|  | 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

|  | B63 |
SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT

|  | B63C |
LAUNCHING, HAULING-OUT, OR DRY-DOCKING OF VESSELS; LIFE-SAVING IN WATER; EQUIPMENT FOR DWELLING OR WORKING UNDER WATER; MEANS FOR SALVAGING OR SEARCHING FOR UNDERWATER OBJECTS (floating nets, floating slipways, or the like for recovering aircraft from the water Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B63B 35/52)

|  | B63C |
Subclass index
LANDING, LAUNCHING |
Dry-docking; storing on land; launching or hauling-out | 1/00; 15/00; 3/00
Transporting overland | 13/00
Slipway and dry-dock equipment | 5/00
SALVAGE, SEARCHING UNDER WATER; LIFE-SAVING | 7/00, 11/00; 9/00
WORKING UNDER WATER | 11/00

P:30 |  | B63C 1/00 |
Dry-docking of vessels or flying-boats (storing of vessels on land otherwise than by dry-docking Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B63C 15/00; mooring of vessels Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B63B 21/00; hydraulic-engineering aspects Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E02B)

|  | B63C 1/02 |
· | Floating dry-docks (ship transporters with adjustable draught Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B63B 35/42)

|  | B63C 1/04 |
· · | self-docking

|  | B63C 1/06 |
· · | Arrangements of pumping or filling equipment for raising or lowering docks

|  | B63C 1/08 |
· | Dry docks (locks Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E02C 1/00) [2]

|  | B63C 1/10 |
· | Centring devices

|  | B63C 1/12 |
· | Docks adapted for special vessels, e.g. submarines

P:50 |  | B63C 3/00 |
Launching or hauling-out by landborne slipways; Slipways (ship-borne guides for handling lifeboats or the like Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B63B 23/30; cranes, winches, or the like Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B66; ship-lifting for adapting to different water levels Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E02C)

|  | B63C 3/02 |
· | by longitudinal movement of vessel

|  | B63C 3/04 |
· | by sideways movement of vessel

|  | B63C 3/06 |
· | by vertical movement of vessel, e.g. by crane

|  | B63C 3/08 |
· | Tracks on slipways

|  | B63C 3/10 |
· | using releasing devices

|  | B63C 3/12 |
· | using cradles (vehicles in general for transporting boats or the like Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60P)

|  | B63C 3/14 |
· | using braking means

P:60 |  | B63C 5/00 |
Equipment usable both on slipways and in dry docks

|  | B63C 5/02 |
· | Stagings; Scaffolding; Shores or struts

|  | B63C 5/04 |
· · | Bilge or keel blocks

P:10 |  | B63C 7/00 |
Salvaging of disabled, stranded, or sunken vessels; Salvaging of vessel parts or furnishings, e.g. of safes; Salvaging of other underwater objects (means for searching for underwater objects Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B63C 11/48)

|  | B63C 7/02 |
· | in which the lifting is done by hauling

|  | B63C 7/04 |
· · | using pontoons or the like

|  | B63C 7/06 |
· | in which lifting action is generated in, or adjacent to, vessels or objects

|  | B63C 7/08 |
· · | using rigid floats

|  | B63C 7/10 |
· · | using inflatable floats external to vessels or objects

|  | B63C 7/12 |
· · | by bringing air or floating bodies or material into vessels or objects

|  | B63C 7/14 |
· | using freezing for closing holes or for strengthening the vessel or the like

|  | B63C 7/16 |
· | Apparatus engaging vessels or objects

|  | B63C 7/18 |
· · | using nets

|  | B63C 7/20 |
· · | using grabs

|  | B63C 7/22 |
· · | using electromagnets or suction devices

|  | B63C 7/24 |
· | Apparatus for passing chains or the like under vessels or objects

|  | B63C 7/26 |
· | Means for indicating the location of underwater objects, e.g. sunken vessels (means for searching for underwater objects Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B63C 11/48; buoys in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B63B 22/00)

|  | B63C 7/28 |
· | Refloating stranded vessels

|  | B63C 7/30 |
· | Floatable safes (safes in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E05G)

P:0 |  | B63C 9/00 |
Life-saving in water (life-saving in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A62B; arrangement or adaptation of signalling or lighting devices for ships, other waterborne vessels or for equipment for shipping Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B63B 45/00; rescue equipment specially adapted for submarine personnel Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B63G 8/40)

|  | B63C 9/01 |
· | Air-sea rescue devices, i.e. equipment carried by, and capable of being dropped from, an aircraft (inflatable vessels Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B63B 7/00; inflatable buoys Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B63B 22/22) [5]

|  | B63C 9/02 |
· | Lifeboats, life-rafts or the like, specially adapted for life-saving (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B63C 9/01 takes precedence; floatable furniture Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B63C 9/30; boats in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B63B; inflatable vessels Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B63B 7/00; equipment for handling lifeboats or the like Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B63B 23/00; rafts Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B63B 35/58) [4,5]

|  | B63C 9/03 |
· · | enclosed [5]

|  | B63C 9/04 |
· · | Life-rafts

|  | B63C 9/05 |
· | Shark screens, e.g. buoyant means combined with means to surround or otherwise enclose the user (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B63C 9/06 takes precedence) [5]

|  | B63C 9/06 |
· | Floatable closed containers with accommodation for one or more persons inside (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B63C 9/01 takes precedence) [5]

