B
SECTION B — PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  
SEPARATING; MIXING
 B05
SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING LIQUIDS OR OTHER FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL (domestic cleaning A47L; cleaning in general by methods essentially involving the use or presence of liquid B08B 3/00; sandblasting B24C; for further classification of forming layered products, see B32B; printing, copying B41; conveying articles or workpieces through baths of liquid B65G, e.g. B65G 49/02; handling webs or filaments in general B65H; paints, varnishes, lacquers C09D; enamelling of metals, applying a vitreous layer to metals, chemical cleaning or de-greasing of metallic objects C23; electroplating C25D; treating of textile materials by liquids, gases or vapours D06B; laundering D06F; treating roads E01C; processing photographic materials G03D; apparatus or processes, restricted to a purpose fully provided for in a single other class, see the relevant class covering the purpose)  [2]
 B05

Note(s)

In this class, the following terms or expressions are used with the meanings indicated:

  • "other fluent materials" includes semiliquids, pastes, melts, solutions, dispersions, suspensions, particulate materials, gases or vapours; [2]
  • "particulate materials" includes powders, granules, short fibres or chips; [2]
  • "coating" means the materials applied. The coating may be a liquid having become solid after drying, e.g. paint. [2]

 B05B
SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES (spray-mixers with nozzles B01F 5/20; processes for applying liquids or other fluent materials to surfaces by spraying B05D; means for pumping fluids F04; valves, e.g. water-taps F16K)  [2]
 B05B

Note(s)

  1. This subclass covers particularly apparatus for the release or projection of drops or droplets into the atmosphere or into a chamber to form a mist or the like. For this purpose, the materials to be projected may be suspended in a stream of gas or vapour. [2]
  2. Attention is drawn to the Note following the title of class B05[2]

 B05C
APPARATUS FOR APPLYING LIQUIDS OR OTHER FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL (spraying apparatus, atomising apparatus, nozzles B05B; plant for applying liquids or other fluent materials to objects by electrostatic spraying B05B 5/08; processes for applying liquids or other fluent materials to surfaces B05D)  [2]
 B05C

Note(s)

  1. This subclass covers apparatus or hand tools, in general, for applying liquids or other fluent materials to a surface or a part thereof, by any mechanical or physical method, in particular apparatus for obtaining a uniform distribution of liquids or other fluent materials on a surface. [2]
  2. Attention is drawn to the Note following the title of class B05[2]

 B05D
PROCESSES FOR APPLYING LIQUIDS OR OTHER FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL (apparatus for applying liquids or other fluent materials to surfaces B05B, B05C)  [2]
 B05D

Note(s)

  1. This subclass covers:
    • processes for applying liquids or other fluent materials to a surface or part of a surface, in general, by any mechanical or physical method and particularly processes producing a uniform distribution of liquids or other fluent materials on a surface;
    • pretreatment of surfaces to which liquids or other fluent materials are to be applied;
    • after-treatment of applied coatings. [2]
  2. Attention is drawn to the Note following the title of class B05[2]