IPC 7 English version B63B 15/00-B63B 23/70

IPC ⁷ English version

B63 - B63B 13/02

B63B01500-B63B02370

B63B 25/00 - B63B 35/85

SECTION B – PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING

B 63

SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT

B 63 B

SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING (air-cushion vehicles B60V; arrangements of vessel ventilation, heating, cooling, or air-conditioning B63J 2/00) [2]

15/

Superstructures; Arrangements or adaptations of masts (loading or unloading equipment B63B 27/00; sails, running rigging B63H; masts or staying in general E04H)

15/

Staying of masts or of other superstructures

17/

Vessels parts, details, or accessories, not otherwise provided for

17/

Awnings

17/

Stanchions; Guard-rails

17/

Refuse discharge, e.g. for ash (removal of domestic or like refuse B65F)

19/

Arrangements or adaptations of ports, doors, windows, port-holes, or other openings or covers (scuppers B63B 13/00; arrangements of watertight doors in bulkheads B63B 43/24)

19/

Clear-view screens

19/

Air-catching equipment related to windows or port-holes (ventilation B63J 2/00)

19/

readily detachable

19/

Ports or like openings in vessels' sides

19/

Coal ports

19/

Hatches; Hatchways (hatch coamings B63B 3/54)

19/

Hatch covers (opening devices in general E05F)

19/

with detachable boards

19/

slidable

19/

foldable [3]

19/

197

actuated by fluid pressure [3]

19/

203

actuated by cables or the like [3]

19/

of roll-up type [3]

19/

Hatch beams

19/

Hatch fastenings, e.g. cleats

19/

Gaskets; Draining means

19/

Other safety devices

21/

Tying-up; Shifting, towing, or pushing equipment; Anchoring (dynamic anchoring B63H 25/00; equipment for shipping on coasts, in harbours or on other fixed marine structures, e.g. for landing purposes, E02B) [4]

21/

Magnetic mooring equipment

21/

Fastening or guiding equipment for chains, ropes, hawsers, or the like

21/

Bollards

21/

Clamping devices (in general F16B)

21/

Fairleads

21/

Rat guards

21/

Hawse-holes; Hawse-pipes; Hawse-hole closures

21/

using winches (winches per se B66D)

21/

Stoppers for anchor chains

21/

Adaptations of chains, ropes, hawsers, or the like, or of parts thereof (chains, ropes or hawsers in general, see the relevant subclasses, e.g. F16G)

21/

Handling or lashing anchors

21/

Anchors

21/

securing to bed

21/

by suction [2]

21/

driven-in by explosive charge

21/

by weight, e.g. flukeless weight anchors [2]

21/

rigid when in use [3]

21/

with one fluke

21/

with two or more flukes

21/

foldable

21/

pivoting when in use [3]

21/

with one fluke

21/

of ploughshare type

21/

with two or more flukes

21/

with variable, e.g. sliding, connection to chain [2]

21/

Sea-anchors; Drogues

21/

Anchoring arrangements for special vessels, e.g. for floating drilling platforms or dredgers

21/

Boat-hooks or the like

21/

Towing or pushing equipment (tugs B63B 35/66)

21/

Adaptations of hooks for towing; Towing-hook mountings (hooks in general F16B)

21/

Quick releases

21/

characterised by moving of more than one vessel (rigid interconnections between pontoons B63B 35/38)

21/

Equipment for towing or pushing vessels by vehicles or beings moving forward on ground-based paths along water-way (boat-hooks or the like B63B 21/54; shore- or ground-based equipment per se, e.g. vehicles, rails, see the relevant classes) [2]

21/

Equipment specially adapted for towing underwater objects or vessels, e.g. fairings for tow-cables (salvaging underwater vessels or objects B63C 7/00; towed underwater vessels B63G 8/42) [3]

22/

Buoys (means for indicating the location of underwater objects B63C 7/26; life-buoys, e.g. rings, B63C 9/08) [4]

22/

specially adapted for mooring a vessel [4]

22/

Anchoring arrangements [4]

22/

with means to cause the buoy to surface in response to a transmitted signal [4]

22/

having means to release or urge to the surface a buoy on submergence thereof, e.g. to mark location of a sunken object [4]

22/

Water soluble or water weakened means, i.e. buoy released by buoy-to-object securing means being destroyed on contact with water [4]

22/

the surfacing of the buoy being assisted by a gas released or generated on submergence of the buoy [4]

22/

Buoy-to-object securing means responsive to hydrostatic pressure [4]

22/

specially adapted for marking a navigational route (signalling or lighting devices B63B 45/00) [4]

22/

having means to control attitude or position, e.g. reaction surfaces or tether [4]

22/

Ballast means [4]

22/

inflatable, including gas generating means (B63B 22/12 takes precedence; connection of valves to inflatable elastic bodies B60C 29/00) [4]

22/

container type, i.e. having provision for the storage of material [4]

22/

having means to selectively release contents, e.g. swivel couplings (arrangements between ships and off-shore structures for loading or unloading, using pipe-lines B63B 27/34; pipe joints or couplings, in general F16L) [4]

22/

submerged when not in use [4]

23/

Equipment for handling lifeboats or the like

23/

Davits, i.e. devices having arms for lowering boats by cables or the like

23/

with arms pivoting on substantially-horizontal axes, e.g. gravity type

23/

with actual pivots

23/

the arms being articulated

23/

with positive drive of the arms

23/

with simulated pivots

23/

using linkages

23/

using guide tracks

23/

with arms pivoting on substantially-vertical axes

23/

Davits with single arms (cranes in general B66C)

23/

Slings or the like therefor

23/

Slewing equipment therefor

23/

with rectilinear translation of boat before lowering

23/

Devices for projecting or releasing boats for free fall

23/

Devices for guiding boats to water surface

23/

Rigid guides, e.g. having arms pivoted near waterline

23/

Guiding means for lowering by cables, e.g. for listing ships

23/

Skid fenders

23/

Transport of boats to davits or the like

23/

Use of lowering or hoisting gear

23/

with braking equipment

23/

on the ship

23/

in the boat

23/

using winches for boat handling (winches per se B66D)

23/

with tensioning gear

23/

with control of winches from boat

23/

with trimming equipment

23/

controlled from boat

23/

with tackle-engaging or release gear

23/

Additional connections between boat and davit

23/

Fastening or storing of boats on deck

23/

Lashings; Covers

23/

Blocks; Chocks

23/

for stacking boats

23/

Condition-responsive handling equipment, e.g. automatic release of boat from lowering tackle upon contact with water [4]

B63 - B63B 13/02

B63B 25/00 - B63B 35/85