|  | B |
SECTION B — PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING

TRANSPORTING

|  | B60 |
VEHICLES IN GENERAL

|  | B60 |
Note(s) In this class, the following term is used with the meaning indicated: "vehicle" means all vehicles except those restricted to one of the following types of vehicles: rail vehicles, waterborne vessels, aircraft, space vehicles, hand carts, cycles, animal-drawn vehicles, and sledges, which are covered by the relevant subclasses of Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B61-B64. Thus the term "vehicle" includes: vehicular characteristics which are common to more than one of the above-listed types; certain characteristics restricted to automobiles, road or cross-country trailers. The following exceptions to the above should be noted: subclass Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60B or Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60C embrace all vehicle wheels and tyres, except wheels for roller skates Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A63C 17/22, wheels for model railway vehicles Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A63H 19/22, and special adaptations of wheels or tyres for aircraft Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B64C 25/36; subclass Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60C embraces the connection of valves to inflatable elastic bodies in general, and in this respect it is not limited to vehicles; subclass Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60L embraces certain electric equipment of all electrically-propelled vehicles; subclass Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60M embraces certain power supply equipment for, but external to, any kind of electrically-propelled vehicle; subclass Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60R embraces safety belts or body harnesses used in all types of land vehicles; [4] subclass Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60S relates to all kinds of vehicles, except the servicing of rail locomotives Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B61K 11/00, ground equipment for aircraft Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B64F, or cleaning apparatus peculiar to waterborne vessels Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B63B 57/00, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B63B 59/00; subclass Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60T includes brake control systems of general applicability, and in this respect it is not limited to vehicles. It also includes rail-vehicle power-brake systems and some other features of rail-vehicle brake systems.

|  | B60B |
VEHICLE WHEELS; CASTORS; AXLES; INCREASING WHEEL ADHESION

|  | B60B |
Note(s) Attention is drawn to the Note following the title of class Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60.

|  | B60B |
Subclass index
WHEELS |
General structure | 1/00, 3/00
Characterised by the material | 5/00
Ornamental characteristics | 7/00
Particular structures: highly- resilient; multiple or multi-tyred; adhesion-increasing; rail-engaging | 9/00; 11/00; 15/00; 17/00
Component parts |
spokes; rims | 1/00; 21/00, 23/00, 25/00
hubs | 27/00
Other wheels | 19/00
AXLES; WHEEL-AXLE COMBINATIONS | 35/00; 37/00
INCREASING WHEEL ADHESION, OTHERWISE THAN BY WHEEL STRUCTURE | 39/00
MOUNTING, HOLDING OR ASSEMBLING WHEELS | 29/00, 30/00, 31/00
CASTORS IN GENERAL | 33/00

|  | B60B 1/00 - B60B 19/00 |
Wheels (wheels for roller skates Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A63C 17/22; making wheels or wheel parts by rolling Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B21H 1/00, by forging, hammering, or pressing Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B21K 1/28)

|  | B60B 1/00 |
Spoked wheels; Spokes thereof (non-metallic Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60B 5/00) [2]

|  | B60B 1/02 |
· | Wheels with wire or other tension spokes

|  | B60B 1/04 |
· · | Attaching spokes to rim or hub

|  | B60B 1/06 |
· | Wheels with compression spokes (wheels of high resiliency Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60B 9/00)

|  | B60B 1/08 |
· · | formed by casting

|  | B60B 1/10 |
· · | fabricated from sheet metal (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60B 1/12, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60B 3/08 take precedence)

|  | B60B 1/12 |
· · | with tubular spokes (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60B 1/08 takes precedence)

|  | B60B 1/14 |
· · | Attaching spokes to rim or hub

|  | B60B 3/00 |
Disc wheels, i.e. wheels with load-supporting disc body (non-metallic Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60B 5/00; wheel cover discs Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60B 7/00)

|  | B60B 3/02 |
· | with a single disc body integral with rim

|  | B60B 3/04 |
· | with a single disc body not integral with rim

|  | B60B 3/06 |
· | formed by casting

|  | B60B 3/08 |
· | with disc body formed by two or more axially- spaced discs

|  | B60B 3/10 |
· | apertured to simulate spoked wheels

|  | B60B 3/12 |
· | Means of reinforcing disc bodies

|  | B60B 3/14 |
· | Attaching disc body to hub (resiliently Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60B 9/00; attaching rim to wheel body Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60B 23/00)

