| IPC 7 English version |
| B61-B61B01500 |
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| SECTION B – PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING |
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| B 61 | RAILWAYS |
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| B 61 B | RAILWAY SYSTEMS; EQUIPMENT THEREFOR NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (lifts or hoists, elevators, escalators, moving walkways B66B) [4] |
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| Note |
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| In this subclass, the following terms are used with the meanings indicated: |
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| – | "rope railways" covers railways using cables or chains as traction or suspension means; |
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| – | "ropes", "cables", or "chains" are equivalent unless specifically mentioned. [2] |
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| Subclass Index |
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| CONVENTIONAL SYSTEMS |
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| ELEVATED SYSTEMS |
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| CABLE SYSTEMS |
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| Flexible suspended track; rigid track |
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| Trackless |
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| Power-and-free systems |
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| Component parts |
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| OTHER SYSTEMS; COMBINATIONS |
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1/ | 00 | General arrangement of stations, platforms, or sidings; Railway networks; Rail-vehicle marshalling systems (shunting humps or shunting devices B61J; construction of platforms E01F 1/00; time-tables G09D) |
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1/ | 02 | . | General arrangement of stations and platforms including protection devices for the passengers |
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| Elevated railways |
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3/ | 00 | Elevated railway systems with suspended vehicles (with suspended flexible tracks B61B 7/00; saddle or like balanced type with monorail B61B 13/06; with propelling cables and for transporting materials B65G; tracks therefor E01B 25/00) |
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3/ | 02 | . | with self-propelled vehicles |
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5/ | 00 | Elevated railway systems without suspended vehicles (with monorail B61B 13/04; tracks therefor E01B 25/00) |
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5/ | 02 | . | with two or more rails |
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| Rope railways (shunting devices with cable traction B61J); Power-and-free systems (devices specially adapted or mounted for storing and repeatedly paying-out and re-storing lengths of material B65H 75/34) [2] |
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7/ | 00 | Rope railway systems with suspended flexible tracks |
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7/ | 02 | . | with separate haulage cables |
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7/ | 04 | . | with suspended tracks serving as haulage cables |
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7/ | 06 | . | with self-propelled vehicles |
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9/ | 00 | Tramway or funicular systems with rigid track and cable traction (haulage clips B61B 12/12) [2] |
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10/ | 00 | Power-and-free systems (ski-lift, sleigh-lift or like trackless systems with guided towing cables only B61B 11/00) [2] |
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10/ | 02 | . | with suspended vehicles [2] |
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10/ | 04 | . | with vehicles rolling trackless on the ground [2] |
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11/ | 00 | Ski-lift, sleigh-lift or like trackless systems with guided towing cables only |
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12/ | 00 | Component parts, details, or accessories not provided for in groups B61B 7/00 to B61B 11/00 (railway brakes B61H; turntables B61J 1/06) [2] |
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12/ | 02 | . | Suspension of the load; Guiding means, e.g. wheels; Attaching traction cables [2] |
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12/ | 04 | . | Devices for damping vibrations [2] |
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12/ | 06 | . | Safety devices or measures against cable fracture [2] |
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12/ | 08 | . | Cable lubrication [2] |
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12/ | 10 | . | Cable traction drives [2] |
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12/ | 12 | . | Cable grippers; Haulage clips [2] |
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| Other railway systems; Combinations of systems |
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13/ | 00 | Other railway systems |
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13/ | 02 | . | Rack railways |
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13/ | 04 | . | Monorail systems |
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13/ | 06 | . | . | Saddle or like balanced type |
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13/ | 08 | . | Sliding or levitation systems (magnetic suspension or levitation for vehicles, per se B60L 13/04; vehicles with air cushions between rails and vehicles B60V 3/04) [4] |
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13/ | 10 | . | Tunnel systems (pneumatic tube conveyers B65G) |
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13/ | 12 | . | Systems with propulsion devices between or alongside the rails, e.g. pneumatic systems (cable traction B61B 9/00; car-shunting devices B61J) |
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15/ | 00 | Combinations of railway systems |
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