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.

 B25B
TOOLS OR BENCH DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, FOR FASTENING, CONNECTING, DISENGAGING, OR HOLDING
 B25B

Note(s)

This subclass covers hand tools for fastening, connecting, disengaging, or holding, which are not covered by another subclass such as B25C (hand-held nailing or stapling tools) or by an application place such as B21F (working of wire) or B65B (packaging).

 B25B
Subclass index
DEVICES FOR HOLDING BY PRESSING
Vices 1/00, 3/00
Pliers, tweezers or tongs 7/00, 9/00
Other devices 5/00 - 11/00
SPANNERS, WRENCHES, OR SCREWDRIVERS
Spanners or wrenches 13/00, 17/00 - 21/00
Screwdrivers 15/00 - 21/00
Details or accessories 23/00
OTHER TOOLS FOR FASTENING, CONNECTING, FITTING TOGETHER, SEPARATING, OR TENSIONING 25/00 - 28/00, 31/00, 33/00
ACCESSORIES 29/00
 B25C
HAND-HELD NAILING OR STAPLING TOOLS; MANUALLY-OPERATED PORTABLE STAPLING TOOLS (manufacturing footwear A43D)
 B25C

Note(s)

  1. In this subclass, the following term is used with the meaning indicated:
    • "nail" includes pin, bolt, stud, plug or the like.
  2. Tools for driving both nails or staples are classified with the nailing tools. [3]
 B25C
Subclass index
JOINING BY NAILS
Nailing punches 9/00
Nailing tools 1/00, 3/00, 7/00
Tools for straightening or extracting nails 13/00, 11/00
JOINING BY STAPLES 5/00, 7/00, 11/00
 B25D
PERCUSSIVE TOOLS (percussive machines for forging B21J; hand-held drilling machines, in general B23B 45/00, for wood B27C 3/08; drilling machines, used for mining or quarrying, with reciprocating tool which is turned intermittently when out of contact with the working face E21C 3/00)  [2]
 B25D
Subclass index
TOOLS DISTINGUISHED BY OPERATIVE METHOD 9/00 - 16/00
HAMMERS, CHISELS, PUNCHES, OR PICKS 1/00 - 7/00
DETAILS OR ACCESSORIES 17/00
 B25F
COMBINATION OR MULTI-PURPOSE TOOLS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; DETAILS OR COMPONENTS OF PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS NOT PARTICULARLY RELATED TO THE OPERATIONS PERFORMED AND NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR  [4]
 B25F

Note(s)

This subclass does not cover tools having a clear primary function as well as one or more secondary functions. Those tools are covered by the relevant subclass for tools having such primary function and are, thus, not classified in group B25F 1/00 or B25F 3/00 of this subclass.

 B25G
HANDLES FOR HAND IMPLEMENTS (attaching the blades or the like to handles of hand tools for soil working A01B 1/22; handles of hand implements for harvesting A01D 1/14; handles integral with brushware A46B)
 B25G

Note(s)

  1. This subclass covers:
    • handles for hand implements, in general;
    • handles for hand implements for particular purposes, subject to Note (2) below.
  2. This subclass does not cover handles provided for elsewhere, e.g. it does not cover those provided for in A45B 9/02, A45C 13/22, A45C 13/26, A47B 95/02, A47J 45/00, B23D 51/01, B25J 13/02, B26B, B60N 3/02, B62B 5/06, B62B 9/20, B62K 21/26, B62M 3/14, B65D 25/28, E05B, G05G.
 B25H
WORKSHOP EQUIPMENT, e.g. FOR MARKING-OUT WORK; STORAGE MEANS FOR WORKSHOPS (storing or packaging B65)
 B25J
MANIPULATORS; CHAMBERS PROVIDED WITH MANIPULATION DEVICES (manipulators associated with rolling mills B21B 39/20; manipulators associated with forging machines B21J 13/10; means for holding wheels or parts thereof B60B 30/00; cranes B66C; manipulators specially adapted for, or associated with, nuclear reactors 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