas: Heating and Illuminating, 38 for carbide feeders for acetylene generators.
68, Textiles: Fluid Treating Apparatus, subclass 17 for soap supply means for significantly included fluid treating apparatus for textiles.
134, Cleaning and Liquid Contact With Solids, appropriate subclasses for the application of liquid to solids for cleaning and also for other miscellaneous purposes.
169, Fire Extinguishers, subclass 15 for fluid systems having means to add a chemical (e.g., extinguishing agent) to a flow line.
206, Special Receptacle or Package, subclass 77.1 for a soap container provided with means to facilitate the lifting or removal of a piece of soap from the container.
210, Liquid Purification or Separation, 198.1 for a separating means combined with means to add a treating material and see the search notes thereunder.
220, Receptacles, appropriate subclasses for shaving cups.
222, Dispensing, subclass 133 for a measuring dispenser for one supply receiving an indeterminate flow from another, and subclasses 630+ for fluid flow dispensing of an entrained material.
239, Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing, 310 for spray discharging apparatus with dissolving means.
248, Supports, 200 for a bracket type soap holder, subclasses 317+ for a suspended type soap holder, and subclasses 683+ for a holder which supports the soap while in storage position and remains with the soap while in use.
312, Supports: Cabinet Structure, subclass 351 for a soap dish provided with means to support the soap in spaced relation to the bottom wall of the structure.
401, Coating Implements With Material Supply, 88 for a soap holder which holds the soap in such a manner that a portion of the soap may be directly rubbed on the user's body or on a surface; subclass 261 for a porous applicator pad wherein the soap is retained in a pocket of the pad through which it seeps when fluidized; and subclass 268 for a device wherein soap is help in direct contact with and for application to, an applicator of the brush, broom or mop type.
406, Conveyors: Fluid Current, 108 for material intake apparatus for fluid current conveyors.
422, Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting, Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing, 261 for dissolvers, extractors, and leachers including those having a holder for nonliquid material for making solutions wherein the holder as disclosed is incapable of retaining a liquid, where dissolving takes place in the holder and may thereafter be added to a stream, and the handling of liquids being restricted to the purpose of dissolving.

This subclass is indented under the class definition. Apparatus so designed that its mode of operation can be changed by reassembling all or some of its parts in a different relationship to each other or by the addition or omission of a part.
(1) Note. Apparatus in which a change in direction of an outlet nozzle or spout is accomplished by disassembly and reassembly are classified here.
(2) Note. See the class definition, Lines With Other Classes and Within This Class, (3) Manual Control, etc. and also Subclass References to the Current Class, for search notes on fluid handling systems having adjusting means.

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329-329.06, for systems having repair by providing alternate wear part.

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251, Valves and Valve Actuation, subclass 290 for a valve or actuator having plural selective neutral positions.

This subclass is indented under subclass 269. Devices comprising check valves mounted in alternately positionable carriers whereby a carried valve may check fluid flow in either of two directions by repositioning the carrier.

This subclass is indented under subclass 269. Apparatus in which a part or a unitary subassembly of parts may be assembled with the remainder of the apparatus in only one location, but plural relative angular positions or orientations with respect thereto are possible with corresponding changes in the mode of operation.

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329 for devices in which parts may be shifted to replace a worn area, but without any change in the mode of operation.

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251, Valves and Valve Actuation, subclass 290 for a valve or actuator having plural selective neutral positions.

This subclass is indented under subclass 270. Devices comprising stop and vent or waste valve units having means to associate the waste port with either principal port.

This subclass is indented under subclass 269. Apparatus in which the mode of operation can be changed by interchanging plural parts or unitary subassemblies. One of the parts interchanged may be a mere plug or closure.

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251, Valves and Valve Actuation, subclass 290 for valve parts, handles or actuators which may be applied in different positions with relation to the devices without any change in the mode of operation.

This subclass is indented under the class definition. Fluid distributors characterized by a vertical delivery riser with a valve at the bottom, to avoid freezing when installed below
the frost line, and an extended actuator for the valve, usually for actuating the valve from a point adjacent the outlet from the riser or an extension thereof.
(1) Note. The common form of this device is the fire hydrant, but railway water cranes, outdoor toilet installations and frost-proof irrigation outlets are included.

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15.02 for a process of repairing or assembling a hydrant (e.g., fireplug, etc.).
364 for valve and meter wells in which an underground pipe is tapped or controlled, but no flow occurs using the well or a pipe extending vertically through it as a flow path.

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166, Wells, 72 for a well with an above ground means for actuating means in the well.
251, Valves and Valve Actuation, 142, especially subclasses 145+ and 148+ for well pipe drain valves, many of which have an actuator extending vertically along the pipe to be accessible from the ground level.

This subclass is indented under subclass 272. Apparatus including a laterally extending delivery spout at the top of the riser for delivery of liquid, usually to movable tanks, e.g., water to railroad locomotive tenders or gasoline to tank trucks.

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615 for distribution systems having articulated and swinging flow conduits, and see the search notes to subclass 615.
801 for nozzles and spouts, per se, and see the search notes thereto.

This subclass is indented under subclass 273. Apparatus in which the valve is actuated by movement of the spout into delivery position.

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616 for distribution systems having valves controlled by articulated or swinging flow conduits, and see the search notes thereto.

This subclass is indented under subclass 273. Apparatus in which the riser is rotatable about its axis to position the spout for delivery of water.

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286 for rotating risers in hydrants, i.e., those vertical discharge pipes which lack lateral extensions.

This subclass is indented under subclass 275. Apparatus in which the spout is attached to the rotatable riser by a flexible joint providing for movement of the spout in at least one plane.

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279 for water cranes having a spout articulated to a stationary or movable but nonrotating riser.
615 for articulated or swinging flow conduits in distribution systems, and see the search notes to subclass 615.
801 for nozzles or spouts, per se, and see the search notes thereto.

This subclass is indented under subclass 275. Apparatus in which the riser is movable vertically as well as rotatably.

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287 for hydrants having vertically reciprocating risers
which may also rotate.

This subclass is indented under subclass 273. Apparatus in which the spout is extensible in a lateral direction from the riser to vary its length.

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222, Dispensing, 522 for dispensers having axially slidable tubes or sleeves.

This subclass is indented under subclass 273. Apparatus in which the spout is attached to the riser by a flexible joint providing for movement of the spout in at least one plane.

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276 for similar spouts associated with rotating risers.
615 for articulated or swinging flow conduits in distribution systems, and see the search notes to subclass 615.
801 for nozzles or spouts, per se, and see the search notes thereto.

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222, Dispensing, 526 for movable material discharge guides for dispensers.

This subclass is indented under subclass 272. Apparatus in which at least part of the riser is divided into plural parallel fluid flow passages.

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294 for hydrant risers having a casing or housing which is not a flow path but merely a support or protector.

