B
SECTION B — PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
 B01 - 
B07
Subsection index
LIQUID/LIQUID, LIQUID/GAS OR GAS/GAS SEPARATION
Method
General operationsB01D
by centrifugal force, using centrifuges or free-vortex apparatusB01D
using magnetic or electrostatic effectB03C
Apparatus
General operationsB01D
by centrifugal force, using centrifuges or free-vortex apparatusB04B, B04C
using magnetic or electrostatic effectB03C
SOLID/LIQUID OR SOLID/GAS SEPARATION
Method
General operationsB01D
by centrifugal forceB01D
using centrifuges or free-vortex apparatusB01D
using magnetic or electrostatic effectB03C
Apparatus
General operationsB01D
by centrifugal forceB01D
using centrifuges or free-vortex apparatusB04B, B04C
using magnetic or electrostatic effectB03C
SOLID/SOLID SEPARATION
Method
Dry methods
material in bulkB07B
Individual sortingB07C
Screening, sifting, pneumatic sortingB07B
using pneumatic tables or jigsB03B
by magnetic or electrostatic effectB03C
by centrifugal forceB07B
using centrifuges or free-vortex apparatusB07B
Wet methods
General operationsB03B
flotation, differential sedimentationB03D
screeningB07B
Combinations Dry methods - wet methodsB03B
Apparatus
Dry methods
material in bulkB07B
Individual sortingB07C
Screening, sifting, pneumatic sortingB07B
using pneumatic tables or jigsB03B
by magnetic or electrostatic effectB03C
by centrifugal forceB07B
using centrifuges or free-vortex apparatusB04B, B04C
Wet methods
General operationsB03B
flotation, differential sedimentationB03D
screeningB07B
Combinations Dry methods - wet methodsB03B
  
TRANSPORTING
 B66
HOISTING; LIFTING; HAULING
 B66D
CAPSTANS; WINCHES; TACKLES, e.g. PULLEY BLOCKS; HOISTS (winding or unwinding ropes or cables for feeding or storage purposes B65H; rope or cable-winding or unwinding mechanisms for lifts B66B; hoisting devices specially adapted for suspended scaffolds E04G 3/32)
 B66D

Note(s)

This subclass covers:

  • rope, cable, or chain winding or unwinding mechanisms for moving all loads except lift cages, e.g. winches for dredges;
  • braking or detent devices characterised by their application for retarding, or preventing, rotary movement of a winding drum or barrel.

