IPC 6 English version E01C-E01C 23/24

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SECTION E– FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS

E 01

CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, RAILWAYS, OR BRIDGES (of tunnels E 21 D)

E 01 C

CONSTRUCTION OF, OR SURFACES FOR, ROADS, SPORTS GROUNDS, OR THE LIKE; MACHINES OR AUXILIARY TOOLS FOR CONSTRUCTION OR REPAIR (forming road or like surfaces by compacting or grading snow or ice E 01 H)

Design or layout of roads, e.g. for noise abatement, for gas absorption (design or layout of sports grounds A 63 C 19/00; design or layout of airfields B 64 F)

Crossings, junctions, or interconnections between roads on the same level

Road crossings on different levels; Interconnections between roads on different levels

Structure of roads, playgrounds, sports grounds, airfields

Foundations for pavings (specially adapted for playgrounds or sports grounds E 01 C 13/02; foundations in general E 02 D)

Concrete base for bituminous paving

Foundations produced by soil stabilisation

Methods or arrangements for protecting foundations from destructive influences of moisture, frost or vibration

Pavings made of prefabricated single units (specially adapted for playgrounds or sports grounds E 01 C 13/04, for footpaths, sidewalks or cycle tracks E 01 C 15/00; making artificial stones C 04 B; building stones E 04 C; flooring E 04 F)

made of natural stones, e.g. sett stones

made of bricks

made of units with cement or like binders

Reinforced units

Prestressed reinforced units

made of units with bituminous binders

made of wooden units

made of metallic units (steel gratings E 01 C 9/10)

made of rubber units

made of units of plastics (E 01 C 5/18 takes precedence)

made of units composed of a mixture of materials covered by two or more of groups E 01 C 5/02 to E 01 C 5/20

Coherent pavings made in situ (specially adapted for playgrounds or sports grounds E 01 C 13/06, for footpaths, sidewalks or cycle tracks E 01 C 15/00)

made of road-metal without binders

of broken stones, gravel, or like materials

by melting, burning, or vitrifying road-metal in situ

made of road-metal and binders

of road-metal and cement or like binders (cement or like binders, composition of mortars C 04 B)

Mortar-bound paving

Concrete paving

Prestressed concrete paving

of road-metal and bituminous binders

Binder incorporated in cold state, e.g. natural asphalt

Binder incorporated in hot state, e.g. heated bitumen

Binder incorporated as an emulsion or solution (making dispersions or emulsions for road building C 04 B)

mixed with other materials, e.g. cement, rubber, leather, fibre

of road-metal and other binders, e.g. synthetic material

of courses of different kind made in situ

made of several courses which are not bound to each other

Topping or surface dressings; Methods of mixing, impregnating, or spreading them

by subjecting soil to stabilisation

Special pavings (specially adapted for playgrounds or sports grounds E 01 C 13/00, for footpaths, sidewalks or cycle tracks E 01 C 15/00); Pavings for special parts of roads or airfields (pavement lights E 01 C 17/00; manholes or like covers or frames E 02 D 29/14)

Wheel tracks (rail tracks for guiding vehicles E 01 B 25/28)

Pavings for railroad level-crossings

Pavings adjacent tramways rails

Temporary pavings (steel gratings E 01 C 9/10)

Steel gratings (gully gratings E 03 F 5/06; as building elements in general E 04 C)

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Details of pavings

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Arrangement or construction of joints; Methods of making joints; Packing for joints (sealing joints not restricted to road or airfield paving E 04 B 1/68)

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for cement concrete paving

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Methods of making joints

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Packing of metal

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Packing of plastic or elastic materials

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Packing of metal and plastic or elastic materials

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Dowel assembly

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Reinforcements (for building in general E 04 C)

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for cement concrete pavings

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for prestressed concrete pavings

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Gutters; Kerbs (kerbs specially adapted for informing road users E 01 F 9/053)

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Methods or arrangements for preventing slipperiness or protecting against influences of the weather

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Permanently-installed heating or blowing devices

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Pavings or foundations specially adapted for playgrounds or sports grounds (general layout A 63 C 19/00)

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Foundations, e.g. with drainage or heating arrangements [6]

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Pavings made of prefabricated single units (E 01 C 13/08, E 01 C 13/10 take precedence) [6]

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Pavings made in situ (E 01 C 13/08, E 01 C 13/10 take precedence) [6]

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Surfaces simulating grass [6]

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Artificial surfaces for outdoor or indoor practice of snow or ice sports (E 01 C 13/08 takes precedence) [6]

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for snow sports [6]

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Pavings specially adapted for footpaths, sidewalks, or cycle tracks

