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Class Number: 415
Class Title: ROTARY KINETIC FLUID MOTORS OR PUMPS
Subclass Subclass
Number Title
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
4.2 ..Vertical runner axis
4.3 ..Axial flow runner
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
21 ..Diverse part is runner portion or connection to shaft
22 ...Runner bypass from inlet controlled
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
34 ...Axially shifted runner, shaft or bearing
35 ..Of movable deflector intermediate jet discharge and runner
36 ..Of working fluid valve or vanee
37 ...Including valve in interstage or re-entry passage
38 ...Plural passages with sequential or reverse fluid control
39 ....Inlet and relief or bypass valves
40 ....Fluid motor operated valve
41 ...With latch means for valve actuator
42 ...Actuated by runner or separate motor
43 ....Fluid servo-motor and speed responsive means actuated pilot
valve
44 ...Multiple working fluid inlets to runner
45 ....On same radial plane with blade
46 ...Downstream of runner
47 .Temperature or fluid force responsive member
48 ..For adjustment of runner, shaft, vane or blade
49 ..Fluid force responsive member controls working fluid
50 ...For a plurality of runners
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
55.3 ...Means extends parallel to passage
55.4 ...Positioned at passage end (e.g., stripper seal, etc.)
55.5 ..Having plural, rigidly related blade sets
55.6 ...Acting serially but nonalternating (e.g., multistage,
etc.)
55.7 ...In separate regenerative passages
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.)
58.3 ..Runner inlet shroud
58.4 .Re-entry working fluid joins inlet working fluid upstream
of runner
58.5 ..Axial flow 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
SHAFTSS
61 .With means for selective runner operation or drive shaft
connection
62 .Diverse type runners, blade systems or working fluid paths in
runners
63 ..Including internally passaged runner with reaction type jet
discharge nozzle
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
67 ..With initial fluid flow path to each runner
68 ..Coaxial runners
69 ...One runner support surrounds another
70 RUNNER HAS PLANETARY MOTION OR ROTATES AROUND OBLIQUE OR
CONSTANTLY MOVING AXIS
71 RUNNER HAS SPIRALLY ARRANGED BLADE OR FLUID PASSAGE
72 .Extending along runner axis (i.e., axial flow)
73 ..Fluid conducting passage
74 ..With additional impingement means in fluid flow path
75 ..Motor runner
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
81 .With additional rotary, fluid impinged blades
82 .With control of runner speed or direction
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
87 ..From opposed faces of common central disc
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
95 ..For fluid motor
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
100 ...Serially arranged in working fluid path
101 .Plural, separate, parallel, simultaneous flow paths
102 ..Towards each other and common exhaust
103 ..Plural, axially spaced blades in each path
104 WITH SHAFT CONNECTED FLUID FORCE SUBJECTED THRUST BALANCING
SURFACE
105 .In separate chamber having non-system fluid inlett
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.)
111 .For shaft sealing, packing, lubricating or bearing means
112 ..With inlet and outlet connections
113 ..Fluid biased, movable or resilient portion
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.)
117 .Diverse fluids to motor
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
127 .Circularly around fixed runner axis
128 .Separate liner portion
129 RUNNER OR BLADE SELECTIVELY ADJUSTABLE RELATIVE TO CASING
130 .Relatively angularly adjustable plural blades or runners
131 .Axially adjusted
132 ..Shaft end supported on movable bearing
133 .Radially adjusted or centered shaft
134 INCLUDING THERMAL EXPANSION JOINT
135 .Resilient
136 .Radially sliding
137 ..Stator vane in shroud ring opening
138 ..And axial or circumferential expansion
139 .Circumferentially spaced nozzle or stator segments
140 RESILIENT OR MOVABLY MOUNTED BLADE PORTION OR AXIALLY MOVABLE
RUNNER OR SHAFT
141 .Yieldingly or pivotedly mounted or flexible blade
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
145 .Selectively adjustable vane or working fluid control forr
bypass
146 INCLUDING WORKING FLUID FORCE RESPONSIVE VANE OR FLOW CONTROL
147 .Upstream of runner
148 SELECTIVELY ADJUSTABLE VANE OR WORKING FLUID CONTROL MEANS
149.1 .Separate means upstream and downstream of blade set
149.2 ..Including axial flow blade set
149.3 ...Means to reverse flow through blade set
149.4 ...Plural, selectively adjustable, alternating vane
assemblies and blade rows (A,B,A,B)
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
153.2 ....Axial flow blade set
154.1 ...Plural inlets simultaneously discharging working fluid
onto single blade set
154.2 ....Axial flow 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
158 ...Movable to position surrounding blade
159 ..Plural and arcuately or circularly arranged around runner
axis
160 ...Individually pivoted vanes
161 ....And fixed vane
162 ....Plural, selectively adjustable vane sets
163 ....Pivoted parallel to runner axis
164 .....Vanes and blade in same radial plane
165 ...On same radial plane with blade
166 ....Circumferentially movable around shaft
167 ..Movable pipe or nozzle
167.1 ..Convertible series-parallel pump
168.1 INCLUDING MEANS FOR HANDLING WORKING FLUID LEAKAGE
168.2 .Leakage through seal between runner or shaft and static
part
168.3 ..Screw type pumping seal
168.4 ..Means specific to axial flow runner
169.1 INCLUDING MEANS FOR HANDLING PORTION SEPARATED FROM WORKING
FLUID
169.2 .Moisture or liquid separated from gaseous working fluid
e.g., condensate removal, etc.)
169.3 ..Vane having specific moisture or liquid directing
surface
169.4 ..Axial flow blade set and area for collecting moisture or
liquid thrown radially outward
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 seall
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
174.3 ..Seal lies against axial face of runner hub
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
176 .Means subjected to or is working fluid
177 INCLUDING HEAT INSULATION OR EXCHANGE MEANS (E.G., FINS,
LAGGING, ETC.)
178 .Working fluid on at least one side of heat exchange wall
179 ..Interstage heat exchanger
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
186 ...On radial plane with runner blade
187 ....Plural, axially spaced sets of distributors
188 ....Radially inward of blade
189 ...Removably secured or mounted in casing
190 ....Axially arranged securing or mounting means
191 ...Vanes
192 ....Differentially twisted about radial axis
193 ....Plural, axially spaced vane sets
194 .....Diverse size or spacing in different spaced vane sets
195 ....Varied spacing between vanes in same set
196 .Passage or casing attached removable liner or wear member
197 ..Nonmetallic material
198.1 .Plural rigidly related blade sets
199.1 ..Including serial radial flow blade sets and intermediate
stationary flow diverter(s)
199.2 ...Wherein the diverter includes divider vane(s) between
the blade sets
199.3 ....Including spirally configurated vane(s)
199.4 ..Including an axial-flow blade set
199.5 ...Plural serial axial-flow blade sets with intermediate
stationary flow diverter(s)
199.6 ...And radial-flow blade set in series therewith
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)
204 ..Scroll-type casing
205 ...Inlet scroll
206 ..Axially directed inlet and tangential outlet
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 bladee
208.4 ....Plural, radially spaced vane sets
208.5 ....Nonradial flow runner
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
209.4 ....Vane fixed between radially separate surfaces
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
230 .Seal
231 ..Resiliently biased
232 MISCELLANEOUS
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* CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS
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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
906 .Having specific features for water current
907 .Vertical runner axis
908 .Axial flow runner
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 PORTIONSS
914 DEVICE TO CONTROL BOUNDARY LAYER
915 PUMP OR PORTION THEREOF BY CASTING OR MOLDING
916 PERPETUAL MOTION DEVICES