|  | B |
SECTION B — PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING

|  | 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

TRANSPORTING

|  | B67 |
OPENING OR CLOSING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING (nozzles in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B05B; packaging liquids Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65B, e.g. Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65B 3/00; pumps in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F04; siphons Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F04F 10/00; valves Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F16K; handling liquefied gases Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F17C)

|  | B67D |
DISPENSING, DELIVERING, OR TRANSFERRING LIQUIDS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (cleaning pipes or tubes or systems of pipes or tubes Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B08B 9/02; emptying or filling of bottles, jars, cans, casks, barrels, or similar containers, not otherwise provided for Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B67C; water supply Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E03; pipe systems Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F17D; domestic hot-water supply systems Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F24D; measuring volume, volume flow, mass flow or liquid level, metering by volume Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G01F; coin-freed or like apparatus Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G07F) [5]

P:5 |  | B67D 1/00 |
Apparatus or devices for dispensing beverages on draught (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B67D 3/00 takes precedence; apparatus for making beverages Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A47J 31/00) [3]

|  | B67D 1/02 |
· | Beer engines or like manually-operable pumping apparatus

|  | B67D 1/04 |
· | Apparatus utilising compressed air or other gas acting directly or indirectly on beverages in storage containers

|  | B67D 1/06 |
· | Mountings or arrangements of dispensing apparatus in or on shop or bar counters (shop or bar counters per se Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A47F 9/00)

|  | B67D 1/07 |
· | Cleaning beverage-dispensing apparatus [5]

|  | B67D 1/08 |
· | Details

|  | B67D 1/10 |
· · | Pump mechanisms (in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F04)

|  | B67D 1/12 |
· · | Flow- or pressure-control devices or systems

|  | B67D 1/14 |
· · · | Reducing valves or control taps

|  | B67D 1/16 |
· · | Devices for collecting spilled beverages

P:0 |  | B67D 3/00 |
Apparatus or devices for controlling flow of liquids under gravity from storage containers for dispensing purposes (separating and dispensing metered quantities of liquids Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G01F)

|  | B67D 3/02 |
· | Liquid-dispensing valves having operating members arranged to be pressed upwards, e.g. by the rims of receptacles held below the delivery orifice

|  | B67D 3/04 |
· | Liquid-dispensing taps or cocks adapted to seal and open tapping-holes of casks, e.g. for beer

P:10 |  | B67D 5/00 |
Apparatus or devices for transferring liquids, not covered by groups Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B67D 1/00 or Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B67D 3/00 (general disposition of plant in stations for supplying fuel to vehicles Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60S 5/02; for filling or emptying locomotive water tanks, e.g. water columns, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B61K 11/00; for refuelling aircraft during flight Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B64D 39/00; liquid-handling ground installations specially adapted for fuelling stationary aircraft Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B64F 1/28) [3]

|  | B67D 5/01 |
· | from bulk storage containers or reservoirs into vehicles or into portable containers, e.g. for retail sale purposes (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B67D 5/68 takes precedence) [3]

|  | B67D 5/02 |
· · | for transferring liquids other than fuel or lubricants [3]

|  | B67D 5/04 |
· · | for transferring fuels, lubricants or mixed fuels and lubricants [3]

|  | B67D 5/06 |
· · | Details or accessories [3]

|  | B67D 5/08 |
· · · | Arrangements of devices for controlling, indicating, metering or registering quantity or price of liquid transferred (arrangement of flow- or pressure-control valves Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B67D 5/34; measuring volume or volume flow in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G01F; computing, calculating, counting Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G06; coin-freed apparatus for dispensing fluids Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G07F 13/00; prepayment devices for metering liquids Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G07F 15/00) [3]

|  | B67D 5/10 |
· · · · | operated by keys, push-buttons, or cash registers [3]

|  | B67D 5/12 |
· · · · | operated by movement of delivery hose or nozzle or by devices associated therewith [3]

|  | B67D 5/14 |
· · · · | responsive to input of recorded programmed information, e.g. on punched cards [3]

|  | B67D 5/16 |
· · · · | Arrangements of liquid meters [3]

|  | B67D 5/18 |
· · · · · | of piston type [3]

