B
SECTION B — PERFORMING OPERATIONS
  
TRANSPORTING
 B66
HOISTING; LIFTING; HAULING
 B66C
CRANES; LOAD-ENGAGING ELEMENTS OR DEVICES FOR CRANES, CAPSTANS, WINCHES, OR TACKLES (rope, cable, or chain winding mechanisms, braking or detent devices therefor B66D; specially adapted for nuclear reactors G21)
 B66C 1/00 - 
B66C 3/00
Load-engaging elements or devices attached to lifting, lowering, or hauling gear of cranes or adapted for connection therewith
 B66C 1/00 - 
B66C 3/00

Note(s)

In groups B66C 1/00 and B66C 3/00 the term "cranes" also covers capstans, winches, or tackles.

 B66C 1/00
Load-engaging elements or devices attached to lifting, lowering gear of cranes, or adapted for connection therewith for transmitting lifting forces to articles or groups of articles (fastening to cables or ropes F16G 11/00)
 B66C 1/02
·  by suction means
 B66C 1/04
·  by magnetic means
 B66C 1/06
·  ·  electromagnetic
 B66C 1/08
·  ·  ·  Circuits therefor (for electromagnets in general H01F 7/18)
 B66C 1/10
·  by mechanical means
 B66C 1/12
·  ·  Slings comprising chains, wires, ropes, or bands; Nets (article side grippers suspended by ropes or chains from crane hooks B66C 1/42)
 B66C 1/14
·  ·  ·  Slings with hooks
 B66C 1/16
·  ·  ·  Slings with load-engaging platforms or frameworks
 B66C 1/18
·  ·  ·  Band-type slings
 B66C 1/20
·  ·  ·  specially adapted for handling vehicles
 B66C 1/22
·  ·  Rigid members, e.g. L-shaped members, with parts engaging the under surface of the loads; Crane hooks
 B66C 1/24
·  ·  ·  Single members engaging the loads from one side only
 B66C 1/26
·  ·  ·  ·  with means for releasing the loads
 B66C 1/28
·  ·  ·  Duplicate, e.g. pivoted, members engaging the loads from two sides
 B66C 1/30
·  ·  ·  ·  and also arranged to grip the sides of the loads
 B66C 1/32
·  ·  ·  ·  ·  of piled or stacked articles
 B66C 1/34
·  ·  ·  Crane hooks
 B66C 1/36
·  ·  ·  ·  with means, e.g. spring-biased detents, for preventing inadvertent disengagement of loads
 B66C 1/38
·  ·  ·  ·  adapted for automatic disengagement from loads on release of cable tensions (for parachutes B64D)
 B66C 1/40
·  ·  ·  ·  formed or fitted with load-measuring or indicating devices
 B66C 1/42
·  ·  Gripping members engaging only the external or internal surfaces of the articles
 B66C 1/44
·  ·  ·  and applying frictional forces
 B66C 1/46
·  ·  ·  ·  by inflatable elements
 B66C 1/48
·  ·  ·  ·  to vertical edge portions of sheets, tubes, or like thin or thin-walled articles (internally-expanding grippers B66C 1/54)
 B66C 1/50
·  ·  ·  ·  specially adapted for stripping and handling ingots
 B66C 1/52
·  ·  ·  ·  ·  and actuated by driving gear thereon
 B66C 1/54
·  ·  ·  ·  Internally-expanding grippers for handling hollow articles
 B66C 1/56
·  ·  ·  ·  ·  for handling tubes
 B66C 1/58
·  ·  ·  and deforming the articles, e.g. tongs for sacks
 B66C 1/60
·  ·  ·  ·  permanently, e.g. grapples
 B66C 1/62
·  ·  comprising article-engaging members of a shape complementary to that of the articles to be handled
 B66C 1/64
·  ·  ·  for T- or I-section beams or girders
 B66C 1/66
·  ·  ·  for engaging holes, recesses, or abutments on articles specially provided for facilitating handling thereof
 B66C 1/68
·  mounted on, or guided by, jibs (jibs B66C 23/64)
 B66C 3/00
Load-engaging elements or devices attached to lifting or lowering gear of cranes or adapted for connection therewith and intended primarily for transmitting lifting forces to loose materials; Grabs (buckets and other containers B65D, e.g. pallets B65D 19/00; dredges equipped with grabs E02F)
 B66C 3/02
·  Bucket grabs
 B66C 3/04
·  Tine grabs
 B66C 3/06
·  Grabs actuated by a single rope or chain
