|  | B |
SECTION B — PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING

SEPARATING; MIXING

|  | B01 - B07 |
Note(s) The following notes are meant to assist in the use of this part of the classification scheme; they must not be read as modifying in any way the elaborations. In this sub-section, the separation of different materials, e.g. of different matter, size, or state, is predominantly found in the following subclasses: Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B01D Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B03B, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B03C, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B03D Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B04B, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B04C Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B07B, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B07C. The classifying characteristics of these subclasses are: the physical state of the matter to be separated; the principle of the process used; particular kinds of apparatus. The first of these characteristics involves six different aspects, assembled in three groups: liquid/liquid or liquid/gas and gas/gas; solid/liquid or solid/gas; solid/solid. These subclasses are to be used according to the following general rules: Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B01D is the most general class as far as separation other than solids from solids is concerned. Apparatus for separating solids from solids are covered by Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B03B when the process concerned is regarded as the equivalent of "washing" in the sense of the mining art, even if such apparatus is a pneumatic one, especially pneumatic tables or jigs. Screens per se are not covered by this subclass but are classified in Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B07B, even if they are being used in a wet process. All other apparatus for the separation of solids from solids according to dry methods are classified in Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B07B. If the separation takes place as a result of the detection or measurement of some feature of the material or articles to be sorted it is classified in Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B07C. It should also be noted that the separation of isotopes of the same chemical element is covered by Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B01D 59/00, whatever process or apparatus is employed.

|  | B01 - B07 |
Subsection index
LIQUID/LIQUID, LIQUID/GAS OR GAS/GAS SEPARATION |
Method |
General operations | B01D
by centrifugal force, using centrifuges or free-vortex apparatus | B01D
using magnetic or electrostatic effect | B03C
Apparatus |
General operations | B01D
by centrifugal force, using centrifuges or free-vortex apparatus | B04B, B04C
using magnetic or electrostatic effect | B03C
SOLID/LIQUID OR SOLID/GAS SEPARATION |
Method |
General operations | B01D
by centrifugal force | B01D
using centrifuges or free-vortex apparatus | B01D
using magnetic or electrostatic effect | B03C
Apparatus |
General operations | B01D
by centrifugal force | B01D
using centrifuges or free-vortex apparatus | B04B, B04C
using magnetic or electrostatic effect | B03C
SOLID/SOLID SEPARATION |
Method |
Dry methods |
material in bulk | B07B
Individual sorting | B07C
Screening, sifting, pneumatic sorting | B07B
using pneumatic tables or jigs | B03B
by magnetic or electrostatic effect | B03C
by centrifugal force | B07B
using centrifuges or free-vortex apparatus | B07B
Wet methods |
General operations | B03B
flotation, differential sedimentation | B03D
screening | B07B
Combinations Dry methods - wet methods | B03B
Apparatus |
Dry methods |
material in bulk | B07B
Individual sorting | B07C
Screening, sifting, pneumatic sorting | B07B
using pneumatic tables or jigs | B03B
by magnetic or electrostatic effect | B03C
by centrifugal force | B07B
using centrifuges or free-vortex apparatus | B04B, B04C
Wet methods |
General operations | B03B
flotation, differential sedimentation | B03D
screening | B07B
Combinations Dry methods - wet methods | B03B

|  | B02 |
CRUSHING, PULVERISING, OR DISINTEGRATING; PREPARATORY TREATMENT OF GRAIN FOR MILLING

|  | B02C |
CRUSHING, PULVERISING, OR DISINTEGRATING IN GENERAL; MILLING GRAIN (obtaining metallic powder by crushing, grinding or milling Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B22F 9/04)

|  | B02C |
Subclass index
DISINTEGRATING IN GENERAL |
Using reciprocating or rotary crushers | 1/00, 2/00
Using rollers | 4/00
Using discs | 7/00
Using rotary beaters | 13/00
By tumbling | 17/00
Otherwise | 15/00, 18/00, 19/00
Auxiliary methods, accessories | 23/00
DISINTEGRATING PLANT; CONTROL ARRANGEMENTS | 21/00; 25/00
MILLING METHODS OR MILLS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR GRAIN; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR | 4/06, 4/16, 4/24, 4/38, 7/13, 7/18, 9/00; 11/00