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Pavement lights, i.e. translucent constructions forming part of the surface (blocks specially designed for marking roads E 01 F 9/04)

Machines, tools, or auxiliary devices for constructing or repairing the surfacing of roads or like structures (constructing the road bed E 02 D, E 02 F)

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Machines, tools, or auxiliary devices for preparing or distributing paving materials, for working the placed materials, or for forming, consolidating, or finishing the paving (surface stabilisation E 01 C 21/00; apparatus specially adapted for reconditioning or repairing paving E 01 C 23/00)

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for preparing the materials

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Crushing, pulverising, or disintegrating apparatus (in general B 02 C); Aggregate screening, cleaning, or heating apparatus

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Apparatus for transporting and melting asphalt, bitumen, tar, or the like (stationarily-arranged melting boilers for tar, asphalt, or the like, in general C 10 C 3/12)

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Apparatus or plants for premixing or precoating aggregate or fillers with non-hydraulic binders, e.g. with bitumen, with resins; Apparatus for premixing non-hydraulic mixtures prior to placing or for reconditioning salvaged non-hydraulic compositions

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for distributing granular or liquid materials (E 01 C 23/07 takes precedence; for filling joints or grooves E 01 C 23/02, E 01 C 23/09)

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for laying-down uncoated stone or similar materials, or for striking-off or spreading same without compacting, e.g. for crushed rock base courses, sand cushions for paving (E 01 C 19/52 takes precedence; distributing E 01 C 19/20)

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for applying or spreading liquid materials, e.g. bitumen slurries (E 01 C 19/45, E 01 C 23/02, E 01 C 23/03, E 01 C 23/16 take precedence; spraying or spreading liquids or other fluent materials to surfaces in general B 05)

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Application by spraying

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Devices for distributing road-metals mixed with binders, e.g. cement, bitumen, without consolidating or ironing effect (E 01 C 19/20, E 01 C 19/47 take precedence; conveying installations for concrete or the like B 65 G)

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Apparatus for distributing, e.g. spreading, granular or pulverulent materials, e.g. sand, gravel, salt, dry binders (fertiliser distributors A 01 C 15/00)

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for simultaneously but separately applying liquid material and granular or pulverulent material, e.g. bitumen and grit, with or without spreading

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for consolidating or finishing laid-down unset materials (E 01 C 23/02 takes precedence; apparatus for generating vibrations in general B 06 B)

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Rollers therefor; Such rollers usable also for compacting soil (E 01 C 19/43 takes precedence; specially adapted for agricultural purposes A 01 B 29/00; garden rollers A 01 G 1/12; making or maintaining surfaces of snow or ice E 01 H 4/00; solely for soil compaction E 02 D 3/026)

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hand propelled (E 01 C 19/27 to E 01 C 19/29 take precedence)

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propelled by animals or vehicles (E 01 C 19/26 to E 01 C 19/29 take precedence)

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self-propelled or fitted to road vehicles (E 01 C 19/27 to E 01 C 19/29 take precedence)

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with elastically-deformable rolling elements, e.g. pneumatic tyres (vibrating or impacting E 01 C 19/28)

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Vibrated rollers or rollers subjected to impacts, e.g. hammering blows (E 01 C 19/29 takes precedence)

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Rolling apparatus adapted to apply a rolling pressure less than its weight, e.g. roller finishers travelling on formrails

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Tamping or vibrating apparatus other than rollers (E 01 C 23/02, E 01 C 23/04 take precedence; vibrated depositing devices E 01 C 19/12; tamping or vibrating rollers E 01 C 19/28; portable percussion tools in general B 25 D; tamping or vibrating soil in general E 02 D 3/046)

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Hand-held hand-actuated rammers or tampers

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Power-driven rammers or tampers

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Hand-held or hand-guided tools (E 01 C 19/36 to E 01 C 19/40 take precedence)

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with direct-acting explosion chambers

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with means specifically for generating vibrations

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adapted to impart a smooth finish to the paving, e.g. tamping or vibrating finishers

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Apparatus having both rolling tools and ramming, tamping, or vibrating tools

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Machines for imparting a smooth finish to freshly-laid paving courses other than by rolling, tamping, or vibrating (for distributing only E 01 C 19/12)

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Machines or arrangements for roughening or patterning freshly-laid paving courses, e.g. indenting rollers

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Hand-actuated tools other than rollers, dampers, or vibrators, specially adapted for imparting a required surface finish to freshly-laid paving courses (E 01 C 19/43 takes precedence)

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Portable apparatus for preparing, or for preparing and applying to the road, compound liquid binders, e.g. emulsified bitumen, fluxed asphalt (applying only E 01 C 19/16)

