D
SECTION D — TEXTILES; PAPER
  
TEXTILES OR FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
 D01
NATURAL OR ARTIFICIAL THREADS OR FIBRES; SPINNING (metal threads B21; fibres or filaments of softened glass, minerals, or slag C03B 37/00; yarns D02)
 D01

Note(s)

In this class, the following terms are used with the meanings indicated:

  • "fibre" means a relatively-short, elongated member of natural or artificial material;
  • "filament" means an endless or quasi-endless, elongated member of natural or artificial material;
  • "yarn" means a unitary assembly of fibres, usually produced by spinning;
  • "thread" means an assembly of yarns or filaments, usually produced by twisting.

 D01B
MECHANICAL TREATMENT OF NATURAL FIBROUS OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL TO OBTAIN FIBRES OR FILAMENTS, e.g. FOR SPINNING (crude extraction of asbestos fibres from ores B03B; apparatus for retting D01C)
 D01B

Note(s)

Attention is drawn to the Note following the title of class D01.

 D01B
Subclass index
TREATMENT OF PLANT MATERIAL
Separation of fibres from plant material 1/00
Hackling or heckling machines 5/00
TREATMENT OF ANIMAL FIBRES
De-burring, washing, scouring 3/00
Obtaining silk fibres 7/00
OTHER TREATMENTS 9/00
P:0 D01B 1/00
Mechanical separation of fibres from plant material, e.g. seeds, leaves, stalks
P:20 D01B 3/00
Mechanical removal of impurities from animal fibres (carbonising rags to recover animal fibres D01C 5/00; de-burring arrangements forming part of, or intimately associated with, carding or drafting machines, e.g. burr-crushing rollers, D01G)  [2]
P:10 D01B 5/00
Hackling or heckling machines (hand heckling tools D01G 33/00)
P:30 D01B 7/00
Obtaining silk fibres or filaments
P:40 D01B 9/00
Other mechanical treatment of natural fibrous or filamentary material to obtain fibres or filaments