P:40 |  | B02C 1/00 |
Crushing or disintegrating by reciprocating members

|  | B02C 1/02 |
· | Jaw crushers or pulverisers

|  | B02C 1/04 |
· · | with single-acting jaws

|  | B02C 1/06 |
· · | with double-acting jaws

|  | B02C 1/08 |
· · | with jaws coacting with a rotating roller

|  | B02C 1/10 |
· · | Shape or construction of jaws

|  | B02C 1/12 |
· | Mills with non-rotating spiked members

|  | B02C 1/14 |
· | Stamping mills

P:50 |  | B02C 2/00 |
Crushing or disintegrating by gyratory or cone crushers

|  | B02C 2/02 |
· | eccentrically moved

|  | B02C 2/04 |
· · | with vertical axis

|  | B02C 2/06 |
· · · | and with top bearing

|  | B02C 2/08 |
· · | with horizontal axis

|  | B02C 2/10 |
· | concentrically moved; Bell crushers

P:60 |  | B02C 4/00 |
Crushing or disintegrating by roller mills (with milling members in the form of rollers or balls co-operating with rings or discs Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B02C 15/00; roller mills or roll refiners exclusively for chocolate Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A23G 1/10, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A23G 1/12)

|  | B02C 4/02 |
· | with two or more rollers

|  | B02C 4/04 |
· · | specially adapted for milling paste-like material, e.g. paint, chocolate, colloids

|  | B02C 4/06 |
· · | specially adapted for milling grain

|  | B02C 4/08 |
· · | with co-operating corrugated or toothed crushing-rollers

|  | B02C 4/10 |
· | with a roller co-operating with a stationary member

|  | B02C 4/12 |
· · | in the form of a plate

|  | B02C 4/14 |
· · · | specially adapted for milling paste-like material, e.g. paint, chocolate, colloids

|  | B02C 4/16 |
· · · | specially adapted for milling grain

|  | B02C 4/18 |
· · | in the form of a bar

|  | B02C 4/20 |
· · · | wherein the roller is corrugated or toothed

|  | B02C 4/22 |
· · · | specially adapted for milling paste-like material, e.g. paint, chocolate, colloids

|  | B02C 4/24 |
· · · | specially adapted for milling grain

|  | B02C 4/26 |
· · | in the form of a grid or grating

|  | B02C 4/28 |
· | Details

|  | B02C 4/30 |
· · | Shape or construction of rollers

|  | B02C 4/32 |
· · | Adjusting, applying pressure to, or controlling the distance between, milling members

|  | B02C 4/34 |
· · · | in mills wherein a roller co-operates with a stationary member

|  | B02C 4/36 |
· · · | in mills specially adapted for paste-like materials

|  | B02C 4/38 |
· · · | in grain mills

|  | B02C 4/40 |
· · | Detachers, e.g. scrapers

|  | B02C 4/42 |
· · | Driving mechanisms; Roller speed control

|  | B02C 4/44 |
· · | Cooling or heating rollers or bars

P:70 |  | B02C 7/00 |
Crushing or disintegrating by disc mills (apparatus specially adapted for manufacture or treatment of cocoa or cocoa products exclusively Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A23G 1/04)

|  | B02C 7/02 |
· | with coaxial discs

|  | B02C 7/04 |
· · | with concentric circles of intermeshing teeth

|  | B02C 7/06 |
· · | with horizontal axis (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B02C 7/04 takes precedence)

|  | B02C 7/08 |
· · | with vertical axis (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B02C 7/04 takes precedence)

|  | B02C 7/10 |
· | with eccentric discs

|  | B02C 7/11 |
· | Details

|  | B02C 7/12 |
· · | Shape or construction of discs

|  | B02C 7/13 |
· · · | for grain mills

|  | B02C 7/14 |
· · | Adjusting, applying pressure to, or controlling distance between, discs

|  | B02C 7/16 |
· · | Driving mechanisms

|  | B02C 7/17 |
· · | Cooling or heating of discs

|  | B02C 7/175 |
· | Disc mills specially adapted for paste-like material, e.g. paint, chocolate, colloids

|  | B02C 7/18 |
· | Disc mills specially adapted for grain

P:10 |  | B02C 9/00 |
Other milling methods or mills specially adapted for grain

|  | B02C 9/02 |
· | Cutting or splitting grain

|  | B02C 9/04 |
· | Systems or sequences of operations; Plant

P:20 |  | B02C 11/00 |
Other auxiliary devices or accessories specially adapted for grain mills

|  | B02C 11/02 |
· | Breaking up amassed particles, e.g. flakes

|  | B02C 11/04 |
· | Feeding devices

|  | B02C 11/06 |
· | Arrangements for preventing fire or explosion (methods for preventing or extinguishing fires, devices therefor Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A62C)

|  | B02C 11/08 |
· | Cooling, heating, ventilating, conditioning with respect to temperature or water content (conditioning grain before milling Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B02B 1/08; air-conditioning or ventilating in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F24F)

