PTO Manual of Classification for US patents

PTO Manual of Classification for US patents

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Class Number: 196
 Class Title: MINERAL OILS: APPARATUS

Subclass  Subclass
Number    Title

  14.5    DEWAXING
  14.52   SOLVENT EXTRACTION
  46      REFINING
  46.1    .With filtration
  98      COMBINED VAPORIZING AND CONDENSING
  99      .Condensate returned to vaporizer
  100     ..Columns
  102     .Condenser or collector in vaporizer
  103     .Heads
  104     VAPORIZING
  105     .Systems
  106     ..Series stills
  107     .Tube and drum
  108     ..Cyclic circulation
  109     ...Drum above tube
  110     .Tubular
  111     .With partitions
  112     .Rotary
  114     .Vacuum
  115     .Special shapes
  116     .Furnaces and flues
  117     ..Internal flues
  118     .Liquid baths
  119     .Jackets
  120     .Special means for heating
  121     ..Electric
  122     .Carbon removers
  123     .Circulators or agitators
  124     ..Mechanical
  125     ..Baffles
  126     ..Fluid injectors
  127     .Fluid injectors
  128     .Films or sprays
  129     .Depending legs or spur tubes
  130     ..Bottoms
  131     ..Unheated
  132     .Automatic control
  133     .Special features of construction
  134     .Heat recovery from vapor or residuum
  135     .Feeders
  136     .Vapor outlets
  137     .Attachments
  138     CONDENSING
  139     .Dephlegmators or fractionating columns
  140     .Contact with cooling fluid
  141     .Automatically controlled temperature
  155     MISCELLANEOUS