 B66C 3/08
·  ·  and having tipping rings
 B66C 3/10
·  ·  and having buckets opening automatically upon the grab being lowered on to the dump of material
 B66C 3/12
·  Grabs actuated by two or more ropes
 B66C 3/14
·  Grabs opened or closed by driving motors thereon
 B66C 3/16
·  ·  by fluid motors
 B66C 3/18
·  ·  by electric motors
 B66C 3/20
·  mounted on, or guided by, jibs (jibs B66C 23/64)
 B66C 5/00 - 
B66C 15/00
Other common features; Details
 B66C 5/00
Base-supporting structures with legs
 B66C 5/02
·  Fixed or travelling bridges or gantries, i.e. elongated structures of inverted-L- or of inverted-U-shape
 B66C 5/04
·  ·  with runways or tracks supported for movements relative to bridge or gantry
 B66C 5/06
·  ·  with runways or tracks supported for lateral swinging movements
 B66C 5/08
·  ·  with vertically-inclinable runways or tracks
 B66C 5/10
·  Portals, i.e. essentially circular or square platforms with three or more legs specially adapted for supporting slewing jib cranes
 B66C 6/00
Girders, or track-supporting structures, specially adapted for cranes but not restricted to a specific type of crane (base-supporting structures with legs B66C 5/00; girders in general E04C 3/02)
 B66C 7/00
Runways, tracks, or trackways for trolleys or cranes
 B66C 7/02
·  for underhung trolleys or cranes
 B66C 7/04
·  ·  Trackway suspension
 B66C 7/06
·  ·  ·  on supports constructed for easy erection, e.g. transportable
 B66C 7/08
·  Constructional features of runway rails or rail mountings (of general application E01B)
 B66C 7/10
·  Arrangements or devices for extending runways or tracks
 B66C 7/12
·  Devices for changing direction of travel or for transferring from one runway to another; Crossings; Combinations of tracks of different gauges (transfer devices of general application E01B)
 B66C 7/14
·  ·  Runway interlocking devices
 B66C 7/16
·  Devices specially adapted for limiting trolley or crane travel; Arrangements of buffer-stops (buffer-stops of interest apart from this application B61K 7/18; limit-switch arrangements, limit circuits B66D 1/56)
 B66C 9/00
Travelling gear incorporated in, or fitted to, trolleys or cranes (for dredgers E02F)
 B66C 9/02
·  for underhung trolleys or cranes
 B66C 9/04
·  to facilitate negotiation of curves
 B66C 9/06
·  for more than one rail gauge
 B66C 9/08
·  Runners; Runner bearings (wheels for railbound vehicles B60B)
 B66C 9/10
·  Undercarriages or bogies, e.g. end carriages, end bogies
 B66C 9/12
·  ·  with load-distributing means for equalising wheel pressure
 B66C 9/14
·  Trolley or crane travel drives (rope, cable, or chain drives for loads or trolleys B66C 11/16; control B66C 13/18)
 B66C 9/16
·  with means for maintaining alignment between wheels and track
 B66C 9/18
·  with means for locking trolleys or cranes to runways or tracks to prevent inadvertent movements
 B66C 11/00
Trolleys or crabs, e.g. operating above runways (winch mechanisms B66D)
 B66C 11/02
·  with operating gear or operator's cabin suspended, or laterally offset, from runway or track
 B66C 11/04
·  ·  Underhung trolleys (power-operated hoists with driving motor and drum or barrel contained in a common housing B66D 3/20)
 B66C 11/06
·  ·  ·  running on monorails (overhead railway systems B61B)
 B66C 11/08
·  with turntables
 B66C 11/10
·  ·  equipped with jibs (jib cranes B66C 23/00)
 B66C 11/12
·  having hoisting gear adapted to special load-engaging elements and not otherwise provided for
 B66C 11/14
·  adapted to operate on crane or bridge structure of particular configuration, e.g. on reinforced concrete girders of rectangular cross-section
 B66C 11/16
