(under the class definition) Devices having an electrode which is wholly or partially immersed in a liquid.
(1) Note. This subclass includes discharge devices which have the electrode wholly or partially immersed in a nonconducting liquid. Where the electrodes are immersed in a conducting liquid see the subclasses referred to in the search notes below.
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35, and the subclasses specified in the notes thereto for devices which using liquids or which have means for directing the flow of a fluid towards some part of the device for the purpose of modifying the temperature of the device.
163+, and the subclasses specified in the notes thereto, for discharge devices which are provided with a liquid electrode. In the devices in subclasses 163+ the liquid electrode ordinarily has a lead-in wire immersed in the liquid and another electrode which may also be liquid which is not immersed in the liquid. However, see the reference to subclass 172, infra. See subclass 171 where the discharge device is provided with an auxiliary starting electrode which is wholly or partially immersed in the liquid electrode. See subclass 172 where a plurality of nonliquid electrodes are immersed in a liquid electrode which is vaporized during the operation of the discharge device the liquid supplying the vapor atmosphere for the device and serving to initiate the discharge between the nonliquid electrodes.
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200, Electricity: Circuit Makers and Breakers, 61.05, 61.47, 81.6, 141, and 182+ for liquid contact switches.
218, High-Voltage Switches With Arc Preventing and Extinguishing Devices,
1+, for liquid contact switches.
335, Electricity: Magnetically Operated Switches, Magnets, and Electromagnets,
47+, for electromagnetically actuated liquid contact switches.