This subclass is indented under subclass 272. Apparatus including an expansible chamber near the bottom of the riser and operated by movement of the riser and/or valve actuator to evacuate water from the riser as the valve is closed or receive the drain or waste after the valve is closed, and to refill the riser as or before the valve is opened.
(1) Note. These are primarily anti-freeze devices for storing the water trapped in the riser at the lowest point above the valve, and returning it to the flow path at the start of the next discharge.

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62 for low temperature responsive drains.
301 for other antifreeze protection of hydrants.
568 for reserve or surge receiving means for distribution systems having pumps.
596 for distribution systems provided with stop and waste means or drains.
777 for expansible chamber devices, per se.

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123, Internal-Combustion Engines, subclass 41.14 for means for withdrawing and storing the water from the cooling system of an internal combustion engine when the engine is not operating.
138, Pipes and Tubular Conduits, 27 for freeze protecting expansible chambers for pipes and tubular conduits.

This subclass is indented under subclass 272. Apparatus combined with a pump or ejector.

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575 for distribution systems embodying pumps, and see the search notes to subclass 565.

This subclass is indented under subclass 272. Apparatus in which a valve and its valve seat are so arranged as to facilitate removal, usually where the valve opens downwardly.
(1) Note. The valve and valve seat concerned may be either the main valve or the drain valve.

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234.5 and 454.2+, for other removable units.
326 for foot valve extraction through a tank.
327 for disassembly tool engaging features in fluent material handling systems.
439 for float arm operated valves which may be removed by working from the outside of the tank, leaving the actuating mechanism in the tank.

This subclass is indented under subclass 283. Apparatus in which the valve seat is provided with an extension independent of the riser, to facilitate its removal.

This subclass is indented under subclass 272. Apparatus in which the main valve is arranged to be removable, and a supplemental check valve is provided, biased closed by a spring or by fluid pressure and normally held open by a projection on the main valve or its actuator when the main valve is in place.

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223 for inflation stems having a valved extension which comprises means for opening the valve in the main stem.
283 for hydrants having the valve and valve seat removable.
320 for devices for tapping a system under pressure, the system having a valve actuated by the separable tapping device or by means carried thereby.
326 for foot valve extraction through a tank.
327 for systems having means provided for engagement by tools for assembling and disassembling the system.
329.1 and 329.2+, for repair check type valves held inactive except at times of repair.
613 for distribution systems having serial valves in a single flow line.

This subclass is indented under subclass 272. Apparatus in which the riser serves as the actuator for the valve, i.e., movement of the riser in a predetermined manner actuates the valve.

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274 for spout-operated valves in water cranes.
275 for rotating risers having laterally extending spouts.
616 for distribution systems in which an articulated or swinging flow conduit actuates the valve, and see the search notes thereto.

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251, Valves and Valve Actuation, 341 and 349+ for valves operated by moving the casing or an extension thereof, including inlets and outlets.

This subclass is indented under subclass 286. Apparatus in which reciprocating movement of the riser actuates the valve.
(1) Note. This subclass includes those hydrants in which a combination of reciprocating movement and rotary movement of the riser actuates the valve.

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277 for water crane risers which reciprocate and rotate.

This subclass is indented under subclass 287. Apparatus in which the valve is a piston cooperating with one or more ports in a cylindrical valve seat.

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251, Valves and Valve Actuation, 318 for reciprocating valves of general utility, and see the search notes thereto, and subclasses 324+ for piston valves, per se.

This subclass is indented under subclass 272. Apparatus in which the valve is balanced, i.e., has opposed surfaces of equal or nearly equal area exposed to the line fluid pressure.

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251, Valves and Valve Actuation, subclass 281 for balanced valves of general application and see the search notes thereto.

This subclass is indented under subclass 272. Apparatus in which the valve actuator has at least one element projecting in a generally horizontal direction adjacent the bottom of the riser, or comprises a linkage such that the resultant movement of the valve is in a generally horizontal direction.

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251, Valves and Valve Actuation, 213 for mechanical movement valve actuators, especially subclass 279 for actuating linkages.

This subclass is indented under subclass 272. Apparatus in which the extended valve actuator does not extend longitudinally through the flow path or riser, but is located entirely outside the riser.
(1) Note. The valve may have a spindle or stem which serves as a mounting for the valve disk or plug and extends through the top of the valve body.

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364 for valve and meter wells which house an actuator for an underground valve which has no vertical flow path.

This subclass is indented under subclass 291. Apparatus in which the valve actuator includes a lever.

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251, Valves and Valve Actuation, 231 for valve actuators of general utility which includes a lever, and see the search notes thereto.

This subclass is indented under subclass 291. Apparatus with a ground supporting casing for at least the upper end of the riser whereby the discharge end of the riser can be at or below the surface of the ground or pavement where it is installed.

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295 for other types of hydrants with a casing flush with ground or pavement.
363 for apparatus of this class in general combined with a ground supporting casing, especially subclasses 363+ for valve and meter wells which house a valve for underground flow lines and a vertically extending, usually removable, actuator.

This subclass is indented under subclass 272. Apparatus combined with an external enclosure for the riser, valve casing or valve actuator or for a part thereof.

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343 particularly subclasses 364+ and 375 for other apparatus of this class combined with an external enclosure or casing, and see the search notes on casings generally under subclass 375.

This subclass is indented under subclass 294. Apparatus in which at least a portion of the casing provides a ground supporting recess for the discharge end of the riser whereby the discharge opening can be at or below the surface of the ground or pavement where it is installed.

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293 for hydrants with actuator outside riser and with casing flush with ground or pavement.
364 for ground supporting casings for valves and their actuators or for meters.

This subclass is indented under subclass 294. Apparatus in which the casing includes a cap, cover or hood for the top or discharge outlet of the riser.

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300 for valves at the outlet of a hydrant.
371 for covers for valve and meter wells.
800 for closures for fluent material handling systems, and see the search notes thereto.

This subclass is indented under subclass 294. Apparatus which includes a heating means, e.g., a heat exchange device or a gas or oil burner.

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281 and 301+, for other means for protecting hydrants against freezing.
334 for other apparatus of this class combined with a heating or cooling means, especially subclass 338 for hydrant and meter wells having passages for thermal circulation of air and see the search notes to subclass 334.

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138, Pipes and Tubular Conduits, 32 for thawing and freeze protection of pipes and tubular conduits.

This subclass is indented under subclass 272. Apparatus which includes means for lubricating the valve actuator.

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251, Valves and Valve Actuation, subclass 355 for valve actuator lubrication of general utility, and see the search notes thereto.

This subclass is indented under subclass 272. Apparatus which includes one or more valves at outlets from the riser, either in the riser or in a discharge spout, and provided in addition to the main or foot valve of the riser.

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613 for systems involving a single flow path with plural serial valves, and see the search notes to subclass 613.
861 for systems involving flow control means for plural passages, and see the search notes to subclass 861.

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251, Valves and Valve Actuation, subclass 147 for pipe terminal mountings for valves.

This subclass is indented under subclass 272. Apparatus which includes an additional valve independent of the main valve and exposed to fluid upstream of the main valve.

