(under subclass 104) Device including solid means adapted for rubbing contact with a pigment-applying tool (e.g., penpoint), other than of the brush, broom, or mop type, for the removal therefrom of encrustment or of pigment (e.g., ink) subject to encrustation.
(1) Note. A patent to a device in which the solid means is a tool or porous mass adapted to be impregnated with cleaning liquid (e.g., water) will be placed in this subclass. However, a patent to the combination of a receptacle with the solid means therein, which receptacle is disclosed as containing cleaning liquid accessible to the solid means presumably in excess of that required to impregnate the solid means will be placed in subclass 104.92.
(2) Note. A patent to the combination of a tool and a coating or impregnant of cleaning material will be placed in subclasses 104.93+.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
104.92, for a pen cleaner including means to apply a liquid to the tool that is to be cleaned; e.g., a receptacle containing the pen-cleaning instrumentality and capable of containing a supply of liquid in excess of that required to coat or impregnate said instrumentality.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS 220, Receptacles,
695+, for a scraper attachment to a receptacle, which attachment is so located that it may engage a coating tool during the act of withdrawing the tool from the supply in the receptacle; and see the notes thereunder.
401, Coating Implements With Material Supply,
121+, for the combination of an applicator and a supply receptacle which includes means to engage, and remove excess-material from, the tool of the applicator during withdrawal from the supply.
