|  | B |
SECTION B — PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING

TRANSPORTING

|  | B66 |
HOISTING; LIFTING; HAULING

|  | B66B |
ELEVATORS; ESCALATORS OR MOVING WALKWAYS (funicular railbound systems with rigid ground-supported tracks and cable traction, e.g. cliff railways, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B61B 9/00; arrangements of ammunition handlers in vessels Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B63G 3/00; hoists, lifts, or conveyers for loading or unloading in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65G; braking or detent devices controlling normal movements of winding drums or barrels Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B66D; ship-lifting devices Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E02C; garages for many vehicles with mechanical means for lifting vehicles Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E04H 6/12; hoists for feeding ammunition or projectiles to launching apparatus or to loading mechanisms Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F41A 9/00) [4]

|  | B66B |
Note(s) In this subclass, the following term is used with the meaning indicated: [6] "elevator" covers the term "lift", and the two terms are interchangeable. [6]

|  | B66B |
Subclass index
COMMON FEATURES OF ELEVATORS |
Control; signalling; checking, safety; other | 1/00; 3/00; 5/00; 7/00
LIFTS FOR BUILDINGS |
Kinds; component parts; gates | 9/00; 11/00; 13/00
LIFTS FOR MINES |
Kinds, hoistway equipment; component parts | 17/00, 19/00; 15/00
ESCALATORS, MOVING WALKWAYS |
Kinds; component parts; accessories | 21/00; 23/00; 31/00
Control; indicating operating conditions; safety devices | 25/00; 27/00; 29/00

|  | B66B 1/00 - B66B 7/00 |
Common features of elevators

|  | B66B 1/00 |
Control systems of elevators in general (safety devices Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B66B 5/00; controlling door or gate operation Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B66B 13/00; systems of general application Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G05)

|  | B66B 1/02 |
· | Control systems without regulation, i.e. without retroactive action

|  | B66B 1/04 |
· · | hydraulic

|  | B66B 1/06 |
· · | electric

|  | B66B 1/08 |
· · · | with devices, e.g. handles or levers, in the cars or cages for direct control of movements

|  | B66B 1/10 |
· · · · | specially adapted for mining hoists

|  | B66B 1/12 |
· · · | with devices, e.g. handles or levers, located at a control station for direct control of movements, e.g. electric mining-hoist control systems

|  | B66B 1/14 |
· · · | with devices, e.g. push-buttons, for indirect control of movements

|  | B66B 1/16 |
· · · · | with means for storing pulses controlling the movements of a single car or cage

|  | B66B 1/18 |
· · · · | with means for storing pulses controlling the movements of several cars or cages

|  | B66B 1/20 |
· · · · · | and for varying the manner of operation to suit particular traffic conditions, e.g. "one-way rush-hour traffic"

|  | B66B 1/22 |
· · · · | with means for taking account of delayed calls

|  | B66B 1/24 |
· | Control systems with regulation, i.e. with retroactive action, for influencing travelling speed, acceleration, or deceleration

|  | B66B 1/26 |
· · | mechanical

|  | B66B 1/28 |
· · | electrical (detecting excessive speed Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B66B 5/04)

|  | B66B 1/30 |
· · · | effective on driving gear

|  | B66B 1/32 |
· · · | effective on braking devices

|  | B66B 1/34 |
· | Details

|  | B66B 1/36 |
· · | Means for stopping the cars, cages, or skips at predetermined levels

|  | B66B 1/38 |
· · · | and for returning the controlling handle or lever to its neutral position

|  | B66B 1/40 |
· · · | and for correct levelling at landings

|  | B66B 1/42 |
· · · · | separate from the main drive

|  | B66B 1/44 |
· · · | and for taking account of disturbance factors, e.g. variation of load weight

|  | B66B 1/46 |
· · | Adaptations of switches or switchgear (switches or switchgear in general, applications of switches or switchgear for floor-levelling purpose Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...H01H; panels for boards or switching arrangements Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...H02B 1/015)

|  | B66B 1/48 |
· · · | Adaptations of mechanically-operated limit switches (for cranes Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B66C 13/50; for winding mechanisms Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B66D 1/56)

|  | B66B 1/50 |
· · · | with operating or control mechanisms mounted in the car or cage or in the lift well or hoistway

|  | B66B 1/52 |
· · · | Floor selectors

|  | B66B 3/00 |
Applications of devices for indicating or signalling operating conditions (of general application Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G08)

|  | B66B 3/02 |
· | Position or depth indicators

|  | B66B 5/00 |
Applications of checking, fault-correcting, or safety devices (to lift doors or gates Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B66B 13/00)

|  | B66B 5/02 |
· | responsive to abnormal operating conditions

|  | B66B 5/04 |
· · | for detecting excessive speed

|  | B66B 5/06 |
· · · | electrical

|  | B66B 5/08 |
· · | for preventing overwinding

|  | B66B 5/10 |
· · · | electrical

|  | B66B 5/12 |
· · | in case of rope or cable slack

|  | B66B 5/14 |
· · | in case of excessive loads

|  | B66B 5/16 |
· · | Braking or catch devices operating between cars, cages, or skips and fixed guide elements or surfaces in hoistway or well

