B
SECTION B — PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
 B01 - 
B07
Subsection index
LIQUID/LIQUID, LIQUID/GAS OR GAS/GAS SEPARATION
Method
General operationsB01D
by centrifugal force, using centrifuges or free-vortex apparatusB01D
using magnetic or electrostatic effectB03C
Apparatus
General operationsB01D
by centrifugal force, using centrifuges or free-vortex apparatusB04B, B04C
using magnetic or electrostatic effectB03C
SOLID/LIQUID OR SOLID/GAS SEPARATION
Method
General operationsB01D
by centrifugal forceB01D
using centrifuges or free-vortex apparatusB01D
using magnetic or electrostatic effectB03C
Apparatus
General operationsB01D
by centrifugal forceB01D
using centrifuges or free-vortex apparatusB04B, B04C
using magnetic or electrostatic effectB03C
SOLID/SOLID SEPARATION
Method
Dry methods
material in bulkB07B
Individual sortingB07C
Screening, sifting, pneumatic sortingB07B
using pneumatic tables or jigsB03B
by magnetic or electrostatic effectB03C
by centrifugal forceB07B
using centrifuges or free-vortex apparatusB07B
Wet methods
General operationsB03B
flotation, differential sedimentationB03D
screeningB07B
Combinations Dry methods - wet methodsB03B
Apparatus
Dry methods
material in bulkB07B
Individual sortingB07C
Screening, sifting, pneumatic sortingB07B
using pneumatic tables or jigsB03B
by magnetic or electrostatic effectB03C
by centrifugal forceB07B
using centrifuges or free-vortex apparatusB04B, B04C
Wet methods
General operationsB03B
flotation, differential sedimentationB03D
screeningB07B
Combinations Dry methods - wet methodsB03B
  
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 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 B63C 15/00; mooring of vessels B63B 21/00; hydraulic-engineering aspects E02B)
 B63C 1/02
·  Floating dry-docks (ship transporters with adjustable draught 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 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, e.g. by landborne slipways; Slipways (ship-borne guides for handling lifeboats or the like B63B 23/30; cranes, winches, or the like B66; ship-lifting for adapting to different water levels 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 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 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 B63C 11/48; buoys in general B63B 22/00)
 B63C 7/28
·  Refloating stranded vessels
 B63C 7/30
·  Floatable safes (safes in general E05G)
P:0 B63C 9/00
Life-saving in water (life-saving in general A62B; arrangement or adaptation of signalling or lighting devices for ships, other waterborne vessels or for equipment for shipping B63B 45/00; rescue equipment specially adapted for submarine personnel 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 B63B 7/00; inflatable buoys B63B 22/22)  [5]
 B63C 9/02
·  Lifeboats, life-rafts or the like, specially adapted for life-saving (B63C 9/01 takes precedence; floatable furniture B63C 9/30; boats in general B63B; inflatable vessels B63B 7/00; equipment for handling lifeboats or the like B63B 23/00; rafts 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 (B63C 9/06 takes precedence)  [5]
 B63C 9/06
·  Floatable closed containers with accommodation for one or more persons inside (B63C 9/01 takes precedence)  [5]
 B63C 9/08
·  Life-buoys, e.g. rings; Life-belts, jackets, suits, or the like (B63C 9/01 takes precedence; equipment for swimming A63B, e.g. swimming aids A63B 31/00)  [5]
 B63C 9/087
·  ·  Body suits, i.e. substantially covering the user's body (diving suits B63C 11/04, 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 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 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 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 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 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 B63B 27/18; guns for line-throwing F41F; line-carrying missiles 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 A62D 9/00; swimming aids or equipment A63B 31/00-A63B 35/00; submarines 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 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 B63C 11/14, B63C 11/16; respiratory apparatus in general 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 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 B25J; diving chambers without mechanical link to a base B63G 8/00; caissons adapted to laying foundations 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 B63C 7/26; locating by use of the reflection or reradiation of radio or other waves 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 A45F; amphibious craft, land vehicles convertible for use on water B60F; land vehicles for carrying boats B60P)
P:40 B63C 15/00
Storing of vessels on land otherwise than by dry-docking