E SECTION E FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS E01 CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, RAILWAYS, OR BRIDGES (of tunnels E21D) E01B PERMANENT WAY; PERMANENT-WAY TOOLS; MACHINES FOR MAKING RAILWAYS OF ALL KINDS (derailing or rerailing blocks on track, track brakes or retarders B61K) E01B0001000000 Structure of the permanent way for railways or tramways E01B0001000000 Ballastway; Other means for supporting the sleepers or the track; Drainage of the ballastway (draining by trenches, culverts, or conduits E01F0005000000) E01B0002000000 General structure of permanent way (railway networks B61B0001000000; foundations for pavings E01C0003000000; foundations in general E02D) E01B0003000000 Transverse or longitudinal sleepers (for switches or crossings E01B0007220000); Other means resting directly on the ballastway for supporting rails E01B0003020000 made from wood (drying or impregnating B27K) E01B0003040000 Means for preventing cleaving E01B0003060000 Anti-cracking dogs E01B0003080000 Straps or bands for hooping or encircling sleepers (apparatus for hooping wooden railway sleepers on the spot E01B0031280000) E01B0003100000 Composite sleepers E01B0003120000 Longitudinal sleepers; Longitudinal sleepers integral or combined with tie-rods; Combined longitudinal and transverse sleepers E01B0003140000 Slabs; Blocks; Fastening tie-rods to them E01B0003160000 made from steel E01B0003180000 Composite sleepers E01B0003200000 Sleeper construction for special purposes, e.g. with openings for ballast working (sleepers for shiftable track for heavy loads E01B0023120000) E01B0003220000 Longitudinal sleepers; Longitudinal sleepers integral or combined with tie-rods; Combined longitudinal and transverse sleepers E01B0003240000 Slabs; Blocks; Pot sleepers; Fastening tie-rods to them E01B0003260000 combined with inserts of wood, artificial stone, or other material E01B0003280000 made from concrete or from natural or artificial stone (manufacture B28) E01B0003300000 Hollow sleepers E01B0003320000 with armouring or reinforcement (hollow sleepers E01B0003300000) E01B0003340000 with pre-tensioned armouring or reinforcement (pre-tensioned armouring or reinforcing elements E04C0005000000) E01B0003360000 Composite sleepers E01B0003380000 Longitudinal sleepers; Longitudinal sleepers integral or combined with tie-rods; Combined longitudinal and transverse sleepers; Layers of concrete supporting both rails E01B0003400000 Slabs; Blocks; Pot sleepers; Fastening tie-rods to them E01B0003420000 combined with inserts of wood or other material E01B0003440000 made from other materials only if the material is essential E01B0003460000 made from different materials (E01B0003260000, E01B0003420000 take precedence);; E01B0003480000 Distance keepers or tie-rods for sleepers E01B0005000000 Rails; Guard rails (manufacture of rails B21B); Distance-keeping means for them E01B0005020000 Rails E01B0005040000 Grooved rails E01B0005060000 Reversible or invertible rails E01B0005080000 Composite rails; Compound rails with dismountable or non-dismountable parts E01B0005100000 Composite grooved rails; Inserts for grooved rails E01B0005120000 Rails with a foot serving as a sleeper E01B0005140000 Rails for special parts of the track, e.g. for curves E01B0005160000 Distance keepers E01B0005180000 Guard rails; Connecting, fastening or adjusting means therefor E01B0007000000 Switches; Crossings (operating mechanisms B61L) E01B0007020000 Tongues; Associated constructions E01B0007040000 Constructions with tongues turning about a vertical pivot at the end E01B0007060000 Constructions with flexible tongues or flexible fishplates E01B0007080000 Other constructions of tongues, e.g. tilting about an axis parallel to the rail, movable tongue blocks or rails E01B0007100000 Frogs E01B0007120000 Fixed frogs made of one part or composite E01B0007140000 with movable parts E01B0007160000 Jump-over frogs E01B0007180000 Combinations of switches and crossings E01B0007200000 Safety means for switches, e.g. switch point protectors, auxiliary or guiding rail members E01B0007220000 Special sleepers for switches or crossings; Fastening means therefor E01B0007240000 Heating of switches E01B0007260000 Lubricating of switches (lubricating of rails B61K0003000000) E01B0007280000 Crossings E01B0007300000 Jump-over crossings E01B0009000000 Fastening rails on sleepers, or the like (fastening rails to bridges E01D0019120000) E01B0009020000 Fastening rails, tie-plates, or chairs directly on sleepers or foundations; Means therefor E01B0009040000 Fastening on wooden or concrete sleepers or on masonry without clamp members E01B0009060000 Railways spikes (nails in general F16B) E01B0009080000 Elastic spikes E01B0009100000 Screws or bolts for sleepers (screws or bolts in general F16B) E01B0009120000 Retaining or locking devices for spikes or screws E01B0009140000 Plugs, sleeves, thread linings, or other inserts for holes in sleepers (inserting plugs or sleeves E01B0031260000) E01B0009160000 for wooden sleepers E01B0009180000 for concrete sleepers E01B0009200000 by keys E01B0009220000 Fastening on steel sleepers without clamp members E01B0009240000 by keys E01B0009260000 Welded fastenings E01B0009280000 Fastening on wooden or concrete sleepers or on masonry with clamp members E01B0009300000 by resilient steel clips E01B0009320000 Fastening on steel sleepers with clamp members E01B0009340000 by resilient steel clips E01B0009360000 Metal sole-plates for rails which rails are directly fastened to sleepers E01B0009380000 Indirect fastening of rails by using tie-plates or chairs; Fastening of rails on the tie-plates or in the chairs E01B0009400000 Tie-plates for flat-bottom rails (manufacture thereof B21) E01B0009420000 of two or more parts E01B0009440000 Fastening the rail on the tie-plate E01B0009460000 by clamps E01B0009480000 by resilient steel clips E01B0009500000 by keys E01B0009520000 by resilient keys E01B0009540000 Rail chairs E01B0009560000 for rails with two or more treads E01B0009580000 Fastening the rail in the chair E01B0009600000 Rail fastenings making use of clamps or braces supporting the side or head of the rail E01B0009620000 Rail fastenings incorporating resilient supports E01B0009640000 Rail fastenings gripping or encircling the sleeper E01B0009660000 Rail fastenings allowing the adjustment of the position of the rails, so far as not covered by the preceding groups E01B0009680000 Pads or the like, e.g. of wood, rubber, placed under the rail, tie-plate, or chair E01B0011000000 Rail joints (electrical connection of rails B60M0005000000) E01B0011020000 Dismountable rail joints E01B0011040000 Flat fishplates E01B0011060000 with keys or pins E01B0011080000 Angle fishplates E01B0011100000 Fishplates with parts supporting or surrounding the rail foot E01B0011120000 Fishplates engaging only the rail foot E01B0011140000 Rail foot flange clips in one piece E01B0011160000 Fishplates for joining rails of different sections E01B0011180000 Fishplates for temporarily repairing broken rails E01B0011200000 with gap-bridging E01B0011220000 by parts of the rails E01B0011240000 with oblique or overlapping rail ends E01B0011260000 with interlocking rail ends E01B0011280000 by parts of the joining members E01B0011300000 Fishplates with integral tread parts lying in the cross-section of the rail head E01B0011320000 by separate parts; Inserts bridging both rail heads E01B0011340000 Auxiliary rail beside the gap E01B0011360000 Fastening means for fishplates E01B0011380000 Locking arrangements for fastening means (locking means for nuts or bolts in general F16B) E01B0011400000 Dismountable rail joints combined with welded parts E01B0011420000 Joint constructions for relatively movable rails, e.g. rails on turntables, traversers, or swing bridges E01B0011440000 Non-dismountable rail joints; Welded joints (welding methods B23K) E01B0011460000 General methods for making gapless tracks E01B0011480000 Joints made by flame welding E01B0011500000 Joints made by electric welding E01B0011520000 Joints made by alumino-thermal welding E01B0011540000 Electrically-insulating rail joints E01B0011560000 Special arrangements for supporting rail ends (foot supports E01B0011080000-E01B0011140000) E01B0011580000 Bridge plates E01B0011600000 with wedges E01B0011620000 Bridge chairs (chairs E01B0009540000-E01B0009580000) E01B0013000000 Arrangements preventing shifting of the track E01B0013020000 Rail anchors E01B0015000000 Guards for preventing a person's foot being trapped in grooved rails E01B0017000000 Cattle guards connected to the permanent way (grids in general for preventing cattle from straying A01K0003000000) E01B0019000000 Protection of permanent way against development of dust or against the effect of wind, sun, frost, or corrosion; Means to reduce development of noise (snow fences E01F0007020000; snow-ploughs E01H0008020000; watering E01H0011000000) E01B0021000000 Track superstructure specially adapted for tramways in paved streets (paving E01C0009040000, E01C0009060000) E01B0021020000 Special supporting means; Draining of rails E01B0021040000 Special fastenings, joint constructions, or tie-rods E01B0023000000 Easily dismountable or movable tracks, e.g. temporary railways; Details specially adapted therefor E01B0023020000 Tracks for light railways, e.g. for field, colliery, or mine use E01B0023040000 Fastening or joining means E01B0023060000 Switches (turntables B60S, B61J); Portable switches; Turnouts E01B0023080000 Temporary tracks for use while repairing tramways E01B0023100000 Shiftable tracks for heavy loads, e.g. carrying excavators E01B0023120000 Sleepers E01B0023140000 Fastening or joining means (fastening of rails by keys E01B0009240000) E01B0023160000 Switches E01B0025000000 Tracks for special kinds of railways (systems B61B; wheel tracks on roads E01C0009020000) E01B0025020000 Tracks for rack railways E01B0025040000 Rack rails; Supports or connections for rack rails E01B0025060000 Switches; Frogs; Crossings E01B0025080000 Tracks for mono-rails with centre of gravity of vehicle above the load-bearing rail (E01B0025300000 takes precedence);; E01B0025100000 Mono-rails; Auxiliary balancing rails; Supports or connections for rails E01B0025120000 Switches; Crossings E01B0025140000 Tracks for cable-drawn railway vehicles E01B0025150000 Switches; Crossings E01B0025160000 Tracks for aerial rope railways with a stationary rope E01B0025180000 Ropes; Supports, fastening or straining means for ropes (ropes in general D07B; masts E04H0012000000; rope sockets F16G) E01B0025200000 Switches; Crossings E01B0025220000 Tracks for railways with the vehicle suspended from rigid supporting rails E01B0025240000 Supporting rails; Auxiliary balancing rails; Supports or connections for rails E01B0025260000 Switches; Crossings E01B0025280000 Rail tracks for guiding vehicles when running on road or similar surface (wheel tracks on roads E01C0009020000) E01B0025300000 Tracks for magnetic suspension or levitation vehicles E01B0025320000 Stators, guide rails or slide rails E01B0025340000 Switches; Frogs; Crossings E01B0026000000 Tracks or track components not covered by any one of main groups ; E01B0001000000-E01B0025000000 E01B0027000000 Making, maintaining, renewing, or taking-up the ballastway or the track; Tools or machines specially designed therefor (derailing or rerailing of machines B61K0005000000; removal of foreign matter from the permanent way, vegetation control, applying liquids E01H) E01B0027000000 Placing, renewing, working, cleaning, or taking-up the ballast, with or without concurrent work on the track; Devices therefor; Packing sleepers E01B0027020000 Placing the ballast; Making the ballastway; Redistributing ballasting material; Machines or devices therefor; Levelling means E01B0027040000 Removing the ballast; Machines therefor, whether or not additionally adapted for taking-up ballast (E01B0027060000, E01B0027120000 take precedence;redistributing ballasting material E01B0027020000) E01B0027060000 Renewing or cleaning the ballast ; in situ, with or without concurrent work on the track E01B0027080000 the track having been taken-up (E01B0027110000 takes precedence);; E01B0027100000 without taking-up the track (E01B0027110000 takes precedence);; E01B0027110000 combined with concurrent renewal of track components E01B0027120000 Packing sleepers, with or without concurrent work on the track; Compacting track-carrying ballast E01B0027130000 Packing sleepers, with or without concurrent work on the track (preforming ballast cores or seats for sleepers E01B0027020000) E01B0027140000 Manual tools or hand-held power tools therefor E01B0027160000 Machines therefor, e.g. so-called sleeper-tamping machines E01B0027170000 combined with means for lifting, levelling, or slewing the track E01B0027180000 by introducing additional fresh material under the sleepers, e.g. by the measured-shovel method, by the blowing method E01B0027200000 Compacting the material of the track-carrying ballastway, e.g. by vibrating the track, by surface vibrators (of trackless ballastway E01B0027020000; for packing sleepers E01B0027120000) E01B0029000000 Laying, rebuilding, or taking-up tracks; Tools or machines therefor (E01B0027000000, E01B0031000000 take precedence);; E01B0029020000 Transporting, laying, removing, or renewing lengths of assembled track, assembled switches, or assembled crossings (E01B0029040000 takes precedence);; E01B0029040000 Lifting or levelling of tracks (lifting devices in general B66F) E01B0029050000 Transporting, laying, removing, or renewing both rails and sleepers (as assembled units E01B0029020000) E01B0029060000 Transporting, laying, removing, or renewing sleepers (E01B0029050000 takes precedence;carrying devices B65G0007120000) E01B0029090000 under, or from under, installed rails E01B0029100000 for inserting or removing sleepers E01B0029110000 Removal involving destruction of the sleeper, e.g. the sectioning thereof E01B0029130000 for moving sleepers in a direction parallel to the rails, e.g. for spacing or aligning them (E01B0029100000 takes precedence);; E01B0029140000 for lifting sleepers up to the rails (lifting devices in general B66F) E01B0029160000 Transporting, laying, removing, or replacing rails; Moving rails placed on sleepers in the track (E01B0029050000 takes precedence;moving or tilting heavy loads in general B65G0007000000) E01B0029170000 Lengths of rails assembled into strings, e.g. welded together E01B0029200000 Moving rails placed on installed sleepers in the plane of the track E01B0029220000 Raising rails from sleepers, e.g. for inserting sole-plates (lifting devices in general B66F) E01B0029240000 Fixing or removing detachable fastening means or accessories thereof; Pre-assembling track components by detachable fastening means (E01B0029020000, E01B0031260000 take precedence);; E01B0029260000 the fastening means being spikes (E01B0029160000 takes precedence;hand-held tools for nail or staple driving or extracting B25C) E01B0029280000 the fastening means being of screw-and-nut type (portable apparatus for fixing or removing screws or the like B25B); Apparatus therefor, adapted to additionally drilling holes E01B0029290000 for horizontally-arranged fastening elements, e.g. fish-bolts E01B0029320000 Installing or removing track components, not covered by the preceding groups, e.g. sole-plates, rail anchors (E01B0031260000 takes precedence);; E01B0029400000 Means or arrangements for temporarily supporting laid tracks, or rails or sleepers in the track (temporary fishplates E01B0011180000) E01B0029420000 Undetachably joining or fastening track components in or on the track, e.g. by welding, by gluing; Pre-assembling track components by gluing; Sealing joints with filling components (E01B0031260000 takes precedence;independent heating means E01B0031180000; welding in general B23K; gluing metal parts in general F16B0011000000) E01B0029440000 Methods for effecting joining of rails in the track, e.g. taking account of ambient temperature E01B0029460000 Devices for holding, positioning, or urging together the rail ends (adjusting the joint by moving rails E01B0029200000) E01B0031000000 Working rails, sleepers, baseplates, or the like, in or on the line; Machines, tools, or auxiliary devices specially designed therefor (characterised by features independent of use on assembled track B21, B23-B25, B27) E01B0031020000 Working rail or other metal track components on the spot E01B0031040000 Sectioning or slitting, e.g. by sawing, shearing, flame-cutting E01B0031060000 Making holes, e.g. by drilling, punching, flame-cutting E01B0031080000 Bending, e.g. for straightening rails or rail joints (for aligning rail ends to be welded E01B0029460000) E01B0031120000 Removing metal from rails, rail joints, or baseplates, e.g. for deburring welds, reconditioning worn rails E01B0031130000 by milling E01B0031150000 by planing or filing E01B0031170000 by grinding E01B0031180000 Reconditioning or repairing worn or damaged parts on the spot, e.g. applying inlays, building-up rails by welding (E01B0031040000-E01B0031120000; take precedence);;Heating or cooling of parts on the spot, e.g. for reducing joint gaps, for hardening rails E01B0031200000 Working or treating non-metal sleepers in or on the line, e.g. marking, creosoting (working metal sleepers E01B0031020000) E01B0031220000 Cutting or grinding wooden sleepers, e.g. for forming rail seats (E01B0031240000 takes precedence);; E01B0031230000 Sectioning (combined with removal of segments from track E01B0029110000) E01B0031240000 Forming, treating, reconditioning, or cleaning holes in sleepers; Drilling-templates (E01B0029280000, E01B0031260000 take precedence);; E01B0031260000 Inserting or removing inserts or fillings for holes in sleepers, e.g. plugs, sleeves E01B0031280000 Applying or removing anti-splitting or like reinforcing means (E01B0031260000 takes precedence;straps or bands therefor E01B0003080000) E01B0033000000 Machines or devices for shifting tracks, with or without lifting, e.g. for aligning track, for shifting excavator track (combined with sleeper packing machines E01B0027170000) E01B0033020000 for slewing, i.e. transversely shifting, in steps E01B0033040000 Manual tools; Devices not mounted on vehicles E01B0033060000 for slewing in a continuous operation, e.g. for tracks which carry excavators E01B0033080000 Boom track-slewing machines E01B0033100000 Bridge track-slewing machines E01B0033120000 Combined boom and bridge track-slewing machines E01B0033180000 Details not peculiar to a particular type of machine E01B0033210000 Arrangement or construction of rollers moving the rails E01B0035000000 Applications of measuring apparatus or devices for track-building purposes (apparatus on locomotives or cars to indicate or record bad track sections B61K0009000000; measuring angles, linear dimensions, or irregularities in general G01B, G01C) E01B0035020000 for spacing; for cross levelling; for laying-out curves E01B0035040000 Wheeled apparatus E01B0035060000 for measuring irregularities in longitudinal direction E01B0035080000 for levelling E01B0035100000 for aligning E01B0035120000 for measuring movement of the track or of components thereof under rolling loads, e.g. depression of sleepers, increase of gauge E01B0037000000 Making, maintaining, renewing, or taking-up the ballastway or the track, not provided for in a single one of groups ; E01B0027000000-E01B0035000000 E01C CONSTRUCTION OF, OR SURFACES FOR, ROADS, SPORTS GROUNDS, OR THE LIKE; MACHINES OR AUXILIARY TOOLS FOR CONSTRUCTION OR REPAIR (forming road or like surfaces by compacting or grading snow or ice E01H) E01C0001000000 Design or layout of roads, e.g. for noise abatement, for gas absorption (design or layout of sports grounds A63C0019000000; design or layout of airfields B64F) E01C0001020000 Crossings, junctions, or interconnections between roads on the same level E01C0001040000 Road crossings on different levels; Interconnections between roads on different levels E01C0003000000 Structure of roads, playgrounds, sports grounds, airfields E01C0003000000 Foundations for pavings (specially adapted for playgrounds or sports grounds E01C0013020000; foundations in general E02D) E01C0003020000 Concrete base for bituminous paving E01C0003040000 Foundations produced by soil stabilisation E01C0003060000 Methods or arrangements for protecting foundations from destructive influences of moisture, frost or vibration E01C0005000000 Pavings made of prefabricated single units (specially adapted for playgrounds or sports grounds E01C0013040000, for footpaths, sidewalks or cycle tracks E01C0015000000; making artificial stones C04B; building stones E04C; flooring E04F) E01C0005020000 made of natural stones, e.g. sett stones E01C0005040000 made of bricks E01C0005060000 made of units with cement or like binders E01C0005080000 Reinforced units E01C0005100000 Prestressed reinforced units E01C0005120000 made of units with bituminous binders E01C0005140000 made of wooden units E01C0005160000 made of metallic units (steel gratings E01C0009100000) E01C0005180000 made of rubber units E01C0005200000 made of units of plastics (E01C0005180000 takes precedence);; E01C0005220000 made of units composed of a mixture of materials covered by two or more of groups ; E01C0005020000-E01C0005200000 E01C0007000000 Coherent pavings made in situ(specially adapted for playgrounds or sports grounds E01C0013060000, for footpaths, sidewalks or cycle tracks E01C0015000000) E01C0007020000 made of road-metal without binders E01C0007040000 of broken stones, gravel, or like materials E01C0007060000 by melting, burning, or vitrifying road-metal ; in situ E01C0007080000 made of road-metal and binders E01C0007100000 of road-metal and cement or like binders (cement or like binders, composition of mortars C04B) E01C0007120000 Mortar-bound paving E01C0007140000 Concrete paving E01C0007160000 Prestressed concrete paving E01C0007180000 of road-metal and bituminous binders E01C0007200000 Binder incorporated in cold state, e.g. natural asphalt E01C0007220000 Binder incorporated in hot state, e.g. heated bitumen E01C0007240000 Binder incorporated as an emulsion or solution (making dispersions or emulsions for road building C04B) E01C0007260000 mixed with other materials, e.g. cement, rubber, leather, fibre E01C0007300000 of road-metal and other binders, e.g. synthetic material E01C0007320000 of courses of different kind made ; in situ E01C0007340000 made of several courses which are not bound to each other E01C0007350000 Topping or surface dressings; Methods of mixing, impregnating, or spreading them E01C0007360000 by subjecting soil to stabilisation E01C0009000000 Special pavings (specially adapted for playgrounds or sports grounds E01C0013000000, for footpaths, sidewalks or cycle tracks E01C0015000000); Pavings for special parts of roads or airfields (pavement lights E01C0017000000; manholes or like covers or frames E02D0029140000) E01C0009020000 Wheel tracks (rail tracks for guiding vehicles E01B0025280000) E01C0009040000 Pavings for railroad level-crossings E01C0009060000 Pavings adjacent tramways rails E01C0009080000 Temporary pavings (steel gratings E01C0009100000) E01C0009100000 Steel gratings (gully gratings E03F0005060000; as building elements in general E04C) E01C0011000000 Details of pavings E01C0011020000 Arrangement or construction of joints; Methods of making joints; Packing for joints (sealing joints not restricted to road or airfield paving E04B0001680000) E01C0011040000 for cement concrete paving E01C0011060000 Methods of making joints E01C0011080000 Packing of metal E01C0011100000 Packing of plastic or elastic materials E01C0011120000 Packing of metal and plastic or elastic materials E01C0011140000 Dowel assembly E01C0011160000 Reinforcements (for building in general E04C) E01C0011180000 for cement concrete pavings E01C0011200000 for prestressed concrete pavings E01C0011220000 Gutters; Kerbs (kerbs specially adapted for informing road users E01F0009053000) E01C0011240000 Methods or arrangements for preventing slipperiness or protecting against influences of the weather E01C0011260000 Permanently-installed heating or blowing devices E01C0013000000 Pavings or foundations specially adapted for playgrounds or sports grounds (general layout A63C0019000000) E01C0013020000 Foundations, e.g. with drainage or heating arrangements E01C0013040000 Pavings made of prefabricated single units (E01C0013080000, E01C0013100000 take precedence);; E01C0013060000 Pavings made in situ(E01C0013080000, E01C0013100000 take precedence);; E01C0013080000 Surfaces simulating grass E01C0013100000 Artificial surfaces for outdoor or indoor practice of snow or ice sports (E01C0013080000 takes precedence);; E01C0013120000 for snow sports E01C0015000000 Pavings specially adapted for footpaths, sidewalks, or cycle tracks E01C0017000000 Pavement lights, i.e. translucent constructions forming part of the surface (blocks specially designed for marking roads E01F0009040000) E01C0019000000 Machines, tools, or auxiliary devices for constructing or repairing the surfacing of roads or like structures (constructing the road bed E02D, E02F) E01C0019000000 Machines, tools, or auxiliary devices for preparing or distributing paving materials, for working the placed materials, or for forming, consolidating, or finishing the paving (surface stabilisation E01C0021000000; apparatus specially adapted for reconditioning or repairing paving E01C0023000000) E01C0019020000 for preparing the materials E01C0019050000 Crushing, pulverising, or disintegrating apparatus (in general B02C); Aggregate screening, cleaning, or heating apparatus E01C0019080000 Apparatus for transporting and melting asphalt, bitumen, tar, or the like (stationarily-arranged melting boilers for tar, asphalt, or the like, in general C10C0003120000) E01C0019100000 Apparatus or plants for premixing or precoating aggregate or fillers with non-hydraulic binders, e.g. with bitumen, with resins; Apparatus for premixing non-hydraulic mixtures prior to placing or for reconditioning salvaged non-hydraulic compositions E01C0019120000 for distributing granular or liquid materials (E01C0023070000 takes precedence;for filling joints or grooves E01C0023020000, E01C0023090000) E01C0019150000 for laying-down uncoated stone or similar materials, or for striking-off or spreading same without compacting, e.g. for crushed rock base courses, sand cushions for paving (E01C0019520000 takes precedence;distributing E01C0019200000) E01C0019160000 for applying or spreading liquid materials, e.g. bitumen slurries (E01C0019450000, E01C0023020000, E01C0023030000, E01C0023160000 take precedence;spraying or spreading liquids or other fluent materials to surfaces in general B05) E01C0019170000 Application by spraying E01C0019180000 Devices for distributing road-metals mixed with binders, e.g. cement, bitumen, without consolidating or ironing effect (E01C0019200000, E01C0019470000 take precedence;conveying installations for concrete or the like B65G) E01C0019200000 Apparatus for distributing, e.g. spreading, granular or pulverulent materials, e.g. sand, gravel, salt, dry binders (fertiliser distributors A01C0015000000) E01C0019210000 for simultaneously but separately applying liquid material and granular or pulverulent material, e.g. bitumen and grit, with or without spreading E01C0019220000 for consolidating or finishing laid-down unset materials (E01C0023020000 takes precedence;apparatus for generating vibrations in general B06B) E01C0019230000 Rollers therefor; Such rollers usable also for compacting soil (E01C0019430000 takes precedence;specially adapted for agricultural purposes A01B0029000000; garden rollers A01G0001120000; making or maintaining surfaces of snow or ice E01H0004000000; solely for soil compaction E02D0003026000) E01C0019240000 hand propelled (E01C0019270000-E01C0019290000; take precedence);; E01C0019250000 propelled by animals or vehicles (E01C0019260000-E01C0019290000; take precedence);; E01C0019260000 self-propelled or fitted to road vehicles (E01C0019270000-E01C0019290000; take precedence);; E01C0019270000 with elastically-deformable rolling elements, e.g. pneumatic tyres (vibrating or impacting E01C0019280000) E01C0019280000 Vibrated rollers or rollers subjected to impacts, e.g. hammering blows (E01C0019290000 takes precedence);; E01C0019290000 Rolling apparatus adapted to apply a rolling pressure less than its weight, e.g. roller finishers travelling on formrails E01C0019300000 Tamping or vibrating apparatus other than rollers (E01C0023020000, E01C0023040000 take precedence;vibrated depositing devices E01C0019120000; tamping or vibrating rollers E01C0019280000; portable percussion tools in general B25D; tamping or vibrating soil in general E02D0003046000) E01C0019320000 Hand-held hand-actuated rammers or tampers E01C0019340000 Power-driven rammers or tampers E01C0019350000 Hand-held or hand-guided tools (E01C0019360000-E01C0019400000; take precedence);; E01C0019360000 with direct-acting explosion chambers E01C0019380000 with means specifically for generating vibrations E01C0019400000 adapted to impart a smooth finish to the paving, e.g. tamping or vibrating finishers E01C0019410000 Apparatus having both rolling tools and ramming, tamping, or vibrating tools E01C0019420000 Machines for imparting a smooth finish to freshly-laid paving courses other than by rolling, tamping, or vibrating (for distributing only E01C0019120000) E01C0019430000 Machines or arrangements for roughening or patterning freshly-laid paving courses, e.g. indenting rollers E01C0019440000 Hand-actuated tools other than rollers, dampers, or vibrators, specially adapted for imparting a required surface finish to freshly-laid paving courses (E01C0019430000 takes precedence);; E01C0019450000 Portable apparatus for preparing, or for preparing and applying to the road, compound liquid binders, e.g. emulsified bitumen, fluxed asphalt (applying only E01C0019160000) E01C0019460000 for preparing and placing the materials (E01C0019450000 takes precedence;making surfaces by mixing borrowed aggregate with binders E01C0021000000) E01C0019470000 Hydraulic cement concrete mixers combined with distributing means specially adapted for road building (concrete mixers per seB28C) E01C0019480000 for laying-down the materials and consolidating them, or finishing the surface E01C0019500000 Removable forms or shutterings for road-building purposes (E01C0023020000, E01C0023040000 take precedence;permanent forms E01C0003000000-E01C0007000000; slip forms E01C0019480000); Devices or arrangements for forming individual paving elements, e.g. kerbs, ; in situ E01C0019520000 Apparatus for laying individual preformed surface elements, e.g. kerbs (preforming and placing continuous strip E01C0019460000; forming paving elements in situE01C0019500000) E01C0021000000 Apparatus or processes for surface stabilisation for road building or like purposes, e.g. mixing borrowed aggregate with binder (stabilising soil under existing surfacing E01C0023100000; soil-conditioning or soil-stabilising materials C09K0017000000; soil-consolidation in general E02D0003120000) E01C0021020000 Fusing, calcining, or burning soil ; in situ E01C0023000000 Auxiliary devices or arrangements for constructing, repairing, reconditioning, or taking-up road or like surfaces (apparatus for reconditioning of salvaged non-hydraulic compositions E01C0019100000) E01C0023010000 Devices or auxiliary means for setting-out or checking the configuration of new surfacing, e.g. templates, screed supports (form rails E01C0019500000); Applications of apparatus for measuring, indicating, or recording the surface configuration of existing surfacing, e.g. profilographs (E01C0023070000 takes precedence;measuring roughness or irregularity in general G01B) E01C0023020000 Devices for making, treating, or filling grooves or like channels in not-yet-hardened paving, e.g. for joints or markings (surface patterning E01C0019430000); Removable forms therefor (non-removable forms E01C0011020000); Devices for introducing inserts or removable insert-supports in not-yet-hardened paving (E01C0023040000 takes precedence;non-removable insert supports E01C0011020000) E01C0023030000 Arrangements for curing paving; Devices for applying curing means; Devices for laying prefabricated underlay, e.g. sheets, membranes (reinforcing elements E01C0023040000); Protecting paving under construction or while curing, e.g. use of tents (road barriers E01F0013000000) E01C0023040000 Devices for laying reinforcing elements or dowel bars; Removable supports for reinforcing elements (non-removable supports therefor E01C0011160000; side forms adapted to supporting reinforcement E01C0019500000); Devices, e.g. removable forms, for making essentially horizontal ducts in paving, e.g. for prestressed reinforcement E01C0023050000 Devices for installing or removing forms E01C0023060000 Devices or arrangements for working the finished surface (working freshly-laid paving E01C0019420000-E01C0019440000, E01C0023020000; mining picks E21C0035180000); Devices for repairing the surface of damaged paving E01C0023070000 Apparatus combining measurement of the surface configuration of paving with application of material in proportion to the measured irregularities (measuring means only E01C0023010000) E01C0023080000 for roughening or patterning; for removing high spots or material bonded to the surface, e.g. markings (removing matter not bonded to the surface E01H0001000000; roughening or detaching ice E01H0005120000) E01C0023082000 using non-powered tools E01C0023085000 using power-driven tools, e.g. vibratory tools E01C0023088000 Rotary tools, e.g. milling drums E01C0023090000 for forming cuts, grooves, or recesses, e.g. for making joints or channels for markings, for cutting-out sections to be removed; for cleaning, treating, or filling cuts, grooves, recesses, or fissures; for trimming paving edges E01C0023100000 for raising or levelling sunken paving; for filling voids under paving; for introducing material into substructure (consolidating soil in general E02D0003120000) E01C0023120000 for taking-up, tearing-up, or breaking-up paving (adapted to both placing and removing paving E01C0019520000) E01C0023140000 for heating or drying foundation, paving, or materials thereon, e.g. paint (E01C0023030000 takes precedence;heating or drying devices incorporated in the paving E01C0011260000; surface stabilisation by fusing, calcining, or burning soil in situE01C0021020000; for street cleaning E01H0001080000; melting snow or ice on surfacing E01H0005100000) E01C0023160000 Devices for marking-out, applying, or forming traffic or like markings on finished paving (E01C0023140000 takes precedence;inserting or forming in not-yet-hardened paving E01C0023020000, in recesses formed in fully-set paving E01C0023090000; marking-out playing courts or playgrounds A63C0019060000; applying liquids or other fluent materials to surfaces in general B05; road surface markings per seE01F0009040000); Protecting fresh markings E01C0023180000 for applying prefabricated markings E01C0023200000 for forming markings ; in situ E01C0023220000 by spraying E01C0023240000 by pouring E01D BRIDGES (bridges extending between terminal buildings and aircraft for embarking or disembarking passengers B64F0001305000) E01D0001000000 Bridges in general (characterised by their structural type E01D0004000000-E01D0015000000) E01D0002000000 Bridges characterised by the cross-section of their bearing spanning structure E01D0002020000 of the I-girder type E01D0002040000 of the box-girder type E01D0004000000 Arch-type bridges E01D0006000000 Truss-type bridges E01D0006020000 of bowstring type E01D0011000000 Suspension or cable-stayed bridges E01D0011020000 Suspension bridges E01D0011040000 Cable-stayed bridges E01D0012000000 Bridges characterised by a combination of structures not covered as a whole by a single one of groups ; E01D0002000000-E01D0011000000 E01D0015000000 Movable or portable bridges; Floating bridges E01D0015020000 Vertical lift bridges E01D0015040000 Swing bridges E01D0015060000 Bascule bridges; Roller bascule bridges, e.g. of Scherzer type E01D0015080000 Drawbridges E01D0015100000 Travelling bridges; Sliding bridges; Rotary cylinder bridges, i.e. rotating about longitudinal axis to invert and raise the road E01D0015120000 Portable or sectional bridges (floating bridges E01D0015140000) E01D0015127000 combined with ground-supported vehicles for the transport, handling or placing of such bridges or of sections thereof E01D0015133000 built-up from readily separable standardised sections or elements, e.g. Bailey bridges (E01D0015127000 takes precedence);; E01D0015140000 Floating bridges, e.g. pontoon bridges (landing bridges E01D0015240000; floating bodies or pontoons B63B) E01D0015200000 collapsible, expandable, inflatable or the like (E01D0015220000 takes precedence);; E01D0015220000 designed as, or mounted on, vehicles E01D0015240000 Bridges or similar structures, based on land or on a fixed structure and designed to give access to ships or other floating structures (arrangement of ship-based ramps B63B0027140000; loading ramps B65G0069280000) E01D0018000000 Bridges specially adapted for particular applications or functions not provided for elsewhere, e.g. aqueducts, bridges for supporting pipe-lines E01D0019000000 Structural or constructional details of bridges E01D0019020000 Piers; Abutments (foundations E02D) E01D0019040000 Bearings; Hinges E01D0019060000 Arrangement, construction, or bridging of expansion joints (sealing joints not restricted to expansion joints for bridges E04B0001680000) E01D0019080000 Damp-proof or other insulating layers; Drainage arrangements or devices E01D0019100000 Railings; Protectors against smoke or gases, e.g. of locomotives; Maintenance travellers; Fastening of pipes or cables to bridges (supports for pipes, cables or protective tubing, e.g. hangers, holders, clamps, cleats, clips, brackets, F16L0003000000) E01D0019120000 Grating or flooring for bridges; Fastening railway sleepers or tracks to bridges (sleepers E01B0003000000) E01D0019140000 Towers; Anchors; Saddle supports E01D0019160000 