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Class Number: 406
Class Title: CONVEYORS: FLUID CURRENT
Subclass Subclass
Number Title
1 SELECTIVE DELIVERY
2 .Destination controlled by operator at remote site
3 .Destination controlled by sensed condition
4 ..Controlled by coded load
5 ...Magnetic material on load
6 ...Electrical contact on load
7 ...Adjustable or changeable code on load
8 ...Presence or size of recess or protrusion on front of load
9 ....Protrusion
10 WITH MEANS TO CONTROL CONVEYING FLUID OR MOVEMENT OF LOAD IN
RESPONSE TO SENSED CONDITION
11 .Responsive to obstacle in system
12 .Control of conveying fluid
13 ..Reversing of fluid current in single tube system
14 ..Responsive to velocity or pressure change in conveying fluid
15 ...To initiate or terminate fluid current
16 ....In response to introduction or discharge of load
17 .....Discharge and introduction
18 .....With timer to terminate fluid current
19 ..Responsive to presence or absence or quantity of load
20 ...With stepped reset for each load article introduced at
intake
21 ...With load detector at outlet to terminate fluid current
22 ...With timer to terminate current
23 ...Level or weight of load in receptacle
24 ....At intake
25 .....And control of load input to receptacle
26 ..Responsive to movement of gate to initiate or terminate fluid
current
27 ...To closure of intake gate to initiate fluid current
28 .Control of load input or output
29 ..Input
30 ...Responsive to pressure or velocity change of conveying fluid
31 ...Responsive to presence, absence, or quantity of load
32 ....Level or weight of load in receptacle
33 .....In receptacle at discharge
34 WITH SIGNAL, INDICATOR, OR INSPECTION MEANS
35 .Audible
36 .With load motion observing means
37 .Coded carrier
38 AMBULANT OR PORTABLE
39 .Vehicle mounted
40 ..Plural vehicles
41 ..Towed vehicle
42 ..Power takeoff
43 ..With storage means on vehicle for fluid conveyor components
44 ..With auxiliary supporting means
45 WITH MEANS TO PREVENT PIPELINE SLUMPING
46 WITH ADJUNCTIVE SUBSTANCE ADDED
47 .Liquid
48 ..Water
49 .Solidd
50 SLUG CONVEYING
51 WITH DIVERSE POWER-DRIVEN CONVEYOR
52 .Rotary
53 ..Screw
54 ...With material recirculating screw
55 ...Including means to fluidize material
56 ...Feeding to fluid conveyor inlet
57 ....Feeds to inlet of blower or pump
58 .....Screw axis coaxial with axis of rotary blower or pump
59 .....Plural screws
60 ....With check valve between screw and fluid current conveyor
61 ....Fluid jet at conveyor inlet
62 ..Successively registering pockets
63 ...Input to fluid conveyor
64 ....With venting of pockets
65 ....Having radial blades
66 .....Rotatable about vertical axis
67 .....Fluid flow discharges pockets
68 ....Peripheral pockets formed on rotating member
69 ..Brush
70 ..Roller
71 ..Thrower
72 .Magazine
73 .Reciprocating or oscillating
74 ..With pocket
75 ..Vibrating
76 ..Pusher
77 .Endless
78 ..Permeable belt
79 ..At inlet to fluid conveyor
80 ...Feeds to intake of blower or pump
81 ...Pushers, buckets, or tines
82 ..At outlet to fluid conveyor
83 WITH LOAD BRAKING OR RETARDING MEANS
84 .Utilizing a fluid
85 PULSING FLUID CURRENT
86 HAVING MEANS FOR MAINTAINING LOAD IN SUSPENSION ALONG FLOW PATH
87 .With load orienting means
88 .By load supporting jets
89 .Including permeable member
90 ..In receptacle
91 ...Permeable member surrounding discharge opening or conduit
92 .By fluid whirling action
93 HAVING MEANS TO INTRODUCE BOOSTER FLUID INTO CONVEYOR
