.~.~ Having flow-through foam restrictor or eliminator (e.g., screen, etc.)
DEFINITION
Classification: 96/179
Having flow-through foam restrictor or eliminator (e.g., screen, etc.):
(under subclass 176) Apparatus which is equipped with a porous screen or filter to remove foam (i.e., entrained gas bubbles) from the liquid passing therethrough by (a) physically excluding the foam or (b) breaking a liquid film surrounding entrained gas (i.e., foam) and liberating the entrained gas.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
178, for defoaming means having flow-through foam restrictor or eliminator combined with a centrifugal or rotating separator.
