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| Class 416 | FLUID REACTION SURFACES (I.E., IMPELLERS) |
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![[List of Pre Grant Publications for class 416 subclass 1]](../as.gif) | ![[List of Patents for class 416 subclass 1]](../ps.gif) | 1 | METHOD OF OPERATION |
| | 2 | HAVING FRANGIBLE OR FUSIBLE PART OR CONNECTION |
| | 3 | ACTUATION DIRECTLY RESPONSIVE TO MAGNETIC OR ELECTRICAL EFFECT |
| | 4 | ROTARY SKIN FRICTION TYPE (E.G., MAGNUS ROTOR, ETC.) |
| | 5 | WITH ILLUMINATION MEANS |
| | 6 | DRIVEN BY PULSATING OR DIVERSE WORKING FLUID |
| | 7 | WORKING MEMBER SUPPORTED ON ENDLESS FLEXIBLE CARRIER |
| | 9 | WITH MEANS POSITIONING FLUID CURRENT DRIVEN IMPELLER RELATIVE TO FLOW DIRECTION |
| | 10 |  Offset relative to flow direction |
| | 11 |  Upstream pivotal mounting |
| | 12 | Responsive to folding or feathering of flow-aligned vane |
| | 13 | Horizontal deflection relative to flow-aligned vane |
| | 17 | Feathering cycle related to flow direction |
| | 18 | WITH GYROSCOPIC REFERENCE MEANS FOR ROTOR CONTROL |
| | 19 | SINGLE BLADE ROTARY IMPELLER WITH COUNTERBALANCE |
| | 20R | DRIVE BY FLUID REACTION JET ON WORKING MEMBER |
| | 23 | WITH MEANS MOVING WORKING FLUID DEFLECTING WORKING MEMBER PART DURING OPERATION (E.G., AILERON, ETC.) |
| | 25 | INTERRELATED CONTROLS FOR IMPELLER AND DRIVE MEANS |
| | 26 | Pitch adjustment related to drive brake or clutch operation |
| | 27 | Pitch adjustment and throttle regulation with condition sensing means |
| | 31 | WITH CONTROL MEANS RESPONSIVE TO NON-CYCLIC CONDITION SENSING, CENTRIFUGAL ACTUATION, TORQUE OR THRUST |
| | 32 | Control of drive brake or clutch |
| | 33 | Plural distinct impellers having related control |
| | 35 | With electrical means comparing and reducing error related to preset datum |
| | 36 | Plural diverse condition responsive |
| | 37 | Relative ambient condition sensing (e.g., temperature, density, wind force, etc.) |
| | 38 | Drive engine condition excluding shaft speed or torque |
| | 39 | Temperature or icing condition responsive |
| | 40 | Responsive to relative working fluid velocity |
| | 42 | Pressure or altitude responsive |
| | 43 | Responsive to condition of torque or thrust of device or driving or driven means or mechanism |
| | 44 | Impeller rotation speed responsive |
| | 54 | OPERATED BY ART DEVICE |
| | 55 | Vehicular device |
| | 56 | Runner supported rocking device |
| | 59 | Pivot supported swinging device |
| | 60 | Integral with or directly attached to rotary device or part (e.g., flywheel, pulley, etc.) |
| | 61 | WITH MEASURING, TESTING, SIGNALLING OR INSPECTION MEANS |
| | 62 | REMOVABLE AUXILIARY ATTACHMENT TO WORK SURFACE |
| | 63 | AMBULANT, BODY SUPPORTED OR WITH CARRYING HANDLE |
| | 64 | TRANSLATORY REACTION MOTION |
| | 69 | OPERATOR SUPPORTED MANUALLY ACTUATED TYPE |
| | 70R | Operation solely by direct hand manipulation |
| | 71 | Simulation or having indicia, ornamentation or combined feature |
| | 72 | Relatively movable portions |
| | 70A | Fans |
| | 74 | Fulcrum support type (e.g., oar, scull, etc.) |
| | 75 | Reciprocatory pin-slot actuator |
| | 76 | Rotary hand crank (e.g., egg beater, etc.) |
| | 78 | CRANK TYPE DIPPING OR STIRRING MOTION |
| | 79 | OSCILLATORY REACTION MOTION |
