(under subclass 104) Device including a tool and supporting structure therefor, which device is stationary so as to require transportation of the workpiece into contact therewith for a cleaning operation, and wherein: (1) the supporting structure is a receptacle for cleaning material,
or (2) the tool is supplied (e.g., impregnated) with cleaning material.
(1) Note. A patent disclosing nothing more than a mere pad which is impregnated with cleaning material and which is, therefore, inherently capable of manual manipulation will be placed in subclass 104.93. However, a patent which discloses the combination of stationary supporting structure and an impregnated pad will be placed in this subclass even when the claim(s) are limited to the pad itself.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
104.93, for a manually manipulated implement having a work-contacting surface which is coated or impregnated with cleaning material; and see (1) Note, above.
423, for a pen wiper which has no cleaning material supply (except that it may be adapted to be coated or impregnated therewith).
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS 118, Coating Apparatus,
264+, for a stationary coating device used for a purpose other than cleaning, which device includes an applicator which either is impregnated with coating material or receives the material from a supply container for application to a work surface.
401, Coating Implements With Material Supply, appropriate subclasses; particularly
196+, for a handmanipulable implement having a porous tool through which the material flows; 261+ for an implement wherein the tool is bladelike or padlike; and 268+ wherein the tool is composed of filamentary elements (e.g., brush).
