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Class 401
COATING IMPLEMENTS WITH MATERIAL SUPPLY
Class Definition:
This is the residual class for patents directed to coating
implements as defined in Definition, below.
For placement of a patent in this class, its claimed
disclosure must meet the minimum requirements of the class
definition and should not extend beyond the boundaries
indicated in Scope Of This Class, and in Lines With Other
Classes.
Terms followed by an asterisk(*) are defined in the Glossary,
and those followed by the symbol # are defined in (10) Note
to the definition of subclass 49.
Where a defined term has been identified by an * or # symbol
in the definition of a subclass, the identification is
generally not repeated for the same term in the definition of
subclasses indented thereunder.
Throughout this publication, where appropriate, the
alternative singular or plural forms of a noun have been
indicated by the addition of "(s)" immediately following such
noun (e.g., "tool(s)" to mean "tool or tools").
DEFINITION
This is the residual class for a manually manipulated device
for applying or spreading a coating on a work surface by
movement of the device relative to the surface and contact
therewith, which device includes, or is combined with, either
(a) a supply of, or support for, solid coating material, or
(b) a tool* and means to supply fluent coating material
either to the tool or to the work surface.
(1) Note. For the purpose of this class, the term "manually
manipulated" is intended to include manipulation of the
implement by any part of the human body (such as the hand,
foot or head).
SCOPE OF THIS CLASS
This class is intended to serve as the residual depository
for patents for manually held and manually manipulable
coating implements which include a coating tool* and means
for supplying coating material to the work contacting portion
of the tool or to the work adjacent the tool.
The tool may be any form of applicator or spreader, or a
surface of a piece of solid coating material. A cleaning tool
which cannot be structurally distinguished from a coating
tool will be considered as a tool appropriate for this
class.
The coating material may be liquid, flowable plastic, fluent
(particulate) solid, solid dispersible or soluble in a liquid
vehicle, solid adapted to be pulverized by some means prior
to application to a work surface, or a self-sustaining piece
of solid material adapted to deposit a layer of itself by
rubbing contact with the work surface. No distinction is made
between materials which are intended to form a permanent
coating (e.g., paint, ink) or a temporary coating (e.g.,
water, soap, alcohol).
The supply-means* may be a reservoir or material retainer in
communication with the tool or a conduit for conveying
material from a remote source to the tool. Also included in
this class is the combination of a supply container and an
independent applicator which is intended to be dipped into
the container for collecting a quantity of coating material
therefrom. In the case of solid coating material intended for
coating by rubbing contact, the entire piece of material will
be considered the supply and the work contacting portion will
be considered the tool.
Included in this class, then, are patents for nib type
fountain pens, stylos:graphic pens, ball point and felt nib
pens, paint rollers with reservoir (tank, conduit or tray),
and fountain brushes and mops; also patents for pencils,
crayons, lipsticks and the like.
A patent for the combination of an art device of this class
with an art device of another class will generally be placed
in this class (401) unless specifically provided for
elsewhere.
A patent for a subcombination of an art device of this class
will generally be classified with the combination unless
provided for elsewhere. For example, the subcombination of a
crayon holder will be placed in subclasses 88+.
A patent for a holder of general utility, in which the tool
is not claimed or merely claimed broadly but is disclosed
alternatively as a coating tool of this class or a tool
classifiable elsewhere, will be placed in this class (401) as
an original and cross-referenced in the class(es) providing
for the other disclosed tool(s).
CRITERIA FOR PLACEMENT OF DOCUMENTS IN THIS CLASS
In determining placement of patents in the schedule the
following guide lines will be followed:
(1) As between coordinate subclasses providing for specific
tools,
(a) Where the tool is only claimed generically and (i) only
one specific tool is disclosed, original placement will be in
the subclass providing for the specific tool; however, (ii)
when the disclosure includes several specific tools, original
placement will be in the first subclass providing for any one
of the specifically disclosed tools with a cross-reference to
each subclass providing for another specifically disclosed
tool.
(b) Where there are both generic claims and claims to a
single disclosed species, the species claims will control
original placement.
(c) Where there are claims to more than one species of tool,
patent placement will follow the usual principles of schedule
superiority.
(2) A patent to a subcombination of an implement of this
class will be placed in the subclass providing for the
combination except where the subcombination is provided for
lower in the schedule or in another class.
(3) For purposes of determining whether an implement has
diverse tools (subclasses 16+) or plural tools (29+ etc.),
the diverse types of tools, as recognized and defined in the
subclasses referenced in Subclass References to This Class,
below, are as follows:
(a) multiple-tip multiple-discharge tool;
(b) solid material for rubbing contact (e.g., pencil, chalk,
wax);
(c) porous tool through which material flow;
(d) ball, roller, or endless belt;
(e) bifurcate pointed nib;
(f) stylus;
(g) blade-like, pad-like, or apertured tool;
(h) brush, broom or mop; and
(i) any tool which differs from any of the above in structure
and in mode of transferring material from supply to work.
Tool forms grouped together, as above, (e.g., ball, roller,
or endless belt) will be considered as of the same type and
not diverse. A patent for an implement, comprising plural
tool forms of the same type, which does not fall within the
definitions of subclasses 29+, 34+, 36, or 37+, will be
placed in the first appearing subclass in the schedule
providing for any one of said tool forms.
A tool that may appear to fit two different type
classifications will be considered to be of that type higher
in the list above. For example, a roller brush will be
considered a roller ((d) above). Hence, an implement
including a roller brush as in (d) and a flat brush as in (h)
will be considered as comprising diverse tools for subclasses
16+ (i.e., a roller and a brush).
See SUBCLASS REFERENCES TO THIS CLASS, below, for a map to
the contents of the specific subclasses mentioned herein.
LINES WITH OTHER CLASSES AND WITHIN THIS CLASS
(1) The following classes take precedence over this class
(401) for a claimed coating implement with material supply
including or combined with a particular feature or
limitation, as indicated in the individual notes to the
classes in References to Other Classes, below: Class 15,
Class 33, Class 47, Class 81, Class 111, Class 132, Class
141, Class 156, Class 184, Class 206, Class 404, Class 425,
Class 520, Class 604.
(2) A patent to the combination of an implement of this class
(401) and a device classifiable in another class will
generally be placed in such other class, provided that no
more of the impalement structure is claimed than is necessary
to establish its relationship with the other art device. The
classes where this rule has been applied are: Class 15, Class
24, Class 30, Class 34, Class 40, Class 224, Class 242, Class
279, Class 362. (See the Search Notes below)
Other related areas in the Search Notes include:
Classes Pertaining to Coating;
Locations of Coating Implements with Material Supply; and
Classes Pertaining to Subcombinations of, or Accessories for,
the Subject Matter of Class 401.
Search notes are parenthetically identified as to which of
these areas they relate. Also see the Search Notes for
further lines between this class (401) and other classes.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
16 for an implement having diverse tools (see Criteria For
Placement Of Documents In This Class, (3), above)
29 34+, 36, 37+, for an implement having plural tools. A
patent for an implement, comprising plural tool forms of the
same type, which does not fall within the definitions of
these subclasses will be placed in the first appearing
subclass in the schedule providing for any one of said tool
forms. (see Criteria For Placement Of Documents In This
Class, (3), above)
28 for multiple-tip multiple-discharge tool (see Criteria
For Placement Of Documents In This Class, (3), above)
49 for solid material for rubbing contact (e.g., pencil,
chalk, wax) (see Criteria For Placement Of Documents In This
Class, (3), above)
196 for porous tool through which material flows. (see
Criteria For Placement Of Documents In This Class, (3),
above)
208 for ball, roller, or endless belt (see Criteria For
Placement Of Documents In This Class, (3), above)
221 for bifurcate pointed nib (see Criteria For Placement Of
Documents In This Class, (3), above)
258 for stylus (see Criteria For Placement Of Documents In
This Class, (3), above)
261 blade-like, pad-like, or apertured tool. (see Criteria
For Placement Of Documents In This Class, (3), above)
268 brush, broom or mop. (see Criteria For Placement Of
Documents In This Class, (3), above)
292 for any tool which differs from any of the above in
structure and in mode of transferring material from supply to
work (see Criteria For Placement Of Documents In This Class,
(3), above)
REFERENCES TO OTHER CLASSES
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
15, Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning, is the locus
of patents to (a) machines designed or adapted for cleaning
which includes a tool* and a supply-means*; (b) tools*, with
or without supply-means*, which are disclosed as attachments
for cleaning or coating machines, see, especially, subclass
104.9 ; (c) coating tools*, per se, which may be disclosed as
subcombinations of the subject matter of Class 401, however,
a patent to such a tool which includes claimed manipulating
means disclosed as also serving as supply-means* (e.g., pen
barrel) will be found in Class 401; (d) stationary cleaning
devices with material supply-means*, that is, devices which
are mounted on a fixed support so as to require manipulation
of the work relative to the tool*, see subclass 104.92; (e)
tools* which are coated or impregnated with material adapted
to be applied to a work surface but not including any
additional supply-means*, see subclasses 104.93+; (f) loading
means for a coating tool*. See subclasses 257.05+, and
especially subclasses 257.07+ wherein the loading means is
associated with an inkwell. (Class Pertaining to Coating)
15, Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning, is the locus
of patents to stationary cleaning devices with material
supply; see the reference to subclass 104.92. Class 15 takes
precedence over Class 401 for a claimed coating implement
with material supply including or combined with a particular
feature or limitation. See the above reference to Class 15
(a-d) (Coating Implements With Material Supply. )
15, Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning, 427, for the
combination of a pencil with an eraser. A patent to the
combination of an implement of Class 401 and a device
classifiable in this class (15) will generally be placed in
Class 15 provided no more of the implement structure is
claimed than is necessary to establish its relationship with
the Class 15 art device. See Lines With Other Classes, (2),
above. (Coating Implements With Material Supply. )
15, Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning, is the locus
of patents to coating tools, per se, 104.001. (Pertaining To
Subcombinations Of/Accessories For, The Subject Matter Of
Class 401)
24, Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, etc., 10, for the combination
of a pencil, or the like, with means to attach it to a
garment pocket. A patent to the combination of an implement
of Class 401 and a device classifiable in Class 24 will
generally be placed in Class 24, provided no more of the
implement structure is claimed than is necessary to establish
its relationship with the Class 24 art device. See Lines With
Other Classes, (2) above. (Coating Implements With Material
Supply. )
29, Metal Working, subclass 441.2, is the locus of patents to
processes of assembling the ball and seat of a ballpoint
pen.
30, Cutlery, 123, for the combination of a coating implement
with a cutter. A patent to the combination of an implement of
this class (401) and a device classifiable in Class 30 will
generally be placed in Class 30, provided no more of the
implement structure is claimed than is necessary to establish
its relationship with the Class 30 art device. See Lines With
Other Classes, (2), above. (Coating Implements With Material
Supply. )
33, Geometrical Instruments, is the locus of patents to
line-marking devices (e.g., pen, pencil) combined with means
adapted to cooperate with an element upon or adjacent the
work surface for guiding movement of the tool*. See 18.1 and
especially subclasses 34+. Class 33 takes precedence over
Class 401 for a claimed coating implement with material
supply including or combined with a particular feature or
limitation. (Coating Implements With Material Supply. )
34, Drying and Gas or Vapor Contact With Solids, subclass
89.1, for the combination of a pen with a blotter. A patent
to the combination of an implement of Class 401 and a device
classifiable in Class 34 will generally be placed in Class
34, provided no more of the implement structure is claimed
than is necessary to establish its relationship with the
Class 34 art device. See Lines With Other Classes, (2),
above. (Coating Implements With Material Supply. )
40, Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting, 334, for a pen or
pencil combined with means for displaying indicia (e.g.,
calendar). A patent to the combination of an implement of
Class 401 and a device classifiable Class 40 will generally
be placed in Class 40, provided no more of the implement
structure is claimed than is necessary to establish its
relationship with the Class 40 art device. See Lines With
Other Classes, (2), above. (Coating Implements With Material
Supply. )
47, Plant Husbandry, is the locus of patents to applicators
claimed or solely disclosed for coating plant surfaces by
contact therewith. See, especially, subclass 1.5. Class 47
takes precedence over Class 401 for a claimed coating
implement with material supply including or combined with a
particular feature or limitation. (Coating Implements With
Material Supply. )
74, Machine Element or Mechanism, is the residual locus of
patents to mechanical movements, per se. See subclasses
20-110 under Mechanical Movements for means, other than
gearing, for imparting motion to one body, wherein the two
motions or an intermediate motion, differ in form, type or
degree; subclasses 111+, for means for imparting a
step-by-step movement to a unidirectionally driven member;
subclasses 640+, for relatively rotatable bodies which impart
or receive motion to or from each other; and subclasses 469+,
for control lever and linkage systems.
81, Tools, subclass 9.22, is the locus of patents to coating
implements with material supply combined with means for
perforating the work surface so that the coating material may
enter the perforations (e.g., tattooing pen). Class 81 takes
precedence over Class 401 for a claimed coating implement
with material supply including or combined with a particular
feature or limitation. (Coating Implements With Material
Supply. )
101, Printing, is the locus of patents to hand-manipulated
implements adapted to apply a coating in the form of
characters or designs to a work surface. See especially 114,
327+ and 335+. (Class Pertaining to Coating)
106, Compositions: Coating or Plastic, is the residual locus
of patents to coating compositions and processes for making
them. See, especially, 3 for polishes, and subclasses 31.01+
for marking compositions (e.g., inks in subclasses 31.13+).
See, also the class definition of Class 106 for the relation
of that class to the other composition classes. (Class
Pertaining to Coating)
108, Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces, subclass 26.2,
is the locus of patents to the combination of an inkwell and
a desk.
111, Planting, is the locus of patents to implements claimed
or solely disclosed for inserting seed, fertilizer or poisons
into the ground. See especially, subclass 7.2. Class 111
takes precedence over Class 401 for a claimed coating
implement with material supply including or combined with a
particular feature or limitation. (Coating Implements With
Material Supply. )
118, Coating Apparatus, is the residual locus of patents to
coating apparatus including coating devices which are
stationary, that is, devices which are mounted on a fixed
support so as to require manipulation of the work relative to
the tool*. See especially, 76, for a coating device which
includes a piece of solid material for rubbing contact, and
subclasses 264+, for a device which includes a static,
saturable or fluid-permeable, solid work-contacting coating
element. For the line between Classes 15 and 118 see the
class definition of Class 118. (Class pertaining to
coating.)
132, Toilet, 286, is the locus of patents to toilet kits
including a coating implement (e.g., lipstick, powder puff)
and an additional part or device particularly useful for a
toilet function (e.g., comb, mirror); and subclasses 216+ and
320, for cosmetic applicators (e.g., lipstick) so shaped as
to aid in applying the cosmetic in a definite form or
pattern. Class 132 takes precedence over Class 401 for a
claimed coating implement with material supply including or
combined with a particular feature or limitation. (Coating
Implements With Material Supply. )
134, Cleaning and Liquid Contact With Solids, 6, is the
residual locus of patents to processes of cleaning involving
the use of an implement of this class (401).
137, Fluid Handling, is the residual locus of patents to
fluid handling means which includes a flow-regulator*.
(Pertaining To Subcombinations Of/Accessories For, The
Subject Matter Of Class 401)
141, Fluent Material Handling, With Receiver or Receiver
Coacting Means, subclass 20.5, is the locus of patents to
implements comprising a coating tool and a reservoir in
combination with a source of supply and separable therefrom,
wherein the source of supply includes force-producing means
for moving coating material from the source of supply to the
reservoir. (However, where the force-producing means (e.g.,
pump) is solely in the implement, or entirely absent from the
combination, such patents will be found in Class 401,
subclasses 118+). Class 141 takes precedence over Class 401
for a claimed coating implement with material supply
including or combined with a particular feature or
limitation. (Coating Implements With Material Supply. )
141, Fluent Material Handling, With Receiver or Receiver
Coacting Means, is the locus of patents to a source of supply
combined with filling means adapted to coact with a separable
receiver which is an implement of Class 401 (e.g., fountain
pen); and see Lines With Other Classes, above, for classes
that take precedence of Class 401 for a claimed coating
implement with material supply (Pertaining To Subcombinations
Of/Accessories For, The Subject Matter Of Class 401)
156, Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture,
is the locus of patents to coating implements combined with
means for pressing the coated layer into engagement with
another layer. See especially, 441.5 for implements of the
envelope moistening and sealing type. Class 156 takes
precedence over Class 401 for a claimed coating implement
with material supply including or combined with a particular
feature or limitation. (Coating Implements With Material
Supply. )
184, Lubrication, is the locus of patents to implements for
lubricating machine parts (e.g., belt, cable or chain)
wherein the part to be lubricated is recited in the claim.
See, especially 15.1 and 99. Class 184 takes precedence over
Class 401 for a claimed coating implement with material
supply including or combined with a particular feature or
limitation. (Coating Implements With Material Supply. )
206, Special Receptacle or Package, is the locus of patents
to a coating implement combined with a receptacle or
packaging means therefor. See especially subclass 214, 229,
316.1+, and 371. However, where the combination is of such a
nature that part of the cover material of the package remains
with the implement during the coating operation (e.g., as a
handle) or where the cover is only nominally claimed, such
patent will be found in Class 401. Class 206 takes precedence
over Class 401 for a claimed coating implement with material
supply including or combined with a particular feature or
limitation. (Coating Implements With Material Supply. )
211, Supports: Racks, 69.2, is the locus of patents to
inkwells or inkstands combined with a pen rack. (Pertaining
To Subcombinations Of/Accessories For, The Subject Matter Of
Class 401)
215, Bottles and Jars, is the locus of patents to bottles and
jars which may be disclosed as supply containers for coating
material (e.g., inkwell).
220, Receptacles, is the residual locus of patents to
containers which may be disclosed as supply containers for
coating material.
222, Dispensing, is the residual locus of patents to
apparatus for dispensing material. See, especially, 92, for a
dispenser including a nonresilient collapsible wall (e.g.,
toothpaste tube); subclasses 129+, for a dispensing device
including selective or separate feed from plural supply
sources or compartments; subclass 146, for a dispenser
including means for heating or cooling the material
dispensed; subclass 187, for a dispenser from which the
material is discharged or fed by means of a wick or absorbent
material; subclass 191, for a dispenser combined with a
handle adapted for connection with a coating tool; subclasses
206+, for a dispenser including a resilient wall portion
which is adapted to be elastically deformed so as to apply a
discharging force on the material; subclasses 251+, for a
dispenser having force-producing means for discharging
material, which is not provided for in preceding subclasses;
and subclasses 544+, for a dispenser having a
flow-regulator*. (Pertaining To Subcombinations
Of/Accessories For, The Subject Matter Of Class 401)
224, Package and Article Carriers, appropriate subclasses for
a coating implement combined with means for attachment to the
body, hand, or wrist. A patent to the combination of an
implement of Class 401 and a device classifiable in Class 224
will generally be placed in Class 224, provided no more of
the implement structure is claimed than is necessary to
establish its relationship with the Class 224 art device. See
Lines With Other Classes, (2), above. (Coating Implements
With Material Supply. )
239, Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing, is the locus
of patents to devices which are disclosed as adapted to
discharge material in the form of a spray, mist, droplets, or
modified stream either to a coating tool or directly to a
work surface. (Pertaining To Subcombinations Of/Accessories
For, The Subject Matter Of Class 401)
242, Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding, 570, particularly
subclasses 588+ for a randomly oriented coil holder which may
include a particularly supported roll of note paper in a
nominally defined writing implement, and subclass 905 for a
reel with a storage chamber. A patent to the combination of
an implement of Class 401 and a device classifiable in Class
242 will generally be placed in Class 242, provided no more
of the implement structure is claimed than is necessary to
establish its relationship with the Class 242 art device. See
Lines With Other Classes, (2), above. (Coating Implements
With Material Supply. )
251, Valves and Valve Actuation, is the residual locus for
patents to a flow-regulator*, per se. (Pertaining To
Subcombinations Of/Accessories For, The Subject Matter Of
Class 401)
279, Chucks or Sockets, for the combination of a coating
implement (e.g., pencil) and a socket for securing an
accessory device (e.g., eraser) thereto; and see, for
example, subclass 42, 43, and 43.1+ for such an attachment
having resilient jaws. A patent to the combination of an
implement of Class 401 and a device classifiable in Class 279
will generally be placed in Class 279, provided no more of
the implement structure is claimed than is necessary to
establish its relationship with the Class 279 art device. See
Lines With Other Classes, (2), above. (Coating Implements
With Material Supply. )
285, Pipe Joints or Couplings, is the locus of patents for
joints between fluid, wire or cable conducting pipes, tubes
or tubular bodies. (Pertaining To Subcombinations
Of/Accessories For, The Subject Matter Of Class 401)
346, Recorders, is the locus of patents to coating implements
(e.g., pen) disclosed solely for use as attachments for
recorder mechanisms. See, especially, subclass 140.1.