Suspension cables; Cable clamps for suspension cables E01D0021000000 Methods or apparatus specially adapted for erecting or assembling bridges E01D0021060000 by translational movement of the bridge or bridge sections E01D0021080000 by rotational movement of the bridge or bridge sections E01D0021100000 Cantilevered erection E01D0022000000 Methods or apparatus for repairing or strengthening existing bridges E01D0024000000 Methods or apparatus for dismantling bridges E01D0101000000 Indexing scheme associated with groups E01D0001000000-E01D0022000000, relating to the material constitution of bridges. E01D0101000000 Material constitution of bridges E01D0101100000 Wood E01D0101200000 Concrete, stone or stone-like material E01D0101220000 MasonryBricks E01D0101240000 Concrete E01D0101260000 reinforced E01D0101280000 prestressed E01D0101300000 Metal (E01D0101260000 takes precedence);; E01D0101320000 prestressed E01D0101340000 non-ferrous, e.g. aluminium E01D0101400000 Plastics E01F ADDITIONAL WORK, SUCH AS EQUIPPING ROADS OR THE CONSTRUCTION OF PLATFORMS, HELICOPTER LANDING STAGES, SIGNS, SNOW FENCES, OR THE LIKE E01F0001000000 Arrangement or construction of additional equipment for roads or railways; Landing stages for helicopters E01F0001000000 Construction of platforms or refuge islands (general arrangement of railway platforms B61B) E01F0003000000 Landing stages for helicopters, e.g. located above buildings (layout of airfields B64F; buildings or like structures for special purposes E04H) E01F0005000000 Draining the sub-base of roads or ballastway of railways by trenches, culverts, or conduits (underground drainage E02D; conduits for sewerage E03F) E01F0007000000 Devices affording protection against snow, sand drifts, side-wind effects, snowslides, avalanches or falling rocks (permanently installed heating or blowing devices for roads E01C0011260000); Anti-dazzle arrangements E01F0007020000 Snow fences or similar devices, e.g. devices affording protection against sand drifts or side-wind effects (fences in general E04H0017000000) E01F0007040000 Devices affording protection against snowslides, avalanches or falling rocks, e.g. avalanche preventing structures, galleries (securing of slopes E02D0017200000; roof snow-traps E04D0013100000) E01F0007060000 Anti-dazzle arrangements (E01F0008000000 takes precedence);; E01F0008000000 Arrangements for absorbing or reflecting air transmitted noise from road or railway traffic (ground installations for reducing aircraft noise B64F0001260000; general building constructions for absorbing or reflecting noise, noise absorption or reflection for buildings E04B0001740000) E01F0008020000 specially adapted for sustaining vegetation or for accommodating plants (receptacles for cultivation of plants A01G0009020000; securing slopes or inclines E02D0017200000; retaining or protecting walls E02D0029020000) E01F0009000000 Arrangements for facilitating the use of roads E01F0009000000 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 E01F0009011000 Upright bodies, e.g. marker posts or bollards; Supports for road signs (posts or poles in general E04H0012000000; means for attaching signs to a supporting structure in general G09F0007180000) E01F0009012000 free-standing, e.g. traffic cones, foldable or inflatable devices E01F0009013000 intended to be readily removable, e.g. for insertion into road-stud sockets (E01F0009012000 takes precedence);; E01F0009014000 Storing, transporting, placing or retrieving portable devices E01F0009015000 with reflectors, e.g. with means for keeping clean E01F0009016000 illuminated (for obstructing or restricting traffic E01F0013000000) E01F0009017000 self-righting after deflection or displacement E01F0009018000 specially adapted for breaking, disengaging, collapsing or permanent deformation upon deflection or displacement, e.g. upon vehicle impact E01F0009019000 extensible, collapsible or pivotable (E01F0009017000, E01F0009018000 take precedence);; E01F0009030000 Arrangements for fastening signs or signals to safety barriers or the like E01F0009040000 Road surface markings; Kerbs or road edgings, specially adapted for informing road users, e.g. illuminated (for redirecting vehicles E01F0015000000) E01F0009047000 specially adapted for audible or vibrational signalling, e.g. rumble strips, or for enforcing reduced speed, e.g. speed bumps E01F0009053000 Kerbs or road edgings, specially adapted for informing road users, e.g. illuminated E01F0009060000 Traffic studs; Marking blocks E01F0009070000 having deflectable or displaceable parts, with or without return to original position, e.g. flexible flaps E01F0009080000 Traffic lines E01F0009087000 Lane delineators for physically separating traffic lanes and discouraging but not preventing crossing E01F0009093000 movable for repeated use at different locations E01F0011000000 Embedding pads or other sensitive devices in paving or other road surfaces (pressure-sensitive elements G01L; traffic control systems G08G) E01F0013000000 Arrangements for obstructing or restricting traffic, e.g. gates, barricades (for railway crossings B61L) E01F0013020000 free-standing E01F0013040000 movable to allow or prevent passage E01F0013060000 by swinging into open position about a horizontal axis parallel to the road direction, i.e. swinging gates E01F0013080000 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 E01F0013100000 Vehicle barriers specially adapted for allowing passage in one direction only E01F0013120000 for forcibly arresting or disabling vehicles, e.g. spiked mats E01F0015000000 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 E01F0009030000; for forcibly arresting vehicles E01F0013000000) E01F0015020000 Continuous barriers extending along roads or between traffic lanes (crossable-lane separators E01F0009087000) E01F0015040000 essentially made of longitudinal beams or rigid strips (E01F0015100000, E01F0015120000 take precedence);; E01F0015060000 essentially made of cables, nettings or the like (E01F0015100000, E01F0015120000 take precedence;protection against falling rocks E01F0007040000; arresting gear for aircraft B64F0001020000) E01F0015080000 essentially made of walls or wall-like elements (E01F0015100000, E01F0015120000 take precedence);; E01F0015100000 portable, e.g. for temporary use E01F0015120000 and having means for providing occasional passage, e.g. for emergency vehicles E01F0015140000 specially adapted for local protection, e.g. for bridge piers, for traffic islands E01H STREET CLEANING; CLEANING OF PERMANENT WAYS; CLEANING BEACHES; CLEANING LAND; DISPERSING FOG IN GENERAL (mowers convertible to apparatus for sweeping or cleaning lawns or other surfaces, e.g. to remove snow, or capable of sweeping or cleaning lawns or other surfaces A01D0042060000; cleaning in general B08B) E01H0001000000 Removing undesirable matter from roads or like surfaces, with or without moistening of the surface (for snow or ice E01H0005000000; cleaning tramway rails E01H0008000000; obstruction-removers on vehicles B60R0019000000; in combination with application of bitumen or the like E01C0019160000; in combination with application of traffic lines E01C0023160000) E01H0001020000 Brushing apparatus (E01H0001080000-E01H0001140000; take precedence;brushes in general A46B) E01H0001040000 taking-up the sweepings, e.g. for collecting, for loading E01H0001050000 with driven brushes (E01H0001040000 takes precedence);; E01H0001080000 Pneumatically dislodging or taking-up undesirable matter (suction cleaners in general A47L0005000000-A47L0009000000); Drying by heat only, or by streams of gas (permanently-installed heating or blowing devices E01C0011260000; heating or drying for road building or repairing E01C0023140000); Cleaning by projecting abrasive particles (sand-blasting in general B24C) E01H0001100000 Hydraulically loosening or dislodging undesirable matter (stationary flushing devices E01H0003040000); Raking or scraping apparatus (hand implements E01H0001120000) E01H0001120000 Hand implements, e.g. litter pickers (rakes A01D0007000000) E01H0001140000 Removing by magnetic effect E01H0003000000 Applying liquids to roads or like surfaces, e.g. for dust control; Stationary flushing devices (combined with removal of undesirable matter E01H0001000000; spray heads, other outlets B05B) E01H0003020000 Mobile apparatus, e.g. watering-vehicles (vehicle features B60P0003220000; applying liquid materials for road paving E01C0019160000) E01H0003040000 Fixed devices, e.g. permanently-installed flushing means (hydrants E03B0009020000) E01H0004000000 Making or maintaining surfaces of snow or ice suitable for traffic or sporting purposes, e.g. by compacting snow E01H0004020000 for sporting purposes, e.g. devices adapted for ski-trails (production of ice or snow F25C0003000000) E01H0005000000 Removing snow or ice from roads or like surfaces; Grading or roughening snow or ice (by applying de-icing agents E01H0010000000; obstruction removers on vehicles B60R0019000000; sand, gravel or salt spreaders E01C0019200000) E01H0005020000 Hand implements (E01H0005040000, E01H0005100000, E01H0005120000 take precedence);; E01H0005040000 Apparatus propelled by animal or engine power; Apparatus propelled by hand with driven dislodging or conveying elements, e.g. conveying pneumatically (E01H0005100000, E01H0005120000 take precedence);; E01H0005060000 dislodging essentially by non-driven elements, e.g. scraper blades E01H0005070000 and conveying dislodged material by driven or pneumatic means E01H0005080000 dislodging essentially by driven elements E01H0005090000 the elements being rotary or moving along a closed circular path, e.g. rotary cutter, digging wheels E01H0005100000 by application of heat (stationary blowing or paving-heating means E01C0011260000) E01H0005120000 Apparatus or implements specially adapted for breaking, disintegrating, or loosening layers of ice or hard snow E01H0006000000 Apparatus equipped with, or having provisions for equipping with, both elements for removal of refuse or the like and elements for removal of snow or ice (E01H0008100000 takes precedence);; E01H0008000000 Removing undesirable matter from the permanent way of railways; Removing undesirable matter from tramway rails (E01H0001000000-E01H0006000000; take precedence);; E01H0008020000 Methods or apparatus for removing ice or snow from railway tracks, e.g. using snow-ploughs (operating only on rails or flange grooves E01H0008100000) E01H0008040000 essentially by non-driven elements E01H0008060000 essentially by driven tools E01H0008080000 by application of heat (heated track E01B0019000000) E01H0008100000 Removing undesirable matter from rails, flange grooves, or the like, e.g. removing ice from contact rails, removing mud from flange grooves (heating, blowing, or fluid-applying devices installed in the track E01B0019000000; built-in draining devices for rails E01B0021020000; removing ballast from rails E01B0027040000) E01H0008120000 specially adapted to grooved rails, flangeways, or the like E01H0010000000 Improving gripping of ice-bound or other slippery traffic surfaces, e.g. using gritting or thawing materials (roughening ice by means of tools E01H0005120000; applying de-icing agents to rails E01H0008100000; thawing materials C09K0003180000; by constructional features E01C0011240000) E01H0011000000 Control of undesirable vegetation on roads or permanent ways of railways (destruction of undesirable vegetation in general A01M0007000000-A01M0015000000, A01M0021000000; weeding involving working the ballast E01B0027000000); Applying liquids, e.g. water, weed-killer, bitumen, to permanent ways (specially to rails E01H0008100000; for preserving sleepers E01B0031200000) E01H0012000000 Cleaning beaches E01H0013000000 Dispersing fog in general, e.g. on roads, on airfields E01H0015000000 Removing undesirable matter, e.g. rubbish, from the land, not otherwise provided for (gatherers for removing stones, roots or the like from the soil A01B0043000000) E02 HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING; FOUNDATIONS; SOIL-SHIFTING E02B HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING (ship-lifting E02C; dredging E02F) E02B0001000000 Equipment or apparatus for, or methods of, general hydraulic engineering E02B0001020000 Hydraulic models E02B0003000000 Engineering work in connection with control or use of streams, rivers, coasts, or other marine sites (barrages or weirs E02B0007000000); Sealings or joints for engineering work in general E02B0003020000 Stream regulation, e.g. breaking up subaqueous rock, cleaning the beds of waterways, directing the water flow (dredging or scraping devices E02F) E02B0003040000 Structures or apparatus for, or methods of, protecting banks, coasts, or harbours (sealings or joints E02B0003160000) E02B0003060000 Moles; Piers; Quays; Quay walls; Groynes; Breakwaters E02B0003080000 Structures of loose stones with or without piles (piles E02D0005000000) E02B0003100000 Dams; Dykes; Sluice ways or other structures for dykes, dams, or the like (making embankments or dams in general E02D0017180000) E02B0003120000 Revetment of banks, dams, watercourses, or the like (of slopes in general E02D0017200000) E02B0003140000 Preformed blocks; Arrangements thereof E02B0003160000 Sealings or joints (joints for foundation structures E02D0029160000; sealing joints not restricted to hydraulic engineering work E04B0001680000) E02B0003180000 Reclamation of land from water (drainage of soil E02B0011000000) E02B0003200000 Equipment for shipping on coasts, in harbours or on other fixed marine structures, e.g. bollards (tying-up, anchoring B63B0021000000, e.g. bollards for shipping B63B0021060000; buoys B63B0022000000) E02B0003240000 Mooring posts E02B0003260000 Fenders (fenders integral with waterborne vessels or specially adapted therefor B63B0059020000) E02B0003280000 Fender piles E02B0005000000 Artificial water canals (for water-power plants E02B0009020000; irrigation of soil E02B0013000000) E02B0005020000 Making or lining canals E02B0005040000 Navigable canals E02B0005060000 Operating equipment in connection with canals (ship-lifting devices E02C) E02B0005080000 Details, e.g. gates, screens E02B0007000000 Barrages or weirs; Layout, construction, methods of, or devices for, making same (for protecting banks, coasts, or harbours E02B0003040000; sealings or joints E02B0003160000; handling building or like materials for hydraulic engineering E02D0015000000; foundations in general E02D0027000000) E02B0007020000 Fixed barrages E02B0007040000 Dams across valleys E02B0007060000 Earth-fill dams; Rock-fill dams E02B0007080000 Wall dams E02B0007100000 Gravity dams, i.e. those in which the weight of the structure prevents overturning E02B0007120000 Arch dams E02B0007140000 Buttress dams E02B0007160000 Fixed weirs; Superstructures or flash-boards therefor E02B0007180000 Siphon weirs E02B0007200000 Movable barrages; Lock gates E02B0007220000 Stop log dams; Emergency gates E02B0007240000 Needle weirs E02B0007260000 Vertical-lift gates E02B0007280000 with sliding gates E02B0007300000 with guide wheels or rollers for the gates E02B0007320000 Cylindrical or tubular gates E02B0007340000 Flash-boards for vertical-lift gates E02B0007360000 Elevating mechanisms for vertical-lift gates E02B0007380000 Rolling gates E02B0007400000 Swinging or turning gates E02B0007420000 Gates of segmental or sector-like shape with horizontal axis E02B0007440000 Hinged-leaf gates E02B0007460000 Gates turning round a horizontal axis arranged midway of the flap E02B0007480000 Roof or double shutter gates E02B0007500000 Floating gates E02B0007520000 Equipment preventing vibration of gates E02B0007540000 Sealings for gates E02B0008000000 Details of barrages or weirs (cleaning or keeping clear the surface of open water E02B0015000000) E02B0008020000 Sediment base gates; Sand sluices; Structures for arresting waterborne material E02B0008040000 Valves, slides, or the like; Submerged sluice gates E02B0008060000 Spillways; Devices for dissipation of energy, e.g. for reducing eddies E02B0008080000 Fish passes; Passages for rafts or boats E02B0009000000 Water-power plants; Layout, construction or equipment, methods of, or apparatus for, making same (hydraulic motors F03B) E02B0009020000 Water-ways E02B0009040000 Free-flow canals or flumes; Intakes (gratings or screens therefor E02B0005080000) E02B0009060000 Pressure galleries or pressure conduits; Galleries specially adapted to house pressure conduits; Means specially adapted for use therewith, e.g. housings, valves, gates (driving inclined galleries E21D0009020000; valves in general F16K; conduits in general F16L) E02B0009080000 Tide or wave power plants (water-pressure machines, tide or wave motors F03B) E02B0011000000 Drainage of soil, e.g. for agricultural purposes E02B0011020000 Drainage-device-laying apparatus, e.g. drainage ploughs E02B0013000000 Irrigation ditches, i.e. gravity flow, open channel water distribution systems (other distribution systems for watering or spraying gardens, fields, sports grounds, or the like A01G0025000000) E02B0013020000 Closures for irrigation conduits E02B0015000000 Cleaning or keeping clear the surface of open water; Apparatus therefor (construction of ships or other waterborne vessels B63B, e.g. vessels specially adapted for collecting pollution from open water B63B0035320000; in swimming or splash baths or pools E04H0004160000) E02B0015020000 from ice E02B0015040000 Devices for cleaning or keeping clear the surface of open water from oil or like floating materials by separating or removing these materials (other treatment of water, waste water or sewage C02F; materials for treating liquid pollutants, e.g. oil, gasoline, fat, C09K0003320000) E02B0015060000 Barriers therefor (E02B0015080000 takes precedence);; E02B0015080000 Devices for reducing the polluted area without removing the material E02B0015100000 Devices for removing the material from the surface E02B0017000000 Artificial islands mounted on piles or like supports, e.g. platforms on raisable legs; Construction methods therefor (fenders E02B0003260000; anchoring floating platforms B63B0021000000; floating platforms, e.g. anchored, B63B0035440000; independent underwater structures E02D0029000000) E02B0017020000 placed by lowering the supporting construction to the bottom, e.g. with subsequent fixing thereto E02B0017040000 Equipment specially adapted for raising, lowering, or immobilising the working platform relative to the supporting construction (platform lifts in general B66F0007000000) E02B0017060000 for immobilising, e.g. using wedges or clamping rings E02B0017080000 for raising or lowering E02C SHIP-LIFTING DEVICES OR MECHANISMS E02C0001000000 Locks; Shaft locks, i.e. locks of which one front side is formed by a solid wall with an opening in the lower part through which the ships pass (lock gates E02B0007200000) E02C0001020000 with auxiliary basins E02C0001040000 with floating troughs E02C0001060000 Devices for filling or emptying locks (in lock gates E02B0007200000) E02C0001080000 Arrangements for dissipating the energy of the water (carried by lock gates E02B0008060000) E02C0001100000 Equipment for use in connection with the navigation of ships in locks; Mooring equipment (tying-up, anchoring waterborne vessels B63B0021000000; equipment for shipping on coasts, in harbours or on other fixed marine structures E02B0003200000) E02C0003000000 Inclined-plane ship-lifting mechanisms E02C0005000000 Mechanisms for lifting ships vertically (salvaging sunken vessels B63C0007000000) E02C0005020000 with floating chambers E02D FOUNDATIONS; EXCAVATIONS; EMBANKMENTS (specially adapted for hydraulic engineering E02B); UNDERGROUND OR UNDERWATER STRUCTURES E02D0001000000 Investigation of foundation soil in situ(investigation involving boring or specially adapted to earth drilling E21B0025000000, E21B0049000000; investigating or analysing materials by determining their chemical or physical properties, in general G01N, e.g. sampling G01N0001000000) E02D0001020000 before construction work E02D0001040000 Sampling of soil E02D0001060000 Sampling of ground water E02D0001080000 after finishing the foundation structure E02D0003000000 Improving or preserving soil or rock, e.g. preserving permafrost soil (securing of slopes or inclines E02D0017200000; damming or interrupting passage of underground water E02D0019120000; improving soil for agricultural purposes A01; soil stabilisation for road building or like purposes E01C0021000000, E01C0023100000; setting rock anchoring bolts E21D) E02D0003020000 Improving by compacting (E02D0003110000 takes precedence;compacting soil locally before or while forming foundations E02D0027260000, E02D0027280000) E02D0003026000 by rolling with rollers usable only for or specially adapted for soil compaction, e.g. sheepsfoot rollers (rollers for soil working in agriculture A01B0029000000; rollers for road paving, such rollers usable also for compacting soil E01C0019230000) E02D0003032000 Trench rollers E02D0003039000 Slope rollers E02D0003046000 by tamping or vibrating, e.g. with auxiliary watering of the soil (E02D0003026000, E02D0003080000 take precedence;tamping or vibrating apparatus for working ballast on railways E01B0027000000, for consolidating paving materials E01C0019300000, for consolidating concrete in general E04G0021060000) E02D0003054000 involving penetration of the soil, e.g. vibroflotation E02D0003061000 Tampers with directly acting explosion chambers (pile drivers with explosion chambers E02D0007120000) E02D0003068000 Vibrating apparatus operating with systems involving reciprocating masses (E02D0003054000, E02D0003061000 take precedence);; E02D0003074000 Vibrating apparatus operating with systems involving rotary unbalanced masses (E02D0003054000 takes precedence);; E02D0003080000 by inserting stones or lost bodies, e.g. compaction piles (sand drains for soil compaction E02D0003100000; stressing soil while forming foundations E02D0027280000) E02D0003100000 by watering, draining, de-aerating or blasting, e.g. by installing sand or wick drains (E02D0003110000 takes precedence;soil-penetrating vibrators with auxiliary watering E02D0003054000; drainage of soil in general E02B0011000000) E02D0003110000 by thermal, electrical or electro-chemical means (freezing soil for interrupting passage of underground water E02D0019140000) E02D0003115000 by freezing E02D0003120000 Consolidating by placing solidifying or pore-filling substances in the soil (making piles E02D0005460000; soil-conditioning or soil-stabilising materials C09K0017000000) E02D0005000000 Bulkheads, piles, or other structural elements specially adapted to foundation engineering (engineering elements in general F16) E02D0005020000 Sheet piles or sheet pile bulkheads E02D0005030000 Prefabricated parts E02D0005040000 made of steel E02D0005060000 Fitted piles or other elements specially adapted for closing gaps between two sheet piles or between two walls of sheet piles E02D0005080000 Locking forms; Edge joints; Pile crossings; Branch pieces E02D0005100000 made of concrete or reinforced concrete E02D0005120000 Locking forms; Edge joints; Pile crossings; Branch pieces E02D0005140000 Sealing joints between adjacent piles (sealing joints not restricted to foundation piles E04B0001680000) E02D0005160000 Auxiliary devices rigidly or detachably arranged on sheet piles for facilitating assembly E02D0005180000 Bulkheads or similar walls made solely of concrete ; in situ E02D0005200000 Bulkheads or similar walls made of prefabricated parts and concrete, including reinforced concrete, ; in situ E02D0005220000 Piles (sheet piles E02D0005020000) E02D0005240000 Prefabricated piles E02D0005260000 made of timber with or without reinforcement; Means affording protection against spoiling of the wood (cases E02D0005600000; impregnating agents B27K0003160000); Self-cleaning of piles placed in water E02D0005280000 made of steel E02D0005300000 made of concrete or reinforced concrete or made of steel and concrete E02D0005320000 with arrangements for setting in position by fluid jets E02D0005340000 Concrete or concrete-like piles cast in position E02D0005360000 making without use of mould-pipes or other moulds E02D0005380000 making by use of mould-pipes or other moulds E02D0005400000 in open water E02D0005420000 by making use of pressure liquid or pressure gas for compacting the concrete E02D0005440000 with enlarged footing or enlargements at the bottom of the pile E02D0005460000 making in situ by forcing bonding agents into gravel fillings or the soil(consolidating soil in general E02D0003120000) E02D0005480000 Piles varying in construction along their length E02D0005500000 Piles comprising both precast concrete portions and concrete portions cast ; in situ E02D0005520000 Piles composed of separable parts, e.g. telescopic tubes E02D0005540000 Piles with prefabricated supports or anchoring parts; Anchoring piles E02D0005560000 Screw piles E02D0005580000 Prestressed concrete piles E02D0005600000 Piles with protecting cases E02D0005620000 Compacting the soil at the footing or in a casing by forcing cement or like material through tubes E02D0005640000 Repairing piles E02D0005660000 Mould-pipes or other moulds E02D0005680000 for making bulkheads E02D0005700000 for making sheet piles E02D0005720000 Pile shoes E02D0005740000 Means for anchoring structural elements or bulkheads (anchoring piles E02D0005540000) E02D0005760000 Anchorings for bulkheads or sections thereof E02D0005800000 Ground anchors E02D0007000000 Methods or apparatus for placing sheet pile bulkheads, piles, mould-pipes, or other moulds (for both placing and removing E02D0011000000) E02D0007020000 Placing by driving E02D0007040000 Hand pile-drivers E02D0007060000 Power-driven drivers E02D0007080000 Drop drivers with free-falling hammer E02D0007100000 with pressure-operated hammer E02D0007120000 Drivers with explosion chambers E02D0007140000 Components for drivers E02D0007160000 Scaffolds for drivers E02D0007180000 Placing by vibrating E02D0007200000 Placing by pressure or pulling power E02D0007220000 Placing by screwing down E02D0007240000 Placing by using fluid jets E02D0007260000 Placing by using several means simultaneously E02D0007280000 Placing of hollow piles or mould-pipes by means arranged inside the piles or pipes E02D0007300000 by driving cores E02D0009000000 Removing sheet pile bulkheads, piles, mould-pipes, or other moulds (for both placing and removing E02D0011000000) E02D0009020000 by withdrawing E02D0009040000 by cutting-off under water E02D0011000000 Methods or apparatus for both placing and removing sheet pile bulkheads, piles, or mould-pipes (features relating to placing only E02D0007000000, to removing only E02D0009000000) E02D0013000000 Accessories for placing or removing piles or bulkheads E02D0013020000 specially adapted for placing or removing bulkheads E02D0013040000 Guide devices; Guide frames E02D0013060000 for observation while placing E02D0013080000 Removing obstacles E02D0013100000 Follow-blocks of pile-drivers or like devices E02D0015000000 Handling building or like materials for hydraulic engineering or foundations (conveying or working-up concrete or similar masses in general E04G0021020000) E02D0015020000 Handling of bulk concrete specially for foundation purposes E02D0015040000 Placing concrete in mould-pipes, pile tubes, boreholes, or narrow shafts E02D0015060000 Placing concrete under water E02D0015080000 Sinking workpieces into water or soil E02D0015100000 Placing gravel or like material under water E02D0017000000 Excavations; Bordering of excavations; Making embankments (soil shifting apparatus E02F; earth drilling E21) E02D0017020000 Foundation pits E02D0017040000 Bordering or stiffening the sides of foundation pits E02D0017060000 Foundation ditches or narrow shafts E02D0017080000 Bordering or stiffening the sides of ditches or narrow shafts for foundations E02D0017100000 Covering trenches for foundations E02D0017120000 Back-filling of foundation trenches or ditches E02D0017130000 Foundation slots; Implements for making these slots E02D0017160000 Loosening of soil or rock, under water (for correcting streams E02B0003020000; by dredgers or excavators E02F) E02D0017180000 Making embankments (E02D0017200000 takes precedence);; E02D0017200000 Securing of slopes or inclines E02D0019000000 Keeping dry foundation sites or other areas in the ground (sheet piles or bulkheads E02D0005020000) E02D0019020000 Restraining of open water E02D0019040000 by coffer-dams E02D0019060000 Restraining of underground water E02D0019080000 by employing open ditches arranged below the level of the water E02D0019100000 by lowering level of ground water E02D0019120000 by damming or interrupting the passage of underground water E02D0019140000 by freezing the soil (in connection with sinking shafts E21D0001120000) E02D0019160000 by placing or applying sealing substances (consolidating by placing solidifying or pore-filling substances in the soil E02D0003120000) E02D0019180000 by making use of sealing aprons (sealings or joints for engineering work E02B0003160000) E02D0019200000 by displacing the water, e.g. by compressed air E02D0019220000 Lining sumps in trenches E02D0023000000 Caissons; Construction or placing of caissons (tunnels submerged into or built in open water E02D0029063000) E02D0023020000 Caissons able to be floated on water and to be lowered into water ; in situ E02D0023040000 Pneumatic caissons E02D0023060000 Bringing persons or material into, or out of, compressed air caissons E02D0023080000 Lowering or sinking caissons E02D0023100000 Caissons filled with compressed air E02D0023120000 Inclined lowering E02D0023140000 Decreasing the skin friction while lowering E02D0023160000 Jointing caissons to the foundation soil, specially to uneven foundation soil E02D0025000000 Joining caissons or like sunk units to each other under water E02D0027000000 Foundations as substructures E02D0027010000 Flat foundations E02D0027020000 Flat foundations without substantial excavation (E02D0027040000, E02D0027080000 take precedence);; E02D0027040000 in water or on quicksand E02D0027060000 Floating caisson foundations E02D0027080000 Reinforcements for flat foundations E02D0027100000 Deep foundations E02D0027120000 Pile foundations E02D0027140000 Pile framings E02D0027160000 Foundations formed of separate piles E02D0027180000 Foundations formed by making use of caissons E02D0027200000 Caisson foundations combined with pile foundations E02D0027220000 Caisson foundations made by starting from fixed or floating artificial islands by using protective bulkheads E02D0027240000 Foundations constructed by making use of diving-bells (equipment for dwelling or working under water B63C0011000000) E02D0027260000 Compacting soil locally before forming foundations; Construction of foundation structures by forcing binding substances into gravel fillings (consolidating foundation soil in general E02D0003020000-E02D0003120000) E02D0027280000 Stressing the soil or the foundation structure while forming foundations E02D0027300000 Foundations made with permanent use of sheet pile bulkheads, walls of planks, or sheet piling boxes E02D0027320000 Foundations for special purposes E02D0027340000 Foundations for sinking or earthquake territories (building constructions with protection arrangements against earthquakes E04H0009020000) E02D0027350000 Foundations formed in frozen ground, e.g. in permafrost soil E02D0027360000 Foundations formed in moors or bogs E02D0027380000 Foundations for large tanks, e.g. oil tanks E02D0027400000 Foundations for dams across valleys or for dam constructions E02D0027420000 Foundations for poles, masts, or chimneys E02D0027440000 Foundations for machines, engines, or ordnance (special layout of foundations with respect to machinery to be supported F16M0009000000) E02D0027460000 Foundations for supply conduits or other canals E02D0027480000 Foundations inserted underneath existing buildings or constructions E02D0027500000 Anchored foundations E02D0027520000 Submerged foundations E02D0029000000 Underground or underwater structures (underground tanks B65D0088760000; hydraulic engineering, e.g. sealings or joints, E02B; underground garages E04H0006000000; underground air-raid shelters E04H0009120000; burial vaults E04H0013000000); Retaining walls E02D0029020000 Retaining or protecting walls (piers or quay walls E02B0003060000) E02D0029045000 Underground structures, e.g. tunnels or galleries, built in the open air or by methods involving disturbance of the ground surface all along the location line; Methods of making them E02D0029050000 at least part of the cross-section being constructed in an open excavation or from the ground surface, e.g. assembled in a trench E02D0029055000 further excavation of the cross-section proceeding underneath an already installed part of the structure, e.g. the roof of a tunnel E02D0029063000 Tunnels submerged into, or built in, open water (construction or placing of caissons in general E02D0023000000; joining caissons to each other under water, in general E02D0025000000) E02D0029067000 Floating tunnels; Submerged bridge-like tunnels, i.e. tunnels supported by piers or the like above the water-bed (pontoons or floating bridges E01D0015140000) E02D0029070000 Tunnels or shuttering therefor preconstructed as a whole or continuously made, and moved into place on the water-bed, e.g. into a preformed trench E02D0029073000 Tunnels or shuttering therefor assembled from sections individually sunk onto, or laid on, the water-bed, e.g. in a preformed trench (caisson-type sections lowered onto the water-bed E02D0029077000) E02D0029077000 Tunnels at least partially built beneath the water-bed characterised by being made by methods involving disturbance thereof all along the location line, e.g. by cut-and-cover or caisson methods E02D0029090000 Constructions or methods of constructing, in water, not otherwise provided for E02D0029120000 Manhole shafts; Other inspection or access chambers; Accessories therefor (for underground tanks B65D0090100000; for sewerage E03F0005020000) E02D0029140000 Covers for manholes or the like; Frames for covers E02D0029160000 Arrangement or construction of joints in foundation structures (sealing joints not restricted to foundation structures E04B0001680000) E02D0031000000 Protective arrangements for foundations or foundation structures; Ground foundation measures for protecting the soil or the subsoil water, e.g. preventing or counteracting oil pollution (spillage retaining means for tanks B65D0090240000) E02D0031020000 against ground humidity or ground water E02D0031040000 Watertight packings for use under hydraulic pressure E02D0031060000 against corrosion by soil or water E02D0031080000 against transmission of vibrations or movements in the foundation soil E02D0031100000 against soil pressure or hydraulic pressure E02D0031120000 against upward hydraulic pressure E02D0031140000 against frost heaves in soil E02D0033000000 Testing foundations or foundation structures (testing methods or apparatus, see the relevant subclasses of class G01; testing structures or apparatus as regards function, in general, G01M; investigating or analysing materials by determining their chemical or physical properties, in general G01N) E02D0035000000 Straightening, lifting, or lowering of foundation structures or of constructions erected on foundations E02D0037000000 Repair of damaged foundations or foundation structures E02F DREDGING; SOIL-SHIFTING (winning peat E21C0049000000) E02F0001000000 General working methods with dredgers or soil-shifting machines (methods for making embankments E02D0017180000; methods for mining E21C) E02F0003000000 Dredgers; Soil-shifting machines (for special purposes E02F0005000000; other machines or apparatus for mining E21C; tunnelling E21D) E02F0003020000 hand-operated E02F0003040000 mechanically-driven E02F0003060000 with digging screws E02F0003080000 with digging elements on an endless chain (conveyers B65G) E02F0003100000 with tools that only loosen the material E02F0003120000 Component parts E02F0003140000 Buckets; Chains; Guides for buckets or chains; Drives for chains E02F0003160000 Safety or control devices (safety devices in general F16P; controlling in general G05) E02F0003180000 with digging wheels turning round an axis E02F0003200000 with tools that only loosen the material E02F0003220000 Component parts E02F0003240000 Digging wheels; Digging elements of wheels; Drives for wheels E02F0003260000 Safety or control devices (safety devices in general F16P; controlling in general G05) E02F0003280000 with digging tools mounted on a dipper- or bucket-arm, e.g. dippers, buckets E02F0003300000 with a dipper-arm pivoted on a cantilever beam E02F0003320000 working downwardly and towards the machine, e.g. with backhoes E02F0003340000 with bucket-arms directly pivoted on the frames of tractors or self-propelled machines E02F0003342000 Buckets emptying overhead (E02F0003348000-E02F0003358000; take precedence);; E02F0003345000 Buckets emptying side-ways (E02F0003348000-E02F0003358000; take precedence);; E02F0003348000 Buckets emptying into a collecting or conveying device E02F0003352000 Buckets movable along a fixed guide E02F0003355000 Buckets connected to the rear end of a tractor E02F0003358000 Bucket-arms pivoted on a turntable being part of a tractor frame E02F0003360000 Component parts E02F0003380000 Cantilever beams; Dipper-arms; Bucket-arms E02F0003390000 with telescopic arms E02F0003400000 Dippers; Buckets E02F0003407000 with ejecting device E02F0003413000 with grabbing device (grab equipment for cranes B66C) E02F0003420000 Drives for dippers, buckets, dipper-arms or bucket-arms E02F0003430000 Control of dipper or bucket position; Control of sequence of drive operations E02F0003460000 with reciprocating digging or scraping elements moved by cables or hoisting ropes E02F0003470000 with grab buckets (grab equipment for cranes B66C) E02F0003480000 Drag-lines E02F0003500000 with buckets or other digging elements moved along a rigid guideway E02F0003520000 Cableway excavators (cable cranes B66C) E02F0003540000 Cable scrapers E02F0003560000 with hand-controlled scraper or