US PATENT SUBCLASS 239 / 681
.~ Rotating scatterer

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239 /   HD   FLUID SPRINKLING, SPRAYING, AND DIFFUSING

650  DF  CONTAINER FOR NON-FLUID MATERIAL, AND SCATTERING MEANS {21}
681.~ Rotating scatterer {4}
682  DF  .~.~> Plural
683  DF  .~.~> Including agitating means
684  DF  .~.~> Including specific driving means {2}
687  DF  .~.~> Scatterer receives material axially {1}

DEFINITION

Classification: 239/681

(under subclass 650) Apparatus comprising a means which rotates about an axis in order to strew material.

(1) Note. Rotation about an axis is a movement of more than 360 degrees about the axis. The axis may be fixed or moving but the rotating means must be essentially wheellike in

nature or moving in a substantially circular orbit about the axis. An endless conveyor type device which moves in an elongated orbit is not included. Such strewing means is classified on other features.

(2) Note. An apparatus including a rotating means which acts to strew material but which is disclosed as feeding the material to a downstream distributing means is classifiable under this definition if the downstream means is not claimed. If the downstream means is claimed then the upstream rotating means is considered a kind of conveyor and the apparatus is classifiable in subclasses 672+ or in other places depending on the nature of the downstream distributor or other features.