347, Incremental Printing of Symbolic Information, see 1 for
selective printing of symbolic information by ink jet.
362, Illumination, subclass 96, for a coating implement
combined with a light. A patent to the combination of an
implement of Class 401 and a device classifiable in Class 362
will generally be placed in Class 362, provided no more of
the implement structure is claimed than is necessary to
establish its relationship with the Class 362 art device. See
Lines With Other Classes, (2), above. (Coating Implements
With Material Supply. )
403, Joints or Connections, is the locus of patents for
joints of general application. (Pertaining To Subcombinations
Of/Accessories For, The Subject Matter Of Class 401)
404, Road Structure, Process, or Apparatus, subclass 94, for
a device to affix indicia to the hard surface of a roadway
and subclasses 101+, for a device which distributes material
on the surface of a road of the earth combined with means to
treat said surface of material. A manually manipulated device
which merely coats a road surface to provide a visual indicia
is classified in Class 401. Class 404 takes precedence over
Class 401 for a claimed coating implement with material
supply including or combined with a particular feature or
limitation. (Coating Implements With Material Supply. )
425, Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating:
Apparatus, is the locus of patents to coating apparatus for
moldable plastic material or earth materials (e.g., clay or
mortar) in which the apparatus is capable of shaping the
coating in plural dimensions, e.g., coating and controlling
the shape of one side edge or imparting a particular
cross-sectional shape to the deposited material. See
especially subclass 87 and 458. Class 425 takes precedence
over Class 401 for a claimed coating implement with material
supply including or combined with a particular feature or
limitation. (Coating Implements With Material Supply. )
427, Coating Processes, for processes of coating, per se.
(Class Pertaining to Coating)
520, Synthetic Resins or Natural Rubbers, appropriate
subclasses, particularly Class 523, subclass 161 for a
composition containing a synthetic resin and having utility
as a ballpoint pen ink composition or to processes of
preparing said composition. Class 520 takes precedence over
Class 401 for a claimed coating implement with material
supply including or combined with a particular feature or
limitation. (Coating Implements With Material Supply. )
604, Surgery, subclasses 1-3, 11+, 289+, and 890.1+ for
patents to applicators and depositors solely disclosed as
applying medicaments to the human body. Class 604 takes
precedence over Class 401 for a claimed coating implement
with material supply including or combined with a particular
feature or limitation. (Coating Implements With Material
Supply. )
GLOSSARY:
Terms used in titles and definitions of this class, either
repeatedly or in a special or limited sense, are defined
below. For economy of space, an asterisk (*) following a term
in a definition or note indicates that reference should be
had to this glossary for its specific meaning. Certain terms
related particularly to implements including solid material
for rubbing contact are defined in (10) Note to the
definition of subclass 49 and are signalized by the symbol #
following the term in a definition or note where it occurs.
APPLICATOR
A coating tool or such a tool combined with a manually
manipulable holder.
FEEDER
Means to guide fluent coating material from a reservoir to or
through a coating tool or to a work surface.
FLOW-REGULATOR
Means (e.g., valve), including a part which is movable, to
open, close, or restrict a passage for coating material or
for gas, and thus to control movement of coating material in
the implement. A removable closure, however, will not be
considered to be a flow-regulator.
MATERIAL
A liquid or solid substance which is intended to be applied
to a work surface as a coating.
RESERVOIR
A container or retainer for storing fluent coating material.
SUPPLY-MEANS
A reservoir or a feeder for fluent coating material.
TOOL
An instrumentality having a portion which is designed and
intended to apply or spread coating material on a work
surface by contact therewith. The tool may be spaced from the
work surface only by the thickness of material deposited by
the tool.
SUBCLASSES
Subclass:
1
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Implement provided with means for transferring thermal energy
to the coating material carried by the implement prior to its
application to the surface.
(1) Note. For placement in this subclass a patent must
contain an express teaching of a heat imparting means whereby
heat is either (a) generated within the implement, as by a
burner or resistance heater, or (b) conducted by the
implement from an outside source, e.g., body (hand) heat of
the user.
(2) Note. A patent claiming structure adapted to utilize
heat from a user's hand to induce or cause flow of material,
by thermal expansion of said material in an unvented
reservoir, for the purpose of coating a work surface will be
placed in this subclass.
(3) Note. A patent for a device for heating and applying
sealing wax is acceptable for this class and subclass only
when the disclosure makes it clear that the device includes a
tool which contacts the work for applying or spreading the
coating material. A patent for a device for heating and
dispensing sealing wax onto a surface, without contact
between the device and the surface, will be placed in the
Dispensing class (see Search Class note below).
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
12 for an implement whose coating material is melted by
transfer of heat from a workpiece.
225 for a bifurcate tool implement including means for
retaining coating material which has flowed out of the
reservoir because of inadvertent heating.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
118, Coating Apparatus, 620, for coating apparatus including
means for treating the coating material with electrical or
radiant energy, and especially subclasses 641+ for such an
apparatus including radiant heating; and subclass 271, for an
apparatus including an applicator coated or impregnated with
normally solid material which requires the application of
heat to render it fluent; and see the Search Notes reference
to Class 118 in the class definition of this class (401)
184, Lubrication, 98, for a lubricating device in which solid
or semi-solid lubricant is adapted to be heated by the
friction of bearing parts and thereby melted.
222, Dispensing, subclass 113 or 146.1, for a dispenser
combined with a heater for melting sealing wax and permitting
it to flow to a surface; and see (3) Note, above.
228, Metal Fusion Bonding, 51 for a similar implement,
limited by disclosure to coating a metal surface with molten
metal.
425, Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating:
Apparatus, 110, for a hand-manipulable sealing wax applier
including (1) means to melt the wax and apply it to a surface
and (2) a seal for making an impression on the applied wax.
Subclass:
2
This subclass is indented under subclass 1. Implement
including a reservoir* and/or a feeder* and in which the heat
imparting means is located only in the zone containing the
tool* and the feeder, or at that portion of the reservoir
from which the material passes directly to the work surface.
Subclass:
3
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Implement including manually engageable means for
manipulation of the implement which means is of a material or
construction which resists heat transfer between the coating
material and the hand of the user and is disclosed as having
this property.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
1 for an implement including material heating means and a
heat-insulating handle.
Subclass:
4
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Implement including a reservoir* and means within the
reservoir which has the sole function of stirring or shaking
the material therein or otherwise moving it for the purpose
of putting or maintaining the material in a fluent state.
(1) Note. The agitating means must be other than, or a
modification of, a part of the implement which is used for a
different purpose (e.g., tool, feeder, valve, valve
actuator).
(2) Note. A scraper, cutter, or comminutor which merely
divides the material into smaller particles is not considered
to be an agitator for this subclass.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
258 for an implement including a stylus tool in which the
work-engaging rod or needle has an enlarged portion within
the reservoir, usually serving primarily as a valve or a
tool-actuator, which portion incidentally serves to agitate
material in the reservoir.
Subclass:
5
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Implement provided with adjustable means for positively
determining the depth of the material deposited on the work
surface by physical contact with the layer of material
deposited or being deposited.
(1) Note. The regulating means may be structure for
adjustably spacing the tool orifice from the work surface, or
it may be an additional adjustable element (e.g., an
adjustable doctor blade) moving with the tool and smoothing
or scraping the deposited material to the desired thickness.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
425, Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating:
Apparatus, subclass 87 and 458 for a similar device
including means for also controlling the shape of one side
edge of, or for imparting a particular cross-sectional shape
to, the deposited material; and see the class definition of
this class (401) for classes that take precedence over class
401 for a claimed coating implement with material supply.
Subclass:
6
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Device
provided with means shaped to fit some portion of the body of
the operator or to secure the implement to the operator's
body while in use; or to secure a supply reservoir*, which
feeds to the tool*, to the operator's body.
(1) Note. The mere recitation of a "handle" will not justify
placement of a patent in this subclass. However, such terms
as "hand-grip," "pistol-grip," or "finger notch will be
sufficient for such placement.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
15, Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning, subclass 443
for a dip pen shaped to engage or receive the hand or finger
of the user; and see the search notes thereto.
224, Package and Article Carriers, appropriate subclasses for
a portable device having means for attachment to the body, or
for conforming to the hand, respectively, to facilitate
transportation thereof.
Subclass:
7
This subclass is indented under subclass 6. Device wherein
the body attaching means is in the form of a pouchlike or
cuplike receptacle which is open only at one end for
receiving the hand or finger of the user.
(1) Note. The receptacle may be in the form of a mitt or
glove.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
15, Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning, subclass 227,
for a coating implement, per se, with a pocket for receiving
a hand, finger, or foot of the user.
294, Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements, subclass 25,
for a miscellaneous pouchlike or cuplike receptacle for
receiving a hand or finger for facilitating a handling
operation.
Subclass:
8
This subclass is indented under subclass 6. Device wherein
the body attaching means is in the form of a ring (open or
closed), or a band secured at its ends to the implements, for
receiving the hand or finger of the user therethrough or
thereunder.
Subclass:
9
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Implement wherein the tool* is shaped, or a plurality of
tools are arranged, (a) to engage a work surface which is
concave or convex, or (b) to simultaneously engage (1) the
opposing edges or surfaces of slit or groove, (2) angularly
related or noncoplanar surfaces of a workpiece, or (3)
opposite surfaces of a workpiece.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
33, Geometrical Instruments, 41.1, for an implement including
a plurality of scribing tools for making spaced, parallel,
relatively narrow lines on a curved or on plural work
surfaces.
Subclass:
10
This subclass is indented under subclass 9. Implement
including two tool surfaces facing toward each other so as to
engage simultaneously two oppositely facing surfaces of a
workpiece.
(1) Note. A patent for an implement having tool surfaces for
engaging the inner and outer surfaces of a tubular member
will be placed in this subclass.
Subclass:
11
This subclass is indented under subclass 9. Implement
wherein the tool has an inwardly curved surface adapted to
conform to an outwardly curved work surface.
Subclass:
12
This subclass is indented under subclass 11. Implement
provided with means for retaining a supply of butter or
equivalent material and having an arcuate tool surface for
conforming to the surface of an ear of corn and for applying
the material thereto as the implement is moved therealong.
Subclass:
13
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Implement provided with means, including a receiver, for
removing all or some of the material* which has been applied
by the tool* to the work surface for subsequent disposal or
reuse.
(1) Note. The receiver must be in the nature of a chamber or
conduit and not merely an absorbent element which, by its
nature, is inherently capable of performing the spreading
function of a tool; but it may also serve as the
supply-means*.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
5 for an implement including adjustable means for regulating
coating thickness by displacing a surface portion of the
material deposited by the tool.
Subclass:
14
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Implement provided with cushioning, shock absorbing or other
spacing means adapted to contact a surface in the working
environment of the tool* and thereby to prevent contact of
the tool or some other portion of the implement with said
surface such as might scratch or mar that surface.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
193 for an implement provided with a work-engaging guide.
Subclass:
15
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Implement provided with means to deflect or to prevent
accidental or undesired spattering or spreading of material*,
or to receive excess material which may flow by gravity from
the tool* or the work surface.
(1) Note. The excess material received by the drip catcher
may or may not be returned to the supply means.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
13 for an implement including means to withdraw material
from the work surface.
225 for an implement of the bifurcate pointed nib type
provided with a capillary overflow receiver.
Subclass:
16
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Implement which includes two or more coating tools* of
different type as listed under section I, D, 3, of this
publication.
(1) Note. Two or more tools of the same type, differing in
degree (e.g., size or rigidity) or color of coating material
to be applied, will not be considered diverse tools. For
example, a broom combined with a brush, or a chalk stick with
a crayon, will be considered a plural tool, rather than a
diverse tool, device.
Subclass:
17
This subclass is indented under subclass 16. Implement
including mutually exclusive and entirely independent means
in feeding relation to each of said diverse coating tools.
Subclass:
18
This subclass is indented under subclass 16. Device wherein
one of said diverse tools is adapted to be physically
removed, for individual use, from another part of the device
which retains another tool.
(1) Note. The inclusion in the device of a flexible strand
or a chain to limit the distance which a removed tool can be
moved away from the rest of the device will not bar placement
in this subclass.
Subclass:
19
This subclass is indented under subclass 16. Implement
including a piece of cohesive, nonfluent, self-sustaining
material, an end or surface of the piece constituting one of
the tools and the rest of the piece serving as the supply for
said tool.
(1) Note. A patent for an implement comprising a holder for
solid material for rubbing contact combined with a tool of a
different type which has no related supply means* will be
placed in this subclass.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
17 for an implement in which each of the diverse coating
tools has an independent supply (e.g., pencil and ball point
pen).
Subclass:
20
This subclass is indented under subclass 19. Implement
wherein the solid material is in the shape of an elongated
relatively slender rod positioned in a casing or holder and
another tool is a bifurcate nib pen as defined in subclass
221.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
17 for a pencil combined with a pen having individual
supply-means* (e.g., fountain pen).
18 for a pencil combined with a dip pen without
supply-means, which pencil and pen are separable for
independent use.
Subclass:
21
This subclass is indented under subclass 16. Implement one
tool of which has an endless peripheral work-engaging surface
and is mounted for movement about an axis passing
therethrough, and wherein a portion of the surface is always
communicable with the supply-means* and some other portion of
the surface is simultaneously in position to engage the
work.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
208 for an implement of this class including only a ball,
roller or endless belt tool.
Subclass:
22
This subclass is indented under subclass 16. Implement
wherein said tools are so positioned relative to each other
that substantially the same area of work surface engaged by
one of the tools is immediately thereafter engaged by another
of the tools in their movement over the surface.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
33, Geometrical Instruments, 41.1, for an implement including
diverse scribing tools simultaneously operative along
parallel paths for making a plurality of spaced, relatively
narrow lines.
Subclass:
23
This subclass is indented under subclass 16. Implement
wherein one tool is formed of a previous layer or mass having
interstices of substantially capillary size through which the
coating material must pass from one surface thereof to
another and hence to the work surface.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
196 for an implement of this class including only a porous
tool.
Subclass:
24
This subclass is indented under subclass 23. Implement in
which another tool is formed of a plurality of elongated
filamentary elements joined to a common support, either
individually or in groups, and projecting therefrom free of
one another.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
27 for an implement which includes a tool which is a brush,
broom or mop and another tool which is blade-like or pad
like.
268 for an implement of this class including only a tool of
the brush, broom or mop type.
Subclass:
25
This subclass is indented under subclass 16. Implement in
which one tool has a work-engaging portion in the form of
either an elongated edge, a surface having substantial length
and width, or an edge surrounding an opening at the end of a
passage for coating material.
Subclass:
26
This subclass is indented under subclass 25. Implement
wherein said one tool includes an opening extending through,
and entirely surrounded by, the work engaging surface or
edge, through which opening the material* may flow for
distribution on the work surface by the tool.
Subclass:
27
This subclass is indented under subclass 25. Implement
including means for releasing material* to a work surface in
a zone which is near the area contracted by one of the tools,
or in a manner not requiring engagement of any of the tools
with the work surface.
(1) Note. For the purpose of this subclass the depositing
means may release the material to the work surface only, or
partly to the work surface directly and partly to a tool.
(2) Note. To be considered as discharging material to the
work surface, for placement in this subclass, the discharge
must be beyond the area circumscribed by the totality of the
work-surface-contacting portions of the implement (e.g.,
beyond the area within a ring of work-surface-contacting
filamentary elements or a group of brushes).
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
137 for an implement comprising a tool, or similar tools,
and means for dispensing material adjacent the tool(s), and
see the search notes thereto.
Subclass:
28
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Implement wherein the tool* comprises a support and a
plurality of individually spaced finger-like or tooth-like
work contacting projections extending therefrom and wherein
either (a) the projections are hollow and open-ended to
provided a passage for material* from the supply-means* to
the work surface, or (b) the projections are formed
integrally from the same material as the support and the
support has a plurality of feed apertures adjacent the
projections.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
268 for an implement whose tool comprises a support and a
plurality of filamentary elements assembled therewith;
particularly, subclass 291, for such type of tool having a
multi-perforate support for the filamentary elements.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
239, Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing, 589, for a
multiple-tip multiple-discharge spray head.
Subclass:
29
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Implement including more than one coating tool*, an enclosing
member for at least one of said tools, and means to cause or
permit relative movement between said one tool and its
enclosing member, without complete separation, to the extent
that the tool may alternately occupy an exposed operative
position and an inoperative position wherein the tool is
retained in concealed position within said enclosing member.
(1) Note. A patent for an implement including a plurality of
pieces of solid material for rubbing contact and means for
selectively causing or permitting movement of each piece
between operative and inoperative position will be placed in
this subclass if each piece is provided with a carrier which
cooperates with the means for causing or permitting movement.
However, a patent wherein the implement includes only a
single means which is directly engageable with a selected
piece of such solid material to cause or permit movement of
the piece through an opening in a guide member between
operative and inoperative position will be placed elsewhere
(see Search This Class, Subclass)
(2) Note. A patent in which a spare tool-and-reservoir unit
is removable from a storage compartment of the implement and
is adapted to be reassembled with the implement so as to be
in use position, to replace an expended unit, will be placed
in a subclass appropriate to the particular disclosed tool
(e.g., for a ball point pen).
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
16 for an implement comprising diverse tools including at
least one projectable and retractable tool.
49 for patents wherein the implement includes only a single
means which is directly engageable with a selected piece of
such solid material to cause or permit movement of the piece
through an opening in a guide member between operative and
inoperative position, particularly subclass 56 where the
implement includes positive means for causing, rather than
merely permitting, such movement..
55 for an implement including means to project and retract a
piece of solid material for rubbing contact; particularly
indented subclasses 56 for such an implement including means
for selectively replenishing its feed guide from any one of a
plurality of storage compartments, 57 for such an implement
including means for sequentially replenishing its feed guide
from storage means, and 85 for such an implement including
means for storing other such pieces in nonuse position for
manual removal and association with the projection-retraction
means.
88 for an implement including means to guide a manually
movable piece of solid material between nonuse and use
positions; and indented subclass 89 for this combination
further including means to store an additional piece of
material in nonuse position.
99 for an implement including a single, linearly projectable
and retractable tool which is other than solid material for
rubbing contact.
209 for a ball point pen.
