US PATENT SUBCLASS 137 / 872
.~.~ With valve or movable deflector at junction

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137 /   HD   FLUID HANDLING

561 R  DF  SYSTEMS {32}
861  DF  .~ With flow control means for branched passages {8}
872.~.~ With valve or movable deflector at junction {4}
873  DF  .~.~.~> Movable deflector spout in lateral port
874  DF  .~.~.~> Valve or deflector is tubular passageway
875  DF  .~.~.~> Pivoted valve or deflector
876  DF  .~.~.~> Rotary valve or deflector

DEFINITION

Classification: 137/872

With valve or movable deflector at junction:

(under subclass 861) System wherein a fluent material flow regulating means or fluent material diverting means is

provided at the junction of the inlet branch with two or more outlet branches, the fluent material flow regulating means or movable diverting means being selectively operable to direct the effluent from the inlet branch into an desired outlet branch or branches.

(1) Note. The deflector, when discharging directly to the ambient space or atmosphere, is also considered an outlet passage.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

119.01+, for downspouts having automatic means to shift the flow between branches, especially subclass 120 for valves or deflectors at the junction of a rain downspout in which the valve or deflector is shifted in response to the collection of a predetermined quantity of rainfall in an auxiliary timing tank.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

193, Conveyors, Chutes, Skids, Guides, and Ways,

13, 14, 23, 28, 29, and 31 for switches and multiple point discharge for chutes. 406, Conveyors: Fluid Current,

117+, for a conveyor having plural intakes; subclasses 155+ for a conveyor having plural outlets; and subclasses 181+ for a flow diverter, divider, or combiner, per se.