E
SECTION E — FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  
BUILDING
 E01
CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, RAILWAYS, OR BRIDGES (of tunnels E21D)
 E01C
CONSTRUCTION OF, OR SURFACES FOR, ROADS, SPORTS GROUNDS, OR THE LIKE; MACHINES OR AUXILIARY TOOLS FOR CONSTRUCTION OR REPAIR (forming road or like surfaces by compacting or grading snow or ice E01H)
 E01C

Note(s)

This subclass covers the construction and surfacing of floorings made of similar materials to roads, e.g. of concrete, of paving; its subdivisions accordingly apply to such floorings in the same way as to roads or the like.

 E01C 1/00
Design or layout of roads, e.g. for noise abatement, for gas absorption (design or layout of sports grounds A63C 19/00; design or layout of airfields B64F)
 E01C 1/02
·  Crossings, junctions, or interconnections between roads on the same level
 E01C 1/04
·  Road crossings on different levels; Interconnections between roads on different levels
 E01C 3/00 - 
E01C 17/00
Structure of roads, playgrounds, sports grounds, airfields
 E01C 3/00
Foundations for paving of roads or runways of airfields (foundations in general E02D)
 E01C 3/02
·  Concrete base for bituminous paving
 E01C 3/04
·  Foundations produced by soil stabilisation
 E01C 3/06
·  Methods or arrangements for protecting foundations from destructive influences of moisture, frost or vibration
 E01C 5/00
Paving for roads or airfields made of prefabricated single units; Similar paving for playgrounds or sports grounds (making artificial stones C04B; building stones E04C; flooring E04F)
 E01C 5/02
·  made of natural stones, e.g. sett stones
 E01C 5/04
·  made of bricks
 E01C 5/06
·  made of units with cement or like binders
 E01C 5/08
·  ·  Reinforced units
 E01C 5/10
·  ·  ·  Prestressed reinforced units
 E01C 5/12
·  made of units with bituminous binders
 E01C 5/14
·  made of wooden units
 E01C 5/16
·  made of metallic units (steel gratings E01C 9/10)
 E01C 5/18
·  made of rubber units
 E01C 5/20
·  made of units of plastics (E01C 5/18 takes precedence)
 E01C 5/22
·  made of units composed of a mixture of materials covered by two or more of groups E01C 5/02-E01C 5/20
 E01C 7/00
Coherent paving for roads or airfields made in situ; Similar paving for playgrounds or sports grounds
 E01C 7/02
·  made of road-metal without binders
 E01C 7/04
·  ·  of broken stones, gravel, or like materials
 E01C 7/06
·  ·  by melting, burning, or vitrifying road-metal in situ
 E01C 7/08
·  made of road-metal and binders
 E01C 7/10
·  ·  of road-metal and cement or like binders (cement or like binders, composition of mortars C04B)
 E01C 7/12
·  ·  ·  Mortar-bound paving
 E01C 7/14
·  ·  ·  Concrete paving
 E01C 7/16
·  ·  ·  ·  Prestressed concrete paving
 E01C 7/18
·  ·  of road-metal and bituminous binders
 E01C 7/20
·  ·  ·  Binder incorporated in cold state, e.g. natural asphalt
 E01C 7/22
·  ·  ·  Binder incorporated in hot state, e.g. heated bitumen
 E01C 7/24
·  ·  ·  Binder incorporated as an emulsion or solution (making dispersions or emulsions for road building C04B)
 E01C 7/26
·  ·  ·  mixed with other materials, e.g. cement, rubber, leather, fibre
 E01C 7/30
·  ·  of road-metal and other binders, e.g. synthetic material
 E01C 7/32
·  ·  of courses of different kind made in situ
 E01C 7/34
·  ·  ·  made of several courses which are not bound to each other
 E01C 7/35
·  ·  Topping or surface dressings; Methods of mixing, impregnating, or spreading them
 E01C 7/36
·  by subjecting soil to stabilisation
 E01C 9/00
Special pavings; Pavings for special parts of roads or airfields (pavement lights E01C 17/00; manholes or like covers or frames E02D 29/14)
 E01C 9/02
