IPC Classification

Class code (prefix) Descriptions Number of results
F01B 1/00 Reciprocating-piston machines or engines characterised by number or relative disposition of cylinders or by being built-up from separate cylinder-crankcase elements
F01B 1/01 Reciprocating-piston machines or engines characterised by number or relative disposition of cylinders or by being built-up from separate cylinder-crankcase elements with one single cylinder
F01B 1/02 Reciprocating-piston machines or engines characterised by number or relative disposition of cylinders or by being built-up from separate cylinder-crankcase elements with cylinders all in one line
F01B 1/04 Reciprocating-piston machines or engines characterised by number or relative disposition of cylinders or by being built-up from separate cylinder-crankcase elements with cylinders in V-arrangement
F01B 1/06 Reciprocating-piston machines or engines characterised by number or relative disposition of cylinders or by being built-up from separate cylinder-crankcase elements with cylinders in star or fan arrangement
F01B 1/08 Reciprocating-piston machines or engines characterised by number or relative disposition of cylinders or by being built-up from separate cylinder-crankcase elements with cylinders arranged oppositely relative to main shaft and of "flat" type
F01B 1/10 Reciprocating-piston machines or engines characterised by number or relative disposition of cylinders or by being built-up from separate cylinder-crankcase elements with more than one main shaft, e.g. coupled to common output shaft
F01B 1/12 Separate cylinder-crankcase elements coupled together to form a unit
F01B 3/00 Reciprocating-piston machines or engines with cylinder axes coaxial with, or parallel or inclined to, main shaft axis
F01B 3/02 Reciprocating-piston machines or engines with cylinder axes coaxial with, or parallel or inclined to, main shaft axis with wobble-plate
F01B 3/04 Reciprocating-piston machines or engines with cylinder axes coaxial with, or parallel or inclined to, main shaft axis the piston motion being transmitted by curved surfaces
F01B 3/06 Reciprocating-piston machines or engines with cylinder axes coaxial with, or parallel or inclined to, main shaft axis the piston motion being transmitted by curved surfaces by multi-turn helical surfaces and automatic reversal
F01B 3/08 Reciprocating-piston machines or engines with cylinder axes coaxial with, or parallel or inclined to, main shaft axis the piston motion being transmitted by curved surfaces by multi-turn helical surfaces and automatic reversal the helices being arranged on the pistons
F01B 3/10 Control of working-fluid admission or discharge peculiar thereto
F01B 5/00 Reciprocating-piston machines or engines with cylinder axes arranged substantially tangentially to a circle centred on main shaft axis
F01B 7/00 Machines or engines with two or more pistons reciprocating within same cylinder or within essentially coaxial cylinders
F01B 7/02 Machines or engines with two or more pistons reciprocating within same cylinder or within essentially coaxial cylinders with oppositely reciprocating pistons
F01B 7/04 Machines or engines with two or more pistons reciprocating within same cylinder or within essentially coaxial cylinders with oppositely reciprocating pistons acting on same main shaft
F01B 7/06 Machines or engines with two or more pistons reciprocating within same cylinder or within essentially coaxial cylinders with oppositely reciprocating pistons acting on same main shaft using only connecting-rods for conversion of reciprocatory into rotary motion or vice versa
F01B 7/08 Machines or engines with two or more pistons reciprocating within same cylinder or within essentially coaxial cylinders with oppositely reciprocating pistons acting on same main shaft using only connecting-rods for conversion of reciprocatory into rotary motion or vice versa with side rods
F01B 7/10 Machines or engines with two or more pistons reciprocating within same cylinder or within essentially coaxial cylinders with oppositely reciprocating pistons acting on same main shaft using only connecting-rods for conversion of reciprocatory into rotary motion or vice versa having piston-rod of one piston passed through other piston
F01B 7/12 Machines or engines with two or more pistons reciprocating within same cylinder or within essentially coaxial cylinders with oppositely reciprocating pistons acting on same main shaft using rockers and connecting-rods
F01B 7/14 Machines or engines with two or more pistons reciprocating within same cylinder or within essentially coaxial cylinders with oppositely reciprocating pistons acting on different main shafts
F01B 7/16 Machines or engines with two or more pistons reciprocating within same cylinder or within essentially coaxial cylinders with pistons synchronously moving in tandem arrangement
F01B 7/18 Machines or engines with two or more pistons reciprocating within same cylinder or within essentially coaxial cylinders with differential piston
F01B 7/20 Machines or engines with two or more pistons reciprocating within same cylinder or within essentially coaxial cylinders with two or more pistons reciprocating one within another, e.g. one piston forming cylinder of the other
F01B 9/00 Reciprocating-piston machines or engines characterised by connections between pistons and main shafts and not specific to groups
F01B 9/02 Reciprocating-piston machines or engines characterised by connections between pistons and main shafts and not specific to groups with crankshaft
F01B 9/04 Reciprocating-piston machines or engines characterised by connections between pistons and main shafts and not specific to groups with rotary main shaft other than crankshaft
F01B 9/06 Reciprocating-piston machines or engines characterised by connections between pistons and main shafts and not specific to groups with rotary main shaft other than crankshaft the piston motion being transmitted by curved surfaces
F01B 9/08 Reciprocating-piston machines or engines characterised by connections between pistons and main shafts and not specific to groups with rotary main shaft other than crankshaft with ratchet and pawl
F01B 11/00 Reciprocating-piston machines or engines without rotary main shaft, e.g. of free-piston type
