IPC 7 English version E01B 11/00-E01B 37/00

IPC ⁷ English version

E - E01B 9/68

E01B01100-E01B03700

SECTION E – FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS

E 01

CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, RAILWAYS, OR BRIDGES (of tunnels E21D)

E 01 B

PERMANENT WAY; PERMANENT-WAY TOOLS; MACHINES FOR MAKING RAILWAYS OF ALL KINDS (derailing or rerailing blocks on track, track brakes or retarders B61K)

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Rail joints (electrical connection of rails B60M 5/00)

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Dismountable rail joints

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Flat fishplates

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with keys or pins

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Angle fishplates

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Fishplates with parts supporting or surrounding the rail foot

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Fishplates engaging only the rail foot

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Rail foot flange clips in one piece

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Fishplates for joining rails of different sections

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Fishplates for temporarily repairing broken rails

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with gap-bridging

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by parts of the rails

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with oblique or overlapping rail ends

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with interlocking rail ends

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by parts of the joining members

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Fishplates with integral tread parts lying in the cross-section of the rail head

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by separate parts; Inserts bridging both rail heads

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Auxiliary rail beside the gap

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Fastening means for fishplates

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Locking arrangements for fastening means (locking means for nuts or bolts in general F16B)

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Dismountable rail joints combined with welded parts

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Joint constructions for relatively movable rails, e.g. rails on turntables, traversers, or swing bridges

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Non-dismountable rail joints; Welded joints (welding methods B23K)

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General methods for making gapless tracks

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Joints made by flame welding

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Joints made by electric welding

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Joints made by alumino-thermal welding

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Electrically-insulating rail joints

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Special arrangements for supporting rail ends (foot supports E01B 11/08 to E01B 11/14)

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Bridge plates

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with wedges

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Bridge chairs (chairs E01B 9/54 to E01B 9/58)

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Arrangements preventing shifting of the track

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Rail anchors

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Guards for preventing a person's foot being trapped in grooved rails

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Cattle guards connected to the permanent way (grids in general for preventing cattle from straying A01K 3/00)

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Protection of permanent way against development of dust or against the effect of wind, sun, frost, or corrosion; Means to reduce development of noise (snow fences E01F 7/02; snow-ploughs E01H 8/02; watering E01H 11/00)

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Track superstructure specially adapted for tramways in paved streets (paving E01C 9/04, E01C 9/06)

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Special supporting means; Draining of rails

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Special fastenings, joint constructions, or tie-rods

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Easily dismountable or movable tracks, e.g. temporary railways; Details specially adapted therefor

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Tracks for light railways, e.g. for field, colliery, or mine use

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Fastening or joining means

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Switches (turntables B60S, B61J); Portable switches; Turnouts

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Temporary tracks for use while repairing tramways

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Shiftable tracks for heavy loads, e.g. carrying excavators

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Sleepers

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Fastening or joining means (fastening of rails by keys E01B 9/24)

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Switches

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Tracks for special kinds of railways (systems B61B; wheel tracks on roads E01C 9/02)

Note

In this group, the following term is used with the meaning indicated:

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"track" includes non-load-carrying guide rails.

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Tracks for rack railways

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Rack rails; Supports or connections for rack rails

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Switches; Frogs; Crossings

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Tracks for mono-rails with centre of gravity of vehicle above the load-bearing rail (E01B 25/30 takes precedence) [1,7]

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Mono-rails; Auxiliary balancing rails; Supports or connections for rails

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Switches; Crossings

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Tracks for cable-drawn railway vehicles

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Switches; Crossings

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Tracks for aerial rope railways with a stationary rope

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Ropes; Supports, fastening or straining means for ropes (ropes in general D07B; masts E04H 12/00; rope sockets F16G)

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Switches; Crossings

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Tracks for railways with the vehicle suspended from rigid supporting rails

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Supporting rails; Auxiliary balancing rails; Supports or connections for rails

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Switches; Crossings

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Rail tracks for guiding vehicles when running on road or similar surface (wheel tracks on roads E01C 9/02)

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Tracks for magnetic suspension or levitation vehicles [7]

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Stators, guide rails or slide rails [7]

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Switches; Frogs; Crossings [7]

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Tracks or track components not covered by any one of the preceding groups

Making, maintaining, renewing, or taking-up the ballastway or the track; Tools or machines specially designed therefor (derailing or rerailing of machines B61K 5/00; removal of foreign matter from the permanent way, vegetation control, applying liquids E01H)

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Placing, renewing, working, cleaning, or taking-up the ballast, with or without concurrent work on the track; Devices therefor; Packing sleepers

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Placing the ballast; Making the ballastway; Redistributing ballasting material; Machines or devices therefor; Levelling means

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Removing the ballast; Machines therefor, whether or not additionally adapted for taking-up ballast (E01B 27/06, E01B 27/12 take precedence; redistributing ballasting material E01B 27/02)

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Renewing or cleaning the ballast in situ, with or without concurrent work on the track

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the track having been taken-up (E01B 27/11 takes precedence)

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without taking-up the track (E01B 27/11 takes precedence)

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combined with concurrent renewal of track components

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Packing sleepers, with or without concurrent work on the track; Compacting track-carrying ballast

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Packing sleepers, with or without concurrent work on the track (preforming ballast cores or seats for sleepers E01B 27/02)

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Manual tools or hand-held power tools therefor

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Machines therefor, e.g. so-called sleeper-tamping machines

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combined with means for lifting, levelling, or slewing the track