other digging elements E02F0003580000 Component parts E02F0003600000 Buckets, scrapers, or other digging elements E02F0003627000 Devices to connect beams or arms to a tractor or similar self-propelled machine E02F0003633000 Drives therefor E02F0003640000 Bucket cars, i.e. having scraper bowls E02F0003650000 Component parts, e.g. drives, control devices E02F0003760000 Graders, bulldozers, or the like with scraper plates or ploughshare-like elements (soil working A01B); Levelling devices E02F0003780000 with rotating digging elements E02F0003800000 Component parts E02F0003815000 Blades; Levelling tools E02F0003840000 Drives or control devices therefor E02F0003850000 Applications of hydraulic or pneumatic systems E02F0003880000 with arrangements acting by a sucking or forcing effect, e.g. suction dredgers (pumps in general F04) E02F0003900000 Component parts, e.g. drives, control devices E02F0003920000 Digging elements, e.g. suction heads E02F0003940000 Apparatus for separating stones from the dredged material E02F0003960000 with arrangements for alternate use of different digging elements E02F0005000000 Dredgers or soil-shifting machines for special purposes E02F0005020000 for digging trenches or ditches (agricultural ploughs for working ridges A01B0013020000) E02F0005040000 with digging screws E02F0005060000 with digging elements mounted on an endless chain E02F0005080000 with digging wheels turning round an axis E02F0005100000 with arrangements for reinforcing trenches or ditches; with arrangements for making or assembling conduits or for laying conduits or cables (laying pipes per seF16L0001000000; making pipes in situF16L0001038000; laying electric cables per seH02G0001060000) E02F0005120000 with equipment for back-filling trenches or ditches (E02F0005100000 takes precedence);; E02F0005140000 Component parts for trench excavators, e.g. indicating devices E02F0005160000 Machines for digging other holes in the soil (earth drilling E21) E02F0005180000 for horizontal holes E02F0005200000 for vertical holes E02F0005220000 for making embankments; for back-filling (in combination with trench excavators E02F0005120000) E02F0005240000 Depositing dredged material in mounds E02F0005260000 Combined conveying-bridges and dredgers E02F0005280000 for cleaning watercourses or other waters E02F0005300000 Auxiliary apparatus, e.g. for thawing, cracking, blowing-up, or other preparatory treatment of the soil E02F0005320000 Rippers E02F0007000000 Equipment for conveying or separating excavated material (barges adapted for carrying-away material from floating dredgers B63B0035280000) E02F0007020000 Conveying equipment mounted on a dredger (conveyers in general B65G) E02F0007040000 Loading devices mounted on a dredger (loading devices in general B65G) E02F0007060000 Delivery chutes or screening plants mounted on a dredger (separating equipment in general B03; delivery chutes in general B65G) E02F0007100000 Pipe-lines for conveying excavated materials (pipes in general F16L; pipe-line systems F17D) E02F0009000000 Component parts of dredgers or soil-shifting machines, not restricted to one of the kinds covered by groups E02F0003000000-E02F0007000000; (laying-out or take-up devices for trailing electric cables B66C) E02F0009020000 Travelling gear (for motor vehicles B60B, B60G; undercarriages for locomotives or railroad cars B61F; track-laying vehicles B62D; for cranes B66C) E02F0009040000 Walking gears moving the dredger forward step-by-step E02F0009060000 Floating substructures as supports E02F0009080000 Superstructures; Supports for superstructures E02F0009100000 Supports for movable superstructures mounted on travelling or walking gears or on other superstructures E02F0009120000 Slewing or traversing gears (roller and ball bearings F16C) E02F0009140000 Booms; Cable suspensions E02F0009160000 Cabins, platforms, or the like for the driver (for cranes B66C0013540000) E02F0009180000 Counterweights E02F0009200000 Drives; Control devices (gearing in general F16H; controlling in general G05; electric multi-motor drives H02K, H02P) E02F0009220000 Hydraulic or pneumatic drives E02F0009240000 Safety devices E02F0009260000 Indicating devices E02F0009280000 Small metalwork for digging elements, e.g. teeth E03 WATER SUPPLY; SEWERAGE E03B INSTALLATIONS OR METHODS FOR OBTAINING, COLLECTING, OR DISTRIBUTING WATER (drilling wells, obtaining fluids in general from wells E21B; pipe-line systems in general F17D) E03B0001000000 Methods or layout of installations for water supply (E03B0003000000, E03B0009000000 take precedence);; E03B0001020000 for public or like main supply E03B0001040000 for domestic or like local supply E03B0003000000 Methods or installations for obtaining or collecting drinking water or tap water (treatment of water C02F) E03B0003020000 from rain-water E03B0003030000 Special vessels for collecting or storing rain-water for use in the household, e.g. water-butts E03B0003040000 from surface water E03B0003060000 from underground E03B0003080000 Obtaining and confining water by means of wells (applicable to a combination of water and other liquids or to other liquids only E21B0043000000) E03B0003100000 by means of pit wells E03B0003110000 in combination with tubes, e.g. perforated, extending horizontally, or upwardly inclined, exterior to the pits E03B0003120000 by means of vertical pipe wells E03B0003140000 by means of horizontal or oblique wells E03B0003150000 Keeping wells in good condition, e.g. by cleaning, repairing, regenerating; Maintaining or enlarging the capacity of wells or water-bearing layers (with artificial enrichment E03B0003320000) E03B0003160000 Component parts of wells E03B0003180000 Well filters (filters in general B01D0024000000-B01D0035000000) E03B0003200000 of elements of special shape E03B0003220000 Selection of specified materials E03B0003240000 formed of loose materials, e.g. gravel E03B0003260000 with packed filtering material E03B0003280000 from humid air (condensing of vapours in general B01D0005000000; dehumidification of air for air-conditioning F24F0003140000) E03B0003300000 from snow or ice E03B0003320000 with artificial enrichment, e.g. by adding water from a pond or a river E03B0003340000 of underground water E03B0003360000 of surface water E03B0003380000 Curbs for springs E03B0003400000 Other devices for confining, e.g. trenches, drainage E03B0005000000 Use of pumping plants or installations; Layouts thereof (pumps, pumping plants or installations per se, F04) E03B0005020000 arranged in buildings E03B0005040000 arranged in wells E03B0005060000 Special equipment E03B0007000000 Water main or service pipe systems (pipes or tubes in general F16L) E03B0007020000 Public or like main pipe systems E03B0007040000 Domestic or like local pipe systems (domestic plumbing E03C0001020000) E03B0007070000 Arrangement of devices, e.g. filters, flow controls, measuring devices, siphons, valves, in the pipe systems (devices per se, see the relevant classes for these devices);; E03B0007080000 Arrangement of draining devices (draining devices in general F16K, F16L) E03B0007090000 Component parts or accessories (tools for cleaning pipes B08B0009020000; devices for preventing contamination of drinking water pipes for domestic use E03C0001100000; devices for preventing damage in case of bursts of pipes F16L; heating of pipes in general F16L0053000000) E03B0007100000 Devices preventing bursting of pipes by freezing (devices preventing bursting of pipes in general F16L0055000000) E03B0007120000 by preventing freezing E03B0007140000 Devices for thawing frozen pipes E03B0009000000 Methods or installations for drawing-off water (domestic water-drawing devices E03C; taps or valves per seF16K) E03B0009020000 Hydrants; Arrangement of valves therein; Keys for hydrants E03B0009040000 Column hydrants E03B0009060000 Covers E03B0009080000 Underground hydrants E03B0009100000 Protective plates or covers E03B0009120000 Stand-pipes E03B0009140000 Draining devices for hydrants E03B0009160000 Devices for retaining foreign matter, e.g. sand E03B0009180000 Cleaning tools for hydrants E03B0009200000 Pillar fountains or like apparatus for dispensing drinking water E03B0011000000 Arrangements or adaptations of tanks for water supply (water-butts E03B0003030000; storage aspects B65D, B65G, F17B, F17C; foundations E02D0027380000; construction or assembling of bulk storage containers employing civil engineering techniques E04H0007000000; tower aspects E04H0012000000) E03B0011020000 for domestic or like local water supply E03B0011040000 without air regulator E03B0011060000 with air regulator E03B0011080000 Air regulators E03B0011100000 for public or like main water supply E03B0011120000 of high-level tanks E03B0011140000 of underground tanks E03B0011160000 Adaptations of devices for putting pumping plants in and out of operation, e.g. automatic control devices E03C DOMESTIC PLUMBING INSTALLATIONS FOR FRESH WATER OR WASTE WATER (not connected to either water-supply main or to waste pipe A47K; devices of the kind used in the ground E03B, E03F); SINKS E03C0001000000 Domestic plumbing installations for fresh water or waste water; Sinks E03C0001010000 for combinations of baths, showers, sinks, wash-basins, closets, urinals, or the like E03C0001020000 Plumbing installations for fresh water E03C0001040000 Water-basin installations specially adapted to wash-basins or baths (valves, faucets, mixing valves, taps F16K) E03C0001042000 Arrangements on taps for wash-basins or baths for connecting to the wall E03C0001044000 having a heating or cooling apparatus in the supply line (water heaters, e.g. with continuous flow, F24H) E03C0001046000 Adding soap, disinfectant, or the like, in the supply line (preventing contamination of drinking-water pipes E03C0001100000) E03C0001048000 supplying water through two or more openings around or along one side of the water-basin E03C0001050000 Arrangements of devices on wash-basins, baths, sinks, or the like, for remote control of taps (remote control of taps or the like, per seF16K) E03C0001060000 Devices for suspending or supporting the supply pipe or supply hose of a shower-bath E03C0001080000 Jet regulators, e.g. anti-splash devices E03C0001084000 Jet regulators with aerating means E03C0001086000 Jet regulators or jet guides, easily mountable on the outlet of taps E03C0001100000 Devices for preventing contamination of drinking-water pipes, e.g. means for aerating self-closing flushing valves (vacuum-breakers in general F16K, F16L) E03C0001120000 Plumbing installations for waste water; Basins or fountains connected thereto (drainage devices in floors E03F0005040000); Sinks E03C0001122000 Pipe-line systems for waste water in buildings (pipe-line systems in general F17D) E03C0001126000 Installations for disinfecting or deodorising waste-water plumbing installations E03C0001140000 Wash-basins connected to the waste pipe E03C0001160000 Wash-fountains connected to the waste pipe E03C0001180000 Sinks, whether or not connected to the waste-pipe E03C0001181000 Anti-splash devices in sinks (jet regulators E03C0001080000) E03C0001182000 connected to the waste pipe E03C0001184000 adapted for attachment of washing machines or heating or cooling devices (washing machines for attachment D06F0007000000) E03C0001186000 Separate partition walls, lids, protecting borders, or the like, for sinks E03C0001200000 Connecting baths or bidets to the waste pipe E03C0001220000 Outlet devices mounted in basins, baths, or sinks (stoppers A47K0001140000) E03C0001230000 with mechanical closure mechanisms E03C0001232000 combined with overflow devices (overflow devices for basins or baths per seE03C0001240000) E03C0001240000 Overflow devices for basins or baths (E03C0001232000 takes precedence);; E03C0001242000 automatically actuating supply or draining valves E03C0001244000 Separate devices to be placed on the outlet opening E03C0001260000 Object-catching inserts or similar devices for waste pipes or outlets (E03C0001280000 takes precedence);; E03C0001262000 combined with outlet stoppers E03C0001264000 Separate sieves or similar object-catching inserts E03C0001266000 Arrangement of disintegrating apparatus in waste pipes or outlets; Disintegrating apparatus specially adapted for installation in waste pipes or outlets E03C0001280000 Odour seals E03C0001282000 combined with additional object-catching devices E03C0001284000 having U-shaped trap E03C0001286000 having hand-operated valves against return of waste water E03C0001288000 having non-return valves against return of waste water (E03C0001286000 takes precedence);; E03C0001290000 having housing containing dividing wall, e.g. tubular E03C0001292000 having elastic housing E03C0001294000 with provisions against loss of water lock E03C0001295000 using air-supply valves E03C0001296000 using water-supply valves E03C0001298000 consisting only of non-return valve E03C0001300000 Devices to facilitate removing of obstructions in waste pipes or sinks E03C0001302000 using devices moved through the pipes E03C0001304000 using fluid under pressure E03C0001306000 by means of a tube connected to the water mains E03C0001308000 by means of a pumping device E03C0001320000 Holders or supports for basins E03C0001322000 connected to the wall only E03C0001324000 adjustable E03C0001326000 resting on the floor E03C0001328000 adjustable E03C0001330000 Fastening sinks or basins in an apertured support E03D WATER-CLOSETS OR URINALS WITH FLUSHING DEVICES; FLUSHING VALVES THEREFOR E03D0001000000 Water flushing devices with cisterns E03D0001010000 Shape or selection of material for flushing cisterns E03D0001012000 Details of shape of cisterns, e.g. for connecting to wall, for supporting or connecting flushing-device actuators E03D0001020000 High-level flushing systems E03D0001040000 Cisterns with bell siphons E03D0001050000 with movable siphon bells E03D0001060000 Cisterns with tube siphons E03D0001070000 with movable or deformable siphon tubes E03D0001080000 Siphon action initiated by air or water pressure E03D0001100000 Siphon action initiated by raising the water level in the cistern, e.g. by means of displacement members E03D0001120000 Siphon action initiated by outlet of air E03D0001140000 Cisterns discharging variable quantities of water (twin or multiple flushing cisterns E03D0001220000; flushing devices operated by pressure of the water supply system and discharging variable quantities of water E03D0003120000) E03D0001160000 Cisterns for periodical discharge E03D0001180000 Cisterns empty when not in action E03D0001200000 Cisterns with tiltably-mounted containers E03D0001220000 Twin or multiple flushing cisterns E03D0001240000 Low-level flushing systems E03D0001260000 Bowl with flushing cistern mounted on the rearwardly extending end of the bowl (shape or material of the cistern E03D0001010000; constructional features of the bowl E03D0011020000-E03D0011120000) E03D0001280000 Bowl integral with the flushing cistern E03D0001300000 Valves for high or low cisterns; Their arrangement (inlet valves, valves in general F16K) E03D0001320000 Arrangement of inlet valves (devices for reducing noise E03D0009140000) E03D0001330000 Adaptations or arrangements of floats (actuating-floats in general F16K0033000000) E03D0001340000 Flushing valves for outlets; Arrangement of outlet valves E03D0001350000 Flushing valves having buoyancy E03D0001360000 Associated working of inlet and outlet valves E03D0001380000 Adaptations or arrangements of flushing pipes (noise-absorbing means in pipe systems F16L0055000000) E03D0003000000 Flushing devices operated by pressure of the water supply system E03D0003020000 Self-closing flushing valves (self-closing valves in general F16K0021040000) E03D0003040000 with piston valve and pressure chamber for retarding the valve-closing movement E03D0003060000 with diaphragm valve and pressure chamber for retarding the valve-closing movement E03D0003080000 with other retarding devices E03D0003100000 Flushing devices with pressure-operated reservoir, e.g. air chamber E03D0003120000 Flushing devices discharging variable quantities of water (flushing cisterns discharging variable quantities of water E03D0001140000) E03D0005000000 Special constructions of flushing devices (in motor vehicles or trailers B60R0015000000; in railway carriages B61D0035000000; in ships B63B0029140000; in aircraft B64D0011020000) E03D0005010000 using flushing pumps E03D0005012000 combined with movable closure elements in the bowl outlet (bowls with closure elements between bottom or outlet and outlet pipe E03D0011100000) E03D0005014000 with devices for separate removal of liquids and solids E03D0005016000 with recirculation of bowl-cleaning fluid E03D0005020000 operated mechanically or hydraulically (E03D0005010000, E03D0005120000 take precedence);; E03D0005040000 directly by the seat or cover E03D0005060000 directly by the door E03D0005080000 directly by foot E03D0005090000 directly by hand E03D0005092000 the flushing element, e.g. siphon bell, being actuated through a lever E03D0005094000 the flushing element, e.g. siphon bell, being actuated through a cable, chain, or the like E03D0005100000 operated electrically (E03D0005010000, E03D0005120000 take precedence);; E03D0005120000 discharging periodically (high-level cisterns for periodical discharge E03D0001160000) E03D0007000000 Wheeled lavatories (wheeled closets without flushing A47K0011000000; construction of land vehicles B62) E03D0009000000 Sanitary or other accessories for lavatories (hand tools for cleaning the toilet bowl A47K0011100000; seats or covers for closets A47K0013000000; body supports, other than seats, for closets A47K0017020000; devices for preventing contamination of drinking-water pipes E03C0001100000) E03D0009020000 Devices adding a disinfecting, deodorising or cleaning agent to the water while flushing, or in the flushing tank (apparatus for disinfection of materials or objects in general A61L0002000000; treatment of water in general C02F) E03D0009030000 consisting of a separate container with an outlet through which the agent is introduced into the flushing water, e.g. by suction E03D0009040000 Special arrangement or operation of ventilating devices (ventilating rooms in general F24F) E03D0009050000 ventilating the bowl E03D0009052000 using incorporated fans E03D0009060000 Auxiliary chambers with water connection to the flushing pipe and adapted to receive utensils for bowl-cleaning, e.g. brushes E03D0009080000 Devices in the bowl producing upwardly-directed sprays; Modifications of the bowl for use with such devices (showers A47K0003280000; bathing devices for special therapeutic or hygienic purposes A61H0033000000, for specific parts of the body A61H0035000000) E03D0009100000 Waste-disintegrating apparatus combined with the bowl E03D0009120000 Means to prevent freezing of lavatories E03D0009140000 Noise-reducing means combined with flushing valves (noise-absorbing means in pipe systems F16L0055000000) E03D0009160000 Water pressure regulating means in flushing pipes E03D0011000000 Other component parts of water-closets (pipe joints or couplings in general F16L) E03D0011020000 Water-closet bowls (auxiliary chambers with connections to flushing water for bowl-cleaning utensils E03D0009060000; modified for using upwardly-directed sprays E03D0009080000; seats or covers A47K0013000000) E03D0011040000 Bowls of flat shape with only slightly inclined bottom E03D0011060000 Bowls with downwardly-extending flanges E03D0011080000 Bowls with means producing a flushing water swirl E03D0011100000 Bowls with closure elements provided between bottom or outlet and the outlet pipe; Bowls with pivotally supported inserts E03D0011110000 Bowls combined with a reservoir, e.g. containing apparatus for disinfecting or for disintegrating E03D0011120000 Swivel-mounted bowls, e.g. for use in restricted spaces E03D0011130000 Parts or details of bowls; Special adaptations of pipe joints or couplings for use with bowls E03D0011140000 Means for connecting the bowl to the wall, e.g. to a wall outlet E03D0011160000 Means for connecting the bowl to the floor, e.g. to a floor outlet E03D0011170000 Means for connecting the bowl to the flushing pipe E03D0011180000 Siphons (for pipes in general F16L0043000000, F16L0045000000) E03D0013000000 Urinals (without flushing devices A47K0011000000) E03F SEWERS; CESSPOOLS E03F0001000000 Methods, systems, or installations for draining-off sewage or storm water E03F0003000000 Sewer pipe-line systems E03F0003020000 Arrangement of sewer pipe-lines or pipe-line systems E03F0003040000 Pipes or fittings specially adapted to sewers (manufacture of concrete tubes B28; pipes or pipe fittings in general F16L) E03F0003060000 Methods of, or installations for, laying sewer pipes (making pipes in situF16L0001038000) E03F0005000000 Sewerage structures E03F0005020000 Manhole shafts or other inspection chambers (in general E02D0029120000); Snow-filling openings; Accessories (covers or frames for manholes or the like E02D0029140000) E03F0005040000 Gullies with or without odour seals or sediment traps E03F0005042000 Arrangements of means against overflow of water, backing-up from the drain E03F0005046000 adapted to be used with kerbs (E03F0005060000 takes precedence);; E03F0005060000 Gully gratings E03F0005080000 Ventilation of sewers E03F0005100000 Collecting-tanks; Equalising-tanks for regulating the run-off; Laying-up basins E03F0005120000 Emergency outlets E03F0005140000 Devices for separating liquid or solid substances from sewage, e.g. sand or sludge traps, rakes or grates (for use in sewage purification plants or both in sewage purification plants or in sewer systems B01D, C02F) E03F0005160000 Devices for separating oil, water, or grease from sewage in drains leading to the main sewer E03F0005180000 Tanks for disinfecting, neutralising, or cooling sewage (arrangements in tanks as to the biological or chemical aspect C02F) E03F0005200000 Siphon pipes or inverted siphons (for connections of baths, basins, or the like E03C0001120000) E03F0005220000 Adaptations of pumping plants for lifting sewage (wheeled apparatus for emptying sewers or cesspools E03F0007100000; pumps, pumping plants, per seF04) E03F0005240000 Installations for neutralising explosions in sewers E03F0005260000 Installations for stirring-up sewage E03F0007000000 Other installations or implements for operating sewer systems, e.g. for preventing or indicating stoppage; Emptying cesspools E03F0007020000 Shut-off devices (in general F16K) E03F0007040000 Valves for preventing return flow E03F0007060000 Devices for restraining rats or other animals E03F0007080000 Hand implements for emptying sewers or cesspools E03F0007100000 Wheeled apparatus for emptying sewers or cesspools E03F0007120000 Installations enabling inspection personnel to drive along sewer canals E03F0009000000 Arrangements or fixed installations for cleaning sewer pipes, e.g. by flushing (sediment traps, rakes, screens, or the like, arranged in sewer lines E03F0005140000; cleaning pipes in general, devices for cleaning pipes B08B0009020000) E03F0011000000 Cesspools (emptying cesspools E03F0007000000; features relating to treatment of sewage C02F) E04 BUILDING (layered materials, layered products in general B32B) E04B 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 E06B0001000000) E04B0001000000 Constructions in general; Structures which are not restricted either to walls, e.g. partitions, or floors or ceilings or roofs (scaffolds, shutterings E04G; structures specially adapted for buildings for special purposes, general layout of buildings, e.g. modular co-ordination, E04H; the particular parts of buildings, see the relevant groups for those parts); E04B0001020000 Structures consisting primarily of load-supporting, block-shaped or slab-shaped elements (E04B0001320000-E04B0001360000; take precedence);; E04B0001040000 the elements consisting of concrete, e.g. reinforced concrete, or other stone-like material E04B0001060000 the elements being prestressed E04B0001080000 the elements consisting of metal E04B0001100000 the elements consisting of wood E04B0001120000 the elements consisting of other material E04B0001140000 the elements being composed of two or more materials (of reinforced concrete E04B0001040000) E04B0001160000 Structures made from masses, e.g. concrete, cast or similarly formed in situ with or without making use of additional elements, such as permanent forms, sub-structures to be coated with load-bearing material(E04B0001320000-E04B0001360000; take precedence);; E04B0001180000 Structures comprising elongated load-supporting parts, e.g. columns, girders, skeletons (E04B0001320000-E04B0001360000; take precedence;elongated load-supporting parts as elements, trusses, truss-like structures E04C0003000000) E04B0001190000 Three-dimensional framework structures E04B0001200000 the supporting parts consisting of concrete, e.g. reinforced concrete, or other stone-like material E04B0001210000 Connections specially adapted therefor E04B0001220000 with parts being prestressed E04B0001240000 the supporting parts consisting of metal E04B0001260000 the supporting parts consisting of wood E04B0001280000 the supporting parts consisting of other material E04B0001300000 the supporting parts being composed of two or more materials; Composite steel and concrete constructions (of reinforced concrete E04B0001200000) E04B0001320000 Arched structures; Vaulted structures; Folded structures (vaulted roofs E04B0007080000) E04B0001340000 Extraordinary structures, e.g. with suspended or cantilever parts supported by masts or tower-like structures enclosing elevators or stairs; Features relating to the elastic stability (E04B0001342000, E04B0001343000, E04B0001348000 take precedence;for floors E04B0005430000; buildings for special purposes, e.g. withstanding earthquake, E04H) E04B0001342000 Structures covering a large free area, whether open-sided or not, e.g. hangars, halls (roof trusses E04C0003000000; non-structural features for specified purposes, see the relevant groups of E04H) E04B0001343000 Structures characterised by movable, separable, or collapsible parts, e.g. for transport (movable roof parts E04B0007160000; floatable buildings B63B; small prefabricated buildings, transportable as a whole, E04H0001120000; small garages E04H0006020000; tents or canopies, in general E04H0015000000) E04B0001344000 with hinged parts E04B0001346000 Rotary buildings; Buildings with rotary units, e.g. rooms E04B0001348000 Structures composed of units comprising at least considerable parts of two sides of a room, e.g. box-like or cell-like units closed or in skeleton form (wall units locating conduits or the like E04C0002520000) E04B0001350000 Extraordinary methods of construction, e.g. lift-slab, jack-block (E04B0001340000 takes precedence;falsework, shuttering for shaping walls, floors, ceilings or roofs for structures of particular shape in situE04G0011040000; conveying or assembling of building materials E04G0021000000; working measures on existing buildings E04G0023000000) E04B0001360000 Bearings or like supports allowing movement (for bridges E01D0019040000; buildings withstanding earthquake E04H0009020000) E04B0001380000 Connections for building structures in general E04B0001410000 Connecting devices specially adapted for embedding in concrete or masonry (spacers for cavity walls E04B0002300000, E04B0002440000; connectors for reinforcing elements E04C0005160000; fastening frames to the border of openings E06B0001560000) E04B0001480000 Dowels, i.e. members adapted to penetrate the surfaces of two parts and to take the shear stresses E04B0001490000 with self-penetrating parts, e.g. claw dowels E04B0001580000 of bar-shaped building elements E04B0001610000 of slab-shaped building elements with each other E04B0001620000 Insulation or other protection; Elements or use of specified material therefor (chemical compositions C01-C11; implements for applying insulation or sealings E04F0021000000; buildings to withstand, or to provide protection against, external undesired influences E04H0009000000; sealing pipes in walls or partitions F16L0005020000; shielding against dangerous radiation G21F; constructions of particular parts of buildings, see the relevant groups for those parts); E04B0001640000 for making damp-proof; Protection against corrosion (sealings E04B0001660000) E04B0001660000 Sealings (additions of anti-leak properties to plaster C04B; bituminous sealing masses C08L0095000000; sealings for hydraulic engineering work in general E02B0003160000; against ground humidity or ground water E02D0031020000; coverings against rain or other precipitations of the atmosphere E04D; composition of material or manufacture of sealing foils, see the relevant classes for these foils); E04B0001680000 of joints, e.g. expansion joints (packing for joints in roads or airfields E01C0011020000; expansion joints for bridges E01D0019060000; sealing joints between foundation piles E02D0005140000; joints in foundation structures E02D0029160000; devices for sealing the spaces or joints between roof-covering elements E04D0001360000; sealing joints between roof-covering elements E04D0003380000; construction of joints for flooring or floor layers made of masses in situE04F0015140000) E04B0001682000 formed ; in situ E04B0001684000 using preformed elastomeric elements E04B0001686000 comprising a plurality of hollow, deformable internal cells E04B0001700000 Drying or keeping dry, e.g. by air vents (by sealings E04B0001660000; during erection E04G0021280000) E04B0001720000 Pest control (by keeping dry E04B0001700000; impregnation of wood or like materials B27K) E04B0001740000 Heat, sound or noise insulation, absorption, or reflection (forms of, or arrangements in, rooms for influencing or directing sound E04B0001990000); Other building methods affording favourable thermal or acoustical conditions, e.g. accumulating of heat within walls (fire protection E04B0001940000; elements chiefly adapted for structural purposes E04C0001000000-E04C0003000000; chiefly adapted for surface coverings E04F0013000000; as underlayers for floor coverings E04F0015180000; closures for wall or like openings E06B) E04B0001760000 specifically with respect to heat only (heat insulation in general F16L0059000000) E04B0001780000 Heat insulating elements E04B0001800000 slab-shaped E04B0001820000 specifically with respect to sound only (noise damping in ducts or channels E04F0017000000; noise damping in general G10K0011160000) E04B0001840000 Sound-absorbing elements E04B0001860000 slab-shaped E04B0001880000 Insulating elements for both heat and sound E04B0001900000 slab-shaped E04B0001920000 Protection against other undesired influences or dangers (buildings providing protection against external dangers E04H0009000000; shielding against dangerous radiation G21F) E04B0001940000 against fire (fire-fighting A62C; impregnation of wood or similar materials B27K; fireproof doors E06B0005160000) E04B0001980000 against vibrations or shocks (on foundations E02D0031080000); against mechanical destruction, e.g. by air-raids (against incendiary damage only E04B0001940000; finishing work therefor E04F; buildings withstanding earthquake or the like, shelters, arrangements of splinter-catching walls E04H0009000000) E04B0001990000 Room acoustics, i.e. forms of, or arrangements in, rooms for influencing or directing sound (E04B0001820000 takes precedence;acoustics in general G10K0011000000; electric signal processing for producing a reverberation or echo sound G10K0015080000) E04B0002000000 Walls, e.g. partitions, for buildings; Wall construction with regard to insulation; Connections specially adapted to walls (connections for building structures in general E04B0001380000; insulation for building in general E04B0001620000; building elements of relatively thin form for parts of buildings E04C0002000000) E04B0002020000 built-up from layers of building elements E04B0002040000 Walls having neither cavities between, nor in, the solid elements E04B0002060000 using elements having specially-designed means for stabilising the position E04B0002080000 by interlocking of projections or inserts with indentations, e.g. of tongues, grooves, dovetails E04B0002100000 by filling material with or without reinforcements in small channels in, or in grooves between, the elements E04B0002120000 using elements having a general shape differing from that of a parallelepiped E04B0002140000 Walls having cavities in, but not between, the elements, i.e. each cavity being enclosed by at least four sides forming part of one single element E04B0002160000 using elements having specially designed means for stabilising the position E04B0002180000 by interlocking of projections or inserts with indentations, e.g. of tongues, grooves, dovetails E04B0002200000 by filling material with or without reinforcements in small channels in, or in grooves between, the elements E04B0002220000 using elements having a general shape differing from that of a parallelepiped E04B0002240000 the walls being characterised by fillings in some of the cavities forming load-bearing pillars or beams E04B0002260000 the walls being characterised by fillings in all cavities in order to form a wall construction E04B0002280000 Walls having cavities between, but not in, the elements; Walls of elements each consisting of two or more parts kept in distance by means of spacers, all parts being solid E04B0002300000 using elements having specially designed means for stabilising the position; Spacers for cavity walls E04B0002320000 by interlocking of projections or inserts with indentations, e.g. of tongues, grooves, dovetails E04B0002340000 by filling material with or without reinforcements in small channels in, or in grooves between, the elements E04B0002360000 using elements having a general shape differing from that of a parallelepiped E04B0002380000 the walls being characterised by fillings in some of the cavities forming load-bearing pillars or beams E04B0002400000 the walls being characterised by fillings in all cavities in order to form a wall construction E04B0002420000 Walls having cavities between, as well as in, the elements; Walls of elements each consisting of two or more parts, kept in distance by means of spacers, at least one of the parts having cavities E04B0002440000 using elements having specially designed means for stabilising the position; Spacers for cavity walls E04B0002460000 by interlocking of projections or inserts with indentations, e.g. of tongues, grooves, dovetails E04B0002480000 by filling material with or without reinforcements in small channels in, or in grooves between, the elements E04B0002500000 using elements having a general shape differing from that of a parallelepiped E04B0002520000 the walls being characterised by fillings in some of the cavities forming load-bearing pillars or beams E04B0002540000 the walls being characterised by fillings in all cavities in order to form a wall construction E04B0002560000 Walls of framework or pillarwork; Walls incorporating load-bearing elongated members (E04B0002740000, E04B0002880000 take precedence;pillars E04C0003300000) E04B0002580000 with elongated members of metal E04B0002600000 characterised by special cross-section of the elongated members E04B0002620000 the members being formed of two or more elements in side-by-side relationship E04B0002640000 with elongated members of concrete E04B0002660000 characterised by special cross-section of the elongated members E04B0002680000 made by filling-up wall cavities (E04B0002240000, E04B0002380000, E04B0002520000 take precedence);; E04B0002700000 with elongated members of wood E04B0002720000 Walls of elements of relatively thin form (E04B0002560000, E04B0002740000, E04B0002880000 take precedence;with joint fillings acting as framework or pillars E04B0002680000; elements E04C0002000000) E04B0002740000 Removable non-load-bearing partitions; Partitions with a free upper edge (framed panels E04C0002380000) E04B0002760000 with framework or posts of metal E04B0002780000 characterised by special cross-section of the frame members E04B0002800000 with framework or posts of wood E04B0002820000 characterised by the manner in which edges are connected to the building; Means therefor; Special details of easily-removable partitions E04B0002840000 Walls made by casting, pouring, or tamping in situ(E04B0002020000, E04B0002560000 take precedence;forms therefor E04G0011060000; working of concrete or similar masses able to be cast or poured in situE04G0021020000) E04B0002860000 made in permanent forms E04B0002880000 Curtain walls E04B0002900000 comprising panels directly attached to the structure E04B0002920000 Sandwich-type panels E04B0002940000 Concrete panels (E04B0002920000 takes precedence);; E04B0002960000 comprising panels attached to the structure through mullions or transoms E04B0005000000 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, E04F0015000000) E04B0005020000 Load-carrying floor structures formed substantially of prefabricated units (E04B0005430000-E04B0005480000; take precedence);; E04B0005040000 with beams of concrete or other stone-like material, e.g. asbestos cement (E04B0005080000, E04B0005140000 take precedence);; E04B0005060000 placed against one another E04B0005080000 assembled of block-shaped elements, e.g. hollow stones (E04B0005140000 takes precedence;floors composed of reinforced brickwork E04B0005440000) E04B0005100000 with metal beams or girders, e.g. with steel lattice girders (E04B0005140000 takes precedence);; E04B0005120000 with wooden beams (E04B0005140000 takes precedence);; E04B0005140000 with beams or girders laid in two directions E04B0005160000 Load-carrying floor structures wholly or partly cast or similarly formed in situ(E04B0005430000-E04B0005480000; take precedence;floors merely characterised by the prefabricated elements E04C) E04B0005170000 Floor structures partly formed ; in situ E04B0005180000 with stiffening ribs or other beam-like formations wholly cast between filling members E04B0005190000 the filling members acting as self-supporting permanent forms (E04B0005210000 takes precedence);; E04B0005210000 Cross-ribbed floors E04B0005230000 with stiffening