IPC 7 English version E04B 5/00-E04B 103:06

IPC ⁷ English version

E04 - E04B 2/96

E04B00500-E04B10306

SECTION E – FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS

E 04

BUILDING (layered materials, layered products in general B32B)

E 04 B

GENERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONS; WALLS, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; INSULATION OR OTHER PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS (border constructions of openings in walls, floors, or ceilings E06B 1/00)

Floors; Floor construction with regard to insulation; Connections specially adapted therefor (elements for floors, e.g. bricks, stones, filling bodies, girders, E04C; flooring as finishing work, insulation of flooring, sectional false floors, e.g. for computers, E04F 15/00) [5]

Load-carrying floor structures formed substantially of prefabricated units (E04B 5/43 to E04B 5/48 take precedence)

with beams of concrete or other stone-like material, e.g. asbestos cement (E04B 5/08, E04B 5/14 take precedence)

placed against one another

assembled of block-shaped elements, e.g. hollow stones (E04B 5/14 takes precedence; floors composed of reinforced brickwork E04B 5/44)

with metal beams or girders, e.g. with steel lattice girders (E04B 5/14 takes precedence)

with wooden beams (E04B 5/14 takes precedence)

with beams or girders laid in two directions

Load-carrying floor structures wholly or partly cast or similarly formed in situ (E04B 5/43 to E04B 5/48 take precedence; floors merely characterised by the prefabricated elements E04C)

Floor structures partly formed in situ

with stiffening ribs or other beam-like formations wholly cast between filling members

the filling members acting as self-supporting permanent forms (E04B 5/21 takes precedence)

Cross-ribbed floors

with stiffening ribs or other beam-like formations wholly or partly prefabricated (with all load-carrying parts substantially consisting of prefabricated units E04B 5/02)

with filling members between the beams (E04B 5/28 takes precedence)

Cross-ribbed floors

the prefabricated parts of the beams consisting wholly of metal (E04B 5/28 takes precedence)

Floor structures wholly cast in situ with or without form units or reinforcements

with form units as part of the floor

with slab-shaped form units acting simultaneously as reinforcement; Form slabs with reinforcements extending laterally outside the element

with metal form slabs

Floor structures of extraordinary design; Features relating to the elastic stability; Floor structures specially designed for resting on columns only, e.g. mushroom floors (extraordinary constructions in general E04B 1/34)

Floors composed of stones, mortar, and reinforcing elements (with inserts of glass E04B 5/46)

Special adaptation of floors for transmission of light, e.g. by inserts of glass (of ceilings E04B 9/32; block- shaped elements E04C 1/42; slab- or sheet-shaped elements E04C 2/54; for roof covering E04D 3/06) [5]

Special adaptations of floors for incorporating ducts, e.g. for heating or ventilating (in block-shaped elements E04C 1/39; in slab- or sheet-shaped elements E04C 2/52)

Roofs; Roof construction with regard to insulation (structures for roofs as well as for floors E04B 5/00; ceilings E04B 9/00; greenhouses A01G 9/14; large containers having floating covers B65D 88/34; roof trusses, truss-like structures, joists E04C 3/02; roof coverings E04D) [5]

with plane sloping surfaces, e.g. saddle roofs (E04B 7/12 takes precedence)

supported by horizontal beams or the equivalent resting on the walls (E04B 7/06 takes precedence)

Constructions of roof intersections or hopped ends

Vaulted roofs (E04B 7/14 takes precedence; vaulted structures in general E04B 1/32; inflatable tents or canopies, in general E04H 15/20; inflatable forms for shaping in situ E04G 11/04)

Shell structures, e.g. of hyperbolic-parabolic shape; Grid-like formations acting as shell structures; Folded structures

formed in bays, e.g. sawtooth roofs (E04B 7/10 takes precedence)

Suspended roofs (suspended tents or canopies, in general E04H 15/04)

Roof structures with movable roof parts (buildings for special purposes E04H)

Special structures in or on roofs, e.g. dormer windows (in connection with roof coverings E04D 13/00, especially domes E04D 13/03)

Roofs consisting of self-supporting slabs, e.g. able to be loaded [5]

the slabs having insulating properties, e.g. being laminated with layers of insulating material (E04B 7/24 takes precedence) [6]

the slabs being collapsible, e.g. for transport [6]

Ceilings; Construction of ceilings, e.g. false ceilings; Ceiling construction with regard to insulation (ceilings used as forms for making floors E04B 5/00; coverings or linings for ceilings E04F 13/00) [5]

having means for ventilation or vapour discharge [5]

comprising slabs, sheets or the like (E04B 9/06 to E04B 9/34 take precedence; slabs, sheets or the like per se E04C 2/00) [5]

Note

In this group, it is desirable to add the indexing codes of group E04B 103:00. The indexing codes should be unlinked. [5]

characterised by constructional features of the supporting construction [5]

having the capability of expansion [5]

Connections between parallel members of the supporting construction (E04B 9/08 takes precedence) [5]

Connections between non-parallel members of the supporting construction (E04B 9/08 takes precedence) [5]

all the members being discontinuous and lying at least partly in the same plane [5]

the members lying in different planes [5]

Means for suspending the supporting construction [5]

adjustable [5]

Connection of slabs, sheets or the like to the supporting construction [5]

with the slabs, sheets or the like positioned on, or held against, horizontal flanges of the supporting construction [5]

by means of snap action of elastically deformable elements [5]

with the slabs, sheets or the like having grooves engaging with horizontal flanges of the supporting construction or accessory means connected thereto [5]

characterised by edge details of the ceiling, e.g. securing to an adjacent wall [5]

Translucent ceilings, i.e. permitting both the transmission and diffusion of light (E04B 9/34 takes precedence; lighting F21) [5]

Open-work ceilings, e.g. lattice type (E04B 9/30 takes precedence) [5]

consisting of parallel slats [5]

Indexing scheme associated with groups E04B 1/00 to E04B 9/00, relating to fire protection. The indexing code should be unlinked. [5]

Note

Attention is drawn to Chapter IV of the Guide which sets forth the rules concerning the application and presentation of the different types of indexing code. [6]

101:

Fire protection [5]

Indexing scheme associated with subgroup E04B 9/04, relating to the material of the slabs, sheets or the like. The indexing codes should be unlinked. [5]

Note

Attention is drawn to Chapter IV of the Guide which sets forth the rules concerning the application and presentation of the different types of indexing code. [6]

103:

Material constitution of slabs, sheets or the like [5]

103:

of ceramics, concrete or other stone-like material [5]

103:

of plastics, fibrous material or wood [5]

103:

of metal [5]

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