H
SECTION H — ELECTRICITY
 H05
ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
 H05B
ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHTING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (apparatus for special application, see the relevant class or sub-class, e.g. A47J, F21V, F24D, F24H, F27B)
 H05B 1/00 - 
H05B 11/00
Heating
 H05B 1/00
Details of electric heating devices
 H05B 1/02
·  Automatic switching arrangements specially adapted to heating apparatus (control of temperature in general G05D 23/00; thermally-actuated switches H01H 37/00)
 H05B 3/00
Ohmic-resistance heating
 H05B 3/02
·  Details
 H05B 3/03
·  ·  Electrodes (electrothermic treatment of ores C22B 4/00)  [2]
 H05B 3/04
·  ·  Waterproof or air-tight seals for heaters
 H05B 3/06
·  ·  Heater elements structurally combined with coupling elements or with holders
 H05B 3/08
·  ·  ·  having electric connections specially adapted for high temperatures
 H05B 3/10
·  Heater elements characterised by the composition or nature of the materials or by the arrangement of the conductor (compositions per se, see the relevant sub-classes)
 H05B 3/12
·  ·  characterised by the composition or nature of the conductive material
 H05B 3/14
·  ·  ·  the material being non-metallic
 H05B 3/16
·  ·  the conductor being mounted on an insulating base
 H05B 3/18
·  ·  the conductor being embedded in an insulating material
 H05B 3/20
·  Heating elements having extended surface area substantially in a two-dimensional plane, e.g. plate-heater (H05B 3/62, H05B 3/68, H05B 3/78 take precedence)
 H05B 3/22
·  ·  non-flexible
 H05B 3/24
·  ·  ·  heating conductor being self-supporting
 H05B 3/26
·  ·  ·  heating conductor mounted on insulating base
 H05B 3/28
·  ·  ·  heating conductor embedded in insulating material
 H05B 3/30
·  ·  ·  ·  on or between metallic plates
 H05B 3/32
·  ·  ·  heating conductor mounted on insulators on a metallic frame
 H05B 3/34
·  ·  flexible, e.g. heating nets or webs
 H05B 3/36
·  ·  ·  heating conductor embedded in insulating material
 H05B 3/38
·  ·  ·  ·  Powder conductors
 H05B 3/40
·  Heating elements having the shape of rods or tubes (H05B 3/62, H05B 3/68, H05B 3/78 take precedence)
 H05B 3/42
·  ·  non-flexible
 H05B 3/44
·  ·  ·  heating conductor arranged within rods or tubes of insulating material
 H05B 3/46
·  ·  ·  heating conductor mounted on insulating base
 H05B 3/48
·  ·  ·  heating conductor embedded in insulating material
 H05B 3/50
·  ·  ·  ·  heating conductor arranged in metal tubes, the radiating surface having heat-conducting fins
 H05B 3/52
·  ·  ·  ·  Apparatus or processes for filling or compressing insulating material in tubes
 H05B 3/54
·  ·  flexible
 H05B 3/56
·  ·  ·  Heating cables
 H05B 3/58
·  ·  ·  Heating hoses; Heating collars
 H05B 3/60
·  Heating arrangements wherein the heating current flows through granular, powdered or fluid material, e.g. for salt-bath furnace, electrolytic heating (H05B 3/38 takes precedence)
 H05B 3/62
·  Heating elements specially adapted for furnaces (H05B 3/60 takes precedence; arrangements of such elements in furnaces F27, e.g. F27D 11/00)
 H05B 3/64
·  ·  using ribbon, rod, or wire heater
 H05B 3/66
·  ·  Supports or mountings for heaters on or in the wall or roof
 H05B 3/68
·  Heating arrangements specially adapted for cooking plates or analogous hot-plates
 H05B 3/70 - 
H05B 3/74

Note(s)

Sub-group H05B 3/76 takes precedence over groups H05B 3/70, H05B 3/72, H05B 3/74[2]

 H05B 3/70
·  ·  Plates of cast metal
 H05B 3/72
·  ·  Plates of sheet metal
 H05B 3/74
·  ·  Non-metallic plates
 H05B 3/76
·  ·  Plates with spirally-wound heating tubes
 H05B 3/78
·  Heating arrangements specially adapted for immersion heating
 H05B 3/80
·  ·  Portable immersion heaters
 H05B 3/82
·  ·  Fixedly-mounted immersion heaters
 H05B 5/00
Induction heating