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by introducing additional fresh material under the sleepers, e.g. by the measured-shovel method, by the blowing method

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Compacting the material of the track-carrying ballastway, e.g. by vibrating the track, by surface vibrators (of trackless ballastway E01B 27/02; for packing sleepers E01B 27/12)

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Laying, rebuilding, or taking-up tracks; Tools or machines therefor (E01B 27/00, E01B 31/00 take precedence)

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Transporting, laying, removing, or renewing lengths of assembled track, assembled switches, or assembled crossings (E01B 29/04 takes precedence)

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Lifting or levelling of tracks (lifting devices in general B66F)

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Transporting, laying, removing, or renewing both rails and sleepers (as assembled units E01B 29/02)

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Transporting, laying, removing, or renewing sleepers (E01B 29/05 takes precedence; carrying devices B65G 7/12)

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under, or from under, installed rails

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for inserting or removing sleepers

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Removal involving destruction of the sleeper, e.g. the sectioning thereof

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for moving sleepers in a direction parallel to the rails, e.g. for spacing or aligning them (E01B 29/10 takes precedence)

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for lifting sleepers up to the rails (lifting devices in general B66F)

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Transporting, laying, removing, or replacing rails; Moving rails placed on sleepers in the track (E01B 29/05 takes precedence; moving or tilting heavy loads in general B65G 7/00)

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Lengths of rails assembled into strings, e.g. welded together

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Moving rails placed on installed sleepers in the plane of the track

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Raising rails from sleepers, e.g. for inserting sole-plates (lifting devices in general B66F)

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Fixing or removing detachable fastening means or accessories thereof; Pre-assembling track components by detachable fastening means (E01B 29/02, E01B 31/26 take precedence)

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the fastening means being spikes (E01B 29/16 takes precedence; hand-held tools for nail or staple driving or extracting B25C)

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the fastening means being of screw-and-nut type (portable apparatus for fixing or removing screws or the like B25B); Apparatus therefor, adapted to additionally drilling holes

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for horizontally-arranged fastening elements, e.g. fish-bolts

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Installing or removing track components, not covered by the preceding groups, e.g. sole-plates, rail anchors (E01B 31/26 takes precedence)

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Means or arrangements for temporarily supporting laid tracks, or rails or sleepers in the track (temporary fishplates E01B 11/18)

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Undetachably joining or fastening track components in or on the track, e.g. by welding, by gluing; Pre-assembling track components by gluing; Sealing joints with filling components (E01B 31/26 takes precedence; independent heating means E01B 31/18; welding in general B23K; gluing metal parts in general F16B 11/00)

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Methods for effecting joining of rails in the track, e.g. taking account of ambient temperature

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Devices for holding, positioning, or urging together the rail ends (adjusting the joint by moving rails E01B 29/20)

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Working rails, sleepers, baseplates, or the like, in or on the line; Machines, tools, or auxiliary devices specially designed therefor (characterised by features independent of use on assembled track B21, B23 to B25, B27)

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Working rail or other metal track components on the spot

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Sectioning or slitting, e.g. by sawing, shearing, flame-cutting

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Making holes, e.g. by drilling, punching, flame-cutting

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Bending, e.g. for straightening rails or rail joints (for aligning rail ends to be welded E01B 29/46)

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Removing metal from rails, rail joints, or baseplates, e.g. for deburring welds, reconditioning worn rails

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by milling

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by planing or filing

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by grinding

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Reconditioning or repairing worn or damaged parts on the spot, e.g. applying inlays, building-up rails by welding (E01B 31/04 to E01B 31/12 take precedence); Heating or cooling of parts on the spot, e.g. for reducing joint gaps, for hardening rails

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Working or treating non-metal sleepers in or on the line, e.g. marking, creosoting (working metal sleepers E01B 31/02)

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Cutting or grinding wooden sleepers, e.g. for forming rail seats (E01B 31/24 takes precedence)

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Sectioning (combined with removal of segments from track E01B 29/11)

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Forming, treating, reconditioning, or cleaning holes in sleepers; Drilling-templates (E01B 29/28, E01B 31/26 take precedence)

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Inserting or removing inserts or fillings for holes in sleepers, e.g. plugs, sleeves

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Applying or removing anti-splitting or like reinforcing means (E01B 31/26 takes precedence; straps or bands therefor E01B 3/08)

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Machines or devices for shifting tracks, with or without lifting, e.g. for aligning track, for shifting excavator track (combined with sleeper packing machines E01B 27/17)

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for slewing, i.e. transversely shifting, in steps

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Manual tools; Devices not mounted on vehicles

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for slewing in a continuous operation, e.g. for tracks which carry excavators

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Boom track-slewing machines

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Bridge track-slewing machines

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Combined boom and bridge track-slewing machines

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Details not peculiar to a particular type of machine

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Arrangement or construction of rollers moving the rails

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Applications of measuring apparatus or devices for track-building purposes (apparatus on locomotives or cars to indicate or record bad track sections B61K 9/00; measuring angles, linear dimensions, or irregularities in general G01B, G01C)

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for spacing; for cross levelling; for laying-out curves

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Wheeled apparatus

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for measuring irregularities in longitudinal direction

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for levelling

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for aligning

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for measuring movement of the track or of components thereof under rolling loads, e.g. depression of sleepers, increase of gauge

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Making, maintaining, renewing, or taking-up the ballastway or the track, not provided for in a single one of groups E01B 27/00 to E01B 35/00

E - E01B 9/68