IPC 7 English version B63B 38/00-B63B 59/10

IPC ⁷ English version

B63B 25/00 - B63B 35/85

B63B03800-B63B05910

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]

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Vessels or like floating structures not otherwise provided for (vessels characterised by load- accommodating arrangements B63B 25/00; fire- extinguishing vessels A62C 29/00; submarines, mine-layers or mine-sweepers B63G; large containers for use in or under water B65D 88/78) [5]

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Equipment to decrease pitch, roll, or like unwanted vessel movements; Apparatus for indicating vessel attitude

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to decrease vessel movements by displacement of masses [2]

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by transferring liquids [2]

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to decrease vessel movements by using gyroscopes directly

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to decrease vessel movements by using foils acting on ambient water (constructional aspects of bilge keels B63B 3/44)

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to decrease vessel movements by using auxiliary jets or propellers (using auxiliary jets or propellers for steering or dynamic anchoring B63H 25/00)

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to decrease vessel movements by damping the waves, e.g. by pouring oil on water [2]

39/

for indicating draught or load

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for indicating inclination or duration of roll

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Drop keels, e.g. centre boards, side boards (keels integral with hull B63B 3/38; stabilising foils B63B 39/06)

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Improving safety of vessels, e.g. damage control, not otherwise provided for (fire-fighting in ships A62C 3/10)

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reducing risk of capsizing or sinking (by means of watertight doors in bulkheads B63B 43/24)

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by improving stability

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using ballast tanks (conduits for emptying or ballasting B63B 13/00)

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by transfer of solid ballast

43/

by improving buoyancy

43/

using inboard air containers

43/

using outboard floating members

43/

Temporary equipment for stopping leaks, e.g. collision mats

43/

preventing collision; reducing collision damage

43/

Feelers

43/

Arrangements of watertight doors in bulkheads

43/

of sliding type

43/

with mechanical drive

43/

with fluid drive

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of non-sliding type

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Arrangement or adaptation of signalling or lighting devices (arrangement of signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor, for vehicles in general B60Q; life-buoys, -belts, -jackets, -suits or the like, characterised by signalling means B63C 9/20; lighting devices or systems therefor F21L, F21S) [4]

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the devices being intended to illuminate the way ahead or other areas of environments

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the devices being intended to indicate the vessel or parts thereof

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the devices being intended to illuminate vessels' decks or interior

45/

the devices being acoustic

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Arrangements of nautical instruments or navigational aids (nautical measuring instruments G01C; radio navigation, analogous arrangements using other waves G01S)

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Marking of navigational route other than with buoys (buoys specially adapted for marking a navigational route B63B 22/16) [4]

51/

with anchored lightships; by use of lighthouses [4]

51/

with free-floating flares

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Tank cleaning specially adapted for vessels (tank cleaning in general B08B 9/08)

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by washing

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by ventilating

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Hull protection peculiar to vessels; Cleaning devices peculiar to vessels (cleaning in general B08B; cleaning of vehicles in general, e.g. windscreen wipers, B60S; inhibiting corrosion of metals by anodic or cathodic protection C23F 13/00)

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Fenders integral with waterborne vessels or specially adapted therefor; Rubbing-strakes (fenders on coasts, in harbours or on other fixed marine structures E02B 3/26)

59/

Preventing hull fouling (anti-fouling paints C09D 5/16) [3]

59/

Cleaning devices for hulls [3]

59/

of underwater surfaces while afloat (B63B 59/10 takes precedence) [3]

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using trolleys or the like driven along the surface [3]

B63B 25/00 - B63B 35/85