IPC 7 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 A21B, glass melting furnaces C03B, coke or gas-making apparatus C10B, C10J, apparatus for cracking hydrocarbons C10G, blast furnaces C21B, converters for making steel C21C, furnaces for heat treatment of metal C21D; furnaces for electroslag or arc remelting of metals C22B 9/00; enamelling ovens C23D; combustion apparatus F23; electric heating H05B) [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 F23)


Note

 Attention is drawn to the references and Notes following the title of class F27 and Note III following the Contents of Section of section H.


Subclass Index

CONSTRUCTIONAL FEATURES 

F27D 1/00 

HANDLING AND SUPPORTING CHARGE 

F27D 3/00, F27D 5/00, F27D 15/00 

PREHEATING CHARGE; COOLING; USING WASTE HEAT OR GASES 

F27D 13/00; F27D 9/00, F27D 15/02; F27D 17/00 

ARRANGEMENTS OF ELECTRIC HEATING ELEMENTS 

F27D 11/00 

ARRANGEMENTS OF CONTROL AND SAFETY DEVICES 

F27D 19/00, F27D 21/00 

OTHER FEATURES; OTHER DETAILS 

F27D 7/00; F27D 23/00 



1/

00Casings; Linings; Walls; Roofs (refractory materials C04B; firebridges for combustion chambers F23M 3/00)

1/

02.Crowns; Roofs

1/

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

1/

06..Composite bricks or blocks

1/

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

1/

10.Monolithic linings; Supports therefor

1/

12.incorporating cooling arrangements (constructions of tube assemblies in general F28)

1/

14.Supports for linings (F27D 1/10 takes precedence)

1/

16.Making or repairing linings

1/

18.Door frames; Doors, lids, removable covers


3/

00Charging; Discharging; Manipulation of charge (conveying systems characterised by their application for specified purposes not otherwise provided for B65G 49/00; moving charge through a furnace F27B 9/14)

3/

02.Skids or tracks for heavy objects

3/

04.Ram or pusher apparatus

3/

06.Charging or discharging machines on travelling carriages

3/

08.Screw feeders; Screw dischargers

3/

10.Charging directly from hoppers or shoots

3/

12.Travelling or movable supports or containers for the charge

3/

14.Charging or discharging liquid or molten material

3/

15.Tapping equipment; Equipment for removing slag

3/

16.Introducing a fluid jet or current into the charge (F27D 3/18 takes precedence)  [3]

3/

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


5/

00Supports, screens, or the like for the charge within the furnace (travelling or movable supports F27D 3/12)


7/

00Forming, maintaining, or circulating atmospheres in heating chambers

7/

02.Supplying steam, vapour, gases, or liquids

7/

04.Circulating atmospheres by mechanical means

7/

06.Forming or maintaining special atmospheres or vacuum within heating chambers (F27D 7/02 takes precedence)


9/

00Cooling of furnaces or of charges therein (F27D 1/00, F27D 3/00 take precedence)


11/

00Arrangement of elements for electric heating in or on furnaces (electric heating per se H05B)

11/

02.Ohmic resistance heating

11/

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

11/

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

11/

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

11/

10..Disposition of electrodes (automatic control of temperature G05D 23/00; electric discharge apparatus H01T; arrangements for feeding or guiding electrodes H05B 7/10; automatic control of power by positioning of electrodes H05B 7/144)  [3]

11/

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


13/

00Apparatus for preheating charges; Arrangements for preheating charges


15/

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

15/

02.Cooling


17/

00Arrangement for using waste heat (heat-exchangers per se F28); Arrangement for using, or disposing of, waste gases (removing fumes in general B08B 15/00)


19/

00Arrangement of controlling devices


21/

00Arrangement of monitoring devices; Arrangements of safety devices

21/

02.Observation or illuminating devices

21/

04.Arrangements of indicators or alarms


23/

00Details or accessories not covered by any preceding group

23/

02.Devices for removing incrustations

23/

04.Stirring devices for molten material (mixing in general B01F)  [3]