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| Class 415 | ROTARY KINETIC FLUID MOTORS OR PUMPS |
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![[List of Pre Grant Publications for class 415 subclass 1]](../as.gif) | ![[List of Patents for class 415 subclass 1]](../ps.gif) | 1 | METHOD OF OPERATION |
| | 2.1 | WITH MEANS FOR CONTROLLING CASING OR FLOW GUIDING MEANS IN RESPONSE TO NATURAL FLUID CURRENT FORCE OR DIRECTION |
| | 3.1 |  Having specific features for water current |
| | 4.1 | Natural fluid current force responsive |
| | 4.4 | Vertical runner axis |
| | 4.5 | Axial flow runner |
| | 5 | ENDLESS FLEXIBLE RUNNER (E.G., CHAIN, ETC.) |
| | 6 | CYCLICALLY DIPPING, LIQUID RETAINING, ELEVATING AND DISCHARGING RECEPTACLE OR CONDUIT |
| | 7 | FLOAT SUPPORTED OR BUOYANT RUNNER |
| | 8 | DRIVEN, FLUID IMMERSED RUNNER WITH VANE IN UNCONFINED FLUID STREAM (E.G., TROLLING PLATE, ETC.) |
| | 9 | INCLUDING DESTRUCTIBLE, FUSIBLE, OR DEFORMABLE NON-REUSABLE PART |
| | 10 | WITH CONTROL MEANS RESPONSIVE TO MOTION DEVELOPED FLUID EDDY, ELECTRICAL, OR MAGNETIC EFFECT |
| | 11 | WITH PUMP RECIRCULATION PASSAGE CONTROL RESPONSIVE TO WORKING FLUID CONDITION OR CHARACTERISTIC |
| | 12 | WITH BIMETALLIC BLADE, VANE, OR ADJUSTMENT MEANS THEREFOR |
| | 13 | WITH CONTROL MEANS RESPONSIVE TO NON-CYCLIC CONDITION SENSING, CENTRIFUGAL ACTUATION OR TORQUE |
| | 14 | Casing, runner, or shaft position or extent of motion responsive |
| | 15 | With input signal of independent condition |
| | 16 | With testing means for speed control |
| | 17 | Plural diverse condition responsive (e.g., temperature and pressure, speed and level, etc.) |
| | 18 | Control of clutch or brake surface |
| | 19 | Including control of starting motor or runner blade starting position |
| | 20 | Control of working fluid and diverse apparatus part |
| | 23 | Responsive to working fluid discharge angle from blade or vane |
| | 24 | Responsive to liquid level or weight |
| | 25 | Centrifugally initiated valve controlling fluid flow in shaft or runner |
| | 26 | Responsive to moving member developed fluid force, current or pressure |
| | 27 |  Of relief valve in branched pump discharge line |
| | 28 | Of valve bypassing runner stage |
| | 29 | Motor and upstream working fluid flow control |
| | 30 | By shaft speed or torque responsive means |
| | 31 | Helix or screw runner |
| | 32 | Including reset or manual adjustment |
| | 33 | Of adjustable runner, blade, shaft or bearing |
| | 35 | Of movable deflector intermediate jet discharge and runner |
| | 36 | Of working fluid valve or vane |
| | 47 | Temperature or fluid force responsive member |
| | 51 | WITH INDEPENDENTLY OPERATED TIMER OR PROGRAMMER ACTUATOR FOR WORKING FLUID CONTROL |
| | 52.1 | WITH MEANS FOR RE-ENTRY OF WORKING FLUID TO BLADE SET (E.G., RE-ENTRY TYPE DEVICE, PASSAGE, ETC.) |
| | 53.1 | Cross flow runner |
| | 53.2 | Having vane or deflector within runner blade set |
| | 53.3 | Having selectively adjustable vane or working fluid control means |
| | 54.1 | To opposite face of blade |
| | 55.1 | Turbine regenerative pump |
| | 55.2 | Having specific means to deflect working fluid in regenerative passage |
| | 55.5 | Having plural, rigidly related blade sets |
| | 56.1 | Pump priming means |
| | 56.2 | Vertical runner shaft |
| | 56.3 | Having plural and arcuately arranged vanes around runner |
| | 56.4 | Re-entry through working fluid discharge passage for runner |
| | 56.5 | Re-entry working fluid joins inlet working fluid upstream of runner |
| | 56.6 | Walled pumping chamber positioned within liquid separation chamber |
