|  | B |
SECTION B — PERFORMING OPERATIONS

SEPARATING AND MIXING

|  | B08 |
CLEANING

|  | B08B |
CLEANING IN GENERAL; PREVENTION OF FOULING IN GENERAL (brushes Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A46; devices for domestic or like cleaning Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A47L; separation of particles from liquids or gases Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B01D; separation of solids Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B03, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B07; spraying or applying liquids or other fluent materials to surfaces in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B05; cleaning large numbers of more or less identical bottles or articles of nature and size similar to bottles, e.g. jars, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B67C 1/00; inhibiting corrosion or incrustation in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...C23; cleaning roads or permanent ways Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E01H; preventing or removing electrostatic charges Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...H05F)

|  | B08B |
Note(s) Inventions relating to cleaning are usually classified according to one (or more) of the undermentioned aspects, and are only classified in this class if they are not fully classifiable in a class providing for such an aspect: the article cleaned, e.g. filters Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B01D, castings and moulds Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B22D 29/00, vehicles Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60S, coke ovens Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...C10B 43/00, building forms Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E04G, boilers Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F22, combustion apparatus Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F23, furnaces Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F27; the general nature of the cleaning, e.g. preparing for sugar manufacture Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A23N, domestic cleaning Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A47L, treatment of textiles Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...D06, laundry Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...D06F, air-conditioning Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F24F; the particular operation performed, e.g. filtering Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B01D, separating of solids Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B03, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B07, sand-blasting Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B24C; the particular apparatus or device per se, e.g. brushes Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A46B, mops Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A47L, centrifuges Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B04, hand tools Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B25; the substance cleaned, e.g. metals Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B21C, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...C23, water Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...C02, glass Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...C03B, leather Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...C14B, textile fibres Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...D01; the substance removed (or prevented from depositing or forming), e.g. removing paint Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B44, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...C09D, preventing rust Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...C23F; the substance used, e.g. macromolecular compounds or compositions Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...C08, anti-icing compositions Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...C09K, detergents Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...C11D; the operation in connection with which cleaning is done, e.g. metal rolling Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B21B, metal boring Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B23B, soldering Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B23K, textile fabrication Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...D01G, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...D01H, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...D03J, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...D04B; the surroundings of a surface to be cleaned or kept clean, e.g. water in a boiler Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...C02B, air in a room Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F24F.

|  | B08B 1/00 |
Cleaning by methods essentially involving the use of tools, brushes, or analogous members (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B08B 3/12, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B08B 6/00 take precedence)

|  | B08B 1/02 |
· | Cleaning travelling work, e.g. a web, articles on a conveyer (conveyers Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65G; handling webs Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65H)

|  | B08B 1/04 |
· | using rotary operative members (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B08B 1/02 takes precedence)

|  | B08B 3/00 |
Cleaning by methods essentially involving the use or presence of liquid or steam

|  | B08B 3/02 |
· | Cleaning by the force of jets or sprays

|  | B08B 3/04 |
· | Cleaning involving contact with liquid

|  | B08B 3/06 |
· · | using perforated drums in which the article or material is placed

|  | B08B 3/08 |
· · | the liquid having chemical or dissolving effect (substances used per se, see the relevant classes)

|  | B08B 3/10 |
· · | with additional treatment of the liquid or of the object being cleaned, e.g. by heat, by electricity, by vibration

|  | B08B 3/12 |
· · · | by sonic or ultrasonic vibrations (application of ultrasonic vibrations to chemical, physical, or physico-chemical processes in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B01J 1/12; generating or transmitting mechanical vibrations in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B06B) [2]

|  | B08B 5/00 |
Cleaning by methods essentially involving the use of air flow or gas flow (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B08B 6/00 takes precedence)

|  | B08B 5/02 |
· | Cleaning by the force of jets, e.g. blowing-out cavities

|  | B08B 5/04 |
· | Cleaning by suction, with or without auxiliary action (suction cleaners Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A47L)

|  | B08B 6/00 |
Cleaning by electrostatic means (domestic cleaning implements functioning electrostatically Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A47L 13/40; cleaning of grooved record carriers Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G11B 3/58) [2]

|  | B08B 7/00 |
Cleaning by methods not provided for in a single other sub-class or a single group in this sub-class

|  | B08B 7/02 |
· | by distortion, beating, or vibration of the surface to be cleaned (generating mechanical vibrations Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B06B)

|  | B08B 7/04 |
· | by a combination of operations

|  | B08B 9/00 |
Cleaning hollow articles by methods or apparatus specially adapted thereto (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B08B 3/12, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B08B 6/00 take precedence)

|  | B08B 9/02 |
· | Cleaning pipes or tubes (apparatus for cleaning metal pipes by chemical methods Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...C23G 3/04)

|  | B08B 9/04 |
· · | Cleaning devices moved along inside the pipe-line by fluid pressure or by self-propelling means

|  | B08B 9/06 |
· · | Cleaning pipe systems

|  | B08B 9/08 |
· | Cleaning of containers, e.g. tanks (cleaning large numbers of more or less identical bottles, or articles of a nature and size similar to bottles, e.g. jars, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B67C 1/00)

|  | B08B 9/10 |
· · | Cleaning milk churns

|  | B08B 9/12 |
· · | Cleaning casks or barrels, e.g. oil drums

|  | B08B 9/14 |
· · · | Machines for both washing and drying casks or barrels

|  | B08B 9/16 |
· | Burning-out casks

|  | B08B 9/18 |
· | Apparatus for rotating casks in connection with cleaning or burning-out (devices for moving or tilting heavy loads Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65G 7/00; devices facilitating manual tilting and emptying of barrels or casks Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65G 65/24)

|  | B08B 11/00 |
Cleaning flexible or delicate articles by methods or apparatus specially adapted thereto (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B08B 3/12, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B08B 6/00 take precedence)

|  | B08B 11/02 |
· | Devices for holding articles during cleaning

|  | B08B 11/04 |
· | specially adapted for plate glass, e.g. prior to manufacture of windshields

|  | B08B 13/00 |
Accessories or details of general applicability for machines or apparatus for cleaning

|  | B08B 15/00 |
Preventing escape of dirt or fumes from the area where they are produced; Collecting or removing dirt or fumes from that area (refuse disposal Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65F; air-conditioning, ventilation Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F24F)

|  | B08B 15/02 |
· | using chambers or hoods covering the area

|  | B08B 15/04 |
· | from a small area, e.g. a tool

|  | B08B 17/00 |
Methods preventing fouling

|  | B08B 17/02 |
· | Preventing deposition of fouling or of dust

|  | B08B 17/04 |
· · | by using removable coverings

|  | B08B 17/06 |
· · | by giving articles subject to fouling a special shape for arrangement