(under subclass 548) Apparatus in which a means is provided upstream of the discharge outlets to (1) hold back or separate material from the system fluid, or (2) spread out or otherwise direct the fluid prior to or during egress from the discharge outlets.
(1) Note. The interior filter or guide must be in addition to the parts forming the outlets, i.e., it must be part of or in the plural outlet carrying member. Ribs formed on the walls forming the outlet are considered to be included under this definition.
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76, for systems in which the flow equalization means or distributor is remotely positioned from a plurality of separate outlet arrangements, and see (1) Note therein.
214.21+, for means inducing spin or whirl of any fluid stream in a system in which one fluid is mixed with another fluid downstream of a continuously moving distributor which has
discharged one of said fluids.
450, for plural outlets arranged in adjoined, contiguous flow line sections with one wall or the like common to the plural flow lines. 461+, for other terminal members in which the interior guide acts to control rotation of the fluid.
552, and see (1) Note therein.
590+, for a terminal member having a single egress outlet and an interior filter or guide.