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290 for hydrants having a single main valve which is located upstream from the base of the riser.
613 for systems including a single flow path with plural serial valves, and see the search notes to subclass 613.

This subclass is indented under subclass 272. Apparatus which makes some provision for preventing freezing of water in the riser or around the valve, by providing for its removal from the hydrant, by arrangement of the connection to the water main or by means provided inside the flow path.

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59 for freeze condition responsive safety systems, especially subclass 61 for low temperature responsive cut offs, and 62 for low temperature responsive drains.
68.11 for system control by frangible means.
107 for systems where a waste or drain valve opens in response to stoppage of flow.
272 for arrangements for getting water out of frozen hydrants.
281 for prevention of freezing by providing an expansible chamber for draining water from the riser and retaining it below the frost line for later use.
297 for hydrant casings with heater.
338 for system installations providing for circulation of air from below to above ground for freeze protection
purposes.

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138, Pipes and Tubular Conduits, 32 for thawing and freeze protection for pipes and tubular conduits.

This subclass is indented under subclass 301. Apparatus in which freezing of water in the riser is prevented by providing an auxiliary valve operated in at least one direction by the actuator of the main valve for draining the riser when the main valve is closed.

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61 for low temperature responsive stop and waste devices.
102 for self correlating systems of the supply and exhaust type, especially subclass 107 for waste responsive to flow stoppage.
281 for expansible chambers for draining water from the riser and retaining it.
596 for stop and waste and drain valves in other types of fluent material handling apparatus, and see the search notes thereto.
625.2 for stop and waste valve units.

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4, Baths, Closets, Sinks, and Spittoons, subclass 337 and 339 for water closets having antifreeze drain means in riser pipes.
251, Valves and Valve Actuation, 143 for drains for well pipes, etc.

This subclass is indented under subclass 302. Apparatus including selective means for preventing operation of the auxiliary or drain valve.
(1) Note. These devices are usually operative during the summer.

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251, Valves and Valve Actuation, 89 for means for disabling or preventing operation of a valve of general utility, and see the search notes thereto.

This subclass is indented under subclass 302. Apparatus in which the control valve and the drain valve are relatively movable but are operated by a single actuator.

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222, Dispensing, 445 for nonrigidly connected cut-offs for stationary measuring traps in dispensers.
251, Valves and Valve Actuation, 631 for cyclic valves, and see the notes to the definition of subclass 631.

This subclass is indented under subclass 304. Apparatus in which the drain valve is operated in only one direction by abutment of a part thereof with the control valve or a projection thereon or on the valve actuator, operation in the other direction being by weight or spring bias.

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222, Dispensing, subclass 231 for free engagement connection between successive agitators and discharge assistant and/or interconnected valve, and subclass 446 for free engagement interconnection between trap chamber cut-offs in dispensers.

This subclass is indented under subclass 304. Apparatus in which the valve actuator includes a screw or gear interposed between the main valve and the waste valve.

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251, Valves and Valve Actuation, 215 and 264+ for valve
actuators of general application involving a screw, and subclasses 248+ for valve actuators of general application including a gear.

This subclass is indented under subclass 302. Apparatus in which the control valve and drain valve are relatively fixed and comprise a reciprocating body. A unitary body, usually cylindrical, and cooperating with plural ports to accomplish the stop and waste function is included in this subclass.
(1) Note. Screw actuated valves are considered reciprocating for the purposes of this subclass when the rotary component of the valve movement is not necessary to the valving function.

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222, Dispensing subclass 453 for axially slidable rigidly connected valves for stationary measuring traps for dispensers.

This subclass is indented under subclass 307. Apparatus in which the drain passage is through a guide channel for a valve extension or the valve stem or actuator projection and below the normal travel limits of the valve.

This subclass is indented under the class definition. Fluid handling devices comprising four-way reversing valves disclosed for fluid distribution in connection with a regenerative type of furnace, gas generator, or similar circuit having two connections to two heat exchangers or regenerators, a connection for incoming air or fuel or both, and a connection to the exhaust stack, the valve being selectively movable into two positions; in one position the incoming air or fuel is passed through a first heat exchanger or regenerator to the furnace or gas generator, the exhaust gases passing through the second heat exchanger or regenerator to the exhaust stack; and in the other position of the valve the incoming air or fuel is passed through said
second heat exchanger or regenerator, to the furnace or gas generator, and the exhaust gases pass through said first heat exchanger or regenerator to the exhaust stack.

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248 for reversing valves of this type having liquid trap seals.
631 for cyclically actuated valves, and see the search notes to subclass 631.

This subclass is indented under subclass 309. Reversing valves wherein a coolant, such as air or water, is circulated in heat exchange relation with the valve, valve seat, or operating parts thereof.

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334 for fluid handling systems having heating or cooling means and see the search notes to subclass 334.

This subclass is indented under subclass 309. Reversing valves wherein the valve is mounted for rotating or oscillating motion.

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250 for rotary reversing valves of this type having liquid trap seals.

This subclass is indented under the class definition. Apparatus in which means are provided to catch or otherwise dispose of material dripping, leaking or being discharged as waste material.
(1) Note. By drip, leakage or waste is meant material which escapes to the exterior of the normal flow path and which is not caught or received by the intended receiver, including
condensate and water derived from melting ice, for example.

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15.11 for a process of detecting or repairing a leak in a pipe, joint, valve, or tank.
144 for siphons having means to remove air leakage.
427 for float leakage disposal.
596 for distribution systems having drain and stop and waste devices, and see the search notes thereto.

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222, Dispensing, 108 for drip, leakage or waste catching or disposal in dispensers.
251, Valves and Valve Actuation, subclass 128 for valves having detachable actuators and means to prevent leakage when the actuator is detached.
399, Electrophotography, 237 for liquid developer applied to a latent image within an electrophotos:graphic device.

This subclass is indented under subclass 312. Apparatus in which either a receptacle or a pipe means is provided to collect the fluid dripping from an outlet after cessation of normal flow, the collecting means and the outlet being relatively movable.

This subclass is indented under subclass 312. Apparatus in which a collecting or drain means is provided for a liquid which is derived from a solid, gas, or vapor.

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171 for diverse fluid containing pressure systems providing for the collection of one of the diverse fluids with discriminating outlets for said diverse fluids.

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62, Refrigeration, 272 for atmospheric condensate handling,
subclass 391 for a withdrawable liquid receiver, subclasses 420+ for an air cooler utilizing ice, and subclasses 459+ for an enclosure with ice supports.

WITH REPAIR, TAPPING, ASSEMBLY, OR DISASSEMBLY MEANS:
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Subject matter wherein the parts of the fluid handling system are equipped with means to restore the system to its former condition, means for piercing or withdrawing a plug in the system, or means for securing or taking apart parts of the system. [figure] [caption]Figure 1: A typical example of the subject matter. REPAIR PATCH FOR RUPTURED FLUID TANK. A - Patch; B - Fluid tank; C - Rupture; D - Cable (to secure container to tank); E - Container; F - Peripheral edge; G - Tubular seal (fluid filled); H - Fluid bypass passage; J, K - Exterior surface with protruding eyelets; L - Triggering wire. [figure] [caption]Figure 2: A typical example of the subject matter. DIVERSION BLIND FITTING FOR PIPELINE REPAIR. A,B - Pipe sections; C, D - Flanges; E - Diversion blind fitting; F - Circular body section; G, H - Bolt holes with bolts; J - Threaded pipe section; K - Pipe coupling; L - Fluid duct.

