E
SECTION E — FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  
BUILDING
 E04
BUILDING (layered materials, layered products in general B32B)
 E04B
GENERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONS; WALLS; ROOFS; CEILINGS; INSULATION AND OTHER PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS (border constructions of openings for doors, windows or the like E06B 1/00)
 E04B 1/00
Constructions in general; Structures which are not restricted either to walls 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)
 E04B 1/02
·  Structures consisting primarily of load-supporting, block-shaped, or slab-shaped elements (E04B 1/32-E04B 1/36 take precedence)
 E04B 1/04
·  ·  the elements consisting of concrete, e.g. reinforced concrete, or other stone-like material
 E04B 1/06
·  ·  ·  the elements being prestressed
 E04B 1/08
·  ·  the elements consisting of metal
 E04B 1/10
·  ·  the elements consisting of wood
 E04B 1/12
·  ·  the elements consisting of another material
 E04B 1/14
·  ·  the elements being composed of two or more materials (of reinforced concrete E04B 1/04)
 E04B 1/16
·  Structures made from masses, e.g. of concrete, cast or similarly formed in situ with or without making use of additional elements, such as permanent forms, substructures to be coated with load-bearing material (E04B 1/32-E04B 1/36 take precedence)
 E04B 1/18
·  Structures comprising elongated load-supporting parts, e.g. columns, girders, skeletons (E04B 1/32-E04B 1/36 take precedence; elongated load-supporting parts as elements, trusses, truss-like structures E04C 3/00)
 E04B 1/20
·  ·  the supporting parts consisting of concrete, e.g. reinforced concrete, or other stone-like material
 E04B 1/22
·  ·  ·  with parts being prestressed
 E04B 1/24
·  ·  the supporting parts consisting of metal
 E04B 1/26
·  ·  the supporting parts consisting of wood
 E04B 1/28
·  ·  the supporting parts consisting of another material
 E04B 1/30
·  ·  the supporting parts being composed of two or more materials; Composite steel and concrete construction (of reinforced concrete E04B 1/20)
 E04B 1/32
·  Arched structures; Vaulted structures; Folded structures (vaulted roofs E04B 7/08)
 E04B 1/34
·  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 (E04B 1/342, E04B 1/343, E04B 1/348 take precedence; for floors E04B 5/43; buildings for special purposes, e.g. withstanding earthquake, E04H)
 E04B 1/342
·  Structures covering a large free area, whether open-sided or not, e.g. hangars, halls (roof trusses E04C 3/00; non-structural features for specified purposes, see the relevant groups of E04H)
 E04B 1/343
·  Structures characterised by movable, separable, or collapsible parts, e.g. for transport (movable roof parts E04B 7/16; floatable buildings B63B; small prefabricated buildings, transportable as a whole, E04H 1/12; small garages E04H 6/02)
 E04B 1/344
·  ·  with hinged parts
 E04B 1/345
·  ·  Inflated or air-supported structures (inflatable forms E04G 11/04)
 E04B 1/346
·  ·  Rotary buildings; Buildings with rotary units, e.g. rooms
 E04B 1/347
·  ·  Tent-like buildings, i.e. with flexible skins suspended from, or resting on, supports; Tents for building-like purposes, e.g. marquees (tents for a small number of persons A45F 1/00)
 E04B 1/348
·  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 E04C 2/52)
 E04B 1/35
·  Extraordinary methods of construction, e.g. lift-slab, jack-block (E04B 1/34 takes precedence; falsework, shuttering E04G 11/00; conveying or assembling of building materials E04G 21/00; working measures on existing buildings E04G 23/00)
 E04B 1/36
·  Bearings or like supports allowing movement (for bridges E01D 19/04; buildings withstanding earthquakes E04H 9/02)
 E04B 1/38
·  Connections for building structures in general (specially adapted for particular parts, see the groups for those parts, for special elements E04C)
 E04B 1/40
·  ·  Separate connecting elements (for forms, falsework, or shutterings E04G 17/00; releasable clips or clamps, hooks, wedges, wall-dowels, nails, bolts, rivets, screws, wood-screws F16B)
 E04B 1/41
·  ·  ·  Connecting devices designed for being embedded in concrete or masonry (spacers for cavity walls E04B 2/30, E04B 2/44; connectors for reinforcing elements E04C 5/16; fastening frames to the border of openings E06B 1/56)
 E04B 1/48
·  ·  ·  Dowels, i.e. members adapted to penetrate the surfaces of two parts and to take the shear stresses
