IPC Main Group
F03B 3/00 Machines or engines of reaction type; Parts or details peculiar thereto
Introduced: September 1968
Last revised: January 2006
Classification Context
- Section:
- MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- Class:
- MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS; WIND, SPRING, OR WEIGHT MOTORS; PRODUCING MECHANICAL POWER OR A REACTIVE PROPULSIVE THRUST, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- Subclass:
- MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS
6 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- F03B 3/02 with radial flow at high-pressure side and axial flow at low-pressure side of rotors, e.g. Francis turbines
- F03B 3/04 with substantially axial flow throughout rotors, e.g. propeller turbines
- F03B 3/08 with pressure/velocity transformation exclusively in rotors
- F03B 3/1 characterised by having means for functioning alternatively as pumps or turbines
- F03B 3/12 Blades; Blade-carrying rotors
- F03B 3/16 Stators
Top Applicants
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