P:80 |  | B02C 13/00 |
Disintegrating by mills having rotary beater elements

|  | B02C 13/02 |
· | with horizontal rotor shaft (with axial flow Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B02C 13/10)

|  | B02C 13/04 |
· · | with beaters hinged to the rotor; Hammer mills

|  | B02C 13/06 |
· · | with beaters rigidly connected to the rotor

|  | B02C 13/08 |
· · · | and acting as a fan

|  | B02C 13/09 |
· · · | and throwing the material against an anvil or impact plate

|  | B02C 13/10 |
· | with horizontal rotor shaft and axial flow

|  | B02C 13/12 |
· · | with vortex chamber

|  | B02C 13/13 |
· | with horizontal rotor shaft and combined with sifting devices, e.g. for making powdered fuel

|  | B02C 13/14 |
· | with vertical rotor shaft, e.g. combined with sifting devices

|  | B02C 13/16 |
· · | with beaters hinged to the rotor

|  | B02C 13/18 |
· · | with beaters rigidly connected to the rotor

|  | B02C 13/20 |
· | with two or more co-operating rotors

|  | B02C 13/22 |
· | with intermeshing pins

|  | B02C 13/24 |
· · | arranged around a vertical axis

|  | B02C 13/26 |
· | Details

|  | B02C 13/28 |
· · | Shape or construction of beater elements

|  | B02C 13/282 |
· · | Shape or inner surface of mill-housings

|  | B02C 13/284 |
· · · | Built-in screens

|  | B02C 13/286 |
· · | Feeding or discharge

|  | B02C 13/288 |
· · | Ventilating, or influencing air circulation

|  | B02C 13/30 |
· · | Driving mechanisms

|  | B02C 13/31 |
· · | Safety devices or measures

P:90 |  | B02C 15/00 |
Disintegrating by milling members in the form of rollers or balls co-operating with rings or discs

|  | B02C 15/02 |
· | Centrifugal pendulum-type mills

|  | B02C 15/04 |
· | Mills with pressed pendularly-mounted rollers, e.g. spring pressed [4]

|  | B02C 15/06 |
· | Mills with rollers forced against the interior of a rotary ring, e.g. under spring action (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B02C 15/04 takes precedence) [4]

|  | B02C 15/08 |
· | Mills with balls or rollers centrifugally forced against the inner surface of a ring, the balls or rollers of which are driven by a centrally arranged member (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B02C 15/02 takes precedence)

|  | B02C 15/10 |
· | Mills with balls or rollers centrifugally forced against the inner surface of a ring, the balls or rollers of which are driven by other means than a centrally-arranged member

|  | B02C 15/12 |
· | Mills with at least two discs and interposed balls or rollers mounted like ball or roller bearings [4]

|  | B02C 15/14 |
· | Edge runners, e.g. Chile mills

|  | B02C 15/16 |
· | with milling members essentially having different peripheral speeds and in the form of a hollow cylinder or cone and an internal roller or cone

P:100 |  | B02C 17/00 |
Disintegrating by tumbling mills, i.e. mills having a container charged with the material to be disintegrated with or without special disintegrating members such as pebbles or balls (high-speed drum mills Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B02C 19/11)

|  | B02C 17/02 |
· | with perforated container

|  | B02C 17/04 |
· | with unperforated container

|  | B02C 17/06 |
· · | with several compartments

|  | B02C 17/07 |
· · · | in radial arrangement

|  | B02C 17/08 |
· · | with containers performing a planetary movement

|  | B02C 17/10 |
· | with one or a few disintegrating members arranged in the container

|  | B02C 17/14 |
· | Mills in which the charge to be ground is turned over by movements of the container other than by rotating, e.g. by swinging, vibrating, tilting

|  | B02C 17/16 |
· | Mills in which a fixed container houses stirring means tumbling the charge

|  | B02C 17/18 |
· | Details

|  | B02C 17/20 |
· · | Disintegrating members

|  | B02C 17/22 |
· · | Lining for containers

|  | B02C 17/24 |
· · | Driving mechanisms

P:110 |  | B02C 18/00 |
Disintegrating by knives or other cutting or tearing members which chop material into fragments (slicing Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B26D); Mincing machines or similar apparatus using worms or the like (machines for domestic use not covered otherwise Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A47J 43/04; multi-purpose machines for preparing food Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A47J 44/00)