·  Wheel tracks (rail tracks for guiding vehicles E01B 25/28)
 E01C 9/04
·  Pavings for railroad level-crossings
 E01C 9/06
·  Pavings adjacent tramways rails
 E01C 9/08
·  Temporary pavings (steel gratings E01C 9/10)
 E01C 9/10
·  Steel gratings (gully gratings E03F 5/06; as building elements in general E04C)
 E01C 11/00
Details of the paving for roads or airfields
 E01C 11/02
·  Arrangement or construction of joints; Methods of making joints; Packing for joints (sealing joints not restricted to road or airfield paving E04B 1/68)
 E01C 11/04
·  ·  for cement concrete paving
 E01C 11/06
·  ·  ·  Methods of making joints
 E01C 11/08
·  ·  ·  Packing of metal
 E01C 11/10
·  ·  ·  Packing of plastic or elastic materials
 E01C 11/12
·  ·  ·  Packing of metal and plastic or elastic materials
 E01C 11/14
·  ·  ·  Dowel assembly
 E01C 11/16
·  Reinforcements (for building in general E04C)
 E01C 11/18
·  ·  for cement concrete pavings
 E01C 11/20
·  ·  ·  for prestressed concrete pavings
 E01C 11/22
·  Gutters; Kerbs
 E01C 11/24
·  Methods or arrangements for preventing slipperiness or protecting against influences of the weather
 E01C 11/26
·  ·  Permanently-installed heating or blowing devices
 E01C 13/00
Pavings or foundations specially adapted to playgrounds or sports grounds (general layout A63C 19/00)
 E01C 15/00
Pavements specially adapted to footpaths, sidewalks, or cycle tracks
 E01C 17/00
Pavement lights, i.e. translucent constructions forming part of the surface (blocks specially designed for marking roads E01F 9/04)
 E01C 19/00 - 
E01C 23/00
Machines, tools, or auxiliary devices for constructing or repairing the surfacing of roads or like structures (constructing the road bed E02D, E02F)
 E01C 19/00
Machines, tools, or auxiliary devices for preparing or distributing paving materials, for working the placed materials, or for forming, consolidating, or finishing the paving (surface stabilisation E01C 21/00; apparatus specially adapted for reconditioning or repairing paving E01C 23/00)
 E01C 19/02
·  for preparing the materials
 E01C 19/05
·  ·  Crushing, pulverising, or disintegrating apparatus (in general B02C); Aggregate screening, cleaning, or heating apparatus
 E01C 19/08
·  ·  Apparatus for transporting and melting asphalt, bitumen, tar, or the like (stationarily-arranged melting boilers for tar, asphalt, or the like, in general C10C 3/12)
 E01C 19/10
·  ·  Apparatus or plants for premixing or precoating aggregate or fillers with non-hydraulic binders, e.g. with bitumen, with resins; Apparatus for premixing non-hydraulic mixtures prior to placing or for reconditioning salvaged non-hydraulic compositions
 E01C 19/12
·  for distributing granular or liquid materials (E01C 23/07 takes precedence; for filling joints or grooves E01C 23/02, E01C 23/09)
 E01C 19/15
·  ·  for laying-down uncoated stone or similar materials, or for striking-off or spreading same without compacting, e.g. for crushed rock base courses, sand cushions for paving (E01C 19/52 takes precedence; distributing E01C 19/20)
 E01C 19/16
·  ·  for applying or spreading liquid materials, e.g. bitumen slurries (E01C 19/45, E01C 23/02, E01C 23/03, E01C 23/16 take precedence; spraying or spreading liquids or other fluent materials to surfaces in general B05)
 E01C 19/17
·  ·  ·  Application by spraying
 E01C 19/18
·  ·  Devices for distributing road-metals mixed with binders, e.g. cement, bitumen, without consolidating or ironing effect (E01C 19/20, E01C 19/47 take precedence; conveying installations for concrete or the like B65G)
 E01C 19/20
·  ·  Apparatus for distributing, e.g. spreading, granular or pulverulent materials, e.g. sand, gravel, salt, dry binders (fertiliser distributors A01C 15/00)
 E01C 19/21
