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Class Number: 261 Class Title: GAS AND LIQUID CONTACT APPARATUS Subclass Subclass Number Title 1 MISCELLANEOUS 2 WITH LIQUID SEPARATIONS 3 .In circuit 4 .On inlet 5 .Filtering 6 ..Unitary structure 7 .Decanting 8 ..Unitary structure 127 WITH EXTERNAL SUPPLY OR REMOVAL OF HEAT 128 .Processes 129 .Temperature or humidity sensor 130 ..Heat supply or removal control 131 .Automatic control of heat supply or heat effect 133 .With mixer for supplementary gas and gaseous contactor product 134 ..Pressure responsive supplementary gas supply means 135 .With indicator or tester 136 .Combined 137 .Interconnected heat supply and contact fluid flow controllers 138 .Diverse heat supply or removal means 139 ..Electric heater 140.1 .Refrigeration producer 140.2 ..Absorption means 141 .Heat producer 142 ..Electric heater 143 ..Means burning contact product 144 ...Internal combustion engine 145 ....Engine fuel supply means heated by exhaust manifold 146 .Plural distinct contact zones 147 ..Serially arranged in flow path 148 ...Counter flowing gas and liquid (e.g., absorption or rectification column) 149 ...Heat exchanger in flow path spaced from contact zones 150 .Heat exchange means in one of plural liquid feed paths 151 .Recirculating fluid 152 .Heat exchange means at or downstream of contact zone 153 ..Gas exposed liquid body or sheet contacting heat exchanger 154 ..Porous type gas-liquid contactor exposed to heat exchanger 155 ..Contact fluid passage surrounds external fluid flow passage 156 ..Fins or deflectors in contact fluid passage of heat exchanger 157 ..With heat exchange means for feed fluid 158 INDIRECT INTERCHANGE OR HEAT BETWEEN CONTACT FLUIDS 159 .Incoming fluid exchanges heat 160 ..With fluid at or downstream of contact zone 161 ...Incoming exchanging fluid is feed gas 16 MULTIPLE GAS 17 .Furnace-gas type 18.1 MULTIPLE DIVERSE LIQUIDS 18.2 .Water added to charge 18.3 .Multiple fuels 18.4 .Antidetonant 19 FLUID DISTRIBUTION 20 .Systemss 21 ..Series 22 ...Gas connections 23.1 ..Parallel 23.2 ...Carburetors 23.3 ....Stratified charge 23.4 ....Rotary engine 24 .Pumping 25 ..Liquid operated 26 ..Automatic control 27 ...Liquid inlet 28 ..Gas and liquid 29 ...Liquid circuit 30 ..Gas inlet 31 ...Churn type 32 ....Rotary dasher 33 ....Reciprocating dasher 34.1 ..Liquid 34.2 ...Accelerator pump 34.3 ....With thermostatic control 35 ...Gas operated 36.1 ...In circuit 36.2 ....Carburetor 37 ...Inlet 38 .Valved 39.1 ..Thermostatic 39.2 ...With carburetor expansible fluid actuating means 39.3 ...With carburetor bimetallic actuating means 39.4 ...Carburetor spring linkage with temperature element 39.5 ...Without carburetor choke means 39.6 ...With carburetor electrical heater 40 ..Multiple jet 41.1 ...Progressive 41.2 ....With parallel carbureting passages 41.3 .....With control of plural passages 41.4 ....Multiple jet manual control 41.5 ....Bypass opening beyond throttle 42 ..Multiple valves 43 ...Connected 44.1 ....Contact space 44.2 .....Contact valve with hollow shaft supplying liquid 44.3 .....Traversely reciprocating air or mixture valve 44.4 ......Suction operated 44.5 .....Longitudinally movable air or mixture valve 44.6 .....Rotating air or mixture valve 44.7 ......Off-center pivoted 44.8 ......Cylinder or plug-valve type 44.9 .....Variable-shape passage 45 ....Gas by-pass 46 .....With gas inlet 47 .....With gas outlet 48 .....With liquid inlet 49 ....Liquid inlet 50.1 .....With gas inlet 50.2 ......Suction operated gas inlet valve 50.3 ......Noncarburetor 51 .....With gas outlet 52 ....Gas inlet and outlet 53 ...Contact spacee 54 ...Gas by-pass 55 ....With gas inlet 56 ....With gas outlet 57 ....With liquid inlet 58 ...Liquid inlet 59 ....With gas inlet 60 ....With gas outlet 61 ...Gas inlet and outlet 62 ..Contact space 63 ..Gas by-pass 64.1 ..Gas inlet 64.2 ...Anterior throttle 64.3 ...Pressure control 64.4 ...Suction operated 64.5 ...Float control 64.6 ...Starting choke 65 ..Gas outlet 66 ..Liquid inlet 67 ...Plural 68 ....Float and manual 69.1 ...Gas pressure controlled 69.2 ....Wet diaphragm 70 ...Float controlled 