<titlePart> <text>SECTION B <emdash/> PERFORMING OPERATIONS</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>TRANSPORTING</text> </titlePart> LIQUID/LIQUID, LIQUID/GAS OR GAS/GAS SEPARATION Method General operations by centrifugal force, using centrifuges or free-vortex apparatus using magnetic or electrostatic effect Apparatus General operations by centrifugal force, using centrifuges or free-vortex apparatus , using magnetic or electrostatic effect SOLID/LIQUID OR SOLID/GAS SEPARATION Method General operations by centrifugal force using centrifuges or free-vortex apparatus using magnetic or electrostatic effect Apparatus General operations by centrifugal force using centrifuges or free-vortex apparatus , using magnetic or electrostatic effect SOLID/SOLID SEPARATION Method Dry methods material in bulk Individual sorting Screening, sifting, pneumatic sorting using pneumatic tables or jigs by magnetic or electrostatic effect by centrifugal force using centrifuges or free-vortex apparatus Wet methods General operations flotation, differential sedimentation screening Combinations Dry methods - wet methods Apparatus Dry methods material in bulk Individual sorting Screening, sifting, pneumatic sorting using pneumatic tables or jigs by magnetic or electrostatic effect by centrifugal force using centrifuges or free-vortex apparatus , Wet methods General operations flotation, differential sedimentation screening Combinations Dry methods - wet methods <titlePart> <text>TRANSPORTING</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>HOISTING</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>LIFTING</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>HAULING</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>ELEVATORS</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>ESCALATORS OR MOVING WALKWAYS</text> <entryReference>funicular railbound systems with rigid ground-supported tracks and cable traction, e.g. cliff railways, <sref ref="B61B0009000000"/></entryReference> <entryReference>arrangements of ammunition handlers in vessels <sref ref="B63G0003000000"/></entryReference> <entryReference>hoists, lifts, or conveyers for loading or unloading in general <sref ref="B65G"/></entryReference> <entryReference>braking or detent devices controlling normal movements of winding drums or barrels <sref ref="B66D"/></entryReference> <entryReference>ship-lifting devices <sref ref="E02C"/></entryReference> <entryReference>garages for many vehicles with mechanical means for lifting vehicles <sref ref="E04H0006120000"/></entryReference> <entryReference>hoists for feeding ammunition or projectiles to launching apparatus or to loading mechanisms <sref ref="F41A0009000000"/></entryReference> </titlePart> In this subclass, the following term is used with the meaning indicated: "elevator" covers the term "lift", and the two terms are interchangeable. COMMON FEATURES OF ELEVATORS Control; signalling; checking, safety; other ; ; ; LIFTS FOR BUILDINGS Kinds; component parts; gates ; ; LIFTS FOR MINES Kinds, hoistway equipment; component parts , ; OTHER ELEVATORS ESCALATORS, MOVING WALKWAYS Kinds; component parts; accessories ; ; Control; indicating operating conditions; safety devices ; ; <titlePart> <text>Common features of elevators</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Control systems of elevators in general</text> <entryReference>safety devices <sref ref="B66B0005000000"/></entryReference> <entryReference>controlling door or gate operation <sref ref="B66B0013000000"/></entryReference> <entryReference>systems of general application <sref ref="G05"/></entryReference> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Control systems without regulation, i.e. without retroactive action</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>hydraulic</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>electric</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>with devices, e.g. handles or levers, in the cars or cages for direct control of movements</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>specially adapted for mining hoists</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>with devices, e.g. handles or levers, located at a control station for direct control of movements, e.g. electric mining-hoist control systems</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>with devices, e.g. push-buttons, for indirect control of movements</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>with means for storing pulses controlling the movements of a single car or cage</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>with means for storing pulses controlling the movements of several cars or cages</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>and for varying the manner of operation to suit particular traffic conditions, e.g. "one-way rush-hour traffic"</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>with means for taking account of delayed calls</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Control systems with regulation, i.e. with retroactive action, for influencing travelling speed, acceleration, or deceleration</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>mechanical</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>electrical</text> <entryReference>detecting excessive speed <sref ref="B66B0005040000"/></entryReference> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>effective on driving gear</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>effective on braking devices</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Details</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Means for stopping the cars, cages, or skips at predetermined levels</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>and for returning the controlling handle or lever to its neutral position</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>and for correct levelling at landings</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>separate from the main drive</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>and for taking account of disturbance factors, e.g. variation of load weight</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Adaptations of switches or switchgear</text> <entryReference>switches or switchgear in general, applications of switches or switchgear for floor-levelling purpose <sref ref="H01H"/></entryReference> <entryReference>panels for boards or switching arrangements <sref ref="H02B0001015000"/></entryReference> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Adaptations of mechanically-operated limit switches</text> <entryReference>for cranes <sref ref="B66C0013500000"/></entryReference> <entryReference>for winding mechanisms <sref ref="B66D0001560000"/></entryReference> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>with operating or control mechanisms mounted in the car or cage or in the lift well or hoistway</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Floor selectors</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Applications of devices for indicating or signalling operating