|  | E |
SECTION E — FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS

BUILDING

|  | E04 |
BUILDING (layered materials, layered products in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B32B)

|  | E04H |
BUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL (foundations Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E02D) [4]

|  | E04H |
Note(s) This subclass covers primarily the layout of buildings as a whole; details which are peculiar to types of buildings, or buildings for special purposes, specified in the groups; canopies in general and canopies similar in construction to tents. [4] This subclass does not cover canopies having special application, which are covered by the relevant place, e.g. protecting chairs against the weather Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A47C 7/66, bed canopies Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A47C 29/00, sun shades or awnings for buildings Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E04F 10/00. [4] In this subclass, the following terms are used with the meanings indicated: "buildings" does not exclude engineering structures and other constructions; "tent" means a tent or canopy having a supporting means, e.g. frame and a flexible cover. [4]

|  | E04H |
Subclass index
BUILDINGS |
For dwelling or office purposes | 1/00
For public purposes | 3/00
For industrial or agricultural purposes; for parking | 5/00; 6/00
SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS | 4/00
CONTAINERS | 7/00
BUILDINGS AFFORDING SPECIAL PROTECTION | 9/00
TOWERS, MASTS, CHIMNEY STACKS | 12/00
MONUMENTS, TOMBS | 13/00
BUILDINGS FOR COMBINATIONS OF DIFFERENT PURPOSES, DRIVE-IN BUILDINGS | 14/00
TENTS, CANOPIES | 15/00
FENCING, ENCLOSURES, CORRALS | 17/00

|  | E04H 1/00 |
Buildings or groups of buildings for dwelling or office purposes; General layout, e.g. modular co-ordination, staggered storeys (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E04H 3/00 takes precedence; buildings for two or more purposes, drive-in buildings Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E04H 14/00; building construction in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E04B 1/00)

|  | E04H 1/02 |
· | Dwelling houses; Buildings for temporary habitation (small erections for limited occupation Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E04H 1/12)

|  | E04H 1/04 |
· · | Apartment houses arranged in two or more levels

|  | E04H 1/06 |
· | Office buildings; Banks (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E04H 1/12 takes precedence; furniture or fittings for shops, storehouses, or the like Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A47F)

|  | E04H 1/12 |
· | Small buildings or other erections for limited occupation, erected in the open air or arranged in buildings, e.g. kiosks, waiting shelters for bus stops or for filling stations, roofs for railway platforms, watchmen's huts, dressing cubicles (movable screens as household equipment Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A47G 5/00)

|  | E04H 1/14 |
· · | Telephone cabinets

|  | E04H 3/00 |
Buildings or groups of buildings for public or similar purposes; Institutions, e.g. infirmaries, prisons (portions of buildings for individual occupation, e.g. cubicles, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E04H 1/00; structures covering a large free area Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E04B 1/342)

|  | E04H 3/02 |
· | Hotels; Motels; Coffee-houses; Restaurants; Shops; Department stores

|  | E04H 3/04 |
· · | Restaurants or shops having arrangements for self-service (paying counters Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A47F 9/02; furniture or installations specially adapted for supermarkets Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A47F 10/00; transport aspects Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65G; coin-freed apparatus Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G07F)

|  | E04H 3/06 |
· | Museums; Library buildings

|  | E04H 3/08 |
· | Hospitals, infirmaries, or the like; Schools; Prisons

|  | E04H 3/10 |
· | for meetings, entertainments, or sports

|  | E04H 3/12 |
· · | Tribunes, grandstands or terraces for spectators (auditoriums Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E04H 3/30; chairs, stools, benches Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A47C) [2]

|  | E04H 3/14 |
· · | Gymnasiums; Other sporting buildings (tribunes Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E04H 3/12)

|  | E04H 3/16 |
· · · | for swimming (swimming or splash baths or pools Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E04H 4/00) [5]

|  | E04H 3/22 |
· · | Theatres; Concert halls; Studios for broadcasting, cinematography, television or similar purposes (drive-in buildings Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E04H 14/00; equipment for theatres or concert halls Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A63J) [2]