F01B 11/02 Equalising or cushioning devices
F01B 11/04 Engines combined with reciprocatory driven devices, e.g. hammers
F01B 11/06 Engines combined with reciprocatory driven devices, e.g. hammers for generating vibration only
F01B 11/08 Reciprocating-piston machines or engines without rotary main shaft, e.g. of free-piston type with direct fluid transmission link
F01B 13/00 Reciprocating-piston machines or engines with rotating cylinders in order to obtain the reciprocating-piston motion
F01B 13/02 Reciprocating-piston machines or engines with rotating cylinders in order to obtain the reciprocating-piston motion with one cylinder only
F01B 13/04 Reciprocating-piston machines or engines with rotating cylinders in order to obtain the reciprocating-piston motion with more than one cylinder
F01B 13/06 Reciprocating-piston machines or engines with rotating cylinders in order to obtain the reciprocating-piston motion with more than one cylinder in star arrangement
F01B 15/00 Reciprocating-piston machines or engines with movable cylinders other than provided for in group
F01B 15/02 Reciprocating-piston machines or engines with movable cylinders other than provided for in group with reciprocating cylinders
F01B 15/04 Reciprocating-piston machines or engines with movable cylinders other than provided for in group with oscillating cylinder
F01B 15/06 Control of working-fluid admission or discharge peculiar thereto
F01B 17/00 Reciprocating-piston machines or engines characterised by use of uniflow principle
F01B 17/02 Engines
F01B 17/04 Steam engines
F01B 19/00 Positive-displacement machines or engines of flexible-wall type
F01B 19/02 Positive-displacement machines or engines of flexible-wall type with plate-like flexible members
F01B 19/04 Positive-displacement machines or engines of flexible-wall type with tubular flexible members
F01B 21/00 Combinations of two or more machines or engines
F01B 21/02 Combinations of two or more machines or engines the machines or engines being all of reciprocating-piston type
F01B 21/04 Combinations of two or more machines or engines the machines or engines being not all of reciprocating-piston type, e.g. of reciprocating steam engine with steam turbine
F01B 23/00 Adaptations of machines or engines for special use; Combinations of engines with devices driven thereby
F01B 23/02 Adaptations for driving vehicles, e.g. locomotives
F01B 23/04 Adaptations for driving vehicles, e.g. locomotives the vehicles being waterborne vessels
F01B 23/06 Adaptations for driving, or combinations with, hand-held tools or the like
F01B 23/08 Adaptations for driving, or combinations with, pumps
F01B 23/10 Adaptations for driving, or combinations with, electric generators
F01B 23/12 Adaptations for driving rolling mills or other heavy reversing machinery
F01B 25/00 Regulating, controlling, or safety means
F01B 25/02 Regulating or controlling by varying working-fluid admission or exhaust, e.g. by varying pressure or quantity
F01B 25/04 Sensing elements
F01B 25/06 Sensing elements responsive to speed
F01B 25/08 Final actuators
F01B 25/10 Arrangements or adaptations of working-fluid admission or discharge valves
F01B 25/12 Devices dealing with sensing elements or final actuators or transmitting means between them, e.g. power-assisted
F01B 25/14 Regulating or controlling by varying working-fluid admission or exhaust, e.g. by varying pressure or quantity peculiar to particular kinds of machines or engines
F01B 25/16 Safety means responsive to specific conditions
F01B 25/18 Safety means responsive to specific conditions preventing rotation in wrong direction
F01B 25/20 Checking operation of safety devices
F01B 25/22 Braking by redirecting working fluid
F01B 25/24 Braking by redirecting working fluid thereby regenerating energy
F01B 25/26 Warning devices
F01B 27/00 Starting of machines or engines
F01B 27/02 Starting of machines or engines of reciprocating-piston engines
F01B 27/04 Starting of machines or engines of reciprocating-piston engines by directing working-fluid supply, e.g. by aid of by-pass steam conduits
F01B 27/06 Starting of machines or engines of reciprocating-piston engines by directing working-fluid supply, e.g. by aid of by-pass steam conduits specially for compound engines
F01B 27/08 Means for moving crank off dead-centre
F01B 29/00 Machines or engines with pertinent characteristics other than those provided for in main groups
F01B 29/02 Atmospheric engines, i.e. atmosphere acting against vacuum
F01B 29/04 Machines or engines with pertinent characteristics other than those provided for in main groups characterised by means for converting from one type to a different one
F01B 29/06 Machines or engines with pertinent characteristics other than those provided for in main groups characterised by means for converting from one type to a different one from steam engine into combustion engine
F01B 29/08 Reciprocating-piston machines or engines not otherwise provided for
F01B 29/10 Engines
F01B 29/12 Steam engines
F01B 31/00 Component parts, details, or accessories not provided for in, or of interest apart from, other groups
F01B 31/02 De-icing means for engines having icing phenomena
F01B 31/04 Means for equalising torque in reciprocating-piston machines or engines
F01B 31/06 Means for compensating relative expansion of component parts
F01B 31/08 Cooling of steam engines; Heating; Heat insulation
F01B 31/10 Lubricating arrangements of steam engines
F01B 31/12 Arrangements of measuring or indicating devices
F01B 31/14 Changing of compression ratio
F01B 31/16 Silencers specially adapted for steam engines
F01B 31/18 Draining
F01B 31/20 Draining of cylinders
F01B 31/22 Idling devices, e.g. having by-passing valves
F01B 31/24 Disengagement of connections between pistons and main shafts
F01B 31/26 Other component parts, details, or accessories, peculiar to steam engines
F01B 31/28 Cylinders or cylinder covers
F01B 31/30 Arrangements of steam conduits
F01B 31/32 Arrangements or adaptations of vacuum breakers
F01B 31/34 Safety means against water hammer or against the penetration of water
F01B 31/36 Safety means against water hammer or against the penetration of water automatically cutting-off steam supply