Class   418	ROTARY EXPANSIBLE CHAMBER DEVICES
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METHODS

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WITH SIGNAL, INDICATOR OR TRANSPARENT INSPECTION MEANS

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DIVERSE ROTARY EXPANSIBLE CHAMBER DEVICES

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WORKING MEMBER OR CYLINDER SURFACE HAS ALTERNATE LINEAR AND CURVILINEAR MOVEMENT (E.G., ENDLESS)

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MULTISTAGE

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. (1 indent ) One working chamber stage encircles another

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. (1 indent ) Successive stages alternately produce work

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. (1 indent ) Working fluid engages working member serially in circumferentially spaced working chambers

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. (1 indent ) Interengaging rotary members

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.. (2 indent ) Three or more

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. (1 indent ) Sliding abutment

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. (1 indent ) Swinging abutment

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. (1 indent ) Sliding vane

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WITH DELAYED LOAD

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WITH PLURAL WORKING FLUID INLET OR OUTLET PASSAGES

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WITH CHANGEABLE WORKING CHAMBER MAGNITUDE

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. (1 indent ) Speed controlled

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. (1 indent ) Intermittently accelerated and receding members rotate in same path (alternating piston type)

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. (1 indent ) Intermeshing rotary members

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.. (2 indent ) Three or more

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.. (2 indent ) Movable member moved axially

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. (1 indent ) Axially or radially spaced working chambers

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. (1 indent ) By adjustably limiting vane or abutment movement

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. (1 indent ) Spring or fluid biased movable member

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.. (2 indent ) Positively biased in opposite directions

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... (3 indent ) With working fluid bias

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.. (2 indent ) Spring

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. (1 indent ) By axial movement of movable member

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. (1 indent ) Rotating inner working or reacting member repositioned relative to cylinder

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. (1 indent ) By cylinder or cylinder portion pivotal movement

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. (1 indent ) Cylinder or cylinder portion moved linearly and radially

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SELF-ACTING UNIDIRECTIONAL FLOW WITH REVERSE ROTATION OR REVERSE FLOW WITH UNIDIRECTIONAL ROTATION

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INTERMITTENTLY ACCELERATED AND RECEDING MEMBERS ROTATE IN SAME PATH (ALTERNATING PISTON TYPE)

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. (1 indent ) Moving cylinder

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. (1 indent ) Each a working member

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.. (2 indent ) Working member movement controlled by interengaging rotating members

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.. (2 indent ) Working member movement controlled by member rotating about parallel axis

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.. (2 indent ) Cam controlled working member movement

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CONVERTIBLE OR CHANGEABLE BY ASSEMBLY OR DISASSEMBLY

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SPEED CONTROLLED

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. (1 indent ) Rotating weight valves working fluid passage

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. (1 indent ) Rotating weight positioned on or within inner rotating member

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. (1 indent ) Weight rotates about axially extending axis

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.. (2 indent ) Other than working member axis

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COLLAPSIBLE PROGRESSIVELY DEFORMED WORKING CHAMBER WALL

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WITH REMOVAL OR ACCOMMODATION OF SOLID FOREIGN MATERIAL IN WORKING FLUID

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. (1 indent ) With filter

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UNLIKE HELICAL SURFACES ON RELATIVELY WOBBLING ROTATING MEMBER AND ENCOMPASSING CYLINDER (E.G., MOINEAU TYPE)

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NUTATING WORKING MEMBER

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. (1 indent ) Non-metallic working member or working chamber portion

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. (1 indent ) With mechanical sealing

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. (1 indent ) Working member common to plural working chambers

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.. (2 indent ) Axially spaced working chambers

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WORKING MEMBER HAS PLANETARY OR PLANETATING MOVEMENT

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. (1 indent ) Helical working member, e.g., scroll

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.. (2 indent ) Having specific wrap or end plate, e.g., shape, material, coating

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.. (2 indent ) With specific rotation preventing or rotation coupling means

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.. (2 indent ) With mechanical sealing

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.. (2 indent ) With biasing means, e.g., axial or radial

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.. (2 indent ) With lubricant, liquid seal or nonworking fluid separation

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. (1 indent ) Non-metallic working member, cylinder or partition

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. (1 indent ) Adjustable or resiliently biased working member

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. (1 indent ) Plural working members or chambers

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.. (2 indent ) Radially spaced working chambers

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.. (2 indent ) Axially spaced working members

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.. (2 indent ) Circumferentially spaced working chambers