Subclass:
30
This subclass is indented under subclass 29. Implement
including one means for imparting projection and retraction
movement to at least two tools, said means interconnecting
said tools during such movement so that one tool is moved to
the exposed position and the other tool is moved in a
direction away from its exposed position.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
33 for an implement wherein movement of one tool toward
projected position releases a retainer (e.g., latch),
whereupon another tool is retracted by a spring.
Subclass:
31
This subclass is indented under subclass 29. Implement
wherein at least two tools are projectable and retractable
and each such tool includes a member protruding exteriorly of
the body of the implement and accessible to the hand of a
user, for moving the tool between projected and retracted
position.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
82 for an implement including a manual actuator for
advancing a single piece of solid coating material for
rubbing contact.
99 for an implement including means, manually accessible
through a slot in the side of the casing, for projecting and
retracting a tool which is other than solid material for
rubbing contact.
Subclass:
32
This subclass is indented under subclass 29. Implement
wherein at least two tools are projectable and retractable,
said implement including one means engageable with each such
tool individually, at the option of the user, for moving the
tool into operative position.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
56 for an implement comprising a single piece of solid
material for rubbing contact, and means to selectively
replenish material in the feed guide.
Subclass:
33
This subclass is indented under subclass 32. Implement
including a resilient member for biasing the projected tool
toward the retracted position.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
62 for an implement comprising means to advance a single
tool of solid material for rubbing contact, which implement
includes a retraction spring.
109 for an implement including a single projectable and
retractable tool, other than solid material for rubbing
contact, and a retraction spring.
Subclass:
34
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Implement including at least two coating tools*, each of
which is fixed in operative position, and each of which is
provided with a separate supply-means* in feeding relation
thereto.
(1) Note. A tool will be considered to be in operative
position even though it is protected, when not in use, by a
removable cap.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
10 for an implement comprising confronting tool faces, each
with independent supply, which tool faces are adapted to coat
oppositely facing work surfaces.
17 for an implement comprising diverse tools each with an
individual supply.
29 for an implement including a plurality of tools at least
one of which is projectable and retractable.
Subclass:
35
This subclass is indented under subclass 34. Implement
wherein at least two tool-and-supply combinations are mounted
adjacent each other and substantially in parallelism, with
their work-engaging portions extending from the same end of a
common support.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
22 for an implement having diverse tools simultaneously
extending toward, and operative along the same path of, a
work surface.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
33, Geometrical Instruments, 41.1, for an implement including
plural side-by-side scribing tools whose work engaging
portions are spaced from each other for making a plurality of
spaced, relatively narrow lines.
Subclass:
36
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Implement including a plurality of tools* and means, under
control of the user, for directing flow of coating material
from a supply-means* exclusively to any one of said tools.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
45 for an implement including plural, individually
controllable supply-means* feeding to the same tool or
directly to the work surface.
136 for an implement including means for selectively feeding
coating material either to a tool or to a work surface.
Subclass:
37
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Device
which includes more than one coating tool* and whose supply
of coating material may be applied to the work surface by at
least one, but not all, of the tools.
(1) Note. A patent to an implement including a material
supply and a tool for coating preceded or followed by a like
tool for cleaning (e.g., scraper, brush) will be placed in
this or an indented subclass;
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
22 for an implement having diverse tools operative along the
same path, one of which tools may be a coating tool and the
other a noncoating tool.
Subclass:
38
This subclass is indented under subclass 37. Device
comprising a reservoir* or a retainer for solid coating
material and wherein one of the tools* is an applicator*
combined with the reservoir or retainer for receiving
material* by direct contact of the tool with the material;
and wherein the applicator is completely separable from the
reservoir or retainer for removal of material from such
reservoir or retainer and for application of the removed
material to a work surface.
(1) Note. A mere tenuous connection, such as a chain or
flexible strand, between a supply container and a separable
tool will not bar placement of a patent including such
structure from this subclass.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
118 for a device which includes only one tool, which tool is
an applicator separable from its supply container.
Subclass:
39
This subclass is indented under subclass 37. Device in which
said tools are each formed of a plurality of elongated
filamentary elements (e.g., bristles, strands) joined to a
common support (e.g., core, back or flexible backing) either
individually or in groups (e.g., tufts) and projecting
therefrom free of one another.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
16 for an implement including diverse tools.
38 for a device wherein one of the coating tools is
completely separable from its supply container and is a
brush, broom, or mop.
Subclass:
40
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Implement including a supply-means* for a liquid vehicle and
a supply of soluble or dispersible material so related to the
supply-means that admixture of the material to the vehicle
can occur by (a) flow of the vehicle only, into direct
contact with the material, or (b) movement of the material
into contact with the vehicle prior to entry of the mixture
into the feeder*.
(1) Note. A patent wherein contact of the concentrate with
the carrier occurs as a result of the flow of each through a
separate feeder, or a feeder branch, leading from a separate
reservoir will be placed in subclasses 44+ even if a mixing
chamber is provided at the junction of the feeder branches or
separate feeders.
(2) Note. This subclass will take a patent for an implement
including a reservoir for a liquid carrier and a compartment,
entirely out of communication with the reservoir, for the
concentrated material, so arranged that the material can get
into the reservoir only by some manual act of the user.
(3) Note. An implement including concentrated material but
not having a reservoir or conduit supply means for a liquid
to dissolve the material, will be found in a subclass
characterized by the nature of the disclosed tool; see the
search notes below.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
28 for an implement including solid material and a liquid
carrier in which the material is dissolved or dispersed and
wherein the tool of the implement is of multiple-tip,
multiple-discharge construction (e.g., massaging tool).
44 for an implement including a plurality of supply-means
feeding to a single tool or to the work; and see (1) Note,
above.
201 for a porous tool implement having a compartment for
containing solid coating material adapted to be dissolved by
an externally supplied liquid, as by dipping the implement in
a liquid.
252 for a bifurcate nib implement including an attached
supply retainer feeding directly to the tool, which retainer
stores solid coating material adapted to be dissolved by
dipping the tool and retainer in a liquid.
268 for an implement of the brush, broom, or mop type,
having a compartment for containing solid material adapted to
be dissolved by an external source accessible to the material
directly, rather than by way of supply-means.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
15, Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning, subclass
257.07 for a container including pigment and a supply-means
for a liquid vehicle positioned to permit contact with the
pigment for solution or dispersal of the liquid vehicle
therewith.
Subclass:
41
This subclass is indented under subclass 40. Implement
wherein the dispersible or soluble material is retained in
position within, or contiguous to, the feeder or a discharge
passage of a reservoir* for the liquid carrier.
Subclass:
42
This subclass is indented under subclass 41. Implement
wherein the concentrated material is retained in position
within, or contiguous to, the feeder and includes a flexible
hose section for receiving the liquid carrier from a
reservoir which is not part of the implement, or means for
attachment of the implement to a pipe or flexible hose
leading to such a reservoir.
Subclass:
43
This subclass is indented under subclass 42. Implement
wherein the feeder includes divergent portions one of which
communicates with the concentrated material and the other is
isolated therefrom, and the implement includes means for
stopping or for adjusting the flow through one of these
portions with respect to the flow through the other.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
46 for an implement including means for controlling the rate
of flow from each of a plurality of supply sources which feed
to a tool or to a work surface and are independent of (i.e.,
in nonserial flow relation to) one another.
Subclass:
44
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Implement including either (a) a feeder* and a plurality of
reservoirs* each of which is adapted to be in direct supply
relation to the feeder, or (b) a plurality of feeders or
feeder branches each of which is communicable with a
different reservoir; said feeder, feeders, or feeder branches
being adapted to guide coating material to or through the
same tool*, or to a work surface, or to the tool and to the
work surface.
(1) Note. A patent for an implement including a spare supply
cartridge, or a supply cartridge having compartments with
individual dispensing outlets adapted to be individually
connected by the user in feeding relation to the tool, will
be placed in subclass 45.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
40 for an implement including a plurality of
intercommunicating reservoirs, of which one contains
concentrated coating material and another contains
concentrated coating material and another contains a liquid
vehicle for the material, and wherein mixture of the
materials occurs prior to entry into the feeder.
43 for an implement which includes a conduit supply-means*
for a liquid vehicle which may, selectively, be placed in or
out of communication with a reservoir or retainer for
concentrated material.
133 for an implement comprising a pen section which includes
a feeder and means for establishing communication with a
spare supply cartridge upon assembly therewith.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
137, Fluid Handling, 255, for a flow system including plural
reservoirs each of which has a separate flow line leading
therefrom.
Subclass:
45
This subclass is indented under subclass 44. Implement which
either (a) includes a feeder adapted to be placed in feeding
relation with any of a plurality of reservoirs, at the option
of the user, or (b)includes means for varying or interrupting
flow to or through one of the plurality of feeders or feeder
branches, without similarly affecting the flow to or through
another.
(1) Note. Flow regulating means which is not part of the
claimed device (e.g., a faucet valve) cannot be relied upon
for placement of a patent in this subclass, even though such
means is disclosed as serving to produce selective or
proportional flow otherwise conforming to the definition of
this subclass.
Subclass:
46
This subclass is indented under subclass 45. Implement in
which one of the feeders or feeder branches is a pipe or
flexible hose section for conducting material from a remote
source which is not part of the implement.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
42 for an implement in which conduit supply means for a
liquid carrier feeds into a reservoir or retainer for
concentrated material for solution or dispersion of the
material in the carrier.
Subclass:
47
This subclass is indented under subclass 44. Implement
wherein the materials adapted to be supplied by the separate
supply means differ in some physical or chemical property
(e.g., color, consistency, liquid and solid).
(1) Note. Hot and cold water supplied from separate taps or
hoses are considered diverse materials for the purpose of
this subclass.
(2) Note. This subclass will take an implement including
means to supply a propellant gas (e.g., foam generator) so as
to intermingle with liquid coating material when such gas is
applied in a feeder so that the mixture may be applied to a
work surface. Where such intermingling occurs in the
reservoir for the liquid coating material the patent will be
placed in subclasses 40+. Where the propellant is a gas which
is not intended to be part of the coating the patent will be
placed in either subclass 188 or 190.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
40 for an implement in which diverse materials are
intermingled in a reservoir and applied to a surface; and see
(2) Note above.
188 for an implement including one-way means for adding gas
to the reservoir so as to apply force on the coating material
therein.
190 for an implement including a pressurized reservoir; and
see (2) Note, above.
Subclass:
48
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Implement including a work-contacting element, in addition to
the tool*, which element serves, or helps, to sustain the
tool upon the work surface against the force of gravity, or
to maintain a desired angular relationship of the tool to the
work surface, during the coating operation.
(1) Note. This subclass provides primarily for carriages,
wheels, skids, etc., which relieve the tool or operator of
the weight of the implement and which are intended to
preclude operation of the device in a free path along the
surface according to the will of the operator.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
5 for an implement including adjustable support means for
regulating the coating thickness.
6 for an implement provided with body-conforming (e.g., hand
grip) or body-attaching (e.g., hand loop) means.
9 for an implement including a tool for a curved work
surface or a plurality of tools arranged to engage a
plurality of angularly related, noncoplanar or opposed work
surfaces.
131 for an implement with means to support or stabilize same
when not in use.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
15, Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning, subclass 437,
for a dip pen including means to support or stabilize the pen
while in use.
248, Supports, subclass 118.5, for an armrest adapted to move
with the arm of a person while he is performing a writing
operation, and see the search notes thereto.
425, Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating:
Apparatus, subclass 87 and 458 for a hand-manipulable device
for applying plastic material onto a surface including a
work-engaging member to support or stabilize the device and
controlling at least one lateral Woodworking Tools dimension
of the applied material.
Subclass:
49
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Implement comprising (1) a support# adapted to utilize a
piece of nonfluent, cohesive, self-sustaining coating
material and to allow an end or surface of said piece to be
applied directly to a work surface, or (2) a piece of such
material, an end or surface of which is specifically shaped
to adapt it to be applied directly to a work surface.
(1) Note. The work engaging end or surface of the piece of
solid material constitutes the tool* and the rest of the
piece is the supply.
(2) Note. A patent claiming no more than a piece of solid
coating material having a shaped end for contacting the work
will be placed in this, rather than an indented subclass even
though the disclosure indicates the piece as being intended
for use in a combination provided for in such indented
subclass.
(3) Note. See the Search Notes, below to subclasses 1, 29+,
34+, 37+, 118+, and 208+, for loci for devices which store
coating material in a solid form but apply portions of it by
means of a tool, frequently after converting the material to
a fluent state.
(4) Note. A disclosure that material is extruded through an
orifice is an indication that the material is fluent and
therefore is not in the form of a nonfluent, cohesive,
self-sustaining piece, as required by the definition of this
subclass. A patent to a coating implement utilizing such
extrudable material will be placed elsewhere in this class,
based on other features; see the search notes below to other
subclasses in this class. For example, tooth paste, thick
enough to retain its extruded shape when squeezed from a tube
but which is wiped from the tube opening onto a surface,
rather than applied in stick form, is not considered solid
material for the purpose of this subclass; however, a
self-sustaining semi-solid material (e.g., lip stick) of such
consistency as to be attrited, rather than flowed upon a
surface, is considered solid material for this subclass.
(5) Note. A patent to solid coating material claimed in
terms of its cross-sectional configuration will be placed in
the appropriate class providing for stock material. See the
class definition for Class 428, Stock Material or
Miscellaneous Articles, for the relationship of that class
(428) to various other stock material classes.
(6) Note. A patent to a piece of solid coating material, per
se, claimed as a composition with no more than nominally
expressed structure, as "bar," "rod," "block," "layer,"
"stick," "strand," "strip," etc., will be placed in the
appropriate composition class. The various composition
classes are listed in order of superiority in the class
definition of Class 106, Compositions: Coating or Plastic.
(7) Note. For placement of a patent to a holder# of general
utility, in which the tool is either not claimed or only
broadly claimed, see the last paragraph of Scope of This
Class, in the Class Definition of Class 401.
(8) Note. An implement will be considered to include only a
single tool, with provision for supply of additional pieces
of material, when the implement includes only a single means
to cause or permit movement of a piece of material through an
opening in a guide# to a use position, which single means is
selectively associable directly with a single one of a
plurality of pieces of solid coating material. However, the
implement will be considered to have plural tools, and a
patent thereto will be placed in subclasses 29+, when the
implement has a single means to cause or permit such movement
of a selectable one of a plurality of units, each of which
units comprises a piece of solid coating material and a
carrier# specifically provided for the purpose of selective
association with said means; and see (1) Note to the
definition of subclass 29.
(9) Note. A single holder with two or more pieces of solid
material, or with a single piece having two exposed ends,
each piece or end having a surface positioned for use (e.g.,
a wooden pencil with different colored leads exposed at each
end) will be considered an implement having plural tools for
placement in subclass 34, unless one of said tools is
projectable and retractable, in which case the patent to the
implement will be placed in subclasses 29+.
(10) Note. The Glossary terms at the end of this subclass,
which occur in the titles and definitions of this and
indented subclasses, are defined below. The symbol (#)
following a word or phrase indicates that reference should be
had to this glossary for the specific meaning thereof. Terms
which are used in the titles and definitions of this class as
a whole are defined in the Glossary, of the Class 401 class
definition.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
1 for an implement of this class provided with means for
heating solid material, as for rendering it fluent.
19 for an implement with solid coating material for rubbing
contact and including a coating tool of some other species
(e.g., pen or brush).
29 and 34+, for an implement comprising two or more tools of
solid material for rubbing contact.
37 for a device including a container for a supply of solid
or pasty material and a plurality of brushes, one of which
removes a portion of the material from the container for
application to a work surface; particularly subclass 38,
wherein said one brush is separable from the container for
such application.
40 for an implement including means retaining soluble or
dispersible solid material and supply-means* for a liquid
carrier in which the solid material is dissolved or dispersed
before application to a work surface.
118 for a device which includes a container for a solid or
pasty material and an independent applicator for receiving
material from the supply and applying it directly to the
work; particularly, subclass 126, wherein the applicator is,
or is attached to, a closure for the container and is thus
retained in communication with the supply.
200 for an implement including a pervious tool through which
particulate solid material may sift.
201 for a porous tool provided with a pocket for soluble
solid material.
208 for an implement with solid material supply which is not
rubbed directly on the work, but is deposited on a roller
tool which applies it to a work surface.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
16, Miscellaneous Hardware, 108, for a patent to a ring, cap
or sleeve for reinforcing a pencil and which may include a
pencil by name only.
106, Compositions: Coating or Plastic, appropriate
subclasses, for coating material claimed as a mass or layer;
and see (6) Note above.
132, Toilet, subclass 319, for a cosmetic applier including a
tool or guide peculiarly shaped to apply a cosmetic in a
definite form or pattern (e.g., a bow-shaped lip rouge
applicator).
184, Lubrication, subclass 15.1, for a solid stick lubricant
for a named belt, cable or chain; and subclass 99, for a
similar device adapted to be applied to a bearing.
428, Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles, appropriate
subclasses for solid coating material in the form of a
structurally defined or coated web, sheet or rod, for which
no other classification, exists, or for a mass or layer
containing a structurally defined element (e.g., particle or
fiber), especially 357.
520, Synthetic Resins or Natural Rubbers, appropriate
subclasses, particularly Class 523, subclass 164 for a
composition containing a synthetic resin and having utility
as the writing material in a lead pencil or crayon
composition or to processes of preparing said composition.
604, Surgery, subclass 309 for applying solid treating
material to the body.
CARRIER
A member attached to a piece of solid coating material so as
to be movable therewith in a guide#.
EXPENDABLE- SHEATH-
A holder# for a piece of solid coating material which is
adapted or required to have a portion thereof, adjacent the
tool*, removed so as to expose the coating material as it is
attrited in use. See HOLDER.
FOLLOWER
A member movable in a guide# and adapted to contact a piece
of solid coating material therein to advance it to and
through the opening in response to an applied force.
GUIDE
That part of an implement which defines a path of travel for
a piece of solid coating material to and through an opening
in the implement to a use position of the tool* end of the
piece.
HOLDER
That part of an implement which retains a piece of solid
coating material, or which retains a unit consisting of a
piece and an expendable sheath, in such a manner as to expose
the tool* end of the piece and to be manipulable therewith as
a single entity (e.g., sleeve, wrapper). The holder and the
piece, or the holder and the unit, may be relatively
adjustable manually, but not by advancing means (as defined
in subclass 55).
SUPPORT
All the parts of an implement, collectively, which retain the
piece. It may be a holder# or it may include a carrier,# or
follower, and a guide# as well as a housing for enclosing the
entire organization of parts.
Subclass:
50
This subclass is indented under subclass 49. Implement
including means to cut, tear, or break away a part of a
substantially coextensive sleeve or covering for a piece of
such solid material so as to expose an end of such piece,
and/or means to impart a particular form (e.g., point or
wedge) to the work contacting portion of the piece.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
1 for an implement provided with heating means which may
shape or otherwise prepare the tip of a piece of solid
material for coating.
9 for an implement including a tool* so shaped as to engage
a curved or non-planar surface.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
30, Cutlery, 451 for a pencil-sharpener, per se;
particularly subclass 460 for a sharpener which is open-ended
so that the point of the pencil may protrude therethrough to
permit the pencil to be used with the sharpener retained
thereon.
Subclass:
51
This subclass is indented under subclass 50. Implement
wherein the severing or shaping means comprises a member
having an edge revolvable relative to and in engagement with
the material or sheath for severing portions therefrom.
Subclass:
52
This subclass is indented under subclass 49. Implement
combined with a tool or device which has a function other
than coating and for which combination there is no specific
provision in any other class.
(1) Note. A device which holds, moves, modifies, or works
upon the coating tool or material supply is considered to
have a coating function. For example, advancing means, means
to limit tool projection, or means to store additional
material, etc., are related to the coating implement.
