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| 4D053 | Cyclones | |
| B04C1/00 -11/00 | ||
| B04C1/00-11/00 | AA | AA00 OBJECT SUBSTANCES |
AA01 | AA03 | ||||||||
| . Liquids | . Solids | |||||||||||
| AB | AB00 CONVEYANCE FLUID |
AB01 | AB02 | AB04 | ||||||||
| . Gases | . . Steam | . Liquids | ||||||||||
| BA | BA00 NUMBER OF VORTEX CHAMBERS |
BA01 | BA03 | BA04 | BA05 | BA06 | BA07 | |||||
| . Single vortex chambers | . Multiple vortex chambers | . . Parallel vortex chambers | . . . Serial chamber arrangements | . . . . Discharge opening of the first chamber leads into the intake opening of the second chamber | . . . . Outlet pipe of the first chamber leads into the intake opening of the second chamber | |||||||
| BB | BB00 OVERALL SHAPES OF VORTEX CHAMBERS |
BB01 | BB02 | BB03 | BB04 | BB06 | BB07 | BB08 | BB10 | |||
| . Conical shapes | . . Circular-conical shapes | . . . Elliptical-conical shapes | . . Inverted-conical shapes | . Tubular shapes only (i.e., including tubes with cross sections that are not tubular) | . . Cylinders (e.g., short cylinders) | . . . Long cylinders | . Spherical shapes | |||||
| BC | BC00 DIRECTION OF CARRIER-FLUID INTAKE WITH RELATION TO THE AXIS OF THE CURRENT |
BC01 | BC03 | BC05 | ||||||||
| . Intake from a tangential direction | . Intake from the axial direction | . Intake from tangential and axial directions | ||||||||||
| BD | BD00 DIRECTION OF CURRENT DISCHARGE |
BD01 | BD02 | BD04 | BD05 | BD07 | ||||||
| . Discharge in same direction as rotation (e.g., vertical axis) | . . Discharge along horizontal axis or inclined axis | . Discharge in the opposite direction of rotation | . . Discharge along the horizontal axis or inclined axis | . Discharge in both directions | ||||||||
| CA | CA00 DETAILS OF THE STRUCTURE OF THE SUCTION UNIT |
CA01 | CA02 | CA03 | CA04 | CA05 | CA06 | CA07 | CA08 | |||
| . Units with an intake opening in the tangential direction | . . Characteristic slits or nozzles of intake openings | . . . Units with an intake opening along the entire axis of the vortex chamber | . . . Multiple intake openings | . . . Intake openings with flow rectifiers | . . . . Rectifier plates | . . . . Spiral blades | . . . Flow adjustment of carrier-fluid | |||||
| CA12 | CA13 | CA15 | CA17 | CA18 | CA20 | |||||||
| . . Intake opening currents that function as guide channels (e.g., spiral channels) | . . . Pipes | . . Intake that passes through to a secondary intake opening after entering the first intake opening | . . Guiding and accelerating of secondary fluids | . . . Structures with a secondary fluid intake opening on a separate wall of the vortex chamber | . . Structures with movable blades mounted inside of the intake openings | |||||||
| CA21 | CA22 | CA23 | CA24 | CA25 | CA27 | CA29 | CA30 | |||||
| . Structures having intake openings along the axis | . . Structures with fixed blades inside of the intake openings | . . . Spiral blades | . . . Fixed blade cores | . . Discharging of fluid in the circumferential direction | . . Fixed blades mounted on walls of the intake openings | . . Movable blades mounted inside intake openings | . . . Discharging of fluid in a circumferential direction | |||||
| CA31 | ||||||||||||
| . Structures with intake openings both tangentially and axially | ||||||||||||
| CB | CB00 STRUCTURE OF VORTEX CHAMBERS |
CB01 | CB02 | CB03 | CB04 | CB05 | CB07 | CB08 | ||||
| . Characteristic partial wall shape of vortex chambers | . . Cone shapes | . . . Cones with grooves | . . Shapes of tube walls | . . Shapes of tube bottom | . . Vortex chambers with porous walls | . . . Porous cones | ||||||
| CB11 | CB12 | CB13 | CB14 | CB15 | CB17 | CB18 | ||||||