 H05B 5/02
·  Details
 H05B 5/04
·  ·  Controlling, e.g. starting (automatic switching arrangements H05B 1/02)
 H05B 5/06
·  ·  ·  using specially-adapted compensating or balancing arrangements
 H05B 5/08
·  Electric arrangements for inductively-heated apparatus other than furnaces
 H05B 5/10
·  Electric or magnetic parts of furnaces having a core
 H05B 5/12
·  ·  of furnaces having a melting basin
 H05B 5/14
·  ·  of furnaces having a melting channel only
 H05B 5/16
·  Electric or magnetic parts of furnaces without a core
 H05B 5/18
·  ·  Coils
 H05B 7/00
Heating by electric discharge (electron beam or ion beam tubes for localised treatment of objects H01J 37/30; plasma torches H05H 1/26)
 H05B 7/02
·  Details
 H05B 7/06
·  ·  Electrodes
 H05B 7/07
·  ·  ·  designed to melt in use  [2]
 H05B 7/08
·  ·  ·  non-consumable  [2]
 H05B 7/085
·  ·  ·  ·  mainly consisting of carbon  [2]
 H05B 7/09
·  ·  ·  ·  ·  Self-baking electrodes, e.g. Söderberg-type electrodes  [2]
 H05B 7/10
·  ·  Mountings, supports, terminals, or arrangements for feeding or guiding electrodes  [2]
 H05B 7/101
·  ·  ·  Mountings, supports, or terminals at head of electrode, i.e. at the end remote from the arc  [2]
 H05B 7/102
·  ·  ·  ·  specially adapted for consumable electrodes  [2]
 H05B 7/103
·  ·  ·  Mountings, supports, or terminals with jaws (H05B 7/101 takes precedence)  [2]
 H05B 7/105
·  ·  ·  ·  comprising more than two jaws equally spaced along circumference, e.g. ring holders  [2]
 H05B 7/107
·  ·  ·  specially adapted for self-baking electrodes  [2]
 H05B 7/109
·  ·  ·  Feeding arrangements (H05B 7/107 takes precedence; where the electrode movement is a part of a closed loop for automatic control of power H05B 7/148)  [2]
 H05B 7/11
·  ·  Arrangements for conducting current to the electrode terminals (non-insulated conductors or conductive bodies in general H01B 5/00; insulated conductors or cables in general H01B 7/00)  [2]
 H05B 7/12
·  ·  Arrangements for cooling, sealing, or protecting electrodes  [2]
 H05B 7/14
·  ·  Arrangements or methods for connecting successive electrode sections  [2]
 H05B 7/144
·  ·  Power supplies specially adapted for heating by electric discharge; Automatic control of power, e.g. by positioning of electrodes (circuit arrangements for supplying electric power in general H02J)  [2]
 H05B 7/148
·  ·  ·  Automatic control of power (electrode feeding arrangements H05B 7/109; automatic feeding of electrodes for spot or seam welding or cutting B23K 9/12; disposition of electrodes in or on furnaces F27D 11/10; control of position in general G05D 3/00; regulating electric characteristics of arcs in general G05F 1/02; regulating electric power in general G05F 1/66)  [2]
 H05B 7/152
·  ·  ·  ·  by electromechanical means for positioning of electrodes  [2]
 H05B 7/156
·  ·  ·  ·  by hydraulic or pneumatic means for positioning of electrodes  [2]
 H05B 7/16
·  Heating by glow discharge
 H05B 7/18
·  Heating by arc discharge
 H05B 7/20
·  ·  Direct heating by arc discharge, i.e. where at least one end of the arc directly acts on the material to be heated, including additional resistance heating by arc current flowing through the material to be heated  [2]
 H05B 7/22
·  ·  Indirect heating by arc discharge  [2]
 H05B 9/00
Heating by electromagnetic fields (low-frequency induction heating H05B 5/00, for therapeutic purposes A61N 5/06; welding plastics B29C 27/02; generation of oscillations H03B)
 H05B 9/02
·  Induction coils
 H05B 9/04
·  Capacitors for dielectric heating
 H05B 9/06
·  Elements of the waveguide type
 H05B 11/00
Heating by combined application of processes covered ty two or more of groups H05B 3/00-H05B 9/00 (H05B 7/20 takes precedence)
 H05B 11/00

Note(s)

Groups H 05 B 13/00 to H 05 B 29/00 are reserved for any future groups concerned with electric heating.

