IPC 6 English version  B04C-B04C01100
SECTION B– PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING

B 04

CENTRIFUGAL APPARATUS OR MACHINES FOR CARRYING-OUT PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES

B 04 C

APPARATUS USING FREE VORTEX FLOW, e.g. CYCLONES (jet mills B 02 C 19/06; cyclonic type combustion apparatus F 23)

Note

This subclass covers apparatus for separating, mixing or like treating in which centrifugal effects are generated by free vortex flow, otherwise than by rotary bowls, rotors or curved passages.


1/

00

Apparatus in which the main direction of flow follows a flat spiral

3/

00

Apparatus in which the axial direction of the vortex remains unchanged

3/

02

with heating or cooling, e.g. quenching, means

3/

04

Multiple arrangement thereof

3/

06

Construction of inlets or outlets to the vortex chamber

5/

00

Apparatus in which the axial direction of the vortex is reversed

5/

02

Construction of inlets by which the vortex flow is generated (fluid dynamics in general F 15 D)

5/

04

. . 

Tangential inlets

5/

06

. . 

Axial inlets

5/

08

Vortex chamber constructions

5/

081

. . 

Shapes or dimensions

5/

085

. . 

with wear-resisting arrangements

5/

087

. . 

with flexible gas-tight walls

5/

10

. . 

with perforated walls

5/

103

. . 

Bodies or members, e.g. bulkheads, guides, in the vortex chamber (cores B 04 C 5/107)

5/

107

. . 

Cores; Devices for inducing an air-core in hydrocyclones (forming part of the outlet pipe B 04 C 5/13)

5/

12

Construction of the overflow ducting, e.g. diffusing or spiral exits

5/

13

. . 

formed as a vortex finder and extending into the vortex chamber; Discharge from vortex finder otherwise than at the top of the cyclone; Devices for controlling the overflow

5/

14

Construction of the underflow ducting; Apex constructions; Discharge arrangements

5/

15

. . 

with swinging flaps or revolving sluices; Sluices; Check-valves

5/

16

. . 

with variable-size outlets from the underflow ducting

5/

18

. . 

with auxiliary fluid assisting discharge

5/

181

. . 

Bulkheads or central bodies in the discharge opening

5/

185

. . 

Dust collectors

5/

187

. . . 

forming an integral part of the vortex chamber

5/

20

with heating or cooling, e.g. quenching, means

5/

22

with cleaning means

5/

23

. . 

using liquids

5/

24

Multiple arrangement thereof

5/

26

. . 

for series flow

5/

28

. . 

for parallel flow

5/

30

. . 

Recirculation constructions in or with cyclones which accomplish a partial recirculation of the medium, e.g. by means of conduits

7/

00

Apparatus not provided for in group B 04 C 1/00, B 04 C 3/00 or B 04 C 5/00; Multiple arrangements not provided for in one of the groups B 04 C 1/00, B 04 C 3/00, or B 04 C 5/00; Combinations of apparatus covered by two or more of the groups B 04 C 1/00, B 04 C 3/00, or B 04 C 5/00

9/

00

Combinations with other devices, e.g. fans (with filters B 01 D 50/00)

11/

00

Accessories, e.g. safety or control devices, not otherwise provided for (with electrostatic precipitating arrangements B 03 C 3/14)


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