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GAS SEPARATION
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| 282 | ![[Patents]](../gifs/ps.gif) | WITH NONLIQUID CLEANING MEANS FOR SEPARATING MEDIA |
| | | Class 55 is an integral part of this Class (Class 96), as shown by the position of this box, and follows the schedule hierarchy of this Class, retaining all pertinent definitions and Class lines of this class. |
| 282.1 | | . Having insulation |
| 282.2 | | . With heating or cooling means |
| 282.3 | | . . Residue burned |
| 282.4 | | . . Two confined fluids in indirect contact |
| 282.5 | | . . . Heat exchanger is part of separator or is contiguous therewith |
| 283 | | . With automatic control of cleaning means |
| 284 | | . With sequential cleaning of plural units |
| 285 | | . . Ferris wheel type filter unit arrangement |
| 286 | | . . With gas flow arresting means |
| 287 | | . . . Interconnected with cleaning means |
| 288 | | . Interdependent or interoperated gas flow cutoff or apparatus shutdown and media cleaning |
| 289 | | . Interdigitated comb and separating media |
| 290 | | . For moving indefinite or continuous length separating media |
| 291 | | . Plural diverse cleaning means |
| 292 | | . Sonic type |
| 293 | | . With separating media pneumatically vibrated or flexed |
| 294 | | . Relatively movable pneumatic nozzle (e.g., scanning nozzle) |
| 295 | | . Solid agent cleaning member movingly contacts apparatus |
| 296 | | . . Agent has defined traversing motion relative to separating media |
| 297 | | . . . With motion effecting means interrelated with separating operation |
| 298 | | . . . . Gas flow actuates member |
| 299 | | . . . With resulting flexing or distortion of resilient or collapsible separating media |
| 300 | | . . Vibrating, jarring, or rapping means |
| 301 | | . Cohesive filter media cleaning |
| 302 | | . . Pneumatic reverse flushing |
| 303 | | . . . Draft diverted from one side of filter to other |
| 304 | | . . Filter manipulation, shaking or flexing for precluding or removing encrustation |
| 305 | | . . . Attendant actuated manipulating means |
| 306 | | AIRCRAFT ANTI-INGESTION MEANS (E.G., AIRCRAFT DEBRIS GUARD) |
| 307 | | FILTER OR APERTURED DEFLECTOR UNIT DISCONTINUOUS ACROSS GAS FLOW WITHIN FLOW CONDUIT |
| 308 | | . Multiple members serially spaced in flow conduit |
| 309 | | WITH SEPARATING MEDIA BYPASS OR SYSTEM GAS PRESSURE RELIEF (E.G., RUPTURABLE OR DEFORMABLE) |
| 309.1 | | . With heating or cooling means |
| 310 | | . Pressure relief means to or from atmosphere |
| 311 | | . . Relief means is downstream of media (e.g., ambient air bypasses filter) |
| 312 | | . Valved bypass means |
| 313 | | . . Gas force responsive |
| 314 | | . . Shunt means for total flow |
| 315 | | PLURAL SERIAL BASICALLY DIVERSE SEPARATING MEDIA |
| 315.1 | | . With heating or cooling means or having insulation |
| 315.2 | | . . Heat exchanger is part of separator or is contiguous therewith |
| 317 | | . At least one mounted for continuous motion |
| 318 | | . Plural stages in unitary casing |
| 319 | | . . Including expansion chamber |
| 320 | | . . Deflector and fibrous, filamentary, particulate solids, or cohesive sheet filter type |
| 321 | | . . . Multiple of one type in series of parallel in flow path |
| 322 | | . . . . Serially spaced with at least one of other type intermediately positioned |
| 323 | | . . . . Filters |
| 324 | | . . . . . In parallel |
| 325 | | . . . . Serially spaced deflectors |
| 326 | | . . . . . With connected trough or channel |
| 327 | | . . . Filter is most upstream |