| | 80 | With pendulum, counterbalance or inertial weight |
| | 81 | Flexible working member |
| | 82 | Relatively movable working member portions |
| | 83 | Compound motion (e.g., feathering, undulating, etc.) |
| | 84 | BUOYANT OR INFLATABLE WORKING MEMBER |
| | 85 | FLOAT SUPPORTED |
| | 87 | RADIALLY EXTENSIBLE OR RETRACTIBLE ROTOR WORKING MEMBER |
| | 90R | WITH FLUID PASSAGE IN WORKING MEMBER COMMUNICATING WITH WORKING FLUID |
| | 91 | Both inlet and outlet to working fluid |
| | 92 | Discharge solely at periphery normal to rotation axis |
| | 90A | Air and watercraft propellers |
| | 93R | AMBIENT FLUID OR EXHAUST GAS DIRECTED THROUGH HUB, FAIRING OR HOUSING |
| | 95 | WITH HEATING, COOLING OR THERMAL INSULATION MEANS |
| | 98 | SUSTAINED ANCILLARY MOVEMENT OF ROTARY WORKING MEMBER (E.G., CYCLIC FEATHERING, ETC.) |
| | 99 | Intermounted rotary members |
| | 100 | Continuous rotor oscillation |
| | 101 | Cyclic radial movement |
| | 102 | Responsive to carrier tilt |
| | 103 | Lead-lag type rotor blade movement |
| | 104 | And additional correlated blade movement (e.g., pitch change, etc.) |
| | 105 | Positive means effecting lead-lag movement |
| | 106 | With movement restraining means (i.e., damping) |
| | 108 | By actuator eccentric to rotation axis |
| | 110 | Continuous rotation about plural axes |
| | 112 | Responsive to fixed actuator (e.g., cam or trip, etc.) |
| | 117 | Responsive to gravity or working fluid force |
| | 120 | PLURAL IMPELLERS HAVING RELATIVE MOVEMENT OR INDEPENDENT SUPPORTS |
| | 121 | Shiftable support |
| | 122 | Intersecting or interdigitated paths of operation |
| | 123 | Divergent rotation axes |
| | 124 | Coaxial rotation |
| | 125 | Individual prime mover |
| | 126 | Concentric working members |
| | 127 | Concurrent adjustment |
| | 128 | Oppositely rotating impellers |
| | 130 | Differential or independent adjustment |
| | 131 | ARTICULATED, RESILIENTLY MOUNTED OR SELF-SHIFTING IMPELLER OR WORKING MEMBER |
| | 132R | Sectional, staged or nonrigid working member |
| | 133 | Axially displaceable rotary carrier (e.g., hub, etc.) |
| | 134R | Nonmetallic resilient mounting |
| | 135 | Resilient bias or mount |
| | 139 | Including weight bias means |
| | 140 | Including movement limit stop or damping means |
| | 141 | Plural articulation |
| | 142 | WORKING MEMBER FOLDABLE, PIVOTABLE OR COLLAPSIBLE TO NON-USE POSITION |
| | 144 | WITH WEIGHT-BALANCING MEANS |
| | 146R | COMBINED OR CONVERTIBLE |
| | 147 | HAVING POSITIVE MEANS FOR IMPELLER ADJUSTMENT |
| | 148 | Tiltable carrier (e.g., hub, etc.) |
| | 149 | Shiftable carrier support |
| | 151 | Power derived from impeller shaft |
| | 153 | Having pitch lock or adjustable stop |
| | 155 | Motor bodily rotatable with impeller hub or shaft |
| | 159 | Power or manual actuator on non-rotatable part |
| | 169R | HAVING CLUTCH OR BRAKE MEANS |
| | 170R | SPECIFIC DRIVE OR TRANSMISSION MEANS |
| | 171 | Impeller driven by fluid motor |
| | 172 | Alternating rotation |
| | 173 | Manual powered means |
| | 170HM | Hand mixers |
| | 174 | HAVING LUBRICATING, SEALING, PACKING OR SPECIFIC BEARING MEANS BETWEEN IMPELLER OR SHAFT AND STATIC PART |
| | 175 | DIVERSE IMPELLERS OR WORKING MEMBERS |
| | 176 | SPIRAL BLADE OR FLOW PASSAGE (360 DEGREE) |
