IPC 7 English version A62C-A62C 39/00

A62C-A62C03900

SECTION A – HUMAN NECESSITIES

A 62

LIFE-SAVING; FIRE-FIGHTING (ladders E06C)

A 62 C

FIRE-FIGHTING (fire-extinguishing compositions, use of chemical substances in extinguishing fires A62D 1/00; spraying, applying liquids or other fluent materials to surfaces in general B05; alarm arrangements G08B, e.g. fire alarms actuated by smoke or gases G08B 17/10)

Subclass Index

FIRE PREVENTION OR CONTAINMENT; FIRE-EXTINGUISHING FOR PARTICULAR OBJECTS OR PLACES

Prevention or containment

A62C 2/00

Flame traps

A62C 4/00

For particular objects or places

A62C 3/00

MAKING FIRE-EXTINGUISHING MATERIALS BEFORE USE

A62C 5/00

HAND TOOLS OR ACCESSORIES

A62C 8/00

PORTABLE EXTINGUISHERS

According to operating principle

A62C 11/00, A62C 13/00, A62C 19/00, A62C 25/00

Knapsack type

A62C 15/00

Pistol or rifle type

A62C 17/00

FIRE-FIGHTING VEHICLES

Land vehicles

A62C 27/00

Boats

A62C 29/00

DELIVERY OF FIRE-EXTINGUISHING MATERIALS

A62C 31/00

HOSE ACCESSORIES

A62C 33/00

STATIONARILY-INSTALLED EQUIPMENT

A62C 35/00

CONTROL OF FIRE-FIGHTING EQUIPMENT

A62C 37/00

OTHER METHODS, EQUIPMENT OR ACCESSORIES

A62C 39/00

Fire prevention or containment (A62C 3/00 takes precedence; flame traps A62C 4/00) [5]

Removing or cutting-off the supply of inflammable material [5]

Physical fire-barriers [5]

Water curtains (nozzles A62C 31/02) [5]

Fire-proof curtains [5]

Hinged dampers [5]

with two or more blades [5]

multi-vane roll or fold-up type [5]

Sliding dampers [5]

at 90 degrees to the plane of the opening [5]

Fire-dampers with provision for the removal of an obstacle, e.g. rails, conveyers, before closing the opening [5]

Operating or controlling mechanisms [5]

Fire prevention, containment or extinguishing specially adapted for particular objects or places (for nuclear reactors G21C 9/04) [5]

for area conflagrations, e.g. forest fires, subterranean fires [5]

for dust or loosely-baled or loosely-piled materials, e.g. in silos, in chimneys (flame traps A62C 4/00) [5]

of highly inflammable material, e.g. light metals, petroleum products [5]

in vehicles, e.g. in road vehicles [5]

in aircraft [5]

in ships [5]

in electrical installations, e.g. cableways [5]

Flame traps allowing passage of gas but not of flame or explosion wave [2]

in gas-pipes (safety valves F16K 17/00) [2]

in flues or chimneys [2]

Making of fire-extinguishing materials immediately before use (nozzles A62C 31/02) [5]

of foam [5]

027

Heavy foam [5]

033

of gel [5]

Hand fire-extinguishers [5]

Hand tools or accessories specially adapted for fire-fighting, e.g. tool boxes [5]

Buckets or pails [5]

Rakes or beaters [5]

Fire-blankets [5]

Shields [5]

11/

Portable extinguishers with manually-operated pumps [5]

13/

Portable extinguishers which are permanently pressurised or pressurised immediately before use (A62C 11/00 takes precedence) [5]

13/

with pressure gas produced by chemicals

13/

with separate acid container

13/

with acid container without closure device

13/

with acid container with closure device

13/

with loose-lid closure device (loosely-engaging lids or covers for containers for liquids without means for effecting sealing of container in general B65D 51/02)

13/

with valve closure device

13/

with acid container the shell of which is ruptured by pin, screw-pin, or similar device

13/

with movable acid container ruptured by falling when operated

13/

with acid container ruptured by a striking weight, e.g. by a falling weight

13/

with the chemicals in a single case, e.g. in a cartridge

13/

with incendiary substances producing pressure gas

13/

with a single permanently pressurised container [5]

