|  | B |
SECTION B — PERFORMING OPERATIONS

TRANSPORTING

|  | B63 |
SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT

|  | B63C |
LAUNCHING, HAULING-OUT, OR DRY-DOCKING OF VESSELS; LIFE-SAVING IN WATER; EQUIPMENT FOR DWELLING OR WORKING UNDER WATER; MEANS FOR SALVAGING OR SEARCHING FOR UNDERWATER OBJECTS

|  | B63C 1/00 |
Dry-docking of vessels or flying-boats (storing of vessels on land otherwise than by dry-docking Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B63C 15/00; mooring of vessels Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B63B 21/00; hydraulic-engineering aspects Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E02B)

|  | B63C 1/02 |
· | Floating decks (ship transporters with adjustable draught Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B63B 35/42)

|  | B63C 1/04 |
· · | self-docking

|  | B63C 1/06 |
· · | Arrangements of pumping or filling equipment for raising or lowering docks

|  | B63C 1/08 |
· | Dry docks (locks Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E02C 1/00) [2]

|  | B63C 1/10 |
· | Centring devices

|  | B63C 1/12 |
· | Docks adapted for special vessels, e.g. submarines

|  | B63C 3/00 |
Launching or hauling-out by landborne slipways; Slipways (ship-borne guides for handling lifeboats or the like Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B63B 23/30; cranes, winches, or the like Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B66; ship-lifting for adapting to different water levels Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E02C)

|  | B63C 3/02 |
· | by longitudinal movement of vessel

|  | B63C 3/04 |
· | by sideways movement of vessel

|  | B63C 3/06 |
· | by vertical movement of vessel, e.g. by crane

|  | B63C 3/08 |
· | Tracks on slipways

|  | B63C 3/10 |
· | using releasing devices

|  | B63C 3/12 |
· | using cradles (vehicles in general for transporting boats or the like Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60P)

|  | B63C 3/14 |
· | using braking means

|  | B63C 5/00 |
Equipment usable both on slipways and in dry docks

|  | B63C 5/02 |
· | Stagings; Scaffolding; Shores or struts

|  | B63C 5/04 |
· · | Bilge or keel blocks

|  | B63C 7/00 |
Salvaging of disabled, stranded, or sunken vessels; Salvaging of vessel parts or furnishings, e.g. of safes; Salvaging of other underwater objects (means for searching for underwater objects Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B63C 11/48)

|  | B63C 7/02 |
· | in which the lifting is done by hauling

|  | B63C 7/04 |
· · | using pontoons or the like

|  | B63C 7/06 |
· | in which lifting action is generated in, or adjacent to, vessels or objects

|  | B63C 7/08 |
· · | using rigid floats

|  | B63C 7/10 |
· · | using inflatable floats external to vessels or objects

|  | B63C 7/12 |
· · | by bringing air or floating bodies or material into vessels or objects

|  | B63C 7/14 |
· | using freezing for closing holes or for strengthening the vessel or the like

|  | B63C 7/16 |
· | Apparatus engaging vessels or objects

|  | B63C 7/18 |
· · | using nets

|  | B63C 7/20 |
· · | using grabs

|  | B63C 7/22 |
· · | using electromagnets or suction devices

|  | B63C 7/24 |
· | Apparatus for passing chains or the like under vessels or objects

|  | B63C 7/26 |
· | Means for indicating the location of underwater objects, e.g. sunken vessels (means for searching for underwater objects Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B63C 11/48; buoys per se Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B63B 21/52)

|  | B63C 7/28 |
· | Refloating stranded vessels

|  | B63C 7/30 |
· | Floatable safes (safes in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E05G)

|  | B63C 9/00 |
Life-saving in water (life-saving in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A62B; rescue equipment specially adapted for submarine personnel Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B63G 8/40)

|  | B63C 9/02 |
· | Boats, rafts, or the like, specially adapted for life-saving (floatable furniture Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B63C 9/30; constructional features, ship-borne handling equipment Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B63B)

|  | B63C 9/04 |
· · | Rafts

|  | B63C 9/06 |
· · | Floatable closed containers allowing one or more persons to stay inside

