|  | B |
SECTION B — PERFORMING OPERATIONS

TRANSPORTING

|  | B60 |
VEHICLES IN GENERAL

|  | B60 |
Note(s) In this class, the term "vehicle" means all vehicles except those restricted to one of the following types of vehicles: rail vehicles, waterborne vessels, aircraft, space vehicles, hand carts, cycles, animal-drawn vehicles, and sledges; these types are to be found in the relevant classes Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B61-B64. Thus, the term "vehicle" embraces vehicular characteristics which are common to more than one of the above-listed types. It also embraces certain characteristics restricted to automobile or road or cross-country trailers. Special adaptations. The following exceptions to be above should be noted: Sub-classes Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60B and Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60C embrace all vehicle wheels and tyres, except for aircraft. Sub-class Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60C embraces the repairing of, and the connection of valves to, inflatable elastic bodies in general, and in this respect it is not limited to vehicles. Sub-class Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60L embraces certain electric equipment of all electrically-propelled vehicles. Sub-class Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60M embraces certain power supply equipment for, but external to, any kind of electrically-propelled vehicle. Sub-class Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60S relates to all kinds of vehicles; except the servicing of rail locomotives and ground equipment for aircraft. Sub-class Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60T includes brake control systems of general applicability, and in this respect it is not limited to vehicles. It also includes rail-vehicle power-brake systems and some other features of rail-vehicle brake systems.

|  | B60M |
POWER SUPPLY LINES, AND DEVICES ALONG RAILS, FOR ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES (control of points and safety arrangements along railway lines Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B61L; construction of rails and points in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E01B)

|  | B60M |
Note(s) This sub-class deals with: overhead, overground, and underground power-supply lines; their crossings and points, erection and supervision; devices along rails and rail joints, for current-conduction and for insulation; safety devices along the route against earth currents and inductive interference with nearby communication lines.

|  | B60M 1/00 |
Power supply lines for contact with collector on vehicle (collectors therefor Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60L 5/00)

|  | B60M 1/02 |
· | Details

|  | B60M 1/04 |
· · | Mechanical protection of line; Protection against contact by living beings

|  | B60M 1/06 |
· · | Arrangements along the power lines for reducing interference in nearby communication lines (in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...H04B 15/02)

|  | B60M 1/08 |
· · | Arrangements for energising and de-energising power line sections using mechanical actuation by the passing vehicle

|  | B60M 1/10 |
· · | Arrangements for energising and de-energising power line sections using magnetic actuation by the passing vehicle

|  | B60M 1/12 |
· | Trolley lines; Accessories therefor

|  | B60M 1/13 |
· · | Trolley wires

|  | B60M 1/14 |
· · | Crossings; Points

|  | B60M 1/16 |
· · | Suspension insulators (in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...H01B)

|  | B60M 1/18 |
· · | Section insulators; Section switches

|  | B60M 1/20 |
· · | Arrangements for supporting or suspending trolley wires, e.g. from buildings

|  | B60M 1/22 |
· · · | Separate lines from which power lines are suspended, e.g. catenary lines, supporting-lines under tension

|  | B60M 1/225 |
· · · | Arrangements for fixing trolley wires to supporting-lines which are under tension

|  | B60M 1/23 |
· · · | Arrangements for suspending trolley wires from catenary line

|  | B60M 1/234 |
· · · | incorporating yielding means or damping means (supporting wires Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60M 1/22)

|  | B60M 1/24 |
· · · | Clamps; Splicers; Anchor tips

|  | B60M 1/26 |
· · | Compensation means for variation in length

|  | B60M 1/28 |
· · | Manufacturing or repairing trolley lines (scaffold cars Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60P, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B61D 15/00; platforms therefor Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B66F 11/04; manufacturing conductors in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...H01B 13/00; overhead lines in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...H02G 1/00)

|  | B60M 1/30 |
· | Power rails

|  | B60M 1/32 |
· · | Crossings; Points (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60M 1/34 takes precedence)

|  | B60M 1/34 |
· · | in slotted conduits

|  | B60M 1/36 |
· | Single contact pieces along the line for power supply

|  | B60M 3/00 |
Feeding power to the supply lines in contact with collector on vehicles; Arrangements for consuming regenerative power (controlling rail vehicles by varying voltage of power fed to vehicle Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60L; power distribution in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...H02J)

|  | B60M 3/02 |
· | with means for maintaining voltage within a predetermined range (in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G05F)

|  | B60M 3/04 |
· | Arrangements for cutting-in and -out of individual track sections (by passage of the vehicle Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60M 1/10)

|  | B60M 3/06 |
· | Arrangements for consuming regenerative power

|  | B60M 5/00 |
Arrangements along running rails or at joints thereof for current-conduction or insulation, e.g. safety devices for reducing earth currents (insulating rail joints Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E01B 11/54; conductive connections between rails in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...H01R 3/00, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...H01R 5/00)

|  | B60M 5/02 |
· | Means for reducing potential difference between rail and adjacent ground

|  | B60M 7/00 |
Power lines and rails specially adapted for electrically-propelled vehicles of special types, e.g. suspension tramway, ropeway, underground railway