·  Rope, cable, or chain drives for trolleys; Combinations of such drives with hoisting gear
 B66C 11/18
·  ·  comprising endless ropes or cables
 B66C 11/20
·  ·  Arrangements, e.g. comprising differential gears, enabling simultaneous or selective operation of travelling and hoisting gear; Arrangements using the same rope or cable for both travelling and hoisting, e.g. in Temperley cranes (power transmissions between driving motors and winch drums B66D 1/14)
 B66C 11/22
·  ·  actuated pneumatically or hydraulically
 B66C 11/24
·  ·  with means for locating or sustaining the loads or trolleys in predetermined positions; Hay hoists
 B66C 11/26
·  ·  ·  Abutments; Stop blocks; End stops
 B66C 13/00
Other constructional features or details
 B66C 13/02
·  Devices for facilitating retrieval of floating objects, e.g. for recovering craft from water (handling lifeboats B63B; hauling-out waterborne vessels on slipways B63C; winding mechanism controls B66D 1/52)
 B66C 13/04
·  Auxiliary devices for controlling movements of suspended loads, or for preventing cable slack
 B66C 13/06
·  ·  for minimising or preventing longitudinal or transverse swinging of loads
 B66C 13/08
·  ·  for depositing loads in desired attitudes or positions
 B66C 13/10
·  ·  for preventing cable slack (control devices for rope, cable, or chain winding mechanisms, e.g. for controlling tension, B66D 1/40)
 B66C 13/12
·  Arrangements of means for transmitting pneumatic, hydraulic, or electric power to movable parts or devices
 B66C 13/14
·  ·  to load-engaging elements or motors associated therewith
 B66C 13/16
·  Applications of indicating, registering, or weighing devices (in crane hooks B66C 1/40; in safety gear B66C 15/00; weighing-apparatus G01G; remote indicating in general G08)
 B66C 13/18
·  Control systems or devices (exclusively for rope, cable, or chain winding mechanisms B66D 1/40)
 B66C 13/20
·  ·  for non-electric drives (transmitting control pulses B66C 13/40)
 B66C 13/22
·  ·  for electric drives (transmitting control pulses B66C 13/40; systems or devices of general application H02P)
 B66C 13/23
·  ·  ·  Circuits for controlling the lowering of the load
 B66C 13/24
·  ·  ·  ·  by dc motors
 B66C 13/26
·  ·  ·  ·  by ac motors
 B66C 13/28
·  ·  ·  ·  ·  utilising regenerative braking for controlling descent of heavy loads and having means for preventing rotation of motor in the hoisting direction when load is released
 B66C 13/30
·  ·  ·  Circuits for braking, traversing, or slewing motors
 B66C 13/32
·  ·  ·  for operating grab-bucket hoists by means of one or more electric motors used both for hoisting and lowering the loads and for opening and closing the bucket jaws (other aspects of rope, cable, or chain winding mechanisms specially adapted for actuating grab buckets B66D 1/62)
 B66C 13/34
·  ·  ·  ·  through differential or planetary gearing
 B66C 13/36
·  ·  ·  ·  Single-motor-drive control systems
 B66C 13/38
·  ·  ·  ·  Systems controlling independent motors
 B66C 13/40
·  ·  Applications of devices for transmitting control pulses; Applications of remote control devices (control in general G05)
 B66C 13/42
·  ·  ·  Hydraulic transmitters
 B66C 13/44
·  ·  ·  Electrical transmitters
 B66C 13/46
·  ·  Position indicators for suspended loads or for crane elements
 B66C 13/48
·  ·  Automatic control of crane drives for producing a single or repeated working cycle; Programme control
 B66C 13/50
·  ·  Applications of limit circuits or of limit-switch arrangements (for winding mechanisms B66D 1/56)
 B66C 13/52
·  Details of compartments for driving engines or motors or of operator's stands or cabins
 B66C 13/54
·  ·  Operator's stands or cabins
 B66C 13/56
·  ·  ·  Arrangements of handles or pedals
