US PATENT SUBCLASS 118 / 663
CONTROL MEANS RESPONSIVE TO A RANDOMLY OCCURRING SENSED CONDITION

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118 /   HD   COATING APPARATUS

663CONTROL MEANS RESPONSIVE TO A RANDOMLY OCCURRING SENSED CONDITION {5}
664  DF  .~> Sampling of associated base
665  DF  .~> Condition of coated material
666  DF  .~> Temperature responsive {1}
668  DF  .~> Responsive to attribute, absence or presence of work {6}
688  DF  .~> Responsive to condition of coating material {4}

DEFINITION

Classification: 118/663

CONTROL MEANS RESPONSIVE TO A RANDOMLY OCCURRING SENSED CONDITION:

(under the class definition) Apparatus wherein the apparatus is provided with means which regulates the supply of energy or power to the apparatus or an element thereof to operate the same, the operation of the regulating means in turn being affected by a means which detects the chance occurrence of a characteristic or a change in a characteristic of (a) the work or product, (b) the coating material, or (c) the apparatus or some element thereof or the surrounding environment.

(1) Note. A mere manually operated on-off switch will not be found in this or the indented subclasses unless it is combined with structure provided for herein.

(2) Note. This subclass provides for those devices which are operated by an external energy or power source where the application of this external energy or power to the device is

controlled by a condition sensor. Those devices employing a sensor which is moved by contact with an object to be coated and which have means to transmit this motion directly to an applicator it thereby use this motion directly to operate the applicator will not be found in this or the indented subclasses. For such devices see subclass 708.