Examples of a device which does not have a coating function
include an eraser, an envelope slitter, a pocket clip, a
stamp holder, etc.
(2) Note. A patent for a specific tool* of solid material
for rubbing contact, or specific support# therefor, combined
with another art device will be placed in this subclass.
However, if the tool or support is only claimed nominally, or
if no more of the tool or support is claimed than is
necessary to define the combination thereof with the other
art device, then the patent will be placed in the class
providing for the other art device; and see the search notes
hereunder and under subclass 195 for the loci of such
combinations.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
17 18, or 19+, for a pencil combined with a coating tool of a
different type.
29 or 34+, for an implement in which two or more
solid-coating-material tools are combined.
48 for an implement of this class combined with means to
support or stabilize it while in use.
50 for a pencil combined with a device for shaping the tool
(e.g., pencil sharpener) or severing its covering.
131 for an implement for applying fluent coating material,
combined with means to support or stabilize it when not in
use.
195 for an implement of this class, utilizing a coating
supply other than solid material for rubbing contact,
combined with a tool or device which has a function other
than coating.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
15, Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning, 125.1, for an
eraser or eraser holder and means for attaching it to a
pencil; or for such an eraser or holder in combination with a
pencil, where no more of the pencil is claimed than is
necessary to define the claimed relationship with the
eraser.
30, Cutlery, subclass 123, for a pencil attachment including
a cutter and, usually, a clasp.
33, Geometrical Instruments, subclass 414, for a cord
straight-line guide combined with means for chalking the
cord.
Subclass:
53
This subclass is indented under subclass 49. Implement
provided with a guide#, and with means to prevent exposure of
the tool* beyond a predetermined distance from the opening in
the implement.
(1) Note. The means to limit tool projection may include (a)
a part which is movable to and from the use position of the
tool so as to engage and locate the tool end of the piece at
said use position, or (b) a part engageable with the tool end
of the piece, or with a surface which is not part of the
implement (e.g., a work surface), for locating the piece
preliminary to operation of advancing means for moving the
tool end a predetermined increment of advance through the
opening.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
58 for an implement including means for reinforcing the tool
end of a piece of solid material for rubbing contact
extending from an opening in a support.
65 for an implement having means to feed the solid material
in a step-by-step manner for a plurality of predetermined
increments.
Subclass:
54
This subclass is indented under subclass 49. Implement
wherein the piece of coating material is elastically or
resiliently mounted in the support# by means other than, or
in addition to, an element of material advancing means, so
that excess pressure on the tool end of the piece will cause
the material to recede into the support and release of such
excess pressure will allow a return of the tool end to use
position.
(1) Note. The piece of coating material may be rigidly held
in a feed mechanism and the mechanism may be elastically
mounted within an outer casing.
(2) Note. The cushion mounting of the tool is usually to
prevent breakage of the piece by excess force imposed on the
tip.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
53 for an implement including means to limit projection of
the tool, which means may include a resilient mounting for
the piece of material.
81 for an implement of this class provided with a spring to
advance solid coating material for rubbing contact, which
spring may also inherently serve as a cushioning means.
Subclass:
55
This subclass is indented under subclass 49. Implement,
including a guide# for the piece, and means to move such
piece along the guide and through the opening in the guide to
a use position of the tool*.
(1) Note. Such a modification of a piece of material, or of
an expendable sheath#, as a screw thread formed therealong
which cooperates with a cam element in a holder or sleeve is
considered to be advancing means for this subclass. However,
a patent to an implement consisting of a piece in an
expendable-sheath not so modified and a point-protector
therefor will be placed elsewhere (see search note below).
(2) Note. A patent will be placed in the appropriate
subclass indented hereunder when a claim therein includes the
subject matter of the indented subclass and an element, at
least, of a disclosed means to advance a piece of material,
which might be the feed guide.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
29 for an implement including a plurality of coating tools
(e.g., solid-material tools) of which at least one is
projectable to a use position or retractable within an
enclosing member.
54 for an implement including (1) an assemblage comprising a
guide and means to advance a piece of solid coating material
through an opening in the guide, (2) a support for the unit,
and (3) means for cushioning the unit in the support.
91 for patents to an implement consisting of a piece in an
expendable-sheath not so modified and a point-protector
therefor.
99 for an implement of this class adapted to utilize fluent
coating material and having a projectable and retractable
tool.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
15, Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning, 429 and 433,
for an implement including a guide and means to advance a
piece of erasive material to and through an opening in the
guide to a use position.
226, Advancing Material of Indeterminate Length, appropriate
subclasses, for means to advance material of indefinite
length.
Subclass:
56
This subclass is indented under subclass 55. Implement
provided with one or more compartments in which spare pieces
of material may be carried and means under the control of the
user to move, or permit movement of, a piece from a
particularly chosen compartment of such plurality of
compartments, or a particularly chosen piece from such one
compartment, so as to dispose said piece in proper alignment
with the advancing means for movement thereby.
(1) Note. A patent to an implement having two compartments,
each of which may carry several spare pieces of coating
material, and means to select the compartment for
replenishing the feed guide will be placed in this subclass,
even if the spare pieces are randomly or sequentially
conveyed from the individual compartment to the feed guide.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
29 for an implement which houses several pieces of coating
material (usually of different colors) each of which, with
its individual carrier, may be selectively moved to an
operative position; and see (1) Note under the definition of
subclass 29 and (8) Note under the definition of subclass 49
for the distinction between an implement including plural
tools and an implement with spare pieces of material for
replenishing a feed guide.
85 for an implement having material advancing means and only
one storage chamber for a plurality of additional pieces,
each of which pieces may be randomly conveyed or guided into
alignment with the advancing means.
Subclass:
57
This subclass is indented under subclass 55. Implement
provided with one or more compartments offset from the guide
and in each of which one or more spare pieces of material may
be carried, and means to move or permit movement of said
pieces in predetermined order from said compartment(s) so as
to dispose each piece so moved in proper alignment with the
advancing means for movement thereby through the opening.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
29 for an implement which houses several pieces of coating
material (usually of different colors) each of which, with
its individual carrier, may be selectively presented to an
operative position; and see (1) Note under the definition of
29+ and (8) Note under the definition of subclass 49 for the
distinction between an implement including plural tools and
an implement with spare pieces of material for replenishing a
feed guide.
85 for an implement having material advancing means and only
one storage chamber for a plurality of additional pieces
which may be randomly conveyed or guided from the chamber to
the feed guide; or for an implement with such advancing means
and a storage chamber for a single piece, or a single row of
aligned pieces, of additional material which may be conveyed
or guided to the feed guide.
Subclass:
58
This subclass is indented under subclass 55. Implement
including an additional element extending from the support#,
axially of the feed guide# and of the opening, for receiving
(as specifically disclosed) some of the lateral force which
may be imposed on a portion of the coating material extending
from the opening.
(1) Note. The reinforcement may be a projection extending
along the piece of coating material or within a hollow in the
piece of coating material, as a core, or it may be a tube
surrounding substantially all but the work contacting end
portion of the piece.
(2) Note. For original placement of a patent in this
subclass, the reinforcement must be claimed as a permanent
part of the support or feed means and movable with respect to
the piece; and its function must be clearly disclosed. A
patent claiming a permanently reinforced piece of coating
material will be placed as an original copy on the basis of
other claimed subject matter and cross-referenced here.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
53 for an implement including an element extending from the
support and with which the tool end of the piece is alignable
to determine the extent of projection thereof from the
support.
91 for an implement including a support for solid coating
material including a retractable sleeve which may also serve
to protect the tool in exposed operative position.
96 for a piece of solid coating material with a coextensive,
expendable sheath attached thereto which serves to reinforce
the piece.
Subclass:
59
This subclass is indented under subclass 55. Implement
having means permanently attached thereto to cover the
opening, which means is shiftable from the opening and so
linked to the material advancing means that movement of one
of said means causes movement of the other means.
(1) Note. The permanent attachment may be by means of a
flexible strand which serves as the linkage between the cover
and the advancing means.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
61 for a coating implement, including advancing means for a
piece of solid material for rubbing contact, provided with a
removable closure for the opening which is adapted to prevent
operation of the advancing means.
62 for a coating implement utilizing solid material and
including a removable closure adapted to serve as an
exteriorly accessible manual actuator for a follower or
material carrier#, and a separate retraction means (e.g.,
spring).
82 for a coating implement utilizing solid material and
having a removable closure for the opening adapted to serve
as an exteriorly accessible manual actuator for the advancing
means.
86 for a coating implement utilizing a piece of solid
material for rubbing contact, including means for retaining a
closure for any part of the implement.
98 for a holder# for a piece of solid coating material
including a removable cap for the tool end of the piece.
108 for an implement in which means to project or retract a
tool for applying fluent material is interengaged with a
closure or closure-operating means.
Subclass:
60
This subclass is indented under subclass 59. Implement
wherein the cover is manually engageable to cause movement of
the advancing means.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
82 for a coating implement utilizing solid material having a
removable closure adapted to serve as an exteriorly
accessible manual actuator for the follower or material
carrier#.
Subclass:
61
This subclass is indented under subclass 55. Implement
including a removable closure for the tool# opening which,
when in place, precludes operation of the material advancing
means by preventing access thereto, or by blocking or
disengaging the feed mechanism.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
59 for an implement having material advancing means
interengaged with a movable closure which is permanently
attached to the implement; and see the search notes thereto
for loci of other types of relationship between an implement
and a closure.
Subclass:
62
This subclass is indented under subclass 55. Implement
having means, supplemental to or independent of the advancing
means, by which the piece (with or without the advancing
means) may be wholly withdrawn from its extended operative
position to a housed inoperative position.
(1) Note. A disclosure that mere reversal of advancing means
(e.g., turning screw feed means in the opposite direction)
will pull material back into an implement will not suffice
for placement of a patent in this subclass.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
17 and 19+, for a retractable tool of solid coating material
for rubbing contact combined with another type of coating
tool.
29 for an implement comprising a plurality of units, each of
which includes a piece of solid coating material and a
carrier#, and wherein at least one of said units may be
projectable and retractable.
99 for an implement including a retractable coating tool and
a supply means for fluent material.
Subclass:
63
This subclass is indented under subclass 55. Implement
including a carrier# and a plunger adapted to move through
the carrier to discharge the piece therefrom.
Subclass:
64
This subclass is indented under subclass 63. Implement in
which the advancing means includes a member with a helical
camming surface and in which the carrier# and the plunger are
each provided with a cam follower element individually
directly engageable with the camming surface so that each is
axially displaceable relative to the member upon relative
rotation between the member and each of such plunger and
carrier elements and the plunger is axially displaceable
relative to the carrier.
(1) Note. Ejection of the piece of material occurs when the
axial movement of the carrier ceases as a result of its
disengagement from the camming surface while the plunger
continues to be cammingly advanced through the carrier.
Subclass:
65
This subclass is indented under subclass 55. Implement
wherein the advancing means includes an element that is
adapted to be moved cyclically and means actuated by such
cyclic movement for causing a corresponding series of
intermittent and unidirectional movements of the piece of
material along the guide# path and through the opening.
(1) Note. The term "cyclically" is intended to mean that the
element is adapted to be moved from an original point through
a path of travel and returned to the original point.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
53 for an implement wherein advancing means, including a
cyclically movable element and an associated means for
causing movement of the piece, is operative only when the
tool end of the piece of material is at a single
predetermined location (e.g., aligned with a
surface-contacting actuator) so that movement of the piece is
limited to a single predetermined increment from the aligned
position.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
74, Machine Element or Mechanism, subclass 88, for means, per
se, other than gearing, adapted to convert reciprocating or
oscillating motion to intermittent unidirectional motion.
226, Advancing Material of Indeterminate Length, 120, for
apparatus comprising an intermittent material-mover for
advancing material of indefinite length.
Subclass:
66
This subclass is indented under subclass 65. Implement
wherein the element and the means for causing movement of the
piece comprise two members, one of which members has a series
of linearly aligned spaced abutments and the other of which
carries a protrusion, such members being constrained to move
along paths such that, during reciprocating motion of one of
said members, the protrusion latches with an abutment in one
direction of such reciprocating motion to effect an increment
of feed and slides over one or more abutments in the other
direction to permit latching with another abutment for a
second increment of feed in the next cycle of the element.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
74, Machine Element or Mechanism, 126, for an intermittent
grip type mechanical movement, which may include a rack and
pawl; and subclasses 527+ and 575+, for mechanism including a
rack and pawl, per se.
Subclass:
67
This subclass is indented under subclass 65. Implement
wherein the cyclic element and the means for causing movement
of the piece comprise two devices that are (1) each
reciprocable relative to the guide# and to each other along a
common axis, (2) each capable of gripping and releasing
either a piece of material or a force transmitting means for
said piece, and (3) sequentially operative so that one device
grips the piece or the force transmitting means and advances
the piece while the other is in a release condition, and then
the other device grips the piece or the force transmitting
means while the one device releases the piece or the force
transmitting means and retracts without moving the piece.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
65 for an implement including a single chuck, axially
aligned with and relatively movable toward and from a
stationary resilient gripping member, to advance solid
coating material past said gripping member; and see the
search notes thereto.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
226, Advancing Material of Indeterminate Length, 147, for
apparatus comprising alternately acting chucks for advancing
such material.
254, Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling
Force, subclass 107, 210, and 254, for mechanism, including
alternately acting chucks or clutches, for moving a rod or
bar in step-by-step fashion.
Subclass:
68
This subclass is indented under subclass 55. Implement
wherein the advancing means comprises a first member with a
substantially helical camming surface and a second member
rotatable relative thereto and having a cam element
engageable with said camming surface, so that relative
rotation between the members will cause an axial displacement
therebetween and a corresponding advance of the coating
material.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
63 for an implement including screw-feed advancing means and
an ejector for discharging a piece of material from a
carrier.
65 and indented subclass 66, for an implement including a
helical cam follower as part of a step-by-step advancing
means.
116 for an implement including screw-feed means for
projecting and retracting a tool relative to an enclosing
member.
172 for an implement including screw-feed mechanism to move
a force-applying piston axially through a reservoir.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
15, Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning, 429 and 433,
for an implement including a guide# and screw-feed means for
advancing a piece of erasive material to and through an
opening in the implement to use position.
74, Machine Element or Mechanism, appropriate subclasses, and
especially subclass 424.8, for a disclosure of a
screw-and-nut mechanical movement.
Subclass:
69
This subclass is indented under subclass 68. Implement
including in the train of the advancing means a third member
carrying an element in screw-feed engagement with one of the
first said members so that it is axially displaceable with
respect to each of said first members by actuation of said
screw-feed means.
(1) Note. The drawing below illustrates one example of the
subject matter of this subclass. The effect of the compound
screw feed is additive, i.e., member B is screwed outwardly
from member A, to the extent of their threaded engagement,
and member C is simultaneously screwed outwardly from member
B, to the extent of their threaded engagement, thus
ultimately placing the axial lengths of the individual screw
elements substantially in alignment end-to-end. Member A is
rotatable, but not movable axially, in sleeve D. [figure]
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
71 for an implement wherein the feed means includes a pin
which is cammed by the cooperative action of oppositely
oriented helical slots in concentric tubes, which tubes are
not axially displaceable relative to each other.
Subclass:
70
This subclass is indented under subclass 68. Implement
provided with means by which the cam element may be moved
radially out of camming engagement with the helical camming
surface so as to permit relative axial movement of the
camming member independent of any relative rotation.
(1) Note. Disengagement of the screw feed members, for this
subclass, requires more than merely unscrewing the members
until they reach the end of their threaded engagement. The
disengaging means must allow the members the same telescoping
movement, without relative rotation, as is achieved by the
relative rotation.
(2) Note. A patent to a pencil with feed means comprising a
split nut and a threaded rod, and means to open said nut and
allow it to slide axially along said rod, will be placed in
this subclass.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
62 for an implement having disengageable screw-feed means
and additional means to retract the tool.
Subclass:
71
This subclass is indented under subclass 68. Implement,
provided with an additional member having a camming surface
concentric with and rotatable, but axially immovable,
relative to the first member, the two camming surfaces being
of opposite inclination so as to converge at a point where
they are in camming engagement with the cam element.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
69 for an implement with screw feed means including
oppositely oriented helices which are axially displaceable
relative to each other during relative rotation and form part
of a compound screw feed.
Subclass:
72
This subclass is indented under subclass 68. Implement
wherein the camming surface is adapted to engage directly
with a surface portion(s) of the piece, which portion(s)
serve(s) as the cam element.
(1) Note. The camming surface may be adapted to remove
portions from, or mold, the piece of solid coating material
along its longitudinal axis, whereby a part of the coating
material becomes the cam element. For example, the camming
member may function as a thread cutting nut which imparts
threads to a stick of lead. The coating material is generally
of noncircular cross section so that it may be engaged for
rotation relative to the camming member.
Subclass:
73
This subclass is indented under subclass 68. Implement
provided with a second opening, at the end of the feed guide#
opposite the first opening, through which a piece of solid
coating material may be inserted for engagement by the
advancing means.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
56 for an implement with means to selectively replenish
material in the guide means for storage, and which may
include a breech-loading screw-feed advancing means.
57 for an implement with means to sequentially replenish
material in the guide means for storage, and which may
include a breech-loading screw-feed advancing means.
72 for an implement of this class with screw-feed means to
advance the material, which uses the material as a threaded
element and which implement may be breech-loading.
Subclass:
74
This subclass is indented under subclass 68. Implement
provided with means to inhibit rearward movement of the piece
of material into the support# in response to a force applied
to the tool# end of the piece.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
71 for an implement with screw-feed means for advancing a
piece of material, said means comprising oppositely oriented
helices which may function to retard retrograde movement.
80 for an implement including means for advancing a piece of
material against the action of a resilient brake, which brake
may also serve to prevent retrograde movement of the piece.
83 for an implement including means for advancing a piece of
material by direct manual actuation and a latch for the
advancing means.
84 for an implement including means for advancing a piece of
material by direct manual actuation and including means to
prevent the piece from being pushed back into the housing.
Subclass:
75
This subclass is indented under subclass 68. Implement
having an element coaxially coupled to one of said members by
means which permits relative movement between said member in
an axial direction only, during the operation of the
screw-feed mechanism, so that said element may transmit
torque to said member at any point along the path of travel
of the latter.
(1) Note. The drawing below illustrates one example of the
subject matter of this subclass. The square bore in element
C provides a coupling with the square shaft of member A to
allow relative non-rotatable axial movement between A and C.
The member A may be rotated relative to member B, by the
element C, to move A axially with respect to B. [figure]
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
464, Rotary Shafts, Gudgeons, Housings, and Flexible
Couplings for Rotary Shafts, 162 for a coupling, per se,
effective to transmit rotary motion, and wherein coupled
members are relatively axially movable.
Subclass:
76
This subclass is indented under subclass 75. Implement
wherein said one of said members comprises a threaded shaft
which (1) is of flattened shape, in whole or in part, having
a cross-section of which one lateral dimension is greater
than the other, of (2) has an end portion bent in the form of
a loop which is coplanar with the shaft and has portions
extending laterally on two sides of the axis of the shaft,
and wherein the element has an axially extending bore
conforming to and slidably coupled with the flattened part of
the shaft or the loop.
(1) Note. The widened portion may comprise a pinched crimped
portion of the shaft whose cross-section is thereby changed
from circular to ribbon like; or the end of the shaft may be
bent into a hook or loop.
Subclass:
77
This subclass is indented under subclass 75. Implement
wherein the element is tubular, is disposed coaxially about
said members which are in camming engagement, and is provided
with a longitudinal groove or aperture within which a
slender, radially extending portion of the cam element is
slidably received.