|  | B60B 3/16 |
· · | by bolts or the like

|  | B60B 3/18 |
· · | by circlips or the like

|  | B60B 5/00 |
Wheels, spokes, disc bodies, rims, hubs, wholly or predominantly made of non-metallic material (wheel cover discs Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60B 7/00; wheels of high resiliency Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60B 9/00)

|  | B60B 5/02 |
· | made of synthetic material

|  | B60B 5/04 |
· | made of wood

|  | B60B 7/00 |
Wheel cover discs, rings, or the like, for ornamenting, protecting, or obscuring, wholly or in part, the wheel body, rim, hub, or tyre sidewall [2,5]

|  | B60B 7/01 |
· | Rings specially adapted for covering only the wheel rim or the tyre sidewall, e.g. removable tyre sidewall trim rings [5]

|  | B60B 7/02 |
· | made essentially in one part (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60B 7/01 takes precedence) [5]

|  | B60B 7/04 |
· | built-up of several main parts (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60B 7/01, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60B 7/20 take precendence) [5]

|  | B60B 7/06 |
· | Fastening arrangements therefor (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60B 7/01, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60B 7/16 take precedence) [5]

|  | B60B 7/08 |
· · | having gripping elements consisting of formations integral with the cover [5]

|  | B60B 7/10 |
· · | comprising a plurality of spaced spring clips individually mounted on the cover, e.g. riveted, welded or readily releasable [5]

|  | B60B 7/12 |
· · | comprising an annular spring or gripping element mounted on the cover (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60B 7/08 takes precedence) [5]

|  | B60B 7/14 |
· · | comprising screw-threaded means [5]

|  | B60B 7/16 |
· | Anti-theft devices [5]

|  | B60B 7/18 |
· | simulating spoked or wire wheel [5]

|  | B60B 7/20 |
· | having an element mounted for rotation independently of wheel rotation [5]

|  | B60B 9/00 |
Wheels of high resiliency

|  | B60B 9/02 |
· | using springs (wheels comprising resilient spokes Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60B 9/26)

|  | B60B 9/04 |
· · | in leaf form

|  | B60B 9/06 |
· · | in helical form

|  | B60B 9/08 |
· · | in flat coiled form

|  | B60B 9/10 |
· · | of rubber or the like

|  | B60B 9/12 |
· · · | in the form of sleeves or rings concentric with wheel axis

|  | B60B 9/14 |
· · · | with means limiting relative lateral movements between hub and remainder of wheel

|  | B60B 9/16 |
· · · | modified to ensure electric conductivity

|  | B60B 9/18 |
· | using fluid (within spokes Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60B 9/26)

|  | B60B 9/20 |
· · | in rings concentric with wheel axis

|  | B60B 9/22 |
· · · | inflatable

|  | B60B 9/24 |
· · | with pistons and cylinders

|  | B60B 9/26 |
· | comprising resilient spokes

|  | B60B 9/28 |
· · | with telescopic action

|  | B60B 11/00 |
Units comprising multiple wheels arranged side by side; Wheels having more than one rim or capable of carrying more than one tyre

|  | B60B 11/02 |
· | Units of separate wheels mounted for independent or coupled rotation

|  | B60B 11/04 |
· | Wheels with a rim capable of carrying more than one tyre

|  | B60B 11/06 |
· | Wheels with more than one rim mounted on a single wheel body

|  | B60B 11/08 |
· | Arrangements of balancing mechanisms enabling a uniform distribution of load to the tyres

|  | B60B 11/10 |
· | Emergency wheels (tyres collapsible into storage or non-use condition Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60C 3/08; tyres characterised by means enabling restricted operation in damaged or deflated condition Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60C 17/00) [5]

|  | B60B 15/00 |
Wheels or wheel attachments designed for increasing traction (vehicle tyres Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60C; non-skid devices temporarily attachable to resilient tyres or resiliently-tyred wheels Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60C 27/00)

|  | B60B 15/02 |
· | Wheels with spade lugs

|  | B60B 15/04 |
· · | with resiliently-mounted spade lugs

|  | B60B 15/06 |
· · | with pivotally-mounted spade lugs

|  | B60B 15/08 |
· · | with spade lugs axially displaced relatively to the tread surface of the tyre

|  | B60B 15/10 |
· · | with radially-adjustable spade lugs; Control mechanisms therefor

|  | B60B 15/12 |
· · · | involving cams or eccentric hoops

|  | B60B 15/14 |
· · · | involving an axially-displaceable cone

|  | B60B 15/16 |
· · · | involving gearing, e.g. gear pinions acting upon threaded shafts on the spade lugs