·  ·  for simultaneously but separately applying liquid material and granular or pulverulent material, e.g. bitumen and grit, with or without spreading
 E01C 19/22
·  for consolidating or finishing laid-down unset materials (E01C 23/02 takes precedence; apparatus for generating vibrations per se B06B)
 E01C 19/23
·  ·  Rollers therefor; Such rollers usable also for compacting soil (E01C 19/43 takes precedence; specially adapted for agricultural purposes A01B 29/00; garden rollers A01G 1/12; making or maintaining surfaces of snow or ice E01H 4/00; solely for soil compaction E02D 3/026)
 E01C 19/24
·  ·  ·  hand propelled (E01C 19/27-E01C 19/29 take precedence)
 E01C 19/25
·  ·  ·  propelled by animals or vehicles (E01C 19/26-E01C 19/29 take precedence)
 E01C 19/26
·  ·  ·  self-propelled or fitted to road vehicles (E01C 19/27-E01C 19/29 take precedence)
 E01C 19/27
·  ·  ·  with elastically-deformable rolling elements, e.g. pneumatic tyres (vibrating or impacting E01C 19/28)
 E01C 19/28
·  ·  ·  Vibrated rollers or rollers subjected to impacts, e.g. hammering blows (E01C 19/29 takes precedence)
 E01C 19/29
·  ·  ·  Rolling apparatus adapted to apply a rolling pressure less than its weight, e.g. roller finishers travelling on formrails
 E01C 19/30
·  ·  Tamping or vibrating apparatus other than rollers (E01C 23/02, E01C 23/04 take precedence; vibrated depositing devices E01C 19/12; tamping or vibrating rollers E01C 19/28; portable percussion tools in general B25D; tamping or vibrating soil in general E02D 3/046)
 E01C 19/32
·  ·  ·  Hand-held hand-actuated rammers or tampers
 E01C 19/34
·  ·  ·  Power-driven rammers or tampers
 E01C 19/35
·  ·  ·  ·  Hand-held or hand-guided tools (E01C 19/36-E01C 19/40 take precedence)
 E01C 19/36
·  ·  ·  ·  with direct-acting explosion chambers
 E01C 19/38
·  ·  ·  ·  with means specifically for generating vibrations
 E01C 19/40
·  ·  ·  ·  adapted to impart a smooth finish to the paving, e.g. tamping or vibrating finishers
 E01C 19/41
·  ·  Apparatus having both rolling tools and ramming, tamping, or vibrating tools
 E01C 19/42
·  ·  Machines for imparting a smooth finish to freshly-laid paving courses other than by rolling, tamping, or vibrating (for distributing only E01C 19/12)
 E01C 19/43
·  ·  Machines or arrangements for roughening or patterning freshly-laid paving courses, e.g. indenting rollers
 E01C 19/44
·  ·  Hand-actuated tools other than rollers, dampers, or vibrators, specially adapted for imparting a required surface finish to freshly-laid paving courses (E01C 19/43 takes precedence)
 E01C 19/45
·  Portable apparatus for preparing, or for preparing and applying to the road, compound liquid binders, e.g. emulsified bitumen, fluxed asphalt (applying only E01C 19/16)
 E01C 19/46
·  for preparing and placing the materials (E01C 19/45 takes precedence; making surfaces by mixing borrowed aggregate with binders E01C 21/00)
 E01C 19/47
·  ·  Hydraulic cement concrete mixers combined with distributing means specially adapted for road building (concrete mixers per se B28C)
 E01C 19/48
·  for laying-down the materials and consolidating them, or finishing the surface
 E01C 19/50
·  Removable forms or shutterings for road-building purposes (E01C 23/02, E01C 23/04 take precedence; permanent forms E01C 3/00-E01C 7/00; slip forms E01C 19/48); Devices or arrangements for forming individual paving elements, e.g. kerbs, in situ
 E01C 19/52
·  Apparatus for laying individual preformed surface elements, e.g. kerbs (preforming and placing continuous strip E01C 19/46; forming paving elements in situ E01C 19/50)
 E01C 21/00
