US PATENT SUBCLASS 401 / 136
INCLUDING MEANS FOR DISCHARGING MATERIAL ALTERNATIVELY TO TOOL OR TO WORK SURFACE


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401 /   HD   COATING IMPLEMENTS WITH MATERIAL SUPPLY

136INCLUDING MEANS FOR DISCHARGING MATERIAL ALTERNATIVELY TO TOOL OR TO WORK SURFACE


DEFINITION

Classification: 401/136

(under the class definition) Implement wherein means is provided, under control of the user, for directing flow of material* to the tool* or, optionally, for dispensing the material directly to a work surface.

(1) Note. To be considered as discharging material directly to the work surface, for placement in this subclass, the discharge must be beyond the area circumscribed by the totality of the work-contacting portions of the implement (e.g., beyond the area within a ring of work-surface-contacting filamentary elements or a group of brushes).

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27, for a similar implement including diverse tools.

36, for an implement including means for alternatively feeding coating material to each of a plurality of tools.

43, for an implement which includes a feeder* provided with means to direct material alternatively (a) to a work surface, independently of the tool, or (b) into contact with concentrated material and then, as an admixture or solution therewith, to the tool.

44+, for an implement including (a) a feeder and a plurality of reservoirs each of which is adapted to be placed selectively in supply relation with the feeder, or (b) a plurality of feeders each of which is separately communicable with a different one of a plurality of reservoirs, which feeder or feeders may alternatively conduct material to the tool, or directly to the work surface. 284, for an implement in which the feeder terminates at or beyond a lateral edge of a tool (of the brush, broom, or mop type) but releases material to said lateral edge only.