|  | B60B 15/18 |
· | Wheels with ground-engaging plate-like shoes

|  | B60B 15/20 |
· · | with resiliently-mounted shoes, e.g. on a spider

|  | B60B 15/22 |
· · | connected by links to the hub

|  | B60B 15/24 |
· | Tread bands or rings for fairing lugs when travelling on the road

|  | B60B 15/26 |
· | Auxiliary wheels or rings with traction-increasing surface attachable to the main wheel body

|  | B60B 15/28 |
· | Wheel-ballasting weights; Their attachment

|  | B60B 17/00 |
Wheels characterised by rail-engaging elements (of model railways Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A63H 19/22) [2]

|  | B60B 17/02 |
· | with elastic tyres

|  | B60B 19/00 |
Wheels not otherwise provided for or having characteristics specified in one of the subgroups of this group

|  | B60B 19/02 |
· | convertible, e.g. from road wheel to rail wheel; Wheels specially designed for alternative use on road and rail

|  | B60B 19/04 |
· | expansible

|  | B60B 19/06 |
· | with compartments for fluid, packing, or loading material; Bouyant wheels

|  | B60B 19/08 |
· | with lubricating passages, channels, or reservoirs

|  | B60B 19/10 |
· | with cooling fins

|  | B60B 19/12 |
· | Roller-type wheels (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60B 19/06 takes precedence)

|  | B60B 19/14 |
· | Ball-type wheels (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60B 19/06 takes precedence)

|  | B60B 21/00 - B60B 27/00 |
Rims; Hubs

|  | B60B 21/00 |
Rims (non-metallic Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60B 5/00; of high resiliency Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60B 9/00; capable of carrying more than one tyre Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60B 11/04; multiple rims on single wheel body Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60B 11/06; of multi-part type Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60B 25/00; metal tyres Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60C)

|  | B60B 21/02 |
· | characterised by transverse section

|  | B60B 21/04 |
· · | with substantially-radial flanges (with rail-engaging flanges Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60B 17/00)

|  | B60B 21/06 |
· | characterised by means for attaching spokes

|  | B60B 21/08 |
· | characterised by having braking surfaces

|  | B60B 21/10 |
· | characterised by the form of tyre-seat or flange, e.g. corrugated (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60B 21/02 takes precedence)

|  | B60B 21/12 |
· | Accessories, e.g. lining bands

|  | B60B 23/00 |
Attaching rim to wheel body (attaching spokes to rim Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60B 1/04, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60B 1/14; attaching rims resiliently to wheel body Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60B 9/00)

|  | B60B 23/02 - B60B 23/10 |
Note(s) Group Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60B 23/12 takes precedence over groups Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60B 23/02-B60B 23/10.

|  | B60B 23/02 |
· | by split or other expansible ring devices

|  | B60B 23/04 |
· | by bayonet-joint, screw-thread, or like attachments

|  | B60B 23/06 |
· | by screws, bolts, pins, or clips

|  | B60B 23/08 |
· · | arranged radially

|  | B60B 23/10 |
· · | arranged axially

|  | B60B 23/12 |
· | by devices arranged to permit variation of axial position of rim relative to wheel body for track- width adjustment

|  | B60B 25/00 |
Rims built-up of several main parts (tools for assembling divided rims Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60B 31/04)

|  | B60B 25/02 |
· | Segmented rims, e.g. with segments arranged in sections; Connecting equipment, e.g. hinges; Insertable flange rings therefor

|  | B60B 25/04 |
· | Rims with dismountable flange rings, seat rings, or lock rings

|  | B60B 25/06 |
· · | Split flange rings, e.g. transversely split; Connecting equipment for overlapping the slot

|  | B60B 25/08 |
· · | Continuous flange rings; Arrangement of recesses enabling the flange ring to be slipped over the rim body

|  | B60B 25/10 |
· · | Seat rings for the tyre bead part, e.g. split

|  | B60B 25/12 |
· · · | with integral flange part

|  | B60B 25/14 |
· · | Locking means for flange rings or seat rings

|  | B60B 25/16 |
· · · | Arrangement of bayonet catches

|  | B60B 25/18 |
· · · | Arrangement of split rings

|  | B60B 25/20 |
· · · | Arrangement of screw, bolts, or shouldered pins

|  | B60B 25/22 |
· | Other accessories, e.g. for sealing the component parts enabling the use of tubeless tyres

|  | B60B 27/00 |
Hubs (non-metallic Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60B 5/00; of high resiliency Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60B 9/00)

