IPC Subgroup
F22B 37/42 Applications, arrangements or dispositions of alarm or automatic safety devices
Introduced: September 1968
Last revised: January 2006
Full Title
Component parts or details of steam boilers > applicable to more than one kind or type of steam boiler > Applications, arrangements or dispositions of alarm or automatic safety devices
Classification Context
- Section:
- MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- Class:
- STEAM GENERATION
- Subclass:
- METHODS OF STEAM GENERATION; STEAM BOILERS
Additional Content
Safety devices for feed-water heaters
3 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- F22B 37/44 of safety valves
- F22B 37/46 responsive to low or high water level, e.g. for checking, suppressing or extinguishing combustion in boilers
- F22B 37/47 responsive to abnormal temperature, e.g. actuated by fusible plugs
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class F22, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- XIAN THERMAL POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE COMPANY 922
- MIURA COMPANY 416
- HARBIN BOILER COMPANY 390
- MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS 303
- XIAN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY 287
- SGCC(STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA) 257
- HUADIAN ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE 253
- SIEMENS DE 247
- MIDEA 243
- NORTH CHINA ELECTRIC POWER UNIVERSITY 223