IPC Subgroup
F04C 18/02 of arcuate-engagement type, i.e. with circular translatory movement of co-operating members, each member having the same number of teeth or tooth-equivalents
Introduced: January 1980
Last revised: January 2006
Full Title
Rotary-piston pumps specially adapted for elastic fluids > of arcuate-engagement type, i.e. with circular translatory movement of co-operating members, each member having the same number of teeth or tooth-equivalents
Classification Context
- Section:
- MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- Class:
- POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
- Subclass:
- ROTARY-PISTON, OR OSCILLATING-PISTON, POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; ROTARY-PISTON, OR OSCILLATING-PISTON, POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS
3 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- F04C 18/04 of internal-axis type
- F04C 18/06 of other than internal-axis type
- F04C 18/063 with coaxially-mounted members having continuously-changing circumferential spacing between them
Top Applicants
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