IPC 6 English version  F04-F04B01924
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SECTION F– MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING

F 04

POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS (portable fire extinguishers with manually-operated pumps A 62 C 11/00, with power-driven pumps A 62 C 25/00; charging or scavenging combustion engines by pumps F 02 B; engine fuel-injection pumps F 02 M; ion pumps H 01 J 41/12; electrodynamic pumps H 02 K 44/02)

F 04 B

POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS (machines for liquids, or pumps, of rotary-piston or oscillating-piston type F 04 C; non-positive-displacement pumps F 04 D; pumping of fluid by direct contact of another fluid or by using inertia of fluid to be pumped F 04 F; crankshafts, crossheads, connecting-rods F 16 C; flywheels F 16 F; gearings for interconverting rotary motion and reciprocating motion in general F 16 H; pistons, piston-rods, cylinders, in general F 16 J)

Notes

(1)

In this subclass, the following term is used with the meaning indicated:

"piston" also covers a plunger.

(2)

Attention is drawn to the Notes preceding class F 01, especially as regards the definitions of "machines", "pumps", and "positive-displacement".


Pumps for liquids or for liquid and elastic fluids; Positive-displacement machines for liquids (having flexible working members F 04 B 43/00; pumps for raising fluids from great depths F 04 B 47/00)

1/

00

Multi-cylinder machines or pumps characterised by number or arrangement of cylinders (F 04 B 3/00 takes precedence; fluid-driven pumps F 04 B 9/08; control of reciprocating machines or pumps in general F 04 B 49/00)

1/

02

having two cylinders (in V-arrangement F 04 B 1/04)

1/

04

having cylinders in star- or fan-arrangement [6]

1/

047

. . 

with an actuating or actuated element at the outer ends of the cylinders [6]

1/

053

. . 

with an actuating or actuated element at the inner ends of the cylinders [6]

1/

06

. . 

Control

1/

07

. . . 

by varying the relative eccentricity between two members, e.g. a cam and a drive shaft [6]

1/

08

. . . 

regulated by delivery pressure

1/

10

. . 

the cylinders being movable, e.g. rotary [6]

1/

107

. . . 

with an actuating or actuated element at the outer ends of the cylinders [6]

1/

113

. . . 

with an actuating or actuated element at the inner ends of the cylinders [6]

1/

12

having cylinder axes coaxial with, or parallel or inclined to, main shaft axis

1/

14

. . 

having stationary cylinders

1/

16

. . . 

having two or more sets of cylinders or pistons

1/

18

. . . 

having self-acting distribution members, i.e. actuated by working fluid

1/

20

. . 

having rotary cylinder block

1/

22

. . . 

having two or more sets of cylinders or pistons

1/

24

. . . . 

inclined to main shaft axis

1/

26

. . 

Control

1/

28

. . . 

for machines or pumps with stationary cylinders

1/

29

. . . . 

by varying the relative positions of a swash plate and a cylinder block [6]

1/

30

. . . 

for machines or pumps with rotary cylinder block

1/

32

. . . . 

by varying the relative positions of a swash plate and a cylinder block [6]

1/

34

Control not provided for in a single group of groups F 04 B 1/02 to F 04 B 1/32 [6]

3/

00

Machines or pumps with pistons coacting within one cylinder, e.g. multi-stage

5/

00

Machines or pumps with differential-surface pistons

5/

02

with double-acting pistons [6]

7/

00

Piston machines or pumps characterised by having positively-driven valving (with cylinders in star- or fan-arrangement F 04 B 1/04; with cylinder axes coaxial with, or parallel or inclined to, main shaft axis F 04 B 1/12)

7/

02

the valving being fluid-actuated

7/

04

in which the valving is performed by pistons and cylinders coacting to open and close intake or outlet ports [3]

7/

06

. . 

the pistons and cylinders being relatively reciprocated and rotated [3]

9/

00

Piston machines or pumps characterised by the driving or driven means to or from their working members

9/

02

the means being mechanical

9/

04

. . 

