Class 266: METALLURGICAL APPARATUS ( Manual of U.S. Patent Classification )

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Class
266
METALLURGICAL APPARATUS


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Subclass Title
ClassTitle ===> METALLURGICAL APPARATUS
44[Patents]PROCESS
45[Patents] . Plugging or tapping
46[Patents] . Cooling
47[Patents] . Tuyere operation
48[Patents]MEANS FOR CUTTING SOLID METAL WITH HEAT, E.G., BLOWPIPES
49[Patents] . With waste entrapping fluid
50[Patents] . Means for cutting continuously cast workpieces
51[Patents] . Means for removing surface material, e.g., scarfing
52[Patents] . . Having means to simultaneously scarf multiple sides of a workpiece
53[Patents] . . Having workpiece-contacting cutting means spacer
54[Patents] . With means for cutting tubular workpiece
55[Patents] . . Having torch mount secured within workpiece
56[Patents] . . Having means to circumrotate torch about workpiece
57[Patents] . . With means to rotate workpiece
58[Patents] . With pattern control means
59[Patents] . . With tape-control means
60[Patents] . . With automatic line-follower means
61[Patents] . . With means to rotate workpiece
62[Patents] . . Having articulated arm supporting torch
63[Patents] . . . With pantograph arm means
64[Patents] . . Having spaced, superposed templet
65[Patents] . With work supporting grate means
66[Patents] . Hand held, work riding torch
67[Patents] . With wheeled carriage torch mount
68[Patents] . . Having work contacting torch spacing means
69[Patents] . . With work-spanning torch mount
70[Patents] . Circle cutter
71[Patents] . Having torch solely supported by workpiece
72[Patents] . With cantilevered arm torch support
73[Patents] . . Having carriage-supported cantilevered arm
74[Patents] . Having adjuvant material feed
75[Patents] . . Solid material
76[Patents] . Having torch spacing means
77[Patents] . With torch mounting means
78[Patents]WITH CONTROL MEANS RESPONSIVE TO SENSED CONDITION
79[Patents] . By treated material sampling means
80[Patents] . With analyzer or computation means
81[Patents] . With means supplying a treating agent
82[Patents] . . Correlated flow of diverse fluents
83[Patents] . . . With flow rate sensor
84[Patents] . . . With means sensing moisture content
85[Patents] . . Individual control of diverse inputs
86[Patents] . . By means positioning dispenser
87[Patents] . With temperature sensor
88[Patents] . . In a fluid
89[Patents] . With pressure sensor
90[Patents] . With means responsive to condition of treated material
91[Patents] . . By means sensing weight or density of work
92[Patents] . . By means sensing position of work
93[Patents] . . . By means sensing presence or absence of work
94[Patents] . . . By means sensing level of molten liquid
95[Patents] . . . . By float means
96[Patents]WITH PROGRAMMED, CYCLIC, OR TIME RESPONSIVE CONTROL MEANS
97[Patents] . By timer
98[Patents] . . Having driven disk or drum
99[Patents]WITH RECORDING, INDICATING, INSPECTION OR MEASURING MEANS
100[Patents] . Having observation means
101[Patents]HAVING MEANS FOR LEACHING AND SUBSEQUENTLY PRECIPITATING A METAL
102[Patents]MEANS TREATING A CONTINUUM OF WORK
103[Patents] . With heating means
104[Patents] . . By joule effect
105[Patents] . . Discrete article continuum
106[Patents] . . Overlapped planar coil
107[Patents] . . In a molten material bath
108[Patents] . . In a muffle furnace
109[Patents] . . With cooling by contact with solid heat sink
110[Patents] . . In specific environment, e.g., vacuum
111[Patents] . . With fluid contact means
112[Patents] . . . In liquid bath
113[Patents] . . . In liquid spray
114[Patents]HAVING MEANS FOR CONTACTING A SOLID METALLIFEROUS MATERIAL OR METAL OBJECT WITH A LIQUID
115[Patents] . With means changing the shape of a treated object, e.g., roller means
116[Patents] . . Spring shaping means
117[Patents] . With means to prevent warping of treated object
118[Patents] . . Of a gear wheel
119[Patents] . . With heating of object
120[Patents] . By immersing an article to be treated in bath of molten material, e.g., salt bath
121[Patents] . With heating means, e.g., flame contact
122[Patents] . . By means treating metalliferous materials, e.g., ores
123[Patents] . . By heating means adapted to be inserted into a hollow object
124[Patents] . . By means heating selected areas of an object
125[Patents] . . . By means specialized to heat an article having an irregular contour (e.g., cams, gears)
126[Patents] . . . . By heating means configured to fit between adjacent gear teeth
