IPC 6 English version F17C-F17C 13/12

F17C-F17C01312

SECTION F– MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING

F 17

STORING OR DISTRIBUTING GASES OR LIQUIDS (water supply E 03 B)

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 B 65 G 5/00; construction or assembling of bulk storage containers employing civil-engineering techniques E 04 H 7/00; variable-capacity gas-holders F 17 B; liquefaction or refrigeration machines, plants, or systems F 25)

Pressure vessels, e.g. gas cylinder, gas tank, replaceable cartridge (pressurised apparatus for purposes other than storage, see the relevant subclasses such as A 62 C, B 05 B; associated with vehicles, see the appropriate subclass of classes B 60 to B 64; pressure vessels in general F 16 J 12/00)

involving reinforcing arrangements [4]

Protecting sheatings

built-up from wound-on bands or filamentary material, e.g. wires [4]

Integral reinforcements, e.g. ribs

with provision for protection against corrosion, e.g. due to gaseous acid (inhibiting corrosion of metallic material or incrustation in general C 23 F) [4]

with provision for thermal insulation (thermal insulation in general F 16 L 59/00) [4]

constructed of aluminium; constructed of non-magnetic steel

constructed of plastics materials

Vessels not under pressure

with provision for thermal insulation (thermal insulation in general F 16 L 59/00)

by insulating layers (F 17 C 3/08 takes precedence)

on the inner surface, i.e. in contact with the stored fluid [4]

by vacuum spaces, e.g. Dewar flask (for household use A 47 J 41/02)

by liquid-circulating or vapour-circulating jackets

with provision for protection against corrosion, e.g. due to gaseous acid (protection against corrosion in general C 23 F)

Methods or apparatus for filling pressure vessels with liquefied, solidified, or compressed gases (adding propellants to aerosol containers B 65 B 31/00)

Note

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. A 62 C, B 05 B.

for filling with liquefied gases

requiring the use of refrigeration, e.g. filling with helium or hydrogen

for filling with compressed gases

Methods or apparatus for filling vessels not under pressure with liquefied or solidified gases [3]

Methods or apparatus for discharging liquefied, solidified, or compressed gases from pressure vessels, not covered by another subclass

Discharging liquefied gases

with change of state, e.g. vaporisation [3]

Methods or apparatus for discharging liquefied or solidified gases from vessels not under pressure

with change of state, e.g. vaporisation

Recovery of thermal energy [3]

11/

Use of gas-solvents or gas-sorbents in vessels

13/

Details of vessels or of the filling or discharging of vessels

13/

Special adaptations of indicating, measuring, or monitoring equipment (measuring in general G 01)

13/

Arrangement or mounting of valves (valves per se F 16 K)

13/

Closures, e.g. cap, breakable member (closures for containers in general B 65 D)

13/

Mounting arrangements for vessels

13/

Arrangements for preventing freezing

13/

Arrangements or mounting of devices for preventing or minimising the effect of explosion (flame traps A 62 C 4/00)