P:20 B66D 1/00
Rope, cable, or chain winding mechanisms; Capstans (portable or mobile lifting or hauling appliances B66D 3/00)
 B66D 1/02
·  Driving gear
 B66D 1/04
·  ·  manually operated
 B66D 1/06
·  ·  ·  Safety cranks for preventing unwanted crank rotation and subsequent lowering of the loads
 B66D 1/08
·  ·  incorporating fluid motors
 B66D 1/10
·  ·  ·  Steam driving gear
 B66D 1/12
·  ·  incorporating electric motors
 B66D 1/14
·  ·  Power transmissions between power sources and drums or barrels
 B66D 1/16
·  ·  ·  the drums or barrels being freely rotatable (B66D 1/24 takes precedence)
 B66D 1/18
·  ·  ·  ·  and the power being transmitted from a continuously-operating and irreversible prime mover
 B66D 1/20
·  ·  ·  Chain, belt, or friction drives, e.g. incorporating sheaves
 B66D 1/22
·  ·  ·  Planetary or differential gearings (for actuating grab buckets B66D 1/70)
 B66D 1/24
·  ·  ·  for varying speed, or reversing direction of rotation, of drums or barrels
 B66D 1/26
·  having several drums or barrels
 B66D 1/28
·  Other constructional details
 B66D 1/30
·  ·  Rope, cable, or chain drums or barrels
 B66D 1/34
·  ·  ·  Attachment of ropes or cables to drums or barrels
 B66D 1/36
·  ·  Guiding, or otherwise ensuring winding in an orderly manner, of ropes, cables, or chains
 B66D 1/38
·  ·  ·  by means of guides movable relative to drum or barrel (B66D 1/395 takes precedence)  [3]
 B66D 1/39
·  ·  ·  by means of axially-movable drums or barrels (B66D 1/395 takes precedence)  [3]
 B66D 1/395
·  ·  ·  by means effecting both guiding and tensioning of ropes, cables or chains  [3]
 B66D 1/40
·  ·  Control devices
 B66D 1/42
·  ·  ·  non-automatic
 B66D 1/44
·  ·  ·  ·  pneumatic or hydraulic
 B66D 1/46
·  ·  ·  ·  electric
 B66D 1/48
·  ·  ·  automatic
 B66D 1/50
·  ·  ·  ·  for maintaining predetermined rope, cable, or chain tension, e.g. in ropes or cables for towing craft, in chains for anchors; Warping or mooring winch-cable tension control
 B66D 1/52
·  ·  ·  ·  for varying rope or cable tension, e.g. when recovering craft from water
 B66D 1/54
·  Safety gear
 B66D 1/56
·  ·  Adaptations of limit switches
 B66D 1/58
·  ·  responsive to excess of load
 B66D 1/60
·  adapted for special purposes
 B66D 1/62
·  ·  for actuating grab buckets (electrical control in cranes B66C 13/32)
 B66D 1/64
·  ·  ·  by means of a single rope or chain
 B66D 1/66
·  ·  ·  driven by a single motor
 B66D 1/68
·  ·  ·  driven by two motors
 B66D 1/70
·  ·  ·  driven through planetary or differential gearings
 B66D 1/72
·  ·  Anchor-chain sprockets; Anchor capstans
 B66D 1/74
·  ·  Capstans
 B66D 1/76
·  ·  ·  having auxiliary drums or barrels for storing the ropes or cables
 B66D 1/78
·  ·  ·  for shunting, e.g. in marshalling yards
 B66D 1/80
·  ·  for scrapers
 B66D 1/82
·  ·  for slewing and hoisting by means of derricks
P:0 B66D 3/00
Portable or mobile lifting or hauling appliances
 B66D 3/02
·  Manually-operated, e.g. lever-actuated, devices operating on ropes, cables, or chains for hauling in a mainly horizontal direction (B66D 3/04, B66D 3/12 take precedence)
 B66D 3/04
·  Pulley blocks or like devices in which force is applied to a rope, cable or chain, which passes over one or more pulleys, e.g. to obtain mechanical advantage (sheaves, chain wheels, pulleys F16H 55/00)  [4]
 B66D 3/06
·  ·  with more than one pulley
 B66D 3/08
·  ·  ·  Arrangements of sheaves
 B66D 3/10
·  ·  ·  Applications of braking or detent devices
 B66D 3/12
·  Chain or like hand-operated tackles with or without power-transmission gearing between operating member and lifting rope, chain, or cable
 B66D 3/14
·  ·  lever-operated
 B66D 3/16
·  ·  operated by an endless chain passing over a pulley or a sprocket
 B66D 3/18
·  Power-operated hoists
 B66D 3/20
·  ·  with driving motor, e.g. electric motor, and drum or barrel contained in a common housing
 B66D 3/22
·  ·  ·  with variable-speed gearing between driving motor and drum or barrel
 B66D 3/24
·  ·  Applications of limit switches
 B66D 3/26
·  ·  Other details, e.g. housings
P:10 B66D 5/00
Braking or detent devices characterised by their application to lifting or hoisting gear, e.g. for controlling the lowering of loads (for pulley blocks B66D 3/10)
 B66D 5/02
·  Crane, lift, hoist, or winch brakes operating on drums, barrels, or ropes
 B66D 5/04
·  ·  actuated by centrifugal force
 B66D 5/06
·  ·  with radial effect (B66D 5/20 takes precedence)
 B66D 5/08
·  ·  ·  embodying blocks or shoes
 B66D 5/10
·  ·  ·  embodying bands
 B66D 5/12
·  ·  with axial effect (B66D 5/22 takes precedence)
 B66D 5/14
·  ·  ·  embodying discs
 B66D 5/16
·  ·  for action on ropes or cables
 B66D 5/18
·  ·  for generating braking forces which are proportional to the loads suspended; Load-actuated brakes
 B66D 5/20
·  ·  ·  with radial effect
 B66D 5/22
·  ·  ·  with axial effect
 B66D 5/24
·  ·  Operating devices
 B66D 5/26
·  ·  ·  pneumatic or hydraulic
 B66D 5/28
·  ·  ·  ·  specially adapted for winding gear, e.g. in mining hoists
 B66D 5/30
·  ·  ·  electrical
 B66D 5/32
·  Detent devices
 B66D 5/34
·  ·  having latches