US PATENT SUBCLASS 137 / 801
FAUCETS AND SPOUTS
Current as of: June, 1999
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DEFINITION
Classification: 137/801
(under the class definition) Subject matter wherein the device is provided with a fluid inlet or outlet in the form of a nozzle or spout which discharges the effluent in a desired direction or with a desired pattern or admits and directs it into a receiver of which it forms a part.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
615+, for articulated or swiveled nozzles or spouts, and see the search notes thereto for movable devices of this type.
800, for nozzles or spouts provided with a removable closure member.
861+, for deflector type spouts forming a branch outlet.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS 222, Dispensing,
519+, 522+, 526+, and 565+ for dispensing nozzles and spouts, and see section 19, of the class definition of Class 222 and search notes therein.
239, Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing, appropriate subclasses for specific nozzle structures for sprinkling or spraying fluids.
251, Valves and Valve Actuation,
153+, for valves combined with inlet or outlet structure comprising a single flow path, especially 155 for valves associated with nozzles or spouts, subclass 340 for a valve actuator surrounding a nozzle, and subclass 349 for inlet or outlet element which serves as a valve actuator.
