(under the class definition) Apparatus and corresponding methods wherein an explosion causes a liquid, solid, or gas to be scattered or spread about in the form of a vapor, particles, or gas.
(1) Note. The gas or mist can be dispersed in air or water.
(2) Note. Gas or mist dispersing by an explosion are antipersonnel, e.g., noxious or incapacitating, plant, insect, animal, foliage, BW/CW, etc.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
334, for smoke generating and dispersing means.
363, for fuel air explosive means.
364+, for incendiary dispersing means.
366, for oil distributing means on water. 530+, for a cartridge gas generator means.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS
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.
