.~.~.~ Free engaging element carried by one cutoff
DEFINITION
Classification: 222/446
(under subclass 445) Dispensers in which the connection consists of an element rigidly carried by one valve or cutoff to engage the other or a rigid element carried thereby by a mere friction or abutting contact.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
52+, for connections operated by the trapped material for preventing operation of cutoff until trap is entirely filled or emptied.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS
137, Fluid Handling,
305, for stop and waste valves in hydrants having a similar abutting relation.