IPC Classification

Class code (prefix) Descriptions Number of results
C21B 3/00 General features in the manufacture of pig-iron
C21B 3/02 General features in the manufacture of pig-iron by applying additives, e.g. fluxing agents
C21B 3/04 Recovery of by-products, e.g. slag
C21B 3/06 Treatment of liquid slag
C21B 3/08 Cooling slag
C21B 3/10 Slag potsSlag cars
C21B 5/00 Making pig-iron in the blast furnace
C21B 5/02 Making special pig-iron, e.g. by applying additives, e.g. oxides of other metals
C21B 5/04 Making slag of special composition
C21B 5/06 Making pig-iron in the blast furnace using top gas in the blast furnace process
C21B 7/00 Blast furnaces
C21B 7/02 Internal forms
C21B 7/04 Blast furnaces with special refractories
C21B 7/06 Linings for furnaces
C21B 7/08 Top armourings
C21B 7/10 CoolingDevices therefor
C21B 7/12 Opening or sealing the tap holes
C21B 7/14 Discharging devices, e.g. for slag
C21B 7/16 Tuyères
C21B 7/18 Bell-and-hopper arrangements
C21B 7/20 Bell-and-hopper arrangements with appliances for distributing the burden
C21B 7/22 Dust arresters
C21B 7/24 Test rods or other checking devices
C21B 9/00 Stoves for heating the blast in blast furnaces
C21B 9/02 Brick hot-blast stoves
C21B 9/04 Brick hot-blast stoves with combustion shaft
C21B 9/06 Linings
C21B 9/08 Iron hot-blast stoves
C21B 9/10 Other details, e.g. blast mains
C21B 9/12 Hot-blast valves or slides for blast furnaces
C21B 9/14 Preheating the combustion air
C21B 9/16 Cooling or drying the hot-blast
C21B 11/00 Making pig-iron other than in blast furnaces
C21B 11/02 Making pig-iron other than in blast furnaces in low shaft furnaces
C21B 11/06 Making pig-iron other than in blast furnaces in rotary kilns
C21B 11/08 Making pig-iron other than in blast furnaces in hearth-type furnaces
C21B 11/10 Making pig-iron other than in blast furnaces in electric furnaces
C21B 13/00 Making spongy iron or liquid steel, by direct processes
C21B 13/02 Making spongy iron or liquid steel, by direct processes in shaft furnaces
C21B 13/04 Making spongy iron or liquid steel, by direct processes in retorts
C21B 13/06 Making spongy iron or liquid steel, by direct processes in multi-storied furnaces
C21B 13/08 Making spongy iron or liquid steel, by direct processes in rotary furnaces
C21B 13/10 Making spongy iron or liquid steel, by direct processes in hearth-type furnaces
C21B 13/12 Making spongy iron or liquid steel, by direct processes in electric furnaces
C21B 13/14 Multi-stage processes
C21B 15/00 Other processes for the manufacture of iron from iron compounds
C21B 15/02 Metallothermic processes, e.g. thermit reduction
C21B 15/04 Other processes for the manufacture of iron from iron compounds from iron carbonyl