71 ...Manual 72.1 .Liquid supply tank 72.2 ..Aviation carburetor 73 ..Barometric 74 .Contact receptacle 75 CONTACT DEVICES 76 .Injector type 77 ..Submerged blast 78.1 .Atomizer type 78.2 ..Noncarburetor 79.1 .Rotating gases 79.2 ..Noncarburetor 80 .Traveling strip 81 .Reciprocating 82 ..Piston 83 .Rotating 84 ..Impeller 85 ...Hollow shaft 86 ....Gas trapping 87 ....Gas delivering 88 ....Liquid spraying 89 ...Sprayed 90 ....Horizontal axis 91 ...Dipping 92 ....Horizontal axis 93 ...Submerged blast 94 .Porous mass 95 ..Surface contact 96 ..Gas-flow control 97 ..Liquid-flow control 98 ...Spray 99 ...Capillary feed 100 .Porous sheet 101 ..Surface contact 102 ...Gas-flow controll 103 ...Liquid downflow 104 ...Capillary feed 105 ..Gas-flow control 106 ..Liquid downflow 107 ..Capillary feed 108 .Wet baffle 109 ..Gas-flow control 110 ..Liquid-flow control 111 ...Spray 112.1 ...Film 112.2 ....Corrugated plates 113 ..Perforated baffles 114.1 ..Overflow baffles 114.2 ...Bubble caps 114.3 ...Jet plates 114.4 ...Valve tray 114.5 ...Tray construction 115 .Liquid spray 116 ..Aspirating 117 ..Opposed 118 ..Transverse 119.1 .Liquid tank 119.2 ..Carburetor 120 ..Floating distributor 121.1 ..Submerged blast 121.2 ...Minnow bucket 121.3 ...Carburetor vented nozzle 121.4 ....Air inlet valve 122.1 ...Submerged screen 122.2 ....With closable apertures 123 ...Submerged baffle 124 ...Multiple jet 125 ..Multiple receptacle 126 ..Upflowing gases * ***************************** * DIGESTS * ***************************** DIG 1 Auxiliary air inlet carburetors DIG 2 Airplane DIG 3 Air cooling DIG 4 Auto humidifiers DIG 6 Backfire DIG 7 Carbonators DIG 8 Carburetor primers DIG 9 Furnace gas scrubbers DIG 10 Steam heaters and condensers DIG 11 Cooling towers DIG 12 Carburetor venturi DIG 13 Desuperheaters DIG 14 Display stands DIG 15 Duct humidifiers DIG 16 Cream whipping DIG 17 Odorizers DIG 18 Dashpots DIG 19 Degassers DIG 20 Deicers for carburetors DIG 21 Drawing excess fuel from carbureting passage DIG 22 Faucet aeratorss DIG 23 Fuel feeding valves DIG 24 Fuel feeding valve retaining DIG 25 Fuel spread out into a film DIG 26 Foam DIG 27 Gas circulated in circuit DIG 28 Blood oxygenators DIG 29 Heaters submerged in liquid DIG 30 Tray heaters DIG 31 Heaters DIG 32 Heaters and condensers DIG 33 Heaters, spray DIG 34 Automatic humidity regulation DIG 35 Air line lubricators DIG 36 Carburetor manifolds DIG 37 Modern pumps diaphragm DIG 38 Needle valves DIG 39 Liquid feeding nozzles DIG 40 Oil filter for fuel entering nozzles or float chamber DIG 41 Pad retaining means in humidifiers and air conditioners DIG 42 Ozonizers DIG 43 Air coolers DIG 44 Overflow trough DIG 45 Processes carburetors DIG 46 Residue prevention in humidifiers and air conditioners DIG 47 Swing diffusers DIG 48 Sonic vibrators DIG 49 Suction operated feed valve DIG 50 Surge prevention in carburetors DIG 51 Carburetors with supercharging blowers DIG 52 Carburetor with valves DIG 53 Valve actuation DIG 54 Venturi scrubbers DIG 55 Reatomizers DIG 56 Variable venturi DIG 57 Interchangeable chore tube DIG 58 Choke tube having plurality of leaves DIG 59 Choke tube leaves flexible DIG 60 Duplex barrels DIG 61 Longitudinally reciprocating choke tube (along air passage) DIG 62 Longitudinally reciprocating choke tube having movable parts DIG 63 Longitudinally reciprocating choke tube, throttle-operated DIG 64 Longitudinally reciprocating choke tube, suction-operated DIG 65 Vaporizers DIG 66 Water injection to prevent detonation DIG 67 Carburetors with vented bowl DIG 68 Diaphragm-controlled inlet valve DIG 69 Fluid amplifiers in carburetors DIG 70 Sewage aerators; diffusers DIG 71 Sewage aerators; rotating DIG 72 Packing elements DIG 73 Carburetor primers; ticklers DIG 74 Valve actuation; electrical DIG 75 Flowing liquid aspirates gas DIG 76 Steam DIG 77 Plume abatement DIG 78 Sonic floww DIG 79 Cooling ponds DIG 80 Electrical treatment DIG 81 Percolation control DIG 82 Upper end injectors DIG 83 Fuel vapor generation DIG 84 Tamperproof DIG 85 Droplet catchers DIG 86 Cooling tower ice prevention DIG 87 Cooling tower power generators