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SECTION F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS;BLASTING
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 PIPES; JOINTS OR FITTINGS FOR PIPES; SUPPORTS FOR PIPES, CABLES OR PROTECTIVE TUBING; MEANS FOR THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
 

Notes

(1)

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

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 "pipe" means a conduit of closed cross-section, which is specially adapted to convey fluids, materials or objects;
 

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 "hose" means a pipe, as defined above, which has flexibility as an essential characteristic. [5]

(2)

 Attention is drawn to the following places:
 

A 61 M 39/00

Tube connectors, tube couplings or branch units, specially adapted for medical use
 

B 05 B 1/20

Perforated pipes
 

B 63 B 35/03

Pipe-laying vessels
 

B 64 D 39/04

Adaptation of hose constructions for refuelling aircraft during flight
 

B 67 D 5/36

Arrangements of hoses in apparatus for transferring liquids, e.g. fuel, from bulk to vehicles or portable containers
 

E 01 D 19/10

Fastening of pipes or cables to bridges
 

E 03 B

Water supply installations
 

E 03 D 11/17

Means for connecting water-closet bowls to the flushing pipe
 

E 03 D 11/18

Siphons for water-closets
 

E 03 F 3/04

Pipes or fittings specially adapted to sewers
 

E 04 D 13/08

Down pipes for roof drainage; Clamping means therefor
 

E 04 F 17/00

Vertical ducts, channels in buildings, e.g. chimneys
 

E 21 F 1/04

Air ducts for ventilation of mines or tunnels; Connections therefor
 

E 21 F 17/02

Suspension devices for tubes or the like in mines or tunnels
 

F 01 N

Gas flow silencers or exhaust apparatus for machines or engines
 

F 16 N 21/00

Conduits, junctions for lubrication systems
 

F 17 C 3/02

Thermal insulation of vessels not under pressure for storing liquified or solidified gases, e.g. Dewar flask
 

F 22 B 37/10

Water tubes of steam boilers
 

F 23 J 13/04

Joints, connections for chimneys or flues
 

F 24 H 9/12

Connecting circulation pipes to heaters
 

F 28 F 9/04

Arrangements for sealing elements into header boxes or end plates of heat-exchangers
 

G 21 C 15/22

Structural association of coolant tubes with headers or other pipes in nuclear reactors
 

H 02 G 3/04

Protective tubing or conduits for electric cables
 

H 02 G 3/26

Installations of electric cables or lines, or protective tubing on or in walls, ceilings or floors.

 

 

 
 

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/ 00 Laying or reclaiming pipes; Repairing or joining pipes on or under water (soldering or welding B 23 K; lifting-gear and load-engaging elements B 66; hydraulic installations, soil drainage E 02 B; excavations or underwater constructions E 02 D; machines for digging trenches in combination with pipe-assembly E 02 F; laying sewer pipes E 03 F 3/06; in earth boreholes or wells E 21 B; tunnelling E 21 D; laying electric, or combined optical and electric, cables H 02 G; making special pipe joints, see the relevant groups for the joints) [2,5,6]

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/ 024 • Laying or reclaiming pipes on land, e.g. above the ground (F 16 L 1/12 takes precedence) [5]  

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/ 026 • • in or on a frozen surface [6]  

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/ 028 • • in the ground (F 16 L 1/026 takes precedence) [5,6]  

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/ 032 • • • the pipes being continuous (F 16 L 1/038 takes precedence) [5,6]  

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/ 036 • • • the pipes being composed of sections of short length (F 16 L 1/038 takes precedence) [5,6]  

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/ 038 • • • the pipes being made in situ [6]  

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/ 06 • • Accessories therefor, e.g. anchors [5]  

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/ 08 (transferred to F 16 L 1/09, F 16 L 1/11, covered by F 16 L 1/06)

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/ 09 • • • for bringing two tubular members closer to each other [6]  

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/ 10 • • • for aligning [5]  

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/ 11 • • • for the detection or protection of pipes in the ground [6]  

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/ 12 • Laying or reclaiming pipes on or under water (buoyant hoses F 16 L 11/133) [5]  

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/ 14 • • between the surface and the bottom [5]  

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/ 15 • • • vertically [6]  

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/ 16 • • on the bottom [5]  

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/ 18 • • • the pipes being S- or J-shaped and under tension during laying [5]  

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/ 19 • • • • the pipes being J-shaped [6]  

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/ 20 • • Accessories therefor, e.g. floats, weights (buoys B 63 B 22/00) [5]  

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/ 22 (covered by F 16 L 1/20)

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/ 225 • • • Stingers [6]  

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/ 23 • • • Pipe tensioning apparatus [6]  

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/ 235 • • • Apparatus for controlling the pipe during laying [6]  

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/ 24 • • • Floats; Weights [5]  

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/ 26 • Repairing or joining pipes on or under water (buoyant hoses F 16 L 11/133; joints per se F 16 L 13/00 to F 16 L 49/00) [5]  
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