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Class Number: 96
Class Title: GAS SEPARATION: APPARATUS
Subclass Subclass
Number Title
1 MAGNETIC SEPARATING MEANS
2 .Electromagnet
3 .And electric field separation apparatus
4 APPARATUS FOR SELECTIVE DIFFUSION OF GASES (E.G., SEMIPERMEABLE
MEMBRANE, ETC.)
5 .Immobilized liquid membrane
6 .Membrane to degasify liquid
7 .Plural separate barriers
8 ..Parallel hollow fibers or cylinders (e.g., bundled, etc.)
9 ..Barriers connected in series
10 .Hollow fiber or cylinder
11 .Plural layers (e.g., laminated barrier, etc.)
12 ..Organic compound containing layer
13 ...Ring containing organic compound
14 .Membrane having ring containing organic compound
15 ELECTRIC FIELD SEPARATION APPARATUS (E.G., ELECTRICAL
PRECIPITATOR, ELECTROSTATIC TYPE, ETC.)
16 .And radioactive or ultraviolet light ionizer
17 .Electric charge produced by friction (e.g., by gas flow, etc.)
18 .With control means responsive to sensed condition
19 ..Concentration or temperature sensing means
20 ..Arc, spark, or flashover sensing means
21 ...Current sensing means
22 ..Current sensing means
23 ...And voltage sensing means
24 ..Voltage sensing means
25 .With programmed, cyclic, or time responsive control means
26 .With indicating, signal, or alarm means
27 .With means to add charged solid or liquid particles to gaseous
fluid mixture
28 .Electrode cleaner, apparatus part flusher, discharger, or wet
collector (e.g., wet film electrode, etc.)
29 ..Electrode or part thereof moved on or against another
30 ..With shutdown or voltage adjustment means interrelated with
cleaning (e.g., cutting off flow of gaseous fluid mixture or
electrical current, etc.)
31 ...Sequential operation
32 ..Vibrating, jarring, or rapping means
33 ...Mounted on rotatable shaft (e.g., swinging arm or hammer,
etc.)
34 ....Having reciprocating rod or piston type activating or
rapping means
35 ....Activated by second swinging or rotatable means
36 ...Magnet or solenoid activating means
37 ...Reciprocating rod or piston type activating or rapping means
38 ...Horizontal striking means
39 ..Movably mounted electrode
40 ...Nonliquid contact cleaning means
41 ...Liquid bath for immersion of electrode
42 ....Endless belt carried or belt type electrode
43 ..Fluid contacting means (e.g., suction means, etc.)
44 ...Liquid applying means for electrode (e.g., projection type,,
etc.)
45 ....Weir or overflow wet film type
46 ....Having movable spraying means for liquid
47 ....Including means to recirculate liquid
48 ....Including baffle for directing gas flow
49 ....Cylindrical electrode
50 ...Apparatus purging or flushing means using gas or liquid
51 ..Electrode scraping, brushing, or wiping means
52 .With means for vapor or liquid contact (e.g., for gas
separation, cooling, conditioning, etc.)
53 ..Liquid spray means
54 .Having alternating electrostatic field
55 .And serially arranged nonelectrical separator
56 ..Bypass or modification of flow of gaseous fluid mixture to
second stage
57 ..Precedent nonelectrical separator
58 ...Separator is single porous filter
59 ..Total flow of gaseous fluid mixture through porous collector
electrode
60 .Including gas flow distribution means
61 ..Spiralling inflow, centrifugal, or whirl generating surface
means
62 ..For contact with ionizing electrode or uniform flow in
treating zone
63 ...Having means for driving gas flow (e.g., fan, blower, etc.)
64 ...Perforated baffle or gas diffuser
65 ..Collecting electrode modifies gas flow
66 ...Total flow of gaseous fluid mixture through interstitial or
porous collector
67 ....Zigzag running length
68 ....Particle type collector
69 ...Layered, laminated, or coated
70 ...Plural separate electrode members aligned in direction of gas
flow
71 ...Segmented electrode
72 ...Continuous electrode with integral or attached projections
73 ..Flow distribution means for parallel sections
74 .With nonelectrical gas treating or conditioning means
75 .Plural diverse electric fields
76 ..One or more electrodes common to plural fields
77 ..Serially arranged ionizing and collecting or agglomerating
fields
78 ...Adjacent parallel collector electrodes are differently
charged
79 ....Collecting electrodes are flat plates
80 .With details of voltage supply means or circuitry
81 ..Closure interlock or removable section
82 ..Circuit portions
83 .Electrode retaining or supporting means
84 ..Plural electrode unit assembly type (e.g., unitized, etc.)
85 ...Disposable (e.g., collapsible or foldable cardboard, etc.)
86 ...Parallel disk or plate collector unit
87 ..Parallel disk or plate collector
88 ..With insulation feature
89 ..Tensioning means
90 ...Spring or expansible bellows
91 ...Hanging weight
92 ..Suspensory meanss
93 ...Nonrigid support (e.g., hanging electrode, etc.)
94 ..Movably supported during use or for orientation
95 .Ionizing electrode details (e.g., coil, mat, corona
suppression, etc.)
96 ..Filamentary or filar form
97 ..Sharpened point, serrated, or tip discharge
98 .Collecting electrode details (e.g., sheet type, running length
web, etc.)
