IPC 6 English version B64D-B64D 19/02

B64D-B64D01902

SECTION B– PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING

B 64

AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS

B 64 D

EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; FLYING SUITS; PARACHUTES; ARRANGEMENTS OR MOUNTING OF POWER PLANTS OR PROPULSION TRANSMISSIONS

Dropping, ejecting, releasing, or receiving articles, liquids, or the like, in flight (with respect to weapon sights, F 41 G takes precedence; parachutes B 64 D 17/00; ejectable seats B 64 D 25/10; ejectable capsules B 64 D 25/12; refuelling during flight B 64 D 39/00; launching apparatus for projecting projectiles or missiles F 41 F 1/00, F 41 F 7/00; rocket or torpedo launchers F 41 F 3/00)

Dropping, ejecting, or releasing articles (jettisonable fuel reservoirs B 64 D 37/12)

the articles being explosive, e.g. bombs (arming or setting bomb fuzes F 42 C)

Bomb releasing; Bomb doors

the articles being load-carrying devices

Stowage arrangements for the devices in aircraft

Releasing

Absorbing landing shocks

Dropping or releasing powdered, liquid or gaseous matter, e.g. for fire-fighting (jettisoning fuel B 64 D 37/26) [5]

by spraying, e.g. insecticides (spraying apparatus in general B 05 B)

for sky-writing

Taking-up articles from earth's surface

Aircraft adaptations to facilitate towing or being towed (B 64 D 39/00 takes precedence; ground installations for launching or towing aircraft B 64 F; towing ropes per se D 07 B)

for towing targets (towed targets per se F 41 J)

Aircraft transported by aircraft, e.g. for release or reberthing during flight (flying units formed by separate aircraft B 64 C 37/02)

Arrangement of military equipment, e.g. armaments, armament accessories, or military shielding, in aircraft; Adaptations of armament mountings for aircraft (dropping bombs or the like B 64 D 1/00; armaments or mountings therefor per se F 41)

the armaments being firearms

fixedly mounted

movably mounted

Arrangement of rocket launchers (rocket launchers per se, e.g. rocket pods, F 41 F 3/06)

Equipment for handling freight; Equipment for facilitating passenger embarkation or the like (emergency equipment B 64 D 17/00, B 64 D 19/00, B 64 D 25/00; structures integral with fuselage to facilitate loading, fuselage floors specially adapted for freight, steps mounted on, and retractable within, aircraft B 64 C; ground installations B 64 F)

10/

Flying suits (helmets in general A 42 B 3/00; breathing helmets A 62 B 18/00) [3]

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Passenger or crew accommodation; Flight-deck installations not otherwise provided for

11/

Toilet fittings (of general application A 47 K)

11/

Galleys

11/

Arrangements or adaptations of seats (seat constructions for emergency purposes B 64 D 25/04)

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Arrangements or adaptations of air-treatment apparatus for aircraft crew or passengers, or freight space (treatment rooms with artificial climate for medical purposes A 61 G 10/02; respiratory apparatus in general A 62 B; for vehicles in general B 60 H)

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the air being pressurised

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Automatic control of pressure

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the air being conditioned (pressurising B 64 D 13/02)

13/

the air being heated or cooled

15/

De-icing or preventing icing on exterior surfaces of aircraft (motor vehicles specially adapted for carrying de-icing equipment B 60 P)

15/

by ducted hot gas or liquid

15/

Hot gas application

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Liquid application (in general B 05)

15/

exuded from surface

15/

sprayed over surface

15/

by electric heating (H 05 B 3/84 takes precedence; electric heating elements in general H 05 B) [5]

15/

controlled cyclically along length of surface

15/

by mechanical means, e.g. pulsating mats or shoes attached to, or built into, surface

15/

the surface being an aerofoil, rotor, or propeller

15/

Means for detecting icing or initiating de-icing

15/

Automatic initiation by icing detector

17/

Parachutes (non-canopied parachutes B 64 D 19/00)

17/

Canopy arrangement or construction

17/

formed with two or more canopies arranged about a common axis

17/

formed with two or more canopies arranged in a cluster

17/

Secondary or shock-absorbing canopies attached to load line

17/

Ribbon construction or the like

17/

constructed to provide variable or non-uniform porosity over area of canopy

17/

with skirt or air-deflecting panels

17/

secured to hem of main canopy

17/

Vent arrangement or construction

17/

variable in area

17/

Load suspension

17/

Rigging lines

17/

attached to hem of canopy

17/

attached to apex of canopy

17/

Harnesses [4]

17/

Construction of quick-release box

17/

adapted to control direction or rate of descent

17/

incorporating friction devices or frangible connections to reduce shock loading of canopy

17/

Releasable fastening devices between parachute and load or pack

17/

Packs

17/

rigid

17/

forming part of load

17/

Closing means

17/

with separate pack for extractor of auxiliary parachute

17/

formed with separate compartments for main canopy, rigging lines, or auxiliary parachute

17/

Opening, e.g. manual

17/

automatic

17/

responsive to barometric pressure

17/

responsive to time-delay mechanism

17/

by static line

17/

Deployment

17/

by extractor parachute

17/

attached to hem of main canopy

17/

attached to apex of main canopy

17/

by springs

17/

by explosive or inflatable means (connection of valves to inflatable elastic bodies B 60 C 29/00)

17/

Sequential deployment of a plurality of canopies

17/

facilitated by method of folding or packing

17/

in association with other load-retarding apparatus

17/

in association with aircraft, e.g. for braking thereof

19/

Non-canopied parachutes

19/

Rotary-wing parachutes

B64D 21/00 - B64D 47/08