|  | E04H 3/24 |
· · · | Constructional features of stages

|  | E04H 3/26 |
· · · · | Revolving stages; Stages able to be lowered (devices for raising or lowering persons Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A63J 5/12)

|  | E04H 3/28 |
· · · · | Shiftable or portable platforms

|  | E04H 3/30 |
· · · | Constructional features of auditoriums (chairs, stools, benches Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A47C; building details providing accoustical effects Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E04B 1/99)

|  | E04H 4/00 |
Swimming or splash baths or pools (wave-producers for baths Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A47K 3/10; separation Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B01D; treatment of water Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...C02F; wave-producing pumps Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F04D 35/00) [5]

|  | E04H 4/02 |
· | formed in situ [5]

|  | E04H 4/04 |
· | prefabricated or composed of prefabricated elements [5]

|  | E04H 4/06 |
· | Safety devices; Coverings for baths [5]

|  | E04H 4/08 |
· · | Coverings consisting of rigid elements [5]

|  | E04H 4/10 |
· · | Coverings of flexible material [5]

|  | E04H 4/12 |
· | Devices or arrangements for circulating water [5]

|  | E04H 4/14 |
· | Parts, details or accessories not otherwise provided for [5]

|  | E04H 4/16 |
· · | specially adapted for cleaning (cleaning devices peculiar to vessels Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B63B 59/00) [5]

|  | E04H 5/00 |
Buildings or groups of buildings for industrial or agricultural purposes (building construction in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E04B 1/00)

|  | E04H 5/02 |
· | Buildings or groups of buildings for industrial purposes, e.g. for power-plants, factories (buildings forming part of cooling plants Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E04H 5/10; building structures for parking vehicles Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E04H 6/00)

|  | E04H 5/04 |
· · | Transformer houses; Substations or switchgear houses [5]

|  | E04H 5/06 |
· · | Pits or building structures for inspection or services (manhole shafts or other inspection chambers in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E02D 29/12)

|  | E04H 5/08 |
· | Buildings or groups of buildings for agricultural purposes (silos Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E04H 7/22; manure storage places Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A01C 3/02; greenhouses Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A01G 9/14)

|  | E04H 5/10 |
· | Buildings forming part of cooling plants

|  | E04H 5/12 |
· · | Cooling towers (towers in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E04H 12/00; cooling equipment Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F28)

|  | E04H 6/00 |
Buildings for parking cars, rolling-stock, aircraft, vessels, or like vehicles, e.g. garages (tents for use as garages Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E04H 15/00; bicycle stands Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B62H; storing of vessels on land Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B63C 15/00; construction of ground-supported surfaces Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E01C; marking of parking areas on the ground Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E01F 9/00; building construction in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E04B 1/00)

|  | E04H 6/02 |
· | Small garages, e.g. for one or two cars (attached to, or supported by, the vehicle Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B62D; prefabricated and with undivided interior Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E04B 1/343)

|  | E04H 6/04 |
· · | wheeled, hinged, foldable, telescopic, swinging, or otherwise movable (transportable or collapsible buildings in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E04B 1/343)

|  | E04H 6/06 |
· · | with means for shifting or lifting vehicles

|  | E04H 6/08 |
· | Garages for many vehicles

|  | E04H 6/10 |
· · | without mechanical means for shifting or lifting vehicles, e.g. with helically-arranged fixed ramps, with movable ramps

|  | E04H 6/12 |
· · | with mechanical means for shifting or lifting vehicles

|  | E04H 6/14 |
· · · | with endless conveyer chains having load-carrying parts moving vertically, e.g. paternoster lifts

|  | E04H 6/16 |
· · · | Garages shaped as a wheel or drum rotatable about a horizontal axis

|  | E04H 6/18 |
· · · | with means for transport in vertical direction only or independently in vertical and horizontal directions (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E04H 6/14 takes precedence)

|  | E04H 6/20 |
· · · · | characterised by use of conveyer chains or rotatable rollers for horizontal transport

