IPC 6 English version
 
F27D-F27D02304

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


F 27FURNACES; KILNS; OVENS; RETORTS (specially adapted for a purpose covered by a single other class and specifically mentioned in that class, see the class in question, e.g. bakery ovens A 21 B, glass melting furnaces C 03 B, coke or gas-making apparatus C 10 B, C 10 J, apparatus for cracking hydrocarbons C 10 G, blast furnaces C 21 B, converters for making steel C 21 C, furnaces for heat treatment of metal C 21 D; furnaces for electroslag or arc remelting of metals C 22 B 9/00; enamelling ovens C 23 D; combustion apparatus F 23; electric heating H 05 B) [4]


F 27 DDETAILS OR ACCESSORIES OF FURNACES, KILNS, OVENS, OR RETORTS, IN SO FAR AS THEY ARE OF KINDS OCCURRING IN MORE THAN ONE KIND OF FURNACE (combustion apparatus F 23)


 Note

 Attention is drawn to the references and Notes following the title of class F 27 and Note III following the Contents of Section of section H.



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00Casings; Linings; Walls; Roofs (refractory materials C 04 B; firebridges for combustion chambers F 23 M 3/00)

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02.Crowns; Roofs

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04.characterised by the form of the bricks or blocks used

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06..Composite bricks or blocks

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08...Bricks or blocks with internal reinforcement or metal backing

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10.Monolithic linings; Supports therefor

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12.incorporating cooling arrangements (constructions of tube assemblies in general F 28)

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14.Supports for linings (F 27 D 1/10 takes precedence)

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16.Making or repairing linings

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18.Door frames; Doors, lids, removable covers


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00Charging; Discharging; Manipulation of charge (conveying systems characterised by their application for specified purposes not otherwise provided for B 65 G 49/00; moving charge through a furnace F 27 B 9/14)

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02.Skids or tracks for heavy objects

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04.Ram or pusher apparatus

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06.Charging or discharging machines on travelling carriages

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08.Screw feeders; Screw dischargers

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10.Charging directly from hoppers or shoots

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12.Travelling or movable supports or containers for the charge

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14.Charging or discharging liquid or molten material

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15.Tapping equipment; Equipment for removing slag

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16.Introducing a fluid jet or current into the charge (F 27 D 3/18 takes precedence) [3]

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18.Charging particulate material using a fluid carrier [3]


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00Supports, screens, or the like for the charge within the furnace (travelling or movable supports F 27 D 3/12)


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00Forming, maintaining, or circulating atmospheres in heating chambers

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02.Supplying steam, vapour, gases, or liquids

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04.Circulating atmospheres by mechanical means

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06.Forming or maintaining special atmospheres or vacuum within heating chambers (F 27 D 7/02 takes precedence)


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00Cooling of furnaces or of charges therein (F 27 D 1/00, F 27 D 3/00 take precedence)


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00Arrangement of elements for electric heating in or on furnaces (electric heating per se H 05 B)

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02.Ohmic resistance heating

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04..with direct passage of current through the material being heated

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06.Induction heating, i.e. in which the material being heated, or its container or elements embodied therein, form the secondary of a transformer

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08.Heating by electric discharge, e.g. arc discharge

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10..Disposition of electrodes (automatic control of temperature G 05 D 23/00; electric discharge apparatus H 01 T; arrangements for feeding or guiding electrodes H 05 B 7/10; automatic control of power by positioning of electrodes H 05 B 7/144) [3]

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12.with electromagnetic fields acting directly on the material being heated


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00Apparatus for preheating charges; Arrangements for preheating charges


15/

00Handling or treating discharged material; Supports or receiving chambers therefor

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02.Cooling


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00Arrangement for using waste heat (heat-exchangers per se F 28); Arrangement for using, or disposing of, waste gases (removing fumes in general B 08 B 15/00)


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00Arrangement of controlling devices


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00Arrangement of monitoring devices; Arrangements of safety devices

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02.Observation or illuminating devices

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04.Arrangements of indicators or alarms


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00Details or accessories not covered by any preceding group

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02.Devices for removing incrustations

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04.Stirring devices for molten material (mixing in general B 01 F) [3]