F23N REGULATING OR CONTROLLING COMBUSTION (control devices specially adapted for combustion apparatus in which combustion takes place in a fluidised bed of fuel or other particles F23C10/28; condition responsive controls for regulating combustion in domestic stoves with open fires for solid fuel F24B1/187)
Description
F23N covers devices and methods for regulating and controlling combustion processes in furnaces, boilers, burners, and other combustion apparatus. The classification includes fuel supply control systems, air/oxygen supply regulation, flame monitoring and safety devices, and automatic control mechanisms that adjust combustion parameters to maintain stable operation. Typical applications encompass ignition control, fuel flow modulation, excess air management, and feedback systems for industrial heating equipment. This class excludes the combustion apparatus itself (covered in F23D, F23H) and specific fuel supply systems when not integrated with combustion control (covered in F23K).
15 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- F23N 1/00 Regulating fuel supply
- F23N 2221/00 Pretreatment or prehandling
- F23N 2223/00 Signal processing; Details thereof
- F23N 2225/00 Measuring
- F23N 2227/00 Ignition or checking
- F23N 2229/00 Flame sensors
- F23N 2231/00 Fail safe
- F23N 2233/00 Ventilators
- F23N 2235/00 Valves, nozzles or pumps
- F23N 2237/00 Controlling
- F23N 2239/00 Fuels
- F23N 2241/00 Applications
- F23N 2900/00 Special features of, or arrangements for controlling combustion
- F23N 3/00 Regulating air supply or draught (conjointly with fuel supply F23N1/00)
- F23N 5/00 Systems for controlling combustion (regulating fuel supply F23N1/00, regulating air supply or draught F23N3/00)
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class F23, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- GE (GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY) US 2,581
- UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION (UTC) US 1,180
- SIEMENS DE 1,157
- GE (GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY) 994
- XIAN THERMAL POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE COMPANY 769
- MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES JP 701
- MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS JP 695
- RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION US 587
- NINGBO FOTILE KITCHENWARE COMPANY 543
- GENERAL ELECTRIC TECHNOLOGY CH 490