 H05B 31/00 - 
H05B 43/00
Lighting
 H05B 31/00
Electric arc lamps (regulating electric characteristics of arcs G05F 1/02; with non-consumable electrodes H01J 61/00)
 H05B 31/02
·  Details
 H05B 31/04
·  ·  Housings
 H05B 31/06
·  ·  Electrodes
 H05B 31/08
·  ·  ·  Carbon electrodes
 H05B 31/10
·  ·  ·  ·  Cored carbon electrodes
 H05B 31/12
·  ·  ·  ·  Beck-effect electrodes
 H05B 31/14
·  ·  ·  Metal electrodes
 H05B 31/16
·  ·  ·  Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing electrodes
 H05B 31/18
·  ·  Mountings for electrodes; Electrode feeding devices
 H05B 31/20
·  ·  ·  Mechanical arrangements for feeding electrodes
 H05B 31/22
·  ·  ·  Electromagnetic arrangements for feeding electrodes
 H05B 31/24
·  ·  Cooling arrangements
 H05B 31/26
·  ·  Influencing the shape of arc discharge by gas blowing devices
 H05B 31/28
·  ·  Influencing the shape of arc discharge by magnetic means
 H05B 31/30
·  ·  Starting; Igniting
 H05B 31/32
·  ·  Switching-off
 H05B 31/34
·  ·  Indicating consumption of electrodes
 H05B 31/36
·  having two electrodes in line
 H05B 31/38
·  ·  specially adapted for ac
 H05B 31/40
·  having two electrodes at an angle
 H05B 31/42
·  ·  specially adapted for ac
 H05B 31/44
·  having two parallel electrodes
 H05B 31/46
·  ·  specially adapted for ac
 H05B 31/48
·  having more than two electrodes
 H05B 31/50
·  ·  specially adapted for ac
 H05B 31/52
·  ·  ·  electrodes energised from different phases of the supply
 H05B 33/00
Electroluminescent light sources (semi-conductor devices with at least one particular jump barrier or surface barrier adapted for light emission H01L 33/00; lasers H01S 3/00)
 H05B 33/02
·  Details
 H05B 33/04
·  ·  Sealing arrangements
 H05B 33/06
·  ·  Electrode terminals
 H05B 33/08
·  ·  Circuit arrangements not adapted to a particular application
 H05B 33/10
·  Apparatus or processes specially adapted to the manufacture of electroluminescent light sources
 H05B 33/12
·  Light sources with substantially two-dimensional radiating surfaces
 H05B 33/14
·  ·  characterised by the chemical or physical composition or the arrangement of the electroluminescent material (compositions per se, see the relevant sub-classes)
 H05B 33/16
( covered by H01L 33/00 )
 H05B 33/18
·  ·  characterised by the nature or concentration of the activator
 H05B 33/20
·  ·  characterised by the chemical or physical composition or the arrangement of the material in which the electroluminescent material is embedded (compositions per se, see the relevant sub-classes)
 H05B 33/22
·  ·  characterised by the chemical or physical composition or the arrangement of auxiliary dielectric or reflective layers (compositions per se, see the relevant sub-classes)
 H05B 33/24
·  ·  ·  of metallic reflective layers (H05B 33/26 takes precedence)
 H05B 33/26
·  ·  characterised by the composition or arrangement of the conductive material used as an electrode
 H05B 33/28
·  ·  ·  of translucent electrodes
 H05B 35/00
Electric light sources using a combination of different types of light generation (combinations of dissimilar light sources F21, H01J 61/96)
 H05B 37/00