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15.01-15.26, for a process of cleaning, repairing, or assembling.
270-270.5, for a convertible unit orientable in a single location between plural positions.
271 for convertible units interchangeable between alternate locations.
524 for a valve (i.e., check valve, etc.) that directly responds to a change in line condition having a bias adjustment indicator.
530 for a reciprocating valve (i.e., check valve, etc.) that directly responds to a change in line condition having a bias fixed or adjusted by a cam.
531 for a reciprocating valve (i.e., check valve, etc.) that directly responds to a change in line condition having a bias fixed or adjusted by varying its lever.

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138, Pipes and Tubular Conduits, subclasses 97-99 for repairing a pipe or tubular conduit.
166, Wells, subclasses 85.1-85.5 for above ground well
assembly or disassembly means (e.g., handling, guiding, tool feature, etc.).
251, Valves and Valve Actuation, subclass 35 for a fluid actuated or retarded variable valve position choke passage pressure type servomotor for valve actuation, subclass 42 for a fluid actuated or retarded valve having choke passage pressure type servomotor including an adjustable opening limit for a main valve, subclass 60 for a fluid actuated or retarded valve having an adjustable limit stop, subclasses 84-88 for valve heads movable connected for accommodation to seat, subclasses 120-122 for a valve having a movable or resilient material guide or restrictor, subclasses 148-152 for a pipe coupling or union with a correlated flow line, subclass 233 for a valve having a variable leverage lever actuator that is adjustable during operation, subclass 234 for a valve having an adjustable leverage lever, or subclass 367 for a sectional valve body.

Blowout preventer or choke valve device (e.g., oil well flow controlling device, etc.):
This subclass is indented under subclass 315.01. Subject matter comprising a plurality of relatively movable flow obstruction members controlling an annular fluid flow passage about an axial rod or pipe, such as between a well casing and drill stem or a fluid flow regulating device, in combination with a means for stopping the abrupt escape of fluid in the annular space between a casing supported enclosure and pipe, rod, tubing, or wireline. [figure] [caption]Figure 1: A typical example of the subject matter. A - Blowout preventer; B - Main body; C - Vertical bore; D - Guideways; E - Upper and lower flanges; F - Bonnet; G - Ram (recriprocates during normal preventer operation); H - Bonnet body; J - Cylinder; K - Bonnet head.

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382-382.5, for a casing for a valve.

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166, Wells, subclasses 86.1-88.1 for an above ground apparatus having blowout preventing means and a valve, subclasses 88.1-88.4 for an above ground apparatus having blowout preventing means and a lateral port, or subclasses 179-203 for a packer or plug insertable from the top of a well or into a well conduit.
251, Valves and Valve Actuation, subclasses 1.1-1.3 for a blowout preventer or subclasses 118-127 for a material guide or restrictor.

Solenoid or electromagnetically actuated valve:
This subclass is indented under subclass 315.01. Subject matter wherein the valve is controlled by electricity such as an electrically energized coil of insulated wire producing a magnetic field within the coil.
(1) Note. A solenoid usually acts as a switch or control for a mechanical device (e.g., valve, etc.) and has a coil of wire, usually in cylindrical form, that acts like a magnet when carrying a current to draw a movable core into the coil. [figure] [caption]Figure 1: A typical example of the subject matter. A - Valve casing; B - Valve sleeve; C - Valve cover; D - Guiding member; E - Valve body; F - Spool; G - Armature; H - Plunger; J - Valve element; K - Valve chamber; L - Valve seats.

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66 for a safety valve retained in its set or open position under the action of a solenoid which is energized by the electric current generated by a thermoelectric element.

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251, Valves and Valve Actuation, subclasses 30.01-30.05 for a fluid actuated or retarded valve controlled by an electrically actuated pilot valve or subclasses 129.15-129.22 for an electrically actuated valve including a solenoid.

Pressure regulating type valve:
This subclass is indented under subclass 315.01. Subject matter comprising a valve adapted to be connected in a fluid line or fluid system for shutting off flow in response to a fluid force in the nature of a thrust distributed over an area in excess of a predetermined thrust.
(1) Note. Included in this subclass are "pressure regulators" and "reducing valves" in which a main valve which regulates the supply of fluid from an inlet to an outlet passage is actuated as to its opening movements by a piston which is operated by fluid from the inlet passage, the supply and exhaust of which to and from the actuating piston are controlled by a secondary or controlling valve, the movements of which are in turn regulated by a movable abutment subjected on one side to pressure from the outlet-passage and on the other side to the pressure of a spring or weight. [figure] [caption]Figure 1: A typical example of the subject
matter. SELF CENTERING VALVE FOR CONTROLLING LIQUID PRESSURE. Nozzle "A" and valve shutter plate "B" form seating components of the valve, locking ring "C" mounted on flange "D" and the upper end of pipe "E" to which valve is fitted.

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224-226, for an inflatable article (e.g., tire filling chuck or stem, etc.) having a pressure-responsive pressure-control means.
517-521, for a biased open line condition responsive check valve.
599.09 for systems dividing into parallel flow lines, then recombining having a fluid pressure-regulating valve. [figure] [caption]Figure 1: A typical example of the subject matter. A - Valve body; B - Central cavity; C - Circumferential rim defining opening to "B"; D - Fluid inlet passage; E - Fluid outlet passage; F - Bonnet or casing; G - Flexible diaphragm defining closed pressure chamber within "B"; H - Thin metallic gasket; J - Valve stem; K - Valved passage; L - Backup plate.

Diaphragm type:
This subclass is indented under subclass 315.04. Subject matter wherein the valve has a thin flexible member (e.g., disk shaped, etc.) secured at its periphery to the valve body and deformable by fluid pressure to act as an open and close member for the valve.

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315.07 for a fluid handling system with means to assemble or disassemble a compressible tube or diaphragm type valve.
456-466, for a line condition change responsive valve with safety cutoff requiring reset.

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251, Valves and Valve Actuation, subclasses 281-283 for a valve proportioned so that forces exerted by line pressure on both sides of the valve are balanced, subclass 331 for a diaphragm type reciprocating valve, subclass 335.2 for a diaphragm type hermetic flexible wall seal for a valve actuator, or subclass 901 for a curtain type valve.

Gas or water meter replacing:
This subclass is indented under subclass 315.01. Subject matter wherein means for restoring to a serviceable condition or fitting together various parts so as to make into an operative whole is directed to an instrument for measuring and recording the quantity of a combustible mixture used for commercial or industrial heating or for measuring and recording the quantity of water supplied for commercial or industrial use. [figure] [caption]Figure 1: A typical example of the subject matter. A - Riser pipe; B - Shutoff valve; C - Nipples; D - Union; E - Regulator; F - Nipples; G - Elbow; H - Union fittings; J - Gas meter.