(1) Note. The drawing below illustrates an example of the
subject matter of this subclass. The members A and B are
rotatably and axially movable relative to each other; the
element C and member A are axially but not rotatably movable
relative to one another; and the element C and member B are
rotatably but not axially movable relative to one another.
[figure]
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
71 for a screw-feed means comprising concentric tubular
members with oppositely oriented helical slots in which a cam
follower is received.
75 for an implement in which one of the screw-feed members
is provided with a longitudinal slot and the
torque-transmitting element with a cooperating projection
received in the slot.
Subclass:
78
This subclass is indented under subclass 77. Implement
wherein the advancing means includes a carrier#.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
63 for a patent to an implement as defined above and further
including an ejector adapted to move through the carrier to
discharge the piece therefrom.
Subclass:
79
This subclass is indented under subclass 68. Implement in
which each member is camming engagement, or an element
fixedly attached thereto, is immediately accessible to a hand
of the user, or to a hand-manipulated actuating member which
is not part of the implement, for relative rotation of the
members.
(1) Note. A patent to an implement comprising a deep cup for
retaining a piece of solid coating material and a sleeve
threadedly engaged thereon as an extension of the cup wall at
the open end thereof, such that the sleeve can be screwed
back toward the bottom of the cup to expose the tool end of
the piece, will be placed here.
Subclass:
80
This subclass is indented under subclass 55. Implement
having an elastic element disposed at any location along the
guide# so as to be in continuous frictional engagement with a
piece in use.
(1) Note. Generally the braking means comprises a tip of
resilient structure (rubber or slit metal are examples)
defining the opening in the implement through which leads of
different size may be advanced and which applies a lateral
compressive forced on the piece sufficient to prevent it from
falling out of the implement, but which is yieldable to
permit the advancing means to move it as required.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
65 for an implement of this class with step-by-step
advancing means which may include a resilient braking means.
74 for an implement including screw-feed advancing means and
a retrograde-movement retarder which may be a resilient
braking means.
83 for an implement including a manually actuated advancing
means for solid material and a latch for the advancing
means.
84 for an implement including a manually actuated advancing
means for solid material and a retrograde-movement retarder.
Subclass:
81
This subclass is indented under subclass 55. Implement
wherein the advancing means comprises a resilient member
under stress for applying force against an end of the piece.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
53 for an implement including spring means to advance a
piece of material and means engageable with the tool end of
the piece to limit the extent of the projection of the tool
(e.g., a cap which, when placed in tool-protecting position,
provides an abutment for the tool end of the piece to
determine the extent of projection of the piece upon removal
of the cap).
54 for an implement including a spring for cushioning a
piece of solid material against excess pressure which may be
applied at its tool end.
62 for an implement including a resilient member to advance
a piece of material and additional means to retract the
piece.
Subclass:
82
This subclass is indented under subclass 55. Implement,
wherein each element of the advancing means is adapted to
move in the same direction and to the same extent as the
piece to be advanced, and said means includes a projection
protruding exteriorly of the guide# so as to be accessible to
the hand of the user for moving said means.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
62 for a similar implement which also includes a retraction
spring.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
15, Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning, subclass 436
for a dip pen including a manual actuator for projecting and
retracting the penpoint.
Subclass:
83
This subclass is indented under subclass 82. Implement
having means to releasably secure the advancing means in a
desired position along its path.
(1) Note. The latch restrains the advancing means
positively, i.e., it prevents both forward and rearward
movement, and it must be released to allow movement of the
advancing means in either direction. The latch may include,
for example, a detent to engage the actuator or means to
increase and to diminish the friction between said advancing
means and a stationary part of the implement.
(2) Note. A patent to a coating implement with advancing
means for a piece of solid material and which includes
resilient means to continually resist movement of a piece of
material in either direction will be placed in subclass 80.
(3) Note. A device which allows one way movement of an
actuator and jams or otherwise prevents reverse movement of
the actuator or the piece of coating material is not
considered a latch but a retrograde-movement preventer as
provided for in subclass 84, herebelow.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
80 for a solid coating material implement with means to
advance material and resilient braking means; and see (2)
Note above.
84 for an implement including manually actuated advancing
means and a retrograde-movement preventer; and see (3) Note
above.
Subclass:
84
This subclass is indented under subclass 82. Implement
provided with an element which permits the piece to move only
in the direction of feed and inhibits its movement in the
reverse direction.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
74 for a solid material coating implement having screw-feed
advancing means and provided with a retrograde-movement
retarder.
83 for a solid coating material implement including a manual
actuator and a latch for the actuator which prevents both
forward and rearward movement.
Subclass:
85
This subclass is indented under subclass 55. Implement
provided with a compartment in which a spare piece(s) of
coating material may be carried.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
56 for an implement having means to select and conduct a
particular piece of coating material from a storage
compartment, or a piece from a particular compartment, to the
guide means to replenish the material as it is used up.
57 for an implement having means to sequentially conduct
pieces of coating material arranged in predetermined order to
the guide means to replenish the material as it is used up.
89 for a holder for a piece of solid coating material,
without material advancing means, having a compartment for
retaining a spare piece(s).
Subclass:
86
This subclass is indented under subclass 55. Implement
including a particular joint or connection between two
elements of the device.
(1) Note. For placement of an original patent in this
subclass, a detail of the joint or connection must be
claimed.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
52 for a solid coating material implement having a joint or
connection with a non-coating device.
59 for a solid coating material implement having advancing
means interengaged with closure operating means.
75 for an axially slidable, torque-applying coupling between
a screw-feed member and an element by which said member may
be rotated.
251 for an element-coupling and/or retaining means in an
implement comprising a bifurcate pointed nib pen.
290 for a coupling between a tool of the brush, broom or mop
type and that part of the implement which supports the tool;
and see the search notes thereto.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
285, Pipe Joints or Couplings, appropriate subclasses for
joints between fluid conducting pipes or tubular sections.
403, Joints or Connections, appropriate subclasses for joints
of general application.
464, Rotary Shafts, Gudgeons, Housings, and Flexible
Couplings for Rotary Shafts, appropriate subclasses for a
flexible coupling between a shaft and a driven member.
Subclass:
87
This subclass is indented under subclass 55. Implement
including a particular carrier# or guide#.
(1) Note. For placement of an original patent in this
subclass, a detail of the carrier or guide must be claimed.
(2) Note. A carrier for this subclass must be disclosed as
specifically adapted to a part of, or in the train of,
advancing means. A similar fastening means for the piece
which is not associated with advancing means will be
considered a holder and proper subject matter for subclasses
88+.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
88 for a holder for solid coating material which may include
means to fasten or attached a piece of coating material
thereto.
Subclass:
88
This subclass is indented under subclass 49. Implement
comprising a holder#.
(1) Note. The material may be retained in the holder by
adhesion or by a tight fit (e.g., conventional wooden pencil,
cue stick chalker, etc.).
(2) Note. A patent to a piece of solid coating material, per
se, having a shaped end for contacting the work will be
placed in subclass 49 even if disclosed in combination with a
holder but not so claimed.
(3) Note. A patent to a holder, per se, for such typical
coating materials as writing sticks, cosmetic sticks, soap
sticks, etc., will be placed in this or an indented
subclass.
(4) Note. A patent for a holder of general utility, in which
the tool is claimed broadly and disclosed alternatively as a
solid coating material tool of this class or a tool
classifiable in another class, will be placed in this or an
indented subclass as an original copy, and cross-referenced
in the class(es) providing for the other disclosed tool(s).
(5) Note. A patent to the combination of a holder# and a
unit consisting of a piece of material and an expendable
sheath#, will be placed in this subclass, rather than in
indented subclasses 97+.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
49 for a patent to a piece of solid coating material having
a shaped end for contacting the work; and see (2) Note,
above.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
15, Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning, subclass 430
for an implement comprising a piece of erasive material for
rubbing contact and either a holder therefor or a guide
within which the piece is manually adjustable.
16, Miscellaneous Hardware, 108, for a patent to a ring, cap
or sleeve for reinforcing a pencil and which may claim a
pencil by name only.
184, Lubrication, subclass 15.1, for a holder and a piece of
solid stick lubricant for a named belt, cable or chain; and
subclass 99, for a similar device adapted to be applied to a
bearing.
206, Special Receptacle or Package, appropriate subclasses,
for a wrapped package containing solid coating material.
Subclass:
89
This subclass is indented under subclass 88. Implement
having a compartment for retaining a spare piece of
material.
(1) Note. The channel of a holder which co forms in
cross-section to the piece and terminates in the opening from
which the tool projects is not considered to be a storage
chamber for additional material regardless of the number of
end-to-end aligned pieces of material therein.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
50 for an implement including an expendable sheath,
successive portions of which are adapted to be removed to
expose successive, aligned pieces of coating material for
use; and see (1) Note, above.
85 for an implement with means to advance solid coating
material and with a storage chamber for additional material;
and see the search notes thereto.
Subclass:
90
This subclass is indented under subclass 89. Implement which
includes a guide# and which further includes means to move or
direct (1) a piece of material from a particularly chosen
compartment from among a group of compartments, or a
particularly chosen piece from one compartment, or (2) each
of a plurality of pieces in a predetermined order from the
compartment(s) so as to dispose said piece in alignment with
the passage of said guide but not to advance it along the
guide.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
56 and 57, for implements of the type of this subclass which
include means to advance the piece of material along the
guide.
Subclass:
91
This subclass is indented under subclass 88. Implement in
which the holder is an expendable-sheath# provided with a
tubular member open at one end to receive the sheath and
having an opening at the other end and shaped to conform to
the tool end of the piece of material so as to protect such
end during use.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
58 for an implement having means to advance solid coating
material and which includes a protective sleeve, or
sleeve-like extension, extending from the opening for
reinforcing the piece of coating material.
82 for an implement including a point-protective member
which is a tubular guide having an opening through which the
tool end of a piece of material is retractable and
projectable, which piece is part of a unit including a
carrier protruding exteriorly of the guide so as to serve as
a manual actuator.
92 for an implement including a sleeve at the opening of a
tubular guide, which sleeve constitutes part, at least, of a
chuck for retaining the piece in the guide.
98 for an implement combined with a removable cap wholly
enclosing the tool end of a piece of material during non-use;
and see the search notes thereto.
117 for an implement for applying fluent coating material
and including a manually movable tool-enclosing sleeve.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
30, Cutlery, subclass 460 for a use-condition pencil-point
protector which is combined with pencil sharpening
structure.
Subclass:
92
This subclass is indented under subclass 88. Implement
including a guide# and a releasable gripping means for
retaining the piece with the tool portion thereof in exposed
use position.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
65 and especially 67, for an implement with means to advance
a piece of solid coating material step-by-step, which means
may include a chuck.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
15, Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning, 438, for a dip
pen including a chuck for releasably gripping the penpoint.
Subclass:
93
This subclass is indented under subclass 92. Implement in
which the the releasable gripping means comprises resilient
jaw members, and a cylindrical member removably or adjustably
positionable about said jaw members to force them into
gripping engagement with the piece or the unit.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
279, Chucks and Sockets, appropriate subclasses, for a chuck,
per se, which comprises resilient jaws and a clamp to force
the jaws into gripping engagement.
Subclass:
94
This subclass is indented under subclass 93. Implement in
which resilient means is provided to maintain the clamp and
the resilient jaw members in material-gripping engagement.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
53 for an implement having a spring-closed clutch and means
determining the extent of projection therefrom of the tool
end of the piece.
65 and especially 67, for an implement with means to advance
a piece of solid coating material step-by-step, which means
may include a spring-closed clutch.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
279, Chucks or Sockets, appropriate subclasses, for a
spring-closed clutch, per se.
Subclass:
95
This subclass is indented under subclass 88. Implement
wherein the holder comprises an element, other than an
expendable-sheath#, having an opening at one end from which
the tool* end of the piece projects and at least one other
element positionable rearwardly only of said opening and
capable of being moved relative to the first element to
extend the overall longitudinal dimension of the implement
for use.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
88 for an implement comprising an expendable-sheath for a
piece of material and an element removably attached to the
end of the sheath to increase the effective length of the
implement.
98 for an implement with a removable cap for the tool, which
cap is positionable to extend from the end of the holder#
opposite the tool to increase the effective length of the
implement.
Subclass:
96
This subclass is indented under subclass 88. Implement
wherein the holder# is an expendable-sheath#.
(1) Note. A patent to a conventional wooden pencil which has
to be sharpened to a point (or to a paper-wrapped crayon from
which some of the wrapper must be torn) for use will be
placed in this or the indented subclass.
(2) Note. A patent to the combination of a unit consisting
of a piece of material and an expendable-sheath and a second
holder engaging the sheath will be placed in subclass 88 or
some other appropriate subclass indented thereunder.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
144, Woodworking, subclass 28, for a pencil-wood
manufacturing machine.
Subclass:
97
This subclass is indented under subclass 96. Implement
wherein the sheath comprises a plurality of separable axially
aligned annular or conical elements, or has lines or areas of
lesser strength, to facilitate progressive manual separation
and removal of portions of the sheath adjacent the tool*
end.
Subclass:
98
This subclass is indented under subclass 88. Implement,
further provided with a removable tube substantially closed
at one end for covering the tool when not in use.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
53 for an implement including a removable cap which serves
to limit tool projection.
59 for an implement including a closure interengaged with
advancing means (e.g., subclass 60, for a closure which
serves as an actuator for the advancing means).
61 for an implement including a cap which serves to
inactivate means for advancing a piece of material.
91 for an implement including a point- protective sleeve
which is apertured to permit only the tool end of a piece of
material in an expendable-sheath to protrude therethrough.
95 for a tool-protecting cap which may also serve as an
extension for the holder when in use as a coating implement.
269 for an implement including a removable cap for a tool of
the brush, broom, or mop type; and see the search notes
thereto relating to similar combinations with other species
of tools for applying fluent coating material.
Subclass:
99
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Implement including an enclosure surrounding the tool* and
means to cause or permit substantially rectilinear relative
movement between the tool and the enclosure, without complete
separation, to the extent that the tool may occupy an exposed
operative position, protruding from the enclosure, or an
inoperative position wherein it is retained in concealed
position within said enclosure.
(1) Note. A patent for a holder for a retractable tool, in
which the tool is claimed generically and disclosed
alternatively as a coating tool of this class or a tool
classifiable elsewhere will be placed in an appropriate
subclass in this class (183) as an original, and
cross-referenced in the class(es) providing for the other
disclosed tool(s).
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
29 for an implement comprising a plurality of tools at least
one of which is movable axially for selective projection and
retraction.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
15, Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning, subclass 436
for a dip pen including a projectable and retractable
penpoint.
30, Cutlery, 162, for a similar device wherein the tool is a
knife blade.
Subclass:
100
This subclass is indented under subclass 99. Implement which
includes an element having the property of attracting iron,
which element serves to cause, permit, or prevent the
relative movement between the tool and the enclosure.
Subclass:
101
This subclass is indented under subclass 99. Implement
including means, responsive to relative movement between the
tool and the enclosure, to produce a change in pressure on
the coating material whereby to move material into or out of
the reservoir*.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
143 for an implement including means to apply
material-moving force wherein the tool is not retractable.
Subclass:
102
This subclass is indented under subclass 99. Implement
wherein the enclosure is provided with a cover which serves,
in its application to the enclosure, to move the tool into
the inoperative retracted position.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
62 for an implement wherein replacement of a removable cap
causes retraction of a tool of solid coating material for
rubbing contact.
Subclass:
103
This subclass is indented under subclass 99. Implement
including means to cause exposure of the tool, which means is
actuated in response to the application of substantially
axial force on the tool or on a portion of the implement
immediately adjacent the tool.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
65 for an implement including means to cause incremental
advance of a solid-material tool in response to substantially
axial pressure thereon.
272 for an implement of the brush, broom or mop type wherein
a flow-regulator* is actuated by pressure of the tool on a
work surface; and see the search notes thereto.
Subclass:
104
This subclass is indented under subclass 99. Implement
wherein the means for retracting or projecting the tool, or
for retaining it in either the retracted or projected
position, is structurally or functionally related to a
fastener mounted on the implement for securing it to a
support, such as the edge of a garment pocket.
Subclass:
105
This subclass is indented under subclass 104. Implement
wherein the fastener has a surface confronting an exterior
wall portion of the implement to define therebetween a
passage for receiving the support and wherein the passage, or
the entrance thereto, is substantially closed when the tool
is moved to the operative position and is substantially
unobstructed when the tool is retracted.
(1) Note. This subclass will take a patent for an implement
which includes latch means to prevent movement of the tool to
the concealed, inoperative position, which latch means
includes a movable latch component which shifts outward of
the exterior wall portion of the implement to block the
support-receiving passage of the fastener when the tool is
exposed.
Subclass:
106
This subclass is indented under subclass 105. Implement in
which a passage-defining portion of the fastener is shifted
to a position within an opening in or through the exterior
wall of the implement so as to close the entrance to the
passage.
Subclass:
107
This subclass is indented under subclass 99. Implement
provided with tool-blocking means permanently attached to the
implement and aligned with the axis of the enclosure in
position to block relative movement between the tool and the
member when the tool is in the enclosed position; said
tool-blocking means being movable from said aligned position
to permit relative movement between said member and tool.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
115 for an implement including a chuck which is adapted to
hold the tool in projected position, which chuck has jaws
which lie in the path of the tool in its retracted position.
Subclass:
108
This subclass is indented under subclass 107. Implement
wherein the closure or gate is so associated with the means
for moving the tool between the operative and inoperative
positions that movement of the one causes movement of the
other.
(1) Note. The interrelation is such as to prevent contact of
the tool with the closure or gate at all times.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
107 for an implement wherein displacement of a closure or
gate from its position across the enclosing member is caused
by direct contact of the tool with the closure or gate.
Subclass:
109
This subclass is indented under subclass 99. Implement which
includes a resilient member biasing the tool toward the
inoperative position and means for releasably holding the
tool in exposed position against the bias of said resilient
member.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
62 for a similar combination wherein the tool is a solid
piece of coating material.
Subclass:
110
This subclass is indented under subclass 109. Implement
wherein the retainer comprises wall structure defining an
endless path, and a member constrained to move therealong;
said path having an edge or edges of such configuration
throughout its extent as to direct the member to successive
stop portions of the path which are arranged to hold the tool
alternately in the inoperative and the exposed position
against the bias of the retraction spring.
Subclass:
111
This subclass is indented under subclass 110. Implement
wherein the means for moving the tool into the exposed
position further includes an element movable relative both to
said member and a part, at least, of said wall structure,
which last-named element contacts either said member or said
part to move the tool into and out of engagement with the
stop surface.
Subclass:
112
This subclass is indented under subclass 109. Implement
wherein the projected-position retainer comprises an abutment
and a member which is movable transversely of or about the
longitudinal axis of the implement so as to engage the
abutment and thus overcome the biasing force of the
retraction spring and retain the tool in exposed position.
Subclass:
113
This subclass is indented under subclass 112. Implement
further including an element capable of movement into contact
with the retaining element and thereby disengaging said
retaining element from said abutment.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
104 for a latch release member which is part of or
associated with a pocket clip.
Subclass:
114
This subclass is indented under subclass 113. Implement
wherein the keeper comprises a resilient element biased to
engage the abutment, or is acted on by a resilient element
(in addition to the retraction spring) urging it into
engagement with the abutment and maintaining it thereagainst,
and wherein said release element overcomes the biasing force
of the resilient element so as to permit the tool to return
to the inoperative position.
