|  | 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

|  | 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

P:50 |  | B66F 1/00 |
Devices, e.g. jacks, for lifting loads in predetermined steps

|  | B66F 1/02 |
· | with locking elements, e.g. washers, co-operating with posts

|  | B66F 1/04 |
· · | the posts being toothed

|  | B66F 1/06 |
· · · | and the devices being actuated mechanically

|  | B66F 1/08 |
· · · | and the devices being operated by fluid pressure

P:60 |  | B66F 3/00 |
Devices, e.g. jacks, adapted for uninterrupted lifting of loads (mobile jacks of the garage type Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B66F 5/00)

|  | B66F 3/02 |
· | with racks actuated by pinions

|  | B66F 3/04 |
· · | with several racks

|  | B66F 3/06 |
· · | with racks comprising pivotable toothed sections or segments, e.g. arranged in pairs

|  | B66F 3/08 |
· | screw-operated (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B66F 3/44 takes precedence; gearings Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F16H)

|  | B66F 3/10 |
· · | with telescopic sleeves

|  | B66F 3/12 |
· · | comprising toggle levers (lazy-tongs mechanisms Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B66F 3/22)

|  | B66F 3/14 |
· · | actuated through pawl-and-ratchet mechanisms

|  | B66F 3/16 |
· · | actuated through bevel-wheel gearings

|  | B66F 3/18 |
· · | actuated through worm gearings

|  | B66F 3/20 |
· · | actuated through multiple or change-speed gearings

|  | B66F 3/22 |
· | Lazy-tongs mechanisms

|  | B66F 3/24 |
· | fluid-pressure operated (water-pressure machines Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F03B; fluid-pressure servomotors Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F15B, e.g. pyrotechnical actuators Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F15B 15/19; hydraulic gearings Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F16H; cylinders, pistons Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F16J)

|  | B66F 3/25 |
· · | Constructional features [3]

|  | B66F 3/26 |
· · · | Adaptations or arrangements of pistons [3]

|  | B66F 3/28 |
· · · · | telescopic [3]

|  | B66F 3/30 |
· · · | Positive brakes or locks [3]

|  | B66F 3/32 |
· · · | Means for avoiding excessive shocks on completion movements [3]

|  | B66F 3/35 |
· · · | Inflatable flexible elements, e.g. bellows (inflatable load-engaging elements Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B66F 3/40; connection of valves to inflatable elastic bodies Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60C 29/00) [3]

|  | B66F 3/36 |
· · · | Load-engaging elements [3]

|  | B66F 3/38 |
· · · · | adjustable relative to piston [3]

|  | B66F 3/40 |
· · · · | inflatable (connection of valves to inflatable elastic bodies Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60C 29/00) [3]

|  | B66F 3/42 |
· · · | with self-contained pumps, e.g. actuated by hand [3]

|  | B66F 3/43 |
· · | Pyrotechnical jacks [3]

|  | B66F 3/44 |
· | with self-contained electric driving motors

|  | B66F 3/46 |
· | Combinations of several jacks with means for interrelating lifting or lowering movements

P:30 |  | B66F 5/00 |
Mobile jacks of the garage type mounted on wheels or rollers

|  | B66F 5/02 |
· | with mechanical lifting gear

|  | B66F 5/04 |
· | with fluid-pressure-operated lifting gear

P:20 |  | B66F 7/00 |
Lifting frames, e.g. for lifting vehicles; Platform lifts (for lift-truck platforms Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B66F 9/06)

|  | B66F 7/02 |
· | with platforms suspended from ropes, cables, or chains

|  | B66F 7/04 |
· · | hydraulically or pneumatically operated

|  | B66F 7/06 |
· | with platforms supported by levers for vertical movement

|  | B66F 7/08 |
· · | hydraulically or pneumatically operated

|  | B66F 7/10 |
· | with platforms supported directly by jacks

|  | B66F 7/12 |
· · | by mechanical jacks

|  | B66F 7/14 |
· · · | screw-operated

|  | B66F 7/16 |
· · | by one or more hydraulic or pneumatic jacks

|  | B66F 7/18 |
· · · | by a single central jack

|  | B66F 7/20 |
· · · | by several jacks with means for maintaining the platforms horizontal during movement