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... (3 indent ) Rotor has one more lobe than cylinder (i.e., Wankel type)

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... (3 indent ) Rotor has one less lobe than cylinder (i.e., Gerotor type)

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. (1 indent ) Partition pivotally connected to working member and cylinder

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. (1 indent ) With relatively movable partition member

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.. (2 indent ) Slidable in working member

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.. (2 indent ) Having working fluid passage

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.. (2 indent ) Integral with working member

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.. (2 indent ) Pivoted to working member

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ROTATING INTERNAL MEMBER ROTATES AND OSCILLATES OR RECIPROCATES

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WITH FRANGIBLE DRIVE CONNECTION OR CLUTCH

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WITH RAPID DISASSEMBLY FEATURE (I.E., WITHOUT TOOLS)

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PRESSURE FLUID RADIALLY BALANCES WORKING OR ROTATING ABUTMENT MEMBER

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. (1 indent ) With counterbalancing fluid passage through rotating member

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. (1 indent ) Counterbalancing fluid directed to rotating member shaft bearing

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. (1 indent ) Counterbalancing fluid directed to intertooth spaces or spaces between adjacent vanes

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GROOVED ABUTTING CYLINDER-ROTATING MEMBER END SURFACES

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. (1 indent ) Non-working fluid directed to groove

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. (1 indent ) Grooved working member surface

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. (1 indent ) Working fluid portion fills intertooth spaces or spaces between adjacent vanes

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. (1 indent ) Radial groove

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. (1 indent ) Radially spaced grooves

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. (1 indent ) Annular groove or recess completely encircles rotation axis

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. (1 indent ) Groove communicates with vane slot

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HEAT EXCHANGE OR NON-WORKING FLUID LUBRICATING OR SEALING

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. (1 indent ) With condition responsive control of non-working fluid

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. (1 indent ) With heat exchange means for non-working fluid

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. (1 indent ) Heat exchange by diverted incoming or outgoing working fluid

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. (1 indent ) Valve regulated non-working fluid

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. (1 indent ) With pump for non-working fluid

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. (1 indent ) With filter for non-working fluid

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. (1 indent ) Wick or absorbent material feed

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. (1 indent ) Non-working fluid passage in inner working or reacting member

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.. (2 indent ) With non-working fluid passage in partition

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.. (2 indent ) Non-working fluid biases vane

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.. (2 indent ) With non-working fluid passage in drive shaft

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. (1 indent ) Vent or non-seal means prevents working and non-working fluid intermix

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. (1 indent ) Outer cylinder member immersed or submerged in non-working fluid

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. (1 indent ) Non-working and working fluids intermix in working chamber

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.. (2 indent ) Non-working fluid initially directed to shaft bearing

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.. (2 indent ) Non-working fluid initially directed to working member

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. (1 indent ) Intermixed incoming working and non-working fluids

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. (1 indent ) With coolant air impelling means or finned cylinder surface

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SHAFT OR TRUNNION LUBRICATION OR SEALING BY DIVERTED WORKING FLUID PORTION

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WORKING MEMBER PERIPHERAL SURFACE COMPRISES RELATIVELY CIRCUMFERENTIALLY MOVABLE SEGMENTS

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WITH MECHANICAL SEALING

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. (1 indent ) Abutment position adjustment

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. (1 indent ) Vane position adjustment

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. (1 indent ) By changing working member or cylinder relative position

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.. (2 indent ) Radially adjustable

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... (3 indent ) Adjustable working member

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. (1 indent ) By axially relatively moving working member sections

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. (1 indent ) By axially relatively moving vane or abutment sections

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. (1 indent ) Seal on working member periphery separates inlet and outlet ports

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.. (2 indent ) Seal on working member peripheral projection engages cylinder working chamber surface (e.g., apex seals)

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... (3 indent ) Adjustable or expandable peripheral projection

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... (3 indent ) Weight balanced or adjustable seal

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... (3 indent ) Ring seal or arcuate seal portion

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... (3 indent ) With plural circumferentially spaced peripheral seals

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... (3 indent ) Swinging seal

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... (3 indent ) Integral peripheral and depending side seal

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... (3 indent ) With axially movable side seal

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.... (4 indent ) Spring biased

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... (3 indent ) Spring biased

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.... (4 indent ) Fluid biased

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... (3 indent ) Fluid biased

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. (1 indent ) Seal on cylinder engaging rotary member separates inlet and outlet ports

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.. (2 indent ) Engages plural rotary members