ribs or other beam-like formations wholly or partly prefabricated (with all load-carrying parts substantially consisting of prefabricated units E04B0005020000) E04B0005260000 with filling members between the beams (E04B0005280000 takes precedence);; E04B0005280000 Cross-ribbed floors E04B0005290000 the prefabricated parts of the beams consisting wholly of metal (E04B0005280000 takes precedence);; E04B0005320000 Floor structures wholly cast ; in situ with or without form units or reinforcements E04B0005360000 with form units as part of the floor E04B0005380000 with slab-shaped form units acting simultaneously as reinforcement; Form slabs with reinforcements extending laterally outside the element E04B0005400000 with metal form slabs E04B0005430000 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 E04B0001340000) E04B0005440000 Floors composed of stones, mortar, and reinforcing elements (with inserts of glass E04B0005460000) E04B0005460000 Special adaptation of floors for transmission of light, e.g. by inserts of glass (of ceilings E04B0009320000; block- shaped elements E04C0001420000; slab- or sheet-shaped elements E04C0002540000; for roof covering E04D0003060000) E04B0005480000 Special adaptations of floors for incorporating ducts, e.g. for heating or ventilating (in block-shaped elements E04C0001390000; in slab- or sheet-shaped elements E04C0002520000) E04B0007000000 Roofs; Roof construction with regard to insulation (structures for roofs as well as for floors E04B0005000000; ceilings E04B0009000000; greenhouses A01G0009140000; large containers having floating covers B65D0088340000; roof trusses, truss-like structures, joists E04C0003020000; roof coverings E04D) E04B0007020000 with plane sloping surfaces, e.g. saddle roofs (E04B0007120000 takes precedence);; E04B0007040000 supported by horizontal beams or the equivalent resting on the walls (E04B0007060000 takes precedence);; E04B0007060000 Constructions of roof intersections or hopped ends E04B0007080000 Vaulted roofs (E04B0007140000 takes precedence;vaulted structures in general E04B0001320000; inflatable tents or canopies, in general E04H0015200000; inflatable forms for shaping in situE04G0011040000) E04B0007100000 Shell structures, e.g. of hyperbolic-parabolic shape; Grid-like formations acting as shell structures; Folded structures E04B0007120000 formed in bays, e.g. sawtooth roofs (E04B0007100000 takes precedence);; E04B0007140000 Suspended roofs (suspended tents or canopies, in general E04H0015040000) E04B0007160000 Roof structures with movable roof parts (buildings for special purposes E04H) E04B0007180000 Special structures in or on roofs, e.g. dormer windows (in connection with roof coverings E04D0013000000, especially domes E04D0013030000) E04B0007200000 Roofs consisting of self-supporting slabs, e.g. able to be loaded E04B0007220000 the slabs having insulating properties, e.g. being laminated with layers of insulating material (E04B0007240000 takes precedence);; E04B0007240000 the slabs being collapsible, e.g. for transport E04B0009000000 Ceilings; Construction of ceilings, e.g. false ceilings; Ceiling construction with regard to insulation (ceilings used as forms for making floors E04B0005000000; coverings or linings for ceilings E04F0013000000) E04B0009020000 having means for ventilation or vapour discharge E04B0009040000 comprising slabs, sheets or the like (E04B0009060000-E04B0009340000; take precedence;slabs, sheets or the like per seE04C0002000000) E04B0009060000 characterised by constructional features of the supporting construction E04B0009080000 having the capability of expansion E04B0009100000 Connections between parallel members of the supporting construction (E04B0009080000 takes precedence);; E04B0009120000 Connections between non-parallel members of the supporting construction (E04B0009080000 takes precedence);; E04B0009140000 all the members being discontinuous and lying at least partly in the same plane E04B0009160000 the members lying in different planes E04B0009180000 Means for suspending the supporting construction E04B0009200000 adjustable E04B0009220000 Connection of slabs, sheets or the like to the supporting construction E04B0009240000 with the slabs, sheets or the like positioned on, or held against, horizontal flanges of the supporting construction E04B0009260000 by means of snap action of elastically deformable elements E04B0009280000 with the slabs, sheets or the like having grooves engaging with horizontal flanges of the supporting construction or accessory means connected thereto E04B0009300000 characterised by edge details of the ceiling, e.g. securing to an adjacent wall E04B0009320000 Translucent ceilings, i.e. permitting both the transmission and diffusion of light (E04B0009340000 takes precedence;lighting F21) E04B0009340000 Open-work ceilings, e.g. lattice type (E04B0009300000 takes precedence);; E04B0009360000 consisting of parallel slats E04C STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS; BUILDING MATERIALS (for bridges E01D; specially designed for insulation or other protection E04B; elements used as building aids E04G; for mining E21; for tunnels E21D; structural elements with broader range of application than for building engineering F16, particularly F16S) E04C0001000000 Building elements of block or other shape for the construction of parts of buildings (of relatively thin form E04C0002000000; structural elongated elements designed for load-supporting E04C0003000000, e.g. columns or pillars E04C0003300000; manufacture or material of building bricks, stones, or the like B28, C03, C04; paving elements E01C; general building constructions E04B, e.g. walls E04B0002000000, floors E04B0005000000, roofs E04B0007000000, ceilings E04B0009000000; structural elements specially designed for built-in conduit shafts E04F; special elements for building ovens or furnaces F24B, F27D) E04C0001390000 characterised by special adaptations, e.g. serving for locating conduits, for forming soffits, cornices, or shelves, for fixing wall-plates or door-frames, for claustra E04C0001400000 built-up from parts of different materials, e.g. composed of layers of different materials or stones with filling material or with insulating inserts E04C0001410000 composed of insulating material and load-bearing concrete, stone or stone-like material E04C0001420000 of glass or other transparent material E04C0002000000 Building elements of relatively thin form for the construction of parts of buildings, e.g. sheet materials, slabs, or panels (materials or manufacture, see the relevant places, e.g. B27N, B29, D21J; made in situE04B; specially designed for insulation or other protection E04B0001620000; load-carrying floor structures E04B0005020000, E04B0005160000; roofs consisting of self-supporting slabs E04B0007200000; roof- or like covering elements E04D0003000000; for lining or finishing E04F0013000000) E04C0002020000 characterised by specified materials (translucent E04C0002540000) E04C0002040000 of concrete or other stone-like material; of asbestos cement (E04C0002260000 takes precedence;material or manufacture B28, C04) E04C0002060000 reinforced E04C0002080000 of metal, e.g. sheet metal (E04C0002260000 takes precedence);; E04C0002100000 of wood, fibres, chips, vegetable stems, or the like; of plastics; of foamed products (E04C0002260000 takes precedence);; E04C0002120000 of solid wood E04C0002140000 reinforced E04C0002160000 of fibres, chips, vegetable stems, or the like E04C0002180000 with binding wires, reinforcing bars, or the like E04C0002200000 of plastics E04C0002220000 reinforced E04C0002240000 laminated and composed of materials covered by two or more of groups ; E04C0002120000, E04C0002160000, E04C0002200000 E04C0002260000 composed of materials covered by two or more of groups ; E04C0002040000, E04C0002080000, E04C0002100000, or of materials covered by one of these groups with a material not specified in one of these groups E04C0002280000 combinations of materials fully covered by groups ; E04C0002040000 and E04C0002080000 E04C0002284000 at least one of the materials being insulating E04C0002288000 composed of insulating material and concrete, stone or stone-like material E04C0002292000 composed of insulating material and sheet metal E04C0002296000 composed of insulating material and non-metallic or unspecified sheet-material (E04C0002288000 takes precedence);; E04C0002300000 characterised by the shape or structure (translucent E04C0002540000) E04C0002320000 formed of corrugated or otherwise indented sheet-like material; composed of such layers with or without layers of flat sheet-like material E04C0002340000 composed of two or more spaced sheet-like parts (E04C0002320000 takes precedence;spacers for cavity walls E04B0002440000) E04C0002360000 spaced apart by transversely-placed strip material, e.g. honeycomb panels (honeycomb or other core members for layered products B32B) E04C0002380000 with attached ribs, flanges, or the like, e.g. framed panels (concerned with attaching to other panels or elements to form a structure, see the places for the relevant structure, e.g. E04B0002000000) E04C0002400000 composed of a number of smaller components rigidly or movably connected together, e.g. interlocking, hingedly connected E04C0002420000 Gratings; Grid-like panels (reinforcing elements E04C0005000000; built-in gratings E04F0019100000; gratings in general F16S0003000000) E04C0002520000 with special adaptations for auxiliary purposes, e.g. serving for locating conduits (E04C0002540000 takes precedence;block-shaped elements therefor E04C0001390000; floor structures incorporating ducts E04B0005480000) E04C0002540000 Slab-like translucent elements (floors for transmitting light E04B0005460000; translucent or open-work ceilings E04B0009320000, E04B0009340000; translucent roof coverings E04D0003060000, E04D0003280000) E04C0003000000 Structural elongated elements designed for load-supporting (as building aids E04G) E04C0003020000 Joists; Girders, trusses, or truss-like structures, e.g. prefabricated; Lintels; Transoms (E04C0003380000 takes precedence;for structures characterised by movable, separable, or collapsible parts E04B0001343000) E04C0003040000 of metal (E04C0003290000 takes precedence;as reinforcing elements E04C0005060000; manufacture B21) E04C0003060000 with substantially solid, i.e. unapertured, web (E04C0003100000, E04C0003110000 take precedence);; E04C0003070000 at least partly of bent or otherwise deformed strip- or sheet-like material E04C0003080000 with apertured web, e.g. with a web consisting of bar-like components; Honeycomb girders (E04C0003100000, E04C0003110000 take precedence);; E04C0003090000 at least partly of bent or otherwise deformed strip- or sheet-like material E04C0003100000 prestressed E04C0003110000 with non-parallel upper and lower edges, e.g. roof trusses (arched girders, portal frames E04C0003380000) E04C0003120000 of wood, e.g. with reinforcements, with tensioning members (E04C0003292000 takes precedence);; E04C0003140000 with substantially solid, i.e. unapertured, web (E04C0003170000, E04C0003180000 take precedence);; E04C0003160000 with apertured web, e.g. trusses (E04C0003170000, E04C0003180000 take precedence);; E04C0003170000 with non-parallel upper and lower edges, e.g. roof trusses E04C0003180000 with metal reinforcements or tensioning members E04C0003200000 of concrete or other stone-like material, e.g. with reinforcements or tensioning members (reinforcing elements E04C0005000000) E04C0003220000 built-up by elements joined in line E04C0003260000 prestressed (E04C0003220000, E04C0003290000 take precedence;prestressing members E04C0005080000) E04C0003280000 of other materials E04C0003290000 built-up from parts of different materials E04C0003292000 the materials being wood and metal E04C0003293000 the materials being steel and concrete (concrete with internal reinforcements or tensioning members E04C0003200000) E04C0003294000 of concrete combined with a girder-like structure extending laterally outside the element (light-weight girders used as reinforcement E04C0005065000; as part of a floor structure E04B0005230000) E04C0003300000 Columns; Pillars; Struts (not designed for end loading E04C0003020000; posts, masts, as independent structures E04H0012000000) E04C0003320000 of metal (E04C0003360000 takes precedence);; E04C0003340000 of concrete or other stone-like material, with or without permanent form elements, with or without internal or external reinforcement, e.g. metal coverings (E04C0003360000 takes precedence);; E04C0003360000 of other materials E04C0003380000 Arched girders or portal frames (straight girders able to be bent E04C0003020000; inflatable tents or canopies, in general E04H0015200000) E04C0003400000 of metal (E04C0003460000 takes precedence);; E04C0003420000 of wood, e.g. units for rafter roofs (E04C0003460000 takes precedence);; E04C0003440000 of concrete or other stone-like material, e.g. with reinforcements or tensioning members (E04C0003460000 takes precedence);; E04C0003460000 of other materials E04C0005000000 Reinforcing elements, e.g. for concrete; Auxiliary elements therefor (material composition C21, C22; arrangements of reinforcing elements, see the relevant classes); E04C0005010000 Reinforcing elements of metal, e.g. with non-structural coatings E04C0005020000 of low bending resistance, i.e. of essentially one-or two-dimensional extent E04C0005030000 with indentations, projections, ribs, or the like, for augmenting the adherence to the concrete E04C0005040000 Mats (bases for plaster E04F0013040000) E04C0005060000 of high bending resistance, i.e. of essentially three-dimensional extent, e.g. lattice girders E04C0005065000 Light-weight girders, e.g. with precast parts (light-weight girders in general E04C0003080000, E04C0003294000) E04C0005070000 Reinforcing elements of material other than metal, e.g. of glass, of plastics, or not exclusively made of metal (metal elements with non-structural coatings E04C0005010000) E04C0005080000 Members specially adapted to be used in prestressed constructions E04C0005100000 Ducts E04C0005120000 Anchoring devices (tools or methods for tensioning E04G0021120000) E04C0005160000 Auxiliary parts for reinforcements, e.g. connectors, spacers, stirrups (tools for connecting reinforcing elements E04G0021120000) E04C0005180000 of metal or substantially of metal E04C0005200000 of other material than metal or with only additional metal parts, e.g. concrete or plastics spacers with metal binding wires E04D ROOF COVERINGS; SKY-LIGHTS; GUTTERS; ROOF-WORKING TOOLS (coverings of outer walls by plaster or other porous material E04F0013000000) E04D0001000000 Roof covering by making use of tiles, slates, shingles, or other small roofing elements (roofing supports E04D0012000000) E04D0001020000 Grooved or vaulted roofing elements (E04D0001280000, E04D0001300000 take precedence);; E04D0001040000 of ceramics, glass or concrete, with or without reinforcement E04D0001060000 of metal E04D0001080000 of plastics; of fibrous materials E04D0001100000 of specified materials, or of combinations of materials, not covered by any one of groups ; E04D0001040000-E04D0001080000 E04D0001120000 Roofing elements shaped as plain tiles or shingles, i.e. with flat outer surface (E04D0001280000, E04D0001300000 take precedence);; E04D0001140000 of slate material, with or without fastening means E04D0001160000 of ceramics, glass or concrete, with or without reinforcement E04D0001180000 of metal E04D0001200000 of plastics, fibrous materials, or wood E04D0001220000 of specified materials, or of combinations of materials, not covered by any one of groups ; E04D0001140000-E04D0001200000 E04D0001240000 Roofing elements with cavities, e.g. hollow tiles (E04D0001280000 takes precedence);; E04D0001260000 Strip-shaped roofing elements appearing as a row of shingles E04D0001280000 Roofing elements comprising two or more layers, e.g. for insulation E04D0001300000 Special roof-covering elements, e.g. ridge tiles, gutter tiles, gable tiles, ventilation tiles (E04D0003400000 takes precedence;roof covering aspects of energy collecting devices E04D0013180000) E04D0001340000 Fastenings for attaching roof-covering elements to the supporting elements E04D0001360000 Devices for sealing the spaces or joints between roof-covering elements (sealing joints not restricted to roof covering elements E04B0001680000) E04D0003000000 Roof covering by making use of flat or curved slabs or stiff sheets (E04D0001000000 takes precedence;built-up roofs E04D0011020000) E04D0003020000 of plane slabs, slates, or sheets, or in which the cross-section is unimportant (E04D0003350000 takes precedence);; E04D0003040000 of concrete or ceramics (of asbestos cement E04D0003180000) E04D0003060000 of glass or other translucent material; Fixing means therefor (fixing glass panes by means applicable to windows E06B0003540000) E04D0003080000 with metal glazing bars E04D0003140000 with glazing bars of other material, e.g. of glass E04D0003160000 of metal E04D0003180000 of specified materials, or of combinations of materials, not covered by any of groups ; E04D0003040000, E04D0003060000; or E04D0003160000 E04D0003240000 with special cross-section, e.g. with corrugations on both sides, with ribs, flanges, or the like (E04D0003350000 takes precedence);; E04D0003260000 of concrete or ceramics E04D0003280000 of glass E04D0003300000 of metal E04D0003320000 of plastics, fibrous materials, or asbestos cement E04D0003340000 of specified materials, or of combinations of materials, not covered by any one of groups ; E04D0003260000-E04D0003320000 E04D0003350000 Roofing slabs or stiff sheets comprising two or more layers, e.g. for insulation E04D0003360000 Connecting; Fastening E04D0003361000 by specially-profiled marginal portions of the slabs or sheets E04D0003362000 by locking the edge of one slab or sheet within the profiled marginal portion of the adjacent slab or sheet, e.g. using separate connecting elements E04D0003363000 with snap action E04D0003364500 by interference fitting E04D0003365000 by simple overlapping of the marginal portions with use of separate connecting elements, e.g. hooks or bolts for corrugated sheets E04D0003366000 by closing the space between the slabs or sheets by gutters, bulges, or bridging elements, e.g. strips E04D0003367000 by permanent deformation of the marginal portions of adjacent slabs or sheets, e.g. by folding the edges E04D0003368000 by forcing together the marginal portions of adjacent slabs or sheets E04D0003369000 by welding of the marginal portions of adjacent slabs or sheets E04D0003380000 Devices for sealing spaces or joints between roof-covering elements (E04D0003360000 takes precedence;sealing joints not restricted to roof covering elements E04B0001680000) E04D0003400000 Slabs or sheets locally modified for auxiliary purposes, e.g. for resting on walls, for serving as guttering; Elements for particular purposes, e.g. ridge elements, specially designed for use in conjunction with slabs or sheets (roof covering aspects of energy collecting devices E04D0013180000) E04D0005000000 Roof covering by making use of flexible material, e.g. supplied in roll form (using stiff sheets E04D0003000000; gravelling of flat roofs E04D0007000000; built-up roofs E04D0011020000) E04D0005020000 of materials impregnated with sealing substances, e.g. roofing felt E04D0005040000 by making use of metal foils E04D0005060000 by making use of plastics E04D0005080000 by making use of other materials E04D0005100000 by making use of compounded or laminated materials, e.g. metal foils or plastic films coated with bitumen (E04D0005120000 takes precedence);; E04D0005120000 specially modified, e.g. perforated, with granulated surface, with attached pads E04D0005140000 Fastening means therefor E04D0007000000 Roof covering by sealing masses applied ; in situGravelling of flat roofs E04D0009000000 Roof covering by using straw, thatch, or like materials (impregnation against incendiary damage B27K) E04D0011000000 Roof covering, as far as not restricted to features covered by only one of groups ; E04D0001000000-E04D0009000000; Roof covering in ways not provided for by groups ; E04D0001000000-E04D0009000000 E04D0011020000 Built-up roofs, i.e. consisting of two or more layers bonded together in situ, at least one of the layers being of watertight composition(gravelling of flat roofs E04D0007000000; venting or ventilation E04D0013170000) E04D0012000000 Non-structural supports for roofing materials, e.g. battens, boards (E04D0011020000 takes precedence);; E04D0013000000 Special arrangements or devices in connection with roof coverings; Roof drainage (ventilation tiles E04D0001300000; ventilation slabs E04D0003400000; internal channels E04F0017000000; roofing elements therefor, see the relevant groups); E04D0013020000 Roof-covering aspects of dormer windows (E04D0013140000 takes precedence;structures therefor E04B0007180000) E04D0013030000 Sky-lights; Domes; Ventilating sky-lights (E04D0013140000 takes precedence;structures therefor E04B0007180000) E04D0013035000 characterised by having movable parts E04D0013040000 Roof drainage; Drainage fittings in flat roofs (gutter tiles E04D0001300000; gutter slabs E04D0003400000; street gullies E03F0005040000) E04D0013064000 Gutters E04D0013068000 Means for fastening gutter parts together E04D0013072000 Hanging means (in combination with means for fastening gutter parts together E04D0013068000) E04D0013076000 Devices or arrangements for removing snow, ice or debris from gutters or for preventing accumulation thereof E04D0013080000 Down pipes; Special clamping means therefor (clamping pipes in general F16B, F16L) E04D0013100000 Snow traps E04D0013120000 Devices or arrangements allowing walking on the roof or in the gutter E04D0013140000 Junctions of roof sheathings to chimneys or other parts extending above the roof E04D0013143000 with ventilating means E04D0013147000 specially adapted for inclined roofs E04D0013150000 Trimming strips; Edge strips; Fascias (E04D0013140000 takes precedence);; E04D0013152000 with ventilating means E04D0013155000 retaining the roof sheathing E04D0013158000 covering the overhang at the eave side, e.g. soffits, or the verge of saddle roofs E04D0013160000 Insulating devices or arrangements in so far as the roof covering is concerned (methods for keeping dry building structures in general E04B0001700000; buildings for extreme climates E04H0009160000) E04D0013170000 Ventilation of roof coverings not otherwise provided for (ventilation of rooms or spaces F24F) E04D0013180000 Roof covering aspects of energy collecting devices, e.g. including solar panels (heat collectors per seF24J, e.g. solar heat collectors F24J0002020000; semiconductor devices for converting solar energy into electrical energy H01L0025000000, H01L0031000000) E04D0015000000 Apparatus or tools for roof working E04D0015020000 for roof coverings comprising tiles, shingles, or like roofing elements E04D0015040000 for roof coverings comprising slabs, sheets or flexible material E04D0015060000 for handling roofing or sealing material in roll form E04D0015070000 for handling roofing or sealing material in bulk form E04F FINISHING WORK ON BUILDINGS, e.g. STAIRS, FLOORS (windows, doors E06B) E04F0010000000 Sunshades; Awnings (baldachins A45B, A45F, E04H; trailer awnings E04H0015080000; for tents E04H0015580000) E04F0010020000 of flexible canopy materials, e.g. canvas E04F0010040000 with material fixed on sections of a collapsible frame E04F0010060000 comprising a roller-blind with means for holding the end away from a building E04F0010080000 of a plurality of similar rigid parts, e.g. slabs, lamellae (rigidly-arranged sunshade roofs with coherent surfaces E04B0007000000) E04F0010100000 collapsible E04F0011000000 Stairways, ramps, or like structures (mounting or marking-off stairways E04F0021260000; of temporary construction E04G0027000000); Balustrades; Handrails (ladders permanently attached to fixed structures E06C0009000000) E04F0011020000 Stairways; Layouts thereof E04F0011022000 characterised by the supporting structure E04F0011025000 Stairways having stringers E04F0011028000 having a central stringer E04F0011032000 Spiral stairways supported by a central column E04F0011035000 Stairways consisting of a plurality of assembled modular parts without further support E04F0011038000 each modular part having a load-bearing balustrade part E04F0011040000 Movable stairways, e.g. of loft ladders which may or may not be concealable or extensible (ship ladders B63B; stairs for aircraft B64F; escalators or moving walkways B66B) E04F0011060000 collapsible, e.g. folding, telescopic E04F0011090000 Tread-and-riser units E04F0011104000 Treads (E04F0011090000 takes precedence);; E04F0011108000 of wood E04F0011112000 of metal E04F0011116000 of stone, concrete or like material E04F0011160000 Surfaces thereof; Protecting means for the edges or corners thereof (floor fabrics, fastenings therefor A47G0027000000) E04F0011170000 Surfaces E04F0011180000 Balustrades; Handrails (guard-rails on ships B63B; for bridges E01D0019100000; for roads E01F0013000000, E01F0015000000; fences E04H0017000000) E04F0013000000 Coverings or linings, e.g. for walls or ceilings (flooring E04F0015000000; decoration of surfaces, mosaic work B44, e.g. paper-hanging B44C0007000000; made of webs, e.g. of fabrics or wallpaper, D03D, D04G, D04H, D06N, D21H; construction of ceilings E04B0009000000; roofings or similar water-tight coverings against precipitation E04D) E04F0013020000 of plastic materials hardening after applying, e.g. plaster (surface treatment in painting technique B44D; inorganic or bituminous masses C04B; organic plastics C08L) E04F0013040000 Bases for plaster (sub-ceilings with plaster-carrying means E04B0009060000) E04F0013060000 Edge-protecting borders E04F0013070000 composed of covering or lining elements; Sub-structures therefor; Fastening means therefor E04F0013072000 composed of specially adapted, structured or shaped covering or lining elements E04F0013073000 for particular building parts, e.g. corners or columns E04F0013074000 for accommodating service installations or utility lines, e.g. heating conduits, electrical lines, lighting devices or service outlets E04F0013075000 for insulation or surface protection, e.g. against noise or impact E04F0013076000 characterised by the joints between neighbouring elements, e.g. with joint fillings or with tongue and groove connections E04F0013077000 composed of several layers, e.g. sandwich panels (E04F0013075000 takes precedence);; E04F0013078000 Stretched foil- or web-like elements attached with edge gripping devices E04F0013080000 composed of a plurality of similar covering or lining elements (E04F0013072000 takes precedence;borders, skirtings E04F0019020000) E04F0013090000 of elements attached to a common web, support plate or grid E04F0013100000 of wood E04F0013120000 of metal E04F0013140000 of stone or stone-like materials, e.g. ceramics; of glass E04F0013150000 characterised by the use of glass elements E04F0013160000 of fibres or chips, e.g. bonded with synthetic resins E04F0013180000 of organic plastics with or without reinforcements or filling materials (of plastic-bound fibres or chips E04F0013160000) E04F0013210000 Fastening means specially adapted for covering or lining elements E04F0013220000 Anchors, support angles or consoles E04F0013230000 adjustable E04F0013240000 Hidden fastening means on the rear of the covering or lining elements (E04F0013300000 takes precedence);; E04F0013250000 adjustable E04F0013260000 Edge engaging fastening means, e.g. clamps, clips or border profiles E04F0013280000 adjustable E04F0013300000 Magnetic fastening means E04F0015000000 Flooring (stair treads E04F0011104000; coverings not specially adapted for floors E04F0013000000; borders, skirtings E04F0019020000; gratings for cleaning soles of footwear A47L0023240000; of similar materials to roads E01C; basic or rough floors E04B0005000000) E04F0015020000 Flooring or floor layers composed of a number of similar elements (of webs E04F0015160000) E04F0015022000 Flooring consisting of parquetry tiles on a non-rollable sub-layer of other material, e.g. board, concrete, cork E04F0015024000 Sectional false floors, e.g. computer floors E04F0015040000 only of wood, e.g. with wooden connecting members (rollable parquet E04F0015160000) E04F0015060000 of metal, whether or not in combination with other material (gratings as building elements E04C0002420000) E04F0015080000 only of stone or stone-like material, e.g. concrete; of glass E04F0015100000 of other materials, e.g. fibrous or chipped materials, organic plastics, magnesite, hardboard E04F0015120000 Flooring or floor layers made of masses in situ, e.g. seamless magnesite floors, terrazzo(inorganic or bituminous masses C04B; organic plastic masses C08L) E04F0015140000 Construction of joints, e.g. dividing strips (sealing joints not restricted to flooring E04B0001680000) E04F0015160000 Flooring, e.g. parquet on flexible web, laid as flexible webs; Webs specially adapted for use as flooring (resiliently-mounted floors, e.g. sprung floors, E04F0015220000; linoleum D06N; webs in general, manufacturing of webs, see the relevant classes); E04F0015180000 Separately-laid insulating layers; Other additional insulating measures; Floating floors (insulating of buildings in general E04B0001620000) E04F0015200000 for sound insulation E04F0015220000 Resiliently-mounted floors, e.g. sprung floors (laid as webs E04F0015160000) E04F0017000000 Vertical ducts; Channels, e.g. for drainage (pipes in general F16L; pipe-line systems F17D) E04F0017020000 for carrying away waste gases, e.g. flue gases (free-standing chimneys E04H0012280000; connections between fireplace and chimney, chimney fittings, covers for cleaning holes of chimneys F23J; chimney tops F23L); Building elements specially designed therefor, e.g. shaped bricks or sets thereof E04F0017040000 Air-ducts or air channels E04F0017060000 Light shafts, e.g. for cellars E04F0017080000 for receiving utility lines, e.g. cables, pipes (covers giving access to the ducts or channels, covers of inspection holes E04F0019080000) E04F0017100000 Arrangements in buildings for the disposal of refuse (refuse bins, gathering or removal of refuse B65F) E04F0017120000 Chutes E04F0019000000 Other details or constructional parts for finishing work on buildings (ladders, e.g. climbing irons, E06C0009040000) E04F0019020000 Borders; Finishing strips, e.g. beadings; Light coves (for protecting edges of plaster E04F0013060000) E04F0019040000 for use between floor or ceiling and wall, e.g. skirtings E04F0019060000 specially designed for securing panels E04F0019080000 Built-in cupboards; Masks of niches; Covers of holes enabling access to installations (clean-out doors of chimneys F23J) E04F0019100000 Built-in gratings, e.g. foot-scrapers E04F0021000000 Implements for finishing work on buildings (for working or treating building elements of stone or stone-like material B28D; designed specifically for special details provided for in the other groups of this subclass, see the relevant groups for the details); E04F0021020000 for applying plasticised masses to surfaces, e.g. plastering walls (specially for laying flooring E04F0021200000; applying liquids or other fluent materials to surfaces, in general B05; decorative arts B44) E04F0021040000 Patterns or templates; Jointing rulers E04F0021050000 Supports for jointing rulers E04F0021060000 Implements for applying plaster, insulating material, or the like E04F0021080000 Mechanical implements (E04F0021140000 takes precedence;spraying apparatus in general B05B; sand-blasting B24C) E04F0021100000 centrifugally acting E04F0021120000 acting by gas pressure, e.g. steam pressure E04F0021140000 in shafts, e.g. chimneys E04F0021160000 Implements for after-treatment of plaster or the like, e.g. smoothing tools, profile trowels E04F0021165000 for finishing joints, e.g. implements for raking or filling joints, jointers (bricklayers' tools E04G0021160000; repairing, e.g. filling cracks, E04G0023020000) E04F0021180000 for setting wall or ceiling slabs or plates (tools for mosaic work B44C) E04F0021200000 for laying flooring (made of similar material to roads or pavements E01C) E04F0021220000 of single elements, e.g. flooring cramps E04F0021240000 of masses made ; in situ, e.g. smoothing tools E04F0021260000 for mounting staircases, e.g. tools for marking steps E04F0021280000 for glazing (glass cutters C03B0033100000) E04F0021300000 Putty squeezers or guns E04F0021320000 Putty knives; Putty removers E04G SCAFFOLDING; FORMS; SHUTTERING; BUILDING IMPLEMENTS OR OTHER BUILDING AIDS, OR THEIR USE; HANDLING BUILDING MATERIALS ON THE SITE; REPAIRING, BREAKING-UP OR OTHER WORK ON EXISTING BUILDINGS E04G0001000000 Workmen's or safety scaffolds E04G0001000000 Scaffolds primarily resting on the ground E04G0001020000 composed essentially of members elongated in one dimension only, e.g. poles, lattice masts, with or without end portions of special form, connected together by any means E04G0001040000 the members being exclusively poles, rods, beams, or other members of similar form and simple cross-section E04G0001060000 comprising members with rod-like or tubular portions fitting together end to end, with or without separate connecting pieces E04G0001080000 secured together by bolts or the like penetrating the members E04G0001100000 Timber-work constructions E04G0001120000 comprising members of special, e.g. composite, cross-section, or with lugs or the like or lateral apertures for supporting or attaching other members E04G0001140000 Comprising essentially pre-assembled two-dimensional frame-like elements, e.g. of rods in L- or H-shape, with or without bracing (E04G0001150000 takes precedence);; E04G0001150000 essentially comprising special means for supporting or forming platforms (E04G0001200000 takes precedence);;Platforms (boards or planks therefor E04G0005080000) E04G0001170000 Comprising essentially pre-assembled three-dimensional elements, e.g. cubic elements E04G0001180000 adjustable in height E04G0001200000 Scaffolds comprising upright members and provision for supporting cross-members or platforms at different positions therealong E04G0001220000 Scaffolds having a platform on an extensible sub-structure, e.g. of telescopic type or with lazy-tongs mechanism E04G0001240000 comprising essentially special base constructions; comprising essentially special ground-engaging parts, e.g. inclined struts, wheels (component parts E04G0005000000) E04G0001280000 designed to provide support only at a low height E04G0001300000 Ladder scaffolds E04G0001320000 Other free-standing supports, e.g. using trestles (stands or trestles in general F16M0011000000) E04G0001340000 Scaffold constructions able to be folded in prismatic or flat parts or able to be turned down E04G0001360000 Scaffolds for particular parts of buildings or buildings of particular shape, e.g. for stairs, cupolas, domes E04G0001380000 Scaffolds partly supported by the building (ladders attachable to structures E06C0001340000) E04G0003000000 Scaffolds essentially supported by building constructions, e.g. adjustable in height (E04G0001000000 takes precedence);; E04G0003180000 supported by cantilevers or other provisions mounted in openings in the building, e.g. window openings (E04G0003280000 takes precedence);; E04G0003200000 supported by walls (E04G0003280000 takes precedence;wall-anchors for supporting scaffolds E04G0005040000; consoles E04G0005060000) E04G0003220000 supported by roofs or ceilings (E04G0003280000 takes precedence);; E04G0003240000 specially adapted for particular parts of buildings or for buildings of particular shape, e.g. chimney stacks or pylons (E04G0003280000 takes precedence);; E04G0003260000 specially adapted for working on roofs E04G0003280000 Mobile scaffolds; Scaffolds with mobile platforms E04G0003300000 suspended by flexible supporting elements, e.g. cables E04G0003320000 Hoisting devices; Safety devices E04G0003340000 characterised by supporting structures provided on the roofs E04G0005000000 Component parts or accessories for scaffolds (connections E04G0007000000) E04G0005020000 Scaffold feet, e.g. with arrangements for adjustment E04G0005040000 Means for fastening, supporting, or bracing scaffolds on or against building constructions (fastenings in general F16B) E04G0005060000 Consoles; Brackets E04G0005080000 Scaffold boards or planks E04G0005100000 Steps or ladders specially adapted for scaffolds E04G0005120000 Canopies E04G0005140000 Railings E04G0005160000 Struts or stiffening rods, e.g. diagonal rods E04G0007000000 Connections between parts of the scaffold (for building structures in general E04B0001380000; connections in general F16B) E04G0007020000 with separate coupling elements E04G0007040000 Flexible elements, with or without brackets, e.g. ropes, cables, chains (in general F16G) E04G0007060000 Stiff scaffolding clamps for connecting scaffold members of common shape E04G0007080000 Clamps for parallely-arranged members E04G0007100000 Self-tightening clamps, e.g. stirrups E04G0007120000 Clamps or clips for crossing members (E04G0007220000 takes precedence);; E04G0007140000 for clamping the members independently E04G0007160000 of which the clamping parts for the different members are rotatable with respect to one another E04G0007180000 for clamping the members against one another or against a separate cushioning piece between them E04G0007200000 for ends of members only, e.g. for connecting members in end-to-end relation E04G0007220000 for scaffold members in end-to-side relation E04G0007240000 Couplings involving arrangements covered by more than one of the groups ; E04G0007080000, E04G0007120000, E04G0007200000, E04G0007220000 E04G0007260000 for use with specially-shaped scaffold members E04G0007280000 Clips or connections for securing boards (brackets E04G0005060000) E04G0007300000 Scaffolding bars or members with non-detachably fixed coupling elements E04G0007320000 with coupling elements using wedges E04G0007340000 with coupling elements using positive engagement, e.g. hooks or pins E04G0009000000 