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 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:

  1. Sub-classes B60B and B60C embrace all vehicle wheels and tyres, except for aircraft.
  2. Sub-class 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.
  3. Sub-class B60L embraces certain electric equipment of all electrically-propelled vehicles.
  4. Sub-class B60M embraces certain power supply equipment for, but external to, any kind of electrically-propelled vehicle.
  5. Sub-class B60S relates to all kinds of vehicles; except the servicing of rail locomotives and ground equipment for aircraft.
  6. Sub-class 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 B61L; construction of rails and points in general E01B)
 B60M

Note(s)

This sub-class deals with:

  1. overhead, overground, and underground power-supply lines; their crossings and points, erection and supervision;
  2. devices along rails and rail joints, for current-conduction and for insulation;
  3. 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 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 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 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 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 B60P, B61D 15/00; platforms therefor B66F 11/04; manufacturing conductors in general H01B 13/00; overhead lines in general H02G 1/00)
 B60M 1/30
·  Power rails
 B60M 1/32
·  ·  Crossings; Points (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 B60L; power distribution in general H02J)
 B60M 3/02
·  with means for maintaining voltage within a predetermined range (in general G05F)
 B60M 3/04
·  Arrangements for cutting-in and -out of individual track sections (by passage of the vehicle 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 E01B 11/54; conductive connections between rails in general H01R 3/00, 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