Subclass |
| Title |
ClassTitle
|
| ===>
FLUID REACTION SURFACES (I.E., IMPELLERS)
|
| | |
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 |
8 | | . Feathering blades |
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 |
14 | | . . . With impeller brake or stop |
15 | | . . . And responsive to transverse vane |
16 | | . . . Biased to position by weight of parts |
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 |
21 | | . Combustion chamber carried by member |
22 | | . . Air-ingestion rotor tip unit |
20A | | . Articulated or flexible connection |
23 | | WITH MEANS MOVING WORKING FLUID DEFLECTING WORKING MEMBER PART DURING OPERATION (E.G., AILERON, ETC.) |
24 | | . Cyclic movement of member or part |
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 |
28 | | . . Temperature responsive control |
29 | | . . Drive engine intake air responsive control |
30 | | . . Electrical control or 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 |
34 | | . . Synchronizing |
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 |
41 | | . . Natural fluid current |
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 |
45 | | . . Valve element directly movable by centrifugal force |
46 | | . . Including pitch lock or adjustable stop |
47 | | . . Control by means of separate motor |
48 | | . . . Motor carried by impeller |
49 | | . . Including reset or manual override of control |
50 | | . . . Of centrifugal weight governor |
51 | | . . Centrifugal mass moved along guided or lineal path |
52 | | . . Centrifugal mass coaxial with impeller |
53 | | . . . Pivot axis parallel to rotation axis |
54 | | OPERATED BY ART DEVICE |
55 | | . Vehicular device |
56 | | . Runner supported rocking device |
57 | | . . Inertial actuation |
58 | | . . Continuous impeller rotation |
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 |
65 | | . And concurrent rotary reaction motion |
66 | | . Flexible or relatively movable working member or part |
67 | | . . Valve type |
68 | | . . Complemental pivoted surfaces |
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 |
73 | | . . . Arcuate planar folding of working surface |
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.) |
77 | | . . Intermeshing or interdigitated working members |
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 |
86 | | . Buoyant hub or rim |
87 | | RADIALLY EXTENSIBLE OR RETRACTIBLE ROTOR WORKING MEMBER |
88 | | . Variable work surface or non-rigid connection |
89 | | . Having pitch adjustment |
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 |
94 | | . Aircraft spinner or cowling |
93A | | . Water or marine propellers |
95 | | WITH HEATING, COOLING OR THERMAL INSULATION MEANS |
96R | | . Changing state mass within or fluid flow through working member or carrier |
97R | | . . Flow exhausted to working fluid |
97A | | . . . Laminated or porous skin |
96A | | . . Blade inserts |
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) |
107 | | . . . Resilient bias or limit stop |
108 | | . By actuator eccentric to rotation axis |
109 | | . . Stationary eccentric guide or track |
110 | | . Continuous rotation about plural axes |
111 | | . . Motion about parallel axes |
112 | | . Responsive to fixed actuator (e.g., cam or trip, etc.) |
113 | | . . Axial cam |
114 | | . . . Selectively adjustable |
115 | | . . . . Plural impellers |
116 | | . . Stationary cam track or guide surface |
117 | | . Responsive to gravity or working fluid force |
118 | | . . Having manual control or adjustment |
119 | | . . Motion about parallel axes |
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 |
129 | | . . . Engine driven |
130 | | . Differential or independent adjustment |
131 | | ARTICULATED, RESILIENTLY MOUNTED OR SELF-SHIFTING IMPELLER OR WORKING MEMBER |
132R | | . Sectional, staged or nonrigid working member |
132A | | . . Flexible sheet or plate |
132B | | . . Windmills |
133 | | . Axially displaceable rotary carrier (e.g., hub, etc.) |
134R | | . Nonmetallic resilient mounting |
134A | | . . Aircraft rotors |
135 | | . Resilient bias or mount |
136 | | . . Rotary working member pivotable solely about radial axis |
137 | | . . . Convolute spring coaxial with impeller shaft |
138 | | . . With manual control means |
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 |
143 | | . Member movement in rotation plane |
144 | | WITH WEIGHT-BALANCING MEANS |
145 | | . Self-shifting or selectively adjustable mass |
146R | | COMBINED OR CONVERTIBLE |
146A | | . Hub lubrication or seal |
147 | | HAVING POSITIVE MEANS FOR IMPELLER ADJUSTMENT |
148 | | . Tiltable carrier (e.g., hub, etc.) |
149 | | . Shiftable carrier support |
150 | | . . Rectilinear motion |
151 | | . Power derived from impeller shaft |
152 | | . . By brake application or release |
153 | | . Having pitch lock or adjustable stop |
