IPC 7 English version
 
E21C-E21C02746
  E21C 29/00 - E21C 51/00  

SECTION E – FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS


E 21EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING


E 21 CMINING OR QUARRYING


Subclass Index

CUTTING; SLITTING; DISLODGING 

General structure of machines 

E21C 25/00, E21C 27/00 

Details 

E21C 29/00, E21C 31/00, E21C 35/00 

Other devices 

E21C 33/00, E21C 37/00, E21C 39/00 

METHODS OF MINING OR QUARRYING; OPEN-PIT MINING 

E21C 41/00, E21C 45/00; E21C 47/00, E21C 49/00 

OBTAINING MINERALS FROM UNDERWATER 

E21C 50/00 

WINNING MATERIALS FROM EXTRATERRESTRIAL SOURCES 

E21C 51/00 



1/

00(covered by E21B 3/00)

1/

02(covered by E21B 3/00)

1/

04(transferred to E21B 3/035)

1/

06(transferred to E21B 3/025)

1/

08(transferred to E21B 3/03)

1/

10(transferred to E21B 19/08, covered by E21B 3/00, E21B 4/00)

1/

12(transferred to E21B 6/02)


3/

00(covered by E21B 1/00)

3/

02(transferred to E21B 1/36)

3/

04(transferred to E21B 1/38)

3/

06(covered by E21B 1/00)

3/

08(transferred to E21B 1/14)

3/

10(transferred to E21B 1/20)

3/

12(transferred to E21B 1/16)

3/

14(transferred to E21B 1/18)

3/

16(transferred to E21B 1/22)

3/

18(transferred to E21B 1/34)

3/

20(transferred to E21B 1/26)

3/

22(transferred to E21B 1/28)

3/

24(transferred to E21B 1/30)

3/

26(transferred to E21B 1/32)

3/

28(transferred to E21B 1/12, E21B 6/06)

3/

30(transferred to E21B 1/12, E21B 6/08)

3/

32(transferred to E21B 44/00)

3/

34(transferred to E21B 17/03)


5/

00(transferred to E21B 19/08)

5/

02(transferred to E21B 19/081)

5/

04(transferred to E21B 19/083)

5/

06(transferred to E21B 19/084)

5/

08(transferred to E21B 19/08)

5/

10(transferred to E21B 19/086, E21B 19/087)

5/

11(transferred to E21B 19/086, E21B 19/087)

5/

12(transferred to E21B 19/089)

5/

14(transferred to E21B 44/08)

5/

16(transferred to E21B 44/00)


7/

00to

7/

04(transferred to E21B 21/00)

7/

06(covered by E21B 21/14)

7/

08to

7/

10(transferred to E21B 21/00)

7/

12(transferred to E21B 21/18)


9/

00(transferred to E21B 19/24)


11/

00(transferred to E21B 7/02, E21B 15/00, E21B 19/08)

11/

02(transferred to E21B 7/02, E21B 15/00, E21B 19/08)


Cutting; Slitting; Dislodging


25/

00Cutting machines, i.e. for making slits approximately parallel or perpendicular to the seam (dislodging machines with slitting means E21C 27/02, E21C 27/10, E21C 27/18)

25/

02.Machines slitting solely by one or more percussive tools moved through the seam

25/

04..Cutting crowns or other tools (percussion drill bits E21B 10/36)

25/

06.Machines slitting solely by one or more cutting rods or cutting drums which rotate, move through the seam, and may or may not reciprocate

25/

08..Mountings for the rods or drums

25/

10..Rods; Drums  [6]

25/

14..with equipment for cleaning the slit (associated with cutter chain machines E21C 25/50)

25/

16.Machines slitting solely by one or more rotating saws, cutting discs, or wheels

25/

18..Saws; Discs; Wheels

25/

20.Machines slitting solely by one or more reciprocating sawing implements or reciprocating cutter chains; Shaker conveyers with cutting means

25/

22.Machines slitting solely by one or more cutter chains moving unidirectionally along jibs

25/

24..with flat jibs only

25/

26..with curved jibs only

25/

28..Chains or chain guides  [6]

25/

30...Chain guides

25/

32....specially adapted for curved jibs

25/

34...Chains

25/

36....Couplings for links

25/

40....having links with integrally formed picks

25/

50..with equipment for cleaning the slit (associated with rotary-rod or rotary-drum machines E21C 25/14)

25/

52.Machines incorporating two or more of the slitting means according to groups E21C 25/02, E21C 25/06, E21C 25/16, E21C 25/20 and E21C 25/22

25/

54.Slitting by unguided cutter cables or cutter chains or by unguided tools drawn along the working face by cables or the like (dislodging by planing means E21C 27/32; propulsion by haulage cables E21C 29/14)

25/

56.Slitting by cutter cables or cutter chains or by tools drawn along the working face by cables or the like, in each case guided parallel to the face, e.g. by a conveyer, by a guide parallel to a conveyer (pressing the conveyer equipped with tools toward the working face E21C 35/14)

25/

58.Machines slitting by drilling hole on hole

25/

60.Slitting by jets of water or other liquid (picks with arrangement of fluid-spraying nozzles E21C 35/187; distribution of spraying fluids in rotating cutter-heads E21C 35/23)  [6]

25/

62.Machines for making slits approximately perpendicular to the seams either level with, or above or below the level of, the machine

25/

64.Slitting machines guided solely by hand and either carried by hand or mounted on supports (hand-held power-operated tools E21C 37/22)

25/

66.Machines for making slits with additional arrangements for drilling

25/

68.Machines for making slits combined with equipment for removing, e.g. by loading, material won by other means (slitting machines combined with planing means E21C 27/18; removing chippings E21C 35/20)


27/

00Machines which completely free the mineral from the seam

27/

01.specially adapted for removing overhanging coal

27/

02.solely by slitting (rods, drums, for same E21C 25/10; saws, discs, wheels E21C 25/18; chains, chain guides, for same E21C 25/28)

27/

04..by a single chain guided on a frame with or without auxiliary slitting means

27/

06...with a slewing frame

27/

08..with additional means for cutting the mineral into blocks

27/

10.by both slitting and breaking-down

27/

12..breaking-down effected by acting on the vertical face of the mineral, e.g. by percussive tools

27/

14..breaking-down effected by force or pressure applied to side of slit, e.g. by wedges (breaking-down by means inserted in boreholes E21C 37/00)

27/

16...with means for both slitting and breaking-down

27/

18.by both slitting and planing

27/

20.Mineral freed by means not involving slitting

27/

22..by rotary drills with breaking-down means, e.g. wedge-shaped drills

27/

24..by milling means acting on the full working face

27/

26..by closely adjacent cutter chains acting on the full working face

27/

28..by percussive drills with breaking-down means, e.g. wedge-shaped tools

27/

30..by jaws, buckets, or scoops that scoop-out the mineral

27/

32..by adjustable or non-adjustable planing means with or without loading arrangements (by percussed planing means E21C 27/46)

27/

34...Machine propelled along the working face by cable or chain

27/

35....Ram-ploughs

27/

36...Machine self-propelled along the working face

27/

38...Machine stationary while planing in an arc

27/

40...Machine and its planing tool making alternative step-wise movements along the working face

27/

42...combined with scraper or collector box

27/

44...Planing knives (mining picks E21C 35/18)

27/

46..by percussed planing means

   E21C 29/00 - E21C 51/00