MIXING, e.g. DISSOLVING, EMULSIFYING, DISPERSING (mixing paints B 44 D 3/06)
Note
In this subclass, the following term or expression is used with the meaning indicated:
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"mixing" covers stirring of a single material. [2]
1
/
00
Dissolving (separating by dissolving B 01 D
; dissolving to effect cooling F 25 D 5/00) [2]
3
/
00
Mixing, e.g. dispersing, emulsifying, according to the phases to be mixed
3
/
02
•
gases with gases or vapours
3
/
04
•
gases or vapours with liquids (mixing non-alcoholic beverages with gases
A 23 L 2/54)
3
/
06
•
gases or vapours with solids
3
/
08
•
liquids with liquids; Emulsifying
3
/
10
•
•
Mixing very viscous liquids
3
/
12
•
liquids with solids (displacing one liquid by another in dispersions of solids in liquids B 01 D 12/00)
3
/
14
•
•
Mixing very viscous liquids with solids
3
/
18
•
solid with solids
3
/
20
•
Pretreatment of the materials to be mixed
3
/
22
•
Aftertreatment of the mixture
Mixers
5
/
00
Flow mixers (sprayers, atomisers
B 05 B); Mixers for falling materials, e.g. solid particles (B 01 F 13/04 takes precedence; centrifugal mixers B 04)
5
/
02
•
Jet mixers
5
/
04
•
Injector mixers
5
/
06
•
Mixers in which the components are pressed together through slits, orifices, or screens (turbo-mixers B 01 F 5/16; colloid-mills B 02 C; mixing valves F 16 K 11/00)
5
/
08
•
•
Homogenising or emulsifying nozzles
5
/
10
•
Circulation mixers
5
/
12
•
Pump mixers
5
/
14
•
•
of the gear type
5
/
16
•
•
Turbo-mixers
5
/
18
•
Spray-mixers
5
/
20
•
•
with nozzles
5
/
22
•
•
with rotary discs
5
/
24
•
Falling particle mixers with repeated action
5
/
26
•
Falling particle mixers with moving means, e.g. stirrers for increasing the mixing
7
/
00
Mixers with rotary stirring devices in fixed receptacles; Kneaders (B 01 F 13/04 takes precedence)
7
/
02
•
with stirrers rotating about a horizontal or inclined axis