94 .Plural booster inputs
95 ..With parallel fluid supply conduit
96 BLOWER OR PUMP HAVING LOAD INTAKE OPENING IN HOUSING
97 .Including load or blower protecting means
98 .Having separate opening in housing for conveying fluid input
99 .Rotary
100 ..Having radially extending blades
101 ...Mounted on axial face of a disc
102 ...With load receptacle feeding to intake of blower or pump
103 ....Blower or pump housing movably mounted relative to
receptacle
104 ....Plural blowers or pumps
105 HAVING LOAD BY-PASS AROUND BLOWER OR PUMP
106 ENDLESS FLUID CURRENT PATHH
107 MATERIAL-BACKFLOW DISCHARGE
108 INTAKE TO FLUID CURRENT CONVEYOR
109 .Combined intake and discharge
110 ..With terminal
111 ...Captive carrier
112 ...Single inlet-outlet
113 .Movable inlet
114 ..Follows load level
115 ..Reciprocating or swinging
116 ...Having telescoping intake
117 .Conveyor having plural intakes
118 ..From receptacle
119 ...Having plural compartments
120 ...Plural receptacles
121 .With sifter
122 .Load receptacle type
123 ..Having inlets to separate conveyors
124 ..Plural receptacles in series
125 ...With gate valve between receptacles
126 ...With conical plug valve between receptacles
127 ..With valve between receptacle and fluid conveyor
128 ...Reciprocating, rotating, or swinging
129 ....Rotatable hollow cylinder type
130 ....Gate type
131 .....Pivotable
132 ....Vertically movable
133 .....Sleeve or conduit
134 ..With means to agitate load in receptacle
135 ...Rotary
136 ...Fluid
137 ....Jet
138 ....Passed through permeable member
139 ..Blower or pump carried by receptacle
140 ...Plural blowers or pumps
141 ..Inlet conduit extending downwardly inside receptacle
142 ...With conduit supplying lifting fluid to interior of
receptacle
143 ....Fluid supplying conduit extends to inlet conduit
144 ..Conveying fluid velocity altered at load input
145 ..Having connection for external suction or pressure source
146 ..Conveying fluid introduced under pressure to interior of
receptacle
147 .Terminal type
148 ..Intake gate
149 ...With gate lock
150 ...Serially arranged gates
151 .Upstream of suction source
152 ..Including specific intake nozzle structure
153 ..Suction induced by pressure stream
154 FLUID CURRENT CONVEYOR OUTLET MEANS
155 .Conveyor having plural outlets
156 ..Feeding plural receptacles
157 .Deflector
158 ..Telescoping
159 ..Pivoted
160 ...Adjustable
161 ....From remote location
162 ..Rotatablee
163 ..Carried by receptacle
164 .Movable outlet
165 ..Horizontally swinging
166 ...And vertically swinging
167 ..Telescoping
168 .With material separating receptacle
169 ..Having air lock
170 ..Having plural inputs
171 ..Having filter
172 ...And means to clean filter
173 ..Cyclone separator
174 ..Conveyor outlet conduit extending upwardly inside receptacle
175 ..And upstream pressure source
176 .Having terminal
177 ..With gate and means to open gate prior to article or carrier
arrival
178 ...Serially arranged gates
179 ..Upward delivery
180 ..Discharge gate
181 LOAD FLOW DIVERTER, DIVIDER, OR COMBINER
182 .Movable conduit section
183 .Movable valve in conduit
184 CARRIER
185 .Wheeled
186 .Having side opening
187 .Having end opening
188 ..With closure for end opening
189 ...Removable
190 .With conduit engaging seal or bumper structure
191 CONDUIT
192 .With fluid valve or load spacer
193 .With wear protection means
194 .Having fluid nozzle
195 .Having changing cross section
196 .Flexible
197 PROCESSES
198 MISCELLANEOUS