Falsework, forms, or shutterings for shaping of building parts in situ(scaffolding in general E04G0001000000; moulds for making units for prefabricated buildings or prefabricated stair units B28B0007220000; forms or shutterings forming part of the construction E04B, E04C) E04G0009000000 Forming or shuttering elements for general use E04G0009020000 Forming boards or similar elements (E04G0009080000, E04G0009100000 take precedence);; E04G0009040000 the form surface being of wood E04G0009050000 the form surface being of plastics E04G0009060000 the form surface being of metal E04G0009080000 Forming boards or similar elements, which are collapsible, foldable, or able to be rolled up E04G0009100000 with additional peculiarities such as surface shaping, insulating or heating, permeability to water or air E04G0011000000 Forms, shutterings, or falsework for making walls, floors, ceilings, or roofs E04G0011020000 for rooms as a whole, whole storeys, or whole buildings E04G0011040000 for structures of spherical, spheroid or similar shape, or for cupola structures of circular or polygonal horizontal or vertical section; Inflatable forms (connection of valves to inflatable elastic bodies B60C0029000000) E04G0011060000 for walls, e.g. curved (E04G0011040000 takes precedence);; E04G0011080000 Forms which are completely dismantled after setting of the concrete and re-built for the next pouring (connecting or supporting means for forms E04G0017000000) E04G0011100000 of elements without beams (E04G0011180000 takes precedence);; E04G0011120000 of elements and beams (E04G0011180000 takes precedence);; E04G0011140000 with beams arranged in alignment with, and between the, elements E04G0011160000 with beams placed within the wall E04G0011180000 for double walls E04G0011200000 Movable forms; Movable forms for moulding cylindrical, conical, or hyperbolical structures; Templates serving as forms for positioning blocks or the like (E04G0011040000 takes precedence);; E04G0011220000 Sliding forms raised continuously or step-by-step and being in contact with the poured concrete during raising; Arrangements of lifting means therefor E04G0011240000 Construction of lifting jacks or climbing rods for sliding forms (climbing-type hoisting units in general B66F) E04G0011260000 the sheathing of which consists of ribbons, endless aprons, or the like, guided by driven rollers E04G0011280000 Climbing forms, i.e. forms which are not in contact with the poured concrete during lifting from layer to layer E04G0011300000 which are lifted from layer to layer by turning, tilting, or similar moving upwards about a horizontal axis E04G0011320000 Tiltable forms or tilting tables for making walls as a whole or in parts ; in situ E04G0011340000 Horizontally-travelling moulds for making walls blockwise or sectionwise (E04G0011260000 takes precedence);; E04G0011360000 for floors, ceilings, or roofs of plane or curved surfaces E04G0011380000 for plane ceilings of concrete E04G0011400000 for coffered or ribbed ceilings E04G0011420000 with beams of metal or prefabricated concrete E04G0011440000 with supporting beams for the shuttering used simultaneously as permanent reinforcement of the ribs E04G0011460000 of hat-like or trough-like shape encasing a rib or the section between two ribs or encasing one rib and its adjacent flat floor or ceiling section E04G0011480000 Supporting structures for shutterings or frames for floors or roofs (struts E04G0025000000) E04G0011500000 Girders, beams, or the like as supporting members for forms (members, e.g. consoles, for attachment to the wall E04G0017160000; girders intended to form part of the construction E04C0003020000) E04G0011520000 of several units arranged one after another E04G0011540000 of extensible type, with or without adjustable supporting shoes, fishplates, or the like E04G0011560000 of telescopic type E04G0013000000 Falsework, forms, or shutterings for particular parts of buildings, e.g. stairs, steps, cornices, balconies E04G0013020000 for columns or like pillars; Special tying or clamping means therefor E04G0013040000 for lintels, beams, or transoms to be encased separately; Special tying or clamping means therefor (members, e.g. consoles, for attachment to the wall E04G0017160000) E04G0013060000 for stairs, steps, cornices, balconies, or other parts corbelled out of the wall E04G0015000000 Forms or shutterings for making openings, cavities, slits, or channels (forming part of shuttering for walls E04G0011060000) E04G0015020000 for windows, doors, or the like E04G0015040000 Cores for anchor holes or the like E04G0015060000 for cavities or channels in walls or floors, e.g. for making chimneys E04G0017000000 Connecting or other auxiliary members for forms, falsework structures, or shutterings E04G0017020000 Connecting or fastening means for non-metallic forming or stiffening elements E04G0017040000 Connecting or fastening means for metallic forming or stiffening elements E04G0017060000 Tying means; Spacers E04G0017065000 Tying means, the tensional elements of which are threaded to enable their fastening or tensioning E04G0017070000 Tying means, the tensional elements of which are fastened or tensioned by means of wedge-shaped members E04G0017075000 Tying means, the tensional elements of which are fastened or tensioned by other means E04G0017120000 with arms engaging the forms E04G0017140000 Bracing or strutting arrangements for formwalls; Devices for aligning forms (E04G0025000000 takes precedence);; E04G0017160000 Members, e.g. consoles, for attachment to the wall to support girders, beams, or the like carrying forms or moulds for floors, lintels, or transoms E04G0017180000 Devices for suspending or anchoring form elements to girders placed in ceilings, e.g. hangers E04G0019000000 Auxiliary treatment of forms, e.g. dismantling; Cleaning devices (lubricating compositions C10M) E04G0021000000 Preparing, conveying, or working-up building materials or building elements ; in situOther devices or measures for constructional work (working stone-like materials B28D; conveying in general B65G; lifting devices B66; measuring instruments G01) E04G0021020000 Conveying or working-up concrete or similar masses able to be heaped or cast (working concrete in general, e.g. mixing machines, B28C; composition of concrete C04B; construction and surfacing of floorings made of similar material to roads or pavements E01C; in connection with barrages E02B0007000000; in connection with foundations E02D0015000000; in connection with finishing work E04F) E04G0021040000 Devices for both conveying and distributing (concrete pumps F04) E04G0021060000 Compacting concrete, e.g. by application of vacuum before hardening (for road building E01C0019000000; devices for compacting also soil E02D0003020000) E04G0021080000 Internal vibrators E04G0021100000 Devices for levelling, e.g. templates or boards (smoothing tools E04F0021160000, E04F0021240000) E04G0021120000 Mounting of reinforcing inserts; Prestressing (shell tubes for prestressing members E04C0005100000; anchoring means E04C0005120000; connections of reinforcing elements and spacers E04C0005160000) E04G0021140000 Conveying or assembling building elements (roofing E04D; finishing work E04F) E04G0021160000 Tools or apparatus (devices for erecting fences E04H0017260000) E04G0021180000 Adjusting tools; Templates E04G0021200000 for applying mortar E04G0021220000 for setting building elements with mortar, e.g. brick-laying machines E04G0021240000 Safety or protective measures preventing damage to building parts or finishing work during construction (as auxiliary structures for scaffolds E04G0005000000) E04G0021260000 Strutting means for wall parts; Supports or the like, e.g. for holding in position prefabricated walls (E04G0025000000 takes precedence;on existing buildings E04G0023040000) E04G0021280000 against unfavourable weather influence E04G0021300000 against mechanical damage or dirt, e.g. guard covers of stairs E04G0021320000 Safety or protective measures for persons during the construction of buildings (related to scaffolds E04G0005000000; ropes or belts for life-saving A62B0001160000, A62B0035000000; climbing tools, e.g. climbing irons for masts, A63B0027000000) E04G0023000000 Working measures on existing buildings (on foundations E02D0035000000, E02D0037000000; in connection with insulations E04B; subsequent or finishing work E04F) E04G0023020000 Repairing, e.g. filling cracks; Restoring; Altering; Enlarging E04G0023030000 specially adapted for roofs, e.g. to fit out attics E04G0023040000 Propping of endangered or damaged buildings or building parts, e.g. with respect to air-raid action (struts E04G0025000000) E04G0023060000 Separating, lifting, removing of buildings; Making a new sub-structure E04G0023080000 Wrecking of buildings (dismantling bridges E01D0024000000) E04G0025000000 Shores or struts (specially designed for use in mines E21D0015000000); Chocks E04G0025020000 non-telescopic E04G0025040000 telescopic E04G0025060000 with parts held together by positive means E04G0025080000 with parts held relatively to each other by friction or gripping E04G0027000000 Temporary arrangements for giving access from one level to another for men or vehicles, e.g. steps, ramps (as parts or accessories for scaffolds E04G0005000000; gangways B63; lifts B66; landing bridges E01D0015240000; permanent stairways or ramps E04F0011000000; ladders E06C) E04H BUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL (foundations E02D) E04H0001000000 Buildings or groups of buildings for dwelling or office purposes; General layout, e.g. modular co-ordination, staggered storeys (E04H0003000000 takes precedence;buildings for two or more purposes, drive-in buildings E04H0014000000; building construction in general E04B0001000000) E04H0001020000 Dwelling houses; Buildings for temporary habitation (small erections for limited occupation E04H0001120000) E04H0001040000 Apartment houses arranged in two or more levels E04H0001060000 Office buildings; Banks (E04H0001120000 takes precedence;furniture or fittings for shops, storehouses, or the like A47F) E04H0001120000 Small buildings or other erections for limited occupation, erected in the open air or arranged in buildings, e.g. kiosks, waiting shelters for bus stops or for filling stations, roofs for railway platforms, watchmen's huts, dressing cubicles (movable screens as household equipment A47G0005000000) E04H0001140000 Telephone cabinets E04H0003000000 Buildings or groups of buildings for public or similar purposes; Institutions, e.g. infirmaries, prisons (portions of buildings for individual occupation, e.g. cubicles, E04H0001000000; structures covering a large free area E04B0001342000) E04H0003020000 Hotels; Motels; Coffee-houses; Restaurants; Shops; Department stores E04H0003040000 Restaurants or shops having arrangements for self-service (paying counters A47F0009020000; furniture or installations specially adapted for supermarkets A47F0010000000; transport aspects B65G; coin-freed apparatus G07F) E04H0003060000 Museums; Library buildings E04H0003080000 Hospitals, infirmaries, or the like; Schools; Prisons E04H0003100000 for meetings, entertainments, or sports E04H0003120000 Tribunes, grandstands or terraces for spectators (auditoriums E04H0003300000; chairs, stools, benches A47C) E04H0003140000 Gymnasiums; Other sporting buildings (tribunes E04H0003120000) E04H0003160000 for swimming (swimming or splash baths or pools E04H0004000000) E04H0003220000 Theatres; Concert halls; Studios for broadcasting, cinematography, television or similar purposes (drive-in buildings E04H0014000000; equipment for theatres or concert halls A63J) E04H0003240000 Constructional features of stages E04H0003260000 Revolving stages; Stages able to be lowered (devices for raising or lowering persons A63J0005120000) E04H0003280000 Shiftable or portable platforms E04H0003300000 Constructional features of auditoriums (chairs, stools, benches A47C; building details providing acoustical effects E04B0001990000) E04H0004000000 Swimming or splash baths or pools (wave-producers for baths A47K0003100000; separation B01D; treatment of water C02F; wave-producing pumps F04D0035000000) E04H0004020000 formed ; in situ E04H0004040000 prefabricated or composed of prefabricated elements E04H0004060000 Safety devices; Coverings for baths E04H0004080000 Coverings consisting of rigid elements E04H0004100000 Coverings of flexible material E04H0004120000 Devices or arrangements for circulating water E04H0004140000 Parts, details or accessories not otherwise provided for E04H0004160000 specially adapted for cleaning (cleaning devices peculiar to vessels B63B0059000000) E04H0005000000 Buildings or groups of buildings for industrial or agricultural purposes (building construction in general E04B0001000000) E04H0005020000 Buildings or groups of buildings for industrial purposes, e.g. for power-plants, factories (buildings forming part of cooling plants E04H0005100000; building structures for parking vehicles E04H0006000000) E04H0005040000 Transformer houses; Substations or switchgear houses E04H0005060000 Pits or building structures for inspection or services (manhole shafts or other inspection chambers in general E02D0029120000) E04H0005080000 Buildings or groups of buildings for agricultural purposes (silos E04H0007220000; manure storage places A01C0003020000; greenhouses A01G0009140000) E04H0005100000 Buildings forming part of cooling plants E04H0005120000 Cooling towers (towers in general E04H0012000000; cooling equipment F28) E04H0006000000 Buildings for parking cars, rolling-stock, aircraft, vessels, or like vehicles, e.g. garages (tents for use as garages E04H0015000000; bicycle stands B62H; storing of vessels on land B63C0015000000; construction of ground-supported surfaces E01C; marking of parking areas on the ground E01F0009000000; building construction in general E04B0001000000) E04H0006020000 Small garages, e.g. for one or two cars (attached to, or supported by, the vehicle B62D; prefabricated and with undivided interior E04B0001343000) E04H0006040000 wheeled, hinged, foldable, telescopic, swinging, or otherwise movable (transportable or collapsible buildings in general E04B0001343000) E04H0006060000 with means for shifting or lifting vehicles E04H0006080000 Garages for many vehicles E04H0006100000 without mechanical means for shifting or lifting vehicles, e.g. with helically-arranged fixed ramps, with movable ramps E04H0006120000 with mechanical means for shifting or lifting vehicles E04H0006140000 with endless conveyer chains having load-carrying parts moving vertically, e.g. paternoster lifts E04H0006160000 Garages shaped as a wheel or drum rotatable about a horizontal axis E04H0006180000 with means for transport in vertical direction only or independently in vertical and horizontal directions (E04H0006140000 takes precedence);; E04H0006200000 characterised by use of conveyer chains or rotatable rollers for horizontal transport E04H0006220000 characterised by use of movable platforms for horizontal transport E04H0006240000 characterised by use of dollies for horizontal transport E04H0006260000 characterised by use of tiltable floors or floor sections; characterised by use of movable ramps E04H0006280000 characterised by use of turntables or rotary rings for horizontal transport E04H0006300000 with means for transport in horizontal direction only E04H0006320000 characterised by use of conveyer chains or rotatable rollers E04H0006340000 characterised by use of movable platforms E04H0006360000 characterised by use of freely-movable dollies E04H0006380000 characterised by use of tiltable floors or floor sections E04H0006400000 characterised by use of turntables or rotary rings E04H0006420000 Devices or arrangements peculiar to garages, not covered elsewhere, e.g. securing devices, safety devices E04H0006440000 for storing aircraft (structures covering a large free area E04B0001342000) E04H0007000000 Construction or assembling of bulk storage containers employing civil engineering techniques in situ or off the site(tower aspects E04H0012000000; storage aspects, e.g. floating roofs, sealing means, filling or discharging means B65D, B65G, F17B, F17C; foundations E02D0027380000) E04H0007020000 Containers for fluids or gases; Supports therefor (arrangements or adaptations of tanks for water supply E03B0011000000) E04H0007040000 mainly of metal E04H0007060000 with vertical axis E04H0007140000 ball-shaped E04H0007160000 with horizontal axis E04H0007180000 mainly of concrete, e.g. reinforced concrete, or other stone-like material E04H0007200000 Prestressed constructions E04H0007220000 Containers for fluent solids, e.g. silos, bunkers; Supports therefor E04H0007240000 Constructions, with or without perforated walls, depending on the use of specified materials E04H0007260000 mainly of concrete, e.g. reinforced concrete, or other stone-like material E04H0007280000 composed of special building elements E04H0007300000 mainly of metal E04H0007320000 mainly of wood E04H0009000000 Buildings, groups of buildings, or shelters, adapted to withstand or provide protection against, abnormal external influences, e.g. war-like action, earthquake, extreme climate (floating buildings B63B; foundation aspects E02D; building constructions in general E04B; bearings or like supports allowing movement E04B0001360000; special details regarding insulation or other protection E04B0001620000; supporting structures for endangered or damaged existing buildings or parts thereof E04G0023040000; doors, windows E06B0005000000; air-conditioning, ventilation F24F; camouflage F41H0003000000; cells or rooms shielded against dangerous radiation G21F0007000000) E04H0009020000 withstanding earthquake or sinking of ground (foundations E02D0027340000) E04H0009040000 against air-raid or other war-like actions (respiratory apparatus A62B) E04H0009060000 Structures arranged in, or forming part of, buildings E04H0009080000 Structures arranged underneath buildings, e.g. air-raid shelters E04H0009100000 Independent shelters; Arrangement of independent splinter-proof walls E04H0009120000 entirely underneath the level of the ground, e.g. air-raid galleries (tunnels, galleries E21D) E04H0009140000 against other dangerous influences, e.g. tornadoes, floods E04H0009160000 against adverse conditions, e.g. extreme climate, pests E04H0012000000 Towers; Masts, poles; Chimney stacks; Water-towers; Methods of erecting such structures (cooling towers E04H0005120000; supports for road signs E01F0009011000; foundation piles E02D0005220000; foundations for masts, poles, or chimneys E02D0027420000; structural elongated members in general E04C0003000000; fixed climbing irons E06C0009040000; derricks for oil drilling E21B0015000000) E04H0012020000 Structures made of specified materials (E04H0012160000, E04H0012180000 take precedence);; E04H0012040000 of wood E04H0012060000 Truss-like structures E04H0012080000 of metal E04H0012100000 Truss-like structures E04H0012120000 of concrete or other stone-like material, with or without internal or external reinforcement, e.g. with metal coverings, with permanent form elements E04H0012140000 Truss-like structures E04H0012160000 Prestressed structures E04H0012180000 movable or with movable sections, e.g. rotatable, telescopic (rotary buildings E04B0001346000) E04H0012200000 Side-supporting means therefor, e.g. using guy ropes, struts (ground anchors E02D0005800000; fastening means for cables or ropes F16G0011000000) E04H0012220000 Sockets or holders for poles or posts E04H0012240000 Cross-arms E04H0012260000 Winding towers for mines (elevators B66B) E04H0012280000 Chimney stacks, e.g. free-standing, or similar ducts (foundations E02D0027420000; chimneys as part of buildings E04F0017020000; connections between furnace and smoke stack, chimney equipment F23J) E04H0012300000 Water-towers (tanks B65D0088000000; use of high-level tanks E03B0011120000) E04H0012320000 Flagpoles (flags, banners, mountings therefor G09F0017000000) E04H0012340000 Arrangements for erecting or lowering towers, masts, poles, chimney stacks, or the like E04H0013000000 Monuments; Tombs; Burial vaults; Columbaria (sculpture or other artistic features B44) E04H0014000000 Buildings for combinations of different purposes not covered by any single one of main groups E04H0001000000-E04H0013000000; of this subclass, e.g. for double purpose(E04H0003020000, E04H0009060000 take precedence);;Buildings of the drive-in type E04H0015000000 Tents or canopies, in general E04H0015020000 Tents combined or specially associated with other devices E04H0015040000 suspended type, e.g. from trees, from cantilever supports (supporting frames E04H0015340000) E04H0015060000 Tents at least partially supported by vehicles E04H0015080000 Trailer awnings or the like E04H0015100000 Heating, lighting, or ventilating (for heating, lighting, or ventilating devices per se, see the relevant classes, e.g. F21, F24) E04H0015120000 Heating E04H0015140000 Ventilating E04H0015160000 of tent roofs E04H0015180000 Tents having plural sectional covers, e.g. pavilions, vaulted tents, marquees, circus tents (inflatable E04H0015200000); Plural tents, e.g. modular E04H0015200000 inflatable, e.g. shaped, strengthened, or supported by fluid pressure (connection of valves to inflatable elastic bodies B60C0029000000; inflatable forms for making walls, floors, ceilings or roofs in situE04G0011040000) E04H0015220000 supported by air pressure inside the tent E04H0015240000 cone shaped, e.g. teepees E04H0015260000 Center-pole supported tents (umbrella type E04H0015280000) E04H0015280000 Umbrella type tents E04H0015300000 convertible, e.g. from one type tent to another type tent, from tent to canopy, from tent cover into diverse article (sacks or packs convertible into tents A45F0004040000; coats or capes convertible into tent coverings A45F0004140000) E04H0015320000 Parts, components, construction details, accessories, interior equipment, specially adapted for tents, e.g. guy-line equipment, skirts, thresholds E04H0015340000 Supporting means, e.g. frames E04H0015360000 arch-shaped type (E04H0015420000 takes precedence);; E04H0015380000 expansible, e.g. extensible E04H0015400000 flexible E04H0015420000 external type, e.g. frame outside of cover E04H0015440000 collapsible, e.g. breakdown type (E04H0015420000 takes precedence;building structures having collapsible parts in general E04B0001343000) E04H0015460000 telescoping and foldable E04H0015480000 foldable, i.e. having pivoted or hinged means (E04H0015460000 takes precedence);; E04H0015500000 lazy-tongs type E04H0015520000 parallelogram type E04H0015540000 Covers of tents or canopies (ventilated tent roofs E04H0015160000) E04H0015560000 Floors E04H0015580000 Closures; Awnings; Sunshades E04H0015600000 Poles E04H0015620000 Pegs, stakes or the like E04H0015640000 Tent or canopy cover fastenings E04H0017000000 Fencing, e.g. fences, enclosures, corrals (features peculiar to electrified fences A01K0003000000, H05C; means for allowing passage through fences, barriers, or the like E06B0011000000) E04H0017020000 Wire fencing, e.g. made of wire mesh (E04H0017140000 takes precedence;working or processing of wire B21F, e.g. making wire nets B21F0027000000) E04H0017040000 characterised by the use of specially adapted wire, e.g. barbed wire E04H0017060000 Parts for wire fences E04H0017080000 Anchoring means therefor, e.g. specially-shaped parts entering the ground; Struts or the like (for towers or masts E04H0012200000; sockets for posts E04H0012220000) E04H0017100000 characterised by the way of connecting wire to the posts; Droppers E04H0017120000 the wire being placed in slots, grooves, or the like E04H0017140000 Fences constructed of rigid elements, e.g. with additional wire fillings or with posts E04H0017160000 using prefabricated panel-like elements, e.g. wired frames E04H0017180000 Corrals, i.e. easily transportable or demountable enclosures E04H0017200000 Posts therefor E04H0017220000 Anchoring means therefor, e.g. specially-shaped parts entering the ground; Struts or the like (for towers or masts E04H0012200000; sockets for posts E04H0012220000) E04H0017240000 Connections for attaching additional wire to frames, posts or railings E04H0017260000 Devices for erecting or removing fences E05 LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES E05B LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS E05B0001000000 Parts of locks or the like mountable on or in wings E05B0001000000 Knobs or handles for wings (for furniture A47B0095020000); Knobs, handles, or press buttons for locks or latches on wings (E05B0005000000, E05B0007000000 take precedence);; E05B0001020000 of solid material E05B0001040000 with inner rigid member and outer cover or covers E05B0001060000 of sheet material E05B0003000000 Fastening handles to lock or latch parts E05B0003020000 Fastening handles to the spindle by pinning or riveting E05B0003040000 Fastening the handle shank to the spindle by screws, springs, or snap bolts E05B0003060000 by means arranged in or on the rose E05B0003080000 Fastening the spindle to the follower E05B0003100000 by a bipartite or cleft spindle in the follower or in the handle shank E05B0005000000 Handles completely let into the surface of the wing E05B0005020000 able to be turned outwards before operation E05B0005040000 able to be shifted parallel to the wing after being pulled out E05B0007000000 Handles pivoted about an axis parallel to the wing (E05B0005000000 takes precedence);; E05B0009000000 Lock or latch-mechanism casings (padlock casings E05B0067020000) E05B0009020000 of latch-bolt locks E05B0009040000 of cylinder locks E05B0009060000 Fastening together the parts of casings E05B0009080000 Fastening the casings of latch-bolt locks or cylinder locks to the wing E05B0009100000 Coupling devices for the two halves of double cylinder locks E05B0011000000 Devices preventing keys from being removed from the lock E05B0011020000 before the wing is locked E05B0011040000 before the wing is closed E05B0011060000 for catching skeleton or incorrect keys E05B0013000000 Devices preventing the key or the handle or both from being used E05B0013020000 shaped as sectors of escutcheons, arranged in the keyhole E05B0013040000 shaped as fork-like implements grasping and fixing the key E05B0013060000 shaped as bolt detents arranged in the path of motion of the key bit E05B0013080000 formed by longitudinal bolt or cross-bar connecting the handle with a stationary lock part or fitting E05B0013100000 formed by a lock arranged in the handle E05B0015000000 Other details of locks; Parts for engagement by bolts of fastening devices (fastening devices for wings other than locks or associated with locks E05C) E05B0015020000 Striking-plates; Keepers; Bolt staples; Escutcheons E05B0015040000 Spring arrangements in locks E05B0015060000 Lock wards E05B0015080000 Key guides; Key pins E05B0015100000 Bolts of locks or night latches E05B0015120000 Pins or detents for locking bolts E05B0015140000 Tumblers E05B0015160000 Use of special materials for parts of locks (for handles E05B0001000000) E05B0017000000 Accessories in connection with locks (locks with indicating or timing devices E05B0039000000-E05B0045000000; buffers E05F0005000000; means for preventing rattling of wings E05F0007040000; means for taking the weight of the wing E05F0007060000) E05B0017020000 Coupling devices for double doors, i.e. two doors one behind the other and hinged on the same side E05B0017040000 Devices for coupling the turning cylinder of a single or double cylinder lock with the bolt-operating member E05B0017060000 Templates for marking the position of apertures in fittings of wings E05B0017080000 Lubricating devices E05B0017100000 Illuminating devices on, or for, locks or keys E05B0017120000 Devices for removing keys stuck in the lock E05B0017140000 Closures or guards for keyholes E05B0017160000 shaped as pins or key bits E05B0017180000 shaped as lids or slides E05B0017200000 Means independent of the locking mechanism for preventing unauthorised opening, e.g. for securing the bolt in the fastening position (pins or detents E05B0015120000) E05B0017220000 Means for operating or controlling lock or fastening device accessories, i.e. other than the fastening members, e.g. switches, indicators E05B0019000000 Keys; Accessories therefor (making keys, see the relevant places, e.g. B21D0053420000; milling grooves in keys B23C0003350000) E05B0019020000 Construction of the shank of the key E05B0019040000 Construction of the bow of the key; Construction of flat keys E05B0019060000 Key bits; Flat key bits E05B0019080000 Special forms of key bits, e.g. double key bits, folding key bits E05B0019100000 Fastening the key bit and bow on the shank of the key E05B0019120000 Keys with several bits moving relatively to each other when in use E05B0019140000 Double keys E05B0019160000 Extremely thin keys acting without rotation E05B0019180000 Keys adjustable before use E05B0019200000 Skeleton keys; Devices for picking locks; Other devices for similar purposes E05B0019220000 Keys with devices for indicating whether the last operation was locking or unlocking E05B0019240000 Key-distinguishing marks E05B0019260000 Use of special materials for keys E05B0021000000 Locks with rotary keys moving lamelliform tumblers perpendicular to the key E05B0021000000 Locks with tumblers not following the movement of the bolt E05B0021020000 with identical tumblers E05B0021040000 with stop pins on the tumbler (E05B0021020000 takes precedence);; E05B0021060000 Cylinder locks, e.g. protector locks E05B0023000000 Locks with tumblers following the movement of the bolt E05B0025000000 Locks with special tumblers E05B0025020000 with tumblers in the cut-out of which the key bit is moved E05B0025040000 with tumblers in which the stop pin is guided from one locked position to the other in an inclined direction E05B0025060000 with tumblers in which the stop pin is guided from one locked position to the other along a curved path E05B0025080000 with tumblers with movable pawls engaging the key E05B0025100000 with tumblers formed to engage one another to determine their unlocked position E05B0027000000 Locks of which the tumblers are set by pushing the key in E05B0027000000 Cylinder locks with tumbler pins or balls E05B0027020000 operated by the edge of the key E05B0027040000 arranged radially in one row E05B0027060000 arranged radially in more than one row E05B0027080000 arranged axially E05B0027100000 operated by other surfaces of the key, e.g. openings receiving projections on the tumblers E05B0029000000 Cylinder locks with plate tumblers E05B0029020000 operated by the edge of the key E05B0029040000 arranged singly E05B0029060000 arranged in pairs E05B0029080000 operated by other surfaces of the key E05B0029100000 operated by a curved groove or slot E05B0029120000 operated by a curved rib E05B0029140000 with both axially and radially arranged plate tumblers E05B0031000000 Cylinder locks with both tumbler pins or balls and plate tumblers E05B0033000000 Cylinder locks in which the bolt is moved by means other than the key E05B0035000000 Locks for use with special keys or a plurality of keys E05B0035020000 which can be shifted laterally E05B0035040000 for pull keys E05B0035060000 for screw keys E05B0035080000 operable by a plurality of keys E05B0035100000 with master and pass keys E05B0035120000 requiring the use of two keys, e.g. safe-deposit locks E05B0035140000 with keys of which different parts operate separate mechanisms E05B0037000000 Permutation locks (electric permutation locks E05B0049000000; for bicycles E05B0071020000); Puzzle locks E05B0037020000 with tumbler discs or rings arranged on a single axis, each disc being adjustable independently of the others E05B0037040000 with tumbler discs on a single axis, all the discs being adjustable by rotating a shiftable knob E05B0037060000 in padlocks E05B0037080000 with tumbler discs on a single axis, all the discs being adjustable by a rotary knob which is not shifted E05B0037100000 in padlocks E05B0037120000 with tumbler discs on several axes E05B0037140000 in padlocks E05B0037160000 with two or more push or pull knobs, slides, or the like E05B0037180000 in padlocks E05B0037200000 Puzzle locks E05B0037220000 in padlocks E05B0039000000 Locks with indicating or timing devices E05B0039000000 Locks giving indication of unauthorised unlocking E05B0039020000 with destructible seal closures or paper closures (seals per seG09F0003000000) E05B0039040000 with counting or registering devices E05B0041000000 Locks with visible indication as to whether the lock is locked or unlocked E05B0043000000 Time locks (clocks or clock mechanisms with attached or built-in means operating any device at preselected times or after a predetermined time interval G04C0023000000) E05B0045000000 Alarm locks (alarm devices actuated by tampering with fastenings in general G08B) E05B0045020000 with mechanically-operated bells E05B0045040000 with detonating alarm devices E05B0045060000 Electric alarm locks E05B0045080000 with contact making inside the lock or in the striking plate E05B0045100000 by introducing the key E05B0045120000 by movement of the bolt E05B0045140000 with contact making outside the lock E05B0047000000 Operation or control of locks by non-mechanical means, e.g. from a distance (locking doors simultaneously in passenger vehicles E05B0065360000; key switches H01H0027000000) E05B0047000000 Operating or controlling locks or other fastening devices by electric or magnetic means (electric permutation locks E05B0049000000; holding in open position or limiting movement of wings by magnetic or electromagnetic attraction E05C0017560000) E05B0047020000 Adaptation of locks, latches, or parts thereof, for movement of the bolt by electromagnetic means E05B0047040000 for unlocking only E05B0047060000 Controlling mechanically-operated bolts by electromagnetically-operated detents E05B0047080000 the bolt being withdrawn by a spring which is stressed by closing the wing E05B0049000000 Electric permutation locks; Circuits therefor E05B0049020000 with electrical arrangements inside the lock E05B0049040000 with electrical arrangements outside the lock E05B0051000000 Operating or controlling locks or other fastening devices by other non-mechanical means E05B0051020000 by pneumatic or hydraulic means E05B0053000000 Operation or control of locks by mechanical transmissions, e.g. from a distance (for passenger doors E05B0065200000) E05B0055000000 Locks with provision for latching (for passenger doors E05B0065200000) E05B0055000000 Locks in which a sliding latch is used also as a locking bolt E05B0055020000 the bolt being secured by the tumbler E05B0055040000 the bolt being secured by the cross-bar or the turnbuckle and the handle being locked E05B0055060000 the handle being disconnected E05B0055080000 the bolt being secured by transverse bolts E05B0055100000 without securing the bolt E05B0055120000 the bolt being secured by the operation of a hidden parallel member E05B0055140000 the bolt being secured by the operation of a wing handle, or by means in the wing handle or knob E05B0055160000 merely by normal use of the handle on one side of the wing E05B0057000000 Locks in which a pivoted latch is used also as locking means E05B0059000000 Locks with latches separate from the lock-bolts, or with a plurality of latches or lock-bolts E05B0059020000 with arrangements for securing the latch while shooting the lock-bolt E05B0059040000 Locks in which the latch is moved by a lock-bolt, or the lock-bolt by a latch, or one latch by another, or the like E05B0059060000 with a lock-bolt slidable in the latch E05B0061000000 Other locks with provision for latching E05B0063000000 Locks with special structural characteristics or for special use E05B0063000000 Locks with special structural characteristics E05B0063020000 without springs E05B0063040000 for alternative use on the right-hand or left-hand side of wings E05B0063060000 with lengthwise-adjustable bolts E05B0063080000 Mortise locks E05B0063100000 requiring only two cylindrical holes in the wing E05B0063120000 with means carried by the bolt for interlocking with the keeper (for passenger doors E05B0065280000) E05B0063140000 Arrangement of several locks or locks with several bolts, e.g. arranged one behind the other (locks for keys with several bits E05B0035140000; with provision for latching E05B0059000000, E05B0061000000; arrangements of simultaneously-actuated bolts or other securing devices at well-separated positions on the same wing E05C0009000000) E05B0063160000 with the handles on opposite sides moving independently (the latch being secured by the operation of a wing handle E05B0055140000) E05B0063180000 with arrangements independent of the locking mechanism for retaining the bolt in the retracted position E05B0063200000 released automatically when the wing is closed E05B0063220000 operated by a pulling or pushing action perpendicular to the front plate (E05B0035040000 takes precedence);; E05B0063240000 Arrangements in which the fastening members which engage one another are mounted respectively on the wing and the frame and are both movable, e.g. for release by moving either of them (hasp locks E05B0065480000; hasp fastenings E05C0019080000) E05B0065000000 Locks for special use E05B0065020000 for thin, hollow, or thin-metal wings E05B0065040000 for wings, one behind the other, hinged on the same side (fastening devices specially adapted for two wings which lie one behind the other when closed E05C0007020000) E05B0065060000 for swing doors E05B0065080000 for sliding wings E05B0065100000 for panic or emergency doors E05B0065120000 for vehicles (E05B0071000000 takes precedence;locking arrangements for non-fixed vehicle roofs B60J0007185000) E05B0065140000 for railway freight-cars or the like; for lorries (E05B0065200000 takes precedence);; E05B0065160000 for back doors of vans E05B0065180000 with provision for sealing E05B0065190000 for car-boot lids; for car bonnets E05B0065200000 for passenger or like doors E05B0065220000 with rectilinearly-moving bolt E05B0065240000 locked by a special movement of the door handle