Apparatus or processes for surface stabilisation for road building or like purposes, e.g. mixing borrowed aggregate with binder (stabilising soil under existing surfacing E01C 23/10; soil consolidation in general E02D 3/12)
 E01C 21/02
·  Fusing, calcining, or burning soil in situ
 E01C 23/00
Auxiliary devices or arrangements for constructing, repairing, reconditioning, or taking-up road or like surfaces (apparatus for reconditioning of salvaged non-hydraulic compositions E01C 19/10)
 E01C 23/01
·  Devices or auxiliary means for setting-out or checking the configuration of new surfacing, e.g. templates, screed supports (form rails E01C 19/50); Applications of apparatus for measuring, indicating, or recording the surface configuration of existing surfacing, e.g. profilographs (E01C 23/07 takes precedence; measuring roughness or irregularity in general G01B)
 E01C 23/02
·  Devices for making, treating, or filling grooves or like channels in not-yet-hardened paving, e.g. for joints or markings (surface patterning E01C 19/43); Removable forms therefor (non-removable forms E01C 11/02); Devices for introducing inserts or removable insert-supports in not-yet-hardened paving (E01C 23/04 takes precedence; non-removable insert supports E01C 11/02)
 E01C 23/03
·  Arrangements for curing paving; Devices for applying curing means; Devices for laying prefabricated underlay, e.g. sheets, membranes (reinforcing elements E01C 23/04); Protecting paving under construction or while curing, e.g. use of tents (road barriers E01F 13/00)
 E01C 23/04
·  Devices for laying reinforcing elements or dowel bars; Removable supports for reinforcing elements (non-removable supports therefor E01C 11/16; side forms adapted to supporting reinforcement E01C 19/50); Devices, e.g. removable forms, for making essentially horizontal ducts in paving, e.g. for prestressed reinforcement
 E01C 23/05
·  Devices for installing or removing forms
 E01C 23/06
·  Devices or arrangements for working the finished surface (working freshly-laid paving E01C 19/42-E01C 19/44, E01C 23/02); Devices for repairing the surface of damaged paving
 E01C 23/07
·  ·  Apparatus combining measurement of the surface configuration of paving with application of material in proportion to the measured irregularities (measuring means only E01C 23/01)
 E01C 23/08
·  ·  for roughening or patterning; for removing high spots or material bonded to the surface, e.g. markings (removing matter not bonded to the surface E01H 1/00; roughening or detaching ice E01H 5/12)
 E01C 23/09
·  ·  for forming cuts, grooves, or recesses, e.g. for making joints or channels for markings, for cutting-out sections to be removed; for cleaning, treating, or filling cuts, grooves, recesses, or fissures; for trimming paving edges
 E01C 23/10
·  ·  for raising or levelling sunken paving; for filling voids under paving; for introducing material into substructure (consolidating soil in general E02D 3/12)
 E01C 23/12
·  ·  for taking-up, tearing-up, or breaking-up paving (adapted to both placing and removing paving E01C 19/52)
 E01C 23/14
·  for heating or drying foundation, paving, or materials thereon, e.g. paint (E01C 23/03 takes precedence; heating or drying devices incorporated in the paving E01C 11/26; surface stabilisation by fusing, calcining, or burning soil in situ E01C 21/02; for street cleaning E01H 1/08; melting snow or ice on surfacing E01H 5/10)
 E01C 23/16
·  Devices for marking-out, applying, or forming traffic or like markings on finished paving (E01C 23/14 takes precedence; inserting or forming in not-yet-hardened paving E01C 23/02, in recesses formed in fully-set paving E01C 23/09; marking-out playing courts or playgrounds A63C 19/06; applying liquids or other fluent materials to surfaces in general B05); Protecting fresh markings