US PATENT SUBCLASS 416 / 142
WORKING MEMBER FOLDABLE, PIVOTABLE OR COLLAPSIBLE TO NON-USE POSITION


Current as of: June, 1999
Click HD for Main Headings
Click for All Classes

Internet Version by PATENTEC © 1999      Terms of Use



416 /   HD   FLUID REACTION SURFACES (I.E., IMPELLERS)

142WORKING MEMBER FOLDABLE, PIVOTABLE OR COLLAPSIBLE TO NON-USE POSITION {1}
143  DF  .~> Member movement in rotation plane


DEFINITION

Classification: 416/142

(under the class definition) Apparatus wherein an impeller* is adapted to assume a more compact form by folding, pivoting, collapsing or similar movement of a working member* so as to render the member inoperative or to facilitate storage.

(1) Note. This definition does not include a mere adjustable (e.g., feathering) working member wherein the inoperative position is no more than the terminal position of a plurality or range of operative positions.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

85+, for an impeller selectively moveable to or from an operative position relative to a float support.

87+, for a rotating impeller which is adapted to assume a more compact form by shortening the effective operative

diameter of the apparatus.