|  | B |
SECTION B — PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING

SHAPING

|  | B25 |
HAND TOOLS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; HANDLES FOR HAND IMPLEMENTS; WORKSHOP EQUIPMENT; MANIPULATORS

|  | B25 |
Note(s) In this class, the following term is used with the meaning indicated: "portable" includes suspension for easy manual handling, e.g. in connection with spring-suspended portable apparatus for use along assembly lines.

|  | B25J |
MANIPULATORS; CHAMBERS PROVIDED WITH MANIPULATION DEVICES (manipulators associated with rolling mills Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B21B 39/20; manipulators associated with forging machines Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B21J 13/10; means for holding wheels or parts thereof Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60B 30/00; cranes Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B66C; manipulators specially adapted for, or associated with, nuclear reactors Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G21C) [5]

|  | B25J |
Note(s) In this subclass, the following term is used with the meaning indicated: "manipulator" covers handling tools, devices, or machines having a gripping or work head capable of bodily movement in space and of change of orientation, such bodily movement and change of orientation being controlled, at will, by means remote from the head.

|  | B25J |
Subclass index
KINDS OR TYPES OF MANIPULATORS | 1/00, 3/00
MANIPULATORS MOUNTED ON WHEELS OR VEHICLES | 5/00
MICROMANIPULATORS | 7/00
PROGRAMME-CONTROLLED MANIPULATORS | 9/00
OTHER MANIPULATORS, GLOVE-BOXES | 11/00, 21/00
CONTROL | 13/00
GRIPPING HEADS, JOINTS, ARMS | 15/00, 17/00, 18/00
ACCESSORIES; SAFETY | 19/00

|  | B25J 1/00 |
Manipulators positioned in space by hand (of master-slave type Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B25J 3/00; micromanipulators Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B25J 7/00)

|  | B25J 1/02 |
· | articulated or flexible

|  | B25J 1/04 |
· | rigid, e.g. shelf-reachers

|  | B25J 1/06 |
· | of the lazy-tongs type

|  | B25J 1/08 |
· | movably mounted in a wall

|  | B25J 1/10 |
· · | Sleeve and pivot mountings therefor

|  | B25J 1/12 |
· | having means for attachment to a support stand

|  | B25J 3/00 |
Manipulators of master-slave type, i.e. both controlling unit and controlled unit perform corresponding spatial movements

|  | B25J 3/02 |
· | involving a parallelogram coupling of the master and slave units (pantographic instruments Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B43L 13/00)

|  | B25J 3/04 |
· | involving servo mechanisms (servo-actuated heads Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B25J 15/02)

|  | B25J 5/00 |
Manipulators mounted on wheels or on carriages (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B25J 1/00 takes precedence; programme-controlled manipulators Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B25J 9/00)

|  | B25J 5/02 |
· | travelling along a guideway

|  | B25J 5/04 |
· · | wherein the guideway is also moved, e.g. travelling crane bridge type

|  | B25J 5/06 |
· | Manipulators combined with a control cab for the operator

|  | B25J 7/00 |
Micromanipulators

|  | B25J 9/00 |
Programme-controlled manipulators

|  | B25J 9/02 |
· | characterised by movement of the arms, e.g. cartesian co-ordinate type (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B25J 9/06 takes precedence) [4]

|  | B25J 9/04 |
· · | by rotating at least one arm, excluding the head movement itself, e.g. cylindrical co-ordinate type or polar co-ordinate type [4]

|  | B25J 9/06 |
· | characterised by multi-articulated arms [4]

|  | B25J 9/08 |
· | characterised by modular constructions [4]

|  | B25J 9/10 |
· | characterised by positioning means for manipulator elements [4]

|  | B25J 9/12 |
· · | electric [4]

|  | B25J 9/14 |
· · | fluid [4]

|  | B25J 9/16 |
· | Programme controls (programme controls in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G05B 19/00, e.g. numerical programme controls Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G05B 19/18) [4]

|  | B25J 9/18 |
· · | electric [4]

|  | B25J 9/20 |
· · | fluidic [4]

|  | B25J 9/22 |
· · | Recording or playback systems (in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G05B 19/42) [4]

|  | B25J 11/00 |
Manipulators not otherwise provided for

|  | B25J 13/00 |
Controls for manipulators (programme controls Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B25J 9/16; control in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G05) [4]

|  | B25J 13/02 |
· | Hand grip control means

|  | B25J 13/04 |
· | Foot-operated control means

|  | B25J 13/06 |
· | Control stands, e.g. consoles, switchboards

|  | B25J 13/08 |
· | by means of sensing devices, e.g. viewing or touching devices [4]

|  | B25J 15/00 |
Gripping heads

|  | B25J 15/02 |
· | servo-actuated

|  | B25J 15/04 |
· | with provision for the remote detachment or exchange of the head or parts thereof

|  | B25J 15/06 |
· | with vacuum or magnetic holding means

|  | B25J 15/08 |
· | having finger members (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B25J 15/02, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B25J 15/04 take precedence) [4]

|  | B25J 15/10 |
· · | with three or more finger members [4]

|  | B25J 15/12 |
· · | with flexible finger members [4]

|  | B25J 17/00 |
Joints

|  | B25J 17/02 |
· | Wrist joints

|  | B25J 18/00 |
Arms [4]

|  | B25J 18/02 |
· | extensible [4]

|  | B25J 18/04 |
· · | rotatable [4]

|  | B25J 18/06 |
· | flexible [4]

|  | B25J 19/00 |
Accessories fitted to manipulators, e.g. for monitoring, for viewing; Safety devices combined with or specially adapted for use in connection with manipulators (safety devices in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F16P; protection against radiation in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G21F)

|  | B25J 19/02 |
· | Sensing devices [4]

|  | B25J 19/04 |
· · | Viewing devices [4]

|  | B25J 19/06 |
· | Safety devices [4]

|  | B25J 21/00 |
Chambers provided with manipulation devices (constructional features of the mounting of the manipulator in the wall Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B25J 1/08)

|  | B25J 21/02 |
· | Glove-boxes, i.e. chambers in which manipulations are performed by the human hands in gloves built into the chamber walls; Gloves therefor