(under the class definition) Apparatus including means to remove liquids from the material undergoing treatment by contacting the same with solid material which removes the liquids by adsorption, absorption or adhesion.
(1) Note. Where the absorption or adsorption means are claimed, the patent is in this subclass or in subclass 71, except external drums having absorbent or adsorbent belts or felts (subclasses 116 and indented subclasses and 123) and absorbent or adsorbent spacer sheets or webs (subclass 94).
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71, and 329+.
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15, Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning, appropriate subclasses for means for cleaning which may remove liquids by brushing, wiping or squeegeeing; particularly 21.1+, 97.1+, 105, 147.1, and 159.1 and their indented subclasses; 208, 235, 245, and 250.001 and indented subclasses. Razor blade driers designed to wipe as well as absorb are in Class 15, subclass 218.
30, Cutlery,
537,.
101, Printing, particularly
417, 419, for contact absorbers associated with a printing press.
206, Special Receptacle or Package,
16, and 47 for packages which may contain an absorption drier for blades.
248, Supports,
504, for a desk pad; i.e., the desk article with its overlying means to hold down an edge or corner of a sheet other than a blotter.
428, Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles, appropriate subclasses for a structurally defined web or sheet, or for a coated or structurally defined fiber or filament or a mass of such fibers or filaments which may be disclosed as useful for contacting and thereby removing liquids from work, and see especially
304.4+, for a plural layer web or sheet having a component which is porous or cellular.