| 328 | | . . . Movable or movable mounted for adjustment or nonuse |
| 329 | | . . . Filamentary brush type or fibrous mass |
| 330 | | . . . . Tubular or annular for radial gas flow |
| 331 | | . . . Conical deflector with curved or parabolic radially extending wide downstream end |
| 332 | | . . . Cohesive sheet-like filter |
| 333 | | . . . . Multiple contiguous layers or coils with radial gas flow |
| 334 | | . . . . Bag type |
| 335 | | . . . . . Including imperforate upstream bag end deflector |
| 336 | | . . . . Conical |
| 337 | | . . . . Cyclone or centrifugal whirl type deflector |
| 338 | | WITH RECYCLE MEANS |
| 338.1 | | . With heating or cooling means |
| 339 | | . For concentrate entrained in effluent gas outlet means |
| 340 | | . . Return conduit is external of apparatus |
| 341.1 | | MULTIPLE BAG TYPE FILTERS IN CHAMBER |
| 341.11 | | . With heating or cooling means or having insulation |
| 341.2 | | . Gas flow from inside to outside of filter |
| 341.3 | | . . Modular compartments |
| 341.4 | | . . Horizontally mounted filters |
| 341.5 | | . Modular compartments |
| 341.6 | | . Partitioned bag filter chamber |
| 341.7 | | . Horizontally mounted filters |
| 342 | | MULTIPLE SEPARATORS, EACH WITH DISCRETE AND LONGITUDINALLY CONFINED GAS INLET OR OUTLET FLOW PATH |
| 342.1 | | . With heating or cooling means or having insulation |
| 342.2 | | . . Heat exchanger is part of separator or is contiguous therewith |
| 343 | | . Combined serial and parallel arrangement |
| 344 | | . With flow equalizing, controlling, or distributing means |
| 345 | | . Centrifugal |
| 346 | | . . Parallel |
| 347 | | . . . Gas inlet and outlet at linearly opposite ends of separating zone |
| 348 | | . . . Plural gas inflow openings, slots, or whirl vanes in each separator |
| 349 | | . . . Tangential inlet to each separator |
| 350.1 | | . Filters |
| 351 | | WITH MEANS FOR ADVANCING CLEAN PORTIONS OF CONTINUOUS OR INDEFINITE LENGTH SEPARATING MEDIA INTO GAS STREAM |
| 352 | | . Advancing means initiated by flow, pressure, or pressure differential of gas |
| 353 | | . Multiple distinct units |
| 354 | | . Indefinite or running length |
| 355 | | WITH LIQUID TRAP SEAL OR VALVE |
| 356 | | WITH MEANS FACILITATING TRANSPORTABILITY OR HANDLING OF APPARATUS |
| 357 | | . Handle feature for apparatus or part thereof |
| 358 | | WITH GROUND SUPPORT MEANS (NONFLOW CONDUCTING) |
| 359 | | WITH PORTION OF COVER REMOVABLE |
| 360 | | WITH ELECTRICAL GROUNDING MEANS |
| 361 | | FLEXIBLE OR COLLAPSIBLE BAG TYPE |
| 362 | | . With bag ejecting means |
| 363 | | . Toroidal or annular bag |
| 364 | | . Impervious bag with pervious portion |
| 365 | | . Bag carried strain relief means between bag supports |
| 366 | | . With separable nonfiltering residue container |
| 367 | | . Valved, self-closing, or apparatus contained bag closing means |
| 368 | | . Spaced interior inflow path or with means modifying gas flow in bag |
| 369 | | . Closure means other than coupler to flow line for filter or cover bag |
| 370 | | . . Use position residue removal means |
| 371 | | . . . Inner filter bag removal |
| 372 | | . With additional nonbag type filter |
| 373 | | . Housing closure secures bag |
| 374 | | . With flow line coupling means |
| 375 | | . . Flexible conduit joins line to bag |
| 376 | | . . Coupling part inseparable from bag |
| 377 | | . . . Resilient or expansible |
| 378 | | . With securing or supporting means |
| 379 | | . . Bag internally supported |
| 380 | | . Nested bags or folded wall with spaced or unsecured faces |
| 381 | | . Seaming, reinforcing or bag structure |
