WITH MEANS USING LIQUID TO CLEAN SEPARATING APPARATUS:
(under the class definition) Apparatus in which means are provided to apply a liquid (e.g., by sprinkling, projecting, washing down, submerging in a bath, etc.) to a separating apparatus in order to remove a separated constituent from the separating apparatus.
(1) Note. Cleaning the separating apparatus by contact with steam is not considered to be the use of liquid to clean the separating apparatus.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS
55, Gas Separation,
282+, for nonliquid cleaning means for separating media (e.g., means using steam, etc.); subclass 431 for contacting an apparatus part with a fluid for manipulating or transporting a collected mass of nongaseous residue; subclass 466 for treating the residue by a liquid.
95, Gas Separation: Processes,
276, and 281 for processes of gas separation with cleaning of a filter by use of a liquid.