154 | | . . Fluid motor for impeller adjustment |
155 | | . Motor bodily rotatable with impeller hub or shaft |
156 | | . . Fluid motor |
157R | | . . . Coaxial with impeller shaft |
157A | | . . . . Rotary fluid motor |
157B | | . . . . Plural blade units |
158 | | . . . Working member mounted or housed |
159 | | . Power or manual actuator on non-rotatable part |
160 | | . . Planetary gearing connecting rotatable and non-rotatable parts |
161 | | . . Axially movable impeller |
162 | | . . Having motor |
163 | | . . Adjustment rod through entire impeller shaft |
164 | | . . Reciprocating sleeve or collar on or rod in impeller shaft |
165 | | . . . Reciprocated by coaxial screw |
166 | | . . . Rack-pinion connection to working member |
167 | | . . . Pin-slot or cam-slot connection to working member |
168R | | . . . Link connection to working member |
168A | | . . . . Turbo-machine |
169R | | HAVING CLUTCH OR BRAKE MEANS |
169A | | . Engine cooling fans |
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) |
177 | | . Flow confining casing, shroud or passage |
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 |
186R | | . . . Having opposed annular surface between adjacent blades |
187 | | . . . . Angularly spaced, axially elongated blades (i.e., squirrel cage type) |
186A | | . . . . Adjustable blade or part |
188 | | . . . Conical web |
189 | | . Axially extending shroud ring or casing |
190 | | . . Vibration inhibiting or expansion-contraction structure |
191 | | . . Segmental shroud |
192 | | . . Having radial flange |
193R | | . . Spaced inwardly of impeller periphery |
193A | | . . . Root platforms |
194 | | LASHING BETWEEN WORKING MEMBERS OR EXTERNAL BRACING |
195 | | . Peripheral |
196R | | . Connecting adjacent work surfaces |
196A | | . . Non-turbo machine (windmills) |
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 |
199 | | . Opposed axial flow |
200R | | . Circumferentially offset |
200A | | . . Turbo machine |
201R | | . Differing radii |
201A | | . . Non-turbo machine |
198A | | . Turbo machine |
202 | | PROJECTING BLADE AXIS OFFSET FROM ROTATION AXIS |
203 | | UNSYMMETRICAL IMPELLER OR DISSIMILAR WORKING MEMBERS |
204R | | SPECIFIC WORKING MEMBER MOUNT |
205 | | . Adjustable |
206 | | . . Spring biased detent |
207 | | . . Blade releasably clamped |
208 | | . . . Split impeller hub |
209 | | . . Thimble or sleeve fixed on impeller blade |
210R | | . Distally supported on radial arm |
211 | | . . Axially extending blade |
210A | | . . Turbo machine |
212R | | . Interlocking blades |
212A | | . . Turbo machine |
213R | | . Welded, cemented or fused |
213A | | . . Non-turbo machine |
214R | | . Blade held between separable surfaces |
214A | | . . Turbo machine |
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 |
220R | | . . Having blade locking means |
221 | | . . . Resilient or deformable |
220A | | . . . Non-turbo machine |
219A | | . . Non-turbo machine |
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.) |
227A | | . . Propeller and non-mixers |
228 | | . Tined or irregular periphery |
229R | | . Laminated, embedded member or encased material |
230 | | . . Wire, fiber, strand or fabric |
229A | | . . Turbo machine |
231R | | . Apertured or permeable |
231A | | . . Mixers or agitators |
231B | | . . Slotted blade |
232 | | . Hollow |
233 | | . . Having brace means bridging cavity |
234 | | . Integrally shaped or blended into hub |
235 | | . Irregular, flanged or channel forming blade surface |
236R | | . . Ribbed or grooved |
236A | | . . . Concentric or circular ribs |
237 | | . . Angular or offset |
238 | | . Cantilever blade |
239 | | . Blade cuff or shank construction |
240 | | . Flexible |
241R | | . Coating, specific composition or characteristic |
241A | | . . Plastic or synthetic material |
241B | | . . Ceramic material |
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 |
245A | | . . Water or marine propellers |
246 | | . Selectively adjustable impeller mount |
244A | | . Turbo machine |
244B | | . Water or marine propellers |
247R | | PROTECTIVE SCREEN OR GUARD |
247A | | . Water or marine propellers |
248 | | MISCELLANEOUS (E.G., BLADE ROOT OR ROOT BLOCK, ETC.) |
| | ****************************** |
| | CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS |
| | ****************************** |
500 | | VIBRATION DAMPING FEATURES |
501 | | FLY BRUSH TYPE IMPELLER |
| | ****************************** |
| | DIGESTS |
| | ****************************** |
DIG 1 | | Stalker |
DIG 2 | | Formulas of curves, etc. |
DIG 3 | | Sheet metal |
DIG 4 | | Fluid current motor and generator |
DIG 5 | | Variable camber or chord length |
DIG 6 | | Supports for natural fluid current motors |
DIG 7 | | Inlet and outlet |
DIG 8 | | Stack or chimney with fluid motor |
DIG 9 | | Savonius |