US PATENT SUBCLASS 239 / 44
.~ With wick or absorbent means removing liquid from holder

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239 /   HD   FLUID SPRINKLING, SPRAYING, AND DIFFUSING

34  DF  SLOW DIFFUSERS {9}
44.~ With wick or absorbent means removing liquid from holder {5}
45  DF  .~.~> Serially arranged wicks or absorbent means {1}
47  DF  .~.~> Nonuse housing or casing arrangement (e.g., stored in supply) {1}
49  DF  .~.~> With flow varying means {1}
51  DF  .~.~> With means for drip escape from holder
51.5  DF  .~.~> In housing having multiported wall spaced from absorbent means

DEFINITION

Classification: 239/44

(under subclass 34) Apparatus where the material is a liquid confined in a receptacle and is provided with a porous, foraminous or absorbent element which is in contact with and discharges the liquid from the receptacle by means of capillary action in the pores or foraminae of the element.

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145, for porous or wick type discharge means to the atmosphere in the form of a liquid rather than a vapor.

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261, Gas and Liquid Contact Apparatus,

99, 104, and 107 for similar capillary feed porous mass elements combined with a means for positively forcing a gas stream across or through the moistened element.