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SECTION B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
RAILWAY SYSTEMS; EQUIPMENT THEREFOR NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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B 61

 RAILWAYS
 

Note
 

In this class, the following expression is used with the meaning indicated:
 

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 "railway systems" covers:
 

(a)

 systems in which trains or individual passenger vehicles or load carriers run on, or are guided by, ground or elevated tracks defined by rails, ropes, cables, or other guiding elements for wheels, rollers, or sliding anti-friction devices (permanently attached to a continuous traction element B 65 G 17/00);
 

(b)

 systems in which carriers or impellers for persons or loads are attached to, e.g. suspended from, a guided traction rope or cable which determines their path of movement (chain conveyers, scraper conveyers B 65 G 17/00, B 65 G 19/00);
 

(c)

 power and free systems of either of the above types in which vehicles, load-carriers, or loads may be selectively coupled to, or uncoupled from, continuous traction members, e.g. cables, chains.

B 61 B

 RAILWAY SYSTEMS; EQUIPMENT THEREFOR NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (lifts or hoists, elevators, escalators, moving walkways B 66 B) [4]
 

Note
 

In this subclass, the following terms are used with the meanings indicated:
 

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 "rope railways" covers railways using cables or chains as traction or suspension means;
 

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 "ropes", "cables", or "chains" are equivalent unless specifically mentioned. [2]

 

 

 
 

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/ 00 General arrangement of stations, platforms, or sidings; Railway networks; Rail-vehicle marshalling systems (shunting humps or shunting devices B 61 J; construction of platforms E 01 F 1/00; time-tables G 09 D)

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/ 02 • General arrangement of stations and platforms including protection devices for the passengers  

Elevated railways
 

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/ 00 Elevated railway systems with suspended vehicles (with suspended flexible tracks B 61 B 7/00; saddle or like balanced type with monorail B 61 B 13/06; with propelling cables and for transporting materials B 65 G; tracks therefor E 01 B 25/00)

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/ 02 • with self-propelled vehicles  
 

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/ 00 Elevated railway systems without suspended vehicles (with monorail B 61 B 13/04; tracks therefor E 01 B 25/00)

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/ 02 • with two or more rails  

Rope railways (shunting devices with cable traction B 61 J); Power-and-free systems (devices specially adapted or mounted for storing and repeatedly paying-out and re-storing lengths of material B 65 H 75/34) [2]
 

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/ 00 Rope railway systems with suspended flexible tracks

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/ 02 • with separate haulage cables  

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/ 04 • with suspended tracks serving as haulage cables  

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/ 06 • with self-propelled vehicles  
 

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/ 00 Tramway or funicular systems with rigid track and cable traction (haulage clips B 61 B 12/12) [2]
 

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/ 00 Power-and-free systems (ski-lift, sleigh-lift or like trackless systems with guided towing cables only B 61 B 11/00) [2]

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/ 02 • with suspended vehicles [2]  

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/ 04 • with vehicles rolling trackless on the ground [2]  
 

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/ 00 Ski-lift, sleigh-lift or like trackless systems with guided towing cables only
 

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/ 00 Component parts, details, or accessories not provided for in groups B 61 B 7/00 to B 61 B 11/00 (railway brakes B 61 H; turntables B 61 J 1/06) [2]

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/ 02 • Suspension of the load; Guiding means, e.g. wheels; Attaching traction cables [2]  

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/ 04 • Devices for damping vibrations [2]  

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/ 06 • Safety devices or measures against cable fracture [2]  

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/ 08 • Cable lubrication [2]  

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/ 10 • Cable traction drives [2]  

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/ 12 • Cable grippers; Haulage clips [2]  

Other railway systems; Combinations of systems
 

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/ 00 Other railway systems

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/ 02 • Rack railways  

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/ 04 • Monorail systems  

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/ 06 • • Saddle or like balanced type  

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/ 08 • Sliding or levitation systems (magnetic suspension or levitation for vehicles, per se B 60 L 13/04; vehicles with air cushions between rails and vehicles B 60 V 3/04) [4]  

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/ 10 • Tunnel systems (pneumatic tube conveyers B 65 G)  

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/ 12 • Systems with propulsion devices between or alongside the rails, e.g. pneumatic systems (cable traction B 61 B 9/00; car-shunting devices B 61 J)  
 

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/ 00 Combinations of railway systems