| | 178 | PERIMETRIC BLADING EXTENDING AXIALLY BETWEEN ANNULAR MEMBERS (E.G., SQUIRREL CAGE TYPE, ETC.) |
| | 179 | ROTOR HAVING FLOW CONFINING OR DEFLECTING WEB, SHROUD OR CONTINUOUS PASSAGE |
| | 180 | Blades projecting axially from concavo-convex annular web |
| | 181 | Apertured or foraminous web or shroud |
| | 182 | Radially extending web or end plate |
| | 183 | Circumferentially or radially angulated or discontinuous blades or sections (e.g., stepped, etc.) |
| | 184 | Spaced intermediate ends of opposed axial flow impeller |
| | 185 | Circumferentially and radially continuous web or end plate |
| | 189 | Axially extending shroud ring or casing |
| | 194 | LASHING BETWEEN WORKING MEMBERS OR EXTERNAL BRACING |
| | 197R | CUPPED REACTION SURFACE NORMAL TO ROTATION PLANE |
| | 197A | Air and water motors (natural fluid current) |
| | 197B | Pelton wheels (impulse wheels) |
| | 197C | Torque converters |
| | 198R | MULTIPLE AXIALLY SPACED WORKING MEMBERS |
| | 202 | PROJECTING BLADE AXIS OFFSET FROM ROTATION AXIS |
| | 203 | UNSYMMETRICAL IMPELLER OR DISSIMILAR WORKING MEMBERS |
| | 204R | SPECIFIC WORKING MEMBER MOUNT |
| | 205 | Adjustable |
| | 210R | Distally supported on radial arm |
| | 212R | Interlocking blades |
| | 213R | Welded, cemented or fused |
| | 214R | Blade held between separable surfaces |
| | 215 | Blade received by continuous circumferential channel |
| | 216 | Radially spaced ribs or grooves |
| | 217 | Divided blade root |
| | 218 | Having circumferentially extending binder |
| | 219R | Blade received in well or slot |
| | 222 | Blade straddles carrier |
| | 204A | Turbo machine |
| | 223R | SPECIFIC BLADE STRUCTURE (E.G., SHAPE, MATERIAL, ETC.) |
| | 224 | Having wear liner, sheathing or insert |
| | 225 | Having spanwise compression means |
| | 226 | Formed with main spar |
| | 227R | Openwork (e.g., lattice, looped, etc.) |
| | 228 | Tined or irregular periphery |
| | 229R | Laminated, embedded member or encased material |
| | 231R | Apertured or permeable |
| | 232 | Hollow |
| | 234 | Integrally shaped or blended into hub |
| | 235 | Irregular, flanged or channel forming blade surface |
| | 238 | Cantilever blade |
| | 239 | Blade cuff or shank construction |
| | 240 | Flexible |
| | 241R | Coating, specific composition or characteristic |
| | 242 | Reverse curve surface |
| | 243 | Concave surface |
| | 223A | Turbo machine |
| | 223B | Radial flow devices |
| | 244R | SUPPORT MOUNTING, CARRIER OR FAIRING STRUCTURE |
| | 245R | Spinner or fairwater cap |
| | 246 | Selectively adjustable impeller mount |
| | 244A | Turbo machine |
| | 244B | Water or marine propellers |
| | 247R | PROTECTIVE SCREEN OR GUARD |
| | 248 | MISCELLANEOUS (E.G., BLADE ROOT OR ROOT BLOCK, ETC.) |
| CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS | ||
| | 500 | VIBRATION DAMPING FEATURES |
| | 501 | FLY BRUSH TYPE IMPELLER |
| FOREIGN ART COLLECTIONS | ||
| FOR000 | CLASS-RELATED FOREIGN DOCUMENTS |
| DIGESTS | ||
| | DIG1 | STALKER |
| | DIG2 | FORMULAS OF CURVES, ETC. |
| | DIG3 | SHEET METAL |
| | DIG4 | FLUID CURRENT MOTOR AND GENERATOR |
| | DIG5 | VARIABLE CAMBER OR CHORD LENGTH |
| | DIG6 | SUPPORTS FOR NATURAL FLUID CURRENT MOTORS |
| | DIG7 | INLET AND OUTLET |
| | DIG8 | STACK OR CHIMNEY WITH FLUID MOTOR |
| | DIG9 | SAVONIUS |
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