IPC 7 English version E01C-E01C 23/24

E01C-E01C02324

SECTION E – FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS

E 01

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

E 01 C

CONSTRUCTION OF, OR SURFACES FOR, ROADS, SPORTS GROUNDS, OR THE LIKE; MACHINES OR AUXILIARY TOOLS FOR CONSTRUCTION OR REPAIR (forming road or like surfaces by compacting or grading snow or ice E01H)

Subclass Index

DESIGN; FOUNDATIONS

E01C 1/00; E01C 3/00, E01C 13/00

PAVING FOR ROADS, PLAYGROUNDS, OR THE LIKE

Paving in general

E01C 5/00, E01C 7/00

Special paving

E01C 9/00, E01C 13/00, E01C 15/00

Details

E01C 11/00, E01C 17/00

CONSTRUCTION OR REPAIR OF ROADS, PLAYGROUNDS, OR THE LIKE

E01C 21/00, E01C 19/00, E01C 23/00

Design or layout of roads, e.g. for noise abatement, for gas absorption (design or layout of sports grounds A63C 19/00; design or layout of airfields B64F)

Crossings, junctions, or interconnections between roads on the same level

Road crossings on different levels; Interconnections between roads on different levels

Structure of roads, playgrounds, sports grounds, airfields

Foundations for pavings (specially adapted for playgrounds or sports grounds E01C 13/02; foundations in general E02D)

Concrete base for bituminous paving

Foundations produced by soil stabilisation

Methods or arrangements for protecting foundations from destructive influences of moisture, frost or vibration

Pavings made of prefabricated single units (specially adapted for playgrounds or sports grounds E01C 13/04, for footpaths, sidewalks or cycle tracks E01C 15/00; making artificial stones C04B; building stones E04C; flooring E04F)

made of natural stones, e.g. sett stones

made of bricks

made of units with cement or like binders

Reinforced units

Prestressed reinforced units

made of units with bituminous binders

made of wooden units

made of metallic units (steel gratings E01C 9/10)

made of rubber units

made of units of plastics (E01C 5/18 takes precedence)

made of units composed of a mixture of materials covered by two or more of groups E01C 5/02 to E01C 5/20

Coherent pavings made in situ (specially adapted for playgrounds or sports grounds E01C 13/06, for footpaths, sidewalks or cycle tracks E01C 15/00)

made of road-metal without binders

of broken stones, gravel, or like materials

by melting, burning, or vitrifying road-metal in situ

made of road-metal and binders

of road-metal and cement or like binders (cement or like binders, composition of mortars C04B)

Mortar-bound paving

Concrete paving

Prestressed concrete paving

of road-metal and bituminous binders

Binder incorporated in cold state, e.g. natural asphalt

Binder incorporated in hot state, e.g. heated bitumen

Binder incorporated as an emulsion or solution (making dispersions or emulsions for road building C04B)

mixed with other materials, e.g. cement, rubber, leather, fibre

of road-metal and other binders, e.g. synthetic material

of courses of different kind made in situ

made of several courses which are not bound to each other

Topping or surface dressings; Methods of mixing, impregnating, or spreading them

by subjecting soil to stabilisation

Special pavings (specially adapted for playgrounds or sports grounds E01C 13/00, for footpaths, sidewalks or cycle tracks E01C 15/00); Pavings for special parts of roads or airfields (pavement lights E01C 17/00; manholes or like covers or frames E02D 29/14)

Wheel tracks (rail tracks for guiding vehicles E01B 25/28)

Pavings for railroad level-crossings

Pavings adjacent tramways rails

Temporary pavings (steel gratings E01C 9/10)

Steel gratings (gully gratings E03F 5/06; as building elements in general E04C)

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Details of pavings

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Arrangement or construction of joints; Methods of making joints; Packing for joints (sealing joints not restricted to road or airfield paving E04B 1/68)

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for cement concrete paving

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Methods of making joints

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Packing of metal

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Packing of plastic or elastic materials

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Packing of metal and plastic or elastic materials

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Dowel assembly

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Reinforcements (for building in general E04C)

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for cement concrete pavings

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for prestressed concrete pavings

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Gutters; Kerbs (kerbs specially adapted for informing road users E01F 9/053)

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Methods or arrangements for preventing slipperiness or protecting against influences of the weather

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Permanently-installed heating or blowing devices

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Pavings or foundations specially adapted for playgrounds or sports grounds (general layout A63C 19/00)

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Foundations, e.g. with drainage or heating arrangements [6]

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Pavings made of prefabricated single units (E01C 13/08, E01C 13/10 take precedence) [6]