E05B0065260000 with the outside door handle drawn into a recess when the door is locked E05B0065280000 with means carried by the bolt for interlocking with the keeper E05B0065300000 with two or more bolts moved simultaneously E05B0065320000 with the bolt turning about an axis E05B0065340000 in which the member engaging the keeper is shaped as a lockable toothed wheel or the like E05B0065360000 Locking several doors simultaneously E05B0065380000 by pneumatic or hydraulic means E05B0065400000 Locking one door by shutting another (by non-mechanical means E05B0047000000, E05B0051000000; operation of locks by mechanical transmissions E05B0053000000; fastenings, other than locks, for double doors E05C0007060000) E05B0065420000 Securing the latch or bolt by movement of the vehicle E05B0065440000 for furniture or drawers E05B0065460000 Special locks for drawers, e.g. for a plurality of drawers E05B0065480000 Hasp locks (hasp fastenings other than locks E05C0019080000) E05B0065500000 for briefcases E05B0065520000 Other locks for chests, boxes, trunks, baskets, travelling bags, or the like (closures for bags or trunks A45C0013060000, A45C0013100000, A45C0013160000) E05B0067000000 Padlocks (permutation locks E05B0037000000); Details thereof E05B0067020000 Cases E05B0067040000 Armoured cases E05B0067060000 Shackles; Arrangement of the shackle E05B0067080000 Padlocks with shackles hinged on the case E05B0067100000 with devices for securing the free end of the shackle E05B0067120000 with built-in cylinder locks E05B0067140000 with devices for securing the hinged end of the shackle E05B0067160000 with built-in cylinder locks E05B0067180000 with devices for securing both ends of the shackle E05B0067200000 with built-in cylinder locks E05B0067220000 Padlocks with sliding shackles, with or without rotary or pivotal movement E05B0067240000 with built-in cylinder locks E05B0067260000 with screw action, with or without the shackle being moved by turning the key E05B0067280000 Padlocks with shackles forming a circle E05B0067300000 with built-in cylinder locks E05B0067320000 Padlocks with pincer-like shackles E05B0067340000 with built-in cylinder locks E05B0067360000 Padlocks with closing means other than shackles E05B0067380000 Auxiliary or protective devices E05B0069000000 Locking devices for clothing, sticks, umbrellas, or cycles E05B0069000000 Devices for locking clothing; Lockable clothing holders or hangers (dress or hat holders in general A47G0025000000) E05B0069020000 Lockable clothing hooks (coin-controlled locking hooks G07F) E05B0071000000 Locks specially adapted for bicycles, other than padlocks (locks integral with cycles B62H0005000000) E05B0071020000 with permutation locking devices E05B0073000000 Devices for locking portable objects against unauthorised removal; Locking devices not provided for in other groups of this subclass E05B0073020000 for walking-sticks or umbrellas (stick or umbrella holders in general A47G0025120000) E05B0075000000 Handcuffs E05C BOLTS OR FASTENING DEVICES FOR WINGS, SPECIALLY FOR DOORS OR WINDOWS (latching means for sideboard or tailgate structures for vehicles B62D0033037000; fastening devices for constructional or engineering elements E04, F16B; locks, fastening devices structurally or operatively combined or having significant cooperation with locks E05B; means for operating or controlling wing fasteners in conjunction with mechanisms for moving the wing E05F) E05C0001000000 Bolts, latches, or equivalent wing-fastening devices, characterised by special way of movement, e.g. moving rectilinearly, pivotally, or rotatively (devices released automatically by pull or pressure on the wing E05C0019020000; hasps E05C0019080000; hook fastenings E05C0019100000) E05C0001000000 Fastening devices with bolts moving rectilinearly E05C0001020000 without latching action E05C0001040000 with operating handle or equivalent member rigid with the bolt E05C0001060000 with operating handle or equivalent member moving otherwise than rigidly with the bolt E05C0001080000 with latching action E05C0001100000 with operating handle or equivalent member rigid with the latch E05C0001120000 with operating handle or equivalent member moving otherwise than rigidly with the latch E05C0001140000 the handle or member moving essentially towards, or away from, the plane of the wing or frame E05C0001160000 the handle or member moving essentially in a plane substantially parallel to the wing E05C0003000000 Fastening devices with bolts moving pivotally or rotatively E05C0003020000 without latching action E05C0003040000 with operating handle or equivalent member rigid with the bolt E05C0003060000 with operating handle or equivalent member moving otherwise than rigidly with the bolt E05C0003080000 the handle or member moving essentially towards, or away from, the plane of the wing or frame E05C0003100000 the handle or member moving essentially in a plane substantially parallel to the wing E05C0003120000 with latching action (devices in which the securing part is formed or merely carried by a spring and moves only by distortion of the spring, e.g. snaps, E05C0019060000) E05C0003140000 with operating handle or equivalent member rigid with the latch E05C0003160000 with operating handle or equivalent member moving otherwise than rigidly with the latch E05C0003220000 the bolt being spring-controlled E05C0003240000 in the form of a bifurcated member E05C0003260000 engaging a stud-like keeper E05C0003280000 with simultaneously-operating double bolts E05C0003300000 in the form of a hook E05C0003320000 engaging a hooked keeper (E05C0003340000 takes precedence);; E05C0003340000 with simultaneously-operating double bolts E05C0003360000 in the form of a rotary gear E05C0003380000 with bolts engaging a hooked keeper (E05C0003240000, E05C0003300000, E05C0003360000 take precedence);; E05C0003400000 with bolts engaging a stud-like keeper (E05C0003240000, E05C0003300000, E05C0003360000 take precedence);; E05C0005000000 Fastening devices with bolts moving otherwise than only rectilinearly and only pivotally or rotatively E05C0005020000 both moving axially and turning about their axes to secure the wing E05C0005040000 performing both movements simultaneously, e.g. screwing into a keeper E05C0007000000 Fastening devices specially adapted for two wings E05C0007020000 for wings which lie one behind the other when closed E05C0007040000 for wings which abut when closed E05C0007060000 a fastening device for one wing being actuated or controlled by closing another wing E05C0009000000 Arrangement of simultaneously-actuated bolts or other securing devices at well-separated positions on the same wing (essentially involving locking means E05B0063140000; similar constructions for engineering closures for pressure vessels, in general F16J0013080000) E05C0009020000 with one sliding bar for fastening when moved in one direction and unfastening when moved in opposite direction; with two sliding bars moved in the same direction when fastening or unfastening E05C0009040000 with two sliding bars moved in opposite directions when fastening or unfastening E05C0009060000 with three or more sliding bars E05C0009080000 with a rotary bar for actuating the fastening means E05C0009100000 Actuating mechanisms for bars E05C0009120000 with gears and racks E05C0009140000 with pins engaging slots E05C0009160000 with crank pins and connecting rods E05C0009180000 Details of fastening means or of fixed retaining means for the ends of bars E05C0009200000 Coupling means for sliding bars, rods, or cables E05C0009220000 Guides for sliding bars, rods, or cables (corner guides E05C0009240000) E05C0009240000 Means for transmitting movements between vertical and horizontal sliding bars, rods, or cables, e.g. corner guides (means for transmitting movements between vertical and horizontal sliding bars, rods, or cables, for moving wings into open or closed position E05F0007080000) E05C0017000000 Devices for holding wings open; Devices for limiting opening of wings or for holding wings open by a movable member extending between frame and wing; Braking devices, stops or buffers, combined therewith (combined with hinges E05D0011000000; combined with operating apparatus for wings E05F; other braking devices, stops, buffers E05F0005000000) E05C0017020000 by mechanical means (E05C0017600000 takes precedence);; E05C0017040000 with a movable bar or equivalent member extending between frame and wing E05C0017060000 releasable to allow further opening only when the wing is nearly closed E05C0017080000 with special means for release, e.g. automatic release by further opening E05C0017100000 incorporating a special device for securing the wing in the closed position E05C0017120000 consisting of a single rod E05C0017140000 Hook and eye, or equivalent E05C0017160000 pivoted only at one end and having an elongated slot E05C0017180000 pivoted only at one end and having a row of holes, notches, or pins E05C0017200000 sliding through a guide (E05C0017180000 takes precedence);; E05C0017220000 with braking, clamping or securing means in the guide E05C0017240000 pivoted at one end, and with the other end running along a guide member E05C0017260000 with braking, clamping or securing means at the pivot of the rod E05C0017280000 with braking, clamping or securing means at the connection to the guide member E05C0017300000 of extensible, e.g. telescopic, construction (flexible members E05C0017360000) E05C0017320000 consisting of two or more pivoted rods E05C0017340000 with means for holding in more than one position E05C0017360000 comprising a flexible member, e.g. chains E05C0017380000 with a curved rail rigid with the frame for engagement with means on the wing, or ; vice versa E05C0017400000 Bars or like parts connecting a right wing with a left wing which move against each other when being closed E05C0017420000 connecting exterior and interior wings E05C0017440000 with a device carried on the wing for frictional or like engagement with a fixed flat surface, e.g. retractable feet E05C0017460000 in which the wing or a member fixed thereon is engaged by a movable fastening member in a fixed position; in which a movable fastening member mounted on the wing engages a stationary member E05C0017480000 comprising a sliding securing member E05C0017500000 comprising a single pivoted securing member E05C0017520000 comprising a snap, catch, or the like E05C0017540000 Portable devices, e.g. wedges E05C0017560000 by magnetic or electromagnetic attraction (operation of locks or fasteners by electric or magnetic means E05B0047000000) E05C0017580000 operated or controlled from a distance E05C0017600000 holding sliding wings open E05C0017620000 using notches E05C0017640000 by friction E05C0019000000 Other devices specially designed for securing wings (movable draft sealings additionally used for bolting E06B0007180000) E05C0019020000 Automatic catches, i.e. released by pull or pressure on the wing (E05C0019060000 takes precedence);; E05C0019040000 Ball or roller catches E05C0019060000 in which the securing part is formed or carried by a spring and moves only by distortion of the spring, e.g. snaps E05C0019080000 Hasps; Hasp fastenings; Spring catches therefor E05C0019100000 Hook fastenings; Fastenings in which a link engages a fixed hook-like member E05C0019120000 pivotally mounted E05C0019140000 with toggle action E05C0019160000 Devices holding the wing by magnetic or electromagnetic attraction E05C0019180000 Portable devices specially adapted for securing wings (preventing operation of handles E05B0013000000) E05C0021000000 Arrangement or combinations of wing fastening, securing, or holding devices, not covered by any single one of main groups ; E05C0001000000-E05C0019000000 E05C0021020000 for holding a wing closed only E05D HINGES OR OTHER SUSPENSION DEVICES FOR DOORS, WINDOWS, OR WINGS (pivotal connections in general F16C0011000000) E05D0001000000 Pinless hinges; Substitutes for hinges E05D0001020000 made of one piece E05D0001040000 with guide members shaped as circular arcs E05D0001060000 consisting of two easily-separable parts E05D0003000000 Hinges with pins E05D0003020000 with one pin E05D0003040000 engaging three or more parts, e.g. sleeves, movable relatively to one another for connecting two or more wings to another member E05D0003060000 with two or more pins (E05D0007080000 takes precedence);; E05D0003080000 for swing-doors, i.e. openable by pushing from either side E05D0003100000 with non-parallel pins E05D0003120000 with two parallel pins and one arm (E05D0003080000 takes precedence);; E05D0003140000 with four parallel pins and two arms (E05D0003080000 takes precedence);; E05D0003160000 with seven parallel pins and four arms (E05D0003080000 takes precedence);; E05D0003180000 with sliding pins or guides (E05D0003080000 takes precedence);; E05D0005000000 Construction of single parts, e.g. the parts for attachment E05D0005020000 Parts for attachment, e.g. flaps E05D0005040000 Flat flaps E05D0005060000 Bent flaps E05D0005080000 of cylindrical shape E05D0005100000 Pins, sockets or sleeves; Removable pins (E05D0015522000 takes precedence);; E05D0005120000 Securing pins in sockets, movably or not E05D0005140000 Construction of sockets or sleeves E05D0005160000 to be secured without special attachment parts on the socket or sleeve E05D0007000000 Hinges or pivots of special construction (used for special suspension arrangements E05D0015000000; so as to be self-closing E05F0001060000, E05F0001120000; with means for raising wings before being turned E05F0007020000) E05D0007020000 for use on the right-hand as well as on the left-hand side; Convertible right-hand or left-hand hinges E05D0007040000 Hinges adjustable relative to the wing or the frame E05D0007060000 to allow tilting of the members E05D0007080000 for use in suspensions comprising two spigots placed at opposite edges of the wing, especially at the top and the bottom, e.g. trunnions E05D0007081000 the pivot axis of the wing being situated near one edge of the wing (braking devices therefor E05D0011080000) E05D0007082000 the pivot axis of the wing being situated at a considerable distance from the edges of the wing E05D0007083000 with a fixed pivot axis E05D0007084000 with a movable pivot axis E05D0007085000 with two or more pivot axes, e.g. used at the same time E05D0007086000 Braking devices structurally combined with hinges (braking devices for windows per se E05F0005000000) E05D0007100000 to allow easy separation of the parts at the hinge axis (substitutes for hinges E05D0001060000) E05D0007120000 to allow easy detachment of the hinge from the wing or the frame E05D0007140000 Hinges for safes E05D0009000000 Flaps or sleeves specially designed for making from particular material, e.g. hoop-iron, sheet metal, plastics E05D0011000000 Additional features or accessories of hinges E05D0011020000 Lubricating arrangements E05D0011040000 relating to the use of free balls as bearing-surfaces (E05D0007060000 takes precedence);; E05D0011060000 Devices for limiting the opening movement of hinges E05D0011080000 Friction devices between relatively-movable hinge parts (E05D0007086000 takes precedence);; E05D0011100000 Devices for preventing movement between relatively-movable hinge parts E05D0013000000 Accessories for sliding or lifting wings, e.g. pulleys, safety catches (counterbalance devices E05F0001000000, E05F0003000000) E05D0015000000 Suspension arrangements for wings (arrangements of wings not characterised by the construction of the supporting means E06B0003320000) E05D0015020000 for revolving wings E05D0015040000 with arms fixed on the wing pivoting about an axis outside of the wing E05D0015060000 for wings sliding horizontally more or less in their own plane E05D0015080000 consisting of two or more independent parts movable each in its own guides E05D0015100000 movable out of one plane into a second parallel plane E05D0015120000 consisting of parts connected at their edges E05D0015140000 with movable arms situated in the plane of the wing E05D0015160000 for wings sliding vertically more or less in their own plane E05D0015180000 consisting of two or more independent parts movable each in its own guides E05D0015200000 movable out of one plane into a second parallel plane E05D0015220000 allowing an additional movement E05D0015240000 consisting of parts connected at their edges E05D0015260000 for folding wings E05D0015280000 supported on arms movable in horizontal plane E05D0015300000 with pivoted arms and sliding guides E05D0015320000 with two pairs of pivoted arms E05D0015340000 with wings opening parallel to themselves E05D0015360000 moving along slide-ways so arranged that one guide member of the wing moves in a direction substantially perpendicular to the movement of another guide member E05D0015380000 for upwardly-moving wings, e.g. up-and-over doors E05D0015400000 supported on arms movable in vertical planes E05D0015420000 with pivoted arms and horizontally-sliding guides E05D0015440000 with pivoted arms and vertically-sliding guides E05D0015460000 with two pairs of pivoted arms E05D0015480000 allowing alternative movements (for vertically-sliding wings E05D0015220000) E05D0015500000 for opening at either of two opposite edges E05D0015520000 for opening about a vertical as well as a horizontal axis E05D0015522000 with disconnecting means for the appropriate pivoting parts E05D0015523000 using movable rods E05D0015524000 Actuating mechanisms E05D0015526000 Safety devices E05D0015540000 for opening both inwards and outwards E05D0015560000 with successive different movements E05D0015580000 with both swinging and sliding movements E05F DEVICES FOR MOVING WINGS INTO OPEN OR CLOSED POSITION; CHECKS FOR WINGS; WING FITTINGS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, CONCERNED WITH THE FUNCTIONING OF THE WING E05F0001000000 Closers or openers for wings, not otherwise provided for in this subclass E05F0001020000 gravity-actuated E05F0001040000 for wings which lift during movement E05F0001060000 Mechanisms in the shape of hinges or pivots, operated by the weight of the wing E05F0001080000 spring-actuated E05F0001100000 for swinging wings E05F0001120000 Mechanisms in the shape of hinges or pivots, operated by springs E05F0001140000 with double-acting springs, e.g. for closing and opening or checking and closing E05F0001160000 for sliding wings E05F0003000000 Closers or openers with braking devices, e.g. checks; Construction of pneumatic or liquid braking devices (construction of non-pneumatic or non-liquid braking devices E05F0005000000; friction devices in hinges E05D0011080000) E05F0003020000 with pneumatic piston brakes (rotary type E05F0003140000) E05F0003040000 with liquid piston brakes (rotary type E05F0003140000) E05F0003060000 in which a torsion spring rotates a member around an axis perpendicular to the axis of the piston E05F0003080000 in which a torsion spring rotates a member around an axis arranged in the direction of the axis of the piston E05F0003100000 with a spring, other than a torsion spring, and a piston, the axes of which are the same or lie in the same direction E05F0003120000 Special devices controlling the circulation of the liquid, e.g. valve arrangement (valves per seF16K) E05F0003140000 with fluid brakes of the rotary type E05F0003160000 with friction brakes E05F0003180000 with counteracting springs (double-acting springs E05F0001140000) E05F0003200000 in hinges E05F0003220000 Additional arrangements for closers, e.g. for holding the wing in opened or other position E05F0005000000 Braking devices, e.g. checks; Stops; Buffers (construction of pneumatic or liquid braking devices E05F0003000000; combined with devices for holding wings open E05C0017000000; devices for limiting opening of wings or for holding wings open by a movable member extending between frame and wing E05C0017040000) E05F0005020000 specially for preventing the slamming of wings E05F0005040000 hand-operated; operated by centrifugal action E05F0005060000 Buffers (E05F0005020000 takes precedence);; E05F0005080000 with springs E05F0005100000 with piston brakes E05F0005120000 specially for preventing the closing of a wing before another wing has been closed E05F0007000000 Accessories for wings not provided for in other groups of this subclass (specially adapted for furniture A47B0095000000; door-lifters B66F, E04F0021000000; knobs or handles E05B) E05F0007020000 for raising wings before being turned E05F0007040000 Arrangements affording protection against rattling (with buffering action E05F0005000000) E05F0007060000 Devices for taking the weight of the wing, arranged away from the hinge axis E05F0007080000 Means for transmitting movements between vertical and horizontal sliding bars, rods, or cables (means for transmitting movements between vertical and horizontal sliding bars, rods, or cables, for the fastening of wings E05C0009240000) E05F0009000000 Operating mechanisms for wings (for safeguarding bank teller windows E05G0005000000; for interconnected louvres E06B0007086000; for blinds or roll-type closures E06B0009000000) E05F0009000000 Means for operating wings by hand rods not guided in or on the frame, including those which also operate the fastening (bolts or fastening devices for wings E05C) E05F0011000000 Man-operated mechanisms for operating wings, including those which also operate the fastening (connecting mechanisms for a plurality of wings E05F0017000000) E05F0011020000 for wings in general, e.g. fanlights (E05F0011360000 takes precedence;for windows to be lowered vertically E05F0011380000; for doors E05F0011540000) E05F0011040000 with cords, chains, or cables E05F0011060000 in guide-channels E05F0011080000 with longitudinally-moving bars guided, e.g. by pivoted links, in or on the frame E05F0011100000 Mechanisms by which a handle moves the bar E05F0011120000 Mechanisms by which the bar shifts the wing E05F0011140000 directly, i.e. without links, shifting the wing, e.g. by rack-and-gear or pin-and-slot E05F0011160000 shifting the wing by pivotally-connected members moving in a plane perpendicular to the pivot axis of the wing E05F0011180000 consisting of a lever, e.g. an angle lever, only E05F0011200000 consisting of a lever, e.g. an angle lever, and only one additional link E05F0011220000 consisting of a lever, e.g. an angle lever, and two or more additional links in series E05F0011240000 shifting the wing by pivotally-connected members moving in a plane parallel to the pivot axis of the wing E05F0011260000 consisting of a lever, e.g. an angle lever, only E05F0011280000 consisting of a lever, e.g. an angle lever, and one or more additional links E05F0011300000 consisting of links in rhomb form E05F0011320000 with rotary bars guided in the frame (E05F0011340000 takes precedence);; E05F0011340000 with screw mechanisms E05F0011360000 specially designed for passing through a wall E05F0011380000 for sliding windows, e.g. vehicle windows, to be opened or closed by vertical movement E05F0011400000 operated by screw mechanism E05F0011420000 operated by rack bars and toothed wheels E05F0011440000 operated by one or more lifting arms E05F0011460000 operated by lazy-tongs mechanism E05F0011480000 operated by cords or chains E05F0011500000 Crank gear with clutches or retaining brakes, for operating window mechanisms E05F0011520000 combined with means for producing an additional movement, e.g. a horizontal or a rotary movement E05F0011530000 for sliding windows, e.g. vehicle windows, to be opened or closed by horizontal movement E05F0011540000 for doors E05F0013000000 Mechanisms operated by the movement or weight of a person or vehicle (through power-operated wing-operating mechanisms E05F0015000000) E05F0013020000 by devices, e.g. lever arms, affected by the movement of the user E05F0013040000 by platforms lowered by the weight of the user E05F0015000000 Power-operated mechanisms for wings E05F0015020000 with pressure medium E05F0015040000 for swinging wings E05F0015060000 for horizontally-sliding wings E05F0015080000 for vertically-sliding wings E05F0015100000 with rotary electromotors E05F0015120000 for swinging wings E05F0015140000 for horizontally-sliding wings E05F0015160000 for vertically-sliding wings E05F0015180000 with other electrical means, e.g. solenoids E05F0015200000 controlled by automatically-acting means, e.g. by photocells, by electric waves, by thermostats, by rain, by fire E05F0017000000 Special devices for shifting a plurality of wings operated simultaneously (for simultaneously moving a plurality of interconnected ventilating lamellae E06B0007086000) E05G SAFES OR STRONG-ROOMS FOR VALUABLES; BANK PROTECTION DEVICES; SAFETY TRANSACTION PARTITIONS (alarm arrangements per seG08B) E05G0001000000 Safes or strong-rooms for valuables (savings boxes A45C0001120000; floatable safes B63C0007300000; storage containers without attack or fire repellent features B65D; bank buildings in general, e.g. modular construction, floor plan, E04H0001060000; buildings resistant to earthquake or war action E04H0009000000) E05G0001020000 Details (safe hinges E05D0007140000) E05G0001024000 Wall or panel structure E05G0001026000 Closures (protective doors, windows, or like closures against air-raid or other war-like action E06B0005100000; shutters, movable grilles, other safety closures E06B0009020000) E05G0001040000 Closure fasteners (locks E05B) E05G0001060000 having provision for multiple compartments E05G0001080000 secured individually E05G0001100000 with alarm, signal, or indicator (burglar, theft, or intruder alarm per seG08B0013000000; fire or explosion alarm per seG08B0017000000) E05G0001120000 with fluent-material releasing, generating, or distributing means, e.g. repellent or fire extinguishing (E05G0001140000 takes precedence;identifying, scaring or incapacitating burglars, thieves, or intruders with smoke, gas, powder, or liquid G08B0015020000) E05G0001140000 with means for marking or destroying the valuables, e.g. in case of theft E05G0005000000 Bank protection devices (E05G0001120000, E05G0007000000 take precedence;closed-circuit television systems H04N0007180000) E05G0005020000 Trapping or confining mechanisms (thief or burglar incapacitating means in general G08B0015000000) E05G0007000000 Safety transaction partitions, e.g. movable payplates (non-safety paying counters, e.g. for supermarkets, A47F0009020000) E06 DOORS, WINDOWS, SHUTTERS, OR ROLLER BLINDS, IN GENERAL; LADDERS E06B FIXED OR MOVABLE CLOSURES FOR OPENINGS IN BUILDINGS, VEHICLES, FENCES, OR LIKE ENCLOSURES, IN GENERAL, e.g. DOORS, WINDOWS, BLINDS, GATES (shades or blinds for greenhouses A01G0009220000; curtains A47H; lids for car boots or bonnets B62D0025100000; sky-lights E04B0007180000; sunshades, awnings E04F0010000000) E06B0001000000 Border constructions of openings in walls, floors, or ceilings; Frames to be rigidly mounted in such openings (E06B0005000000 takes precedence;features relating also to inner frames or wing frames, features relating solely to the mounting of inner frames E06B0003000000; corner joints or edge joints E06B0003960000) E06B0001020000 Base frames, i.e. template frames for openings in walls or the like, provided with means for securing a further rigidly-mounted frame; Special adaptations of frames to be fixed therein E06B0001040000 Frames for doors, windows, or the like to be fixed in openings (special adaptations for fixing in base frames E06B0001020000; features relating solely to the mounting of glass panes or other sheets E06B0003000000) E06B0001060000 Wooden frames E06B0001080000 composed of several parts with respect to the cross-section of the frame itself E06B0001100000 adjustable with respect to the thickness of walls E06B0001120000 Metal frames E06B0001140000 of special cross-section (E06B0001180000, E06B0001220000 take precedence);; E06B0001160000 Hollow frames E06B0001180000 composed of several parts with respect to the cross-section of the frame itself E06B0001200000 adjustable with respect to the thickness of walls E06B0001220000 with integral thresholds of special form E06B0001240000 Frames of natural stone, concrete, or other stone-like material E06B0001260000 Frames of plastics E06B0001280000 Hollow frames (E06B0001300000 takes precedence);; E06B0001300000 composed of several parts with respect to the cross-section of the frame itself E06B0001320000 Frames composed of parts made of different materials E06B0001340000 Coverings, e.g. protecting against weather, for decorative purposes E06B0001360000 Frames uniquely adapted for windows E06B0001380000 for shop-, show- or like large windows E06B0001400000 Frames with parts removable to admit the glass (E06B0001380000 takes precedence);; E06B0001520000 Frames specially adapted for doors E06B0001560000 Fastening frames to the border of openings E06B0001580000 by filling-up the joints, e.g. by cementing E06B0001600000 by mechanical means, e.g. anchoring means E06B0001620000 Tightening or covering joints between the border of openings and the frame (E06B0001340000 takes precedence);; E06B0001640000 by loosely-inserted means, e.g. strip, resilient tongue E06B0001660000 by labyrinth packings E06B0001680000 by profiled external parts E06B0001700000 Sills; Thresholds E06B0003000000 Window sashes, door leaves, or like elements for closing openings; Layout of fixed or moving closures, e.g. windows; Features of rigidly-mounted outer frames relating to the mounting of wing frames (E06B0005000000 takes precedence;shutters or the like E06B0009000000; glass panes C03; uniting glass sheets by fusion C03B0023203000; joining glass to glass other than by fusing or to other inorganic material C03C0027000000) E06B0003010000 Removable or disappearing walls for hangars or other halls, e.g. for aircraft (wall constructions E04B0002000000) E06B0003020000 Wings made completely of glass E06B0003040000 Wing frames not characterised by the manner of movement (features relating to the manner of movement E06B0003320000) E06B0003060000 Single frames E06B0003080000 Constructions depending on the use of specified materials (E06B0003240000 takes precedence);; E06B0003100000 of wood E06B0003120000 of metal E06B0003140000 of special cross-section E06B0003160000 Hollow frames E06B0003180000 of concrete or other stone-like material E06B0003200000 of plastics E06B0003220000 Hollow frames E06B0003240000 specially adapted for double glazing (separable parts for securing panes E06B0003640000) E06B0003260000 Compound frames, i.e. one frame within or behind another (E06B0003263000, E06B0003280000 take precedence;arrangements of movable frames E06B0003320000) E06B0003263000 Frames with special provision for insulation E06B0003267000 with insulating elements formed ; in situ E06B0003273000 with prefabricated insulating elements held in position by deformation of portions of the frame members E06B0003277000 with prefabricated insulating elements held in position by expansion of the insulating elements E06B0003280000 with additional removable glass panes or the like, framed or unframed E06B0003300000 Coverings, e.g. protecting against weather, for decorative purposes E06B0003320000 Arrangements of wings characterised by the manner of movement; Arrangements of movable wings in openings; Features of wings or frames relating solely to the manner of movement of the wing E06B0003340000 with only one kind of movement (E06B0003480000 takes precedence);; E06B0003360000 with a single vertical axis of rotation at one side of the opening, or swinging through the opening (wings requiring lifting before opening E06B0003520000) E06B0003380000 with a horizontal axis of rotation at the top or bottom of the opening E06B0003400000 with a vertical or horizontal axis of rotation not at one side of the opening, e.g. turnover wings E06B0003420000 Sliding wings; Details of frames with respect to guiding E06B0003440000 Vertically-sliding wings E06B0003460000 Horizontally-sliding wings E06B0003480000 Wings connected at their edges, e.g. foldable wings E06B0003500000 with more than one kind of movement (E06B0003480000 takes precedence);; E06B0003520000 Wings requiring lifting before opening E06B0003540000 Fixing of glass panes or like plates E06B0003560000 by means of putty, cement, or adhesives only (E06B0003640000 takes precedence);; E06B0003580000 by means of borders, cleats, or the like (E06B0003640000 takes precedence);; E06B0003600000 of clamping cleats of metal E06B0003620000 of rubber-like elastic cleats E06B0003640000 Fixing of more than one pane to a frame E06B0003660000 Units comprising two or more parallel glass or like panes in spaced relationship, the panes being permanently secured together, e.g. along the edges (layered products essentially comprising sheet glass B32B0017000000; coating of glass C03C0017000000) E06B0003663000 Elements for spacing panes E06B0003667000 Connectors therefor E06B0003670000 characterised by additional arrangements or devices for heat or sound insulation E06B0003673000 Assembling the units (E06B0003677000 takes precedence);; E06B0003677000 Evacuating or filling the gap between the panes; Preventing condensation in the gap between the panes (by means of spacing elements E06B0003663000); Cleaning the gap between the panes E06B0003680000 Window bars E06B0003700000 Door leaves (wing frames E06B0003040000) E06B0003720000 consisting of frame and panels E06B0003740000 with wooden panels E06B0003760000 with metal panels E06B0003780000 with panels of plastics E06B0003800000 flexible E06B0003820000 Flush doors, i.e. with completely flat surface (E06B0003020000 takes precedence);; E06B0003840000 of plywood E06B0003860000 of plastics E06B0003880000 Edge-protecting devices for door leaves (finger guards for doors or windows E06B0007360000) E06B0003900000 Revolving doors; Cages or housings therefor (turnstiles E06B0011080000) E06B0003920000 Doors or windows extensible when set in position (sliding wings for windows E06B0003420000; foldable wings E06B0003480000; wall-closing devices which may be rolled up, e.g. shutters, E06B0009080000) E06B0003940000 Doors of the bellows type E06B0003960000 Corner joints or edge joints for windows, doors, or the like frames or wings E06B0003964000 using separate connecting pieces, e.g. T-connecting pieces (E06B0003984000, E06B0003988000, E06B0003990000 take precedence);; E06B0003968000 characterised by the way the connecting pieces are fixed in or on the frame members E06B0003972000 by increasing the cross-section of the connecting pieces, e.g. by expanding the connecting pieces with wedges (E06B0003976000 takes precedence);; E06B0003976000 by deformation of the frame members E06B0003980000 the connecting pieces being specially adapted for drawing the frame members towards each other (E06B0003972000, E06B0003976000 take precedence);; E06B0003984000 specially adapted for frame members of wood or other material worked in a similar way (E06B0003990000 takes precedence);; E06B0003988000 specially adapted for frame members of sheet metal, or similar sheet material, with an open generally U-shaped cross-section, e.g. for door frame members E06B0003990000 for continuous frame members crossing each other without interruption (window bars E06B0003680000) E06B0005000000 Doors, windows, or like closures for special purposes; Border constructions therefor E06B0005010000 Trap-doors E06B0005020000 for out-buildings or cellars; Other simple closures not designed to be close-fitting E06B0005040000 with fixed wooden frames E06B0005060000 with fixed metal frames E06B0005080000 with fixed frames made of concrete, stone-like material, or plastics E06B0005100000 for protection against air-raid or other war-like action; for other protective purposes E06B0005110000 against burglary E06B0005120000 against air pressure, explosion, or gas E06B0005140000 Gasproof doors or similar closures; Adaptation of fixed constructions therefor E06B0005160000 Fireproof doors or similar closures; Adaptations of fixed constructions therefor E06B0005180000 against harmful radiation (against heat E06B0005160000) E06B0005200000 for insulation against noise E06B0007000000 Special arrangements or measures in connection with doors or windows (screening or similar protective devices E06B0009000000) E06B0007020000 for providing ventilation, e.g. through double windows; Arrangement of ventilation roses (airflow control members per seF24F0013080000) E06B0007030000 Ventilating devices for inserting under upwardly-sliding windows (rain or draught deflectors E06B0007260000) E06B0007040000 with ventilation wings (E06B0007080000 takes precedence);; E06B0007060000 with one ventilation wing only E06B0007080000 Louvre doors, windows, or grilles E06B0007082000 with rigid or slidable lamellae E06B0007084000 with rotatable lamellae E06B0007086000 interconnected for concurrent movement E06B0007088000 with facing protective grille or safety guard E06B0007090000 mounted in movable wing, e.g. door E06B0007092000 operable in two or more distinct sets E06B0007094000 operable in sequence; characterised by additional independent movement E06B0007096000 operated or interconnected by gearing (wing operators with gearing in general E05F0011000000) E06B0007098000 with weather seal E06B0007100000 by special construction of the frame members E06B0007120000 Measures preventing the formation of condensed water (double glazing E06B0003240000-E06B0003280000, E06B0003640000, E06B0003660000; heating arrangements specially adapted for transparent or reflecting areas H05B0003840000) E06B0007140000 Measures for draining-off condensed water or water leaking-in E06B0007160000 Sealing arrangements on wings or parts co-operating with the wings (E06B0007098000 takes precedence);; E06B0007180000 by means of movable edgings, e.g. draught sealings additionally used for bolting E06B0007200000 automatically withdrawn when the wing is opened E06B0007205000 with sealing strip mounted on sill E06B0007210000 with sealing strip movable in plane of wing E06B0007215000 with sealing strip being moved to a retracted position by elastic means, e.g. springs E06B0007220000 by means of elastic edgings, e.g. elastic rubber tubes; by means of resilient edgings, e.g. felt or plush strips, resilient metal strips (E06B0007180000 