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SECTION E - FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
STREET CLEANING; CLEANING OF PERMANENT WAYS; CLEANING...
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 STREET CLEANING; CLEANING OF PERMANENT WAYS; CLEANING BEACHES; CLEANING LAND; DISPERSING FOG IN GENERAL (cleaning in general B 08 B) [4]

 

 

 
 

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/ 00 Removing undesirable matter from roads or like surfaces, with or without moistening of the surface (for snow or ice E 01 H 5/00; cleaning tramway rails E 01 H 8/00; obstruction-removers on vehicles B 60 R 19/00; in combination with application of bitumen or the like E 01 C 19/16; in combination with application of traffic lines E 01 C 23/16)

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/ 02 • Brushing apparatus (E 01 H 1/08 to E 01 H 1/14 take precedence; brushes in general A 46 B )  

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/ 04 • • taking-up the sweepings, e.g. for collecting, for loading  

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/ 05 • • with driven brushes (E 01 H 1/04 takes precedence)  

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/ 08 • Pneumatically dislodging or taking-up undesirable matter (suction cleaners in general A 47 L 5/00 to A 47 L 9/00); Drying by heat only, or by streams of gas (permanently-installed heating or blowing devices E 01 C 11/26; heating or drying for road building or repairing E 01 C 23/14); Cleaning by projecting abrasive particles (sand-blasting in general B 24 C)  

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/ 10 • Hydraulically loosening or dislodging undesirable matter (stationary flushing devices E 01 H 3/04); Raking or scraping apparatus (hand implements E 01 H 1/12)  

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/ 12 • Hand implements, e.g. litter pickers (rakes A 01 D 7/00)  

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/ 14 • Removing by magnetic effect  
 

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/ 00 Applying liquids to roads or like surfaces, e.g. for dust control; Stationary flushing devices (combined with removal of undesirable matter E 01 H 1/00; spray heads, other outlets B 05 B)

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/ 02 • Mobile apparatus, e.g. watering-vehicles (vehicle features B 60 P 3/22; applying liquid materials for road paving E 01 C 19/16)  

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/ 04 • Fixed devices, e.g. permanently-installed flushing means (hydrants E 03 B 9/02)  
 

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/ 00 Making or maintaining surfaces of snow or ice suitable for traffic or sporting purposes, e.g. by compacting snow [4]

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/ 02 • for sporting purposes, e.g. devices adapted for ski-trails (production of ice or snow F 25 C 3/00) [4]  
 

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/ 00 Removing snow or ice from roads or like surfaces; Grading or roughening snow or ice (by applying de-icing agents E 01 H 10/00; obstruction removers on vehicles B 60 R 19/00; sand, gravel or salt spreaders E 01 C 19/20) [4]

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/ 02 • Hand implements (E 01 H 5/04, E 01 H 5/10, E 01 H 5/12 take precedence)  

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/ 04 • Apparatus propelled by animal or engine power; Apparatus propelled by hand with driven dislodging or conveying elements, e.g. conveying pneumatically (E 01 H 5/10, E 01 H 5/12 take precedence)  

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/ 06 • • dislodging essentially by non-driven elements, e.g. scraper blades  

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/ 07 • • • and conveying dislodged material by driven or pneumatic means  

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/ 08 • • dislodging essentially by driven elements  

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/ 09 • • • the elements being rotary or moving along a closed circular path, e.g. rotary cutter, digging wheels  

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/ 10 • by application of heat (stationary blowing or paving-heating means E 01 C 11/26)  

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/ 12 • Apparatus or implements specially adapted for breaking, disintegrating, or loosening layers of ice or hard snow  
 

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/ 00 Apparatus equipped with, or having provisions for equipping with, both elements for removal of refuse or the like and elements for removal of snow or ice (E 01 H 8/10 takes precedence)
 

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/ 00 Removing undesirable matter from the permanent way of railways; Removing undesirable matter from tramway rails (E 01 H 1/00 to E 01 H 6/00 take precedence)

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/ 02 • Methods or apparatus for removing ice or snow from railway tracks, e.g. using snow-ploughs (operating only on rails or flange grooves E 01 H 8/10)  

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/ 04 • • essentially by non-driven elements  

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/ 06 • • essentially by driven tools  

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/ 08 • • by application of heat (heated track E 01 B 19/00)  

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/ 10 • Removing undesirable matter from rails, flange grooves, or the like, e.g. removing ice from contact rails, removing mud from flange grooves (heating, blowing, or fluid-applying devices installed in the track E 01 B 19/00; built-in draining devices for rails E 01 B 21/02; removing ballast from rails E 01 B 27/04)  

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/ 12 • • specially adapted to grooved rails, flangeways, or the like  
 

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/ 00 Improving gripping of ice-bound or other slippery traffic surfaces, e.g. using gritting or thawing materials (roughening ice by means of tools E 01 H 5/12; applying de-icing agents to rails E 01 H 8/10; thawing materials C 09 K 3/18; by constructional features E 01 C 11/24)
 

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/ 00 Control of undesirable vegetation on roads or permanent ways of railways (destruction of undesirable vegetation in general A 01 M 7/00 to A 01 M 15/00, A 01 M 21/00; weeding involving working the ballast E 01 B 27/00); Applying liquids, e.g. water, weed-killer, bitumen, to permanent ways (specially to rails E 01 H 8/10; for preserving sleepers E 01 B 31/20)
 

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/ 00 Cleaning beaches
 

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/ 00 Dispersing fog in general, e.g. on roads, on airfields
 

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/ 00 Removing undesirable matter, e.g. rubbish, from the land, not otherwise provided for (gatherers for removing stones, roots or the like from the soil A 01 B 43/00) [4]