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F22D 1/00

Feed-water heaters, i.e. economisers or like preheaters

Introduced: September 1968

Title

Titles differ between systems:

IPC: Feed-water heaters, e.g. preheaters

CPC: Feed-water heaters, i.e. economisers or like preheaters

Full Title

Full titles differ between systems:

IPC:

Feed-water heaters, e.g. preheaters

CPC:

Feed-water heaters, i.e. economisers or like preheaters

Of 12 combined children, 10 exist in both systems.

2 codes are CPC-only extensions.

2 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.

Child Classifications

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  • F22D 1/003 CPC only CPC only
  • F22D 1/006 CPC only CPC only
  • F22D 1/24 with fire tubes or flue ways traversing feed-water vessels IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • F22D 1/26 with means, other than tubes, to separate water and heating medium, e.g. bulk heaters without internal flues or tubes, jacketted smoke-boxes or flue or flues IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • F22D 1/40 Combinations of exhaust-steam and smoke-gas preheaters IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • F22D 1/50 incorporating thermal de-aeration of feed-water (de-aeration produced in the course of direct heat transfer F22D1/28) since 1980 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC

Top Applicants

Top Applicants (IPC)

Class F22,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. XIAN THERMAL POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE COMPANY 922
  2. MIURA COMPANY 416
  3. HARBIN BOILER COMPANY 390
  4. MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS 303
  5. XIAN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY 287
  6. SGCC(STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA) 257
  7. HUADIAN ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE 253
  8. SIEMENS DE 247
  9. MIDEA 243
  10. NORTH CHINA ELECTRIC POWER UNIVERSITY 223

Top Applicants (CPC)

Class F22,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. XIAN THERMAL POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE COMPANY 544
  2. SIEMENS DE 306
  3. PHILIP MORRIS PRODUCTS CH 258
  4. GENERAL ELECTRIC TECHNOLOGY CH 254
  5. MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS JP 235
  6. XIAN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY 214
  7. MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES JP 195
  8. MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS 169
  9. HARBIN BOILER COMPANY 166
  10. VALMET TECHNOLOGIES FI 155