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Class Number: 418 Class Title: ROTARY EXPANSIBLE CHAMBER DEVICES Subclass Subclass Number Title 1 METHODS 2 WITH SIGNAL, INDICATOR OR TRANSPARENT INSPECTION MEANS 3 DIVERSE ROTARY EXPANSIBLE CHAMBER DEVICES 4 WORKING MEMBER OR CYLINDER SURFACE HAS ALTERNATE LINEAR AND CURVILINEAR MOVEMENT (E.G., ENDLESS) 5 MULTISTAGE 6 .One working chamber stage encircles another 7 .Successive stages alternately produce work 8 .Working fluid engages working member serially in circumferentially spaced working chambers 9 .Interengaging rotary members 10 ..Three or more 11 .Sliding abutment 12 .Swinging abutment 13 .Sliding vane 14 WITH DELAYED LOAD 15 WITH PLURAL WORKING FLUID INLET OR OUTLET PASSAGES 16 WITH CHANGEABLE WORKING CHAMBER MAGNITUDE 17 .Speed controlled 18 .Intermittently accelerated and receding members rotate in same path (alternating piston type) 19 .Intermeshing rotary members 20 ..Three or more 21 ..Movable member moved axially 22 .Axially or radially spaced working chambers 23 .By adjustably limiting vane or abutment movement 24 .Spring or fluid biased movable member 25 ..Positively biased in opposite directions 26 ...With working fluid bias 27 ..Spring 28 .By axial movement of movable member 29 .Rotating inner working or reacting member repositioned relative to cylinder 30 .By cylinder or cylinder portion pivotal movement 31 .Cylinder or cylinder portion moved linearly and radially 32 SELF-ACTING UNIDIRECTIONAL FLOW WITH REVERSE ROTATION OR REVERSE FLOW WITH UNIDIRECTIONAL ROTATION 33 INTERMITTENTLY ACCELERATED AND RECEDING MEMBERS ROTATE IN SAME PATH (ALTERNATING PISTON TYPE) 34 .Moving cylinder 35 .Each a working member 36 ..Working member movement controlled by interengaging rotating members 37 ..Working member movement controlled by member rotating about parallel axis 38 ..Cam controlled working member movement 39 CONVERTIBLE OR CHANGEABLE BY ASSEMBLY OR DISASSEMBLY 40 SPEED CONTROLLED 41 .Rotating weight valves working fluid passage 42 .Rotating weight positioned on or within inner rotating member 43 .Weight rotates about axially extending axis 44 ..Other than working member axiss 45 COLLAPSIBLE PROGRESSIVELY DEFORMED WORKING CHAMBER WALL 46 WITH REMOVAL OR ACCOMMODATION OF SOLID FOREIGN MATERIAL IN WORKING FLUID 47 .With filter 48 UNLIKE HELICAL SURFACES ON RELATIVELY WOBBLING ROTATING MEMBER AND ENCOMPASSING CYLINDER (E.G., MOINEAU TYPE) 49 NUTATING WORKING MEMBER 50 .Non-metallic working member or working chamber portion 51 .With mechanical sealing 52 .Working member common to plural working chambers 53 ..Axially spaced working chambers 54 WORKING MEMBER HAS PLANETARY OR PLANETATING MOVEMENT 55.1 .Helical working member, e.g., scroll 55.2 ..Having specific wrap or end plate, e.g., shape, material, coating 55.3 ..With specific rotation preventing or rotation coupling means 55.4 ..With mechanical sealing 55.5 ..With biasing means, e.g., axial or radial 55.6 ..With lubricant, liquid seal or nonworking fluid separation 56 .Non-metallic working member, cylinder or partition 57 .Adjustable or resiliently biased working member 58 .Plural working members or chambers 59 ..Radially spaced working chambers 60 ..Axially spaced working members 61.1 ..Circumferentially spaced working chambers 61.2 ...Rotor has one more lobe than cylinder (i.e., Wankel type) 61.3 ...Rotor has one less lobe than cylinder (i.e., Gerotor type) 62 .Partition pivotally connected to working member and cylinder 63 .With relatively movable partition member 64 ..Slidable in working member 65 ..Having working fluid passage 66 ..Integral with working member 67 ..Pivoted to working member 68 ROTATING INTERNAL MEMBER ROTATES AND OSCILLATES OR RECIPROCATES 69 WITH FRANGIBLE DRIVE CONNECTION OR CLUTCH 70 WITH RAPID DISASSEMBLY FEATURE (I.E., WITHOUT TOOLS) 71 PRESSURE FLUID RADIALLY BALANCES WORKING OR ROTATING ABUTMENT MEMBER 72 .With counterbalancing fluid passage through rotating member 73 .Counterbalancing fluid directed to rotating member shaft bearing 74 .Counterbalancing fluid directed to intertooth spaces or spaces between adjacent vanes 75 GROOVED ABUTTING CYLINDER-ROTATING MEMBER END SURFACES 76 .Non-working