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Pavings made in situ (E01C 13/08, E01C 13/10 take precedence) [6]

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Surfaces simulating grass [6]

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Artificial surfaces for outdoor or indoor practice of snow or ice sports (E01C 13/08 takes precedence) [6]

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for snow sports [6]

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Pavings specially adapted for footpaths, sidewalks, or cycle tracks

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Pavement lights, i.e. translucent constructions forming part of the surface (blocks specially designed for marking roads E01F 9/04)

Machines, tools, or auxiliary devices for constructing or repairing the surfacing of roads or like structures (constructing the road bed E02D, E02F)

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Machines, tools, or auxiliary devices for preparing or distributing paving materials, for working the placed materials, or for forming, consolidating, or finishing the paving (surface stabilisation E01C 21/00; apparatus specially adapted for reconditioning or repairing paving E01C 23/00)

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for preparing the materials

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Crushing, pulverising, or disintegrating apparatus (in general B02C); Aggregate screening, cleaning, or heating apparatus

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Apparatus for transporting and melting asphalt, bitumen, tar, or the like (stationarily-arranged melting boilers for tar, asphalt, or the like, in general C10C 3/12)

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Apparatus or plants for premixing or precoating aggregate or fillers with non-hydraulic binders, e.g. with bitumen, with resins; Apparatus for premixing non-hydraulic mixtures prior to placing or for reconditioning salvaged non-hydraulic compositions

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for distributing granular or liquid materials (E01C 23/07 takes precedence; for filling joints or grooves E01C 23/02, E01C 23/09)

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for laying-down uncoated stone or similar materials, or for striking-off or spreading same without compacting, e.g. for crushed rock base courses, sand cushions for paving (E01C 19/52 takes precedence; distributing E01C 19/20)

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for applying or spreading liquid materials, e.g. bitumen slurries (E01C 19/45, E01C 23/02, E01C 23/03, E01C 23/16 take precedence; spraying or spreading liquids or other fluent materials to surfaces in general B05)

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Application by spraying

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Devices for distributing road-metals mixed with binders, e.g. cement, bitumen, without consolidating or ironing effect (E01C 19/20, E01C 19/47 take precedence; conveying installations for concrete or the like B65G)

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Apparatus for distributing, e.g. spreading, granular or pulverulent materials, e.g. sand, gravel, salt, dry binders (fertiliser distributors A01C 15/00)

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for simultaneously but separately applying liquid material and granular or pulverulent material, e.g. bitumen and grit, with or without spreading

19/

for consolidating or finishing laid-down unset materials (E01C 23/02 takes precedence; apparatus for generating vibrations in general B06B)

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Rollers therefor; Such rollers usable also for compacting soil (E01C 19/43 takes precedence; specially adapted for agricultural purposes A01B 29/00; garden rollers A01G 1/12; making or maintaining surfaces of snow or ice E01H 4/00; solely for soil compaction E02D 3/026)

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hand propelled (E01C 19/27 to E01C 19/29 take precedence)

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propelled by animals or vehicles (E01C 19/26 to E01C 19/29 take precedence)

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self-propelled or fitted to road vehicles (E01C 19/27 to E01C 19/29 take precedence)

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with elastically-deformable rolling elements, e.g. pneumatic tyres (vibrating or impacting E01C 19/28)

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Vibrated rollers or rollers subjected to impacts, e.g. hammering blows (E01C 19/29 takes precedence)

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Rolling apparatus adapted to apply a rolling pressure less than its weight, e.g. roller finishers travelling on formrails

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Tamping or vibrating apparatus other than rollers (E01C 23/02, E01C 23/04 take precedence; vibrated depositing devices E01C 19/12; tamping or vibrating rollers E01C 19/28; portable percussion tools in general B25D; tamping or vibrating soil in general E02D 3/046)

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Hand-held hand-actuated rammers or tampers

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Power-driven rammers or tampers

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Hand-held or hand-guided tools (E01C 19/36 to E01C 19/40 take precedence)

19/

with direct-acting explosion chambers

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with means specifically for generating vibrations

19/

adapted to impart a smooth finish to the paving, e.g. tamping or vibrating finishers

19/

Apparatus having both rolling tools and ramming, tamping, or vibrating tools

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Machines for imparting a smooth finish to freshly-laid paving courses other than by rolling, tamping, or vibrating (for distributing only E01C 19/12)

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Machines or arrangements for roughening or patterning freshly-laid paving courses, e.g. indenting rollers

19/

Hand-actuated tools other than rollers, dampers, or vibrators, specially adapted for imparting a required surface finish to freshly-laid paving courses (E01C 19/43 takes precedence)