|  | E04H 6/22 |
· · · · | characterised by use of movable platforms for horizontal transport

|  | E04H 6/24 |
· · · · | characterised by use of dollies for horizontal transport

|  | E04H 6/26 |
· · · · | characterised by use of tiltable floors or floor sections; characterised by use of movable ramps

|  | E04H 6/28 |
· · · · | characterised by use of turntables or rotary rings for horizontal transport

|  | E04H 6/30 |
· · · | with means for transport in horizontal direction only

|  | E04H 6/32 |
· · · · | characterised by use of conveyer chains or rotatable rollers

|  | E04H 6/34 |
· · · · | characterised by use of movable platforms

|  | E04H 6/36 |
· · · · | characterised by use of freely-movable dollies

|  | E04H 6/38 |
· · · · | characterised by use of tiltable floors or floor sections

|  | E04H 6/40 |
· · · · | characterised by use of turntables or rotary rings

|  | E04H 6/42 |
· | Devices or arrangements peculiar to garages, not covered elsewhere, e.g. securing devices, safety devices

|  | E04H 6/44 |
· | for storing aircraft (structures covering a large free area Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E04B 1/342)

|  | E04H 7/00 |
Construction or assembling of bulk storage containers employing civil engineering techniques in situ or off the site (tower aspects Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E04H 12/00; storage aspects, e.g. floating roofs, sealing means, filling or discharging means Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65D, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65G, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F17B, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F17C; foundations Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E02D 27/38) [2]

|  | E04H 7/02 |
· | Containers for fluids or gases; Supports therefor (arrangements or adaptations of tanks for water supply Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E03B 11/00) [2]

|  | E04H 7/04 |
· · | mainly of metal

|  | E04H 7/06 |
· · · | with vertical axis

|  | E04H 7/14 |
· · · | ball-shaped

|  | E04H 7/16 |
· · · | with horizontal axis

|  | E04H 7/18 |
· · | mainly of concrete, e.g. reinforced concrete, or other stone-like material

|  | E04H 7/20 |
· · · | Prestressed constructions

|  | E04H 7/22 |
· | Containers for fluent solids, e.g. silos, bunkers; Supports therefor [2]

|  | E04H 7/24 |
· · | Constructions, with or without perforated walls, depending on the use of specified materials

|  | E04H 7/26 |
· · · | mainly of concrete, e.g. reinforced concrete, or other stone-like material

|  | E04H 7/28 |
· · · · | composed of special building elements

|  | E04H 7/30 |
· · · | mainly of metal

|  | E04H 7/32 |
· · · | mainly of wood

|  | E04H 9/00 |
Buildings, groups of buildings, or shelters, adapted to withstand or provide protection against, abnormal external influences, e.g. war-like action, earthquake, extreme climate (floating buildings Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B63B; foundation aspects Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E02D; building constructions in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E04B; bearings or like supports allowing movement Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E04B 1/36; special details regarding insulation or other protection Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E04B 1/62; supporting structures for endangered or damaged existing buildings or parts thereof Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E04G 23/04; doors, windows Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E06B 5/00; air-conditioning, ventilation Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F24F; camouflage Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F41H 3/00; cells or rooms shielded against dangerous radiation Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G21F 7/00)

|  | E04H 9/02 |
· | withstanding earthquake or sinking of ground (foundations Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E02D 27/34)

|  | E04H 9/04 |
· | against air-raid or other war-like actions (respiratory apparatus Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A62B)

|  | E04H 9/06 |
· · | Structures arranged in, or forming part of, buildings

|  | E04H 9/08 |
· · · | Structures arranged underneath buildings, e.g. air-raid shelters

|  | E04H 9/10 |
· · | Independent shelters; Arrangement of independent splinter-proof walls

|  | E04H 9/12 |
· · · | entirely underneath the level of the ground, e.g. air-raid galleries (tunnels, galleries Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E21D)