Subclass:
115
This subclass is indented under subclass 99. Implement
wherein movement of the tool to the exposed position is
caused by a change in position or orientation of the entire
implement.
(1) Note. Movement of the tool may be under the influence of
gravity or inertia.
Subclass:
116
This subclass is indented under subclass 99. Implement which
includes an element having a helical camming surface and a
member having a follower movable along the surface so that
relative rotation between the element and the follower causes
the relative movement between the tool and the enclosing
member.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
68 for an implement in which similar relative movements are
utilized for feeding or positioning a solid material tool.
172 for an implement including a screw mechanism for moving
a force-applying piston axially within a reservoir.
Subclass:
117
This subclass is indented under subclass 99. Implement
wherein the enclosure is a cylindrical sheath and the tool is
rigidly connected with an integral unit longer than the
sheath so that both the unit and the sheath are accessible to
the grasp for accomplishing relative sliding movement between
the exposed and housed positions.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
91 for a holder solid coating material including a manually
shiftable protective sleeve for the material.
107 for a device of the construction of this subclass,
further including a closure or gate for blocking the tool
passage.
116 for a device wherein the tool and a sheath-type
enclosing member are relatively movable by cooperating screw
means.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
15, Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning, subclass 430
for an implement in which the enclosure for an erasing tool
is a manually manipulable sleeve encompassing the tool in
telescopic, project-retract relation thereto.
Subclass:
118
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Device
which comprises either a reservoir* or a retainer for solid
material, and an applicator* combined with the reservoir or
retainer for receiving coating material by direct contact of
the tool* with the material; and in which the applicator is
completely separable from the reservoir or retainer for
removal of material from such reservoir or retainer and for
application of the removed material to a work surface.
(1) Note. Complete separability is recognized when, for
example, the applicator must be supported by one hand of the
user while the source of material is supported in another way
(e.g., by the other hand or by a surface), even though a
tenuous connection, such as a flexible chain or strand,
exists between the reservoir or retainer and the applicator.
(2) Note. An applier which is manually removed from a
reservoir for coating material in order to load the tool of
an applicator is not considered to be a coating tool for this
class when the applicator which it loads neither is claimed
nor is disclosed as being part of a structural organization
including both the applier and the applicator. However, means
which is removed from a reservoir of coating material in
order to load the tool of an applicator is considered to be
supply means when the applicator which it loads either is
claimed or is disclosed as being part of a structural
organization including both the loading means and the
applicator.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
4 for the combination of the subject matter of this subclass
and further including means to agitate material in the
reservoir.
18 for a device which includes diverse coating tools one of
which is an applicator which is separable from the supply
container for use.
191 for an implement wherein the tool is shiftable from a
position in which it is in contact with a supply of material
to an applying position entirely out of contact with the
supply, by separation from and reconnection with, or while
remaining connected to, the implement; and see the search
notes thereunder.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
15, Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning, 257.05 for a
supply container and means to facilitate loading an unclaimed
tool.
108, Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces, subclass 26.2
for an inkwell which is attached to a horizontally disposed
surface.
118, Coating Apparatus, 264 for a supply source which
includes a porous or absorbent member which is adapted to be
contacted by an unclaimed applicator, which applicator would
then be removed from the supply source for transfer to a work
surface.
132, Toilet, 216 and 320 for the combination of the subject
matter of this subclass in which the applicator is a cosmetic
applier having a shape peculiarly adapted to put a coating on
a part of the human body in a definite shape or pattern
(e.g., a bow-shaped lip rouge applicator) subclass 218 for a
mascara applier that has means to shape the eyelash, and
subclasses 293+ for powder box and applicator (e.g.,
compact).
141, Fluent Material Handling, With Receiver or Receiver
Coacting Means, appropriate subclasses, particularly subclass
30, 110+ and 311+, for the combination of an applicator and a
supply container for transferring coating material thereto by
force-applying means within the container.
211, Supports: Racks, 69.2, for the combination of an ink
receptacle and a pen support.
215, Bottles and Jars, and 220, Receptacles, appropriate
subclasses, for a receptacle of general utility disclosed as
a container for coating material.
222, Dispensing, subclass 205 and 576+, for a dispenser
which includes a trap chamber from which coating material may
be removed by an applicator; and see the search notes to
subclass 576.
312, Supports: Cabinet Structure, subclass 232, for a cabinet
structure including an inkwell.
Subclass:
119
This subclass is indented under subclass 118. Implement
wherein the applicator includes wall structure forming a
compartment for storage of material collected from the
reservoir.
(1) Note. The mere concavity of a spoon is not considered to
be a compartment for this subclass; see instead, subclass 128
for a spoon-like applicator united with a closure for the
supply container.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
126 for an applicator-closure unit in which the applicator
has a groove, slit, or other surface feature constituting
less than a complete enclosure for the material;
particularly, subclass 126, for such a slit of a
bifurcate-tool applicator, and indented subclass 128, for
material-retaining surface features of other kinds of
applicators; and see (1) Note, above.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
141, Fluent Material Handling, With Receiver or Receiver
Coacting Means, appropriate subclasses, particularly subclass
30, 110+ or 311+, for the combination of a supply container
and an implement provided with a material receiver (e.g.,
fountain pen) which is filled by force-applying means which
is part of the container structure.
Subclass:
120
This subclass is indented under subclass 118. Device
including a reservoir which comprises a supply chamber, and a
tool-receiving chamber in communication therewith and
providing the sole access to the supply chamber, so that the
supply chamber is otherwise air-tight; whereby, establishment
of a level of material in the tool-receiving chamber serves
to prevent further flow of material thereinto from the supply
chamber, and whereby removal of material from the
tool-receiving chamber by the tool serves to permit flow of a
corresponding quantity of material thereinto from the
reservoir.
(1) Note. A supply container of this general structure will
be recognized as barometric if a drawing thereof discloses
the level in the tool receiving chamber as being lower than
that in the supply with no means to effect this difference
other than atmospheric pressure in the tool chamber.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
137, Fluid Handling, 453, for a barometric liquid level
responsive or maintaining system.
222, Dispensing, appropriate subclasses, particularly
subclass 437, 457, and 585+, for a dispenser including
barometric control.
Subclass:
121
This subclass is indented under subclass 118. Device
including means, other than or in addition to the side wall
of the container, for removing material collected by the tool
which is in excess of that desired for application to the
work surface.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
15, Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning, subclass 423,
for a receptacle attachment for removing surplus material
from the tool of an unclaimed applicator, and subclass
257.05, for such an attachment which shapes the tool.
220, Receptacles, 695, for a receptacle attachment for
removing surplus material from the tool of an unclaimed
applicator.
Subclass:
122
This subclass is indented under subclass 121. Device wherein
the material removing means comprises such a particularly
shaped restriction in the path of the tool, as it is
withdrawn from the supply container, that at least two
opposed surface portions of the tool are simultaneously
engaged thereby to effect removal of excess material.
Subclass:
123
This subclass is indented under subclass 118. Device
including a physical obstacle for preventing contact of the
tool with, or its access to, the material in the supply
container.
(1) Note. A patent for a device including a temporary seal
or a valve, for keeping the tool out of communication with
the supply, will be placed in this subclass.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
211, Supports: Racks, 69.2, for the combination of an
inkstand or ink receptacle and a support adapted to retain a
pen at a location remote from the ink supply.
Subclass:
124
This subclass is indented under subclass 123. Device wherein
the tool is enclosed by a detachable cover which is other
than, or in addition to, the supply container structure.
(1) Note. A patent for a device including a removable cap,
which cap includes a compartment for storing the supply
material out of communication with the tool, will be placed
in subclass 123.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
269 for an implement including a cap which encloses the
filamentary elements of a brush; and see the search notes
thereunder.
Subclass:
125
This subclass is indented under subclass 123. Implement in
which the tool is contained within the confines of wall
structure integral with the supply container or with a
support for said container.
(1) Note. Placement in this subclass will not be barred by a
disclosure that the tool compartment also contains a (liquid)
substance which is not the intended coating material but,
rather, is a tool-conditioning substance.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
510, Cleaning Compositions for Solid Surfaces, Auxiliary
Compositions Therefor, or Processes of Preparing the
Compositions, appropriate subclasses, particularly subclass
120, 140, 141+, 406, and 438+, for a package or assembly of a
cleaning composition which may include means for applying
and/or spreading the cleaning composition.
Subclass:
126
This subclass is indented under subclass 118. Device wherein
the applicator comprises (1) a tool and an attached cover for
the supply container, or (2) a tool positioned to lie across
the entire surface of the material in the container or across
the opening(s) in an apertured partition between the material
supply and the tool; and wherein the tool is in position to
receiver material when the applicator is in effective
container-closing or material-overlying position.
Subclass:
127
This subclass is indented under subclass 126. Device wherein
the applicator includes an elongated member which is movable
in the direction of its length relative to the closure while
remaining secured thereto.
Subclass:
128
This subclass is indented under subclass 126. Implement
wherein the applicator is of substantially incompressible
material and either (a) is a slender, elongate member having
only one work-contacting element, or (b) includes a
work-contacting portion which is bowl-shaped.
(1) Note. The work contacting portion of the applicator may
be pointed, blunt, or bulbous.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
126 for a device comprising a supply container and an
independent closure-attached bifurcate applicator (e.g., pen
nib).
130 for a device comprising a supply container and an
independent closure-attached applicator whose work-contacting
portion is a straight blade.
Subclass:
129
This subclass is indented under subclass 126. Implement
wherein the applicator comprises a plurality of filamentary
work-contacting elements.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
126 for a supply container and an independent bifurcate,
pointed-nib applicator.
Subclass:
130
This subclass is indented under subclass 126. Implement
wherein the work-contacting portion of the applicator has an
elongated edge or a substantially continuous surface of
substantial length and width.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
132, Toilet, 293 for a powder compact having a mirror or
other Class 132 "kit" feature.
Subclass:
131
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Implement intended to be supported upon a surface when not in
use, which implement either is so shaped with relation to
said surface, or is combined with retaining means so related
to said surface, that contact of the tool* with the surface,
or movement of the implement thereon, (such as tipping or
rolling) is prevented.
(1) Note. The subject matter of this subclass does not
comprehend the mere combination of a protecting member (e.g.,
cap, sheath, container) with the tool unless there is some
modification of the member relating it to a supporting
surface for the implement.
(2) Note. An appropriate support class may take the
combination of the support with the implement when no
significant implement limitation is claimed. For example, a
patent to the combination of an implement and a fastener will
be placed in Class 24, Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, etc.,
subclasses 10+, provided that no more of the implement is
claimed than is necessary for the association of the fastener
therewith.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
48 for an implement provided with means for supporting or
stabilizing it while in use; and see the search notes
thereto.
118 for a supply container and a separable applicator
wherein the applicator is supported by the container when not
in use.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
24, Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, etc., 10 for the provision of
a fastener for securing a coating implement to a garment; and
see, particularly, subclass 11 for a clasp type fastener.
206, Special Receptacle or Package, subclass 214 for a
container for a plurality of stationery implements.
211, Supports: Racks, 69 for a device designed to support a
pen or pencil when not in use; particularly, subclasses 69.5+
for such a device which is socketed to receive the tool end
of an implement.
Subclass:
132
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Implement having (a) a wall portion or a seal which must be
broken, cut, or torn to release coating material to the
tool*, or (b) having a tool-supporting section connectable
with a replaceable container having such a wall portion or
seal, which section includes means to break, cut, tear or
displace the wall portion or seal to release coating material
to the tool.
(1) Note. A patent for a material-containing capsule which
is intended to be ruptured and applied directly to a work
surface as a coating implement will be placed in this
subclass.
(2) Note. A patent for a sealed cartridge including
structure particularly adapting it for use with a coating
implement cartridge receiver will be placed in an appropriate
subclass indented hereunder; however, a mere sealed
receptacle containing a supply of liquid coating material and
having a rupturable wall will be considered a package for
Class 206, Special Receptacle or Package.
(3) Note. A patent disclosing an implement with a frangible,
flow-preventing wall portion will not be placed in this or an
indented subclass when claimed in seal-destroyed condition,
with the coating material capable of reaching the tool; see,
instead, subclasses 143+ or the subclass appropriate to the
particular tool.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
206, Special Receptacle or Package, appropriate subclasses
for a mere sealed receptacle containing a supply of liquid
material and having a rupturable wall, and see (2) Note
above.
215, Bottles and Jars, 47 for a receptacle of the bottle,
jar, or jug type, the neck of which is especially adapted to
be broken (and usually must be) to dispense the contents; and
subclasses 250+ for a frangible cap-closure (usually
irremovably attached to such a receptacle).
220, Receptacles, 260 for a receptacle or receptacle closure
particularly modified so as to permit the application thereto
of an opening device; and see the search notes thereto.
Subclass:
133
This subclass is indented under subclass 132. Implement as
defined in part (2) of the definition.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
44 for an implement including a spare supply cartridge, or a
supply cartridge having compartments with individual
dispensing outlets adapted to be individually connected by
the user in feeding relation with the tool.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
222, Dispensing, 80, for dispensing structure of general
utility combined with means for forming an opening in a
supply container.
Subclass:
134
This subclass is indented under subclass 133. Implement
wherein the material-releasing means is an element adapted to
penetrate and cut, break, or tear the wall portion or seal to
form a material releasing opening therein.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
141, Fluent Material Handling, With Receiver or Receiver
Coacting Means, subclass 329, for filling apparatus which
includes piercing means to establish a flow path between the
supply means and a receiver.
220, Receptacles, subclass 278 for a receptacle puncturing
element which is carried by, or serves as a closure for, the
receptacle.
222, Dispensing, 81, for a similar combination in a
dispensing device of general utility, but not including a
coating tool; and see section 19 of the definition of that
class.
239, Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing, subclass 309,
for a similar combination wherein the material is dispensed
by sprinkling or spraying operation.
Subclass:
135
This subclass is indented under subclass 134. Implement
including a passage for admitting air to the container, or to
a casing surrounding the container, to control the flow of
material; a flow-regulator*; or means by which pressure may
be applied against the material in the container to cause or
assist in its discharge to the tool.
(1) Note. The air passage may be disclosed as an enlarged
channel in a fountain pen feeder* alongside of and in
longitudinal communication with the capillary ink feed
groove.
Subclass:
136
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Implement wherein means is provided, under control of the
user, for directing flow of material* to the tool* or,
optionally, for dispensing the material directly to a work
surface.
(1) Note. To be considered as discharging material directly
to the work surface, for placement in this subclass, the
discharge must be beyond the area circumscribed by the
totality of the work-contacting portions of the implement
(e.g., beyond the area within a ring of
work-surface-contacting filamentary elements or a group of
brushes).
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
27 for a similar implement including diverse tools.
36 for an implement including means for alternatively
feeding coating material to each of a plurality of tools.
43 for an implement which includes a feeder* provided with
means to direct material alternatively (a) to a work surface,
independently of the tool, or (b) into contact with
concentrated material and then, as an admixture or solution
therewith, to the tool.
44 for an implement including (a) a feeder and a plurality
of reservoirs each of which is adapted to be placed
selectively in supply relation with the feeder, or (b) a
plurality of feeders each of which is separately communicable
with a different one of a plurality of reservoirs, which
feeder or feeders may alternatively conduct material to the
tool, or directly to the work surface.
284 for an implement in which the feeder terminates at or
beyond a lateral edge of a tool (of the brush, broom, or mop
type) but releases material to said lateral edge only.
Subclass:
137
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Implement including means for releasing material to a work
surface in a zone which is near the area contacted by the
tool*, or in a manner not requiring concurrent engagement of
the tool with the work surface.
(1) Note. For the purpose of this subclass the depositing
means may release the material to the work surface only, or
partly to the work surface directly and partly to the tool.
(2) Note. To be considered as discharging material to the
work surface, for placement in this subclass, the discharge
must be beyond the area circumscribed by the totality of the
work-surface-contacting portions of the implement (e.g.,
beyond the area within a ring of work-surface-contacting
filamentary elements or a group of brushes).
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
5 for the combination of means for releasing material
directly upon a work surface and adjustable means for
regulating the thickness of the deposited material.
27 for a similar implement including diverse tools.
44 for a similar device including a plurality of supply
sources and means for depositing material from the supply
sources, either optionally or simultaneously, adjacent the
tool.
136 for an implement including means for releasing material
alternatively either to the tool or directly to the work
surface, e.g., in advance of the tool.
284 for an implement in which the feeder* terminates at or
beyond a lateral edge of a tool (of the brush, broom, or mop
type) but releases material to said lateral edge only.
Subclass:
138
This subclass is indented under subclass 137. Implement
wherein a reservoir* is attached to and supported on an
external portion of a graspable, tool-manipulating, rod-like
portion of the implement, extending directly from the tool.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
140 for an implement wherein the supply system is mounted on
an elongated implement handle and feeds directly to the
tool.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
222, Dispensing, subclass 191, for a patent disclosing the
combination of this subclass, but wherein the claims are
limited to the subcombination of a dispensing reservoir and
an implement handle.
Subclass:
139
This subclass is indented under subclass 137. Implement
wherein the tool has a substantially continuous surface or
linear edge adapted to contact the work surface for
spreading, scraping or squeegeeing the material deposited
thereon.
(1) Note. The combination of this subclass may include a
tool of porous material having a blade-like or pad-like tool
configuration.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
261 for a blade-like or pad-like tool with means for feeding
material to or through the tool.
Subclass:
140
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Implement including a reservoir* detachably connected to an
exterior portion of a rod-like manually engageable
manipulating element attached to and extending directly from
the tool*.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
138 for a similar combination wherein the coating material
is deposited directly on the work surface.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
222, Dispensing, subclass 191, for a patent disclosing the
combination of this subclass, but wherein the claims are
limited to the subcombination of a dispensing reservoir and
an implement handle.
Subclass:
141
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Implement which includes a reservoir* and an element in the
reservoir in contact with the free surface of the material,
the element being movable with the material, either by force
of gravity or adhesion with the material, and continuously
conforming to the cross-sectional area of the reservoir.
(1) Note. The follower usually serves the purpose of
preventing leakage of the material at the end of the
reservoir remote from the tool*, and may be a fluid (e.g.,
viscous) follower which prevents access of ambient air to the
material in the reservoir.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
171 for an implement wherein a follower within the reservoir
is manipulated for movement relative to the level of material
to produce force on the material.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
220, Receptacles, 216 for a floating closure and subclasses
578+ for an internal closure-like member which rests on the
unused content of a container.
Subclass:
142
This subclass is indented under subclass 141. Implement in
which the element is a liquid or viscous substance.
(1) Note. This subclass will take a patent to a follower
comprising: (a) a solid element and a fluid substance, other
than coating material, surrounding the element so as to be in
contact with and to conform to the reservoir wall, or (b) a
porous mass impregnated with liquid or viscous material.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
190 for an Aerosol implement in which a gas under super
atmospheric pressure is in contact with the material, or with
a follower in contact with the material, in the reservoir;
and see the search notes thereto.
Subclass:
143
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Implement comprising a resilient wall reservoir*, or
including a reservoir or feeder* and means to urge coating
material into the reservoir, or along the feeder toward the
tool*.
(1) Note. The force-applying means must be other than, or in
addition to, gravity or capillary flow.
(2) Note. The force-applying means may be a gaseous or
gas-producing propellant within the reservoir; see subclass
190.
(3) Note. Subclasses 143+ will take a patent having guide
means to permit adding or removing air by the operation of
the user's mouth (e.g., subclasses 187+, for a patent wherein
such means may be found disclosed as facilitating addition or
removal of gas to or from the reservoir; and subclass 157,
for a patent wherein a flexible wall is collapsed by such
means). A mere air passage is not, otherwise, force-applying
means for subclasses 143+.
