US PATENT SUBCLASS 4 / 255.01
OBSTRUCTION REMOVER


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4 /   HD   BATHS, CLOSETS, SINKS, AND SPITTOONS

255.01OBSTRUCTION REMOVER {3}
255.02  DF  .~> Piston {1}
255.04  DF  .~> Connected to a source of external fluid under pressure {5}
255.11  DF  .~> Force cup (e.g., a plunger) {1}


DEFINITION

Classification: 4/255.01

OBSTRUCTION REMOVER:

(under the class definition) Subject matter comprising apparatus specialized to clean or clear an obstacle within or clear an obstacle from a drain pipe of a sink, bath, or flush closet.

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694, for means to block the overflow preventing water from flowing into or gas escaping from the overflow.

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15, Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning,

104.03+, for mechanical or gaseous pressure devices for hammering, cutting, scraping, loosening or flushing deposits from conduits, pipes or tubes; and subclasses 406+ for an air blast soot blower for tubing.

68, Textiles: Fluid Treating Apparatus,

216+, for a hand held pounder with plunger. 134, Cleaning and Liquid Contact With Solids,

22.11+, for internal surface treatment of pipe etc., subclass 24 for internal surface treatment of hollow work with movable fluid applying nozzle and/or with plugging or sealing of work passage or opening, subclass 166 for a conduit cleaner, subclass 167 for a conduit cleaner with movably or flexibly mounted spray or jet applying conduits or nozzle, subclass 168 for a conduit cleaner with a pump and movable nozzle, and subclass 169 for a conduit cleaner using a pump.

137, Fluid Handling,

240, for a system in which a material (e.g., a chemical or physical agent) different from the fluent material of the system is introduced to clean parts of the system.

138, Pipes and Tubular Conduits,

89+, for a closure or plug for a pipe and subclass 90 for a closure or plug having means to introduce pressure.

239, Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing, subclass Digest 13 for a tube cleaner.