B
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
SEPARATING; MIXING
B05
SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING LIQUIDS OR OTHER FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL [2]
B05B
SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES (spray-mixers with nozzles B01F 5/20; processes for applying liquids or other fluent materials to surfaces by spraying B05D) [2]

Note(s) [2]

  • This subclass covers particularly apparatus for the release or projection of drops or droplets into the atmosphere or into a chamber to form a mist or the like. For this purpose, the materials to be projected may be suspended in a stream of gas or vapour.
Subclass index
APPARATUS CHARACTERISED BY THEIR STRUCTURE 3/00, 9/00, 11/00
APPARATUS FOR DISCHARGE OF FLUIDS FROM TWO OR MORE SOURCES 7/00
ELECTROSTATIC OR ELECTRIC APPARATUS 5/00
APPARATUS CHARACTERISED BY MANIPULATION THEREOF 11/00, 13/00
OTHER APPARATUS 17/00
OUTLETS OR OTHER DETAILS 1/00, 15/00
DELIVERY CONTROL 12/00
B05C
APPARATUS FOR APPLYING LIQUIDS OR OTHER FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL (spraying apparatus, atomising apparatus, nozzles B05B; plant for applying liquids or other fluent materials to objects by electrostatic spraying B05B 5/08) [2]

Note(s) [2009.01]

  • This subclass covers apparatus or hand tools, in general, for applying liquids or other fluent materials to a surface or a part thereof, by any mechanical or physical method, in particular apparatus for obtaining a uniform distribution of liquids or other fluent materials on a surface.
  • Hand tools or apparatus using hand-held tools are classified in group B05C 17/00.
Subclass index
APPARATUS CHARACTERISED BY THE MEANS USED 1/00, 3/00, 5/00, 9/00
APPARATUS FOR SPECIAL WORK OR MATERIALS 7/00, 19/00
HAND TOOLS 17/00
DETAILS OR ACCESSORIES 11/00, 13/00, 15/00, 17/00, 21/00
B05D
PROCESSES FOR APPLYING LIQUIDS OR OTHER FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL (conveying articles or workpieces through baths of liquid B65G, e.g. B65G 49/02) [2]

Note(s) [2]

  • This subclass covers :
    • processes for applying liquids or other fluent materials to a surface or part of a surface, in general, by any mechanical or physical method and particularly processes producing a uniform distribution of liquids or other fluent materials on a surface;
    • pretreatment of surfaces to which liquids or other fluent materials are to be applied;
    • after-treatment of applied coatings.
Subclass index
PROCESSES CHARACTERISED BY
means used 1/00
special result obtained 5/00
surfaces to be treated 7/00
PRETREATMENT OF SURFACES; AFTER-TREATMENT OF COATINGS 3/00