|  | B66B 5/18 |
· · · | and applying frictional retarding forces

|  | B66B 5/20 |
· · · · | by means of rotatable eccentrically- mounted members (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B66B 5/24 takes precedence)

|  | B66B 5/22 |
· · · · | by means of linearly-movable wedges (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B66B 5/24 takes precedence)

|  | B66B 5/24 |
· · · · | by acting on guide ropes or cables

|  | B66B 5/26 |
· · · | Positively-acting devices, e.g. latches, knives

|  | B66B 5/28 |
· | Buffer-stops for cars, cages, or skips

|  | B66B 7/00 |
Other common features of elevators

|  | B66B 7/02 |
· | Guideways; Guides (arrangements in mine shafts Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E21D 7/02)

|  | B66B 7/04 |
· · | Shoes; Rollers

|  | B66B 7/06 |
· | Arrangements of ropes or cables

|  | B66B 7/08 |
· · | for connection to the cars or cages, e.g. couplings

|  | B66B 7/10 |
· · | for equalising rope or cable tension

|  | B66B 7/12 |
· | Checking, lubricating, or cleaning means for ropes, cables, or guides

|  | B66B 9/00 - B66B 13/00 |
Lifts in, or associated with, buildings

|  | B66B 9/00 |
Kinds or types of lift in, or associated with, buildings or other structures (characterised by control systems Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B66B 1/00; apparatus for raising or lowering persons on stages of theatres Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A63J 5/12)

|  | B66B 9/02 |
· | actuated mechanically otherwise than by rope or cable

|  | B66B 9/04 |
· | actuated pneumatically or hydraulically (platforms for lifting or lowering through short distances Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B66F 7/00)

|  | B66B 9/06 |
· | inclined, e.g. serving blast furnaces

|  | B66B 9/08 |
· · | associated with stairways, e.g. for transporting disabled persons

|  | B66B 9/10 |
· | paternoster type (with devices for transferring goods into, or out of, the compartments Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65G 17/00)

|  | B66B 9/16 |
· | 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 (devices for lifting or lowering bulky or heavy goods for loading or unloading purposes Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B66F 9/00, e.g. fork-lift trucks Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B66F 9/06)

|  | B66B 9/18 |
( transferred to Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B66B 9/187 )

|  | B66B 9/187 |
· · | with liftway specially adapted for temporary connection to a building or other structure (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B66B 9/193 takes precedence) [6]

|  | B66B 9/193 |
· · | with inclined liftways [6]

|  | B66B 9/20 |
( transferred to Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B66B 9/16 )

|  | B66B 11/00 |
Main component parts of lifts in, or associated with, buildings or other structures

|  | B66B 11/02 |
· | Cages (doors, gates, or other apparatus controlling access to, or exit from, cages Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B66B 13/00)

|  | B66B 11/04 |
· | Driving gear

|  | B66B 11/06 |
· · | with hoisting rope or cable positively attached to a winding drum

|  | B66B 11/08 |
· · | with hoisting rope or cable operated by frictional engagement with a winding drum or sheave

|  | B66B 13/00 |
Doors, gates, or other apparatus controlling access to, or exit from, cages or lift-well landings (door fittings, locks Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E05)

|  | B66B 13/02 |
· | Door or gate operation (of general application Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E05F)

|  | B66B 13/04 |
· · | of swinging doors

|  | B66B 13/06 |
· · | of sliding doors

|  | B66B 13/08 |
· · · | guided for horizontal movement

|  | B66B 13/10 |
· · · | by car or cage movement

|  | B66B 13/12 |
· · | Arrangements for effecting simultaneous opening or closing of cage and landing doors

|  | B66B 13/14 |
· · | Control systems or devices

|  | B66B 13/16 |
· · · | Door or gate locking devices controlled or primarily controlled by condition of cage, e.g. movement or position

|  | B66B 13/18 |
· · · · | without manually-operable devices for completing locking or unlocking of doors

|  | B66B 13/20 |
· · · · · | Lock mechanisms actuated mechanically by abutments or projections on the cages

|  | B66B 13/22 |
· | Operation of door or gate contacts

|  | B66B 13/24 |
· | Safety devices in passenger lifts, not otherwise provided for, for preventing trapping of passengers

|  | B66B 13/26 |
· · | between closing doors

|  | B66B 13/28 |
· · | between car or cage and wells

|  | B66B 13/30 |
· | Constructional features of doors or gates (of interest apart from this application Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E06B)