conditions</text> <entryReference>of general application <sref ref="G08"/></entryReference> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Position or depth indicators</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Applications of checking, fault-correcting, or safety devices</text> <entryReference>to lift doors or gates <sref ref="B66B0013000000"/></entryReference> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>responsive to abnormal operating conditions</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>for detecting excessive speed</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>electrical</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>for preventing overwinding</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>electrical</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>in case of rope or cable slack</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>in case of excessive loads</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Braking or catch devices operating between cars, cages, or skips and fixed guide elements or surfaces in hoistway or well</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>and applying frictional retarding forces</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>by means of rotatable eccentrically- mounted members</text> <entryReference><sref ref="B66B0005240000"/> takes precedence</entryReference> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>by means of linearly-movable wedges</text> <entryReference><sref ref="B66B0005240000"/> takes precedence</entryReference> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>by acting on guide ropes or cables</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Positively-acting devices, e.g. latches, knives</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Buffer-stops for cars, cages, or skips</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Other common features of elevators</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Guideways</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Guides</text> <entryReference>arrangements in mine shafts <sref ref="E21D0007020000"/></entryReference> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Shoes</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Rollers</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Arrangements of ropes or cables</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>for connection to the cars or cages, e.g. couplings</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>for equalising rope or cable tension</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Checking, lubricating, or cleaning means for ropes, cables, or guides</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Lifts in, or associated with, buildings</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Kinds or types of lift in, or associated with, buildings or other structures</text> <entryReference>characterised by control systems <sref ref="B66B0001000000"/></entryReference> <entryReference>apparatus for raising or lowering persons on stages of theatres <sref ref="A63J0005120000"/></entryReference> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>actuated mechanically otherwise than by rope or cable</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>actuated pneumatically or hydraulically</text> <entryReference>platforms for lifting or lowering through short distances <sref ref="B66F0007000000"/></entryReference> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>inclined, e.g. serving blast furnaces</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>associated with stairways, e.g. for transporting disabled persons</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>paternoster type</text> <entryReference>with devices for transferring goods into, or out of, the compartments <sref ref="B65G0017000000"/></entryReference> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Mobile or transportable lifts specially adapted to be shifted from one part of a building or other structure to another part or to another building or structure</text> <entryReference>devices for lifting or lowering bulky or heavy goods for loading or unloading purposes <sref ref="B66F0009000000"/>, e.g. fork-lift trucks <sref ref="B66F0009060000"/></entryReference> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>with liftway specially adapted for temporary connection to a building or other structure</text> <entryReference><sref ref="B66B0009193000"/> takes precedence</entryReference> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>with inclined liftways</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Main component parts of lifts in, or associated with, buildings or other structures</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Cages</text> <entryReference>doors, gates, or other apparatus controlling access to, or exit from, cages <sref ref="B66B0013000000"/></entryReference> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Driving gear</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>with hoisting rope or cable positively attached to a winding drum</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>with hoisting rope or cable operated by frictional engagement with a winding drum or sheave</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Doors, gates, or other apparatus controlling access to, or exit from, cages or lift-well landings</text> <entryReference>door fittings, locks <sref ref="E05"/></entryReference> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Door or gate operation</text> <entryReference>of general application <sref ref="E05F"/></entryReference> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>of swinging doors</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>of sliding doors</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>guided for horizontal movement</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>by car or cage movement</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Arrangements for effecting simultaneous opening or closing of cage and landing doors</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Control systems or devices</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Door or gate locking devices controlled or primarily controlled by condition of cage, e.g. movement or position</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>without manually-operable devices for completing locking or unlocking of doors</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Lock mechanisms actuated mechanically by abutments or projections on the cages</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Operation of door or gate contacts</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Safety devices in passenger lifts, not otherwise provided for, for preventing trapping of passengers</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>between closing doors</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>between car or cage and wells</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Constructional features of doors or