IPC 7 English version E02D !A-E02D 9/04

IPC ⁷ English version

E02D-E02D00904

E02D 11/00 - E02D 37/00

SECTION E – FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS

E 02

HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING; FOUNDATIONS; SOIL-SHIFTING

E 02 D

FOUNDATIONS; EXCAVATIONS; EMBANKMENTS (specially adapted for hydraulic engineering E02B); UNDERGROUND OR UNDERWATER STRUCTURES [6]

Notes

(1)

This subclass covers underground structures made by foundation engineering, i.e. involving disturbance of the ground surface. [6]

(2)

This subclass does not cover underground spaces, made by underground mining methods only, i.e. not involving disturbance of the ground surface, which are covered by subclass E21D. [6]

Subclass Index

INVESTIGATING, IMPROVING OR PRESERVING FOUNDATION SOIL OR ROCK

E02D 1/00, E02D 3/00

STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS AND TECHNIQUES THEREFOR

Structural elements

E02D 5/00

Placing; removing; placing and removing; accessories

E02D 7/00; E02D 9/00; E02D 11/00; E02D 13/00

HANDLING MATERIALS

E02D 15/00

EXCAVATIONS, MAKING EMBANKMENTS

E02D 17/00

KEEPING DRY FOUNDATION SITES

E02D 19/00

CAISSONS

E02D 23/00, E02D 25/00

FOUNDATIONS AS SUBSTRUCTURES; UNDERGROUND OR UNDERWATER STRUCTURES, RETAINING WALLS

E02D 27/00; E02D 29/00

PROTECTING, TESTING, STRAIGHTENING, LIFTING, REPAIRING

E02D 31/00 to E02D 37/00

Investigation of foundation soil in situ (investigation involving boring or specially adapted to earth drilling E21B 25/00, E21B 49/00; investigating or analysing materials by determining their chemical or physical properties, in general G01N, e.g. sampling G01N 1/00)

before construction work

Sampling of soil

Sampling of ground water

after finishing the foundation structure

Improving or preserving soil or rock, e.g. preserving permafrost soil (securing of slopes or inclines E02D 17/20; damming or interrupting passage of underground water E02D 19/12; improving soil for agricultural purposes A01; soil stabilisation for road building or like purposes E01C 21/00, E01C 23/10; setting rock anchoring bolts E21D)

Improving by compacting (E02D 3/11 takes precedence; compacting soil locally before or while forming foundations E02D 27/26, E02D 27/28) [3]

026

by rolling with rollers usable only for or specially adapted for soil compaction, e.g. sheepsfoot rollers (rollers for soil working in agriculture A01B 29/00; rollers for road paving, such rollers usable also for compacting soil E01C 19/23) [3]

032

Trench rollers [3]

039

Slope rollers [3]

046

by tamping or vibrating, e.g. with auxiliary watering of the soil (E02D 3/026, E02D 3/08 take precedence; tamping or vibrating apparatus for working ballast on railways E01B 27/00, for consolidating paving materials E01C 19/30, for consolidating concrete in general E04G 21/06) [3]

054

involving penetration of the soil, e.g. vibroflotation [3]

061

Tampers with directly acting explosion chambers (pile drivers with explosion chambers E02D 7/12) [3]

068

Vibrating apparatus operating with systems involving reciprocating masses (E02D 3/054, E02D 3/061 take precedence) [3]

074

Vibrating apparatus operating with systems involving rotary unbalanced masses (E02D 3/054 takes precedence) [3]

by inserting stones or lost bodies, e.g. compaction piles (sand drains for soil compaction E02D 3/10; stressing soil while forming foundations E02D 27/28)

by watering, draining, de-aerating or blasting, e.g. by installing sand or wick drains (E02D 3/11 takes precedence; soil-penetrating vibrators with auxiliary watering E02D 3/054; drainage of soil in general E02B 11/00) [3]

by thermal, electrical or electro-chemical means (freezing soil for interrupting passage of underground water E02D 19/14) [3]

115

by freezing [3]

Consolidating by placing solidifying or pore-filling substances in the soil (making piles E02D 5/46; soil-conditioning or soil-stabilising materials C09K 17/00)

Bulkheads, piles, or other structural elements specially adapted to foundation engineering (engineering elements in general F16)

Sheet piles or sheet pile bulkheads

Prefabricated parts

made of steel

Fitted piles or other elements specially adapted for closing gaps between two sheet piles or between two walls of sheet piles

Locking forms; Edge joints; Pile crossings; Branch pieces

made of concrete or reinforced concrete

Locking forms; Edge joints; Pile crossings; Branch pieces

Sealing joints between adjacent piles (sealing joints not restricted to foundation piles E04B 1/68)

Auxiliary devices rigidly or detachably arranged on sheet piles for facilitating assembly

Bulkheads or similar walls made solely of concrete in situ

Bulkheads or similar walls made of prefabricated parts and concrete, including reinforced concrete, in situ

Piles (sheet piles E02D 5/02)

Prefabricated piles

made of timber with or without reinforcement; Means affording protection against spoiling of the wood (cases E02D 5/60; impregnating agents B27K 3/16); Self-cleaning of piles placed in water

made of steel

made of concrete or reinforced concrete or made of steel and concrete

with arrangements for setting in position by fluid jets

Concrete or concrete-like piles cast in position

making without use of mould-pipes or other moulds

making by use of mould-pipes or other moulds

in open water

by making use of pressure liquid or pressure gas for compacting the concrete

with enlarged footing or enlargements at the bottom of the pile

making in situ by forcing bonding agents into gravel fillings or the soil (consolidating soil in general E02D 3/12)

Piles varying in construction along their length

Piles comprising both precast concrete portions and concrete portions cast in situ

Piles composed of separable parts, e.g. telescopic tubes

Piles with prefabricated supports or anchoring parts; Anchoring piles

Screw piles

Prestressed concrete piles

Piles with protecting cases

Compacting the soil at the footing or in a casing by forcing cement or like material through tubes

Repairing piles

Mould-pipes or other moulds

for making bulkheads

for making sheet piles

Pile shoes

Means for anchoring structural elements or bulkheads (anchoring piles E02D 5/54)

Anchorings for bulkheads or sections thereof

Ground anchors

Methods or apparatus for placing sheet pile bulkheads, piles, mould-pipes, or other moulds (for both placing and removing E02D 11/00)

Placing by driving

Hand pile-drivers

Power-driven drivers

Drop drivers with free-falling hammer

with pressure-operated hammer

Drivers with explosion chambers

Components for drivers

Scaffolds for drivers

Placing by vibrating

Placing by pressure or pulling power

Placing by screwing down

Placing by using fluid jets

Placing by using several means simultaneously

Placing of hollow piles or mould-pipes by means arranged inside the piles or pipes

by driving cores

Removing sheet pile bulkheads, piles, mould-pipes, or other moulds (for both placing and removing E02D 11/00)

by withdrawing

by cutting-off under water

E02D 11/00 - E02D 37/00