dash-pot

Example: A patent discloses and claims a dash-pot but illustrates it in such relation to a metal-planing machine as to utilize it for checking the movement of the bed at one end of its path, or in connection with an electric generator to aid in effecting the brush adjustment; the patent should be classified in the subclass of Dash-pots.

The Classification of Patents United States Patent Office

If the classifier finds the disclosed organization of dash-pots and planer or dash-pot and generator more than a conventional illustration of an obvious use, he should note

The Classification of Patents United States Patent Office

Should a mere dash-pot be found classified in Class

The Classification of Patents United States Patent Office

a dash-pot so as to dampen the governor against vibration.

Steam Turbines A Book of Instruction for the Adjustment and Operation of the Principal Types of this Class of Prime Movers 1902