(under subclass 146) Apparatus provided with means to redirect or disperse the spray or to prevent the spray from spreading beyond a predesired size or shape.
(1) Note. The type of device herein classified is usually identified as a roadway or lane marker.
(2) Note. For this subclass, the means to redirect or
disperse the spray is usually in the form of a solid shield or guard and is positioned directly in the path of the fluid leaving the terminal element and before the fluid contacts the surface being coated. Those devices in which the shield redirects or disperses the fluid after it has contacted and rebounded from the surface are for soil prevention and are found in subclass 104.
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103, for shields or templates which permit only the desired shape of spray to pass therethrough and which deflect and collect the remainder.
104, if the function of the shield is to prevent spray from reaching areas not desired to be so contacted and the shield is in the path of the spray rebounding from the surface (see (2) Note, above). SEE OR SEARCH CLASS
118, Coating Apparatus,
504+, for work surface shields, masks, or protectors, and subclass 301 for masks or stencils for projection apparatus.
