What is the difference between "equipment" and "device" in patent application?

Equipment refers to a set of devices that basically have specific physical form and specific functions and can be used by people for a long time, such as lathes, boilers, pumps, steam turbines, etc. \ x0d \ x0d \ device refers to objects with complex structures and some independent functions in machines, instruments and equipment. \x0d\\x0d\ difference: the concept of equipment is a complete concept, and the concept of device is a partially independent object \x0d\\x0d\ has no difference in the patent, and the specific concern is its components, not its name.