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73, Measuring and Testing, subclass 201 for a meter combined with the housing boxes or means for connecting the meter into a pipeline or meter box; this subclass also includes the structure of the meter or meter box; subclass 272 for a meter subcombination or elements of the meter used for volume or rate of flow; subclass 276 for a check valve combined with a meter structure

Assembling or disassembling flexible tube or sleeve type valve:
This subclass is indented under subclass 315.01. Subject matter wherein means comprises a flow regulating clamp for regulating the flow of fluid through a resilient or pliable hollow elongated, usually cylindrical body or a flexible, resilient elastomeric tubular part designed to fit over another part together with means to constrict the tubular part so as to regulate, throttle, or terminate the flow of fluid. [figure] [caption]Figure 1: A typical example of the subject matter. A - Tubing clamp assembly; B - Clamp body; C - Passage; D - Parallel side walls; E - End wall; F - Restricted opening; G - Threaded shank; H - Threaded nut. [figure] [caption]Figure 2: A typical example of the subject matter. A - Hollow housing; B - Sleeve portion; C - Process fluid containing pipeline. Motive fluid fills actuating space between housing "A" and sleeve "B".

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315.05 for a fluid handling system with repair, tapping, assembly, or disassembly means for a diaphragm type pressure regulator, pressure-regulating valve, or reducing valve.

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24, Buckles, Buttons, Clasps etc., subclass 115 for a ball or roller cord or rope holder, or subclasses 459-462 for a
clasp having dissociable gripping members.
92, Expansible Chamber Devices, subclasses 96-104 for a diaphragm type collapsible chamber.
251, Valves and Valve Actuation, subclasses 4-10 for a means to control flow by compressing a flexible fluid conveying tube, or subclass 331 for a diaphragm type reciprocating valve.
411, Expanded, Threaded, Driven, Headed, Tool-Deformed, or Locked-Threaded Fastener, subclass 907 for an elastomeric fastener or fastener element.

Assembling or disassembling float or float valve:
This subclass is indented under subclass 315.01. Subject matter comprising a hollow buoyant element usually attached at the end of a lever and providing positive buoyancy while resting on the surface of the fluid. [figure] [caption]Figure 1: A typical example of the subject matter. A - Tank; B - Valve body; C - Bung hole; D - Mounting flange; E - Float arm; F - Float.

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15.26 for a process of assembling, disassembling, or repairing a float valve.
165-168, for a float responsive to liquid in a trap (e.g., boiler, etc.) to control gas pressure within the trap.
409-451, for a liquid level responsive or maintaining system by a float controlled valve.

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261, Gas and Liquid Contact Apparatus, subclass 70 for a float controlled fluid distribution valve.
431, Combustion, subclass 64 for a level responsive means to control fuel level in a wick pot or pot type burner.

Assembling or disassembling multi way valve:
This subclass is indented under subclass 315.01. Subject matter comprising a device wherein a single flow regulating element regulates a plurality of flow lines. [figure] [caption]Figure 1: A typical example of the subject matter. A
- Valve body; B, C, D - Radial ports; E - Cylindrical bore; F - Spindle (mandrel); G, H, J, K, - O-rings; L - Thin protective sleeve; M - Spindle cap. In operation, "G" and "H" seal the valve against loss of fluid; "J" and "K" divide the space between spindle and bore into three discrete flow passages.

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15.21 for a process of assembling, disassembling, or repairing a multi way valve.
625-625.5, for a multi way valve device.

Assembling, disassembling, or mounting cartridge type valve (e.g., insertable or removable as a unit, etc.)
This subclass is indented under subclass 315.01. Subject matter comprising means, usually replaceable and designed to permit ready insertion or removal, and usually consists of a single, self-contained assembly. [figure] [caption]Figure 1: A typical example of the subject matter. A - Valve assembly; B - Support box; C - Valve module or cartridge; D - Valve operating means; E - Flow passageway.

Faucet type (e.g, domestic water use, etc.):
This subclass is indented under subclass 315.11. Subject matter comprising a fixture for drawing a liquid from a pipe, cask, or other vessel for household use. [figure] [caption]Figure 1: A typical example of the subject matter. A - Faucet assembly; B - Inlet nipples; C - Support deck; D - Base plate; E - Cover plate; F - Spout (outlet); G - Operator (knob) ; H - Readily removable plate.

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603 for systems having multiple inlets with a single outlet including a faucet attachment.

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285, Pipe Joints and Couplings, subclasses 18-40 for joint or coupling with assembly means or feature or subclass 921 for a snap-fit type of joint or coupling.
403, Joints and Connections, subclass 361 for socket type interfitted members.

Including removable valve head and seat unit:
This subclass is indented under subclass 315.12. Subject matter wherein the disk part of the faucet and the ring on which the disk part rests are adapted to be assembled into a unitary construction and can be replaced as one single assembly. [figure] [caption]Figure 1: A typical example of the subject matter. A - Valve stem assembly; C - Valve seat; D - Sleeve opening; F - Valve stem; G - Washers; H - Packing nut; J - Packing; K - Fluid inlet; L - Fluid outlet. [figure] [caption]Figure 2: A typical example of the subject matter. A - Valve stem assembly; B - Sleeve; C - Valve seat; D - Sleeve Opening; E - Valve member controls fluid; F - Valve stem; G - Washers.

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329.02-329.04, for repair by means where a valve head or seat having oppositely disposed duplicate surfaces forming a unitary structure is replaceable or having an unworn surface movable into an operative position.
454.2-454.6, for a removable valve head and seat unit.

Including mechanical movement actuator:
This subclass is indented under subclass 315.12. Subject matter wherein the significance is attributed to moving parts of the mechanism that transmit definite motion to the component of the valve or to the valve itself, such that the motion provided at the input (actuator) end of the mechanism is different in direction or distance traveled than the motion at the output (valve) end of the mechanism. [figure] [caption]Figure 1: A typical example of the subject matter. A - Faucet body; B - Valve stem; C - Upper sleeve with internal threads; D - Lower rod with external threads; E - Valve head; F - Valve seat; G - Direction of water flow; H - Gland nut; J - Threaded lock nut; K - Compression spring to urge "E" against "F"; L - Annular friction ring; M - Deformable "O" ring; N - Packing material; P - Common conduit.

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315.35-315.4, for a particular mechanical actuator of a valve with repair, tapping, assembly, or disassembly means.

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220, Receptacles, subclasses 288-304 for a removable screw
type closure guided in rotary and reciprocatory movement.
251, Valves and Valve Actuation, subclasses 213-280 for a mechanical movement actuator.

Particular handle or handle fastening means:
This subclass is indented under subclass 315.12. Subject matter wherein the significance is attributed to a faucet adapter for adapting a part that is designed especially to be grasped by hand for mounting on the valve stem of various configurations. [figure] [caption]Figure 1: A typical example of the subject matter. A - Spout; B - Valve stem; C - Adaptor; D - Faucet handle; E - Skirt.