19/

Portable apparatus for preparing, or for preparing and applying to the road, compound liquid binders, e.g. emulsified bitumen, fluxed asphalt (applying only E01C 19/16)

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for preparing and placing the materials (E01C 19/45 takes precedence; making surfaces by mixing borrowed aggregate with binders E01C 21/00)

19/

Hydraulic cement concrete mixers combined with distributing means specially adapted for road building (concrete mixers per se B28C)

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for laying-down the materials and consolidating them, or finishing the surface

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Removable forms or shutterings for road-building purposes (E01C 23/02, E01C 23/04 take precedence; permanent forms E01C 3/00 to E01C 7/00; slip forms E01C 19/48); Devices or arrangements for forming individual paving elements, e.g. kerbs, in situ

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Apparatus for laying individual preformed surface elements, e.g. kerbs (preforming and placing continuous strip E01C 19/46; forming paving elements in situ E01C 19/50)

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Apparatus or processes for surface stabilisation for road building or like purposes, e.g. mixing borrowed aggregate with binder (stabilising soil under existing surfacing E01C 23/10; soil-conditioning or soil-stabilising materials C09K 17/00; soil-consolidation in general E02D 3/12)

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Fusing, calcining, or burning soil in situ

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Auxiliary devices or arrangements for constructing, repairing, reconditioning, or taking-up road or like surfaces (apparatus for reconditioning of salvaged non-hydraulic compositions E01C 19/10)

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Devices or auxiliary means for setting-out or checking the configuration of new surfacing, e.g. templates, screed supports (form rails E01C 19/50); Applications of apparatus for measuring, indicating, or recording the surface configuration of existing surfacing, e.g. profilographs (E01C 23/07 takes precedence; measuring roughness or irregularity in general G01B)

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Devices for making, treating, or filling grooves or like channels in not-yet-hardened paving, e.g. for joints or markings (surface patterning E01C 19/43); Removable forms therefor (non-removable forms E01C 11/02); Devices for introducing inserts or removable insert-supports in not-yet-hardened paving (E01C 23/04 takes precedence; non-removable insert supports E01C 11/02)

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Arrangements for curing paving; Devices for applying curing means; Devices for laying prefabricated underlay, e.g. sheets, membranes (reinforcing elements E01C 23/04); Protecting paving under construction or while curing, e.g. use of tents (road barriers E01F 13/00)

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Devices for laying reinforcing elements or dowel bars; Removable supports for reinforcing elements (non-removable supports therefor E01C 11/16; side forms adapted to supporting reinforcement E01C 19/50); Devices, e.g. removable forms, for making essentially horizontal ducts in paving, e.g. for prestressed reinforcement

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Devices for installing or removing forms

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Devices or arrangements for working the finished surface (working freshly-laid paving E01C 19/42 to E01C 19/44, E01C 23/02; mining picks E21C 35/18); Devices for repairing the surface of damaged paving [6]

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Apparatus combining measurement of the surface configuration of paving with application of material in proportion to the measured irregularities (measuring means only E01C 23/01)

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for roughening or patterning; for removing high spots or material bonded to the surface, e.g. markings (removing matter not bonded to the surface E01H 1/00; roughening or detaching ice E01H 5/12)

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using non-powered tools [6]

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085

using power-driven tools, e.g. vibratory tools [6]

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088

Rotary tools, e.g. milling drums [6]

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for forming cuts, grooves, or recesses, e.g. for making joints or channels for markings, for cutting-out sections to be removed; for cleaning, treating, or filling cuts, grooves, recesses, or fissures; for trimming paving edges

23/

for raising or levelling sunken paving; for filling voids under paving; for introducing material into substructure (consolidating soil in general E02D 3/12)

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for taking-up, tearing-up, or breaking-up paving (adapted to both placing and removing paving E01C 19/52)

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for heating or drying foundation, paving, or materials thereon, e.g. paint (E01C 23/03 takes precedence; heating or drying devices incorporated in the paving E01C 11/26; surface stabilisation by fusing, calcining, or burning soil in situ E01C 21/02; for street cleaning E01H 1/08; melting snow or ice on surfacing E01H 5/10)

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Devices for marking-out, applying, or forming traffic or like markings on finished paving (E01C 23/14 takes precedence; inserting or forming in not-yet-hardened paving E01C 23/02, in recesses formed in fully-set paving E01C 23/09; marking-out playing courts or playgrounds A63C 19/06; applying liquids or other fluent materials to surfaces in general B05; road surface markings per se E01F 9/04); Protecting fresh markings

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for applying prefabricated markings [6]

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for forming markings in situ [6]

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by spraying [6]

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by pouring [6]