(4) Note. A nonresilient flexible wall which is permanently
collapsed by direct digital engagement does not constitute
force-applying means for subclasses 143+. A patent including
such structure will be placed in an appropriate subclass
related to the type of tool claimed. However, a patent
wherein a resilient wall is collapsed by additional means
provided therefor will be placed in subclasses 156+, and if
collapsed by direct manual engagement will be placed in
subclasses 183+.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
40 for an implement whose reservoir is subject to the action
of material-moving force-applying means, which reservoir
contains a liquid vehicle and receives dispersible or soluble
material for interaction therewith, or which reservoir
receives the product of such an interaction.
101 for an implement including a retractable tool and means
for applying force on the material in the reservoir.
135 for an implement including a receiver for a
sealed-cartridge reservoir and means to apply force on the
material in the reservoir.
223 for an implement wherein the reservoir is filled solely
by the action of capillary material contained therein.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
222, Dispensing, 251, 576, 577, and 578+, for a dispenser for
fluent material including a force-applying discharge
assistant; and see the search notes thereto.
Subclass:
144
This subclass is indented under subclass 143. Implement
provided with a hollow cylinder in flow relation to the
reservoir and means to position said cylinder axially of the
implement and outwardly of the working end of the tool for
insertion in a replenishing supply.
Subclass:
145
This subclass is indented under subclass 143. Implement
wherein the reservoir is essentially of inflexible wall
structure but further includes a pliant or resilient membrane
positioned at all times entirely within the confines of the
wall structure, and means for deforming the membrane within
the reservoir so as to increase or decrease the available
material holding space in the reservoir and thereby produce
the material-moving force.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
152 for an implement including a rigid wall and a flexible
wall portion not limited in its range of movement to the
confines of the rigid wall structure, and means for deforming
or collapsing said wall portion.
184 for an implement including a manually collapsible,
flexible wall portion of otherwise rigid reservoir wall
structure.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
222, Dispensing, subclass 581, for a dispensing inkwell which
includes flexible diaphragm means for generating a force to
move ink from the supply to a dip well.
Subclass:
146
This subclass is indented under subclass 143. Implement
wherein a force-applying means is directly effective only in
the feeder or at a locus which is directly contiguous to the
feeder, but not in the reservoir.
(1) Note. A pump chamber located between a reservoir and the
feeder is considered to be not a part of the reservoir; even
though the patent may refer to such a chamber as a
'reservoir' or 'reservoir portion'. Such a chamber will be
recognized in the disclosure by wall structure setting off
the locus as being distinct from the reservoir space. For
example, wall structure which is contiguous to the feeder and
so conforms to a piston moving therealong as to make the
piston effective at said locus only will be recognized as
defining a pump chamber and will not be considered as part of
the reservoir, even though in direct communication
therewith.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
13 for a patent including force-applying means at, or
adjacent, the tool to withdraw excess material applied to a
work surface back into the implement.
151 for an implement including a plurality of reservoirs or
reservoir portions in series, one of which may be directly
contiguous to the feeder, and including force-applying means
to cause flow of material from one reservoir or portion to
another.
184 for an implement whose force-applying means is a
manually engageable, resilient wall portion which may be at
the discharge end of an otherwise rigid-wall reservoir.
Subclass:
147
This subclass is indented under subclass 146. Implement
provided with a member in rolling contact with the work
surface, which contact generates the material-moving force.
(1) Note. The roller may be the tool or a member distinct
from the tool.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
220 for a roller tool which actuates a flow-regulator.
Subclass:
148
This subclass is indented under subclass 146. Implement
wherein the material-moving force is generated by the
application of the toll to the work surface.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
272 for an implement including a brush, broom or mop tool
and a flow-regulator* which is actuated by pressure of the
tool on the work surface; and see the search notes thereto.
Subclass:
149
This subclass is indented under subclass 146. Implement
wherein the force-applying means comprises a substantially
rigid movable member in direct contact with the material*.
(1) Note. A patent within the definition of subclass 146
claiming a pump by name for moving the material will be
placed in this or the indented subclass unless the disclosure
clearly indicates that such moving means in contact with the
material is liquid or gas in which case the patent will be
placed in subclass 146.
Subclass:
150
This subclass is indented under subclass 149. Implement
whose solid member is relatively movable in substantial
sealing engagement with the wall of a tubular compartment so
as to change the effective capacity of the compartment.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
171 for an implement including a reservoir and a
force-applying piston whose range of movement is not limited
to the discharge end portion of the reservoir.
Subclass:
151
This subclass is indented under subclass 143. Implement
including a plurality of reservoirs or means dividing a
reservoir into separate zones (e.g., reserve and
immediate-use reservoirs or zones) for retaining portions of
material out of contact with one another, and force-applying
means to cause flow of material from one reservoir or zone to
another.
(1) Note. A chamber intended to serve merely as an air space
(e.g., squeeze bulb, filler tube), and not to contain coating
material, will not be considered a reservoir section for this
subclass even though the disclosure may allude to a possible
entry of material therein; as by overfilling, for example. A
patent involving such air-space-containing structure will be
found in an appropriate subclass indented under subclass 143
(e.g., subclass 185).
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
40 for a reservoir having zones or compartments one of which
is for retaining soluble coating material and the other for
solvent.
44 and indented subclass 45, for plural reservoirs the
coating materials from which merge in the feeder or at the
tool, but which are otherwise nonintercommunicable.
146 for an implement including a pump chamber between a
feeder and a reservoir and directly contiguous to the
feeder.
225 for a bifurcate point nib implement which includes a
compartment, within or adjacent the feeder, for receiving
excess material discharge from the reservoir.
230 for an implement having a compartmented reservoir
combined with a bifurcate nib pen, which implement has not
claimed material-moving force-applying means.
Subclass:
152
This subclass is indented under subclass 143. Implement
wherein a wall or wall portion of the reservoir*, or of a
chamber communicating with the reservoir*, is deformable and
wherein the force-applying means comprises means for
deforming the wall to reduce the effective capacity of the
reservoir or chamber.
(1) Note. See Search This Class, Subclass note below for
note concerning exclusion herefrom of a patent to an
implement having a nonresilient permanently deformable
flexible wall which is collapsed by direct digital
engagement.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
143 for an implement including a reservoir whose flexible
wall is deformed to increase the volume of the reservoir''
see (4) Note to subclass 143 concerning exclusion herefrom
(subclass 152) of a patent to an implement having a
nonresilient permanently deformable flexible wall which is
collapsed by direct digital engagement..
145 for an implement in which a deformable member extends
across an otherwise rigid-wall reservoir, deformation of
which member produces the material-moving force.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
222, Dispensing, 92, for the subcombination of a dispenser
which has a nonresiliently permanently deformable supply
container wall; and, particularly, subclasses 95+, for such a
dispenser which includes means for collapsing such a wall.
Subclass:
153
This subclass is indented under subclass 152. Implement
wherein the wall has substantially parallel spaced fold lines
or pleats along which collapse occurs.
Subclass:
154
This subclass is indented under subclass 152. Implement
wherein the deformable wall is tubular and is collapsed by
means which axially rotates one portion of the tube relative
to another axial portion.
Subclass:
155
This subclass is indented under subclass 152. Implement
wherein the reservoir or chamber is elongated and the
wall-deforming means is movable relative to said wall in a
direction parallel to the longitudinal axis of the reservoir
or chamber so as to contact successive wall portions.
(1) Note. The relative movement may result from the winding
of the wall about the means for causing deformation.
Subclass:
156
This subclass is indented under subclass 152. Implement
wherein the deformable wall is elastic and capable of
recovery from deformation when the deforming force is
removed.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
183 for a resilient wall reservoir against which a
collapsing force is applied by direct digital engagement
therewith.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
222, Dispensing, 206 or 581, for a dispenser which has a
resiliently deformable wall of a supply container or
communicating chamber; and see the search notes thereto.
Subclass:
157
This subclass is indented under subclass 156. Implement
including means to force gas (e.g., air) under pressure
against the outer surface of said wall of collapse said
wall.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
145 for an implement in which the wall-collapsing means acts
on a diaphragm within an otherwise rigid-wall reservoir.
Subclass:
158
This subclass is indented under subclass 156. Implement
wherein the reservoir or chamber is an elongated tubular
member and the wall-deforming means comprises an elongated
member including a portion for contacting and applying
pressure over a substantial portion of the wall
longitudinally of said member.
(1) Note. A patent for the common fountain pen type filler
structure will be found in this or an indented subclass.
Subclass:
159
This subclass is indented under subclass 158. Implement
wherein the presser bar is forced against the wall by
movement of a pocket clip, or of a protective cover for the
tool, which is associated with the implement.
Subclass:
160
This subclass is indented under subclass 158. Implement
wherein the presser bar is arranged to swing or rock bodily
about a stationary bearing (e.g., pivot pin, fulcrum).
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
162 for an implement fixedly retaining a resilient end
portion of a presser bar to provide a flexible hinge for
swinging movement of a portion of said bar relative to said
end portion.
Subclass:
161
This subclass is indented under subclass 158. Implement
including means stationary with respect to the implement for
directing the movement of the presser bar.
Subclass:
162
This subclass is indented under subclass 158. Implement
wherein the presser bar is a one-piece member which is
elastic at least in part so that it is capable of
deformation, upon application of an actuating force, for the
entire pressure-applying-contact movement, and of recovering
from such deformation upon removal of said force.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
158 for an implement including a rigid presser bar having a
spring integrally joined thereto.
167 for an implement including a resilient member joined to
a rigid presser bar to urge it to a return position.
Subclass:
163
This subclass is indented under subclass 158. Implement
including a manually engageable member movable relative to
the presser bar during actuation for forcing the presser bar
against the wall.
Subclass:
164
This subclass is indented under subclass 163. Implement
wherein the actuator includes an element having a helical
camming surface (e.g., slot, thread, or groove) and another
element having a cooperating cam follower (e.g., a
cooperating thread or projection), relative rotational motion
between the two elements causing the force-applying movement
of the presser bar.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
172 for an implement including screw means for moving a
force-applying piston in a reservoir; and see the search
notes thereunder.
Subclass:
165
This subclass is indented under subclass 163. Implement
whose actuator includes a manually engageable member which is
pivoted to engage and force the presser bar against the
wall.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
163 for an implement including a manually engageable lever
which does not directly engage the presser bar but, rather,
actuates it by way of linkage terminating in a separate
presser-bar-engaging member.
168 for an implement including a presser-bar actuator which
is pivoted between latched and unlatched positions but whose
actuating movement is nonpivotal.
Subclass:
166
This subclass is indented under subclass 165. Implement
including detent means for holding the lever in either
operative or inoperative position.
Subclass:
167
This subclass is indented under subclass 165. Implement
including a resilient member for biasing the lever or presser
bar toward operative or inoperative position.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
162 for a similar device wherein the biasing spring is
integral (i.e., of one piece) with the presser bar.
Subclass:
168
This subclass is indented under subclass 158. Implement
including means for moving the presser bar against the
reservoir wall and means for holding said moving means in
inoperative position.
Subclass:
169
This subclass is indented under subclass 156. Implement
wherein the reservoir or chamber is elongated and wherein the
force-applying means comprises a solid member movable in a
direction along the longitudinal axis of the reservoir or
chamber to cause deformation of the wall or wall portion.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
145 for an implement including means to flex a diaphragm
axially within a reservoir.
153 for an implement including means engaging an end portion
of an elongated flexible-wall reservoir or chamber to
collapse the reservoir or chamber along axially spaced fold
lines.
157 for an implement wherein gas under superatomospheric
pressure produces a force in an axial direction against a
flexible-wall reservoir to collapse said wall.
Subclass:
170
This subclass is indented under subclass 143. Implement
including a reservoir* which comprises a hollow elongated
member open, completely or partially, at one end, and the
means to apply force on the material comprises a second
hollow elongated member open at one end, and wherein the
members are movable, one within the other, with their open
ends facing in interior unbroken flow relation and in
outwardly sealed relation with one another, so as to change
the combined length of the structure and thus apply forced on
the material* in the reservoir.
(1) Note. The cylinder may serve as part of the reservoir or
it may only be a gas-filled chamber for applying pressure or
suction on the material in the container, but it cannot serve
as a feeder*.
(2) Note. A similar structure provided with a valved
partition at the open end of either member, which interrupts
communication between the two, will be found in subclass 151
or 187+. However, where the partition is merely apertured to
permit continuous communication therethrough, the patent will
be placed in this subclass, even though the aperture may be
temporarily blocked by closure means which is manually
adjusted or removed prior to the force-applying actuation, so
that the telescopic members are in fact, open toward one
another all during the actuation.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
151 for a similar structure wherein the open end of either
member is obstructed by a valve for controlling flow of
material therethrough, and telescopic movement of the members
forces material through the valve.
157 for an implement wherein cylinders are telescoped to
compress enclosed gas and thereby deform a flexible-wall
reservoir.
171 for a reservoir and force-applying piston combination
including a feeder extending through the piston.
187 for a similar structure wherein the open end of either
member is obstructed by a valve and relative movement of the
members forces or sucks gas through the valve.
Subclass:
171
This subclass is indented under subclass 143. Implement
including a reservoir* comprising a tubular wall defining an
enclosure; and a member movable relative to, and in
peripheral, substantially sealing engagement with, the wall;
so as to cause a force-applying change in the density of air
in, or the effective capacity of, the reservoir.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
141 for an implement including a follower which floats on
the free surface of the coating material in the reservoir.
143 for a force-applying follower which is not substantially
is sealing engagement with the reservoir wall.
150 for an implement including a piston and cylinder located
in or at the feeder*.
Subclass:
172
This subclass is indented under subclass 171. Implement
including a helical camming element (e.g., slot, thread, or
groove) and another element rotatable relative thereto and
having a cooperating cam follower (e.g., a cooperating
thread), relative rotational motion between the two elements
causing the force-applying movement of the piston.
Subclass:
173
This subclass is indented under subclass 172. Implement
wherein the cooperating screw elements are, respectively, on
the periphery of the movable force-applying member and on the
inner surface of the tubular wall.
Subclass:
174
This subclass is indented under subclass 172. Implement
wherein one of said elements is directly connected to the
piston for movement therewith and the other of said elements
is in driven relation to a member which is accessible to the
hand, so that movement of said member will effect the
relatively rotational force-applying motion.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
182 for an implement including a piston whose actuating rod
consists of threaded members and wherein the operation of the
screw means serves to enlarge or diminish the combined
overall length of the members before or after, but not
during, the force-producing actuation.
Subclass:
175
This subclass is indented under subclass 174. Implement
wherein one of the cooperating elements is formed in a wall
which defines a central aperture through the piston and the
other on a rod passing through said aperture, whereby
rotation of the rod relative to the piston causes translatory
movement of the piston.
Subclass:
176
This subclass is indented under subclass 171. Implement
wherein the piston has a rectilinear, force-applying motion
axially of the tubular wall.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
141 for an implement including a follower which floats on
the free surface of the material in the reservoir.
Subclass:
177
This subclass is indented under subclass 176. Implement
wherein a portion of the reservoir wall (usually adjacent the
filling opening) is recessed or grooved so as to provide a
zone in which the piston is out of sealing engagement with
the cylinder wall.
Subclass:
178
This subclass is indented under subclass 176. Implement
wherein the piston is provided with a flow-regulator*
controlling a passage therethrough.
Subclass:
179
This subclass is indented under subclass 176. Implement
provided with a manually engageable member so interconnected
with the piston as to produce a motion in the latter which is
different in kind, speed or direction from its own (e.g.,
rotary to linear).
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
74, Machine Element or Mechanism, subclasses indented under
MECHANICAL movements, for mechanical movements, per se.
Subclass:
180
This subclass is indented under subclass 176. Implement
wherein the piston is resiliently urged into forceful contact
with the coating material in the reservoir.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
222, Dispensing, subclass 341 or subclass 582, for a
dispenser including a discharge assistant which is a
spring-biased piston in the supply chamber.
Subclass:
181
This subclass is indented under subclass 176. Implement
wherein the piston is movable by a manually operated member,
which member is of articulated construction or of nonrigid
material, or is arranged to rock about a hinged connection.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
182 for a patent wherein an actuating member is separably
connected to the piston by a hook-and-eye connection.
Subclass:
182
This subclass is indented under subclass 176. Implement
wherein the piston is movable by a manually actuated
elongated member which (1) is movable with respect to the
entire piston for operatively disconnecting it from the
piston and which is stored within or retained by the
implement when so disconnected, or (2) comprises telescoping
parts which may be interengaged in drawn out position so as
to increase the effective length of the member.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
174 for an implement wherein the material-applying force
results from the act of moving an operating rod relative to a
piston by the operation of screw means.
Subclass:
183
This subclass is indented under subclass 143. Implement
wherein the force-applying means is an elastic wall or wall
portion which may be deformed by direct digital engagement
and which is capable of recovery from such deformation when
released.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
146 for an implement including a manually engageable,
resilient wall or wall portion which is connected to, or is
part of, the feeder*.
156 for an implement including a deformable resilient wall
reservoir with means interposed between the finger of the
operator and the wall for applying pressure to the wall.
Subclass:
184
This subclass is indented under subclass 183. Implement
wherein the elastic wall or wall portion is part of or is
associated with an otherwise relatively inflexible reservoir*
(e.g., oil can type receptacle).
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
145 for an implement including a flexible diaphragm within
an otherwise rigid-wall reservoir and means to distend the
diaphragm within the confines of the wall structure.
Subclass:
185
This subclass is indented under subclass 184. Implement
wherein the elastic wall forms a hollow chamber extending
from and in communication with the reservoir and is of such
shape as to present opposing elastic wall elements which may
be deformed in a direction toward one another.
(1) Note. A squeeze bulb is recognized as an elastic wall of
a reservoir when in continuous communication therewith or, if
valved, capable of two-way communication. A patent for an
implement having a squeeze bulb communicating with a
reservoir through a one-way valve which permits only the
entry of pressurizing gas into, or only removal of gas from,
the reservoir will be placed in subclasses 188 or 189,
respectively.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
184 for an implement whose manually engageable, elastic wall
portion is curved but no more than hemispherical in shape so
that no opposed portions are available for engagement and
deformation toward one another.
Subclass:
186
This subclass is indented under subclass 183. Implement
provided with a flow-regulator*.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
270 for a coating implement including a brush, broom or mop
tool and a flow-regulator; and see the search notes thereto.
Subclass:
187
This subclass is indented under subclass 143. Implement
wherein the force applying means operates to vary the density
of gas (e.g., air) in the reservoir*.
(1) Note. A patent for an implement having means to permit
adding or removing air to or from the reservoir by the mouth
will be placed in this subclass.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
183 for an implement including a reservoir with a resilient
wall portion on which force is applied by direct digital
engagement with the container wall to deform the wall and
compress gas in the reservoir.
Subclass:
188
This subclass is indented under subclass 187. Implement
wherein the force-applying means comprises a device for
irreversibly introducing gas into the supply chamber to
provide super atmospheric pressure therein.
(1) Note. The gas may be introduced by a pump, or from a
remote source of compressed gas, through a valve which
prevents reverse flow of the gas from the reservoir.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
183 for an implement including a reservoir with a resilient
wall portion on which force is applied by direct digital
engagement with the container wall to deform the wall and
compress gas in the reservoir, which implement may include
one-way means for adding gas to the reservoir.
Subclass:
189
This subclass is indented under subclass 187. Implement
wherein the force applying means includes a device for
irreversibly removing gas from the reservoir to provide a
subatmospheric pressure therein.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
183 for an implement including a reservoir with a resilient
wall portion on which force is applied by direct digital
engagement with the container wall to deform the wall and
compress gas in the reservoir, which implement may include
one-way means for removing gas from the reservoir.