|  | B63C 9/08 |
· | Life-buoys, e.g. rings; Life-belts, jackets, suits, or the like (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B63C 9/01 takes precedence; equipment for swimming Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A63B, e.g. swimming aids Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A63B 31/00) [5]

|  | B63C 9/087 |
· · | Body suits, i.e. substantially covering the user's body (diving suits Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B63C 11/04, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B63C 11/10) [5]

|  | B63C 9/093 |
· · · | using solid buoyant material [5]

|  | B63C 9/105 |
· · · | having gas-filled compartments (connection of valves to inflatable elastic bodies Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60C 29/00) [5]

|  | B63C 9/11 |
· · | covering the torso, e.g. harnesses [5]

|  | B63C 9/115 |
· · · | using solid buoyant material [5]

|  | B63C 9/125 |
· · · | having gas-filled compartments (connection of valves to inflatable elastic bodies Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60C 29/00) [5]

|  | B63C 9/13 |
· · | attachable to a body member, e.g. arm, neck, head or waist [5]

|  | B63C 9/135 |
· · · | using solid buoyant material [5]

|  | B63C 9/15 |
· · · | having gas-filled compartments (connection of valves to inflatable elastic bodies Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60C 29/00) [5]

|  | B63C 9/18 |
· · | Inflatable equipment characterised by the gas-generating device [5]

|  | B63C 9/19 |
· · · | Arrangements for puncturing gas-generating cartridges [5]

|  | B63C 9/20 |
· · | characterised by signalling means, e.g. lights (arrangement or adaptation of signalling or lighting devices for ships or other waterborne vessels Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B63B 45/00)

|  | B63C 9/22 |
· | Devices for holding or launching life-buoys, inflatable life-rafts, or other floatable life-saving equipment (equipment for handling life-boats or the like Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B63B 23/00)

|  | B63C 9/23 |
· · | Containers for inflatable life-saving equipment [5]

|  | B63C 9/26 |
· | Cast or life lines; Attachments thereto; Containers therefor (adaptations of aerial cableways to shipboard use Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B63B 27/18; guns for line-throwing Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F41F; line-carrying missiles Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F42B 12/68)

|  | B63C 9/28 |
· | Adaptations of vessel parts or furnishings to life-saving purposes

|  | B63C 9/30 |
· · | Floatable furniture

|  | B63C 9/32 |
· | Equipment adapted to use on ice

P:20 |  | B63C 11/00 |
Equipment for dwelling or working under water; Means for searching for underwater objects (composition of chemical substances for use in breathing apparatus Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A62D 9/00; swimming aids or equipment Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A63B 31/00-A63B 35/00; submarines Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B63G 8/00)

|  | B63C 11/02 |
· | Divers' equipment

|  | B63C 11/04 |
· · | Resilient suits

|  | B63C 11/06 |
· · · | with rigid helmet

|  | B63C 11/08 |
· · · | Control of air pressure within suit, e.g. for controlling buoyancy

|  | B63C 11/10 |
· · | Rigid suits

|  | B63C 11/12 |
· · | Diving masks (swimming helmets, swimming goggles Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A63B 33/00)

|  | B63C 11/14 |
· · · | with forced air supply

|  | B63C 11/16 |
· · · | with air supply by suction from diver, e.g. schnorkels

|  | B63C 11/18 |
· · | Air supply (for diving masks Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B63C 11/14, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B63C 11/16; respiratory apparatus in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A62B)

|  | B63C 11/20 |
· · · | from water surface

|  | B63C 11/22 |
· · · | carried by diver

|  | B63C 11/24 |
· · · · | in closed circulation

|  | B63C 11/26 |
· · | Communication means (electric communication in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...H04)

|  | B63C 11/28 |
· · | Heating, e.g. of divers' suits, of breathing air

|  | B63C 11/30 |
· · | Ballast

|  | B63C 11/32 |
· · | Decompression arrangements; Exercise equipment

|  | B63C 11/34 |
· | Diving chambers with mechanical link, e.g. cable, to a base (manipulators Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B25J; diving chambers without mechanical link to a base Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B63G 8/00; caissons adapted to laying foundations Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E02D 23/00-E02D 27/00)

|  | B63C 11/36 |
· · | of closed type

|  | B63C 11/38 |
· · · | with entrance above water surface

|  | B63C 11/40 |
· · · | adapted to specific work

|  | B63C 11/42 |
· · · | with independent propulsion or directional control

|  | B63C 11/44 |
· · | of open type, e.g. diving-bells

|  | B63C 11/46 |
· | Divers' sleds or like craft, i.e. craft on which man in diving-suit rides

|  | B63C 11/48 |
· | Means for searching for underwater objects (means for indicating the location of sunken objects Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B63C 7/26; locating by use of the reflection or reradiation of radio or other waves Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G01S)

|  | B63C 11/49 |
· · | Floating structures with underwater viewing devices, e.g. with windows [5]

|  | B63C 11/50 |
· · | using grapnels

|  | B63C 11/52 |
· | Tools specially adapted for working underwater, not otherwise provided for [3]

P:70 |  | B63C 13/00 |
Equipment forming part of, or attachable to, vessels, facilitating transport over land (harnesses attachable to vessels for personal carrying Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A45F; amphibious craft, land vehicles convertible for use on water Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60F; land vehicles for carrying boats Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60P)

P:40 |  | B63C 15/00 |
Storing of vessels on land otherwise than by dry-docking