| 382 | | . . Multi-ply, strata, or laminated |
| 383 | | WITH REMOTE FAN OR PUMP AND UNCONFINED FLOW TO SEPARATOR |
| 385.1 | | COMBINED OR CONVERTIBLE |
| 385.2 | | . In environmental air enclosure |
| 385.3 | | . In motor vehicle |
| 385.4 | | . In vented container |
| 385.5 | | . Involving mining or metallurgical apparatus |
| 385.6 | | . Involving communication receiving or transmitting apparatus |
| 385.7 | | . Involving shielding apparatus |
| 385.8 | | . Involving ash tray |
| 391 | | RESTRICTED ANNULAR MIXTURE INLET TO COLLECTOR ZONE AROUND GAS OUTLET CONDUIT ATTACHED BAFFLE |
| 392 | | WITH GUIDE MEANS EFFECTING REMOVAL OF CONSTITUENT LAYER OUT OF GAS STREAM |
| 392.1 | | . With heating or cooling means |
| 393 | | . Movably mounted for adjustment |
| 394 | | . At escape means for heavier constituent |
| 395 | | . . And separable residue receptacle |
| 396 | | . . Annular outlet around gas outflow path |
| 397 | | . . Spaced, overlapped walls |
| 398 | | . . Plural, angularly spaced |
| 399 | | . Spiral guide |
| 400 | | MOUNTED OR SUPPORTED FOR CONTINUOUS MOTION |
| 401 | | . Plural distinct separating media or stages |
| 402 | | . . Overlapping moving separators |
| 403 | | . . Plural moving separators serially arranged |
| 404 | | . Moved by system fluid in confined flow path |
| 405 | | . . Fluid flow normal to axis of moving member |
| 406 | | . Differentially deflected system fluid constituents |
| 407 | | . . Concentrate flow groove, guide, or channel on moving member |
| 408 | | . . Separated gas conducted axially through rotating member |
| 409 | | . . . Hollow shaft |
| 410 | | WITH SEPARATED GAS OUTFLOW CONTROL (E.G., APERTURED CONDUIT) |
| 410.1 | | . With heating or cooling means |
| 411 | | . Movable gas outlet conduit |
| 412 | | . . Longitudinal |
| 413 | | . Baffle or flow guide |
| 414 | | . . Within or downstream of gas outlet conduit |
| 415 | | . . . Movable baffle of flow guide |
| 416 | | . . . Flow straightener |
| 417 | | . Valve |
| 418 | | WITH INFLOW GAS CONTROL OR DISTRIBUTION |
| 418.1 | | . With heating or cooling means or having insulation |
| 419 | | . Multiple inlets |
| 420 | | . Check valve |
| 421 | | WITH MEANS FOR LIQUID SEPARATION |
| 422 | | SEPARATING MEDIA ADJUSTABLE TO VARIOUS POSITIONS OF USE OR TO NONUSE |
| 423 | | MEANS WITHIN GAS STREAM FOR CONDUCTING CONCENTRATE TO COLLECTOR |
| 424 | | WITH CONCENTRATE BACKFLOW OR RE-ENTRAINMENT PREVENTING MEANS |
| 425 | | . Closure between separating and collecting zones |
| 426 | | . Baffle intermediate concentrate collector zone and gas outlet conduit |
| 427 | | . . Adjustably mounted |
| 428 | | RESIDUE ACCESS, HANDLING OR REMOVING MEANS |
| 428.1 | | . With heating or cooling means |
| 429 | | . Separable collection container |
| 430 | | . With means effecting or assisting discharge of residue (e.g., endless belt) |
| 431 | | . . Gaseous or liquid |
| 432 | | . With movable or manipulable means controlling escape of residue |
| 433 | | . . Manually actuated |
| 434 | | DEFLECTOR |
| 434.1 | | . Having insulation |
| 434.2 | | . With heating or cooling means |
| 434.3 | | . . Two confined fluids in indirect contact |
| 434.4 | | . . . Heat exchanger is part of separator or is contiguous therewith |
| 435 | | . Wear liners or surface characteristics (e.g., anti-erosion) |
| 436 | | . Removably supported deflector surface |
| 437 | | . With gas pump or fan |
| 438 | | . . Within separator |
| 439 | | . . Downstream of separator |
| 440 | | . Parallel and continuous nonplanar members (e.g., crimped, corrugated, curved) |
