IPC 6 English version  F04F-F04F01102
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 F

PUMPING OF FLUID BY DIRECT CONTACT OF ANOTHER FLUID OR BY USING INERTIA OF FLUID TO BE PUMPED (containers or packages with special means for dispensing liquid or semi-liquid contents by internal gaseous pressure B 65 D 83/14); SIPHONS [2]

Notes

(1)

Attention is drawn to the Notes preceding class F 01.

(2)

Combinations of pumps covered by this subclass with other pumps are only classified in this subclass if such other pumps are intended for preliminary pumping for diffusion pumps.


1/

00

Pumps using positively or negatively pressurised fluid medium acting directly on the liquid to be pumped (using only negative pressure F 04 F 3/00; jet pumps F 04 F 5/00; siphons F 04 F 10/00)

1/

02

using both positively and negatively pressurised fluid medium, e.g. alternating

1/

04

. . 

generated by vaporising and condensing

1/

06

the fluid medium acting on the surface of the liquid to be pumped (F 04 F 1/02 takes precedence)

1/

08

. . 

specially adapted for raising liquids from great depths, e.g. in wells

1/

10

. . 

of multiple type, e.g. with two or more units in parallel (F 04 F 1/08 takes precedence)

1/

12

. . . 

in series

1/

14

. . 

adapted to pump specific liquids, e.g. corrosive or hot liquids

1/

16

. . 

characterised by the fluid medium being suddenly pressurised, e.g. by explosion

1/

18

the fluid medium being mixed with, or generated from, the liquid to be pumped

1/

20

. . 

specially adapted for raising liquids from great depths, e.g. in wells

3/

00

Pumps using negative pressure acting directly on the liquid to be pumped (siphons F 04 F 10/00)

5/

00

Jet pumps, i.e. devices in which fluid flow is induced by pressure drop caused by velocity of another fluid flow (diffusion pumps F 04 F 9/00; combination of jet pumps with pumps of other than jet type F 04 B; use of jet pumps for priming or boosting non-positive-displacement pumps F 04 D)

5/

02

the inducing fluid being liquid

5/

04

. . 

displacing elastic fluids

5/

06

. . . 

of rotary type

5/

08

. . . 

the elastic fluid being entrained in a free-falling column of liquid

5/

10

. . 

displacing liquids, e.g. containing solids, or liquids and elastic fluids

5/

12

. . . 

of multi-stage type

5/

14

the inducing fluid being elastic fluid

5/

16

. . 

displacing elastic fluids

5/

18

. . . 

for compressing

5/

20

. . . 

for evacuating

5/

22

. . . . 

of multi-stage type

5/

24

. . 

displacing liquids, e.g. containing solids, or liquids and elastic fluids

5/

26

. . . 

of multi-stage type (F 04 F 5/28 takes precedence)

5/

28

. . . 

Restarting of inducing action

5/

30

. . . . 

with axially-slidable combining nozzle

5/

32

. . . . 

with hinged flap in combining nozzle

5/

34

. . 

characterised by means for changing inducing-fluid source

5/

36

. . 

characterised by using specific inducing fluid

5/

38

. . . 

the inducing fluid being mercury vapour

5/

40

. . . 

the inducing fluid being oil vapour

5/

42

characterised by the input flow of inducing fluid medium being radial or tangential to output flow (cyclones B 04 C)

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44

Component parts, details, or accessories not provided for in, or of interest apart from, groups F 04 F 5/02 to F 04 F 5/42

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46

. . 

Arrangements of nozzles

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48

. . 

Control

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50

. . . 

of compressing pumps

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52

. . . 

of evacuating pumps

5/

54

Installations characterised by use of jet pumps, e.g. combinations of two or more jet pumps of different type

7/

00

Pumps displacing fluids by using inertia thereof, e.g. by generating vibrations therein

7/

02

Hydraulic rams

9/

00

Diffusion pumps

9/

02

of multi-stage type

9/

04

in combination with fore pumps, e.g. use of isolating valves

9/

06

Arrangement of vapour traps

9/

08

Control

10/

00

Siphons

10/

02

Gravity-actuated siphons

11/

00

Other pumps (evacuating by sorption F 04 B)

11/

02

Pressure exchangers [3]

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