takes precedence);; E06B0007230000 Plastic, sponge rubber, or like strips or tubes E06B0007232000 Resilient strips of hard material, e.g. metal E06B0007240000 without separate sealing members, e.g. with labyrinth E06B0007260000 Rain or draught deflectors, e.g. under sliding wings E06B0007280000 Other arrangements on doors or windows, e.g. door-plates, windows adapted to carry plants, hooks for window cleaners E06B0007300000 Peep-holes; Devices for speaking through; Doors having windows E06B0007320000 Serving doors; Passing-through doors E06B0007340000 Doors containing cupboards (cabinets in general A47B) E06B0007360000 Finger guards E06B0009000000 Screening or protective devices for openings, with or without operating or securing mechanisms; Closures of similar construction (E06B0005100000 takes precedence;wings for doors or windows, connected at their edges, E06B0003480000; additional indoor equipment of doors or windows, not forming part of the proper finishing work of a building, e.g. curtains, A47H; gratings as building elements E04C0002420000; locks, accessories therefor E05B; bolts or fastening devices for wings E05C; operating mechanism for wings in general E05F) E06B0009010000 Grilles fixed to walls, doors, or windows; Grilles moving with doors or windows; Walls formed as grilles, e.g. claustra E06B0009020000 Shutters, movable grilles, or other safety closing devices, e.g. against burglary (louvre windows or grilles E06B0007080000; lamellar blinds E06B0009260000) E06B0009040000 of wing type, e.g. revolving or sliding E06B0009060000 collapsible or foldable, e.g. of the bellows or lazy-tongs type (bellows-type doors E06B0003940000; roll-type grilles E06B0009180000) E06B0009080000 Roll-type closures (roller blinds E06B0009400000; operating, guiding or securing devices or arrangements for roll-type closures E06B0009560000; usable only as awnings E04F0010060000) E06B0009110000 Roller shutters E06B0009130000 with closing members of one piece, e.g. of corrugated sheet metal E06B0009150000 with closing members formed of slats or the like E06B0009165000 with slats disappearing in each other; with slats the distance between which can be altered E06B0009170000 Parts or details of roller shutters, e.g. suspension devices, shutter boxes, wicket doors, ventilation openings E06B0009171000 Rollers therefor; Fastening roller shutters to rollers E06B0009172000 by clamping bars E06B0009173000 by clasps or buttons E06B0009174000 Bearings specially adapted therefor E06B0009180000 Roll-type grilles E06B0009240000 Screens or other constructions affording protection against light, especially against sunshine; Similar screens for privacy or appearance (operating, guiding or securing devices or arrangements for roll-type closures E06B0009560000; free-hanging flexible screens A47H0023000000) E06B0009260000 Lamellar or like blinds, e.g. venetian blinds E06B0009262000 with flexibly-interconnected horizontal or vertical strips; Concertina blinds E06B0009264000 Combinations of lamellar blinds with roller shutters, screen windows, windows, or double panes; Lamellar blinds with special devices E06B0009266000 Devices or accessories for making or mounting lamellar blinds or parts thereof E06B0009280000 with horizontal lamellae, e.g. non-liftable (louvre windows or gratings E06B0007080000) E06B0009300000 liftable E06B0009302000 without ladder-tape, e.g. with lazy-tongs, with screw spindle E06B0009303000 with ladder-tape E06B0009304000 with tilting bar and separate raising shaft E06B0009305000 with tilting bar and raising cords guided along fixed bar E06B0009306000 with tilting bar along which the raising cords are guided E06B0009307000 Details of tilting bars or their operation E06B0009308000 with coaxial tilting bar and raising shaft E06B0009320000 Operating, guiding, or securing devices therefor (operation of tilting bars E06B0009307000) E06B0009322000 Details of operating devices, e.g. pulleys, brakes, spring drums, drives (devices of general interest specially adapted or mounted for storing and repeatedly paying-out and re-storing lengths of material B65H0075340000) E06B0009323000 Structure or support of upper box E06B0009324000 Cord-locks E06B0009325000 Immobilising devices preventing raising E06B0009326000 Details of cords, e.g. buckles, drawing knobs E06B0009327000 Guides for raisable lamellar blinds with horizontal lamellae E06B0009340000 roller type E06B0009360000 with vertical lamellae E06B0009380000 Other details E06B0009382000 Details of ladder-tapes or ladder-chains, e.g. buckles for local shortening of tapes E06B0009384000 Details of interconnection or interaction of tapes and lamellae E06B0009386000 Details of lamellae E06B0009388000 Details of bottom or upper slats or their attachment E06B0009400000 Roller blinds (usable only as awnings E04F0010060000) E06B0009420000 Parts or details of roller blinds, e.g. suspension devices, blind boxes (brackets or adjustable mountings for roller blinds and drawable curtains A47H0001130000) E06B0009440000 Rollers therefor; Fastening roller blinds to rollers E06B0009460000 by clamping bars E06B0009480000 by clasps or buttons E06B0009500000 Bearings specially adapted therefor E06B0009520000 Devices affording protection against insects, e.g. fly screens; Mesh windows for other purposes E06B0009540000 Roller fly screens (operating, guiding or securing devices therefor E06B0009560000) E06B0009560000 Operating, guiding or securing devices or arrangements for roll-type closures; Spring drums; Tape drums; Counterweighting arrangements therefor (devices of general interest specially adapted or mounted for storing and repeatedly paying-out and re-storing lengths of material B65H0075340000) E06B0009580000 Guiding devices E06B0009600000 Spring drums operated only by closure members E06B0009620000 Counterweighting arrangements (E06B0009600000 takes precedence);; E06B0009640000 with lowerable roller E06B0009660000 with a roller situated at the bottom E06B0009680000 Operating devices or mechanisms, e.g. with electric drive E06B0009700000 comprising an electric motor positioned outside the roller E06B0009720000 comprising an electric motor positioned inside the roller E06B0009740000 adapted for selective electrical or manual operation E06B0009760000 using crank handles E06B0009780000 for direct manual operation, e.g. by tassels, by handles E06B0009800000 Safety measures against dropping or unauthorised opening; Braking or immobilising devices; Devices for limiting unrolling (securing devices or arrangements for direct manual operation E06B0009780000) E06B0009820000 automatic E06B0009840000 against dropping E06B0009860000 against unauthorised opening E06B0009880000 for limiting unrolling E06B0009900000 for immobilising the closure member in various chosen positions E06B0009920000 Means allowing the closures to be shifted out of the plane of the opening E06B0011000000 Means for allowing passage through fences, barriers, or the like, e.g. stiles (general features of doors E06B0001000000-E06B0009000000) E06B0011020000 Gates; Doors E06B0011040000 characterised by the kind of suspension (suspensions per seE05D) E06B0011060000 characterised by the kind of fastening (fastening devices for wings E05C) E06B0011080000 Turnstiles (on vehicles B60N0005000000; with registering means G07C0009020000) E06C LADDERS (E04F0011000000 takes precedence;step-stools A47C0012000000; adaptation of ladders to use on ships B63B, to use on aircraft B64; scaffolding E04G) E06C0001000000 Ladders in general (mounted on undercarriages or vehicles E06C0005000000; permanently attached to fixed structures E06C0009000000) E06C0001020000 with rigid longitudinal member or members E06C0001040000 Ladders for resting against objects, e.g. walls, poles, trees (supports for ladder heads E06C0007480000) E06C0001060000 in one piece E06C0001080000 multi-part E06C0001100000 Sections fitted end to end E06C0001120000 extensible, e.g. telescopic E06C0001140000 Ladders capable of standing by themselves E06C0001160000 with struts which rest on the ground (with struts rigid with the ladder E06C0001240000; having platforms E06C0001390000) E06C0001180000 with supporting struts formed as ladders E06C0001200000 with supporting struts formed as poles E06C0001220000 with extensible, e.g. telescopic, ladder parts or struts E06C0001240000 Free-standing ladders E06C0001260000 in one piece E06C0001280000 multi-part (with movable supporting struts formed as ladders E06C0001180000) E06C0001300000 extensible, e.g. telescopic E06C0001320000 Ladders with a strut which is formed as a ladder and can be secured in line with the ladder E06C0001340000 Ladders attachable to structures, such as windows, cornices, poles, or the like (ladders permanently fastened to buildings E06C0009000000) E06C0001360000 Ladders suspendable by hooks or the like E06C0001380000 Special constructions of ladders, e.g. ladders with more or less than two longitudinal members, ladders with movable rungs or other treads, longitudinally-foldable ladders E06C0001383000 Foldable ladders in which the longitudinal members are brought together on folding E06C0001387000 having tip-up steps E06C0001390000 Ladders having platforms; Ladders changeable into platforms (platforms for use on ladders E06C0007160000) E06C0001393000 Ladders having platforms foldable with the ladder E06C0001397000 characterised by having wheels, rollers, or runners E06C0001520000 with non-rigid longitudinal members E06C0001540000 of the lazy-tongs type E06C0001560000 Rope or chain ladders E06C0001580000 with both rigid and non-rigid longitudinal members E06C0005000000 Ladders characterised by being mounted on undercarriages or vehicles; Securing ladders on vehicles (ladders having wheels, rollers, or runners E06C0001397000) E06C0005020000 with rigid longitudinal members E06C0005040000 capable of being elevated or extended E06C0005060000 by piston and cylinder, or equivalent means, operated by a pressure medium E06C0005080000 derived directly from a pressure reservoir E06C0005100000 charged by a pump or compressor driven by the motor of the vehicle or another motor on the vehicle E06C0005120000 derived directly from a pump or compressor E06C0005140000 driven by the motor of the vehicle or another motor on the vehicle E06C0005160000 using mechanical transmission only, with or without fluid or other non-mechanical couplings or clutches E06C0005180000 using power from the motor of the vehicle or another motor E06C0005200000 using hand-power (hand-operated extending means carried by the ladder E06C0007040000) E06C0005220000 by, or with the assistance of, springs (E06C0005060000, E06C0005160000 take precedence);; E06C0005240000 Dismounting ladders from vehicles E06C0005260000 with non-rigid longitudinal members E06C0005280000 of the lazy-tongs type E06C0005300000 formed of links which reinforce themselves against each other E06C0005320000 Accessories E06C0005340000 Indicating devices E06C0005360000 Safety devices against slipping or falling of ladders; Safety devices against overloading ladders E06C0005380000 Devices for blocking the springs of the vehicle; Devices for supporting the undercarriage directly from the ground E06C0005400000 Devices for canting ladders laterally E06C0005420000 Devices for altering inclination; Latching devices therefor E06C0005440000 Other accessories on ladders, e.g. acoustical signalling devices, dismountable switchboards E06C0007000000 Component parts, supporting parts, or accessories E06C0007020000 Extending means (for ladders mounted on undercarriages or vehicles E06C0005000000) E06C0007040000 Hand-operated extending means carried by the ladder E06C0007060000 Securing devices or hooks for parts of extensible ladders E06C0007080000 Special construction of longitudinal members, or rungs or other treads E06C0007100000 Reinforcements for ladders E06C0007120000 Lifts or other hoisting devices on ladders E06C0007140000 Holders for pails or other equipment on or for ladders E06C0007160000 Platforms on, or for use on, ladders, e.g. liftable or lowerable platforms (aspects relating to the lifting B66F) E06C0007180000 Devices for preventing persons from falling (life-saving belts A62B0001160000) E06C0007420000 Ladder feet; Supports therefor (for scaffold elements E04G0005020000) E06C0007440000 Means for mounting ladders on uneven ground E06C0007460000 Non-skid equipment E06C0007480000 Ladder heads; Supports for heads of ladders for resting against objects E06C0007500000 Joints or other connecting parts E06C0009000000 Ladders characterised by being permanently attached to fixed structures, e.g. fire escapes (movable stairways E04F0011040000) E06C0009020000 rigidly mounted E06C0009040000 in the form of climbing irons or the like E06C0009060000 movably mounted E06C0009080000 with rigid longitudinal members E06C0009100000 forming part of a building, such as a balcony grid, window grid, or other window part E06C0009120000 laterally displaceable E06C0009140000 with non-rigid longitudinal members, e.g. rope or chain ladders, ladders of the lazy-tongs type E21 EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING E21B EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING (mining, quarrying E21C; making shafts, driving galleries or tunnels E21D); OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS E21B0001000000 Methods or apparatus for drilling E21B0001000000 Percussion drilling (drives used in the borehole E21B0004000000) E21B0001020000 Surface drives for drop hammers, e.g. with a cable E21B0001040000 Devices for reversing the movement of the rod or cable at the surface E21B0001120000 with a reciprocating impulse member (E21B0001020000, E21B0001380000 take precedence);; E21B0001140000 driven by a rotating mechanism E21B0001160000 with spring-mounted reciprocating masses, e.g. with air cushion E21B0001180000 with elastic joining of the drive to the push-rod by double buffer springs E21B0001200000 formed as centrifugal hammers E21B0001220000 driven by electromagnets E21B0001240000 the impulse member being a piston driven directly by fluid pressure E21B0001260000 by liquid pressure E21B0001280000 working with pulses E21B0001300000 by air, steam or gas pressure E21B0001320000 working with pulses E21B0001340000 the impulse member being a piston of an internal-combustion engine E21B0001360000 Tool-carrier piston type, i.e. in which the tool is connected to an impulse member E21B0001380000 Hammer piston type, i.e. in which the tool bit or anvil is hit by an impulse member E21B0003000000 Rotary drilling (drives used in the borehole E21B0004000000; rotary drilling machines in general B23B) E21B0003020000 Surface drives for rotary drilling E21B0003025000 with a to-and-fro rotation of the tool E21B0003030000 with an intermittent unidirectional rotation of the tool E21B0003035000 with slipping or elastic transmission E21B0003040000 Rotary tables E21B0003060000 Adaptation of rotary draw works to drive rotary tables (connecting or disconnecting couplings or joints E21B0019160000; rope, cable, or chain winding mechanisms, capstans B66D) E21B0004000000 Drives used in the borehole E21B0004020000 Fluid rotary type drives (hydraulic turbines for drilling wells F03B0013020000) E21B0004040000 Electric drives (E21B0004120000 takes precedence);; E21B0004060000 Down-hole impacting means, e.g. hammers (percussion drill bits E21B0010360000; boring rams E21B0011020000; releasing-jars E21B0031107000) E21B0004080000 impact being obtained by gravity only, e.g. with lost-motion connection E21B0004100000 continuous unidirectional rotary motion of shaft or drilling pipe effecting consecutive impacts E21B0004120000 Electrically operated hammers E21B0004140000 Fluid operated hammers E21B0004160000 Plural down-hole drives, e.g. for combined percussion and rotary drilling (E21B0004100000 takes precedence);;Drives for multi-bit drilling units E21B0004180000 Anchoring or feeding in the borehole E21B0004200000 combined with surface drive (E21B0004100000 takes precedence);; E21B0006000000 Drives for drilling with combined rotary and percussive action (drives used in the borehole E21B0004000000; portable percussive machines with superimposed rotation B25D0016000000) E21B0006020000 the rotation being continuous E21B0006040000 Separate drives for percussion and rotation E21B0006060000 the rotation being intermittent, e.g. obtained by a ratchet device E21B0006080000 Separate drives for percussion and rotation E21B0007000000 Special methods or apparatus for drilling (supports for the drilling machine, e.g. derricks or masts, E21B0015000000) E21B0007020000 Drilling rigs characterised by means for land transport, e.g. skid mounting or wheel mounting (portable drilling rigs for use on underwater floors E21B0007124000) E21B0007040000 Directional drilling E21B0007060000 Deflecting the direction of boreholes E21B0007080000 Special apparatus for deflecting the boring, e.g. special drill bits, knuckle joints, whipstocks (directional window cutting E21B0029060000; deflecting the direction of fishing tools E21B0031140000) E21B0007100000 Correction of deflected boreholes E21B0007120000 Underwater drilling (telescoping joints E21B0017070000; using heave compensators E21B0019090000; well heads specially adapted for underwater installations E21B0033035000) E21B0007124000 with underwater tool drive prime mover, e.g. portable drilling rigs for use on underwater floors E21B0007128000 from floating support with independent underwater anchored guide base E21B0007132000 from underwater buoyant support E21B0007136000 from non-buoyant support (E21B0007124000 takes precedence);; E21B0007140000 Drilling by use of heat, e.g. flame drilling E21B0007150000 of electrically generated heat E21B0007160000 Applying separate balls or pellets by the pressure of the drill, so-called shot-drilling E21B0007180000 Drilling by liquid or gas jets, with or without entrained pellets (E21B0007140000 takes precedence;hydraulic monitors E21C0045000000) E21B0007200000 Driving or forcing casings or pipes into boreholes, e.g. sinking; Simultaneously drilling and casing boreholes (surface means for applying to-and-fro rotation movements to the casing E21B0003025000; placing piles E02D0007000000; sinking shafts while moving the lining downwards E21D0001080000) E21B0007240000 Drilling using vibrating or oscillating means, e.g. out-of-balance masses (percussion drilling E21B0001000000) E21B0007260000 Drilling without earth removal, e.g. with self-propelled burrowing devices (E21B0007300000 takes precedence;down-hole drives E21B0004000000) E21B0007280000 Enlarging drilled holes, e.g. by counterboring (drill bits for enlarging the borehole E21B0010260000) E21B0007300000 without earth removal E21B0010000000 Drilling tools E21B0010000000 Drill bits (specially adapted for deflecting the direction of boring E21B0007080000; with means for collecting substances E21B0027000000) E21B0010020000 Core bits (characterised by wear resisting parts E21B0010460000; obtaining undisturbed cores E21B0025000000) E21B0010040000 with core destroying means E21B0010060000 Roller core bits E21B0010080000 Roller bits (roller core bits E21B0010060000; with leading portion E21B0010260000; characterised by wear resisting parts E21B0010460000) E21B0010100000 with roller axle supported at both ends (with disc cutters E21B0010120000) E21B0010120000 with disc cutters E21B0010140000 combined with non-rolling cutters other than of leading-portion type E21B0010160000 characterised by tooth form or arrangement E21B0010180000 characterised by conduits or nozzles for drilling fluids (drilling fluid supply to the bearings E21B0010230000) E21B0010200000 characterised by detachable or adjustable parts, e.g. legs or axles (cross axle roller bits E21B0010100000) E21B0010220000 characterised by bearing, lubrication or sealing details E21B0010230000 with drilling fluid supply to the bearings E21B0010240000 characterised by lubricating details (E21B0010230000 takes precedence);; E21B0010250000 characterised by sealing details E21B0010260000 Drill bits with leading portion, i.e. drill bits with a pilot cutter; Drill bits for enlarging the borehole, e.g. reamers (percussion drill bits with leading portion E21B0010400000; augers with leading portion E21B0010440000) E21B0010280000 with non-expansible roller cutters E21B0010300000 Longitudinal axis roller reamers, e.g. reamer stabilisers E21B0010320000 with expansible cutting tools E21B0010340000 of roller-cutter type E21B0010360000 Percussion drill bits (characterised by wear resisting parts E21B0010460000) E21B0010380000 characterised by conduits or nozzles for drilling fluids E21B0010400000 with leading portion E21B0010420000 Rotary drag type drill bits with teeth, blades or like cutting elements, e.g. fork-type bits, fish tail bits (characterised by wear resisting parts E21B0010460000, by conduits or nozzles for drilling fluid E21B0010600000, by detachable parts E21B0010620000) E21B0010430000 characterised by the arrangement of teeth or other cutting elements E21B0010440000 Bits with helical conveying portion, e.g. screw type bits; Augers with leading portion or with detachable parts (E21B0010420000 takes precedence;drilling rods with helical structure E21B0017220000) E21B0010460000 characterised by wear resisting parts, e.g. diamond inserts E21B0010480000 the bit being of core type E21B0010500000 the bit being of roller type E21B0010520000 with chisel- or button-type inserts E21B0010540000 the bit being of the rotary drag type, e.g. fork-type bits E21B0010550000 with preformed cutting elements (inserts per seE21B0010560000, E21B0010580000) E21B0010560000 Button-type inserts (E21B0010520000 takes precedence);; E21B0010567000 with preformed cutting elements mounted on a distinct support, e.g. polycrystalline inserts E21B0010573000 characterised by support details, e.g. the substrate construction or the interface between the substrate and the cutting element E21B0010580000 Chisel-type inserts (E21B0010520000, E21B0010540000 take precedence);; E21B0010600000 characterised by conduits or nozzles for drilling fluids (for roller bits E21B0010180000; for percussion drill bits E21B0010380000) E21B0010610000 characterised by nozzle structure E21B0010620000 characterised by parts, e.g. cutting elements, which are detachable or adjustable (E21B0010640000 takes precedence;for roller bits E21B0010200000; for augers E21B0010440000) E21B0010627000 with plural detachable cutting elements E21B0010633000 independently detachable E21B0010640000 characterised by the whole or part thereof being insertable into or removable from the borehole without withdrawing the drilling pipe (retrievable core receivers E21B0025020000) E21B0010660000 the cutting element being movable through the drilling pipe and laterally shiftable E21B0011000000 Other drilling tools E21B0011020000 Boring rams (percussion drives used in the borehole E21B0004060000; percussion drill bits E21B0010360000) E21B0011040000 Boring grabs E21B0011060000 with driven cutting chains or similarly-driven tools E21B0012000000 Accessories for drilling tools E21B0012020000 Wear indicators E21B0012040000 Drill bit protectors E21B0012060000 Mechanical cleaning devices E21B0015000000 Other equipment or details for drilling; Well equipment or well maintenance E21B0015000000 Supports for the drilling machine, e.g. derricks or masts E21B0015020000 specially adapted for underwater drilling (E21B0015040000 takes precedence;floating drilling platforms B63B0035440000; drilling platforms on legs E02B0017000000) E21B0015040000 specially adapted for directional drilling, e.g. slant hole rigs E21B0017000000 Drilling rods or pipes; Flexible drill strings; Kellies; Drill collars; Sucker rods; Casings; Tubings (rod couplings in general F16D; tubes or tube couplings in general F16L) E21B0017010000 Risers (riser connectors E21B0033038000) E21B0017020000 Couplings; Joints E21B0017030000 between drilling rod or pipe and drill motor, e.g. between drilling rod and hammer E21B0017040000 between rod and bit, or between rod and rod E21B0017042000 threaded E21B0017043000 with locking means E21B0017046000 with ribs, pins, or jaws, and complementary grooves or the like, e.g. bayonet catches E21B0017050000 Swivel joints E21B0017060000 Releasing-joints, e.g. safety joints E21B0017070000 Telescoping joints for varying drill string lengths; Shock absorbers (heave compensators in the derrick E21B0019090000; releasing-jars E21B0031107000) E21B0017080000 Casing joints E21B0017100000 Wear protectors; Centralising devices (drives used in the borehole with anchoring means E21B0004180000; guiding or centralising devices outside the borehole E21B0019240000) E21B0017120000 Devices for placing or drawing out wear protectors E21B0017140000 Casing shoes E21B0017160000 Drill collars E21B0017180000 Pipes provided with plural fluid passages (circulation of drilling fluid by means of such pipes E21B0021120000) E21B0017200000 Flexible or articulated drilling pipes E21B0017220000 Rods or pipes with helical structure (drill bits with helical conveying portion E21B0010440000) E21B0019000000 Handling rods, casings, tubes or the like outside the borehole, e.g. in the derrick; Apparatus for feeding the rods or cables (surface drives E21B0001020000, E21B0003020000) E21B0019020000 Rod or cable suspensions (load-engaging elements for hoisting or lowering purposes in general B66C0001000000; crown blocks or pulley blocks B66D; cable guides B66D0001360000) E21B0019040000 Hooks E21B0019060000 Elevators, i.e. rod- or tube-gripping devices E21B0019070000 Slip-type elevators (slips in rotary tables E21B0019100000) E21B0019080000 Apparatus for feeding the rods or cables (E21B0019220000 takes precedence;automatic feed E21B0044020000; hoisting drums B66D); Apparatus for increasing or decreasing the pressure on the drilling tool; Apparatus for counterbalancing the weight of the rods E21B0019081000 Screw-and-nut feed mechanisms E21B0019083000 Cam, rack or like feed mechanisms E21B0019084000 with flexible drawing means, e.g. cables E21B0019086000 with a fluid-actuated cylinder (E21B0019084000, E21B0019087000, E21B0019090000 take precedence);; E21B0019087000 by means of a swinging arm E21B0019089000 with a spring or an additional weight E21B0019090000 specially adapted for drilling underwater formations from a floating support using heave compensators supporting the drill string (drilling-pipe telescoping joints E21B0017070000) E21B0019100000 Slips; Spiders E21B0019120000 Rope clamps (rope clamps in general F16G0011000000) E21B0019140000 Racks, ramps, troughs or bins, for holding the lengths of rod singly or connected; Handling between storage place and borehole (E21B0019200000, E21B0019220000 take precedence);; E21B0019150000 Racking of rods in horizontal position; Handling between horizontal and vertical position E21B0019160000 Connecting or disconnecting pipe couplings or joints (E21B0019200000 takes precedence;pipe wrenches or the like B25B) E21B0019180000 Connecting or disconnecting drill bit and drilling pipe E21B0019200000 Combined feeding from rack and connecting, e.g. automatically E21B0019220000 Handling reeled pipe or rod units, e.g. flexible drilling pipes E21B0019240000 Guiding or centralising devices for drilling rods or pipes E21B0021000000 Methods or apparatus for flushing boreholes, e.g. by use of exhaust air from motor (freeing objects stuck in boreholes by flushing E21B0031030000; well drilling compositions C09K0008020000) E21B0021010000 Arrangements for handling drilling fluids or cuttings outside the borehole, e.g. mud boxes (arrangements for treating drilling fluids E21B0021060000) E21B0021015000 Means engaging the bore entrance, e.g. hoods for collecting dust E21B0021020000 Swivel joints in hose lines E21B0021060000 Arrangements for treating drilling fluids outside the borehole (treating steps per se, see the relevant subclasses);; E21B0021070000 for treating dust-laden gaseous fluids E21B0021080000 Controlling or monitoring pressure or flow of drilling fluid, e.g. automatic filling of boreholes, automatic control of bottom pressure (valve arrangements therefor E21B0021100000) E21B0021100000 Valves arrangements in drilling-fluid circulation systems (valves in general F16K) E21B0021120000 using drilling pipes with plural fluid passages, e.g. closed circulation systems (pipes with plural fluid passages E21B0017180000) E21B0021140000 using liquids and gases, e.g. foams E21B0021160000 using gaseous fluids (E21B0021140000 takes precedence;arrangements for handling drilling fluids outside the borehole E21B0021010000; arrangements for treating drilling fluids E21B0021060000) E21B0021180000 Preventing exhaust air from the drill motor from blowing-off towards the working face E21B0023000000 Apparatus for displacing, setting, locking, releasing or removing tools, packers or the like in boreholes or wells (setting of casings, screens, or liners E21B0043100000) E21B0023010000 for anchoring the tools or the like (E21B0023020000-E21B0023060000; take precedence;anchoring of drives in the borehole E21B0004180000) E21B0023020000 for locking the tools or the like in landing nipples or in recesses between adjacent sections of tubing (E21B0023030000-E21B0023060000; take precedence);; E21B0023030000 for setting the tools into, or removing the tools from, laterally offset landing nipples or pockets E21B0023040000 operated by fluid means, e.g. actuated by explosion (E21B0023060000, E21B0023080000 take precedence);; E21B0023060000 for setting packers E21B0023080000 Introducing or running tools by fluid pressure, e.g. through-the-flow-line tool systems (special provisions on heads therefor E21B0033068000; cementing plugs E21B0033160000; scrapers operated by fluid pressure E21B0037040000) E21B0023100000 Tools specially adapted therefor E21B0023120000 Tool diverters E21B0023140000 for displacing a cable or a cable-operated tool, e.g. for logging or perforating operations in deviated wells (by fluid pressure E21B0023080000; provision on well heads for introducing or removing cable-operated tools E21B0033072000, E21B0033076000) E21B0025000000 Apparatus for obtaining or removing undisturbed cores, e.g. core barrels, core extractors (core bits E21B0010020000; using explosives or projectiles in boreholes E21B0049040000; side-wall sampling or coring E21B0049060000) E21B0025020000 the core receiver being insertable into, or removable from, the borehole without withdrawing the drilling pipe (retrievable drill bits E21B0010640000) E21B0025040000 the core receiver having a core forming cutting edge or element, e.g. punch type core barrels E21B0025060000 the core receiver having a flexible liner or inflatable retaining means E21B0025080000 Coating, freezing, consolidating cores (E21B0025060000 takes precedence);;Recovering uncontaminated cores or cores at formation pressure E21B0025100000 Formed core retaining or severing means (E21B0025060000, E21B0025080000 take precedence);; E21B0025120000 of the sliding wedge type E21B0025140000 mounted on pivot transverse to core axis E21B0025160000 for obtaining oriented cores E21B0025180000 the core receiver being specially adapted for operation under water E21B0027000000 Containers for collecting or depositing substances in boreholes or wells, e.g. bailers for collecting mud or sand; Drill bits with means for collecting substances, e.g. valve drill bits E21B0027020000 Dump bailers, i.e. containers for depositing substances, e.g. cement or acids E21B0027040000 where the collecting or depositing means include helical conveying means E21B0028000000 Vibration generating arrangements for boreholes or wells, e.g. for stimulating production (for drilling E21B0007240000; for transmitting measuring-signals E21B0047140000; for geophysical measurements G01V0001020000) E21B0029000000 Cutting or destroying pipes, packers, plugs, or wire lines, located in boreholes or wells, e.g. cutting of damaged pipes, of windows (perforators E21B0043110000); Deforming of pipes in boreholes or wells; Reconditioning of well casings while in the ground E21B0029020000 by explosives or by thermal or chemical means (destroying objects in boreholes or wells by explosives E21B0031160000) E21B0029040000 Cutting of wire lines or the like (E21B0029020000 takes precedence);; E21B0029060000 Cutting windows, e.g. directional window cutters for whipstock operations (E21B0029080000 takes precedence;whipstocks E21B0007080000) E21B0029080000 Cutting or deforming pipes to control fluid flow (blow-out preventers E21B0033060000) E21B0029100000 Reconditioning of well casings, e.g. straightening E21B0029120000 specially adapted for underwater installations (E21B0029080000 takes precedence);; E21B0031000000 Fishing for or freeing objects in boreholes or wells (provisions on well heads for introducing or removing objects E21B0033068000; locating or determining the position of objects in boreholes or wells E21B0047090000) E21B0031030000 Freeing by flushing E21B0031060000 using magnetic means E21B0031080000 using junk baskets or the like E21B0031107000 using impact means for releasing stuck parts, e.g. jars (telescoping joints E21B0017070000) E21B0031113000 hydraulically operated E21B0031120000 Grappling tools, e.g. tongs or grabs E21B0031140000 with means deflecting the direction of the tool, e.g. by use of knuckle joints (apparatus for deflecting the boring E21B0007080000) E21B0031160000 combined with cutting or destroying means (cutting or destroying means per seE21B0029000000) E21B0031180000 gripping externally, e.g. overshot E21B0031200000 gripping internally, e.g. fishing spears E21B0033000000 Sealing or packing boreholes or wells E21B0033020000 Surface sealing or packing E21B0033030000 Well heads; Setting-up thereof (valve arrangements therefor E21B0034020000) E21B0033035000 specially adapted for underwater installations (E21B0033043000, E21B0033064000, E21B0033076000 take precedence);; E21B0033037000 Protective housings therefor E21B0033038000 Connectors used on well heads, e.g. for connecting blow-out preventer and riser (connecting a production flow line to an underwater well head E21B0043013000) E21B0033040000 Casing heads; Suspending casings or tubings in well heads (setting of casings in wells E21B0043100000) E21B0033043000 specially adapted for underwater well heads (E21B0033047000 takes precedence);; E21B0033047000 for plural tubing strings E21B0033050000 Cementing-heads, e.g. having provision for introducing cementing plugs E21B0033060000 Blow-out preventers E21B0033064000 specially adapted for underwater well heads (connectors therefor E21B0033038000) E21B0033068000 having provision for introducing objects or fluids into, or removing objects from, wells (cementing-heads E21B0033050000) E21B0033072000 for cable-operated tools (E21B0033076000 takes precedence);; E21B0033076000 specially adapted for underwater installations E21B0033080000 Wipers; Oil savers E21B0033100000 in the borehole E21B0033120000 Packers; Plugs (used for cementing E21B0033134000, E21B0033160000) E21B0033122000 Multiple-string packers E21B0033124000 Units with longitudinally-spaced plugs for isolating the intermediate space E21B0033126000 with fluid-pressure-operated elastic cup or skirt (E21B0033122000, E21B0033124000 take precedence);; E21B0033127000 with inflatable sleeve (E21B0033122000, E21B0033124000 take precedence);; E21B0033128000 with a member expanded radially by axial pressure (E21B0033122000, E21B0033124000 take precedence);; E21B0033129000 with mechanical slips for hooking into the casing (E21B0033122000, E21B0033124000 take precedence);; E21B0033129500 actuated by fluid pressure E21B0033130000 Methods or devices for cementing, for plugging holes, crevices, or the like (dump bailers E21B0027020000; chemical compositions therefor C09K0008000000) E21B0033134000 Bridging plugs E21B0033136000 Baskets, e.g. of umbrella type E21B0033138000 Plastering the borehole wall; Injecting into the formation E21B0033140000 for cementing casings into boreholes E21B0033160000 using plugs for isolating cement charge; Plugs therefor E21B0034000000 Valve arrangements for boreholes or wells (in drilling fluid circulation systems E21B0021100000; blow-out preventers E21B0033060000; oil flow regulating apparatus E21B0043120000; valves in general F16K) E21B0034020000 in well heads E21B0034040000 in underwater well heads E21B0034060000 in wells E21B0034080000 responsive to flow or pressure of the fluid obtained (E21B0034100000 takes precedence);; E21B0034100000 operated by control fluid supplied from outside the borehole (control means being outside the borehole E21B0034160000) E21B0034120000 operated by movement of casings or tubings E21B0034140000 operated by movement of tools, e.g. sleeve valves operated by pistons or wire line tools E21B0034160000 Control means therefor being outside the borehole E21B0035000000 Methods or apparatus for preventing or extinguishing fires (cutting or deforming pipes to control fluid flow E21B0029080000; controlling flow of fluid to or in wells E21B0043120000; fire fighting in general A62C, A62D) E21B0036000000 Heating, cooling, or insulating arrangements for boreholes or wells, e.g. for use in permafrost zones (drilling by use of heat E21B0007140000; secondary recovery methods using heat E21B0043240000) E21B0036020000 using burners E21B0036040000 using electrical heaters E21B0037000000 Methods or apparatus for cleaning boreholes or wells (E21B0021000000 takes precedence;cleaning pipes in general B08B0009020000) E21B0037020000 Scrapers specially adapted therefor E21B0037040000 operated by fluid pressure, e.g. free-piston scrapers (operating other tools by fluid pressure E21B0023080000) E21B0037060000 using chemical means for preventing or limiting the deposition of paraffins or like substances (chemical compositions therefor C09K0008520000) E21B0037080000 cleaning in situ of down-hole filters, screens, or gravel packs(E21B0037060000 takes precedence);; E21B0037100000 Well swabs E21B0040000000 Tubing catchers, automatically arresting the fall of oil-well tubing E21B0041000000 Equipment or details not covered by groups ; E21B0015000000-E21B0040000000 E21B0041020000 in situ inhibition of corrosion in boreholes or wells(dump bailers