fluid directed to groove 77 .Grooved working member surface 78 .Working fluid portion fills intertooth spaces or spaces between adjacent vanes 79 .Radial groove 80 .Radially spaced grooves 81 .Annular groove or recess completely encircles rotation axis 82 .Groove communicates with vane slot 83 HEAT EXCHANGE OR NON-WORKING FLUID LUBRICATING OR SEALING 84 .With condition responsive control of non-working fluidd 85 .With heat exchange means for non-working fluid 86 .Heat exchange by diverted incoming or outgoing working fluid 87 .Valve regulated non-working fluid 88 .With pump for non-working fluid 89 .With filter for non-working fluid 90 .Wick or absorbent material feed 91 .Non-working fluid passage in inner working or reacting member 92 ..With non-working fluid passage in partition 93 ..Non-working fluid biases vane 94 ..With non-working fluid passage in drive shaft 95 .Vent or non-seal means prevents working and non-working fluid intermix 96 .Outer cylinder member immersed or submerged in non-working fluid 97 .Non-working and working fluids intermix in working chamber 98 ..Non-working fluid initially directed to shaft bearing 99 ..Non-working fluid initially directed to working member 100 .Intermixed incoming working and non-working fluids 101 .With coolant air impelling means or finned cylinder surface 102 SHAFT OR TRUNNION LUBRICATION OR SEALING BY DIVERTED WORKING FLUID PORTION 103 WORKING MEMBER PERIPHERAL SURFACE COMPRISES RELATIVELY CIRCUMFERENTIALLY MOVABLE SEGMENTS 104 WITH MECHANICAL SEALING 105 .Abutment position adjustment 106 .Vane position adjustment 107 .By changing working member or cylinder relative position 108 ..Radially adjustable 109 ...Adjustable working member 110 .By axially relatively moving working member sections 111 .By axially relatively moving vane or abutment sections 112 .Seal on working member periphery separates inlet and outlet ports 113 ..Seal on working member peripheral projection engages cylinder working chamber surface (e.g., apex seals) 114 ...Adjustable or expandable peripheral projection 115 ...Weight balanced or adjustable seal 116 ...Ring seal or arcuate seal portion 117 ...With plural circumferentially spaced peripheral seals 118 ...Swinging seal 119 ...Integral peripheral and depending side seal 120 ...With axially movable side seal 121 ....Spring biased 122 ...Spring biased 123 ....Fluid biased 124 ...Fluid biased 125 .Seal on cylinder engaging rotary member separates inlet and outlet ports 126 ..Engages plural rotary members 127 ..Adjustable 128 ...With resilient interposed member 129 ..With resilient biasing means 130 .Cup shaped cylinder axially movable to abut cylinder side 131 .Axially movable end wall or end wall portion 132 ..Progressively biased from inlet to outlet 133 ..Surface abutting working member abuts another coplanar cylinder surface portion 134 ..Adjustable end walll 135 ..Spring biased 136 .Seal element between working member and vane 137 ..Mounted on working member 138 ...Oscillating 139 .Seal element between abutment and cylinder or working member 140 .Seal element between working member and cylinder 141 ..Labyrinth 142 ..On working member 143 ...On working member circumferential periphery 144 ..Between adjacent cylinder and working member sides 145 .Seal element between vane and cylinder 146 ..On vane side 147 ..Movable seal on vane 148 ...Positively urged to engage cylinder 149 .Seal element between stationary cylinder parts 150 WORKING CHAMBER SURFACE EXPRESSED MATHEMATICALLY 151 WEIGHT BALANCED WORKING MEMBER OR PARTITION 152 NON-METALLIC WORKING MEMBER, CYLINDER OR PARTITION 153 .Resilient 154 ..Partition integral with working member 155 ...Extending from working member side 156 RESILIENT WORKING MEMBER, CYLINDER OR PARTITION 157 SHOCK OR PRESSURE RELIEVING YIELDABLE PERIPHERAL WORKING MEMBER OR CYLINDER SURFACE PORTION 158 MAGNETICALLY BIASED VANE OR ABUTMENT 159 ADJUSTABLE WORKING CHAMBER PERIPHERAL WALL CONTROLS WORKING FLUID FLOW 160 MOVING CYLINDER 161 .Rotating 162 ..With axially movable partition member 163 ...Cylinder and internal member rotate about non-parallel axes 164 ..Rotary internal reacting member 165 ...Cylinder engages plural internal reacting