13/

the extinguishing material being released by means of a valve [5]

13/

with extinguishing material and pressure gas being stored in separate containers [5]

13/

characterised by means for releasing the extinguishing material [5]

13/

characterised by means for releasing the pressure gas [5]

13/

characterised by releasing means operating essentially simultaneously on both containers [5]

13/

the pressure gas container being pierced or broken [5]

13/

Details or accessories [5]

13/

Suspending or supporting devices [5]

15/

Extinguishers essentially of the knapsack type (knapsacks, carrying-frames, pack-frames carried on the body A45F 3/00)

17/

Hand fire-extinguishers essentially in the form of pistols or rifles

19/

Hand fire-extinguishers in which the extinguishing substance is expelled by an explosion; Exploding containers thrown into the fire

25/

Portable extinguishers with power-driven pumps [5]

Fire-fighting vehicles (A62C 31/00, A62C 33/00, A62C 37/00 take precedence; vehicle aspects, see the appropriate subclasses of B60 to B64, e.g. fire-fighting aircraft B64D 1/16) [5]

27/

Fire-fighting land vehicles

29/

Fire-fighting vessels or like floating structures [5]

31/

Delivery of fire-extinguishing material (pumps F04; hoses F16L)

31/

Nozzles specially adapted for fire-extinguishing [5]

31/

adjustable, e.g. from spray to jet or vice-versa [5]

31/

with two or more outlets [5]

31/

for different media [5]

31/

for delivering foam or atomized foam

31/

specially adapted for piercing walls, heaped materials, or the like

31/

attached to ladders, poles, towers, or other structures with or without rotary heads

31/

Accessories for delivery devices, e.g. supports

33/

Hose accessories [5]

33/

Apparatus for cleaning or drying hoses (drying shelves F26B)

33/

Supports or clamps for fire hoses

33/

Hose or pipe bridges

Permanently-installed equipment (A62C 31/00, A62C 33/00, A62C 37/00 take precedence) [5]

35/

Permanently-installed equipment (for forming water curtains A62C 2/08)

35/

with containers for delivering the extinguishing substance (for forming water curtains A62C 2/08)

35/

Swingable or tiltable containers

35/

Containers destroyed or opened by falling [5]

35/

Containers destroyed or opened by bursting charge [5]

35/

Containers destroyed or opened by flames or heat [5]

35/

controlled by a signal from the danger zone [5]

35/

with a finite supply of extinguishing material [5]

35/

with a system for topping-up the supply of extinguishing material automatically [5]

35/

Hydrants, e.g. wall-hoses, wall units, plug-in cabinets (hydrants in streets E03B 9/02) [5]

35/

Pipe-line systems [5]

35/

wet, i.e. containing extinguishing material even when not in use [5]

35/

dry, i.e. empty of extinguishing material when not in use [5]

35/

pressurised [5]

35/

Accelerators [5]

35/

Details, e.g. of pipes or valve systems (valves in general F16K) [5]

37/

Control of fire-fighting equipment (heat-sensitive devices G01K) [5]

37/

comprising an outlet device containing a sensor, or itself being the sensor, i.e. self-contained sprinklers [5]

37/

telescopic or adjustable [5]

37/

Releasing means, e.g. electrically released [5]

37/

heat-sensitive [5]

37/

with fusible links [5]

37/

with frangible vessels [5]

37/

with thermally-expansible links [5]

37/

Resetting after use; Tools therefor [5]

37/

automatic [5]

37/

an actuating signal being generated by a sensor separate from an outlet device [5]

37/

by both sensor and actuator, e.g. valve, being in the danger zone [5]

37/

with electric connection between sensor and actuator [5]

37/

with mechanical connection between sensor and actuator, e.g. rods, levers [5]

37/

only the sensor being in the danger zone [5]

37/

Construction of the actuator [5]

37/

Thermally sensitive initiators [5]

37/

Testing or indicating devices for determining the state of readiness of the equipment [5]

39/

Fire-fighting methods, equipment or accessories, not provided for in groups A62C 2/00 to A62C 37/00