E21B0027020000; chemical compositions therefor C09K0008540000; inhibiting corrosion in general C23F) E21B0041040000 Manipulators for underwater operations, e.g. temporarily connected to well heads (manipulators in general B25J) E21B0041060000 Work chambers for underwater operations, e.g. temporarily connected to well heads (in general B63C0011000000) E21B0041080000 Underwater guide bases, e.g. drilling templates; Levelling thereof E21B0041100000 Guide posts, e.g. releasable; Attaching guide lines to underwater guide bases E21B0043000000 Obtaining fluids from wells E21B0043000000 Methods or apparatus for obtaining oil, gas, water, soluble or meltable materials or a slurry of minerals from wells (applicable only to water E03B; obtaining oil-bearing deposits or soluble or meltable materials by mining techniques E21C0041000000; pumps F04) E21B0043010000 specially adapted for obtaining from underwater installations (underwater well heads E21B0033035000) E21B0043013000 Connecting a production flow line to an underwater well head E21B0043017000 Production satellite stations, i.e. underwater installations comprising a plurality of satellite well heads connected to a central station (underwater separating arrangements E21B0043360000) E21B0043020000 Subsoil filtering (E21B0043110000 takes precedence;chemical compositions for consolidating loose sand or the like around wells C09K0008560000) E21B0043040000 Gravelling of wells E21B0043080000 Screens or liners E21B0043100000 Setting of casings, screens or liners in wells (driving or forcing casings into boreholes, simultaneously drilling and casing boreholes E21B0007200000; setting of tools, packers or the like E21B0023000000; suspending casings in well heads E21B0033040000) E21B0043110000 Perforators; Permeators E21B0043112000 Perforators with extendable perforating members, e.g. actuated by fluid means E21B0043114000 Perforators using direct fluid action, e.g. abrasive jets E21B0043116000 Gun or shaped-charge perforators E21B0043117000 Shaped-charge perforators (E21B0043118000 takes precedence);; E21B0043118000 characterised by lowering in vertical position and subsequent tilting to operating position E21B0043118500 Ignition systems E21B0043119000 Details, e.g. for locating perforating place or direction E21B0043120000 Methods or apparatus for controlling the flow of the obtained fluid to or in wells (E21B0043250000 takes precedence;valve arrangements E21B0034000000) E21B0043140000 Obtaining from a multiple-zone well E21B0043160000 Enhanced recovery methods for obtaining hydrocarbons (fracturing E21B0043260000; obtaining slurry E21B0043290000; reclamation of contaminated soil in situB09C) E21B0043170000 Interconnecting two or more wells by fracturing or otherwise attacking the formation (E21B0043247000 takes precedence);; E21B0043180000 Repressuring or vacuum methods E21B0043200000 Displacing by water E21B0043220000 Use of chemicals or bacterial activity (E21B0043270000 takes precedence;chemical or bacterial compositions therefor C09K0008580000; chemical features in extracting oils from oil sands or shales C10G) E21B0043240000 using heat, e.g. steam injection (heating, cooling or insulating wells E21B0036000000) E21B0043241000 combined with solution mining of non-hydrocarbon minerals, e.g. solvent pyrolysis of oil shale E21B0043243000 Combustion ; in situ E21B0043247000 in association with fracturing processes E21B0043248000 using explosives E21B0043250000 Methods for stimulating production (dump bailers E21B0027020000; vibration generating arrangements E21B0028000000; chemical compositions therefor C09K0008600000) E21B0043260000 by forming crevices or fractures E21B0043263000 using explosives E21B0043267000 reinforcing fractures by propping E21B0043270000 by use of eroding chemicals, e.g. acids E21B0043280000 Dissolving minerals other than hydrocarbons, e.g. by an alkaline or acid leaching agent (E21B0043241000 takes precedence);; E21B0043285000 Melting minerals, e.g. sulfur (E21B0043240000 takes precedence;heating, cooling or insulating arrangements for wells E21B0036000000) E21B0043290000 Obtaining a slurry of minerals, e.g. by using nozzles E21B0043295000 Gasification of minerals, e.g. for producing mixtures of combustible gases (E21B0043243000 takes precedence);; E21B0043300000 Specific pattern of wells, e.g. optimizing the spacing of wells (production satellite stations E21B0043017000) E21B0043320000 Preventing gas- or water-coning phenomena, i.e. the formation of a conical column of gas or water around wells E21B0043340000 Arrangements for separating materials produced by the well (separating apparatus per se, see the relevant subclasses);; E21B0043360000 Underwater separating arrangements (E21B0043380000 takes precedence);; E21B0043380000 in the well E21B0043400000 Separation associated with re-injection of separated materials E21B0044000000 Automatic control; Surveying or testing E21B0044000000 Automatic control systems specially adapted for drilling operations, i.e. self-operating systems which function to carry out or modify a drilling operation without intervention of a human operator, e.g. computer-controlled drilling systems (for non-automatic drilling control, see the operation controlled;automatic feeding from rack and connecting of drilling pipes E21B0019200000; controlling pressure or flow of drilling fluid E21B0021080000); Systems specially adapted for monitoring a plurality of drilling variables or conditions (means for transmitting measuring-signals from the well to the surface E21B0047120000) E21B0044020000 Automatic control of the tool feed (E21B0044100000 takes precedence);; E21B0044040000 in response to the torque of the drive E21B0044060000 in response to the flow or pressure of the motive fluid of the drive E21B0044080000 in response to the amplitude of the movement of the percussion tool, e.g. jump or recoil E21B0044100000 Arrangements for automatic stopping when the tool is lifted from the working face E21B0045000000 Surveying or testing E21B0045000000 Measuring the drilling time or rate of penetration E21B0047000000 Survey of boreholes or wells (monitoring pressure or flow of drilling fluid E21B0021080000; geophysical logging G01V) E21B0047010000 Devices for supporting measuring instruments on a drill pipe, rod or wireline (setting or locking tools in boreholes or wells E21B0023000000); Protecting measuring instruments in boreholes against heat, shock, pressure or the like E21B0047020000 Determining slope or direction (clinometers or direction meters G01C) E21B0047022000 of the borehole E21B0047024000 of devices in the borehole (E21B0047022000 takes precedence);; E21B0047026000 of penetrated ground layers (apparatus for obtaining oriented cores E21B0025160000; formation testing E21B0049000000) E21B0047040000 Measuring depth or liquid level (measuring liquid level in general G01F) E21B0047060000 Measuring temperature or pressure (measuring temperature in general G01K; measuring pressure in general G01L) E21B0047080000 Measuring diameter (measuring diameter in general G01B) E21B0047090000 Locating or determining the position of objects in boreholes or wells; Identifying the free or blocked portions of pipes (measuring depth E21B0047040000; measuring diameter E21B0047080000) E21B0047100000 Locating fluid leaks, intrusions, or movements E21B0047120000 Means for transmitting measuring-signals from the well to the surface, e.g. for logging while drilling (remote signalling in general G08) E21B0047140000 using acoustic waves E21B0047160000 through the drill string or casing E21B0047180000 through the well fluid E21B0049000000 Testing the nature of borehole walls; Formation testing; Methods or apparatus for obtaining samples of soil or well fluids, specially adapted to earth drilling or wells (sampling in general G01N0001000000) E21B0049020000 by mechanically taking samples of the soil (apparatus for obtaining undisturbed cores E21B0025000000; investigation of foundation soil in situE02D0001000000) E21B0049040000 using explosives in boreholes; using projectiles penetrating the wall E21B0049060000 using side-wall drilling tools or scrapers E21B0049080000 Obtaining fluid samples or testing fluids, in boreholes or wells E21B0049100000 using side-wall fluid samplers or testers E21C MINING OR QUARRYING E21C0025000000 Cutting; Slitting; Dislodging E21C0025000000 Cutting machines, i.e. for making slits approximately parallel or perpendicular to the seam (dislodging machines with slitting means E21C0027020000, E21C0027100000, E21C0027180000) E21C0025020000 Machines slitting solely by one or more percussive tools moved through the seam E21C0025040000 Cutting crowns or other tools (percussion drill bits E21B0010360000) E21C0025060000 Machines slitting solely by one or more cutting rods or cutting drums which rotate, move through the seam, and may or may not reciprocate E21C0025080000 Mountings for the rods or drums E21C0025100000 Rods; Drums E21C0025140000 with equipment for cleaning the slit (associated with cutter chain machines E21C0025500000) E21C0025160000 Machines slitting solely by one or more rotating saws, cutting discs, or wheels E21C0025180000 Saws; Discs; Wheels E21C0025200000 Machines slitting solely by one or more reciprocating sawing implements or reciprocating cutter chains; Shaker conveyers with cutting means E21C0025220000 Machines slitting solely by one or more cutter chains moving unidirectionally along jibs E21C0025240000 with flat jibs only E21C0025260000 with curved jibs only E21C0025280000 Chains or chain guides E21C0025300000 Chain guides E21C0025320000 specially adapted for curved jibs E21C0025340000 Chains E21C0025360000 Couplings for links E21C0025400000 having links with integrally formed picks E21C0025500000 with equipment for cleaning the slit (associated with rotary-rod or rotary-drum machines E21C0025140000) E21C0025520000 Machines incorporating two or more of the slitting means according to groups ; E21C0025020000, E21C0025060000, E21C0025160000, E21C0025200000 and E21C0025220000 E21C0025540000 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 E21C0027320000; propulsion by haulage cables E21C0029140000) E21C0025560000 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 E21C0035140000) E21C0025580000 Machines slitting by drilling hole on hole E21C0025600000 Slitting by jets of water or other liquid (picks with arrangement of fluid-spraying nozzles E21C0035187000; distribution of spraying fluids in rotating cutter-heads E21C0035230000) E21C0025620000 Machines for making slits approximately perpendicular to the seams either level with, or above or below the level of, the machine E21C0025640000 Slitting machines guided solely by hand and either carried by hand or mounted on supports (hand-held power-operated tools E21C0037220000) E21C0025660000 Machines for making slits with additional arrangements for drilling E21C0025680000 Machines for making slits combined with equipment for removing, e.g. by loading, material won by other means (slitting machines combined with planing means E21C0027180000; removing chippings E21C0035200000) E21C0027000000 Machines which completely free the mineral from the seam E21C0027010000 specially adapted for removing overhanging coal E21C0027020000 solely by slitting (rods, drums, for same E21C0025100000; saws, discs, wheels E21C0025180000; chains, chain guides, for same E21C0025280000) E21C0027040000 by a single chain guided on a frame with or without auxiliary slitting means E21C0027060000 with a slewing frame E21C0027080000 with additional means for cutting the mineral into blocks E21C0027100000 by both slitting and breaking-down E21C0027120000 breaking-down effected by acting on the vertical face of the mineral, e.g. by percussive tools E21C0027140000 breaking-down effected by force or pressure applied to side of slit, e.g. by wedges (breaking-down by means inserted in boreholes E21C0037000000) E21C0027160000 with means for both slitting and breaking-down E21C0027180000 by both slitting and planing E21C0027200000 Mineral freed by means not involving slitting E21C0027220000 by rotary drills with breaking-down means, e.g. wedge-shaped drills E21C0027240000 by milling means acting on the full working face E21C0027260000 by closely adjacent cutter chains acting on the full working face E21C0027280000 by percussive drills with breaking-down means, e.g. wedge-shaped tools E21C0027300000 by jaws, buckets, or scoops that scoop-out the mineral E21C0027320000 by adjustable or non-adjustable planing means with or without loading arrangements (by percussed planing means E21C0027460000) E21C0027340000 Machine propelled along the working face by cable or chain E21C0027350000 Ram-ploughs E21C0027360000 Machine self-propelled along the working face E21C0027380000 Machine stationary while planing in an arc E21C0027400000 Machine and its planing tool making alternative step-wise movements along the working face E21C0027420000 combined with scraper or collector box E21C0027440000 Planing knives (mining picks E21C0035180000) E21C0027460000 by percussed planing means E21C0029000000 Propulsion of machines for slitting or completely freeing the mineral from the seam E21C0029020000 by means on the machine exerting a thrust against fixed supports E21C0029040000 by cable or chains E21C0029060000 anchored at one or both ends to the mine working face E21C0029080000 Anchoring arrangements (for anchoring of conveyers only E21F0013000000) E21C0029100000 Cable or chain co-operating with a winch or the like on the machine E21C0029120000 Machines propelled by thrust or pull against a part alternately anchored to, and released from, a cable or chain E21C0029140000 by haulage cable or chain pulling the machine along the working face E21C0029160000 Winches or other means for pulling cable or chain (winches in general B66D) E21C0029180000 Coupling and uncoupling machine to cable or chain E21C0029200000 with safety devices operating in the event of breakage of the cable or chain E21C0029220000 by wheels, endless tracks, or the like E21C0029240000 Trucks carrying the machine while working E21C0029260000 with means for adjustably positioning the machine on the truck E21C0029280000 adjusting the height of the whole machine E21C0031000000 Driving means incorporated in machines for slitting or completely freeing the mineral from the seam E21C0031020000 for cutting or breaking-down devices E21C0031040000 imparting both a rotary and reciprocating motion E21C0031060000 actuated by an endless cable or chain E21C0031080000 for adjusting parts of the machines E21C0031100000 for slewing parts of the machines E21C0031120000 Component parts E21C0033000000 Trucks or other devices for transporting machines for slitting or completely freeing the mineral from the seam E21C0033020000 with equipment for loading or unloading the machine on to, or from, the truck E21C0035000000 Details of, or accessories for, machines for slitting or completely freeing the mineral from the seam, not provided for in groups ; E21C0025000000-E21C0033000000, E21C0037000000; or E21C0039000000 E21C0035020000 Locking equipment for slewable parts E21C0035040000 Safety devices (operating in the event of breakage of a haulage cable or chain E21C0029200000) E21C0035060000 Equipment for positioning the whole machine in relation to its sub-structure E21C0035080000 Guiding the machine E21C0035100000 by feelers contacting the working face E21C0035120000 along a conveyer for the cut material E21C0035140000 Equipment for pressing the conveyer towards the working face E21C0035160000 by making use of the timbering, filling, or other supports E21C0035180000 Mining picks; Holders therefor (planing knives E21C0027440000) E21C0035183000 with inserts or layers of wear-resisting material E21C0035187000 with arrangement of fluid-spraying nozzles (supply of fluid to the nozzles E21C0035220000) E21C0035190000 Means for fixing picks or holders E21C0035193000 using bolts as main fixing elements E21C0035197000 using sleeves, rings or the like, as main fixing elements E21C0035200000 General features of equipment for removal of chippings, e.g. for loading on conveyer E21C0035220000 Equipment for preventing the formation of, or for removal of, dust (picks with arrangement of fluid-spraying nozzles E21C0035187000; methods or apparatus for flushing boreholes E21B0021000000) E21C0035230000 Distribution of spraying-fluids in rotating cutter-heads E21C0035240000 Remote control specially adapted for machines for slitting or completely freeing the mineral (control in general G05) E21C0037000000 Other methods or devices for dislodging with or without loading (breaking-down by means inserted in slits E21C0027140000) E21C0037020000 by wedges E21C0037040000 by devices with parts pressed mechanically against the wall of a borehole E21C0037060000 by making use of hydraulic or pneumatic pressure in a borehole E21C0037080000 Devices with pistons, plungers, or the like pressed locally against the wall of the borehole E21C0037100000 Devices with expanding elastic casings E21C0037120000 by injecting into the borehole a liquid, either initially at high pressure or subsequently subjected to high pressure, e.g. by pulses, by explosive cartridges acting on the liquid (slitting by jets of water E21C0025600000; blasting by explosives F42D) E21C0037140000 by compressed air; by gas blast; by gasifying liquids E21C0037160000 by fire-setting or by similar methods based on a heat effect (drilling by use of heat E21B0007140000) E21C0037180000 by electricity E21C0037200000 by ultrasonics E21C0037220000 Hand tools or hand-held power-operated tools specially adapted for dislodging minerals (slitting machines guided solely by hand E21C0025640000) E21C0037240000 Pick hammers (pneumatic hammers in general B25D; percussion drilling E21B0001000000) E21C0037260000 Chisels or other cutting tools not mentioned before E21C0039000000 Devices for testing ; in situ the hardness or other properties of minerals, e.g. for giving information as to the selection of suitable mining tools E21C0041000000 Methods of mining or quarrying; Open-pit mining; Layouts therefor (methods or apparatus for obtaining oil, gas, water, soluble or meltable materials or a slurry of minerals from wells E21B0043000000) E21C0041000000 Methods of underground or surface mining (E21C0045000000 takes precedence);;Layouts therefor (for peat E21C0049000000) E21C0041160000 Methods of underground mining (winning machines therefor E21C0025000000-E21C0039000000); Layouts therefor E21C0041180000 for brown or hard coal E21C0041200000 for rock salt or potash salt E21C0041220000 for ores, e.g. mining placers E21C0041240000 for oil-bearing deposits E21C0041260000 Methods of surface mining (machines for obtaining, or the removal of, materials in open-pit mines E21C0047000000); Layouts therefor E21C0041280000 for brown or hard coal E21C0041300000 for ores, e.g. mining placers E21C0041320000 Reclamation of surface-mined areas (machines or methods for treating or working soil for agricultural purposes A01B0077000000, A01B0079000000; machines for back-filling E02F0005220000) E21C0045000000 Methods of hydraulic mining; Hydraulic monitors (E21C0025600000 takes precedence);; E21C0045020000 Means for generating pulsating fluid jets E21C0045040000 by use of highly pressurised liquid E21C0045060000 by use of compressed gases E21C0045080000 Automatic or remote control of hydraulic monitors E21C0047000000 Machines for obtaining, or the removal of, materials in open-pit mines (obtaining peat E21C0049000000) E21C0047020000 for coal, brown coal, or the like (dredgers or soil-shifting machines in general E02F) E21C0047040000 Conveyer bridges used in co-operation with the winning apparatus E21C0047060000 Cableway conveyers used in co-operation with the winning apparatus (underground hauling E21F0013000000) E21C0047080000 Devices for cutting-out partings, e.g. layers of sand between seams of coal E21C0047100000 for quarrying stone, sand, gravel, or clay E21C0049000000 Obtaining peat; Machines therefor (treating peat C10F) E21C0049020000 by excavating E21C0049040000 by digging in the form of peat sods E21C0050000000 Obtaining minerals from underwater, not otherwise provided for (suction dredgers or component parts thereof E02F0003880000; equipment for conveying or separating excavated material E02F0007000000; dippers G01N0001120000) E21C0050020000 dependent on the ship movements (vessels or floating structures adapted for special purposes B63B0035000000) E21C0051000000 Apparatus for, or methods of, winning materials from extraterrestrial sources (cosmonautics B64G) E21D SHAFTS; TUNNELS; GALLERIES; LARGE UNDERGROUND CHAMBERS (soil-conditioning or soil-stabilising materials C09K0017000000; cutting machines for mining or quarrying E21C; safety devices, transport, rescue, ventilation or drainage E21F) E21D0001000000 Shafts E21D0001000000 Sinking shafts E21D0001020000 by hand E21D0001030000 mechanically (E21D0001080000 takes precedence);; E21D0001040000 with grabs E21D0001060000 with shaft-boring cutters (drilling machines E21B) E21D0001080000 while moving the lining downwards E21D0001100000 Preparation of the ground E21D0001120000 by freezing E21D0001140000 Freezing apparatus E21D0001160000 by petrification (grouting anchoring-bolts E21D0020020000) E21D0003000000 Raising shafts, i.e. working upwards from the bottom E21D0005000000 Lining shafts; Linings therefor (E21D0011000000 takes precedence);; E21D0005010000 using prefabricated lining lowered into a hole filled with liquid or viscous mass E21D0005012000 Use of fluid-tight or anti-friction material on outside of, or between, lining layers E21D0005016000 Bearer curbs E21D0005020000 with wood (E21D0005010000, E21D0005012000, E21D0005016000 take precedence);; E21D0005040000 with brick, concrete, stone, or similar building materials (E21D0005010000, E21D0005012000, E21D0005016000 take precedence);; E21D0005060000 with iron or steel (E21D0005010000, E21D0005012000, E21D0005016000 take precedence);; E21D0005080000 in the form of profiled parts E21D0005100000 in the form of tubbing E21D0005110000 with combinations of different materials, e.g. wood, metal, concrete (E21D0005010000, E21D0005012000, E21D0005016000 take precedence);; E21D0005120000 Accessories for making shaft linings, e.g. suspended cradles, shutterings E21D0007000000 Shaft equipment, e.g. timbering within the shaft E21D0007020000 Arrangement of guides for cages in shafts; Connection of guides for cages to shaft walls (guideways or guides for elevators B66B0007020000) E21D0008000000 Shafts not provided for in groups ; E21D0001000000-E21D0007000000 E21D0009000000 Tunnels; Galleries; Large underground chambers; Linings therefor (galleries protecting against falling rocks or avalanches E01F0007040000; pressure galleries, galleries specially adapted to house pressure water conduits E02B0009060000; sewers E03F) E21D0009000000 Tunnels or galleries, with or without linings; Methods or apparatus for making thereof (linings per seE21D0011000000); Layout of tunnels or galleries E21D0009010000 Methods or apparatus for enlarging or restoring the cross-section of tunnels, e.g. by restoring the floor to its original level E21D0009020000 Driving inclined tunnels or galleries E21D0009040000 Driving tunnels or galleries through loose materials; Apparatus therefor not otherwise provided for E21D0009060000 Making by using a driving shield E21D0009080000 with additional boring or cutting means E21D0009087000 with a rotary drilling-head cutting simultaneously the whole cross-section, i.e. full-face machines E21D0009093000 Control of the driving shield E21D0009100000 Making by using boring or cutting machines (E21D0009080000 takes precedence;similar machines for mining E21C0027200000; mining picks E21C0035180000) E21D0009110000 with a rotary drilling-head cutting simultaneously the whole cross-section, i.e. full-face machines E21D0009120000 Devices for removing or hauling away excavated material or spoil; Working or loading platforms (underground transport E21F0013000000) E21D0009130000 using hydraulic or pneumatic conveying means E21D0009140000 Layout of tunnels or galleries; Constructional features of tunnels or galleries, not otherwise provided for, e.g. portals, day-light attenuation at tunnel openings E21D0011000000 Lining tunnels, galleries or other underground cavities, e.g. large underground chambers; Linings therefor; Making such linings in situ, e.g. by assembling(E21D0015000000-E21D0023000000; take precedence;specially for shafts E21D0005000000; lining pressure water galleries, linings therefor E02B0009060000) E21D0011020000 Lining predominantly with wood E21D0011030000 using timber-setting machines E21D0011040000 Lining with building materials (E21D0011020000, E21D0011140000 take precedence);; E21D0011050000 using compressible insertions E21D0011060000 with bricks E21D0011070000 using brick-laying machines E21D0011080000 with preformed concrete slabs E21D0011100000 with concrete cast ; in situShuttering or other equipment adapted therefor E21D0011120000 Temporary supports for use during building; Accessories E21D0011140000 Lining predominantly with metal E21D0011150000 Plate linings; Laggings, i.e. linings designed for holding back formation material or for transmitting the load to main supporting members (insulation E21D0011380000) E21D0011180000 Arch members E21D0011200000 Special cross-sections, e.g. corrugated E21D0011220000 Clamps or other yieldable means for interconnecting adjacent arch members either rigidly, or allowing arch member parts to slide when subjected to excessive pressure E21D0011240000 Knuckle joints or links between arch members E21D0011260000 Shoes for connecting arch members to longitudinal struts E21D0011280000 Longitudinal struts E21D0011300000 Bases for lower arch members (for props E21D0015540000) E21D0011340000 Joints between vertical props and horizontal top bars (end caps forming part of the props E21D0015540000) E21D0011360000 Linings or supports specially shaped for tunnels or galleries of irregular cross-section E21D0011380000 Waterproofing (in general E02D0031000000); Heat insulating; Soundproofing; Electric insulating (for building constructions in general E04B0001620000) E21D0011400000 Devices or apparatus specially adapted for handling or placing units of linings for tunnels or galleries E21D0013000000 Large underground chambers; Methods or apparatus for making them (lining E21D0011000000) E21D0013020000 Methods E21D0013040000 Special equipment; Accessories E21D0015000000 Working-face supports E21D0015000000 Props (in the building art E04G0025000000); Chocks E21D0015020000 Non-telescopic props E21D0015040000 with wooden prop parts joined by double conical connectors E21D0015060000 with parts joined by a lock, with or without slight axial adjustability E21D0015080000 with toggle joint connection E21D0015100000 with dog-clutch or pin-and-hole connection E21D0015120000 with locking devices located near head or foot E21D0015140000 Telescopic props (general means for fixing telescopic parts together F16B) E21D0015150000 Means counteracting entry of dirt; Built-in cleaning devices E21D0015160000 with parts held together by positive means, with or without relative sliding movement when the prop is subject to excessive pressure E21D0015180000 with one part resting on a supporting medium, e.g. rubber, sand, bitumen, lead, located in the other part, with or without expulsion or displacement of the medium upon excessive pressure E21D0015200000 with pawl, pin, cross-piece, or the like engaging with ratchet teeth, notches, holes, or the like spaced apart at intervals E21D0015220000 with member, pin, cross-piece, or the like ruptured, sheared through, or permanently deformed upon excessive pressure E21D0015240000 with axial screw-and-nut, rack-and-worm, or like mechanism E21D0015260000 with screw, worm, or the like not self-locking but normally prevented from rotation by friction members which slip upon excessive pressure E21D0015280000 with parts held relatively to each other by friction or gripping, e.g. using wedges E21D0015300000 by means expanded or contracted by pressure applied through the medium of a fluid or quasi-fluid, e.g. rubber E21D0015320000 by a deformable collar E21D0015340000 by axially-moving balls, rollers, or the like E21D0015360000 by a tiltable collar surrounding one or both parts E21D0015380000 with longitudinally-divided upper or lower prop parts, e.g. interfitting laminations E21D0015400000 Collar or other support gripped to one or both parts by toggle-action, cam, or other member pivoted or similarly mounted E21D0015420000 with special parts to influence the friction E21D0015430000 Details of wedges (friction linings or pads E21D0015420000) E21D0015440000 Hydraulic, pneumatic, or hydraulic-pneumatic props E21D0015450000 having closed fluid system, e.g. with built-in pumps or accumulators E21D0015460000 with load-measuring devices; with alarm devices E21D0015480000 Chocks or the like E21D0015500000 Component parts or details of props (E21D0015430000, E21D0015580000, E21D0015600000 take precedence);; E21D0015502000 Prop bodies characterised by their shape, e.g. of specified cross-section E21D0015510000 specially adapted to hydraulic, pneumatic, or hydraulic-pneumatic props, e.g. arrangements of relief valves E21D0015520000 Extensible units located above or below standard props E21D0015540000 Details of the ends of props (for permitting step-by-step movement E21D0023060000) E21D0015550000 of prop heads E21D0015560000 Details of locks of telescopic props E21D0015580000 Devices for setting props E21D0015582000 for mechanical props E21D0015590000 for hydraulic, pneumatic, or hydraulic-pneumatic props E21D0015600000 Devices for withdrawing props or chocks E21D0017000000 Caps for supporting mine roofs E21D0017010000 characterised by the shape of the cap, e.g. of specified cross-section E21D0017020000 Cantilever extension or similar protecting devices E21D0017022000 Auxiliary devices for temporary support of roof-supporting beams whilst assembling E21D0017030000 Brackets for roof-supporting bars E21D0017040000 for use in longwall working E21D0017050000 hydraulically extensible E21D0017054000 hydraulically pivotable E21D0017060000 for use in drifting galleries E21D0017080000 Cap joints for obtaining a coal-face free of pit-props E21D0017082000 of sliding type E21D0017086000 of articulated type E21D0017100000 Details of mine caps for engaging the tops of pit-props, with or without retaining-plates; Retaining-plates E21D0019000000 Provisional protective covers for working space (E21D0009060000, E21D0023000000 take precedence);; E21D0019020000 for use in longwall working E21D0019040000 for use in drifting galleries E21D0019060000 Arrangements for applying the covers E21D0020000000 Setting anchoring-bolts (anchoring bolts for shafts, tunnels or galleries E21D0021000000; means for anchoring structural elements or bulkheads specially adapted to foundation engineering E02D0005740000; dowels or other devices fastened in walls or the like by inserting them in holes made therein for that purpose F16B0013000000) E21D0020020000 with provisions for grouting E21D0021000000 Anchoring-bolts for roof, floor, or shaft-lining protection (dowels or other devices fastened in walls or the like by inserting them in holes made therein for that purpose F16B0013000000) E21D0021020000 having means for indicating tension (screwed connections specially modified for indicating tensile load F16B0031020000) E21D0023000000 Mine roof supports for step-by-step movement, e.g. in combination with provisions for shifting of conveyers, mining machines, or guides therefor (shifting of mine conveyers at the working face, per seE21F0013080000) E21D0023030000 having protective means, e.g. shields, for preventing or impeding entry of loose material into the working space or support E21D0023040000 Structural features of the supporting construction, e.g. linking members between adjacent frames or sets of props; Means for counteracting lateral sliding on inclined floor (E21D0023140000 takes precedence);; E21D0023060000 Special mine caps or special tops of pit-props for permitting step-by-step movement E21D0023080000 Advancing mechanisms (E21D0023160000 takes precedence);; E21D0023100000 with advancing devices separate from the supporting construction E21D0023120000 Control, e.g. using remote control (E21D0023160000 takes precedence);; E21D0023140000 Effecting automatic sequential movement of supports, e.g. one behind the other E21D0023160000 Hydraulic or pneumatic features, e.g. circuits, arrangement or adaptation of valves, setting or retracting devices E21D0023180000 of advancing mechanisms E21D0023200000 for sequential movement, e.g. one behind the other E21D0023220000 incorporated in mine caps E21D0023240000 the advancing mechanisms being separate from the supporting construction E21D0023260000 Hydraulic or pneumatic control E21F SAFETY DEVICES, TRANSPORT, FILLING-UP, RESCUE, VENTILATION, OR DRAINAGE IN OR OF MINES OR TUNNELS E21F0001000000 Ventilation of mines or tunnels E21F0001000000 Ventilation of mines or tunnels; Distribution of ventilating currents (ventilating rooms or spaces in general F24F) E21F0001020000 Test models (analogue computers therefor G06G0007500000) E21F0001040000 Air ducts (suspension devices E21F0017020000) E21F0001060000 Duct connections (tube connections in general F16L) E21F0001080000 Ventilation arrangements in connection with air ducts, e.g. arrangements for mounting ventilators (ventilators per seF04D) E21F0001100000 Air doors (doors in general E06B) E21F0001120000 Devices for automatically opening air doors E21F0001140000 Air partitions; Air locks (dams E21F0017103000; air locks for foundations E02D) E21F0001160000 Shaft covers E21F0001180000 Gravity-flow ventilation (E21F0001020000-E21F0001160000; take precedence);; E21F0003000000 Cooling or drying of air (air-conditioning rooms or spaces in general F24F) E21F0005000000 Safety devices (flue-gas indicators G01N); Rescue devices E21F0005000000 Means or methods for preventing, binding, depositing, or removing dust; Preventing explosions or fires (dams E21F0017103000; applying liquids or other fluent materials to surfaces in general B05) E21F0005020000 by wetting or spraying E21F0005040000 Spraying barriers (spray nipples, spraying in general B05B, B05D; picks with arrangement of fluid-spraying nozzles E21C0035187000) E21F0005060000 Fluids used for spraying E21F0005080000 Rock dusting; Depositing other protective substances E21F0005100000 Devices for rock dusting E21F0005120000 Composition of rock dust E21F0005140000 Fluid barriers or rock dusters made to work by, or at the same time as, shots or explosions E21F0005160000 Layers of hygroscopic or other salts deposited on floors, walls, or the like, for binding dust; Deposition of such layers (dust-absorbing materials in general C09K0003220000) E21F0005180000 Impregnating walls, or the like, with liquids for binding dust E21F0005200000 Drawing-off or depositing dust (methods or apparatus for flushing boreholes E21B0021000000; while slitting E21C0035220000) E21F0007000000 Methods or devices for drawing-off gases with or without subsequent use of the gas for any purpose E21F0009000000 Devices preventing sparking of machines or apparatus (preventing sparking of electric machines or apparatus H01K, H02K) E21F0011000000 Rescue devices or other safety devices, e.g. safety chambers, escape ways (breathing aids for curative purposes A61H0031000000; respiratory apparatus A62B0007000000; revival apparatus A62B0033000000) E21F0013000000 Transport specially adapted to underground conditions (mine cars B61D; transport in general, loading B65G) E21F0013020000 in galleries E21F0013040000 in gravity inclines; in staple or inclined shafts E21F0013060000 at or adjacent to the working face E21F0013080000 Shifting conveyers or other transport devices from one location at the working face to another (guiding mining machines along conveyers for the cut mineral E21C0035120000; in combination with mine roof supports for step-by-step movement E21D0023000000) E21F0013100000 Anchorings for conveyers E21F0015000000 Methods or devices for placing filling-up materials in underground workings (dams E21F0017103000) E21F0015020000 Supporting means, e.g. shuttering, for filling-up materials E21F0015040000 Stowing mats; Goaf wire netting; Partition walls E21F0015060000 Filling-up mechanically E21F0015080000 Filling-up hydraulically or pneumatically (hydraulic or pneumatic transport devices B65G; pipes, pipe couplings F16L) E21F0015100000 Hydraulic or pneumatic filling-up machines E21F0016000000 Drainage (keeping dry foundation sites or other areas in the ground E02D0019000000) E21F0016020000 of tunnels E21F0017000000 Methods or devices for use in mines or tunnels, not covered elsewhere (mine lighting F21, H05B) E21F0017020000 Suspension devices for tubes or the like, e.g. for ventilating ducts (supporting pipes, cables or protective tubing in general F16L0003000000-F16L0007000000) E21F0017040000 Distributing means for power supply E21F0017060000 Distributing electric power; Cable networks; Conduits for cables (circuit arrangements for supplying or distributing electric power in general H02J) E21F0017080000 Distributing hydraulic power; Pipe networks for hydraulic liquid (pipe-line systems in general F17D) E21F0017100000 Distributing pneumatic power; Pipe networks for compressed air (pipe-line systems in general F17D) E21F0017103000 Dams, e.g. for ventilation E21F0017107000 inflatable E21F0017120000 Dam doors E21F0017160000 Modification of mine passages or chambers for storage purposes, especially for liquids or gases (storing fluids in natural or artificial cavities or chambers in the earth B65G0005000000) E21F0017180000 Special adaptations of signalling or alarm devices (for elevators, escalators or moving walkways B66B; gas-sensitive devices per seG01N) E99 SUBJECT MATTER NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR IN THIS SECTION E99Z SUBJECT MATTER NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR IN THIS SECTION E99Z0099000000 Subject matter not otherwise provided for in this section