|  | E04H 9/14 |
· | against other dangerous influences, e.g. tornadoes, floods

|  | E04H 9/16 |
· | against adverse conditions, e.g. extreme climate, pests

|  | E04H 12/00 |
Towers; Masts, poles; Chimney stacks; Water-towers; Methods of erecting such structures (cooling towers Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E04H 5/12; supports for road signs Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E01F 9/011; foundation piles Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E02D 5/22; foundations for masts, poles, or chimneys Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E02D 27/42; structural elongated members in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E04C 3/00; fixed climbing irons Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E06C 9/04; derricks for oil drilling Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E21B 15/00) [6]

|  | E04H 12/02 |
· | Structures made of specified materials (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E04H 12/16, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E04H 12/18 take precedence)

|  | E04H 12/04 |
· · | of wood

|  | E04H 12/06 |
· · · | Truss-like structures

|  | E04H 12/08 |
· · | of metal

|  | E04H 12/10 |
· · · | Truss-like structures

|  | E04H 12/12 |
· · | of concrete or other stone-like material, with or without internal or external reinforcement, e.g. with metal coverings, with permanent form elements

|  | E04H 12/14 |
· · · | Truss-like structures

|  | E04H 12/16 |
· | Prestressed structures

|  | E04H 12/18 |
· | movable or with movable sections, e.g. rotatable, telescopic (rotary buildings Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E04B 1/346)

|  | E04H 12/20 |
· | Side-supporting means therefor, e.g. using guy ropes, struts (ground anchors Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E02D 5/80; fastening means for cables or ropes Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F16G 11/00)

|  | E04H 12/22 |
· | Sockets or holders for poles or posts

|  | E04H 12/24 |
· | Cross-arms

|  | E04H 12/26 |
· | Winding towers for mines (elevators Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B66B)

|  | E04H 12/28 |
· | Chimney stacks, e.g. free-standing, or similar ducts (foundations Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E02D 27/42; chimneys as part of buildings Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E04F 17/02; connections between furnace and smoke stack, chimney equipment Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F23)

|  | E04H 12/30 |
· | Water-towers (tanks Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65D 88/00; use of high-level tanks Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E03B 11/12)

|  | E04H 12/32 |
· | Flagpoles (flags, banners, mountings therefor Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G09F 17/00)

|  | E04H 12/34 |
· | Arrangements for erecting or lowering towers, masts, poles, chimney stacks, or the like [6]

|  | E04H 13/00 |
Monuments; Tombs; Burial vaults; Columbaria (sculpture or other artistic features Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B44)

|  | E04H 14/00 |
Buildings for combinations of different purposes not covered in a single preceding group of this subclass, e.g. for double purpose (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E04H 3/02, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E04H 9/06 take precedence); Buildings of the drive-in type

|  | E04H 15/00 |
Tents or canopies, in general [4]

|  | E04H 15/02 |
· | Tents combined or specially associated with other devices [4]

|  | E04H 15/04 |
· · | suspended type, e.g. from trees, from cantilever supports (supporting frames Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E04H 15/34) [4]

|  | E04H 15/06 |
· · | Tents at least partially supported by vehicles [4]

|  | E04H 15/08 |
· · · | Trailer awnings or the like [4]

|  | E04H 15/10 |
· · | Heating, lighting, or ventilating (for heating, lighting, or ventilating devices per se, see the relevant classes, e.g. Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F21, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F24) [4]

|  | E04H 15/12 |
· · · | Heating [4]

|  | E04H 15/14 |
· · · | Ventilating [4]

|  | E04H 15/16 |
· · · · | of tent roofs [4]

|  | E04H 15/18 |
· | Tents having plural sectional covers, e.g. pavilions, vaulted tents, marquees, circus tents (inflatable Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E04H 15/20); Plural tents, e.g. modular [4]

|  | E04H 15/20 |
· | inflatable, e.g. shaped, strengthened, or supported by fluid pressure (connection of valves to inflatable elastic bodies Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60C 29/00; inflatable forms for making walls, floors, ceilings or roofs in situ Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E04G 11/04) [4]