|  | B60B 27/02 |
· | adapted to be rotatably arranged on axle

|  | B60B 27/04 |
· · | housing driving means, e.g. sprockets

|  | B60B 27/06 |
· | adapted to be fixed on axle

|  | B60B 29/00 - B60B 31/00 |
Apparatus or tools for mounting, holding or assembling wheels (hand tools in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B25; tools for mounting tyres Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60C 25/00)

|  | B60B 29/00 |
Apparatus or tools for mounting or dismounting wheels (characterised by the means for holding the wheels Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60B 30/00) [5]

|  | B60B 30/00 |
Means for holding wheels or parts thereof (spare wheel stowing, holding or mounting arrangements on vehicles Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B62D 43/00) [5]

|  | B60B 30/02 |
· | engaging the tyre, e.g. the tyre being mounted on the wheel rim [5]

|  | B60B 30/04 |
· · | the tyre not being mounted on a rim, i.e. holders or supports for tyres alone [5]

|  | B60B 30/06 |
· | engaging the wheel body, e.g. the rim [5]

|  | B60B 30/08 |
· · | the central part of the wheel body [5]

|  | B60B 30/10 |
· | characterised by being provided on a dolly [5]

|  | B60B 31/00 |
Apparatus or tools for assembling or disassembling wheels

|  | B60B 31/02 |
· | for tightening or straightening wire spokes in situ; for extracting spokes from wheels

|  | B60B 31/04 |
· | for assembling divided rims

|  | B60B 31/06 |
· | for removing or attaching cover discs, hub caps, or the like [2]

|  | B60B 33/00 |
Castors in general (castors for large containers Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65D 90/18)

|  | B60B 33/02 |
· | with disengageable swivel action

|  | B60B 33/04 |
· | adjustable

|  | B60B 33/06 |
· · | mounted retractably

|  | B60B 33/08 |
· | Ball castors

|  | B60B 35/00 |
Axle units; Parts thereof (resilient suspension of a rigid axle or axle housing Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60G 9/00; steerable vehicle stub-axles Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B62D)

|  | B60B 35/02 |
· | Dead axles, i.e. not transmitting torque (axle housings for torque transmitting elements Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60B 35/16)

|  | B60B 35/04 |
· · | straight

|  | B60B 35/06 |
· · | cranked

|  | B60B 35/08 |
· · | of closed hollow section

|  | B60B 35/10 |
· · | adjustable for varying track

|  | B60B 35/12 |
· | Torque-transmitting axles

|  | B60B 35/14 |
· · | composite or split, e.g. half-axles; Couplings between axle parts or sections (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60G 3/24 takes precedence)

|  | B60B 35/16 |
· · | characterised by the axle housings for the torque transmitting elements, e.g. for shafts

|  | B60B 35/18 |
· · | characterised by the arrangement of the bearings for the torque transmitting elements in the axle housings

|  | B60B 37/00 |
Wheel-axle combinations, e.g. wheel sets (units comprising multiple wheels arranged side by side Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60B 11/00; rail-vehicle axle-boxes Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B61F)

|  | B60B 37/02 |
· | the wheels being integral with solid axles

|  | B60B 37/04 |
· | the wheels being rigidly attached to solid axles

|  | B60B 37/06 |
· | the wheels being integral with, or rigidly attached to, hollow axles

|  | B60B 37/08 |
· · | the hollow axles being rotatable around fixed axles

|  | B60B 37/10 |
· | the wheels being individually rotatable around the axles

|  | B60B 37/12 |
· | Axles with a fixed wheel and a loose wheel

|  | B60B 39/00 |
Increasing wheel adhesion (wheels or wheel attachments designed for increasing traction Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60B 15/00; vehicle tyres Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60C; non-skid devices temporarily attachable to resilient tyres or resiliently-tyred wheels Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60C 27/00; road surface conditioning to prevent slipperiness Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E01C)

|  | B60B 39/02 |
· | Vehicle fittings for scattering or dispensing material in front of its wheels

|  | B60B 39/04 |
· · | the material being granular, e.g. sand (combined control of sanding apparatus and brakes of rail vehicles Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B61H)

|  | B60B 39/06 |
· · · | the dispensing being effected by mechanical means

|  | B60B 39/08 |
· · · | the dispensing being effected by fluid means

|  | B60B 39/10 |
· · · | the dispensing being controlled electrically or electromagnetically

|  | B60B 39/12 |
· · | the material being sheet-like or web-like