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for preparing and placing the materials (E 01 C 19/45 takes precedence; making surfaces by mixing borrowed aggregate with binders E 01 C 21/00)

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Hydraulic cement concrete mixers combined with distributing means specially adapted for road building (concrete mixers per se B 28 C)

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for laying-down the materials and consolidating them, or finishing the surface

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Removable forms or shutterings for road-building purposes (E 01 C 23/02, E 01 C 23/04 take precedence; permanent forms E 01 C 3/00 to E 01 C 7/00; slip forms E 01 C 19/48); Devices or arrangements for forming individual paving elements, e.g. kerbs, in situ

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Apparatus for laying individual preformed surface elements, e.g. kerbs (preforming and placing continuous strip E 01 C 19/46; forming paving elements in situ E 01 C 19/50)

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Apparatus or processes for surface stabilisation for road building or like purposes, e.g. mixing borrowed aggregate with binder (stabilising soil under existing surfacing E 01 C 23/10; soil-conditioning or soil-stabilising materials C 09 K 17/00; soil-consolidation in general E 02 D 3/12)

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Fusing, calcining, or burning soil in situ

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Auxiliary devices or arrangements for constructing, repairing, reconditioning, or taking-up road or like surfaces (apparatus for reconditioning of salvaged non-hydraulic compositions E 01 C 19/10)

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Devices or auxiliary means for setting-out or checking the configuration of new surfacing, e.g. templates, screed supports (form rails E 01 C 19/50); Applications of apparatus for measuring, indicating, or recording the surface configuration of existing surfacing, e.g. profilographs (E 01 C 23/07 takes precedence; measuring roughness or irregularity in general G 01 B)

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Devices for making, treating, or filling grooves or like channels in not-yet-hardened paving, e.g. for joints or markings (surface patterning E 01 C 19/43); Removable forms therefor (non-removable forms E 01 C 11/02); Devices for introducing inserts or removable insert-supports in not-yet-hardened paving (E 01 C 23/04 takes precedence; non-removable insert supports E 01 C 11/02)

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Arrangements for curing paving; Devices for applying curing means; Devices for laying prefabricated underlay, e.g. sheets, membranes (reinforcing elements E 01 C 23/04); Protecting paving under construction or while curing, e.g. use of tents (road barriers E 01 F 13/00)

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Devices for laying reinforcing elements or dowel bars; Removable supports for reinforcing elements (non-removable supports therefor E 01 C 11/16; side forms adapted to supporting reinforcement E 01 C 19/50); Devices, e.g. removable forms, for making essentially horizontal ducts in paving, e.g. for prestressed reinforcement

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Devices for installing or removing forms

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Devices or arrangements for working the finished surface (working freshly-laid paving E 01 C 19/42 to E 01 C 19/44, E 01 C 23/02; mining picks E 21 C 35/18); Devices for repairing the surface of damaged paving [6]

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Apparatus combining measurement of the surface configuration of paving with application of material in proportion to the measured irregularities (measuring means only E 01 C 23/01)

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for roughening or patterning; for removing high spots or material bonded to the surface, e.g. markings (removing matter not bonded to the surface E 01 H 1/00; roughening or detaching ice E 01 H 5/12)

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using non-powered tools [6]

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using power-driven tools, e.g. vibratory tools [6]

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Rotary tools, e.g. milling drums [6]

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for forming cuts, grooves, or recesses, e.g. for making joints or channels for markings, for cutting-out sections to be removed; for cleaning, treating, or filling cuts, grooves, recesses, or fissures; for trimming paving edges

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for raising or levelling sunken paving; for filling voids under paving; for introducing material into substructure (consolidating soil in general E 02 D 3/12)

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for taking-up, tearing-up, or breaking-up paving (adapted to both placing and removing paving E 01 C 19/52)

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for heating or drying foundation, paving, or materials thereon, e.g. paint (E 01 C 23/03 takes precedence; heating or drying devices incorporated in the paving E 01 C 11/26; surface stabilisation by fusing, calcining, or burning soil in situ E 01 C 21/02; for street cleaning E 01 H 1/08; melting snow or ice on surfacing E 01 H 5/10)

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Devices for marking-out, applying, or forming traffic or like markings on finished paving (E 01 C 23/14 takes precedence; inserting or forming in not-yet-hardened paving E 01 C 23/02, in recesses formed in fully-set paving E 01 C 23/09; marking-out playing courts or playgrounds A 63 C 19/06; applying liquids or other fluent materials to surfaces in general B 05; road surface markings per se E 01 F 9/04); Protecting fresh markings

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for applying prefabricated markings [6]

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for forming markings in situ [6]

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by spraying [6]

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by pouring [6]