99 ..Dielectric material containing or covering
100 ..Multiple similar elements or sections (e.g., built up, etc.)
101 CHROMATOGRAPHY TYPE APPARATUS
102 .With control means responsive to sensed condition
103 .With programmed, cyclic, or time responsive control means
104 .Plural separate and distinct stages
105 .Including injection system or inlet fluid distributor
106 .Having system connector or coupling
107 .Having imbedded baffle or flow distributor
108 SOLID SORBENT APPARATUS
109 .With control means responsive to sensed condition
110 ..Fluid flow sensing means
111 ..Concentration sensing means
112 ..Temperature sensing means
113 ..Pressure sensing means
114 ...And programmed, cyclic, or time responsive control means
115 .With programmed, cyclic, or time responsive control means
116 ..Regulating or metering means
117 ..Indicating, signal, or alarm means
118 .Soluble or deliquescent type (e.g., calcium chloride, etc.)
119 ..Supported by holder with drip openings
120 ...Including liquid contacting means
121 .Plural solid sorbent beds
122 ..With recovery or separation means for desorbing fluid
123 ...Movable solid sorbent bed (e.g., fluidized bed, etc.)
124 ..With rotating gas distributor
125 ..Rotating solid sorbent bed
126 ..With heat exchange means
127 ...And means for driving gas flow (e.g., pump, blower,
compressor, etc.)
128 ....Compressor
129 ..Zigzag arrangement of flat solid sorbent beds for parallel
flow
130 ..With means for regenerating solid sorbent
131 ..Serial
132 ...Diverse type
133 ..Plural canisters
134 .Plural diverse separating means
135 ..At least one a dispersed or impregnated solid sorbent bed
136 ..Plural housings or casings for separating components
137 ..With means to compress or compact solid sorbent bed
138 ..Including means to access or replace solid sorbent
139 ..Including baffle for modifying gas flow (e.g., flow vanes,
diffuser, etc.)
140 ...And means for driving gas flow
141 ...And means regenerating solid sorbent
142 ..With means for driving gas flow
143 .With means regenerating solid sorbent
144 ..Gas contacting means
145 ...Means applies steam to solid sorbentt
146 ..Heat exchanger to regenerate
147 .Having mountable casing
148 ..Storage or food receptacle
149 .With means to compress or compact solid sorbent bed
150 .Movable solid sorbent bed (e.g., fluidized bed, etc.)
151 .Including means to access or replace solid sorbent
152 .Including baffle for modifying gas flow (e.g., imbedded in
solid sorbent, etc.)
153 .Dispersed or impregnated solid sorbent bed
154 .Layered or laminated (e.g., solid sorbent on support material,
etc.)
155 DEGASIFYING MEANS FOR LIQUID
156 .With control means responsive to sensed condition
157 ..With liquid level sensing means
158 ...Separator inlet or outlet valve responsive to float level
159 ....Plural floats
160 .....And temperature sensing means
161 .....And pressure sensing means
162 ....Plural float-controlled valves
163 .....At least one is gas outlet valve
164 ......And pressure sensing means
165 ....Gas outlet valve responsive to float level
166 .....And pressure sensing means
167 .....Centrifugal separating means
168 ....Liquid outlet valve responsive to float level
169 .....And pressure sensing means
170 .....And recycle means (e.g., for degasified liquid, etc.)
171 .....And tangential flow or centrifugal separating means
172 ....With pressure sensing means
173 ..With temperature sensing means
174 ..With pressure sensing means
175 .Sonic means (i.e., using sound waves)
176 .Defoaming means
177 ..Centrifugal or rotating separator
178 ...Having flow-through foam restrictor or eliminator (e.g.,
screen, etc.)
179 ..Having flow-through foam restrictor or eliminator (e.g.,
screen, etc.)
180 ..Having recycle means (e.g., for foam or separated liquid,
etc.)
181 .And liquid contact means
182 .With separator for multiple liquids
183 ..Reservoir with three or more outlets, each for different
fluid
184 ...Horizontal reservoir
185 ...With heat exchange means
186 ....And internal filter or screen (e.g., coalescer, etc.)
187 .Tank or tank part movably mounted on support (e.g., for
deaerating aircraft lubricating oil, etc.)
188 .Including means to remove mist entrained in gas
189 ..Baffle, filter, or screen
190 ...Plural, serially arranged
191 ....Concentric tubular members
192 ....Alternate central and peripheral gas paths
193 .Pressure reducing means
194 ..And liquid flow modifier
195 ...Centrifugal type
196 ....Rotating meanss
197 ...Baffle
198 ....Plural baffles in series
199 .....With heat exchange means
200 ...Spray nozzle
201 ..With heat exchange means
202 .With gas contacting means
203 ..Spray nozzle
204 .Liquid flow slinger, spreader, deflector, disperser, or
rotation modifier
205 ..And preliminary heat exchange means
206 ..At inlet to separator
207 ...Plural, serially arranged
208 ...Centrifugal type
209 ....Tangential inlet
210 .....Including tangential outlet
211 .....Split or plural inlets
212 .....Including inner and outer casings or plural compartments
213 ....Tangential outlet
214 ....Rotating means
215 ..Plural, serially arranged
216 ..Centrifugal type
217 ...Impeller or screw on rotating shaft
218 .Heat exchanger to degasify
219 .And fluid filter
220 .Including baffle