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16, Miscellaneous Hardware, subclass 114 for a detachable handle, subclass 121 for a knob type handle, digest 24 for handle fastening means, or digest 30 for a knob or control lever.
74, Machine Element or Mechanism, subclasses 527-542 for a control lever and linkage system having a detent element, subclasses 548-551 for a control lever and linkage system having a handle shaft connection element or subclass 553 for a control lever and linkage system having a knob or dial shaft connection element.
403, Joints and Connections, subclass 359 for interfitted members having a longitudinally splined or fluted rod.

Assembling or disassembling pivoted valve:
This subclass is indented under subclass 315.01. Subject matter comprising flow regulating means wherein the disk or plug unit of the regulating means swings around the means by which it is mounted with respect to the seat or casing of the regulating means. [figure] [caption]Figure 1: A typical example of the subject matter. A - Valve housing; B - Mounting flanges; C - Pivot shaft; D - Valve seat; E - Valve flapper; F - Deflector; G - Inlet port; H - Outlet port; J - Clevis and pin assembly; K - Lever arm; L - Wear surface; M - Centering lugs.

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251, Valves and Valve Actuation, subclass 58 for a fluid actuated or retarded valve with a mechanical movement between
actuator and valve, subclass 228 for a pivoted valve having a mechanical movement actuator, or subclasses 298-303 for a pivoted valve.

Assembling or disassembling rotary valve:
This subclass is indented under subclass 315.01. Subject matter comprising flow regulating means wherein the head of the regulating means turns or revolves about its axis. [figure] [caption]Figure 1: A typical example of the subject matter. A - Valve casing; B - Fluid inlet; C - Fluid outlet; D - Fluid passage through valve; E - Valve seat; F - Rotary valve head; G - Valve head openings; H - Valve head hub; J - Valve stem; K - Valve handle; L- Spring to hold valve seat.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
56 for a centrifugal mass type, exclusive of liquid, speed responsive control for a rotating valve.
250 for a seal for a valve that rotates in a horizontal plane.
625.15-625.16, for a fluid handling system having a rotary multi way valve unit including sequentially progressive opening or closing of plural ports with subsequent closing of the first port.
625.21-625.24, for a fluid handling system having a rotary multi way valve unit including a supply and exhaust.
625.34 for a fluid handling system dividing into parallel flow lines with recombining having multi way valve using a reciprocating spool.
625.41 for a fluid handling system having a multiple inlet with single outlet using a multi way valve.
625.46-625.47, for a fluid handling system having a rotary multi way valve.

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251, Valves and Valve Actuation, subclass 149.2 for a correlated flow path where a valve is rotatably or hingedly mounted and includes a linear valve operating component to the flow path sections, subclasses 160-166 for rotary valves having means to increase the head and seat contact pressure, subclass 283 for a rotary valve that uses differing opposing surface areas to balance forces exerted on the valve by differing pressures, or subclasses 286-288 for a limit stop for a rotary valve.

Rotary ball valve:
This subclass is indented under subclass 315.17. Subject matter wherein the flow regulating means comprises a housing having a flow passage therethrough and a seat for the regulating means and a spherical plug type closure member that contacts the seat and can be rotated about an axis passing generally through its geometrical center by an actuating means. [figure] [caption]Figure 1: A typical example of the subject matter. A - Bar stock type ball valve; B - Ball type valve member; C - Elongated valve bore; D -Ball rotation axis; E - Valve stem; F - Valve handle; G, H - Valve seats; J - Housing axis; K, L - Valve open ends connected to pipelines. In operation, fluid flows through the housing when bore "C" is in alignment with axis "J" and fluid flow is blocked when ball "B" is rotated 90 degrees so that bore "C" is transverse to axis "J".

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
15.22 for a process of assembling, disassembling, or repairing a ball valve or rotary ball valve.

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251, Valves and Valve Actuation, subclasses 315.01-329.4 for a rotary ball valve.

Particular valve seat or interface seal:
This subclass is indented under subclass 315.18. Subject matter wherein the significance is attributed to a usually circular ring on which the valve head rests or to a tight, perfect enclosure or joint that is formed by resting of the valve head on the ring. [figure] [caption]Figure 1: A typical example of the subject matter. A - Valve body; B - Intake port; C - Outlet port; D - Ball element; E - Fluid passage; F - Seal seat assembly; G - Seal seat assembly; H - Seal seat; J - "O" rings. Note: Ball "D" is engaged (inlet side) by seal seat assembly "F" and (outlet side) by seal seat assembly "G".

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
251, Valves and Valve Actuation, subclasses 314-317.01 for a seat or interface seal for a rotary valve.
384, Bearings, subclasses 416-419 for a plain bearing for a rotary member.

Replaceable:
This subclass is indented under subclass 315.19. Subject matter comprising seat or sealing element so constructed or arranged as to be readily removed and restored to its former condition. [figure] [caption]Figure 1: A typical example of the subject matter. A - Valve body; B - Inlet; C - Outlet; D - Valve opening to provide access; E - Valve stem; F - Valve seating surface; G - Annular valve seat; H - Cylindrical recess to support "G"; J - Hole in valve body intersects recess "H" to receive rod "L"; K - Plug to close hole "J"; L - Rod facilitates seat removal.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
251, Valves and Valve Actuation, subclasses 316-317.01 for a replaceable seat or interface seal for a rotary valve or subclasses 360-363 for a removable valve seat, especially subclass 363 for a removable valve seat with a seal.

With top entry valve:
This subclass is indented under subclass 315.2. Subject matter wherein the upper part of the flow regulating means can be dismounted by being withdrawn vertically up from the housing of the regulating means while the lower part remains inside the housing so that the seat and the seal adapter of the regulating means can be inspected, overhauled, or replaced without the regulating means being discontinued from the flow passageway. [figure] [caption]Figure 1: A typical example of the subject matter. A - Valve body; B - Fluid passages; C - Valve element; D - Trunion; E - Socket; F - Plate removable from top; G - Trunion; H - Valve seats; J - Valve seat shoulder.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
327-328, for a disassembly tool engaging feature.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
251, Valves and Valve Actuation, subclass 315.12 for a ball valve having a housing construction that allows head removable from actuator side (i.e., top entry).

Butterfly valve:
This subclass is indented under subclass 315.17. Subject matter wherein the significance is attributed to a valve comprising a substantially flat and coplanar wing depending from a central axis of rotation. [figure] [caption]Figure 1: A typical example of the subject matter. A - Pipe, duct, or conduit; B - Throttle or butterfly valve; C - Adjustable drive motor; D - Valve stem or rod.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
15.25 for a process of assembling, disassembling, or repairing a butterfly valve.
601.17 for systems dividing into parallel flow lines then recombining including a butterfly valve.

