| IPC 7 English version |
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| SECTION F – MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING |
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| F 17 | STORING OR DISTRIBUTING GASES OR LIQUIDS (water supply E03B) |
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| F 17 C | VESSELS FOR CONTAINING OR STORING COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED, OR SOLIDIFIED GASES; FIXED-CAPACITY GAS-HOLDERS; FILLING VESSELS WITH, OR DISCHARGING FROM VESSELS, COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED, OR SOLIDIFIED GASES (storing fluids in natural or artificial cavities or chambers in the earth B65G 5/00; construction or assembling of bulk storage containers employing civil-engineering techniques E04H 7/00; variable-capacity gas-holders F17B; liquefaction or refrigeration machines, plants, or systems F25) |
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| Subclass Index |
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| VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE; VESSELS NOT UNDER PRESSURE; DETAILS |
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| FILLING; DISCHARGING |
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| USE OF GAS-SOLVENTS OR GAS-ABSORBENTS |
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1/ | 00 | Pressure vessels, e.g. gas cylinder, gas tank, replaceable cartridge (pressurised apparatus for purposes other than storage, see the relevant subclasses such as A62C, B05B; associated with vehicles, see the appropriate subclass of classes B60 to B64; pressure vessels in general F16J 12/00) |
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1/ | 02 | . | involving reinforcing arrangements [4] |
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1/ | 04 | . | . | Protecting sheatings |
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1/ | 06 | . | . | . | built-up from wound-on bands or filamentary material, e.g. wires [4] |
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1/ | 08 | . | . | Integral reinforcements, e.g. ribs |
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1/ | 10 | . | with provision for protection against corrosion, e.g. due to gaseous acid (inhibiting corrosion of metallic material or incrustation in general C23F) [4] |
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1/ | 12 | . | with provision for thermal insulation (thermal insulation in general F16L 59/00) [4] |
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1/ | 14 | . | constructed of aluminium; constructed of non-magnetic steel |
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1/ | 16 | . | constructed of plastics materials |
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3/ | 00 | Vessels not under pressure |
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3/ | 02 | . | with provision for thermal insulation (thermal insulation in general F16L 59/00) |
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3/ | 04 | . | . | by insulating layers (F17C 3/08 takes precedence) |
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3/ | 06 | . | . | . | on the inner surface, i.e. in contact with the stored fluid [4] |
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3/ | 08 | . | . | by vacuum spaces, e.g. Dewar flask (for household use A47J 41/02) |
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3/ | 10 | . | . | by liquid-circulating or vapour-circulating jackets |
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3/ | 12 | . | with provision for protection against corrosion, e.g. due to gaseous acid (protection against corrosion in general C23F) |
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5/ | 00 | Methods or apparatus for filling pressure vessels with liquefied, solidified, or compressed gases (adding propellants to aerosol containers B65B 31/00) |
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| Note |
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| This group covers: |
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| – | the filling of vessels for storage of compressed or liquefied gases; |
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| – | the filling of pressurised apparatus insofar as it is not covered by a single other subclass, e.g. A62C, B05B. |
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5/ | 02 | . | for filling with liquefied gases |
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5/ | 04 | . | . | requiring the use of refrigeration, e.g. filling with helium or hydrogen |
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5/ | 06 | . | for filling with compressed gases |
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6/ | 00 | Methods or apparatus for filling vessels not under pressure with liquefied or solidified gases [3] |
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7/ | 00 | Methods or apparatus for discharging liquefied, solidified, or compressed gases from pressure vessels, not covered by another subclass |
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7/ | 02 | . | Discharging liquefied gases |
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7/ | 04 | . | . | with change of state, e.g. vaporisation [3] |
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9/ | 00 | Methods or apparatus for discharging liquefied or solidified gases from vessels not under pressure |
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9/ | 02 | . | with change of state, e.g. vaporisation |
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9/ | 04 | . | . | Recovery of thermal energy [3] |
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11/ | 00 | Use of gas-solvents or gas-sorbents in vessels |
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13/ | 00 | Details of vessels or of the filling or discharging of vessels |
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13/ | 02 | . | Special adaptations of indicating, measuring, or monitoring equipment (measuring in general G01) |
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13/ | 04 | . | Arrangement or mounting of valves (valves per se F16K) |
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13/ | 06 | . | Closures, e.g. cap, breakable member (closures for containers in general B65D) |
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13/ | 08 | . | Mounting arrangements for vessels |
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13/ | 10 | . | Arrangements for preventing freezing |
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13/ | 12 | . | Arrangements or mounting of devices for preventing or minimising the effect of explosion (flame traps A62C 4/00) |
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