IPC 6 English version E04H 9/00-E04H 17/26

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SECTION E– FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS

E 04

BUILDING (layered materials, layered products in general B 32 B)

E 04 H

BUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL (foundations E 02 D) [4]

Buildings, groups of buildings, or shelters, adapted to withstand or provide protection against, abnormal external influences, e.g. war-like action, earthquake, extreme climate (floating buildings B 63 B; foundation aspects E 02 D; building constructions in general E 04 B; bearings or like supports allowing movement E 04 B 1/36; special details regarding insulation or other protection E 04 B 1/62; supporting structures for endangered or damaged existing buildings or parts thereof E 04 G 23/04; doors, windows E 06 B 5/00; air-conditioning, ventilation F 24 F; camouflage F 41 H 3/00; cells or rooms shielded against dangerous radiation G 21 F 7/00)

withstanding earthquake or sinking of ground (foundations E 02 D 27/34)

against air-raid or other war-like actions (respiratory apparatus A 62 B)

Structures arranged in, or forming part of, buildings

Structures arranged underneath buildings, e.g. air-raid shelters

Independent shelters; Arrangement of independent splinter-proof walls

entirely underneath the level of the ground, e.g. air-raid galleries (tunnels, galleries E 21 D)

against other dangerous influences, e.g. tornadoes, floods

against adverse conditions, e.g. extreme climate, pests

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Towers; Masts, poles; Chimney stacks; Water-towers; Methods of erecting such structures (cooling towers E 04 H 5/12; supports for road signs E 01 F 9/011; foundation piles E 02 D 5/22; foundations for masts, poles, or chimneys E 02 D 27/42; structural elongated members in general E 04 C 3/00; fixed climbing irons E 06 C 9/04; derricks for oil drilling E 21 B 15/00) [6]

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Structures made of specified materials (E 04 H 12/16, E 04 H 12/18 take precedence)

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of wood

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Truss-like structures

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of metal

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Truss-like structures

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of concrete or other stone-like material, with or without internal or external reinforcement, e.g. with metal coverings, with permanent form elements

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Truss-like structures

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Prestressed structures

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movable or with movable sections, e.g. rotatable, telescopic (rotary buildings E 04 B 1/346)

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Side-supporting means therefor, e.g. using guy ropes, struts (ground anchors E 02 D 5/80; fastening means for cables or ropes F 16 G 11/00)

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Sockets or holders for poles or posts

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Cross-arms

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Winding towers for mines (elevators B 66 B)

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Chimney stacks, e.g. free-standing, or similar ducts (foundations E 02 D 27/42; chimneys as part of buildings E 04 F 17/02; connections between furnace and smoke stack, chimney equipment F 23)

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Water-towers (tanks B 65 D 88/00; use of high-level tanks E 03 B 11/12)

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Flagpoles (flags, banners, mountings therefor G 09 F 17/00)

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Arrangements for erecting or lowering towers, masts, poles, chimney stacks, or the like [6]

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Monuments; Tombs; Burial vaults; Columbaria (sculpture or other artistic features B 44)

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Buildings for combinations of different purposes not covered in a single preceding group of this subclass, e.g. for double purpose (E 04 H 3/02, E 04 H 9/06 take precedence); Buildings of the drive-in type

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Tents or canopies, in general [4]

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Tents combined or specially associated with other devices [4]

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suspended type, e.g. from trees, from cantilever supports (supporting frames E 04 H 15/34) [4]

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Tents at least partially supported by vehicles [4]

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Trailer awnings or the like [4]

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Heating, lighting, or ventilating (for heating, lighting, or ventilating devices per se, see the relevant classes, e.g. F 21, F 24) [4]

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Heating [4]

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Ventilating [4]

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of tent roofs [4]

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Tents having plural sectional covers, e.g. pavilions, vaulted tents, marquees, circus tents (inflatable E 04 H 15/20); Plural tents, e.g. modular [4]

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inflatable, e.g. shaped, strengthened, or supported by fluid pressure (connection of valves to inflatable elastic bodies B 60 C 29/00; inflatable forms for making walls, floors, ceilings or roofs in situ E 04 G 11/04) [4]

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supported by air pressure inside the tent [4]

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cone shaped, e.g. teepees [4]

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Center-pole supported tents (umbrella type E 04 H 15/28) [4]

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Umbrella type tents [4]

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convertible, e.g. from one type tent to another type tent, from tent to canopy, from tent cover into diverse article (sacks or packs convertible into tents A 45 F 4/04; coats or capes convertible into tent coverings A 45 F 4/14) [4]

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Parts, components, construction details, accessories, interior equipment, specially adapted for tents, e.g. guy-line equipment, skirts, thresholds [4]

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Supporting means, e.g. frames [4]

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arch-shaped type (E 04 H 15/42 takes precedence) [4]

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expansible, e.g. extensible [4]

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flexible [4]

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external type, e.g. frame outside of cover [4]

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collapsible, e.g. breakdown type (E 04 H 15/42 takes precedence; building structures having collapsible parts in general E 04 B 1/343) [4]

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telescoping and foldable [4]

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foldable, i.e. having pivoted or hinged means (E 04 H 15/46 takes precedence) [4]

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lazy-tongs type [4]

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parallelogramm type [4]

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Covers of tents or canopies (ventilated tent roofs E 04 H 15/16) [4]

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Floors [4]

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Closures; Awnings; Sunshades [4]

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Poles [4]

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Pegs, stakes or the like [4]

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Tent or canopy cover fastenings [4]

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Fencing, e.g. fences, enclosures, corrals (features peculiar to electrified fences A 01 K 3/00, H 05 C; means for allowing passage through fences, barriers, or the like E 06 B 11/00)

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Wire fencing (E 04 H 17/14 takes precedence)

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using wire, barbed wire, wire mesh, toothed strips, or the like; Coupling means therefor (wire netting B 21 F 27/00; other metallic fabrics, see the relevant classes)

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Parts for wire fences

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Anchoring means therefor, e.g. specially-shaped parts entering the ground; Struts or the like (for towers or masts E 04 H 12/20; sockets for posts E 04 H 12/22)

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characterised by the way of connecting wire to the posts; Droppers

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the wire being placed in slots, grooves, or the like

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Fences constructed of rigid elements, e.g. with additional wire fillings or with posts

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using prefabricated panel-like elements, e.g. wired frames

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Corrals, i.e. easily transportable or demountable enclosures

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Posts therefor

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Anchoring means therefor, e.g. specially-shaped parts entering the ground; Struts or the like (for towers or masts E 04 H 12/20; sockets for posts E 04 H 12/22)

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Connections for attaching additional wire to frames, posts or railings

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Devices for erecting or removing fences

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