|  | 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

SHAPING

|  | B26 |
HAND CUTTING TOOLS; CUTTING; SEVERING

|  | B26F |
PERFORATING; PUNCHING; CUTTING-OUT; STAMPING-OUT; SEVERING BY MEANS OTHER THAN CUTTING (marking-out, perforating or making buttonholes Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A41H 25/00; manufacturing footwear Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A43D; surgery Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61B; punching metal Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B21D; drilling metal Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B23B; cutting of metal by applying heat locally, e.g. flame cutting, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B23K; cutting by abrasive fluid jets Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B24C 5/02; details common to machines for severing Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B26D; drilling wood Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B27C; drilling stone Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B28D; working of plastics or substances in a plastic state Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B29; making boxes, cartons, envelopes or bags, of paper or similarly worked materials, e.g. metal foil, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B31B; of glass Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...C03B; of leather Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...C14B; of textile materials Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...D06H; for light guides Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G02B 6/25; of tickets Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G07B) [2,5]

|  | B26F |
Note(s) This subclass covers: perforating, punching, cutting-out, stamping-out; severing, by means other than cutting, non-metallic sheet material or metal foil in general; severing, by means other than cutting, other forms of non-metallic materials not otherwise provided for. Attention is drawn to Notes (1) and (2) following the title of subclass Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B26D.

P:0 |  | B26F 1/00 |
Perforating; Punching; Cutting-out; Stamping-out; Apparatus therefor (perforating by laser beam Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B23K 26/00; subjecting the grinding tools or the abrading medium to vibration, e.g. grinding with ultrasonic frequency, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B24B 1/04; perforating by sand-blasting Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B24C; punching cards or tapes for statistical and record purposes Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G06K 1/00)

|  | B26F 1/02 |
· | Perforating by punching, e.g. with relatively-reciprocating punch and bed

|  | B26F 1/04 |
· · | with selectively-operable punches

|  | B26F 1/06 |
· · | with punching tools moving with the work

|  | B26F 1/08 |
· · · | wherein the tools are carried by, and in operation move relative to, a rotative drum or similar support

|  | B26F 1/10 |
· · · | Roller type punches

|  | B26F 1/12 |
· · | to notch margins of work

|  | B26F 1/14 |
· · | Punching tools; Punching dies

|  | B26F 1/16 |
· | Perforating by tool or tools of the drill type

|  | B26F 1/18 |
· | Perforating by slitting, i.e. forming cuts closed at their ends without removal of material

|  | B26F 1/20 |
· · | with tools carried by a rotating drum or similar support (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B26F 1/22 takes precedence)

|  | B26F 1/22 |
· · | to form non-rectilinear cuts, e.g. for tabs

|  | B26F 1/24 |
· | Perforating by needles or pins

|  | B26F 1/26 |
· | Perforating by non-mechanical means, e.g. by fluid jet

|  | B26F 1/28 |
· · | by electrical discharges

|  | B26F 1/31 |
· · | by radiation [3]

|  | B26F 1/32 |
· | Hand-held perforating or punching apparatus, e.g. awls

|  | B26F 1/34 |
· · | power actuated (details or components, e.g. casings, bodies, of portable power-driven tools not particularly related to the operation performed Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B25F 5/00) [4]

|  | B26F 1/36 |
· · | Punching or perforating pliers

|  | B26F 1/38 |
· | Cutting-out; Stamping-out

|  | B26F 1/40 |
· · | using a press, e.g. of the ram type (presses in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B30B)

|  | B26F 1/42 |
· · · | having a pressure roller

|  | B26F 1/44 |
· · | Cutters therefor; Dies therefor

|  | B26F 1/46 |
· · · | Loose press knives

P:10 |  | B26F 3/00 |
Severing by means other than cutting; Apparatus therefor (severing by grinding Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B24B 27/06)

|  | B26F 3/02 |
· | Tearing

|  | B26F 3/04 |
· | Severing by squeezing (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B26F 3/08 takes precedence)

|  | B26F 3/06 |
· | Severing by using heat (severing by laser beam Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B23K 26/00)

|  | B26F 3/08 |
· · | with heated members

|  | B26F 3/10 |
· · · | with heated rollers or discs

|  | B26F 3/12 |
· · · | with heated wires

|  | B26F 3/16 |
· · | by radiation [3]