127[Patents] . . Unitized heating and fluid contact means
128[Patents] . . By electric heating means
129[Patents] . . . Inductance type
130[Patents] . . Having bath for contacting the work with liquid
131[Patents] . . . With means to agitate or control temperature of bath
132[Patents] . . . Having work introducing elevator
133[Patents] . . . Having means to move work through bath
134[Patents] . By means contacting only selected areas of treated article with liquid
135[Patents]WITH CLEANING OR LUBRICATING MEANS
136[Patents] . Fluid injector cleaner
137[Patents]WITH MEANS TO COMMINUTE OR DISINTEGRATE SOLIDS
138[Patents]WITH MEANS TO PREHEAT GAS
139[Patents] . Having heat storage means, e.g., checkers, stroves
140[Patents] . By heat generating means
141[Patents] . By remote heat exchanger
142[Patents]GEOGRAPHIC OR STRUCTURAL INSTALLATION
143[Patents] . Having refining vessel with travelling support
144[Patents]WITH MEANS TREATING OR HANDLING GASES EXHAUSTED BY TREATING MEANS
145[Patents] . Having means to treat or handle gases evolving from rotary furnace
146[Patents] . By contacting gas with nonmetallic liquid
147[Patents] . . By liquid spraying
148[Patents] . By condensing and collecting a volatile constituent
149[Patents] . . Within evacuated chamber
150[Patents] . . Having molten metal splashing means
151[Patents] . . By cascading material evolving the gas
152[Patents] . . By indirect liquid heat exchange means
153[Patents] . . Having retort condenser
154[Patents] . . Vertical shaft furnace
155[Patents] . With heat exchanger, e.g., waste heat boiler
156[Patents] . By means recycling exhaust gas
157[Patents] . By separating particles from evolved gas
158[Patents] . Hood
159[Patents] . Offtake
160[Patents]COMBINED OR CONVERTIBLE
161[Patents]MEANS FOR EXTRACTING AND REFINING METAL
162[Patents] . With separate refining zone
163[Patents] . . With rotating heating vessel
164[Patents] . . With heated vertical extracting means
165[Patents]AMBULANT VESSEL
166[Patents]TREATING VESSEL WITH DISTINCT MOLTEN MATERIAL HOLDING MEANS, E.G., FOREHEARTH
167[Patents]THERMIT REACTION VESSEL
168[Patents]MEANS FOR TREATING ORES OR FOR EXTRACTING METALS
169[Patents] . Amalgam-type extraction means
170[Patents] . By means precipitating metal from solution
171[Patents] . By means applying heat to work, e.g., furnace
172[Patents] . . Fluidized zone
173[Patents] . . Rotary drum-type furnace
174[Patents] . . With safety device
175[Patents] . . With separate preheat chamber
176[Patents] . . With means for moving solid material to or through heating zone
177[Patents] . . . By means for moving charge through zone
178[Patents] . . . . Traveling grate
179[Patents] . . . . . With seal means
180[Patents] . . . . . Train of grate elements
181[Patents] . . . . Means forming cascading array
182[Patents] . . . By fluid current
183[Patents] . . . By power-driven means conveying solid charge into zone
184[Patents] . . . Bell and hopper type
185[Patents] . . With work supporting grate
186[Patents] . . With means for feeding fluids
187[Patents] . . . With flow regulating means
188[Patents] . . . With common outlet means to feed diverse fluids
189[Patents] . . . With means to cool fluid feeding means
190[Patents] . . With cooling of heating means
191[Patents] . . . By means cooling material discharge means
192[Patents] . . . By direct fluid contact
193[Patents] . . . By means embedded in heating means
194[Patents] . . . . Having means to facilitate removal of cooling means
195[Patents] . . With discharge means
196[Patents] . . . With trough-shaped outlet, e.g., runner
197[Patents] . . Shaft-type furnace, e.g., blast furnace
198[Patents] . . . Having external support
199[Patents] . . . Having specific top structure
200[Patents]MEANS FOR MELTING OR VAPORIZING METAL OR TREATING LIQUEFIED METAL
201[Patents] . Slag refining means
202[Patents] . Spray refining means
203[Patents] . By means specialized to puddle metal
204[Patents] . Means applying centrifugal force
205[Patents] . Means to melt and separate metal from mass of diverse constituents
206[Patents] . Means for melting-type material, e.g., Linotype
207[Patents] . By providing, treating or protecting environment, e.g., vacuum
208[Patents] . . By application of vacuum
209[Patents] . . . By upward flow of metal within treating zone
210[Patents] . . . . Recirculating material to its source
211[Patents] . . . Enclosed within casing
212[Patents] . Refining means with separate metal-melting zone
213[Patents] . Revolving drum-type furnace