 E04B 1/49
·  ·  ·  ·  with self-penetrating parts, e.g. claw dowels
 E04B 1/54
·  ·  Joints substantially without separate connecting elements, e.g. jointing by interengagement (welded, glued, or the like joints, in general F16B)
 E04B 1/56
·  ·  Connections not provided for in groups E04B 1/40-E04B 1/54
 E04B 1/58
·  ·  ·  of bar-shaped building elements
 E04B 1/60
·  ·  ·  of slab-shaped building elements mutually or with other building parts
 E04B 1/62
·  Insulation or other protection; Elements and use of specified material therefor (chemical compositions C01-C11; implements for applying insulation or sealings E04F 21/00; buildings to withstand, or to provide protection against external undesired influences E04H 9/00; shielding against dangerous radiation G21F; constructions of particular parts of buildings, see the relevant groups for those parts)
 E04B 1/64
·  ·  for making damp-proof; Protection against corrosion (sealings E04B 1/66)
 E04B 1/66
·  ·  Sealings (additions of anti-leak properties to plaster C04B; bituminous sealing masses C10; sealings for engineering work in general E02B 3/16; against ground humidity or ground water E02D 31/02; 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)
 E04B 1/68
·  ·  ·  of joints, e.g. dilatation joints
 E04B 1/70
·  ·  Drying or keeping dry, e.g. by air vents (by sealings E04B 1/66; during erection E04G 21/28)
 E04B 1/72
·  ·  Pest control (by keeping dry E04B 1/70; impregnation of wood or like materials B27K)
 E04B 1/74
·  ·  Heat, sound or noise insulation, absorption, or reflection (forms of, or arrangements in, rooms for influencing or directing sound E04B 1/99); Other building methods affording favourable thermal or acoustical conditions, e.g. accumulating of heat within walls (fire protection E04B 1/94; elements chiefly adapted for structural purposes E04C 1/00, E04C 2/00; chiefly adapted for surface covering E04F 13/00; as underlayers for floor coverings E04F 15/18; closures for wall or like openings E06B)
 E04B 1/76
·  ·  ·  specifically with respect to heat only (heat insulation in general F16L 59/00)
 E04B 1/78
·  ·  ·  ·  Heat insulating elements
 E04B 1/80
·  ·  ·  ·  ·  slab-shaped
 E04B 1/82
·  ·  ·  specifically with respect to sound only (of floors of ceilings E04B 5/52; of flooring E04F 15/20; noise damping in ducts or channels E04F 17/00; noise damping in general G10K 11/00)
 E04B 1/84
·  ·  ·  ·  Sound-absorbing elements
 E04B 1/86
·  ·  ·  ·  ·  slab-shaped
 E04B 1/88
·  ·  ·  Insulating elements for both heat and sound
 E04B 1/90
·  ·  ·  ·  slab-shaped
 E04B 1/92
·  ·  Protection against other undesired influences or dangers (buildings providing protection against external dangers E04H 9/00)
 E04B 1/94
·  ·  ·  against incendiary damage (fire-fighting A62C; impregnation of wood or like materials B27K)
 E04B 1/98
·  ·  ·  against vibrations or shocks (on foundations E02D 31/08); against mechanical destruction, e.g. by air-raids (against incendiary damage only E04B 1/94; finishing work therefor E04F; buildings withstanding earthquake or the like, shelters, arrangements of splinter-catching walls E04H 9/00)
 E04B 1/99
·  Room acoustics, i.e. forms of, or arrangements in, rooms for influencing or directing sound (E04B 1/82 takes precedence; acoustics in general G10K 11/00)
 E04B 2/00
Walls or partitions for buildings; Wall construction with regard to insulation; Connections specially adapted to walls (insulation per se E04B 1/62; connections in general E04B 1/38; elements for walls E04C 1/04, E04C 2/00)
 E04B 2/02
·  built-up from layers of building elements
 E04B 2/04
·  ·  Walls having neither cavities between, nor in, the solid elements
 E04B 2/06
·  ·  ·  using elements having specially-designed means for stabilising the position
 E04B 2/08
·  ·  ·  ·  by interlocking of projections or inserts with indentations, e.g. of tongues, grooves, dovetails
 E04B 2/10
·  ·  ·  ·  by filling material with or without reinforcements in small channels in, or in grooves between, the elements
 E04B 2/12
·  ·  ·  using elements having a general shape differing from that of a parallelepiped
 E04B 2/14
·  ·  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
 E04B 2/16
·  ·  ·  using elements having specially designed means for stabilising the position
 E04B 2/18
·  ·  ·  ·  by interlocking of projections or inserts with indentations, e.g. of tongues, grooves, dovetails
 E04B 2/20