| 441 | | . Concentric, nested conduits with closed and open ends for flow reversal |
| 442 | | . Plural deflectors overlapped and spaced serially in gas flow |
| 443 | | . . Plural deflectors in row across gas flow |
| 444 | | . . . Deflectors in alternate rows aligned (i.e., staggered) |
| 445 | | . . Deflectors apertured or closely spaced from flow path wall |
| 446 | | . . . Space or aperture opposed by solid deflector surface |
| 447 | | . Fixed gas whirler or rotator means |
| 448 | | . . With outlet gas conduit wall common to surrounding gas inlet or concentrate outlet or collector |
| 449 | | . . . Gas inlet and outlet have common wall |
| 450 | | . . . With outlet from collector |
| 451 | | . . . . Tangential outlet pipe |
| 452 | | . . With plural concentrate outlets in arcuate, axially extending whirl chamber wall |
| 453 | | . . With concentrate outlet means in one of parallel plates mounting spaced whirler vanes |
| 454 | | . . With tangential concentrate outlet pipe |
| 455 | | . . Plural nonradial gas passages in peripheral wall (e.g., tuyere) |
| 456 | | . . Helical vane or baffle within flow conduit |
| 457 | | . . . Between gas flow path wall and central core |
| 458 | | . . Inflow pipe projects within casing |
| 459.1 | | . . Tangential gas inlet opening in casing |
| 459.2 | | . . . Inclined inflow |
| 459.3 | | . . . Scroll |
| 459.4 | | . . . Inflow nozzle or vane |
| 459.5 | | . . . Varying inlet area |
| 460 | | . . . With tangential gas outlet |
| 461 | | . . Continuous confined flow path |
| 462 | | . Impingement baffle |
| 463 | | . . Conical with apex facing upstream |
| 464 | | . . Corrugated, ribbed, crimped, or with projections |
| 465 | | . . Planar |
| 466 | | WITH SEPARATED NONGASEOUS MATERIAL CONDUCTING OR TREATING MEANS |
| 467 | | WITH GAS FLOW EFFECTING MEANS |
| 467.1 | | . With heating or cooling means |
| 468 | | . Injector or jet pump type |
| 469 | | . Manual, weight, or traction operated gas pump |
| 470 | | . Plurality of impellers arranged in parallel or performing diverse functions |
| 471 | | . Impeller within or proximate to space encompassed by separating media |
| 472 | | . Upright or multichambered casing |
| 473 | | . Impeller upstream of separating media |
| 474 | | WITH PARTICULATE SOLIDS MOVEMENT DURING USE OR AGITATING MEANS THEREFOR |
| 475 | | WITH MEANS ADJUSTABLE TO CONTROL COMPACTNESS OF SEPARATING MEDIA |
| 476 | | WITH MEANS INTRODUCING GAS INTO MIDST OF SEPARATING MEDIA |
| 477 | | STRANDS OR BRISTLES WITH UNSUPPORTED OR FREE EXTREMITIES (E.G., BRUSH TYPE) |
| 478 | | WITH SEPARATE FLOW LINE ACCESS MEANS OR FILTER MEDIA PASSAGE MEANS OFFSET TO FLOW PATH |
| 479 | | . For discrete filter particles |
| 480 | | . Access means is clamping or coupling means for unit filter media |
| 481 | | . Unit transversely slidable through flow path |
| 482 | | TWO OR MORE SEPARATORS (E.G., SPACED FILTERS IN FLOW LINE OR CASING) |
| 482.1 | | . With heating or cooling means |
| 483 | | . With framework for edge to edge relation |
| 484 | | . Spaced for parallel flow of gas |
| 485 | | . Three or more serially spaced |
| 486 | | . Plies or layers of different characteristics or orientation |
| 487 | | . . Differing mesh sizes |
| 488 | | . . Variation in shape or size |
| 489 | | . . Orientation of elements |
| 490 | | WITH MEANS SECURING OR RETAINING SEPARATING MEDIA |
| 490.1 | | . With heating or cooling means |
| 490.2 | | . . Two confined fluids in indirect contact |
| 491 | | . Fastening means pierces or penetrates media |
| 492 | | . Internal frame or support means |
| 493 | | . Hinged or pivoted retainer or clamp on backing frame or in flow line |