214[Patents] . Reverberatory refining vessel, e.g., open hearth
215[Patents] . Continuous refining
216[Patents] . By means introducing treating material
217[Patents] . . Gaseous treating material
218[Patents] . . . Having fluid inlet formed in vessel wall, e.g., tuyere
219[Patents] . . . . Having intersecting streams converging on central axis of vertical furnace
220[Patents] . . . . Having porous outlet
221[Patents] . . . . By means to introduce diverse material
222[Patents] . . . . . Concentric flow paths
223[Patents] . . . . Having control means
224[Patents] . . . . Having tuyere formed in plug bottom
225[Patents] . . . Lance
226[Patents] . . . . With manipulating means
227[Patents] . By separating metal in a molten mass from undesired material, e.g., slag
228[Patents] . . By skimming a material
229[Patents] . . By baffle means
230[Patents] . . . At discharge outlet
231[Patents] . . . In discharge trough, e.g., runner
232[Patents] . . Settling receptacle, e.g., slag pot
233[Patents] . By stirring or mixing molten metal
234[Patents] . . Induction stirring
235[Patents] . . Having impeller means
236[Patents] . With means to discharge molten material
237[Patents] . . Including electromagnetic means
238[Patents] . . Means for removing residual material
239[Patents] . . By changing ambient pressure on material surface, e.g., suction
240[Patents] . . With means to tilt heating means
241[Patents] . With means to cool treating means
242[Patents] . Heated melting pot
243[Patents] . Bessemer-type treating vessel
244[Patents] . . By mounting vessel to revolve about its longitudinal axis
245[Patents] . . With means pivotally mounting vessel
246[Patents] . . . Means mounting vessel to trunnion ring
247[Patents] . . . Means mounting vessel to U-shaped trunnion support means
248[Patents] . Horizontal, rotatable, cylindrical type
249[Patents]MEANS TREATING SOLID METAL
250[Patents] . Having evacuated chamber
251[Patents] . By contact with gas
252[Patents] . . With heating means
253[Patents] . . . Bottom feeding furnace
254[Patents] . . . With indirect heat-exchange means for gas
255[Patents] . . . Having work contained in separate, noncommunicating chamber, e.g., muffle
256[Patents] . . . . Bell furnace
257[Patents] . . . Having atmosphere generating means within treating zone
258[Patents] . . By contacting only selected areas of object
259[Patents] . By cooling of the solid
260[Patents] . . By contact with solid heat sink
261[Patents] . By flame contact heating
262[Patents] . Fluid tight heat transferring box shield or hood (e.g., annealing box)
263[Patents] . . Bell-type hood, or support for such hood
264[Patents] . . . Having packing at hood lip
265[Patents]MEANS FOR INTRODUCING FLUENT INTO VESSEL, E.G., TUYERE
266[Patents] . With flow control means or internal flow guide
267[Patents] . Having means for simultaneously feeding diverse materials
268[Patents] . . Having plural outlets
269[Patents] . Having drain means or cleaner insertion means, e.g., punch hole
270[Patents] . Having means preventing damage to introducing means, e.g., wear linings, cooling
271[Patents]MEANS SEALING OR OPENING APERTURE IN VESSEL
272[Patents] . By means plugging aperture
273[Patents] . . By means injecting plugging compound, e.g., mud gun
274[Patents]MEANS FOR HOLDING OR SUPPORTING WORK
275[Patents] . Receptacle
276[Patents] . . With means movably supporting receptacle
277[Patents] . . . By bed of rollers
278[Patents] . . Having corrugated wall
279[Patents] . Grate
280[Patents]LININGS
281[Patents] . With making or repairing means
282[Patents] . With metallic means to prevent lining abrasion
283[Patents] . Having particular lining element shape
284[Patents] . Having specific grain size
285[Patents] . With means allowing for expansion
286[Patents] . With specific lining enclosing structure
287[Patents]MISCELLANEOUS
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CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS
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900[Patents]METAL MELTING FURNACES, E.G., CUPOLA TYPE
901[Patents]SCRAP METAL PREHEATING OR MELTING
902[Patents]BLOWPIPES SPECIALIZED TO TRANSVERSELY CUT OR NOTCH BLOOMS, BILLETS OR BARS
903[Patents]SAFETY SHIELDS
904[Patents]BLOWPIPE CUTTING HEADS
905[Patents]REFRACTORY METAL-EXTRACTING MEANS
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DIGEST
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DIG 1[Patents]REPAIR OR RESTORATION OF APPARATUS


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