| | 57.1 | Plural, independent, serially acting re-entry means |
| | 57.2 | Having additional blade set in re-entry path |
| | 57.3 | Re-entry from opposite sides of blade face |
| | 57.4 | Re-entry into blade in radial plane of blade |
| | 58.1 | Having additional blade set in re-entry path |
| | 58.2 | Radial flow runner portion guides re-entry working fluid (e.g., hub, back plate, etc.) |
| | 58.4 | Re-entry working fluid joins inlet working fluid upstream of runner |
| | 58.6 | Open recirculation from and to blade set |
| | 58.7 | Axial flow runner |
| | 59.1 | Plural blade sets |
| | 60 | PLURAL RUNNERS SUPPORTED FOR RELATIVE MOTION OR ON SEPARATE SHAFTS |
| | 61 | With means for selective runner operation or drive shaft connection |
| | 62 | Diverse type runners, blade systems or working fluid paths in runners |
| | 64 | Radial flow through concentric radially spaced blade rows |
| | 65 | Interdigitated, oppositely extending, coaxial, axially spaced blade rows |
| | 66 | Serially spaced in working fluid flow path |
| | 70 | RUNNER HAS PLANETARY MOTION OR ROTATES AROUND OBLIQUE OR CONSTANTLY MOVING AXIS |
| | 71 | RUNNER HAS SPIRALLY ARRANGED BLADE OR FLUID PASSAGE |
| | 76 | FLUID FLOW BETWEEN PLURAL SINUOUS RUNNER SURFACES |
| | 77 | AXIAL FLOW RUNNER WITH BLADES EXTENDING RADIALLY INWARD AND OUTWARD FROM COMMON ANNULUS |
| | 78 | With means selecting only one blade row for working fluid flow |
| | 79 | Serial flow through inward and outward extending blade rows |
| | 80 | MOTOR RUNNER MOTIVATED BY REACTION TYPE JET DISCHARGE NOZZLE FROM INTERNAL WORKING FLUID CONDUIT |
| | 83 | RUNNER WITH ANNULAR BLADE ROWS OR FLUID CHANNELS SPACED ON COMMON RADIAL PLANE |
| | 84 | Including peripheral blade row |
| | 85 | With means for reversing runner rotation |
| | 86 | Blades projecting axially from plural transverse runner faces |
| | 88 | PUMP HAVING ROTATING INLET END OR SCOOP IMMERSED IN LIQUID |
| | 89 | CENTRIFUGAL BOWL PUMP |
| | 90 | SMOOTH RUNNER SURFACE FOR WORKING FLUID FRICTIONAL CONTACT (E.G., UNBLADED RUNNER, ETC.) |
| | 91 | ANNULAR RUNNER WITH INWARDLY PROJECTING BLADE |
| | 92 | MOTOR RUNNER HAVING WORKING FLUID TRAPPING POCKET |
| | 93 | AXIALLY OPPOSED WORKING FLUID PATHS TO OR FROM RUNNER (E.G., END BALANCE, ETC.) |
| | 94 | With working fluid regulation or control means |
| | 96 | With additional shaft connected end balancing fluid force reactor surface |
| | 97 | Pump impeller means |
| | 98 | Impeller blades extending from opposite sides of common central support |
| | 99 | Plural axially spaced impellers |
| | 101 | Plural, separate, parallel, simultaneous flow paths |
| | 104 | WITH SHAFT CONNECTED FLUID FORCE SUBJECTED THRUST BALANCING SURFACE |
| | 105 | In separate chamber having non-system fluid inlet |
| | 106 | Fluid force on opposite face of blade or blade support member |
| | 107 | Motor shaft |
| | 108 | CASING AND SPACED HOUSING WITH SPACE VENTED TO WORKING FLUID |
| | 109 | WITH SHAFT CONNECTED FLUID ABUTMENT MEMBER IN SEALING FLUID FILLED CHAMBER |
| | 110 | WITH LUBRICATING, SEALING, PACKING OR BEARING MEANS HAVING INTERNAL WORKING FLUID CONNECTION (E.G., FLUID OR FLUID BIASED SEAL, ETC.) |
| | 114 | WITH CHANGING STATE CONFINED HEAT EXCHANGE MASS |
| | 115 | WITH PASSAGE IN BLADE, VANE, SHAFT OR ROTARY DISTRIBUTOR COMMUNICATING WITH WORKING FLUID |
| | 116 | WITH DIVERSELY ORIENTED INLET OR ADDITIONAL INLET FOR DIVERSE FLUID (E.G., HEATING, COOLING OR MIXED WORKING FLUID, ETC.) |
| | 118 | WITH INSPECTION, SIGNALING, INDICATING OR MEASURING MEANS |
| | 119 | WITH SOUND OR VIBRATORY WAVE ABSORBING OR PREVENTING MEANS OR ARRANGEMENT |
