B
SECTION B — PERFORMING OPERATIONS
  
TRANSPORTING
 B66
HOISTING; LIFTING; HAULING
 B66B
ELEVATORS (funicular railbound systems with rigid ground-supported tracks and cable traction, e.g. cliff railways, B61B 9/00; arrangements of ammunition handlers in vessels B63G 3/00; paternoster-type hoists or lifts combined or associated with loading or unloading devices or apparatus B65G; braking or detent devices controlling normal movements of winding drums or barrels B66D; ship-lifting devices E02C; garages for many vehicles with mechanical means for lifting vehicles E04H 6/12; hoists for feeding ammunition or projectiles to launching apparatus or to loading mechanisms F41F 9/04; safety aspects of hoisting gun ammunition in preparation for immediate use F42B 41/04)
 B66B

Note(s)

In this sub-class, the term "elevator" includes lifts, e.g. for passengers, in, or associated with, buildings or other structures; rope, cable, or chain-operated hoists, e.g. mine cages; escalators and paternoster-type hoists or lifts, other than those which are combined or associated with loading or unloading devices or apparatus.

 B66B 1/00 - 
B66B 7/00
Common features of elevators
 B66B 1/00
Control systems of elevators in general (safety devices B66B 5/00; controlling door or gate operation B66B 13/00; systems of general application G05)
 B66B 1/02
·  Control systems without regulation, i.e. without retroactive action
 B66B 1/04
·  ·  hydraulic
 B66B 1/06
·  ·  electric
 B66B 1/08
·  ·  ·  with devices, e.g. handles or levers, in the cars or cages for direct control of movements
 B66B 1/10
·  ·  ·  ·  specially adapted for mining hoists
 B66B 1/12
·  ·  ·  with devices, e.g. handles or levers, located at a control station for direct control of movements, e.g. electric mining-hoist control systems
 B66B 1/14
·  ·  ·  with devices, e.g. push-buttons, for indirect control of movements
 B66B 1/16
·  ·  ·  ·  with means for storing pulses controlling the movements of a single car or cage
 B66B 1/18
·  ·  ·  ·  with means for storing pulses controlling the movements of several cars or cages
 B66B 1/20
·  ·  ·  ·  ·  and for varying the manner of operation to suit particular traffic conditions, e.g. "one-way rush-hour traffic"
 B66B 1/22
·  ·  ·  ·  with means for taking account of delayed calls
 B66B 1/24
·  Control systems with regulation, i.e. with retroactive action, for influencing travelling speed, acceleration, or deceleration
 B66B 1/26
·  ·  mechanical
 B66B 1/28
·  ·  electrical (detecting excessive speed B66B 5/04)
 B66B 1/30
·  ·  ·  effective on driving gear
 B66B 1/32
·  ·  ·  effective on braking devices
 B66B 1/34
·  Details
 B66B 1/36
·  ·  Means for stopping the cars, cages, or skips at predetermined levels
 B66B 1/38
·  ·  ·  and for returning the controlling handle or lever to its neutral position
 B66B 1/40
·  ·  ·  and for correct levelling at landings
 B66B 1/42
·  ·  ·  ·  separate from the main drive
 B66B 1/44
·  ·  ·  and for taking account of disturbance factors, e.g. variation of load weight
 B66B 1/46
·  ·  Adaptations of switches or switchgear (switches or switchgear in general, applications of switches or switchgear for floor-levelling purpose H01H; control panels H02B 1/02)
 B66B 1/48
·  ·  ·  Adaptations of mechanically-operated limit switches (for cranes B66C 13/50; for winding mechanisms B66D 1/56)
 B66B 1/50
·  ·  ·  with operating or control mechanisms mounted in the car or cage or in the lift well or hoistway
 B66B 1/52
·  ·  ·  Floor selectors
 B66B 3/00
Applications of devices for indicating or signalling operating conditions (of general application G08)
 B66B 3/02
·  Position or depth indicators
 B66B 5/00
Applications of checking, fault-correcting, or safety devices (to lift doors or gates B66B 13/00)
 B66B 5/02
·  responsive to abnormal operating conditions
 B66B 5/04
·  ·  for detecting excessive speed
 B66B 5/06
·  ·  ·  electrical
 B66B 5/08
·  ·  for preventing overwinding
 B66B 5/10
·  ·  ·  electrical
 B66B 5/12
·  ·  in case of rope or cable slack
 B66B 5/14
·  ·  in case of excessive loads
 B66B 5/16
·  ·  Braking or catch devices operating between cars, cages, or skips and fixed guide elements or surfaces in hoistway or well
 B66B 5/18
·  ·  ·  and applying frictional retarding forces
 B66B 5/20
·  ·  ·  ·  by means of rotatable eccentrically-mounted members (B66B 5/24 takes precedence)
 B66B 5/22
·  ·  ·  ·  by means of linearly-movable wedges (B66B 5/24 takes precedence)
 B66B 5/24
·  ·  ·  ·  by acting on guide ropes or cables
 B66B 5/26
·  ·  ·  Positively-acting devices, e.g. latches, knives
 B66B 5/28
·  Buffer-stops for cars, cages, or skips
 B66B 7/00
Other common features of elevators
 B66B 7/02
·  Guideways; Guides (arrangements in mine shafts E21D 7/02)
