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					<text>SECTION F <emdash/> MECHANICAL ENGINEERING</text>
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					<text>LIGHTING</text>
				</titlePart>
				<titlePart>
					<text>HEATING</text>
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				<titlePart>
					<text>WEAPONS</text>
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				<titlePart>
					<text>BLASTING</text>
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						<text>MACHINES</text>
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							<text>positive displacement</text>
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								<text>rotary or oscillating piston</text>
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									<text>liquid <u>and</u> elastic fluid or elastic fluid</text>
									<references>
										<sref ref="F01C"/>
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									<text>liquid only</text>
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										<sref ref="F04C"/>
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								<text>reciprocating piston or other</text>
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									<text>liquid <u>and</u> elastic fluid or elastic fluid</text>
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										<sref ref="F01B"/>
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									<text>liquid only</text>
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										<sref ref="F04B"/>
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							<text>non-positive displacement</text>
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								<text>liquid <u>and</u> elastic fluid or elastic fluid</text>
								<references>
									<sref ref="F01D"/>
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								<text>liquid only</text>
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									<sref ref="F03B"/>
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						<text>ENGINES</text>
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							<text>positive displacement</text>
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								<text>rotary or oscillating piston</text>
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									<text>liquid <u>and</u> elastic fluid or elastic fluid</text>
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										<sref ref="F01C"/>
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									<text>liquid only</text>
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										<sref ref="F03C"/>
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								<text>reciprocating piston or other</text>
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									<text>liquid <u>and</u> elastic fluid or elastic fluid</text>
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										<sref ref="F01B"/>
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									<text>liquid only</text>
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										<sref ref="F03C"/>
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							<text>non-positive displacement</text>
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								<text>liquid <u>and</u> elastic fluid or elastic fluid</text>
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									<sref ref="F01D"/>
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								<text>liquid only</text>
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									<sref ref="F03B"/>
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						<text>PUMPS</text>
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							<text>positive displacement</text>
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								<text>rotary or oscillating piston</text>
								<references>
									<sref ref="F04C"/>
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								<text>reciprocating piston or other</text>
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									<sref ref="F04B"/>
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							<text>non-positive displacement</text>
							<references>
								<sref ref="F04D"/>
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				<title>
					<titlePart>
						<text>LIGHTING</text>
					</titlePart>
					<titlePart>
						<text>HEATING</text>
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				<title>
					<titlePart>
						<text>COMBUSTION APPARATUS</text>
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						<text>COMBUSTION PROCESSES</text>
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					<note type="none">
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							<text>In this class, the following terms or expressions are used with the meanings indicated:</text>
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									<text>"combustion" means the direct combination of oxygen gas, e.g. in air, and a burnable substance. Any other heat-producing combination of chemical substances, e.g. hydrogen peroxide and methane, iron oxide and aluminium, is covered by section C or by subclass <sref ref="F24J"/>;</text>
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									<text>"combustion chamber" means a chamber in which fuel is burned to establish a self-supporting fire or flame and which surrounds that fire or flame;</text>
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									<text>"burner" means a device by which fluent fuel is passed to a combustion space where it burns to produce a self-supporting flame;</text>
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									<text>"air" means a mixture of gases containing free oxygen and able to promote or support combustion.</text>
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							<text>FEEDING FUEL TO COMBUSTION APPARATUS</text>
							<entryReference>fuel feeders specially adapted for fluidised bed combustion apparatus <sref ref="F23C0010220000"/></entryReference>
							<entryReference>regulating or controlling combustion <sref ref="F23N"/></entryReference>