|  | B67D 5/20 |
· · · · · | of rotary type [3]

|  | B67D 5/22 |
· · · · | Arrangements of indicators or registers (indicating or recording in fluid meters Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G01F 15/06) [3]

|  | B67D 5/24 |
· · · · · | with means for producing or issuing a receipt or record of sale [3]

|  | B67D 5/26 |
· · · · · | with resetting or zeroising means [3]

|  | B67D 5/28 |
· · · · | with automatic means for reducing or intermittently interrupting flow before completion of delivery, e.g. to produce dribble feed [3]

|  | B67D 5/30 |
· · · · | with means for predetermining quantity of liquid to be transferred (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B67D 5/10, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B67D 5/14 take precedence) [3]

|  | B67D 5/32 |
· · · | Arrangements of safety or warning devices (alarm arrangements in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G08B); Means for preventing unauthorized delivery of liquid [3]

|  | B67D 5/33 |
· · · · | Means for preventing unauthorised delivery of liquid [5]

|  | B67D 5/34 |
· · · | Arrangements of flow- or pressure-control valves (associated with nozzles Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B67D 5/37) [3]

|  | B67D 5/36 |
· · · | Arrangements of hoses, e.g. operative connection with pump motor (hoses in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F16L 11/00) [3]

|  | B67D 5/365 |
· · · · | Suspending, reeling, or storing devices (supports for storing lengths of hoses, in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65H 75/34) [3]

|  | B67D 5/37 |
· · · | Filling nozzles (nozzles in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B05B; fluid-delivering valves in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F16K 21/00) [3]

|  | B67D 5/371 |
· · · · | automatically closing [3]

|  | B67D 5/372 |
· · · · · | when liquid in container to be filled reaches a predetermined level [3]

|  | B67D 5/373 |
· · · · · · | by making use of air suction through an opening closed by the rising liquid [3]

|  | B67D 5/375 |
· · · · · | and provided with an additional hand lever [3]

|  | B67D 5/377 |
· · · · · | and provided with additional flow-controlling valve means [3]

|  | B67D 5/378 |
· · · · | with means for preventing escape of liquid or vapour or for recovering escaped liquid or vapour (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B67D 5/371 takes precedence) [5]

|  | B67D 5/38 |
· · · | Arrangements of flow-indicators, e.g. transparent compartments, windows, rotary vanes (indicating or recording presence, absence or direction of movement Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G01P 13/00) [3]

|  | B67D 5/40 |
· · · | Arrangements of pumps (pumps Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F04) [3]

|  | B67D 5/42 |
· · · · | manually operable [3]

|  | B67D 5/44 |
· · · · | power operated [3]

|  | B67D 5/46 |
· · · · · | of piston type [3]

|  | B67D 5/48 |
· · · · · | of rotary type [3]

|  | B67D 5/50 |
· · · · | submerged in storage tank or reservoir [3]

|  | B67D 5/52 |
· · · · | of two or more pumps in series or parallel [3]

|  | B67D 5/54 |
· · · | Devices for applying air or other gas pressure for forcing liquid to delivery point [3]

|  | B67D 5/56 |
· · · | Devices for mixing two or more different liquids to be transferred (coin-freed apparatus Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G07F 13/06) [3]

|  | B67D 5/58 |
· · · | Arrangements of devices for purifying liquids to be transferred, e.g. of filters, of air or water separators (filtration, separation, in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B01D) [3]

|  | B67D 5/60 |
· · · | Arrangements of storage tanks, reservoirs or pipe-lines [3]

|  | B67D 5/62 |
· · · | Arrangements of heating or cooling devices for liquids to be transferred [3]

|  | B67D 5/63 |
· · · · | Heating only [6]

|  | B67D 5/64 |
· · · | Casings, cabinets or frameworks; Trolleys or like movable supports [3]

|  | B67D 5/66 |
· · · | Illuminating arrangements [3]

|  | B67D 5/68 |
· | Loading or unloading ships (ship-based equipment Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B63B 27/00) [3]

|  | B67D 5/70 |
· · | using articulated pipes [3]