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49, Movable or Removable Closures, subclasses 74.1-92.1 for a louver-type closure (e.g., slats, panels, etc.).
123, Internal Combustion Engines, subclass 337 for a specific throttle valve structure (e.g., butterfly, etc.).
220, Receptacles, subclasses 810-849 for a hinged closure.
251, Valves and Valve Actuation, subclasses 305-308 for a rotary butterfly valve.
454, Ventilation, subclasses 333-336 for an inlet air way having an adjustable valve (e.g., damper, etc.) or subclass 369 for a fire damper.

Having valve head or seat packing:
This subclass is indented under subclass 315.22. Subject matter comprising a sealing material or element carried by the disk part of the valve or the circular ring on which the disk part rests. [figure] [caption]Figure 1: A typical example of the subject matter. A - Valve seat; B - Valve stem; C - Butterfly leaf; D - Ring packing.

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228, Metal Fusion Bonding, subclasses 165-169 for a process of forming a channel, groove, or an aperture for the reception of a filler material prior to bonding.
251, Valves and Valve Actuation, subclass 171 with means to press the seat to the valve to increase contact pressure and
packing pressed by a gland or subclasses 306-307 for a head or seat packing for a rotary butterfly valve.
285, Pipe Joints or Couplings, subclasses 364-368 for a packed, clamped, or flanged pipe joint or coupling.

With head and stem connections:
This subclass is indented under subclass 315.22. Subject matter comprising means for attaching the disk part of the valve and the rod element by means of which the disk part is moved to open and close the valve. [figure] [caption]Figure 1: A typical example of the subject matter. A - Valve closure member; B - Valve shaft; C - Joint connections for valve; D - Boss; E - First valve passage receives shaft end "F"; G - Second valve passage; H - Shaft end driven by hand or power driven means; J - Tapered key; K - Groove on shaft "B" to engage key "J"

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
251, Valves and Valve Actuation, subclass 308 for head and stem connections of the rotary butterfly valve.
384, Bearings, subclasses 202-204 for a self-adjusting or self-aligning resilient plain bearing.

Plug valve:
This subclass is indented under subclass 315.17. Subject matter comprising a cylindrical or conical element that can be turned to rotate on its own axis and has a flow passage through it and at least the inlet or outlet of that passage is transverse to the axis of rotation. [figure] [caption]Figure 1: A typical example of the subject matter. A - Valve body; B - Tapered bore to receive plug valve; C - Plug valve; D - Inlet passage; E - Outlet passage; F - Through port in valve open position; G - Valve chamber cover; H - Valve stem; J - Biasing spring; K - Seal ring.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
15.24 for a process of assembling, disassembling, or repairing a plug valve.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
222, Dispensing, subclass 554 for a rotary plug type flow controller.
251, Valves and Valve Actuation, subclasses 309-312 for a plug valve or subclass 904 for a snap-fit plug valve.

Having retainer at actuator end:
This subclass is indented under subclass 315.25. Subject matter wherein means for holding the plug valve head in the body is one the same side of the head as the valve mechanism that is being used for opening or closing the valve. [figure] [caption]Figure 1: A typical example of the subject matter. A - Valve body; B - Valve chamber; C - Valve plug or element; D - Valve stem; E - Valve handle; F - Inlet passageway; G - Outlet passageway; H - Hollow open end of "C"; J - Inner end of "D" is disposed without "J".

Assembling or disassembling reciprocating valve:
This subclass is indented under subclass 315.01. Subject matter wherein the flow regulating means has a linear motion to and from the flow obstructing position. [figure] [caption]Figure 1: A typical example of the subject matter. A - Valve body; B - Valve seat; C - Valve element; D - Inlet fluid conduit; E - Outlet fluid conduit; F - Lower fluid chamber; G - Upper fluid chamber; H - Internal wall; J - Valve stem; K - Valve handle.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
625.48-625.5, for a multi way reciprocating valve unit.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
251, Valves and Valve Actuation, subclass 282 for a reciprocating valve that uses differing opposing surface areas to balance forces exerted by differing pressures or subclasses 318-334 for a reciprocating valve.

Having particularly packed or sealed mechanical movement actuator:
This subclass is indented under subclass 315.27. Subject matter wherein the valve stem that transmits motion to the valve is specifically associated with means which is being assembled into a compact group or is being firmly secured to
prevent fluid leakage. [figure] [caption]Figure 1: A typical example of the subject matter. A - Face stem; B - Bonnet; C, D - Bonnet peripheral surfaces connect to face stem "A"; E - Packing sleeve engages bonnet "B"; F - Outer "O" ring provides seal between "E" and "B"; G - Packing assembly made of plurality of packing rings "H"; H - Packing rings; J - Packing bushing.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
251, Valves and Valve Actuation, subclass 214 for a particularly packed or sealed mechanical movement actuator or subclass 330 for a reciprocating valve having an actuator controlled stem seal.
277, Joints and Packing, subclass 511 for a circumferential contact seal for other than a piston between relatively movable parts (i.e., dynamic seal) contained or compressed by gland member in packing box having installation, removal, assembly, disassembly, or repair feature or subclass 630 for a contact seal for other than internal combustion engine, or pipe, conduit, or cable between fixed parts or static contact against relatively movable parts having installation, removal, assembly, disassembly, or repair feature.

Gate valve:
This subclass is indented under subclass 315.27. Subject matter wherein the valve comprises essentially a flat or wedge-shaped sliding barrier that can be lowered into a seat to seal off the flow or raised into an external recess for a partial or full flow condition. [figure] [caption]Figure 1: A typical example of the subject matter. A - Valve body; B - Bonnet; C - Valve stem mechanism; D - Gate valve; E, F - Seal assemblies; G, H - Flow passages; J - Valve stem; K - Valve operator; L - Valve hand wheel.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
15.23 for a process of assembling, disassembling, or repairing a reciprocating gate valve.
625.49 for systems having a multi way valve unit that uses a reciprocating combined disk or plug for closing one port and a gate or piston valve for closing another port.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
251, Valves and Valves Actuation, subclasses 326-329 for a reciprocating gate valve.

Bifaced:
This subclass is indented under subclass 315.29. Subject matter wherein the valve head has two seating or sealing surfaces. [figure] [caption]Figure 1: A typical example of the subject matter. A - Valve assembly; B - Blind valve plates; C - Blind valve apertures; D - Resilient seats; E - Metal inserts; F - Apertured body liners; G - Apertured gate; H - Gate aperture; J - Hand wheel (rotation of "J" causes "G" to rise or descend between "F"; K - Sealing plates; L - Gasket; M - Packing or seal; N - Packing gland.

Having particular valve seat:
This subclass is indented under subclass 315.29. Subject matter wherein the significance is attributed to a normally stationary and usually circular element which cooperates with the valve. [figure] [caption]Figure 1: A typical example of the subject matter. A - Valve body; B - Valve bonnet or cover; C - Wedge-type slide valve; D - Valve seats; E - Flow passages; F - Valve stem; G - Stuffing box; H - Internal valve stop; J - Drain.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
251, Valves and Valve Actuation, subclasses 359-365 for a valve seat of general utility.