|  | B63C 9/08 |
· | Life-buoys, e.g. rings; Life-belts, jackets, suits, or the like (swimming aids Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A63B)

|  | B63C 9/10 |
· · | using solid buoyant material

|  | B63C 9/12 |
· · | having gas-filled compartments

|  | B63C 9/14 |
· · · | filling by deployment

|  | B63C 9/16 |
· · · | inflatable

|  | B63C 9/18 |
· · · · | characterised by gas-generating device

|  | B63C 9/20 |
· · | characterised by signalling means, e.g. lights, reflectors

|  | B63C 9/21 |
· | Boats, rafts, buoys, or the like, characterised by signalling means, e.g. lights, reflectors (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B63C 9/08 takes precedence) [2]

|  | B63C 9/22 |
· | Devices for holding or launching life-buoys, inflatable life-rafts, or other floatable life-saving equipment (equipment for handling life-boats or the like Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B63B 23/00)

|  | B63C 9/24 |
· | Arrangements of inflating valves or of controls thereof (connecting inflating valves to elastic bodies Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60C)

|  | B63C 9/26 |
· | Cast or life lines; Attachments thereto; Containers therefor (adaptations of aerial cableways to shipboard use Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B63B 27/18; guns or projectiles for line-throwing Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F41F, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F42B 13/56, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F42B 15/06)

|  | B63C 9/28 |
· | Adaptations of vessel parts or furnishings to life-saving purposes

|  | B63C 9/30 |
· · | Floatable furniture

|  | B63C 9/32 |
· | Equipment adapted to use on ice

|  | B63C 11/00 |
Equipment for dwelling or working underwater; Means for searching for underwater objects (swim-fins Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A63B 31/08)

|  | B63C 11/02 |
· | Divers' equipment

|  | B63C 11/04 |
· · | Resilient suits

|  | B63C 11/06 |
· · · | with rigid helmet

|  | B63C 11/08 |
· · · | Control of air pressure within suit, e.g. for controlling buoyancy

|  | B63C 11/10 |
· · | Rigid suits

|  | B63C 11/12 |
· · | Diving masks (swimming helmets, swimming goggles Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A63B 33/00)

|  | B63C 11/14 |
· · · | with forced air supply

|  | B63C 11/16 |
· · · | with air supply by suction from diver, e.g. schnorkels

|  | B63C 11/18 |
· · | Air supply (for diving masks Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B63C 11/14, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B63C 11/16)

|  | B63C 11/20 |
· · · | from water surface

|  | B63C 11/22 |
· · · | carried by diver

|  | B63C 11/24 |
· · · · | in closed circulation

|  | B63C 11/26 |
· · | Communication means (electric communication per se Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...H04)

|  | B63C 11/28 |
· · | Heating

|  | B63C 11/30 |
· · | Ballast

|  | B63C 11/32 |
· · | Decompression arrangements; Exercise equipment

|  | B63C 11/34 |
· | Movable diving chambers (manupilators Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B25J; caissons adapted to laying foundations Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E02D 23/00-E02D 27/00)

|  | B63C 11/36 |
· · | of closed type

|  | B63C 11/38 |
· · · | with entrance above water surface

|  | B63C 11/40 |
· · · | adapted to specific work

|  | B63C 11/42 |
· · · | with independent propulsion or directional control

|  | B63C 11/44 |
· · | of open type, e.g. diving-bells

|  | B63C 11/46 |
· | Divers' sleds or like craft, i.e. craft on which man in diving-suit rides

|  | B63C 11/48 |
· | Means for searching for underwater objects (means for indicating the location of sunken objects Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B63C 7/26; echo-sounding apparatus Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G01S)

|  | B63C 11/50 |
· · | using grapnels

|  | B63C 13/00 |
Equipment forming part of, or attachable to, vessels, facilitating transport over land (harnesses attachable to vessels for personal carrying Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A45F; amphibious craft, land vehicles convertible for use on water Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60F; land vehicles for carrying boats Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60P)

|  | B63C 15/00 |
Storing of vessels on land otherwise than by dry-docking