·  ·  ·  ·  by filling material with or without reinforcements in small channels in, or in grooves between, the elements
 E04B 2/22
·  ·  ·  using elements having a general shape differing from that of a parallelepiped
 E04B 2/24
·  ·  ·  the walls being characterised by fillings in some of the cavities forming load-bearing pillars or beams
 E04B 2/26
·  ·  ·  the walls being characterised by fillings in all cavities in order to form a wall construction
 E04B 2/28
·  ·  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
 E04B 2/30
·  ·  ·  using elements having specially designed means for stabilising the position; Spacers for cavity walls
 E04B 2/32
·  ·  ·  ·  by interlocking of projections or inserts with indentations, e.g. of tongues, grooves, dovetails
 E04B 2/34
·  ·  ·  ·  by filling material with or without reinforcements in small channels in, or in grooves between, the elements
 E04B 2/36
·  ·  ·  using elements having a general shape differing from that of a parallelepiped
 E04B 2/38
·  ·  ·  the walls being characterised by fillings in some of the cavities forming load-bearing pillars or beams
 E04B 2/40
·  ·  ·  the walls being characterised by fillings in all cavities in order to form a wall construction
 E04B 2/42
·  ·  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
 E04B 2/44
·  ·  ·  using elements having specially designed means for stabilising the position; Spacers for cavity walls
 E04B 2/46
·  ·  ·  ·  by interlocking of projections or inserts with indentations, e.g. of tongues, grooves, dovetails
 E04B 2/48
·  ·  ·  ·  by filling material with or without reinforcements in small channels in, or in grooves between, the elements
 E04B 2/50
·  ·  ·  using elements having a general shape differing from that of a parallelepiped
 E04B 2/52
·  ·  ·  the walls being characterised by fillings in some of the cavities forming load-bearing pillars or beams
 E04B 2/54
·  ·  ·  the walls being characterised by fillings in all cavities in order to form a wall construction
 E04B 2/56
·  Walls or partitions of frame-work or pillar-work; Walls incorporating load-bearing elongated members (E04B 2/74, E04B 2/88 take precedence; pillars E04C 3/30)
 E04B 2/58
·  ·  with elongated members of metal
 E04B 2/60
·  ·  ·  characterised by special cross-section of the elongated members
 E04B 2/62
·  ·  ·  ·  the members being formed of two or more elements in side-by-side relationship
 E04B 2/64
·  ·  with elongated members of concrete
 E04B 2/66
·  ·  ·  characterised by special cross-section of the elongated members
 E04B 2/68
·  ·  ·  made by filling-up wall cavities (E04B 2/24, E04B 2/38, E04B 2/52 take precedence)
 E04B 2/70
·  ·  with elongated members of wood
 E04B 2/72
·  Walls or partitions of elements of relatively thin form (E04B 2/56, E04B 2/74, E04B 2/88 take precedence; with joint fillings acting as framework or pillars E04B 2/68; elements E04C 2/00)
 E04B 2/74
·  Removable non-load-bearing partitions; Partitions with a free upper edge (framed panels E04C 2/38)
 E04B 2/76
·  ·  with framework or posts of metal
 E04B 2/78
·  ·  ·  characterised by special cross-section of the frame members
 E04B 2/80
·  ·  with framework or posts of wood
 E04B 2/82
·  ·  characterised by the manner in which edges are connected to the building; Means therefor; Special details of easily-removable partitions
 E04B 2/84
·  Walls made by casting, pouring, or tamping in situ (E04B 2/02, E04B 2/56 take precedence; forms therefor E04G 11/06; working of concrete or similar masses able to be cast or poured in situ E04G 21/02)
 E04B 2/86
·  ·  made in permanent forms
 E04B 2/88
·  Curtain walls
 E04B 5/00
Floors; Ceilings; Constructions of floors or ceilings with regard to insulation; Connections uniquely adapted therefor (elements for floors, e.g. bricks, stones, filling bodies, girders for floors, E04C; flooring as finishing work, insulation of flooring, sectional false floors, e.g. for computers, E04F 15/024)
 E04B 5/02
·  Load-carrying floor structures formed substantially of prefabricated units (E04B 5/43-E04B 5/48 take precedence; floors merely characterised by the filling members E04C 1/34)
 E04B 5/04
·  ·  with beams of concrete or other stone-like material, e.g. asbestos cement (E04B 5/08, E04B 5/14 take precedence)
 E04B 5/06
·  ·  ·  placed against one another
 E04B 5/08
·  ·  assembled of block-shaped elements, e.g. hollow stones (E04B 5/14 takes precedence; floors composed of reinforced brickwork E04B 5/44)
