IPC 7 English version E01F-E01F 15/14

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SECTION E – FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS

E 01

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

E 01 F

ADDITIONAL WORK, SUCH AS EQUIPPING ROADS OR THE CONSTRUCTION OF PLATFORMS, HELICOPTER LANDING STAGES, SIGNS, SNOW FENCES, OR THE LIKE

Subclass Index

ARRANGEMENTS FOR ROADS OR RAILWAYS

E01F 1/00, E01F 5/00 to E01F 8/00

ARRANGEMENTS FOR FACILITATING THE USE OF ROADS

E01F 9/00 to E01F 15/00

LANDING STAGES FOR HELICOPTERS

E01F 3/00

Arrangement or construction of additional equipment for roads or railways; Landing stages for helicopters

Construction of platforms or refuge islands (general arrangement of railway platforms B61B)

Landing stages for helicopters, e.g. located above buildings (layout of airfields B64F; buildings or like structures for special purposes E04H)

Draining the sub-base of roads or ballastway of railways by trenches, culverts, or conduits (underground drainage E02D; conduits for sewerage E03F)

Devices affording protection against snow, sand drifts, side-wind effects, snowslides, avalanches or falling rocks (permanently installed heating or blowing devices for roads E01C 11/26); Anti-dazzle arrangements

Snow fences or similar devices, e.g. devices affording protection against sand drifts or side-wind effects (fences in general E04H 17/00)

Devices affording protection against snowslides, avalanches or falling rocks, e.g. avalanche preventing structures, galleries (securing of slopes E02D 17/20; roof snow-traps E04D 13/10)

Anti-dazzle arrangements (E01F 8/00 takes precedence) [3]

Arrangements for absorbing or reflecting air transmitted noise from road or railway traffic (ground installations for reducing aircraft noise B64F 1/26; general building constructions for absorbing or reflecting noise, noise absorption or reflection for buildings E04B 1/74) [3]

specially adapted for sustaining vegetation or for accommodating plants (receptacles for cultivation of plants A01G 9/02; securing slopes or inclines E02D 17/20; retaining or protecting walls E02D 29/02) [6]

Arrangements for facilitating the use of roads

Arrangement of road signs or traffic signals (signals, signalling systems G08; signs, attachment thereof to supports G09F); Arrangements for enforcing caution, e.g. speed bumps [6]

011

Upright bodies, e.g. marker posts or bollards; Supports for road signs (posts or poles in general E04H 12/00; means for attaching signs to a supporting structure in general G09F 7/18) [6]

012

free-standing, e.g. traffic cones, foldable or inflatable devices [6]

013

intended to be readily removable, e.g. for insertion into road-stud sockets (E01F 9/012 takes precedence) [6]

014

Storing, transporting, placing or retrieving portable devices [6]

015

with reflectors, e.g. with means for keeping clean [6]

016

illuminated (for obstructing or restricting traffic E01F 13/00) [6]

017

self-righting after deflection or displacement [6]

018

specially adapted for breaking, disengaging, collapsing or permanent deformation upon deflection or displacement, e.g. upon vehicle impact [6]

019

extensible, collapsible or pivotable (E01F 9/017, E01F 9/018 take precedence) [6]

Arrangements for fastening signs or signals to safety barriers or the like [6]

Road surface markings; Kerbs or road edgings, specially adapted for informing road users, e.g. illuminated (for redirecting vehicles E01F 15/00) [6]

047

specially adapted for audible or vibrational signalling, e.g. rumble strips, or for enforcing reduced speed, e.g. speed bumps [6]

053

Kerbs or road edgings, specially adapted for informing road users, e.g. illuminated [6]

Traffic studs; Marking blocks

having deflectable or displaceable parts, with or without return to original position, e.g. flexible flaps [6]

Traffic lines

087

Lane delineators for physically separating traffic lanes and discouraging but not preventing crossing [6]

093

movable for repeated use at different locations [6]

11/

Embedding pads or other sensitive devices in paving or other road surfaces (pressure-sensitive elements G01L; traffic control systems G08G)

13/

Arrangements for obstructing or restricting traffic, e.g. gates, barricades (for railway crossings B61L)

13/

free-standing [6]

13/

movable to allow or prevent passage [6]

13/

by swinging into open position about a horizontal axis parallel to the road direction, i.e. swinging gates [6]

13/

by swinging into closed position about a transverse axis situated in the road surface, e.g. tiltable sections of the road surface, tiltable parking posts [6]

13/

Vehicle barriers specially adapted for allowing passage in one direction only [6]

13/

for forcibly arresting or disabling vehicles, e.g. spiked mats [6]

15/

Safety arrangements for slowing, redirecting or stopping errant vehicles, e.g. guard posts or bollards; Arrangements for reducing damage to roadside structures due to vehicular impact (arrangements for fastening signs or signals to safety barriers or the like E01F 9/03; for forcibly arresting vehicles E01F 13/00) [6]

15/

Continuous barriers extending along roads or between traffic lanes (crossable-lane separators E01F 9/087) [6]

15/

essentially made of longitudinal beams or rigid strips (E01F 15/10, E01F 15/12 take precedence) [6]

15/

essentially made of cables, nettings or the like (E01F 15/10, E01F 15/12 take precedence; protection against falling rocks E01F 7/04; arresting gear for aircraft B64F 1/02) [6]

15/

essentially made of walls or wall-like elements (E01F 15/10, E01F 15/12 take precedence) [6]

15/

portable, e.g. for temporary use [6]

15/

and having means for providing occasional passage, e.g. for emergency vehicles [6]

15/

specially adapted for local protection, e.g. for bridge piers, for traffic islands [6]