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F24H 1/00

Water heaters, e.g. boilers, continuous-flow heaters or water-storage heaters

Introduced: September 1968

Last revised: January 2022

Classification Context

Section:
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
Class:
HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
Subclass:
FLUID HEATERS, e.g. WATER OR AIR HEATERS, HAVING HEAT-GENERATING MEANS, e.g. HEAT PUMPS, IN GENERAL

Additional Content

Limiting references

Steam boilers

Application references

Domestic stoves or ranges with additional provisions for heating water ,

Related Keywords

water BOILER(S)water heaters for heating CENTRALGEYSERS for heating waterHEATING of waterwater-heating STOVESWATER heaters

8 direct subcodes

Child Classifications

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  • F24H 1/06 Portable or mobile, e.g. collapsible
  • F24H 1/08 Packaged or self-contained boilers, i.e. water heaters with control devices and pump in a single unit
  • F24H 1/46 Water heaters having plural combustion chambers
  • F24H 1/54 Water heaters for bathtubs or pools; Water heaters for reheating the water in bathtubs or pools

Top Applicants

Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class F24, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. MIDEA 21,834
  2. GREE ELECTRIC APPLIANCES 21,535
  3. GUANGDONG MIDEA REFRIGERATION EQUIPMENT COMPANY 20,870
  4. QINGDAO HAIER AIR CONDITIONER COMPANY 15,443
  5. HAIER SMART HOME 15,442
  6. QINGDAO HAIER AIR CONDITIONER ELECTRIC COMPANY 10,008
  7. AUX AIR CONDITIONING COMPANY 7,723
  8. NINGBO AUX ELECTRIC COMPANY 7,499
  9. NINGBO FOTILE KITCHENWARE COMPANY 6,712
  10. LG ELECTRONICS KR 6,441