| | 120 | CENTRIPETAL PUMP |
| | 121.1 | WITH CUTTER OR COMMINUTOR FOR DEBRIS IN WORKING FLUID |
| | 121.2 | WITH SEPARATING MEANS OR GUARD FOR SOLID MATTER IN WORKING FLUID (E.G., DEBRIS, ETC.) |
| | 121.3 | COMBINED |
| | 122.1 | INCLUDING SHAFT TRANSMISSION TRAIN, BRAKE, CLUTCH, OR ATTENDANT ACTUATED DRIVE MEANS |
| | 123 | Brake or clutch |
| | 124 | Hand or foot operated crank, pedal or traction wheel |
| | 124.1 | Runner supported portion engages shaft transmission train (e.g., peripheral gear drive, etc.) |
| | 124.2 | Shaft transmission train having flexible means or coupling |
| | 125 | INCLUDING MEANS TO CAUSE CYCLICAL MOVEMENT OF A PART (E.G., BLADE, VALVE, ETC.) |
| | 126 | INCLUDING CASING PART SELECTIVELY MOVABLE RELATIVE TO FIXED SUPPORT |
| | 129 | RUNNER OR BLADE SELECTIVELY ADJUSTABLE RELATIVE TO CASING |
| | 130 | Relatively angularly adjustable plural blades or runners |
| | 131 | Axially adjusted |
| | 133 | Radially adjusted or centered shaft |
| | 134 | INCLUDING THERMAL EXPANSION JOINT |
| | 140 | RESILIENT OR MOVABLY MOUNTED BLADE PORTION OR AXIALLY MOVABLE RUNNER OR SHAFT |
| | 142 | SHAFT BEARING COMBINED WITH OR RETAINED BY ARM OR VANE IN SURROUNDING WORKING FLUID SPACE |
| | 143 | PLURAL RUNNERS HAVING DIFFERENT TYPE FLOW PATHS |
| | 144 | WORKING FLUID BYPASS |
| | 146 | INCLUDING WORKING FLUID FORCE RESPONSIVE VANE OR FLOW CONTROL |
| | 148 | SELECTIVELY ADJUSTABLE VANE OR WORKING FLUID CONTROL MEANS |
| | 149.1 | Separate means upstream and downstream of blade set |
| | 150 | Runner, shaft, or separate motor operated |
| | 151 | Upstream of runner |
| | 152.1 | Motor runner with selective inlet paths for reversible rotation |
| | 152.2 |  Runner includes radial flow blade set |
| | 153.1 | Separate runner blade set acted upon for reverse rotation |
| | 154.1 | Plural inlets simultaneously discharging working fluid onto single blade set |
| | 154.3 | Including axial flow blade set |
| | 155 | Plural, independently adjustable |
| | 156 | Deformable, resilient or resiliently biased |
| | 157 | Single, axially movable cylinder or plate |
| | 159 | Plural and arcuately or circularly arranged around runner axis |
| | 160 | Individually pivoted vanes |
| | 165 | On same radial plane with blade |
| | 167 | Movable pipe or nozzle |
| | 167.1 | Convertible series-parallel pump |
| | 168.1 | INCLUDING MEANS FOR HANDLING WORKING FLUID LEAKAGE |
| | 169.1 | INCLUDING MEANS FOR HANDLING PORTION SEPARATED FROM WORKING FLUID |
| | 170.1 | BEARING, SEAL, OR LINER BETWEEN RUNNER PORTION AND STATIC PART |
| | 171.1 | Dynamically created seal |
| | 172.1 | Means to seal radial flow pump runner inlet from outlet |
| | 173.1 | Between blade edge and static part |
| | 173.2 | Selectively adjustable |
| | 173.3 | Resilient, flexible, or resiliently biased |
| | 173.4 | Erodable or permanently deformable |
| | 173.5 | Labyrinth seal |
| | 173.6 | Between blade supported radial tip ring and static part |
| | 173.7 | Between axial flow runner and vane or vane diaphragm structure |
| | 174.1 | Selectively adjustable |
| | 174.2 | Resilient, flexible, or resiliently biased |
| | 174.4 | Erodable or permanently deformable |
| | 174.5 | Labyrinth seal |
| | 175 | INCLUDING ADDITIONAL MEANS CAUSING OR CONTROLLING FLUID FLOW FOR HEAT EXCHANGING, LUBRICATING OR SEALING |
| | 177 | INCLUDING HEAT INSULATION OR EXCHANGE MEANS (E.G., FINS, LAGGING, ETC.) |
| | 178 | Working fluid on at least one side of heat exchange wall |
| | 180 | Cooling fluid contacts shaft, seal or bearing |
| | 181 | MEANS, DISPOSITION OR ARRANGEMENT FOR CAUSING SUPERSONIC WORKING FLUID VELOCITY |