| 494 | | . Grid or tray type for bottom support only |
| 495 | | . Unit or cohesive sheet-like media in flow line or frame |
| 496 | | . . With adjustable connector or size adjusting means |
| 497 | | . . Edge supporting or securing means for nonplanar sheet form filter (e.g., zigzag) |
| 498 | | . . . Spiral or cylindrical |
| 499 | | . . . With additional transversely arranged members |
| 500 | | . . Flexible sheet type maintained in nonplanar configuration |
| 501 | | . . With additional support means not positively engaged or joined to media (e.g., across face of filter) |
| 502 | | . . Gasket or sealing means |
| 503 | | . . Media within joinable or separable flow line sections |
| 504 | | . . Aligned stop, media and removable retainer |
| 505 | | . . Flow line end coupling (e.g., pipe end) |
| 506 | | . . . Flange or track on flow line for slidably retaining media |
| 507 | | . . . Resilient attaching means |
| 508 | | . . Suspended or supported by bracket or from top of frame |
| 509 | | . . Distorted media in flow line or resilient retaining means |
| 510 | | . . Annular unit held between dished or plate-like end members for top and bottom support |
| 511 | | . . Edge supported or secured only |
| 512 | | . Discrete fibrous or particulate solids |
| 513 | | . . Resilient securing means |
| 514 | | . . Fused or bonded to a supporting or backing member |
| 515 | | . . Foraminous container |
| 516 | | . . Held between openwork |
| 517 | | . . . Between telescoped or nonplanar retainers |
| 518 | | . . . Between perforated plates |
| 519 | | . . . Between reticulated end closures |
| 520 | | SPIRAL FILTER MEDIA |
| 521 | | ZIGZAG, CORRUGATED, OR CONICAL |
| 522 | | SPECIFIC MEDIA MATERIAL |
| 523 | | . Ceramic or sintered |
| 524 | | . With coating, impregnant, or bonding agent |
| 525 | | . Metal mesh or expanded material |
| 526 | | . . Wadded or compressed |
| 527 | | . Fibrous or strand form |
| 528 | | . . Organic (e.g., vegetable) |
| 529 | | MISCELLANEOUS (E.G., SHAPES) |
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| | | DIGESTS |
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| DIG 1 | | Graduated electrostatic field |
| DIG 2 | | Vacuum cleaner bags |
| DIG 3 | | Vacuum cleaner |
| DIG 5 | | Methods of making filter |
| DIG 6 | | Magnetic couplings |
| DIG 7 | | Black liquor treatment |
| DIG 8 | | Built-in vacuum cleaners |
| DIG 9 | | Radioactive filters |
| DIG 10 | | Residue burned |
| DIG 12 | | Pocket type filter |
| DIG 13 | | Polyurethane filters |
| DIG 14 | | Inertia separator |
| DIG 15 | | Cold traps |
| DIG 17 | | Compressed air water removal |
| DIG 18 | | Work bench |
| DIG 19 | | Crankcase ventilation |
| DIG 20 | | Spark arrester |
| DIG 21 | | Silencer cleaner |
| DIG 23 | | Steam separators |
| DIG 24 | | Viscous coated filter |
| DIG 25 | | Agglomerators |
| DIG 26 | | Bag coupling |
| DIG 27 | | Cleaners, liquid |
| DIG 28 | | Carburetor attached |
| DIG 29 | | Air curtains |
| DIG 30 | | Exhaust treatment |
| DIG 31 | | Filter frame |
| DIG 32 | | Gaseous fluid conveying |
| DIG 33 | | Gas mask canister |
| DIG 34 | | Indicator and controllers |
| DIG 35 | | Respirators and register filters |
| DIG 36 | | Kitchen hoods |
| DIG 37 | | Louvers |
| DIG 38 | | Tubular collector electrode |
| DIG 39 | | Electrets separator |
| DIG 42 | | Foam filter materials |
| DIG 43 | | Knitted filter mediums |
| DIG 44 | | Pile and pile-type filter mediums |
| DIG 45 | | Woven filter mediums |
| DIG 46 | | Spray booths |
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