Circuit arrangements for electric light sources in general
 H05B 37/02
·  Controlling (regulating voltage or current G05F)
 H05B 37/03
·  Detecting lamp failure
 H05B 37/04
·  ·  Circuits providing for substitution of the light source in case of its failure
 H05B 39/00
Circuit arrangements or apparatus for operating incandescent light sources and not adapted to a particular application
 H05B 39/02
·  Switching-on, e.g. with predetermined rate of increase of lighting current
 H05B 39/04
·  Controlling (regulating voltage or current G05F)
 H05B 39/06
·  ·  Switching arrangements, e.g. from series operation to parallel operation
 H05B 39/08
·  ·  by shifting phase of trigger voltage applied to gas-filled controlling tubes
 H05B 39/09
·  in which the lamp is fed by pulses
 H05B 39/10
·  Circuits providing for substitution of the light source in case of its failure
 H05B 41/00
Circuit arrangements or apparatus for igniting or operating discharge lamps
 H05B 41/02
·  Details
 H05B 41/04
·  ·  Starting switches
 H05B 41/06
·  ·  ·  thermal only
 H05B 41/08
·  ·  ·  ·  heated by glow discharge
 H05B 41/10
·  ·  ·  magnetic only
 H05B 41/12
·  ·  ·  combined thermal and magnetic
 H05B 41/14
·  Circuit arrangements
 H05B 41/16
·  ·  in which the lamp is fed by dc or by low-frequency ac, e.g. by 50 cycles/sec ac (H05B 41/26 takes precedence)
 H05B 41/18
·  ·  ·  having a starting switch
 H05B 41/19
·  ·  ·  ·  for lamps having an auxiliary starting electrode
 H05B 41/20
·  ·  ·  having no starting switch
 H05B 41/22
·  ·  ·  ·  for lamps having an auxiliary starting electrode
 H05B 41/23
·  ·  ·  ·  for lamps not having an auxiliary starting electrode
 H05B 41/231
·  ·  ·  ·  ·  for high-pressure lamps
 H05B 41/232
·  ·  ·  ·  ·  for low-pressure lamps
 H05B 41/233
·  ·  ·  ·  ·  ·  using resonance circuitry
 H05B 41/234
·  ·  ·  ·  ·  ·  to eliminate stroboscopic effects, e.g. feeding two lamps with different phases
 H05B 41/24
·  ·  in which the lamp is fed by high-frequency ac (H05B 41/26 takes precedence)
 H05B 41/26
·  ·  in which the lamp is fed by power derived from dc by means of a converter, e.g. by high-voltage dc
 H05B 41/28
·  ·  ·  using static converters
 H05B 41/29
·  ·  ·  ·  using semiconductor devices
 H05B 41/30
·  ·  in which the lamp is fed by pulses, e.g. flash lamp
 H05B 41/32
·  ·  ·  for single flash operation
 H05B 41/34
·  ·  ·  to provide a sequence of flashes
 H05B 41/36
·  ·  Controlling (regulating voltage or current G05F)
 H05B 41/38
·  ·  ·  Controlling the intensity of light
 H05B 41/39
·  ·  ·  ·  continuously
 H05B 41/391
·  ·  ·  ·  ·  using saturable magnetic devices
 H05B 41/392
·  ·  ·  ·  ·  using semiconductor devices, e.g. thyristor
 H05B 41/40
·  ·  ·  ·  discontinuously
 H05B 41/42
·  ·  ·  ·  ·  in two steps only
 H05B 41/44
·  ·  ·  for providing special optical effects, e.g. progressive motion of light
 H05B 41/46
·  ·  Circuits providing for substitution in case of failure of the lamp
 H05B 43/00
Circuit arrangements for light sources, not otherwise provided for (H05B 37/00 takes precedence)
 H05B 43/02
·  for light sources using a charge of combustible material