 B66C 15/00
Safety gear (for rope, cable, or chain winding mechanisms B66D 1/54)
 B66C 15/02
·  for retaining load-engaging elements in the event of rope or cable breakage
 B66C 15/04
·  for preventing collisions, e.g. between cranes or trolleys operating on the same track
 B66C 17/00 - 
B66C 23/00
Kinds or types of cranes
 B66C 17/00
Overhead travelling cranes comprising one or more substantially-horizontal girders the ends of which are directly supported by wheels or rollers running on tracks carried by spaced supports
 B66C 17/02
·  Adaptations of girders or of track-supporting structures
 B66C 17/04
·  with lifting beams, e.g. slewable beams, carrying load-engaging elements, e.g. magnets, hooks (constructions of load-engaging elements B66C 1/00, B66C 3/00)
 B66C 17/06
·  specially adapted for particular purposes, e.g. in foundries, forges; combined with auxiliary apparatus serving particular purposes (B66C 17/04 takes precedence)
 B66C 17/08
·  ·  for charging treatment chambers, e.g. furnaces, kilns, ovens (charging apparatus associated with hearth furnaces for steel manufacture F27D 3/00)
 B66C 17/10
·  ·  for transporting ladles
 B66C 17/12
·  ·  for handling workpieces, e.g. ingots, which require to be supported temporarily within, or withdrawn from, a treatment chamber, e.g. tong cranes, soaking-pit cranes, stripper cranes (for manipulating ingots during forging B66C 17/18; ingot grippers B66C 1/50)
 B66C 17/14
·  ·  ·  Tong cranes with means for moving article-pushers relative to the tongs
 B66C 17/16
·  ·  ·  Tong cranes with means for turning the tongs about a vertical axis
 B66C 17/18
·  ·  for manipulating workpieces during forging operations (workpiece manipulators in forging machines B21J 13/10)
 B66C 17/20
·  ·  for hoisting or lowering heavy load carriers, e.g. freight containers, railway wagons
 B66C 17/22
·  ·  for hoisting or lowering locomotives
 B66C 17/24
·  ·  for building ships on slipways
 B66C 17/26
·  ·  combined with auxiliary apparatus, e.g. log saws, pushers for unloading vehicles, means for shunting railway vehicles
 B66C 19/00
Cranes comprising trolleys or crabs running on fixed or movable bridges or gantries (B66C 17/00 takes precedence; base-supporting structures with legs B66C 5/00; jib cranes B66C 23/00)
 B66C 19/02
·  collapsible
 B66C 21/00
Cable cranes, i.e. comprising hoisting devices running on aerial cable-ways (rope or cable drives for trolleys, combinations of such drives with hoisting gear B66C 11/16; railway systems B61B; rope or cable winding mechanisms B66D 1/00)
 B66C 21/02
·  with cable-ways supported on framework swingably connected to ground-engaging elements
 B66C 21/04
·  with cable-ways supported at one end or both ends on bodily-movable framework, e.g. framework mounted on rail track
 B66C 21/06
·  ·  with one end supported on a framework movable in a curved, e.g. circular, path and the other end by a column rotatable around a vertical axis
 B66C 21/08
·  Sag carriers or rope trolleys, suspended or not, e.g. fixed but offering clearance for travelling gear
 B66C 21/10
·  ·  travelling
 B66C 23/00
Cranes comprising essentially a beam, boom, or triangular structure acting as a cantilever and mounted for translatory or swinging movements in vertical or horizontal planes or a combination of such movements, e.g. jib cranes, derricks, tower cranes (base-supporting structures with legs B66C 5/00)
 B66C 23/02
·  with non-adjustable and non-inclinable jibs mounted solely for slewing movements
 B66C 23/04
·  with jibs the effective length of which is variable in operation, e.g. longitudinally displaceable, extensible
 B66C 23/06