|  | B02C 18/02 |
· | with reciprocating knives

|  | B02C 18/04 |
· · | Details

|  | B02C 18/06 |
· | with rotating knives

|  | B02C 18/08 |
· · | within vertical containers

|  | B02C 18/10 |
· · · | with drive arranged above container

|  | B02C 18/12 |
· · · | with drive arranged below container

|  | B02C 18/14 |
· · | within horizontal containers

|  | B02C 18/16 |
· · | Details

|  | B02C 18/18 |
· · · | Knives; Mountings thereof

|  | B02C 18/20 |
· · · · | Sickle-shaped knives

|  | B02C 18/22 |
· · · | Feed or discharge means

|  | B02C 18/24 |
· · · | Drives

|  | B02C 18/26 |
· | with knives which both reciprocate and rotate

|  | B02C 18/28 |
· | with spiked cylinders

|  | B02C 18/30 |
· | Mincing machines with perforated discs and feeding worms

|  | B02C 18/32 |
· · | with sharpening devices

|  | B02C 18/34 |
· · | with means for cleaning the perforated discs

|  | B02C 18/36 |
· · | Knives or perforated discs

|  | B02C 18/38 |
· · | Drives

P:120 |  | B02C 19/00 |
Other disintegrating devices or methods (for grain Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B02C 9/00)

|  | B02C 19/06 |
· | Jet mills

|  | B02C 19/08 |
· | Pestle and mortar

|  | B02C 19/10 |
· | Mills in which a friction block is towed along the surface of a cylindrical or annular member

|  | B02C 19/11 |
· | High-speed drum mills (for separating Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B04B)

|  | B02C 19/16 |
· | Mills provided with vibrators (tumbling mills Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B02C 17/14)

|  | B02C 19/18 |
· | Use of auxiliary physical effects, e.g. ultrasonics, irradiation, for disintegrating

|  | B02C 19/20 |
· | Disintegrating by grating

|  | B02C 19/22 |
· | Crushing mills with screw-shaped crushing means

P:30 |  | B02C 21/00 |
Disintegrating plant with or without drying of the material (for grain Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B02C 9/04)

|  | B02C 21/02 |
· | Transportable disintegrating plant

P:130 |  | B02C 23/00 |
Auxiliary methods or auxiliary devices or accessories specially adapted for crushing or disintegrating not provided for in groups Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B02C 1/00-B02C 21/00 or not specially adapted to apparatus covered by one only of groups Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B02C 1/00-B02C 21/00 (separating or sorting in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B03, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B04, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B07)

|  | B02C 23/02 |
· | Feeding devices (transport devices in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65G)

|  | B02C 23/04 |
· | Safety devices (in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F16P)

|  | B02C 23/06 |
· | Selection or use of additives to aid disintegrating

|  | B02C 23/08 |
· | Separating or sorting of material, associated with crushing or disintegrating (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B02C 23/18 takes precedence) [2]

|  | B02C 23/10 |
· · | with separator arranged in discharge path of crushing or disintegrating zone [2]

|  | B02C 23/12 |
· · · | with return of oversize material to crushing or disintegrating zone [2]

|  | B02C 23/14 |
· · | with more than one separator [2]

|  | B02C 23/16 |
· · | with separator defining termination of crushing or disintegrating zone, e.g. screen denying egress of oversize material [2]

|  | B02C 23/18 |
· | Adding fluid, other than for crushing or disintegrating by fluid energy (feeding devices Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B02C 23/02) [2]

|  | B02C 23/20 |
· · | after crushing or disintegrating [2]

|  | B02C 23/22 |
· · · | with recirculation of material to crushing or disintegrating zone [2]

|  | B02C 23/24 |
· · | Passing gas through crushing or disintegrating zone (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B02C 23/38, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B02C 23/40 take precedence) [2]

|  | B02C 23/26 |
· · · | characterised by point of gas entry or exit or by gas flow path [2]

|  | B02C 23/28 |
· · · | gas moving means being integral with, or attached to, crushing or disintegrating element [2]

|  | B02C 23/30 |
· · · | the applied gas acting to effect material separation (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B02C 23/34 takes precedence) [2]

|  | B02C 23/32 |
· · · | with return of oversize material to crushing or disintegrating zone (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B02C 23/34 takes precedence) [2]

|  | B02C 23/34 |
· · · | gas being recirculated to crushing or disintegrating zone [2]

|  | B02C 23/36 |
· · | the crushing or disintegrating zone being submerged in liquid [2]

|  | B02C 23/38 |
· · | in apparatus having multiple crushing or disintegrating zones [2]

|  | B02C 23/40 |
· · | with more than one means for adding fluid to the material being crushed or disintegrated [2]

P:0 |  | B02C 25/00 |
Control arrangements specially adapted for crushing or disintegrating