E
FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
BUILDING
E02
HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING; FOUNDATIONS; SOIL-SHIFTING
E02B
HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING (ship-lifting E02C; dredging E02F)
Subclass index
METHODS AND EQUIPMENT IN GENERAL 1/00, 3/00
ARTIFICIAL WATER CANALS 5/00
BARRAGES OR WEIRS 7/00, 8/00
WATER-POWER PLANTS 9/00
DRAINAGE; IRRIGATION; CLEANING OF SURFACE OF OPEN WATER 11/00, 13/00, 15/00
ARTIFICIAL ISLANDS MOUNTED ON PILES OR LIKE SUPPORTS 17/00
E02C
SHIP-LIFTING DEVICES OR MECHANISMS
E02D
FOUNDATIONS; EXCAVATIONS; EMBANKMENTS (specially adapted for hydraulic engineering E02B); UNDERGROUND OR UNDERWATER STRUCTURES [6]

Note(s) [6]

  • This subclass covers underground structures made by foundation engineering, i.e. involving disturbance of the ground surface.
  • This subclass does not cover underground spaces, made by underground mining methods only, i.e. not involving disturbance of the ground surface, which are covered by subclass E21D.
Subclass index
INVESTIGATING, IMPROVING OR PRESERVING FOUNDATION SOIL OR ROCK 1/00, 3/00
STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS AND TECHNIQUES THEREFOR
Structural elements 5/00
Placing; removing; placing and removing; accessories 7/00, 9/00, 11/00, 13/00
HANDLING MATERIALS 15/00
EXCAVATIONS, MAKING EMBANKMENTS 17/00
KEEPING DRY FOUNDATION SITES 19/00
CAISSONS 23/00, 25/00
FOUNDATIONS AS SUBSTRUCTURES; UNDERGROUND OR UNDERWATER STRUCTURES, RETAINING WALLS 27/00, 29/00
PROTECTING, TESTING, STRAIGHTENING, LIFTING, REPAIRING 31/00-37/00
E02F
DREDGING; SOIL-SHIFTING (winning peat E21C 49/00)

Note(s)

  • This subclass covers:
    • primarily equipment for excavating or loosening earth or for moving loose earth;
    • equipment for working similarly on other materials and similar equipment for loading or unloading materials.
Subclass index
GENERAL WORKING METHODS 1/00
HAND-OPERATED MACHINES OR APPARATUS FOR GENERAL USE 3/02
MECHANICALLY-DRIVEN MACHINES OR APPARATUS FOR GENERAL USE OR THEIR SPECIAL DETAILS 3/04
MACHINES FOR SPECIAL PURPOSES OR THEIR SPECIAL DETAILS 5/00
EQUIPMENT FOR CONVEYING OR SEPARATING EXCAVATED MATERIAL 7/00
GENERAL DETAILS 9/00