·  with jibs mounted for jibbing or luffing movements
 B66C 23/08
·  ·  and adapted to move the loads in predetermined paths
 B66C 23/10
·  ·  ·  the paths being substantially horizontal; Level-luffing jib cranes
 B66C 23/12
·  ·  ·  ·  with means for automatically varying the effective length of the hoisting rope or cable
 B66C 23/14
·  ·  ·  ·  with means, e.g. pantograph arrangements, for varying jib configuration
 B66C 23/16
·  with jibs supported by columns, e.g. towers having their lower end mounted for slewing movements
 B66C 23/18
·  specially adapted for use in particular purposes
 B66C 23/20
·  ·  with supporting couples provided by walls of buildings or like structures
 B66C 23/22
·  ·  ·  Window cranes, i.e. adapted to be supported in window openings
 B66C 23/24
·  ·  ·  Mobile wall cranes
 B66C 23/26
·  ·  for use on building sites; constructed, e.g. with separable parts, to facilitate rapid assembly or dismantling, for operation at successively higher levels, for transport by road or rail (with supporting couples provided by walls or buildings B66C 23/20; mounted on vehicles B66C 23/36; jib constructions B66C 23/64)
 B66C 23/28
·  ·  ·  constructed to operate at successively higher levels
 B66C 23/30
·  ·  ·  ·  with frameworks composed of telescopic elements
 B66C 23/32
·  ·  ·  ·  Self-hoisting cranes
 B66C 23/34
·  ·  ·  Self-erecting cranes, i.e. with hoisting gear adapted for crane erection purposes
 B66C 23/36
·  ·  mounted on road or rail vehicles; Manually-movable jib cranes for use in workshops; Floating cranes (with pneumatic or hydraulic motors B66C 23/54; vehicle or ship aspects B60-B63)
 B66C 23/38
·  ·  ·  with separate prime movers for crane and vehicle
 B66C 23/40
·  ·  ·  with a single prime mover for both crane and vehicle
 B66C 23/42
·  ·  ·  with jibs of adjustable configuration, e.g. foldable
 B66C 23/44
·  ·  ·  Jib cranes adapted for attachment to standard vehicles, e.g. agricultural tractors
 B66C 23/46
·  ·  ·  Mobile jib cranes with non-slewable jibs
 B66C 23/48
·  ·  ·  Manually-movable jib cranes for use in workshops
 B66C 23/50
·  ·  ·  mounted on railway vehicles, e.g. breakdown cranes
 B66C 23/52
·  ·  ·  Floating cranes (floating dredgers E02F)
 B66C 23/54
·  with pneumatic or hydraulic motors, e.g. for actuating jib cranes on tractors
 B66C 23/56
·  ·  of the reciprocating type
 B66C 23/58
·  arranged to carry-out a desired sequence of operations automatically, e.g. hoisting followed by luffing and slewing
 B66C 23/60
·  Derricks (derricks employing ships' masts B63B)
 B66C 23/62
·  Constructional features or details (of dredgers E02F)
 B66C 23/64
·  ·  Jibs
 B66C 23/66
·  ·  ·  Outer or upper end constructions
 B66C 23/68
·  ·  ·  foldable or otherwise adjustable in configuration
 B66C 23/70
·  ·  ·  constructed of sections adapted to be assembled to form jibs of various lengths
 B66C 23/72
·  ·  Counterweights or supports for balancing lifting couples
 B66C 23/74
·  ·  ·  separate from jib
 B66C 23/76
·  ·  ·  ·  and movable to take account of variations of load or of variations of length of jib
 B66C 23/78
·  ·  ·  Supports, e.g. outriggers, for mobile cranes
 B66C 23/80
·  ·  ·  ·  hydraulically actuated
 B66C 23/82
·  ·  Luffing gear
 B66C 23/84
·  ·  Slewing gear (anti-friction bearings F16C)
 B66C 23/86
·  ·  ·  hydraulically actuated
 B66C 23/88
·  Safety gear (for cranes in general B66C 15/00; for rope, cable, or chain winding mechanisms B66D 1/54)
 B66C 23/90
·  ·  Devices for indicating or limiting lifting movement
 B66C 23/92
·  ·  Snubbers or dash-pots for preventing backwards-swinging of jibs, e.g. in the event of cable or tackle breakage
 B66C 23/94
·  ·  for limiting slewing movements