 B66B 7/04
·  ·  Shoes; Rollers
 B66B 7/06
·  Arrangements of ropes or cables
 B66B 7/08
·  ·  for connection to the cars or cages, e.g. couplings
 B66B 7/10
·  ·  for equalising rope or cable tension
 B66B 7/12
·  Checking, lubricating, or cleaning means for ropes, cables, or guides
 B66B 9/00 - 
B66B 13/00
Lifts in, or associated with, buildings
 B66B 9/00
Kinds or types of lifts in, or associated with, buildings or other structures (characterised by control systems B66B 1/00; apparatus for raising or lowering persons on stages of theatres A63J 5/12)
 B66B 9/02
·  actuated mechanically otherwise than by rope or cable
 B66B 9/04
·  actuated pneumatically or hydraulically (platforms for lifting or lowering through short distances B66F 7/00)
 B66B 9/06
·  inclined, e.g. serving blast furnaces
 B66B 9/08
·  ·  associated with stairways, e.g. for transporting disabled persons
 B66B 9/10
·  Paternoster type (with devices for transferring goods into, or out of, the compartments B65G 17/00)
 B66B 9/12
·  Escalators or like moving stairways (endless conveyers B65G 17/00)
 B66B 9/14
·  ·  Handrails therefor
 B66B 9/16
·  Lift installations adapted to be shifted from one part of a building or other structure to another part
 B66B 9/18
·  adapted for temporary connection to buildings or other structures for erection purposes
 B66B 9/20
·  Mobile or transportable lifts with liftways supported independently of building or structure
 B66B 11/00
Main component parts of lifts in, or associated with, buildings or other structures
 B66B 11/02
·  Cages (doors, gates, or other apparatus controlling access to, or exit from, cages B66B 13/00)
 B66B 11/04
·  Driving gear
 B66B 11/06
·  ·  with hoisting rope or cable positively attached to a winding drum
 B66B 11/08
·  ·  with hoisting rope or cable operated by frictional engagement with a winding drum or sheave
 B66B 13/00
Doors, gates, or other apparatus controlling access to, or exit from, cages or lift-well landings (door fittings, locks E05)
 B66B 13/02
·  Door or gate operation (of general application E05F)
 B66B 13/04
·  ·  of swinging doors
 B66B 13/06
·  ·  of sliding doors
 B66B 13/08
·  ·  ·  guided for horizontal movement
 B66B 13/10
·  ·  ·  by car or cage movement
 B66B 13/12
·  ·  Arrangements for effecting simultaneous opening or closing of cage and landing doors
 B66B 13/14
·  ·  Control systems or devices
 B66B 13/16
·  ·  ·  Door or gate locking devices controlled or primarily controlled by condition of cage, e.g. movement or position
 B66B 13/18
·  ·  ·  ·  without manually-operable devices for completing locking or unlocking of doors
 B66B 13/20
·  ·  ·  ·  ·  Lock mechanisms actuated mechanically by abutments or projections on the cages
 B66B 13/22
·  Operation of door or gate contacts
 B66B 13/24
·  Safety devices in passenger lifts, not otherwise provided for, for preventing trapping of passengers
 B66B 13/26
·  ·  between closing doors
 B66B 13/28
·  ·  between car or cage and wells
 B66B 13/30
·  Constructional features of doors or gates (of interest apart from this application E06B)
 B66B 15/00 - 
B66B 19/00
Lifts in hoistways of mines
 B66B 15/00
Main component parts of mining-hoist winding devices
 B66B 15/02
·  Rope or cable carriers
 B66B 15/04
·  ·  Friction sheaves; "Koepe" pulleys
 B66B 15/06
·  ·  Drums
 B66B 15/08
·  Driving gear
 B66B 17/00
Hoistway equipment
 B66B 17/02
·  mounted in head-frames (winding towers for mines E04H 12/26)
 B66B 17/04
·  Mining-hoist cars or cages
 B66B 17/06
·  ·  with tiltable platforms
 B66B 17/08
·  Mining skips
 B66B 17/10
·  ·  adapted for passenger transport
 B66B 17/12
·  Counterpoises
 B66B 17/14
·  Applications of loading and unloading equipment (of general application B65G)
 B66B 17/16
·  ·  for loading and unloading mining-hoist cars or cages
 B66B 17/18
·  ·  ·  Swinging bridges, e.g. for compensating for differences in level between car or cage and landing
 B66B 17/20
·  ·  ·  by moving vehicles into, or out of, the cars or cages
 B66B 17/22
·  ·  ·  Securing vehicles in cars or cages
 B66B 17/24
·  ·  ·  ·  mounted on the car or cage
 B66B 17/26
·  ·  for loading or unloading mining-hoist skips
 B66B 17/28
·  ·  electrically controlled (for elevators in general B66B 1/06)
 B66B 17/30
·  ·  ·  for cars or cages
 B66B 17/32
·  ·  ·  for skips
 B66B 17/34
·  Safe lift clips; Keps
 B66B 17/36
·  Gates or other apparatus controlling access to, or exit from, cars, cages, or hoistway landings
 B66B 19/00
Mining-hoist operation
 B66B 19/02
·  Installing or exchanging ropes or cables
 B66B 19/04
·  Installing or removing mining-hoist cars, cages, or skips
 B66B 19/06
·  Applications of signalling devices (depth indicators B66B 3/02; order telegraphs G08B)