.~.~ Including capillary material-retainer filling reservoir
DEFINITION
Classification: 401/223
(under subclass 222) Implement wherein the reservoir is substantially filled by means (e.g., fibers, strands, particles) providing a plurality of minute interconnected tubes and/or interspaces of such small cross-section as to receive and hold coating material under the influence of its surface tension and its properties of cohesion and adhesion.
(1) Note. The capillary material-retainer may serve to cooperate with the feeder to control movement of material to the tool and also to cause movement of material into the reservoir from an external source of supply.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
198+, for a porous tool combined with a capillary material-retainer in the reservoir.
224, for a feeder which includes a strand or strands of material, which strand(s) may enter but not substantially fill the reservoir.
252+, for material-retainer feeding directly to the tool and consisting of or including capillary structure; see principal subclass 252, for such a retainer filled with capillary material and indented subclass 253 for such a retainer which includes transverse, capillary, ink retaining slots or grooves. 283, for an implement of the brush, broom, or mop type including a porous feeder which functions as a coating material retainer.