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								<text>Preparation of lump or pulverulent fuel in readiness for delivery to combustion apparatus</text>
								<entryReference>filtration <sref ref="B01D"/></entryReference>
								<entryReference>mixing <sref ref="B01F"/></entryReference>
								<entryReference>pulverising <sref ref="B02C"/></entryReference>
								<entryReference>drying <sref ref="F26B"/></entryReference>
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									<text>Mixing solid fuel with a liquid, e.g. preparing slurries</text>
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									<text>Heating fuel prior to delivery to combustion apparatus</text>
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								<text>Feeding or distributing of lump or pulverulent fuel to combustion apparatus</text>
								<entryReference>conveying in general <sref ref="B65G"/></entryReference>
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									<text>Pneumatic feeding arrangements, i.e. by air blast</text>
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					<ipcEntry kind="1" symbol="F23K0003040000" ipcLevel="A" entryType="K" lang="EN" nocore="yes">
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									<text>for locomotive boiler furnaces</text>
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					<ipcEntry kind="1" symbol="F23K0003060000" ipcLevel="A" entryType="K" lang="EN" nocore="yes">
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									<text>for shaft-type furnaces</text>
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					<ipcEntry kind="1" symbol="F23K0003080000" ipcLevel="A" entryType="K" lang="EN" nocore="yes">
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									<text>for furnaces having movable grate bars</text>
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									<text>Under-feed arrangements</text>
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										<text>feeding by piston</text>
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						<ipcEntry kind="2" symbol="F23K0003140000" ipcLevel="A" entryType="K" lang="EN" nocore="yes">
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										<text>feeding by screw</text>
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									<text>Over-feed arrangements</text>
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						<ipcEntry kind="2" symbol="F23K0003180000" ipcLevel="A" entryType="K" lang="EN" nocore="yes">
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								<title>
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										<text>Spreader stokers</text>
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											<text>with moving hoppers</text>
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									<text>Controlling thickness of fuel bed</text>
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								<text>Feeding or distributing other fuel to combustion apparatus</text>
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									<text>Liquid fuel</text>
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										<text>Feeding or distributing systems using pumps</text>
										<entryReference><sref ref="F23K0005060000"/> takes precedence</entryReference>
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										<text>from a central source to a plurality of burners</text>
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						<ipcEntry kind="2" symbol="F23K0005080000" ipcLevel="A" edition="19900101" entryType="K" lang="EN" nocore="yes">
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								<title>
									<titlePart>
										<text>Preparation of fuel</text>
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											<text>Mixing with other fluids</text>
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										<title>
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												<text>Preparing emulsions</text>
												<entryReference>burners spraying an emulsion of water and fuel into the combustion space <sref ref="F23D0011160000"/></entryReference>
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						<ipcEntry kind="2" symbol="F23K0005140000" ipcLevel="A" edition="19900101" entryType="K" lang="EN" nocore="yes">
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										<text>Details thereof</text>
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										<titlePart>
											<text>Safety devices</text>
											<entryReference><sref ref="F23K0005180000"/> takes precedence</entryReference>
											<entryReference>safety arrangements for combustion chambers <sref ref="F23M0011000000"/></entryReference>
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							<ipcEntry kind="3" symbol="F23K0005180000" ipcLevel="A" edition="19900101" entryType="K" lang="EN" nocore="yes">
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									<title>
										<titlePart>
											<text>Cleaning or purging devices, e.g. filters</text>
										</titlePart>
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							<ipcEntry kind="3" symbol="F23K0005200000" ipcLevel="A" edition="19900101" entryType="K" lang="EN" nocore="yes">
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									<title>
										<titlePart>
											<text>Preheating devices</text>
											<entryReference>in burners using a direct spraying action of liquid droplets or vaporised liquid into the combustion space <sref ref="F23D0011440000"/></entryReference>
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							<ipcEntry kind="3" symbol="F23K0005220000" ipcLevel="A" edition="19900101" entryType="K" lang="EN" nocore="yes">
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									<title>
										<titlePart>
											<text>Vaporising devices</text>
											<entryReference>in burners using a direct spraying action of liquid droplets or vaporised liquid into the combustion space <sref ref="F23D0011440000"/></entryReference>
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