| | 182.1 | WORKING FLUID PASSAGE OR DISTRIBUTING MEANS ASSOCIATED WITH RUNNER (E.G., CASING, ETC.) |
| | 183 | Plural distributing means immediately upstream of runner |
| | 184 | Inlet scrolls, or distributors within inlet scroll |
| | 185 | Arcuately or circularly arranged around runner axis |
| | 196 | Passage or casing attached removable liner or wear member |
| | 198.1 | Plural rigidly related blade sets |
| | 199.1 | Including serial radial flow blade sets and intermediate stationary flow diverter(s) |
| | 199.4 | Including an axial-flow blade set |
| | 200 | Specific casing or vane material |
| | 201 | Access opening through portion of casing or cover |
| | 202 | Nozzle discharging onto motor runner |
| | 203 | Casing having tangential inlet or outlet (i.e., centrifugal type) |
| | 207 | Pump outlet or casing portion expands in downstream direction |
| | 208.1 | Vane or deflector |
| | 208.2 | Plural and arcuately or circularly arranged in radial plane around runner axis |
| | 208.3 | Plane intersects with runner blade |
| | 209.1 | Plural, axially spaced vane sets acting successively or having specific spacing means |
| | 209.2 | Having means for mounting diaphragm or plural vane holder to casing |
| | 209.3 | Having specific vane mounting means |
| | 210.1 | Fixed between radially separate surfaces |
| | 211.1 | In radial plane with runner blade |
| | 211.2 | Downstream of runner |
| | 212.1 | Scroll or helical type casing with specific exit nozzle |
| | 213.1 | Casing with mounting means |
| | 214.1 | Casing having multiple parts releasably clamped (e.g., casing seal, etc.) |
| | 215.1 | Casing having multiple parts welded, cemented, or fused |
| | 216.1 | With runner shaft of specific shape or material |
| | 217.1 | With runner having corrosion resistant or nonmetallic portion |
| | 218.1 | With runner having conical hub including small diameter facing upstream |
| | 219.1 | Casing with axial, conical flow runner |
| | 220 | Casing with axial flow runner |
| | 221 | Having specific features for liquid flow |
| | 222 | Pump with casing narrowing to runner |
| | 223 | Having runner in orifice of radially extending partition or casing element |
| | 224 | Casing with nonradial flow runner (e.g., circumferential flow, etc.) |
| | 224.5 | Radial flow casing having vaneless annulus diffuser |
| | 225 | Exit chamber in radial plane axially offset from runner (e.g., sludge pump, etc.) |
| | 226 | Annular exit chamber outward of runner |
| | 227 | Runner having flow confining continuous passage |
| | 228 | Runner having full circular shroud for blades |
| | 229 | BEARING, SEAL, OR LINER BETWEEN SHAFT OR SHAFT SLEEVE AND STATIC PART |
| | 232 | MISCELLANEOUS |
| CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS | ||
| | 900 | ROTARY BLOOD PUMP |
| | 901 | DRILLED WELL-TYPE PUMP |
| | 902 | ROTARY PUMP TURBINE PUBLICATIONS |
| | 903 | WELL BIT DRIVE TURBINE |
| | 904 | TOOL DRIVE TURBINE (E.G., DENTAL DRILL, ETC.) |
| | 905 | NATURAL FLUID CURRENT MOTOR |
| | 909 | AIR STACK OR SHAFT HAVING NATURAL FLUID CURRENT MOTOR |
| | 910 | REVERSIBLE BETWEEN PUMP AND MOTOR USE |
| | 911 | PUMP HAVING REVERSIBLE RUNNER ROTATION AND SEPARATE OUTLETS FOR OPPOSING DIRECTIONS OF ROTATION |
| | 912 | INTERCHANGEABLE PARTS TO VARY PUMPING CAPACITY OR SIZE OF PUMP |
| | 913 | INLET AND OUTLET WITH CONCENTRIC PORTIONS |
| | 914 | DEVICE TO CONTROL BOUNDARY LAYER |
| | 915 | PUMP OR PORTION THEREOF BY CASTING OR MOLDING |
| | 916 | PERPETUAL MOTION DEVICES |
| FOREIGN ART COLLECTIONS | ||
| FOR000 | CLASS-RELATED FOREIGN DOCUMENTS |
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