|  | B |
SECTION B — PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING

|  | B01 - B07 |
Subsection index
LIQUID/LIQUID, LIQUID/GAS OR GAS/GAS SEPARATION |
Method |
General operations | B01D
by centrifugal force, using centrifuges or free-vortex apparatus | B01D
using magnetic or electrostatic effect | B03C
Apparatus |
General operations | B01D
by centrifugal force, using centrifuges or free-vortex apparatus | B04B, B04C
using magnetic or electrostatic effect | B03C
SOLID/LIQUID OR SOLID/GAS SEPARATION |
Method |
General operations | B01D
by centrifugal force | B01D
using centrifuges or free-vortex apparatus | B01D
using magnetic or electrostatic effect | B03C
Apparatus |
General operations | B01D
by centrifugal force | B01D
using centrifuges or free-vortex apparatus | B04B, B04C
using magnetic or electrostatic effect | B03C
SOLID/SOLID SEPARATION |
Method |
Dry methods |
material in bulk | B07B
Individual sorting | B07C
Screening, sifting, pneumatic sorting | B07B
using pneumatic tables or jigs | B03B
by magnetic or electrostatic effect | B03C
by centrifugal force | B07B
using centrifuges or free-vortex apparatus | B07B
Wet methods |
General operations | B03B
flotation, differential sedimentation | B03D
screening | B07B
Combinations Dry methods - wet methods | B03B
Apparatus |
Dry methods |
material in bulk | B07B
Individual sorting | B07C
Screening, sifting, pneumatic sorting | B07B
using pneumatic tables or jigs | B03B
by magnetic or electrostatic effect | B03C
by centrifugal force | B07B
using centrifuges or free-vortex apparatus | B04B, B04C
Wet methods |
General operations | B03B
flotation, differential sedimentation | B03D
screening | B07B
Combinations Dry methods - wet methods | B03B

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
OTHER ELEVATORS | 20/00
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

|  | B66C |
CRANES; LOAD-ENGAGING ELEMENTS OR DEVICES FOR CRANES, CAPSTANS, WINCHES, OR TACKLES (rope, cable, or chain winding mechanisms, braking or detent devices therefor Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B66D; specially adapted for nuclear reactors Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G21)

|  | B66C |
Subclass index
KINDS OF CRANES |
Trolley cranes | 19/00
Bridge; cable-way; jib | 17/00; 21/00; 23/00
Other cranes | 25/00
COMMON FEATURES OR DETAILS |
Load-engaging devices | 1/00, 3/00
Supporting structures; runways | 5/00, 6/00; 7/00
Travelling gear; trolleys | 9/00; 11/00
Safety gear | 15/00
Other | 13/00

|  | B66D |
CAPSTANS; WINCHES; TACKLES, e.g. PULLEY BLOCKS; HOISTS (winding or unwinding ropes or cables for feeding or storage purposes Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65H; rope or cable-winding or unwinding mechanisms for lifts Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B66B; hoisting devices specially adapted for suspended scaffolds Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E04G 3/32)

|  | B66D |
Note(s) This subclass covers: rope, cable, or chain winding or unwinding mechanisms for moving all loads except lift cages, e.g. winches for dredges; braking or detent devices characterised by their application for retarding, or preventing, rotary movement of a winding drum or barrel.

|  | B66F |
HOISTING, LIFTING, HAULING, OR PUSHING, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, e.g. DEVICES WHICH APPLY A LIFTING OR PUSHING FORCE DIRECTLY TO THE SURFACE OF A LOAD (mounting artificial islands on piles or like supports Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E02B 17/00; scaffolds combined with lifting devices Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E04G 1/22, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E04G 3/28; lifting devices for sliding forms Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E04G 11/24; lifting of buildings Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E04G 23/06; shores or struts Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E04G 25/00; lifts or other hoisting devices on ladders Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E06C 7/12; props for mining Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E21D 15/00)

|  | B66F |
Subclass index
JACKS OR THE LIKE | 1/00, 3/00, 5/00
LIFTING FRAMES | 7/00
DEVICES FOR PARTICULAR USES | 5/00, 9/00, 11/00
MASTED LIFTING-PLATFORM OR FORK-LIFT TRUCKS | 9/06
COMMON FEATURES OR ACCESSORIES | 13/00
CROWBARS OR LEVERS | 15/00
SAFETY DEVICES | 17/00
OTHER HOISTING, LIFTING, HAULING, OR PUSHING | 19/00