Including seal:
This subclass is indented under subclass 315.31. Subject matter wherein a separate element is being disposed between the valve seat and the seat supporting body structure to prevent leakage. [figure] [caption]Figure 1: A typical example of the subject matter. A, B - Seal members; C - Through conduit gate valve; D - Valve body; E, F - Aligned flow passages; G, H - Flanges to connect flow system; J - Valve chamber; K - Gate having passage "L"; L - Gate valve open portion; M - Gate valve solid portion; N - Valve stem.

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277, Joints and Packing, subclass 630 for a contact seal for other than internal combustion engine, or pipe, conduit, or cable between fixed parts or static contact against relatively movable parts having installation, removal, assembly, disassembly, or repair feature.

Assembling or disassembling check valve:
This subclass is indented under subclass 315.01. Subject matter comprising flow regulating means which automatically limits the fluid flow to a single direction and is sensitive to the fluid pressure.
(1) Note. Since the check valve has not other actuator, its movement from a normal, neutral, or biased position is caused solely by a change in the fluid flow or pressure in the pipeline, and the valve returns to its original position when the original condition is restored. [figure] [caption]Figure 1: A typical example of the subject matter. A - Check valve; B - Valve cradle; C, D - Opposed valve counterbores; E - Inlet head main bore; F - Head member; G - Internal passageway; H - Valve closure member or disk; J - Interior valve bore; K, L - Locknuts.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
329.1-329.4, for fluid handling with repair, tapping, or assembly means for a removable valve with a normally disabled supplemental check valve.
511-543.23, for a line condition direct response valve (i.e., check valve type).
904 for a cushion check valve.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
222, Dispensing, subclass 490 for a slitted resilient diaphragm or nipple or subclasses 491-497 for an outlet element operated by pressure of contents.
251, Valves and Valve Actuation, subclasses 336-338 for a biased valve.

With mechanical movement between actuator and valve:
This subclass is indented under subclass 315.01. Subject matter wherein the significance is attributed to repair, assembly, or disassembly of moving parts of the mechanism that transmit a definite motion to the valve or valve component. [figure] [caption]Figure 1: A typical example of the subject matter. A, B, C, D - Constitute valve assembly; E - Flanged orifice of the container; F - Valve seat; G - Movable valve member; H - Valve head; J - Valve stem; K -
Valve operating mechanism or mechanical movement actuator; L - Connecting rod; M - Crank; N - Shaft; P - Operating lever secured to "N" (not shown); Connecting rod "L" cooperates with "G" for positive opening of valve.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
315.14 for a particular mechanical actuator of a domestic faucet with assembling or disassembling, or mounting or removing means.

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251, Valves and Valve Actuation, subclass 129.03 for an electrically actuated valve with a nonelectrical actuator, subclass 129.2 for an electrical valve actuator having mechanical movement between valve and solenoid, or subclasses 213-280 for a mechanical movement actuator.

Plural motions of valve:
This subclass is indented under subclass 315.35. Subject matter wherein the mechanical movement actuator provides more than one movement of the valve or valve component which movements are concurrent or consecutive.
(1) Note. An example of a mechanical movement that produces plural concurrent motions of a valve is one in which the valve member is mounted on a screw device. Actuation of the screw both rotates and reciprocates the valve member. [figure] [caption]Figure 1: A typical example of the subject matter. A - Discharge valve; B - Tubular extension; C - Ringe flange; D - Threaded extension serves to clamp the operative position within the container (not shown); E - Hollow body forming a discharge chamber "F"; G - Discharge outlet; H - Valve seat; J - Valve closure; K - Washer valve; L - Valve stem; M - Lug; N - Threaded outer surface; P - Locking disc; Q - Opening of the hollow body "E". In operation, lug "M", when turned, causes its threaded outer surface "N" to feed through the opening "Q" of the hollow body "E", which forms a discharge chamber "F" and thus moves the washer valve "K" toward and away from the valve seat "H".

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
330-333, for a non-valving motion of a valve or valve seat.
616.3 for plural motions of a valve actuated by an articulated or swinging flow conduit.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
123, Internal Combustion Engines, subclasses 90.28-90.3 for
a poppet valve operating mechanism that provides for nonvalving movement of the valve (e.g., about the valve, etc.).
251, Valves and Valve Actuation, subclass 56 for a fluid actuated or retarded valve having plural operations (e.g., lifting and rotating rotary valve, etc.), subclasses 215-227 for a mechanical movement actuator having plural motions of a valve, subclass 296 for plural motions of an actuator, subclass 346 for a valve actuator in a valve casing or extension of it having plural motions of valve, or subclass 351 for a valve actuator in an inlet or outlet having plural motions of valve.

Lever type:
This subclass is indented under subclass 315.35. Subject matter wherein the mechanical movement actuator comprises an elongated rigid means pivoted at one point to a support and having the actuating power and the valve connection at at least two other points. [figure] [caption]Figure 1: A typical example of the subject matter. A - Hollow valve body; B, C - Inlet and outlet channels; D, E - Valve flanges; F - Rotary plug; G - Plug passageway; H - Valve seal; J - Valve operator mechanism; K - Lever arm; L - Outer tubular handle; M - Operator housing.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
434-451, for a float arm operated valve.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
74, Machine Element or Mechanism, appropriate subclasses for a mechanical movement actuator including a lever.
251, Valves and Valve Actuation, subclasses 231-247 for a lever actuated mechanical movement actuator.

Gear type:
This subclass is indented under subclass 315.35. Subject matter wherein the mechanical movement actuator comprises (1) relatively movable toothed members, round, linear, or irregular, which transmit motion by meshing of the teeth during travel of the members, and (2) friction gearing in which the members lack teeth, and the force is transmitted by pressing one moving surface against the other, including those have one endless flexible member or belt. [figure]
[caption]Figure 1: A typical example of the subject matter. A - Body of the gauge cock or valve; B - Connection to wate gauge or other article; C - Disc closure or cutoff; D - Valve operating handle; E - Valve stem; F - Valve plug coacts with valve seat "G"; G - Valve seat. [figure] [caption]Figure 2: A typical example of the subject matter. A - Body of the gauge cock or valve; B - Connection to water gauge or other article; C - Disc closure or cutoff. Notes (1) Rotation of the collar "H" (see Figure 1) causes the rotation of the cutoff or disc closure "C"; this motion is being transmitted through the gear or gear element "M" (Figure 1), through gear "J" (see Figure 1), the gear shaft "K" (see Figure 1), pinion "L", and the gear or gear element "N". (2) The pinion "L" that meshes with the gear or gear element "N" is formed on the disc closure or cutoff "C" and is segmental type located on the arcuate slot "P" formed in cutoff "C".

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
446 for a float arm actuated valve with interposed cam, gear, or threaded connection.

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74, Machine Element and Mechanism, subclasses 640-468 for gearing.
475, Planetary Gear Transmission Systems or Components, appropriate subclasses for planetary gearing.