IPC 6 English version
 
B61-B61B01500

SECTION B– PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING


B 61RAILWAYS


B 61 BRAILWAY 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:

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

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



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00General 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


3/

00Elevated 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)

3/

02.with self-propelled vehicles


5/

00Elevated 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]


7/

00Rope 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


9/

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


10/

00Power-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]

10/

04.with vehicles rolling trackless on the ground [2]


11/

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


12/

00Component 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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00Other 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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00Combinations of railway systems