Subclass:
190
This subclass is indented under subclass 143. Implement
including a reservoir and wherein the force-applying means
consists of gas at superatmospheric pressure in direct
contact with the coating material for propelling the material
to tool*; and means for regulating flow of the material from
the reservoir.
(1) Note. A patent for the subcombination including a tool,
per se, with means adapting it for attachment to an Aerosol
container will be placed in this subclass.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
157 for an implement including a resilient-wall reservoir
which is collapsed by externally supplied superatmospheric
pressure.
187 and indented subclass 188, for an implement including
mechanical means for compressing gas in the reservoir.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
222, Dispensing, 394, for a dispenser from which material is
discharge by fluid pressure; and see the search notes
thereto.
516, Colloid Systems and Wetting Agents; Subcombinations
Thereof; Processes of Making, Stabilizing, Breaking, or
Inhibiting, 1 for continuous gas or vapor phase colloid
system (e.g., smoke, fog, aerosol, cloud, mist) or agents for
such systems or making or stabilizing such systems or agents,
when generically claimed or when there is no hierarchically
superior provision in the USPC for the specifically claimed
art.
Subclass:
191
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Implement wherein the tool* and supply-means* are combined in
a unitary device and are movable with respect to each other
for transferring coating material from a first position,
wherein a work-engaging portion of the tool may receive the
coating material from the supply-means, to a second position,
wherein the entire tool is spaced from, and out of
communication with, the supply-means, for engaging the work
surface and applying the coating material thereon.
(1) Note. A patent for a device wherein the applicator*,
which is initially in a concealed position in communication
with the coating material, is disconnected from the
implemented and reconnected in an exposed use position out of
communication with the material will be placed in this
subclass.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
21 for an implement having diverse tools one of which
transports a quantity of coating material from a supply-means
to the work surface.
99 for an implement including a tool which is linearly
retractable into its reservoir and is projectable therefrom
for application of coating material to a work surface.
118 for a device wherein the implement is completely
separable from the reservoir* for transporting a quantity of
coating material therefrom and applying it to a work
surface.
208 for an implement including a ball, roller or endless
belt in communication with the supply-means for simultaneous
reception and transportation of material therefrom and
application to a work surface.
Subclass:
192
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Implement wherein the supply means has a light-permeable
portion.
Subclass:
193
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Implement provided with means engageable with an edge or
configuration of the work surface, or of a work associated
member, so as to restrain movement of the tool* along a
predetermined path relative to the work.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
9 for an implement including a tool or tools shaped to
conform to a curved surface or a plurality of tools arranged
to engage plural noncoplanar work surface.
48 for an implement including means for supporting or
stabilizing it on the work surface while in use.
147 for a device wherein a work engaging roller, which may
serve as a guide by engagement with a configuration of the
work surface, also serves to actuate a material-moving means
between the supply and the tool.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
33, Geometrical Instruments, 41.1, for an implement including
a scribing tool combined with a work-engaging guide.
132, Toilet, 216 and 320 for a cosmetic applier having a
shape peculiarly adapted to put a coating on a part of the
human body in a definite shape or pattern (e.g., a bow-shaped
lip rouge applicator).
Subclass:
194
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Implement which includes means perceptible by one of the
senses for determining (a) the amount, condition or other
characteristics of the supply material, or (b) the condition
of a means for controlling the flow of material to the
tool*.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
142 for an implement including a reservoir* and a liquid
floating follower of a color distinct from that of the
coating material so as to indicate the quantity of material
in the reservoir, as by being the visible through a
transparent reservoir or by emerging onto the work surface.
233 and 256+, for an implement having a bifurcate,
broad-face, adjustable gap tool, and indicating means for the
degree of gap adjustment.
Subclass:
195
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Implement claimed in combination with another tool or device
which is, per se, classifiable in another class, which device
is not so common a subcombination of a coating implement as
to be included herebelow (e.g., cap) and which combination is
not specifically provided for in any of the preceding
subclasses or in any other class.
(1) Note. Certain classes take precedence over Class 401 for
the combination of a coating tool with material supply and a
particular additional feature. With respect to certain other
classes, a patent to the combination of an implement of this
class and a device classifiable in another such class will be
placed in such other class, provided that no more of the
implement structure is claimed than is necessary to establish
its relationship with the other art device. For a listing of
such classes and their relationships to this class see Lines
With Other Classes and References to Other Classes of the
Class 401 class definition.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
1 for an implement of this class which includes means to
impart heat to the material.
4 for an implement of this class which includes means to
agitate the material in the reservoir.
14 for an implement of this class with a surface-protecting
bumper.
15 for an implement of this class with a splash guard or
drip catcher.
48 for an implement of this class including work-engaging
means (e.g., wheels) to support or stabilize the implement
while in use.
50 for an implement comprising a tool* for solid material
for rubbing contact and a point sharpening or shaping
device.
52 for an implement comprising a tool of solid material for
rubbing contact and a device which has a function other than
for coating.
131 for an implement of this class combined with means to
support or stabilize it when not in use; and see (2) Note
thereto.
193 for an implement of this class combined with a
work-engaging guide; and see the notes thereto.
194 for an implement including a signal or indicator for
determining a characteristic (e.g., the quantity) of the
supply material or the condition of a flow-regulator*.
Subclass:
196
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Implement comprising a tool* whose work-engaging portion is
formed of a previous layer(s) or mass having interstices of
substantially capillary size through which the coating
material must pass from one surface thereof to another and
hence to the work surface.
(1) Note. The supply means* may be structure defining a
pocket within the tool, the interior wall of the pocket being
considered one surface through which the material is required
to flow. However, an implement comprising a plurality of
layers, one or more of which is coated or impregnated with
coating material but has no additional supply-means will not
be considered subject matter for this class but will be
placed in the Brushing, Scribbing, and General Cleaning and
Coating Apparatus classes. See the search notes below.
(2) Note. The previous layer(s) may be of porous textile
fabric having a pile or nap, but not of a fabric which has
elongated porous strands extending therefrom such as would be
considered to be filamentary elements of a mop. See Search
This Class, Subclass note below.
(3) Note. A tool having a hole therethrough through which
the material is intended to pass, even though it may be of
porous material, is presumed to be an apertured tool. A
patent for an implement with such a tool will be placed in
elsewhere when there is nothing in the disclosure describing
the passage of material through the tool to its work-engaging
portion as occurring in any other way than through such
holes. See Search this Class, Subclass notes below.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
23 for an implement having diverse tools, one of which is
porous.
261 for an implement in which: (a) the work-engaging portion
of the tool includes a nonporous fabric having a pile or nap
of ordinary length; or (b) the tool is perforated for passage
of all the material which penetrates to the work-engaging
surface (see particularly, subclasses 265+); and see (3)
Note, above.
268 for an implement in which the work-engaging portion of
the tool includes a fabric having elongated flexible strands
extending from a porous backing; and see (2) Note, above.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
15, Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning, 104.93 for a
tool of porous material coated or impregnated with supply
material, but not including additional supply-means; and
subclasses 118 for a machine-attachable porous pad tool
combined with means for supplying coating material to the
tool.
118, Coating Apparatus, 264 for a coating apparatus
including a porous tool which is static, requiring that the
work be applied thereto.
132, Toilet, subclass 218 and 320 for a porous cosmetic
applier having a shape peculiarly adapted to put a coating on
a part of the human body in a definite shape or pattern
(e.g., a bow-shaped lip rough applicator).
Subclass:
197
This subclass is indented under subclass 196. Implement
wherein the tool is in the form of a hollow cylinder
rotatably mounted on the implement and the material flows
from the interior of the cylinder through interstices in its
peripheral wall.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
208 for an implement whose tool is a nonporous roller, or
wherein the roller is of porous material but the material is
supplied to the outer surface of the tool.
Subclass:
198
This subclass is indented under subclass 196. Implement
wherein a substantial portion of the previous material
forming the tool, or of a separate porous member in contact
therewith, extends into a reservoir* for maintaining an
uninterrupted supply of coating material to the tool by
capillary movement through the interstices of the previous
material.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
283 for a similar combination in which the tool is a brush,
broom, or mop; and see the search notes thereto.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
222, Dispensing, subclass 187 for a dispenser including a
wick or absorbent material feed.
239, Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing, subclass 145
for a device of that class having a porous or external wick
discharge means.
Subclass:
199
This subclass is indented under subclass 198. Implement
wherein the wick feeder is a porous member distinct from the
tool.
Subclass:
200
This subclass is indented under subclass 196. Implement
having a wall or wall portion which, as disclosed, is
previous for the passage of finely divided solid material
(e.g., powder).
Subclass:
201
This subclass is indented under subclass 196. Implement
including a pocket or recess for containing solid material
adapted to be dissolved by an externally applied liquid and
carried through the interstices of the tool for application
to a work surface.
(1) Note. The device as a whole is intended to be contacted
with liquid which enters through the previous material to
contact and dissolve at least a portion of the solid
material, the solution then passing through the same previous
material to the work surface.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
40 for an implement including both a compartment for solid
material and a reservoir or a conduit coupleable to an
external supply, for supplying a solvent to the solid
material.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
15, Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning, 104.93 for a
tool of porous material coated or impregnated with supply
material, but not including additional supply-means.
Subclass:
202
This subclass is indented under subclass 196. Implement
including a detachably mounted cover enclosing the tool.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
269 for a similar combination in which the tool is a brush,
broom, or mop; and see the search notes thereto.
Subclass:
203
This subclass is indented under subclass 196. Implement
whose supply-means* includes a feeder* having means for
attachment to a source of supply which is not part of the
implement.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
289 for a similar combination in which the tool is a brush,
broom, or mop; and see the search notes thereto.
Subclass:
204
This subclass is indented under subclass 203. Implement
including a flow-regulator*.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
270 for a brush, broom, or mop implement in combination with
a flow-regulator; and see the search notes thereto.
Subclass:
205
This subclass is indented under subclass 196. Implement
including a flow-regulator*.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
270 for a similar combination in which the tool is a brush,
broom, or mop; and see the search notes thereto.
Subclass:
206
This subclass is indented under subclass 205. Implement
including elastically deformable means for producing a force
upon the flow-regulator to urge it to a predetermined
regulatory condition.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
273 and 278+, for a similar combination in which the tool is
a brush, broom, or mop; and see the search notes thereto.
Subclass:
207
This subclass is indented under subclass 196. Implement
including means to releasably secure the tool, or the tool
together with its supporting structure, to that part of the
implement which at least contains a reservoir*.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
290 for a similar combination in which the tool is a brush,
broom, or mop; and see the search notes thereto.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
118, Coating Apparatus, subclass 269 for a coating apparatus
including a static tool which is reversible.
Subclass:
208
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Implement whose tool* has an endless, peripheral,
work-engaging surface some portion of which, in the operative
condition of the implement, is in a position for receiving
material from the supply-means* or from a supply of solid
coating material, some other portion simultaneously is in
position to engage the work, the tool being mounted for
movement about an axis passing therethrough so that any
surface portion thereof may occupy each of said position and
transport coating material therebetween.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
21 for an implement having diverse tools, of which one is a
roller or an endless belt.
191 for an implement in which the entire tool occupies
successive positions in the first of which it receives
coating material from the supply-means, and is then
completely displaceable to a second work-contacting position
wherein no surface portion of the tool is in
material-receiving position; and see the notes thereto.
197 for an implement wherein the tool is a porous roller.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
101, Printing, 328 for a printing roller in combination with
means for applying ink to a surface thereof; and see "(1)
Note" thereunder stating the line between Classes 15, 101,
and 401; and subclasses 375+ for a printing roller and
support means therefor.
492, Roll or Roller, for a roll, per se, not elsewhere
provided for.
Subclass:
209
This subclass is indented under subclass 208. Implement
wherein the tool is a sphere freely mounted in a seat for
rotation about any of an infinite number of axes passing
therethrough.
Subclass:
210
This subclass is indented under subclass 209. Implement
wherein the supply-means includes a reservoir* and wherein
means is provided for changing the effective length of the
reservoir so as to fit any one of a plurality of casings of
different length.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
132 for an implement including a sealed reservoir which must
be broken, cut, or torn to release coating material to the
tool.
Subclass:
211
This subclass is indented under subclass 209. Implement
wherein the means for holding the ball in its seat has the
property of attracting iron.
Subclass:
212
This subclass is indented under subclass 209. Implement
wherein the ball seat includes a plurality of
friction-reducing spheres in rolling contact with the coating
ball to facilitate its rotation when in use.
Subclass:
213
This subclass is indented under subclass 209. Implement
provided with a cover enclosing the ball and in contact with
the ball or the edge of the ball seat to close the space
between said ball and seat against egress of coating
material.
(1) Note. The seal may be effected by the closure pressing
the ball and seat into close-fitting engagement, with or
without elastic deformation of the ball or seat, or by a
portion of the closure coming into peripheral sealing
engagement with the edge of the ball seat adjacent the ball.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
245 for the combination of a bifurcate nib pen and a
removable cap which has a protrusion contacting and sealing a
feed or air passage.
269 for an implement including the combination of a brush,
broom, or mop type tool and an enclosing cap; and see the
search notes thereto.
Subclass:
214
This subclass is indented under subclass 209. Implement
wherein the ball seat includes, or is connected to, an
element which is deformable by pressure applied thereto and
which has the ability to resile from such deformation when
such pressure is released so as to permit movement of the
ball relative to some part of the seat.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
272 for a similar combination whose tool is a brush, broom,
or mop; and see the search notes thereto.
Subclass:
215
This subclass is indented under subclass 209. Implement
including a ball or particular construction or material.
(1) Note. Placement of an original patent into this subclass
requires that a detail of the construction, or the material
of the ball, be claimed.
Subclass:
216
This subclass is indented under subclass 209. Implement
including a seat of particular construction or material.
(1) Note. Placement of an original patent into this subclass
requires that a ball-retaining detail of the construction, or
the material of the retainer, be claimed.
Subclass:
217
This subclass is indented under subclass 209. Implement
wherein the reservoir* includes a passage normally open to
the atmosphere or valved so as to admit atmospheric air to
the reservoir as needed.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
242 for a bifurcate pointed nib pen including means to vent
the reservoir through the feeder*.
Subclass:
218
This subclass is indented under subclass 208. Implement
wherein the supply-means includes an additional roller which
is disclosed for contacting and transferring material to the
tool.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
147 for an implement including a work-contacting roller for
actuating a means to produce a material-moving force (e.g.,
pump), which means is located between the roller and a
reservoir.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
101, Printing, 329 for the combination of a roller inker and
a rolling contact printer receiving ink therefrom.
Subclass:
219
This subclass is indented under subclass 208. Implement
including a flow regulator*.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
270 for a similar combination whose tool is a brush, broom,
or mop; and see the notes thereto.
Subclass:
220
This subclass is indented under subclass 219. Implement
whose movable flow-regulator element either is the roller or
is actuated by a movement of the roller.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
272 for an implement whose tool is a brush, broom, or mop,
which tool is a flow-regulator actuator; and see the search
notes thereto.
Subclass:
221
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Implement wherein the tool* terminates in only two elements,
said elements being separated by a relatively narrow slit or
interspace, to provide a capillary passage for material, and
having closely adjacent work-engaging surfaces of relatively
small dimension in either direction.
(1) Note. The tool elements may be integral extensions from
a common shank or separate members joined in cooperative
relation by a separate fastening means.
(2) Note. A patent for a bifurcate pointed nib pen wherein
the sole material supply is retained in direct feeding
relation to the tool by integral formations of the tool
(e.g., infolded wings) will be placed in this subclass rather
than in any subclass indented hereunder.
(3) Note. An implement wherein the tool comprises a tubular
feed channel and no more than one relatively thin and rigid
work-engaging element (e.g., wire) extending therethrough
will be considered a stylos:graphic pen for subclasses 258+.
Where the number of elements extending from a feed channel
exceeds two, the implement will be considered a brush for
subclasses 268+.
Where the element or elements so extending has significant
length in one or more directions along its work-contacting
surface, the implement will be considered to have a bladelike
or padlike tool (e.g., lettering pin) for subclasses 261+;
see, however, (2) Note under the definition of subclass 261.
(4) Note. A patent for a bifurcate, pointed nib tool, per
se, having no feature which adapts it particularly for
association with supply means, will be placed in Class 15,
subclasses 446 and 447. However, a patent claiming such a
tool in combination with a holder (e.g., "barrel") which
holder is disclosed as containing or providing supply means,
will be placed in this or an indented subclass, even though
no detail of the supply means is claimed.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
118 for the combination of an inkwell and a pen separable
therefrom for use; and see the search notes thereto for the
loci of patents to inkwells, per se.
258 for an implement of this class including a stylus.
261 for an implement of this class including a blade-like or
pad-like tool.
268 for an implement of this class including a brush type
tool.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
15, Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning, 134, for an
invention in the detail(s) of a bifurcate nib tool.
Subclass:
222
This subclass is indented under subclass 221. Implement
including a reservoir* and a feeder*, as defined in the
glossary of terms.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
198 for porous tool combined with a capillary
material-retainer in the reservoir.
221 rather than any subclass indented thereunder, for a
bifurcate nib tool which has integral portions (e.g.,
infolded wings) which provide a material-retainer feeding
directly to the tool, rather than by way of a distinct
feeder.
252 for an attached ink retainer in direct communication
with the tool, rather than by way of a feeder.
282 for a feeder-and-tool combination in an implement of the
brush, broom, or mop type, and see the notes thereunder; and
particularly indented subclass 283 for an implement of the
brush, broom, or mop type, including a porous feeder which
functions as a coating material-retainer.
Subclass:
223
This subclass is indented under subclass 222. Implement
wherein the reservoir is substantially filled by means (e.g.,
fibers, strands, particles) providing a plurality of minute
interconnected tubes and/or interspaces of such small
cross-section as to receive and hold coating material under
the influence of its surface tension and its properties of
cohesion and adhesion.
(1) Note. The capillary material-retainer may serve to
cooperate with the feeder to control movement of material to
the tool and also to cause movement of material into the
reservoir from an external source of supply.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
198 for a porous tool combined with a capillary
material-retainer in the reservoir.
224 for a feeder which includes a strand or strands of
material, which strand(s) may enter but not substantially
fill the reservoir.
252 for material-retainer feeding directly to the tool and
consisting of or including capillary structure; see principal
subclass 252, for such a retainer filled with capillary
material and indented subclass 253 for such a retainer which
includes transverse, capillary, ink retaining slots or
grooves.
283 for an implement of the brush, broom, or mop type
including a porous feeder which functions as a coating
material retainer.
Subclass:
224
This subclass is indented under subclass 222. Implement
including a wire or strand extending lengthwise in the feeder
or along an air passage in the feeder, to control movement of
material therealong.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
258 for an implement wherein a filamentary conductor
extending through a tubular channel terminates in a rod-like
work-engaging portion.
Subclass:
225
This subclass is indented under subclass 222. Implement
wherein the feeder device includes a specifically provided
space, in addition to the necessary guide channel, for
retaining surplus material discharged from the reservoir but
unused by the tool.
(1) Note. A patent to an implement including an air passage
which may receive excess material discharge from the
reservoir will be placed in subclass 242, unless the patent
clearly discloses that the excess material is fed to the tool
(rather than back to the reservoir) in order to clear the air
passage, in which case the patent will be placed in this
subclass (225).
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
242 for a patent describing the discharge of material from a
reservoir solely in terms of the balance thereof with
counter-current intake of air, and see (1) Note, above.
Subclass:
226
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Last Modified: 6 October 2000