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.. (2 indent ) Adjustable

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... (3 indent ) With resilient interposed member

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.. (2 indent ) With resilient biasing means

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. (1 indent ) Cup shaped cylinder axially movable to abut cylinder side

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. (1 indent ) Axially movable end wall or end wall portion

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.. (2 indent ) Progressively biased from inlet to outlet

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.. (2 indent ) Surface abutting working member abuts another coplanar cylinder surface portion

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.. (2 indent ) Adjustable end wall

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.. (2 indent ) Spring biased

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. (1 indent ) Seal element between working member and vane

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.. (2 indent ) Mounted on working member

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... (3 indent ) Oscillating

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. (1 indent ) Seal element between abutment and cylinder or working member

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. (1 indent ) Seal element between working member and cylinder

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.. (2 indent ) Labyrinth

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.. (2 indent ) On working member

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... (3 indent ) On working member circumferential periphery

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.. (2 indent ) Between adjacent cylinder and working member sides

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. (1 indent ) Seal element between vane and cylinder

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.. (2 indent ) On vane side

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.. (2 indent ) Movable seal on vane

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... (3 indent ) Positively urged to engage cylinder

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. (1 indent ) Seal element between stationary cylinder parts

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WORKING CHAMBER SURFACE EXPRESSED MATHEMATICALLY

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WEIGHT BALANCED WORKING MEMBER OR PARTITION

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NON-METALLIC WORKING MEMBER, CYLINDER OR PARTITION

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. (1 indent ) Resilient

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.. (2 indent ) Partition integral with working member

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... (3 indent ) Extending from working member side

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RESILIENT WORKING MEMBER, CYLINDER OR PARTITION

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SHOCK OR PRESSURE RELIEVING YIELDABLE PERIPHERAL WORKING MEMBER OR CYLINDER SURFACE PORTION

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MAGNETICALLY BIASED VANE OR ABUTMENT

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ADJUSTABLE WORKING CHAMBER PERIPHERAL WALL CONTROLS WORKING FLUID FLOW

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MOVING CYLINDER

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. (1 indent ) Rotating

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.. (2 indent ) With axially movable partition member

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... (3 indent ) Cylinder and internal member rotate about non-parallel axes

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.. (2 indent ) Rotary internal reacting member

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... (3 indent ) Cylinder engages plural internal reacting members

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... (3 indent ) Intermeshing peripheral surfaces

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.... (4 indent ) With intake or exhaust passage in internal member

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.... (4 indent ) Cylinder periphery comprises alternate tooth and passage portions (e.g., cage type)

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....• (5 indent ) With filler element (e.g., crescent)

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.... (4 indent ) With filler element (e.g., crescent)

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.... (4 indent ) Inner member has five or more teeth

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... (3 indent ) With movable partition member

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.... (4 indent ) Partition radially slidable in internal member

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.... (4 indent ) Partition radially slidable in cylinder

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.. (2 indent ) Moving partition on stationary member

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.. (2 indent ) Swinging partition

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.. (2 indent ) Sliding partition

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WITH WEAR SURFACE TREATMENT OR INTEGRALLY PLATED WEAR LAYER

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SPECIFIC MATERIAL

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APERTURED BYPASS TO PRESSURIZE OR RELIEVE WORKING CHAMBER ZONE OF INTERMEDIATE PRESSURE

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COMBINED

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RELATIVELY MOVABLE WORKING MEMBER AND DRIVE SHAFT AXES

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WITH SUPPLY OR EXHAUST PASSAGE IN WORKING MEMBER

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. (1 indent ) Passage includes vane slot

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. (1 indent ) Controlled by working member carried valve

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. (1 indent ) Supply and exhaust passages in working member

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.. (2 indent ) Passage extending through working member center of rotation

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. (1 indent ) Supply or exhaust passage through working member center of rotation

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TRAPPED FLUID RELIEF

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. (1 indent ) With tooth modification

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INTERENGAGING ROTATING MEMBERS

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. (1 indent ) With movable partition

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.. (2 indent ) Axially moving

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. (1 indent ) Each tapered

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. (1 indent ) Non-parallel axis

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. (1 indent ) Three or more

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.. (2 indent ) Helical or herringbone

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. (1 indent ) Intermittent rotation

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. (1 indent ) Multiple units

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.. (2 indent ) With axially spaced working members

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. (1 indent ) Helical or herringbone

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.. (2 indent ) With valve

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.. (2 indent ) Having specific tooth shape