|  | B66F 7/22 |
· | with tiltable platforms (tilting vehicles for unloading Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65G 67/34)

|  | B66F 7/24 |
· | for raising or lowering vehicles by their own power

|  | B66F 7/26 |
· | for selective lifting of parts of vehicles (mobile garage jacks Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B66F 5/00)

|  | B66F 7/28 |
· | Constructional details, e.g. end stops, pivoting supporting members, sliding runners adjustable to load dimensions

P:10 |  | B66F 9/00 |
Devices for lifting or lowering bulky or heavy goods for loading or unloading purposes (mobile or transportable lifts in, or associated with, buildings and specially adapted to be shifted from one part of a building or other structure to another part or to another building or structure Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B66B 9/16; cranes Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B66C)

|  | B66F 9/02 |
· | Stationary loaders or unloaders, e.g. for sacks

|  | B66F 9/04 |
· · | hydraulically actuated or controlled

|  | B66F 9/06 |
· | movable, with their loads, on wheels or the like, e.g. fork-lift trucks (vehicle aspects Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60-B62; vehicles predominantly for transporting loads and modified to facilitate loading or unloading Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60P 1/00; low-lift hand trucks for transporting goods Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B62B 3/06)

|  | B66F 9/065 |
· · | non-masted (mobile jacks of the garage type mounted on wheels or rollers Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B66F 5/00) [3]

|  | B66F 9/07 |
· · | Floor-to-roof stacking devices, e.g. stacker cranes, retrievers [3]

|  | B66F 9/075 |
· · | Constructional features or details [3]

|  | B66F 9/08 |
· · · | Masts; Guides; Chains [3]

|  | B66F 9/10 |
· · · · | movable in a horizontal direction relative to truck [3]

|  | B66F 9/12 |
· · · | Platforms; Forks; Other load-supporting or load-gripping members [3]

|  | B66F 9/14 |
· · · · | laterally movable, e.g. swingable, for slewing or transverse movements [3]

|  | B66F 9/16 |
· · · · | inclinable relative to mast [3]

|  | B66F 9/18 |
· · · · | Load gripping or retaining means [3]

|  | B66F 9/19 |
· · · · | Additional means for facilitating unloading [3]

|  | B66F 9/20 |
· · · | Means for actuating or controlling masts, platforms, or forks (power take-off from vehicle transmissions, combined with vehicle propulsion systems Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60K) [3]

|  | B66F 9/22 |
· · · · | Hydraulic devices or systems [3]

|  | B66F 9/24 |
· · · · | Electrical devices or systems [3]

P:40 |  | B66F 11/00 |
Lifting devices specially adapted for particular uses not otherwise provided for (ground-engaging vehicle fittings for supporting, lifting or manoeuvring the vehicle Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60S 9/00)

|  | B66F 11/04 |
· | for movable platforms or cabins, e.g. on vehicles, permitting workmen to place themselves in any desired position for carrying out required operations (platforms for cleaning windows Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A47L 3/02; devices for rescuing persons from buildings Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A62B 1/02; vehicle aspects of service vehicles Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60P 3/14; maintenance travellers for bridges Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E01D 19/10; scaffolds on an extensible substructure Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E04G 1/22; liftable or lowerable platforms for use on ladders Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E06C 7/16)

P:90 |  | B66F 13/00 |
Common constructional features or accessories

P:70 |  | B66F 15/00 |
Crowbars or levers

P:0 |  | B66F 17/00 |
Safety devices, e.g. for limiting or indicating lifting force

P:80 |  | B66F 19/00 |
Hoisting, lifting, hauling, or pushing, not otherwise provided for

|  | B66F 19/02 |
· | Hauling using anchors; Anchors therefor (marine anchors Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B63B 21/24; anchoring aircraft Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B64F 1/12; means for anchoring structural elements specially adapted to foundation engineering Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E02D 5/74) [3]