gates</text> <entryReference>of interest apart from this application <sref ref="E06B"/></entryReference> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Lifts in hoistways of mines</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Main component parts of mining-hoist winding devices</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Rope or cable carriers</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Friction sheaves</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>"Koepe" pulleys</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Drums</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Driving gear</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Hoistway equipment</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>mounted in head-frames</text> <entryReference>winding towers for mines <sref ref="E04H0012260000"/></entryReference> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Mining-hoist cars or cages</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>with tiltable platforms</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Mining skips</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>adapted for passenger transport</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Counterpoises</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Applications of loading and unloading equipment</text> <entryReference>of general application <sref ref="B65G"/></entryReference> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>for loading and unloading mining-hoist cars or cages</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Swinging bridges, e.g. for compensating for differences in level between car or cage and landing</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>by moving vehicles into, or out of, the cars or cages</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Securing vehicles in cars or cages</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>mounted on the car or cage</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>for loading or unloading mining-hoist skips</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>electrically controlled</text> <entryReference>for elevators in general <sref ref="B66B0001060000"/></entryReference> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>for cars or cages</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>for skips</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Safe lift clips</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Keps</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Gates or other apparatus controlling access to, or exit from, cars, cages, or hoistway landings</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Mining-hoist operation</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Installing or exchanging ropes or cables</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Installing or removing mining-hoist cars, cages, or skips</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Applications of signalling devices</text> <entryReference>depth indicators <sref ref="B66B0003020000"/></entryReference> <entryReference>order telegraphs <sref ref="G08B"/></entryReference> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Elevators not provided for in groups <mref ref="B66B0001000000" endRef="B66B0019000000"/></text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Escalators or moving walkways</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Kinds or types of escalators or moving walkways</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Escalators</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>linear type</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>spiral type</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>paternoster type, i.e. the escalator being used simultaneously for climbing and descending</text> <entryReference><sref ref="B66B0021060000"/> takes precedence</entryReference> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Moving walkways</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>of variable speed type</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Component parts of escalators or moving walkways</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Driving gear</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>for handrails</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>with means synchronising the operation of the steps or the carrying belts and the handrails</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Carrying surfaces</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Carrying belts</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Steps</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Guiding means for carrying surfaces</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Means allowing tensioning of the endless member</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>for carrying surfaces</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>for handrails</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Balustrades</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Handrails</text> <entryReference>driving gear therefor <sref ref="B66B0023020000"/></entryReference> <entryReference>tensioning means therefor <sref ref="B66B0023160000"/></entryReference> <entryReference>preventing jamming thereof by foreign objects <sref ref="B66B0029040000"/></entryReference> <entryReference>accessories therefor <sref ref="B66B0031020000"/></entryReference> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>of variable speed type</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Control of escalators or moving walkways</text> <entryReference>walkways of variable speed type <sref ref="B66B0021120000"/></entryReference> <entryReference>handrails of variable speed type <sref ref="B66B0023260000"/></entryReference> <entryReference>of general application <sref ref="G05"/></entryReference> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Indicating operating conditions of escalators or moving walkways</text> <entryReference>of general application <sref ref="G08"/></entryReference> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Safety devices of escalators or moving walkways</text> <entryReference>walkways of variable speed type <sref ref="B66B0021120000"/></entryReference> <entryReference>handrails of variable speed type <sref ref="B66B0023260000"/></entryReference> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>responsive to, or preventing, jamming by foreign objects</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>for balustrades or handrails</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Combplates</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Means to facilitate passenger entry or exit</text> <entryReference>moving handrails <sref ref="B66B0023240000"/></entryReference> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Accessories, e.g. for sterilising, cleaning</text> <entryReference>for safety <sref ref="B66B0029000000"/></entryReference> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>for handrails</text> </titlePart>