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.. (2 indent ) Each member having opposed axially spaced helices

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.. (2 indent ) Axially counterbalanced

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. (1 indent ) Eccentrically mounted

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. (1 indent ) Like rotary members

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.. (2 indent ) Having each radial protuberance of like dimension

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... (3 indent ) With timing gear adjustment or arrangement

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... (3 indent ) With heating or cooling

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... (3 indent ) Having specific inlet or outlet port shape

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... (3 indent ) Having specific rotor or tooth shape

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... (3 indent ) With sealing means

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... (3 indent ) With bearings

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... (3 indent ) With lubrication

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... (3 indent ) Using specific material

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RELATIVELY MOVING WORK TRANSMITTING BARRIERS MOVE IN SEPARATE INTERSECTING CHAMBERS

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MOVABLE INTERMEDIATE PARTITION ENGAGES PERIPHERIES OF PLURAL SPACED WORKING MEMBERS

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PLURAL WORKING CHAMBERS

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. (1 indent ) Axially spaced rotating members rotate on common axis

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.. (2 indent ) With axially moving vane or abutment

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.. (2 indent ) Intermediate member separates and engages plural working members

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... (3 indent ) Plural intermediate members

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... (3 indent ) Interconnected abutments

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. (1 indent ) Axially spaced working chambers

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.. (2 indent ) Helical working member or working member portion

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.. (2 indent ) Axially moving abutment or vane

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... (3 indent ) Moving about non-parallel axis

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... (3 indent ) Vane

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HELICAL WORKING MEMBER

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MOVING ABUTMENT AND VANE

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SEPARABLE ABUTMENT

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WITH SECONDARY VANE OR ABUTMENT MOVING MEANS

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VALVED VANE OR ABUTMENT

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VANE OR ABUTMENT COMPRISES ROTATABLE ELEMENT

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. (1 indent ) Rotates about non-parallel axis

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. (1 indent ) Positively rotated

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AXIALLY MOVING VANE OR ABUTMENT

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. (1 indent ) Sliding

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.. (2 indent ) Positively biased

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... (3 indent ) In opposite directions

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.... (4 indent ) Spring or fluid bias

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. (1 indent ) Radially pivoted vane

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TAPERED VANE OR ABUTMENT (E.G., WEDGE SHAPED)

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WEAR ELEMENTS OR ANTIFRICTION MEANS IN VANE OR ABUTMENT SLOT

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NON-RADIALLY POSITIONED SLIDING VANE OR ABUTMENT

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. (1 indent ) Arc shaped

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. (1 indent ) Positively biased

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ALTERNATELY USABLE VANE OR ABUTMENT STRUCTURE FOR REVERSE WORKING MEMBER ROTATION

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INTERCONNECTED ABUTMENTS

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ABUTMENT OR VANE HAS CONCURRENT ROCKING AND RADIALLY SLIDING MOVEMENT

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SPACED OSCILLATING ABUTMENT PORTIONS ENGAGE WORKING MEMBER

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POSITIVELY ACTUATED ABUTMENT

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. (1 indent ) Cam actuated

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.. (2 indent ) In opposite directions

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.. (2 indent ) Spring or fluid biased in opposite direction

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. (1 indent ) In opposite directions

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. (1 indent ) Spring biased

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. (1 indent ) Fluid biased

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.. (2 indent ) Winged abutment

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.. (2 indent ) With working fluid passage in abutment

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WITH PROVISION FOR QUICK VANE REPLACEMENT

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INTERCONNECTED VANES

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. (1 indent ) Integrally connected

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.. (2 indent ) Diametrically aligned

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. (1 indent ) Encompassing moving member interconnects plural vanes

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. (1 indent ) Interposed movable member interconnects plural vanes

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.. (2 indent ) Spring

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POSITIVELY ACTUATED VANE

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. (1 indent ) Cam actuated

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.. (2 indent ) In opposite directions

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... (3 indent ) With pivoted interposed lever

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... (3 indent ) With spring or fluid bias

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... (3 indent ) With roller

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. (1 indent ) In opposite directions

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. (1 indent ) Spring biased

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.. (2 indent ) With fluid bias

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. (1 indent ) Fluid biased

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.. (2 indent ) Constantly interposed pressure fluid spreads plural vanes

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MISCELLANEOUS

	FOREIGN ART COLLECTIONS

FOR000

CLASS-RELATED FOREIGN DOCUMENTS

	DIGESTS

DIG1

NON-WORKING FLUID SEPARATION

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