 E04B 5/10
·  ·  with metal beams or girders, e.g. with steel lattice girders (E04B 5/14 takes precedence)
 E04B 5/12
·  ·  with wooden beams (E04B 5/14 takes precedence)
 E04B 5/14
·  ·  with beams or girders laid in two directions
 E04B 5/16
·  Load-carrying floor structures wholly or partly cast or similarly formed in situ (E04B 5/43-E04B 5/48 take precedence; floors merely characterised by the prefabricated elements E04C)
 E04B 5/17
·  ·  Floor structures partly formed in situ
 E04B 5/18
·  ·  ·  with stiffening ribs or other beam-like formations wholly cast between filling members
 E04B 5/19
·  ·  ·  ·  the filling members acting as self-supporting permanent forms (E04B 5/21 takes precedence)
 E04B 5/21
·  ·  ·  ·  Cross-ribbed floors
 E04B 5/23
·  ·  ·  with stiffening ribs or other beam-like formations wholly or partly prefabricated (with all load-carrying parts substantially consisting of prefabricated units E04B 5/02)
 E04B 5/26
·  ·  ·  ·  with filling members between the beams (E04B 5/28 takes precedence)
 E04B 5/28
·  ·  ·  ·  Cross-ribbed floors
 E04B 5/29
·  ·  ·  ·  the prefabricated parts of the beams consisting wholly of metal (E04B 5/28 takes precedence)
 E04B 5/32
·  ·  Floor structures wholly cast in situ with or without form units or reinforcements
 E04B 5/36
·  ·  ·  with form units as part of the floor
 E04B 5/38
·  ·  ·  ·  with slab-shaped form units acting simultaneously as reinforcement; Form slabs with reinforcements extending laterally outside the element
 E04B 5/40
·  ·  ·  ·  ·  with metal form slabs
 E04B 5/43
·  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 E04B 1/34)
 E04B 5/44
·  Floors composed of stones, mortar, and reinforcing elements (with inserts of glass E04B 5/46)
 E04B 5/46
·  Special adaptations of floors for transmission of light, e.g. by inserts of glass (of ceilings E04B 5/62; block-shaped elements E04C 1/42; slab- or sheet-shaped elements E04C 2/54; for roof covering E04D 3/06)
 E04B 5/48
·  Special adaptations of floors for incorporating ducts, e.g. for heating or ventilating (in block-shaped elements E04C 1/39; in slab- or sheet-shaped elements E04C 2/52)
 E04B 5/52
·  Constructions of ceilings, e.g. false ceilings (ceilings used as forms for making floors, see the relevant groups for the floors; ceilings formed as a simple covering or lining E04F 13/00)
 E04B 5/52

Note(s)

The term "ceiling" includes all the finishing material concealing the underside of the load-carrying structure or roof structure.

 E04B 5/54
·  ·  comprising slabs, sheets, or the like (E04B 5/58-E04B 5/62 take precedence; slabs, sheets, or the like per se E04C 2/00)
 E04B 5/55
·  ·  ·  Construction of supporting means therefor, e.g. framework
 E04B 5/57
·  ·  ·  ·  Means for connecting slabs or sheets to their supports (connections for building structures in general E04B 1/38-E04B 1/60, especially E04B 1/60)
 E04B 5/58
·  ·  Suspension means adjustable in vertical or horizontal direction
 E04B 5/60
·  ·  supported only at the edges
 E04B 5/62
·  ·  Translucent sub-ceilings, e.g. glass ceilings, grid-like ceilings
 E04B 7/00
Roofs (ceilings E04B 5/52; structures for roofs as well as for floors E04B 5/00; roof covering E04D; roof trusses, truss-like structures, joists E04C 3/02; self-supporting roof slabs E04C 2/50; floating roofs for containers E04H 7/12; greenhouses A01G 9/14)
 E04B 7/02
·  with plane sloping surfaces, e.g. saddle roofs (E04B 7/12 takes precedence)
 E04B 7/04
·  ·  supported by horizontal beams or the equivalent resting on the walls (E04B 7/06 takes precedence)
 E04B 7/06
·  ·  Constructions of roof intersections or hopped ends
 E04B 7/08
·  Vaulted roofs (E04B 7/14 takes precedence; vaulted structures in general E04B 1/32; inflatable roofs E04B 1/345; inflatable forms E04G 11/04)
 E04B 7/10
·  ·  Shell structures, e.g. of hyperbolic-parabolic shape; Grid-like formations acting as shell structures; Folded structures
 E04B 7/12
·  formed in bays, e.g. saw-tooth roofs (E04B 7/10 takes precedence)
 E04B 7/14
·  Suspended roofs (tent-like buildings, e.g. with flexible skins acting as part of the structure, E04B 1/347)
 E04B 7/16
·  Roof structures with movable roof parts (buildings for special purposes E04H)
 E04B 7/18
·  Special structures in or on roofs, e.g. dormer windows (in connection with roof coverings E04D 13/00, especially domes E04D 13/03)