|  | B66B 15/00 - B66B 19/00 |
Lifts in hoistways of mines

|  | B66B 15/00 |
Main component parts of mining-hoist winding devices

|  | B66B 15/02 |
· | Rope or cable carriers

|  | B66B 15/04 |
· · | Friction sheaves; "Koepe" pulleys

|  | B66B 15/06 |
· · | Drums

|  | B66B 15/08 |
· | Driving gear

|  | B66B 17/00 |
Hoistway equipment

|  | B66B 17/02 |
· | mounted in head-frames (winding towers for mines Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E04H 12/26)

|  | B66B 17/04 |
· | Mining-hoist cars or cages

|  | B66B 17/06 |
· · | with tiltable platforms

|  | B66B 17/08 |
· | Mining skips

|  | B66B 17/10 |
· · | adapted for passenger transport

|  | B66B 17/12 |
· | Counterpoises

|  | B66B 17/14 |
· | Applications of loading and unloading equipment (of general application Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65G)

|  | B66B 17/16 |
· · | for loading and unloading mining-hoist cars or cages

|  | B66B 17/18 |
· · · | Swinging bridges, e.g. for compensating for differences in level between car or cage and landing

|  | B66B 17/20 |
· · · | by moving vehicles into, or out of, the cars or cages

|  | B66B 17/22 |
· · · | Securing vehicles in cars or cages

|  | B66B 17/24 |
· · · · | mounted on the car or cage

|  | B66B 17/26 |
· · | for loading or unloading mining-hoist skips

|  | B66B 17/28 |
· · | electrically controlled (for elevators in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B66B 1/06)

|  | B66B 17/30 |
· · · | for cars or cages

|  | B66B 17/32 |
· · · | for skips

|  | B66B 17/34 |
· | Safe lift clips; Keps

|  | B66B 17/36 |
· | Gates or other apparatus controlling access to, or exit from, cars, cages, or hoistway landings

|  | B66B 19/00 |
Mining-hoist operation

|  | B66B 19/02 |
· | Installing or exchanging ropes or cables

|  | B66B 19/04 |
· | Installing or removing mining-hoist cars, cages, or skips

|  | B66B 19/06 |
· | Applications of signalling devices (depth indicators Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B66B 3/02; order telegraphs Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G08B)

|  | B66B 21/00 - B66B 31/00 |
Escalators or moving walkways [4]

|  | B66B 21/00 |
Kinds or types of escalators or moving walkways [4]

|  | B66B 21/02 |
· | Escalators [4]

|  | B66B 21/04 |
· · | linear type [4]

|  | B66B 21/06 |
· · | spiral type [4]

|  | B66B 21/08 |
· · | paternoster type, i.e. the escalator being used simultaneously for climbing and descending (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B66B 21/06 takes precedence) [4]

|  | B66B 21/10 |
· | Moving walkways [4]

|  | B66B 21/12 |
· · | of variable speed type [4]

|  | B66B 23/00 |
Component parts of escalators or moving walkways [4]

|  | B66B 23/02 |
· | Driving gear [4]

|  | B66B 23/04 |
· · | for handrails [4]

|  | B66B 23/06 |
· · · | with means synchronising the operation of the steps or the carrying belts and the handrails [4]

|  | B66B 23/08 |
· | Carrying surfaces [4]

|  | B66B 23/10 |
· · | Carrying belts [4]

|  | B66B 23/12 |
· · | Steps [4]

|  | B66B 23/14 |
· | Guiding means for carrying surfaces [4]

|  | B66B 23/16 |
· | Means allowing tensioning of the endless member [4]

|  | B66B 23/18 |
· · | for carrying surfaces [4]

|  | B66B 23/20 |
· · | for handrails [4]

|  | B66B 23/22 |
· | Balustrades [4]

|  | B66B 23/24 |
· · | Handrails (driving gear therefor Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B66B 23/02; tensioning means therefor Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B66B 23/16; preventing jamming thereof by foreign objects Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B66B 29/04; accessories therefor Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B66B 31/02) [4]

|  | B66B 23/26 |
· · · | of variable speed type [4]

|  | B66B 25/00 |
Control of escalators or moving walkways (walkways of variable speed type Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B66B 21/12; handrails of variable speed type Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B66B 23/26; of general application Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G05) [4]

|  | B66B 27/00 |
Indicating operating conditions of escalators or moving walkways (of general application Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G08) [4]

|  | B66B 29/00 |
Safety devices of escalators or moving walkways (walkways of variable speed type Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B66B 21/12; handrails of variable speed type Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B66B 23/26) [4]

|  | B66B 29/02 |
· | responsive to, or preventing, jamming by foreign objects [4]

|  | B66B 29/04 |
· · | for balustrades or handrails [4]

|  | B66B 29/06 |
· · | Combplates [4]

|  | B66B 29/08 |
· | Means to facilitate passenger entry or exit (moving handrails Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B66B 23/24) [4]

|  | B66B 31/00 |
Accessories, e.g. for sterilising, cleaning (for safety Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B66B 29/00) [4]

|  | B66B 31/02 |
· | for handrails [4]