|  | E04H 15/22 |
· · | supported by air pressure inside the tent [4]

|  | E04H 15/24 |
· | cone shaped, e.g. teepees [4]

|  | E04H 15/26 |
· | Center-pole supported tents (umbrella type Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E04H 15/28) [4]

|  | E04H 15/28 |
· | Umbrella type tents [4]

|  | E04H 15/30 |
· | convertible, e.g. from one type tent to another type tent, from tent to canopy, from tent cover into diverse article (sacks or packs convertible into tents Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A45F 4/04; coats or capes convertible into tent coverings Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A45F 4/14) [4]

|  | E04H 15/32 |
· | Parts, components, construction details, accessories, interior equipment, specially adapted for tents, e.g. guy-line equipment, skirts, thresholds [4]

|  | E04H 15/34 |
· · | Supporting means, e.g. frames [4]

|  | E04H 15/36 |
· · · | arch-shaped type (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E04H 15/42 takes precedence) [4]

|  | E04H 15/38 |
· · · · | expansible, e.g. extensible [4]

|  | E04H 15/40 |
· · · · | flexible [4]

|  | E04H 15/42 |
· · · | external type, e.g. frame outside of cover [4]

|  | E04H 15/44 |
· · · | collapsible, e.g. breakdown type (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E04H 15/42 takes precedence; building structures having collapsible parts in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E04B 1/343) [4]

|  | E04H 15/46 |
· · · · | telescoping and foldable [4]

|  | E04H 15/48 |
· · · · | foldable, i.e. having pivoted or hinged means (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E04H 15/46 takes precedence) [4]

|  | E04H 15/50 |
· · · · · | lazy-tongs type [4]

|  | E04H 15/52 |
· · · · · | parallelogramm type [4]

|  | E04H 15/54 |
· · | Covers of tents or canopies (ventilated tent roofs Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E04H 15/16) [4]

|  | E04H 15/56 |
· · | Floors [4]

|  | E04H 15/58 |
· · | Closures; Awnings; Sunshades [4]

|  | E04H 15/60 |
· · | Poles [4]

|  | E04H 15/62 |
· · | Pegs, stakes or the like [4]

|  | E04H 15/64 |
· · | Tent or canopy cover fastenings [4]

|  | E04H 17/00 |
Fencing, e.g. fences, enclosures, corrals (features peculiar to electrified fences Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A01K 3/00, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...H05C; means for allowing passage through fences, barriers, or the like Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E06B 11/00)

|  | E04H 17/02 |
· | Wire fencing (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E04H 17/14 takes precedence)

|  | E04H 17/04 |
· · | using wire, barbed wire, wire mesh, toothed strips, or the like; Coupling means therefor (wire netting Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B21F 27/00; other metallic fabrics, see the relevant classes)

|  | E04H 17/06 |
· · | Parts for wire fences

|  | E04H 17/08 |
· · · | Anchoring means therefor, e.g. specially-shaped parts entering the ground; Struts or the like (for towers or masts Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E04H 12/20; sockets for posts Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E04H 12/22)

|  | E04H 17/10 |
· · | characterised by the way of connecting wire to the posts; Droppers

|  | E04H 17/12 |
· · · | the wire being placed in slots, grooves, or the like

|  | E04H 17/14 |
· | Fences constructed of rigid elements, e.g. with additional wire fillings or with posts

|  | E04H 17/16 |
· · | using prefabricated panel-like elements, e.g. wired frames

|  | E04H 17/18 |
· · · | Corrals, i.e. easily transportable or demountable enclosures

|  | E04H 17/20 |
· · | Posts therefor

|  | E04H 17/22 |
· · · | Anchoring means therefor, e.g. specially-shaped parts entering the ground; Struts or the like (for towers or masts Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E04H 12/20; sockets for posts Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E04H 12/22)

|  | E04H 17/24 |
· · | Connections for attaching additional wire to frames, posts or railings

|  | E04H 17/26 |
· | Devices for erecting or removing fences