|  | 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

|  | 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 Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B25C (hand-held nailing or stapling tools) or by an application place such as Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B21F (working of wire) or Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...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 Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A43D)

|  | B25C |
Note(s) In this subclass, the following term is used with the meaning indicated: "nail" includes pin, bolt, stud, plug or the like. 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 Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B21J; hand-held drilling machines, in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B23B 45/00, for wood Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B27C 3/08; percussion drilling of earth or rock Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E21B) [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 Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B25F 1/00 or Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...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 Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A01B 1/22; handles of hand implements for harvesting Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A01D 1/14; handles integral with brushware Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A46B)

|  | B25G |
Note(s) This subclass covers: handles for hand implements, in general; handles for hand implements for particular purposes, subject to Note (2) below. This subclass does not cover handles provided for elsewhere, e.g. it does not cover those provided for in Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A45B 9/02, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A45C 13/22, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A45C 13/26, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A47B 95/02, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A47J 45/00, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B23D 51/01, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B25J 13/02, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B26B, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60N 3/02, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B62B 5/06, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B62B 9/20, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B62K 21/26, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B62M 3/14, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65D 25/28, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E05B, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G05G.

|  | B25H |
WORKSHOP EQUIPMENT, e.g. FOR MARKING-OUT WORK; STORAGE MEANS FOR WORKSHOPS (storing or packaging Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65)

|  | B25J |
MANIPULATORS; CHAMBERS PROVIDED WITH MANIPULATION DEVICES (robotic devices for individually picking fruits, vegetables, hops or the like Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A01D 46/30; needle manipulators for surgery Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61B 17/062; manipulators associated with rolling mills Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B21B 39/20; manipulators associated with forging machines Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B21J 13/10; means for holding wheels or parts thereof Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60B 30/00; cranes Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B66C; arrangements for handling fuel or other materials which are used within nuclear reactors Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G21C 19/00; structural combination of manipulators with cells or rooms shielded against radiation Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G21F 7/06) [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 by means remote from the head, e.g. programme-controlled industrial robots.

|  | 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