members 166 ...Intermeshing peripheral surfaces 167 ....With intake or exhaust passage in internal member 168 ....Cylinder periphery comprises alternate tooth and passage portions (e.g., cage type) 169 .....With filler element (e.g., crescent) 170 ....With filler element (e.g., crescent) 171 ....Inner member has five or more teeth 172 ...With movable partition member 173 ....Partition radially slidable in internal member 174 ....Partition radially slidable in cylinder 175 ..Moving partition on stationary member 176 ..Swinging partition 177 ..Sliding partition 178 WITH WEAR SURFACE TREATMENT OR INTEGRALLY PLATED WEAR LAYER 179 SPECIFIC MATERIAL 180 APERTURED BYPASS TO PRESSURIZE OR RELIEVE WORKING CHAMBER ZONE OF INTERMEDIATE PRESSURE 181 COMBINED 182 RELATIVELY MOVABLE WORKING MEMBER AND DRIVE SHAFT AXES 183 WITH SUPPLY OR EXHAUST PASSAGE IN WORKING MEMBER 184 .Passage includes vane slot 185 .Controlled by working member carried valve 186 .Supply and exhaust passages in working member 187 ..Passage extending through working member center of rotation 188 .Supply or exhaust passage through working member center off rotation 189 TRAPPED FLUID RELIEF 190 .With tooth modification 191 INTERENGAGING ROTATING MEMBERS 192 .With movable partition 193 ..Axially moving 194 .Each tapered 195 .Non-parallel axis 196 .Three or more 197 ..Helical or herringbone 198 .Intermittent rotation 199 .Multiple units 200 ..With axially spaced working members 201.1 .Helical or herringbone 201.2 ..With valve 201.3 ..Having specific tooth shape 202 ..Each member having opposed axially spaced helices 203 ..Axially counterbalanced 204 .Eccentrically mounted 205 .Like rotary members 206 ..Having each radial protuberance of like dimension 207 RELATIVELY MOVING WORK TRANSMITTING BARRIERS MOVE IN SEPARATE INTERSECTING CHAMBERS 208 MOVABLE INTERMEDIATE PARTITION ENGAGES PERIPHERIES OF PLURAL SPACED WORKING MEMBERS 209 PLURAL WORKING CHAMBERS 210 .Axially spaced rotating members rotate on common axis 211 ..With axially moving vane or abutment 212 ..Intermediate member separates and engages plural working members 213 ...Plural intermediate members 214 ...Interconnected abutments 215 .Axially spaced working chambers 216 ..Helical working member or working member portion 217 ..Axially moving abutment or vane 218 ...Moving about non-parallel axis 219 ...Vane 220 HELICAL WORKING MEMBER 221 MOVING ABUTMENT AND VANE 222 SEPARABLE ABUTMENT 223 WITH SECONDARY VANE OR ABUTMENT MOVING MEANS 224 VALVED VANE OR ABUTMENT 225 VANE OR ABUTMENT COMPRISES ROTATABLE ELEMENT 226 .Rotates about non-parallel axis 227 .Positively rotated 228 AXIALLY MOVING VANE OR ABUTMENT 229 .Sliding 230 ..Positively biased 231 ...In opposite directions 232 ....Spring or fluid bias 233 .Radially pivoted vane 234 TAPERED VANE OR ABUTMENT (E.G., WEDGE SHAPED) 235 WEAR ELEMENTS OR ANTIFRICTION MEANS IN VANE OR ABUTMENT SLOT 236 NON-RADIALLY POSITIONED SLIDING VANE OR ABUTMENT 237 .Arc shaped 238 .Positively biased 239 ALTERNATELY USABLE VANE OR ABUTMENT STRUCTURE FOR REVERSE WORKING MEMBER ROTATIONN 240 INTERCONNECTED ABUTMENTS 241 ABUTMENT OR VANE HAS CONCURRENT ROCKING AND RADIALLY SLIDING MOVEMENT 242 SPACED OSCILLATING ABUTMENT PORTIONS ENGAGE WORKING MEMBER 243 POSITIVELY ACTUATED ABUTMENT 244 .Cam actuated 245 ..In opposite directions 246 ..Spring or fluid biased in opposite direction 247 .In opposite directions 248 .Spring biased 249 .Fluid biased 250 ..Winged abutment 251 ..With working fluid passage in abutment 252 WITH PROVISION FOR QUICK VANE REPLACEMENT 253 INTERCONNECTED VANES 254 .Integrally connected 255 ..Diametrically aligned 256 .Encompassing moving member interconnects plural vanes 257 .Interposed movable member interconnects plural vanes 258 ..Spring 259 POSITIVELY ACTUATED VANE 260 .Cam actuated 261 ..In opposite directions 262 ...With pivoted interposed lever 263 ...With spring or fluid bias 264 ...With roller 265 .In opposite directions 266 .Spring biased 267 ..With fluid bias 268 .Fluid biased 269 ..Constantly interposed pressure fluid spreads plural vanes 270 MISCELLANEOUS * ****************************** * DIGEST * ****************************** DIG 1 NON-WORKING FLUID SEPARATION