| . Articles arranged inside of vortex chambers (i.e., except those in CE, CF, or CG) | . . Inversion plates | . . Cylinders | . . Impact or guide plates | . . Inserts | . Characteristic materials or coating of vortex chambers | . . Abrasion prevention | ||||||
| CB21 | CB22 | CB23 | ||||||||||
| . Vortex chambers of adjustable size | . . Adjustment by means of inversion plates | . . Adjustment by means of inserts | ||||||||||
| CC | CC00 STRUCTURE OF CARRIER FLUID DISCHARGE PIPE |
CC01 | CC02 | CC04 | CC05 | CC07 | CC08 | CC10 | ||||
| . Characteristic partial shapes of vortex chamber walls (e.g., within vortex chamber) | . . Characteristic partial shapes of outlet pipes (e.g., outside the vortex chamber) | . Structures with filters installed on outlet pipes | . . Conical or cylindrical filters | . Discharge pipes using suction | . . Movable suction blades on the outlet pipe | . Collection of articles in the outlet pipes | ||||||
| CC11 | CC12 | CC13 | CC14 | CC16 | CC18 | |||||||
| . Adjustment of flow | . . Adjustment by vertical movement of the outlet pipes | . . Adjustment by valves | . . . Adjustment by lids | . Articles that link discharge pipes to intake openings | . Characteristic materials or coatings of outlet pipes | |||||||
| CD | CD00 STRUCTURE OF DISCHARGE OPENINGS FOR PARTICULAR SUBSTANCES |
CD01 | CD02 | CD03 | CD04 | CD05 | CD06 | CD07 | CD08 | |||
| . Characteristic discharge openings of conical vortex chambers | . . Discharge by screws | . . Discharge by rotors | . . Characteristic valve mechanisms | . . . Automatic discharge adjustment | . . . Discharge by means of double valves | . . Resistance plates mounted in the discharge openings | . . Secondary discharge openings on the wall of the cone | |||||
| CD11 | CD12 | CD13 | CD14 | CD15 | CD17 | |||||||
| . Discharge openings of cylindrical vortex chambers | . . Sides of the cylinder | . . Bottom of the cylinder | . . . Multiple discharge openings at the cylinder bottom | . . . Acceleration of discharge by means of rotors | . Discharge openings of vortex chambers with shapes other than conical or cylindrical shapes | |||||||
| CD21 | CD22 | CD23 | CD24 | CD25 | CD27 | CD28 | CD30 | |||||
| . Characteristic object-substance collection units which are located under discharge opening | . . Collection units of conical vortex chambers | . . Collection units of cylindrical vortex chambers | . . Bag-like collection units | . . Adjustment of discharge from the collection unit | . Carrier fluids that are discharged from discharge ports (e.g., blow-down) | . Articles for connection of collection and intake openings | . Blockage prevention as a characteristic | |||||
| CE | CE00 CLEANING |
CE01 | CE02 | CE03 | CE04 | CE05 | CE07 | CE09 | ||||
| . Characteristic cleaning means | . . Brushes | . . Vibration | . . Beating | . . Spraying of fluids | . Cleaning by means of overhauling the device | . Characteristic cleaning methods | ||||||
| CF | CF00 DEVICES WITH HEATING OR COOLING MEANS |
CF01 | CF02 | CF04 | CF05 | |||||||
| . Cooling | . . Cooling of the carrier fluid | . Heating | . . Heating of the carrier fluid | |||||||||
| CG | CG00 OTHER ACCESSORY DEVICES OR MEANS |
CG01 | CG02 | CG03 | CG05 | CG07 | CG09 | CG10 | ||||
| . Other devices inside cyclones | . . Electric dust-collectors | . . Magnetic devices | . Spraying of liquids for gaseous carrier fluids | . Soundproofing | . Characteristic control of cyclone operation | . . Characteristic control of multiple cyclones | ||||||
| DA | DA00 COMBINATIONS WITH OTHER DEVICES OR USES THEREOF |
DA01 | DA02 | DA03 | DA04 | DA06 | DA08 | DA10 | ||||
| . Dust collectors | . . Characteristic combinations with dust collectors (e.g., other than cyclones) | . Mist separators | . Cement-baking processes | . Burning processes | . Pulp-manufacturing processes | . Others |