the means being cams, eccentrics, or pin-and-slot mechanisms (with cylinder axes coaxial with, or parallel or inclined to, main shaft axis F 04 B 1/12)

9/

06

. . 

the means including spring- or weight-loaded lost-motion devices

9/

08

the means being fluid

9/

10

. . 

the fluid being liquid

9/

103

. . . 

having only one pumping chamber [6]

9/

105

. . . . 

reciprocating movement of the pumping member being obtained by a double-acting liquid motor [6]

9/

107

. . . . 

rectilinear movement of the pumping member in the working direction being obtained by a single-acting liquid motor, e.g. actuated in the other direction by gravity or a spring [6]

9/

109

. . . 

having plural pumping chambers [6]

9/

111

. . . . 

with two mechanically connected pumping members [6]

9/

113

. . . . . 

reciprocating movement of the pumping members being obtained by a double-acting liquid motor [6]

9/

115

. . . . . 

reciprocating movement of the pumping members being obtained by two single-acting liquid motors, each acting in one direction [6]

9/

117

. . . . 

the pumping members not being mechanically connected to each other [6]

9/

12

. . 

the fluid being elastic, e.g. steam or air

9/

123

. . . 

having only one pumping chamber [6]

9/

125

. . . . 

reciprocating movement of the pumping member being obtained by a double-acting elastic-fluid motor [6]

9/

127

. . . . 

rectilinear movement of the pumping member in the working direction being obtained by a single-acting elastic-fluid motor, e.g. actuated in the other direction by gravity or a spring [6]

9/

129

. . . 

having plural pumping chambers [6]

9/

131

. . . . 

with two mechanically connected pumping members [6]

9/

133

. . . . . 

reciprocating movement of the pumping members being obtained by a double-acting elastic-fluid motor [6]

9/

135

. . . . . 

reciprocating movement of the pumping members being obtained by two single-acting elastic-fluid motors, each acting in one direction [6]

9/

137

. . . . 

the pumping members not being mechanically connected to each other [6]

9/

14

Pumps characterised by muscle-power operation

11/

00

Equalisation of pulses, e.g. by use of air vessels; Counteracting cavitation

13/

00

Pumps specially modified to deliver fixed or variable measured quantities (for transferring liquid from bulk storage containers or reservoirs into vehicles or into portable containers B 67 D 5/40)

13/

02

of two or more fluids at the same time

15/

00

Pumps adapted to handle specific fluids, e.g. by selection of specific materials for pumps or pump parts

15/

02

the fluids being viscous or non-homogeneous

15/

04

the fluids being hot or corrosive (F 04 B 15/06 takes precedence)

15/

06

for liquids near their boiling point, e.g. under subnormal pressure

15/

08

. . 

the liquids having low boiling points

17/

00

Pumps characterised by combination with, or adaptation to, specific driving engines or motors

17/

02

driven by wind motors

17/

03

driven by electric motors [6]

17/

04

. . 

using solenoids [6]

17/

05

driven by internal-combustion engines [6]

17/

06

Mobile combinations

19/

00

Machines or pumps having pertinent characteristics not provided for in, or of interest apart from, groups F 04 B 1/00 to F 04 B 17/00

19/

02

having movable cylinders

19/

04

Pumps for special use (for transferring liquids from bulk storage containers or reservoirs into vehicles or into portable containers B 67 D 5/40)

19/

06

. . 

Pumps for delivery of both liquid and elastic fluids at the same time (wet gas pumps F 04 B 37/20) [6]

19/

08

Scoop devices

19/

10

. . 

of wheel type

19/

12

. . 

of helical or screw type

19/

14

. . 

of endless-chain type, e.g. with the chains carrying pistons co-operating with open-ended cylinders

19/

16

Adhesion-type liquid-lifting devices

19/

18

. . 

Adhesion members therefor

19/

20

Other positive-displacement pumps

19/

22

. . 

of reciprocating-piston type

19/

24

. . 

Pumping by heat expansion of pumped fluid
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