D
SECTION D — TEXTILES; PAPER
  
TEXTILES OR FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
 D06
TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
 D06B
TREATING TEXTILE MATERIALS BY LIQUIDS, GASES, OR VAPOURS (applying liquids to surfaces in general B05; conveying in general, handling webs or filaments in general B65; treating leather C14C; mechanical removal of impurities from animal fibres D01B; laundering D06F; chemical matters, see D06L-D06Q)  [2]
 D06B

Note(s)

In this subclass, the following terms or expressions are used with the meaning indicated:

  • "fabric" includes yarns in warp or sheet form;  [2]
  • "textile material" includes fabrics, yarns or other fibrous materials;  [2]
  • "indefinite length" means an extent of material having the characteristic that the longitudinal dimension is effectively infinite in so far as the procedure for advancing or moving the material is concerned.  [3]

 D06B
Subclass index
FLUID TREATMENT
Applying to the surface of, or forcing through, material 1/00, 5/00
Passing material through the treating fluid 3/00
Solvent-treating 9/00
Local treating 11/00
Mercerising 7/00
Other treatments 13/00, 17/00, 19/00, 21/00
REMOVAL OF TREATING FLUID 15/00
GENERAL APPARATUS 23/00
 D06C
FINISHING, DRESSING, TENTERING, OR STRETCHING TEXTILE FABRICS (chemical matters, see D06L-D06Q; drying F26B)  [2]
 D06C

Note(s)

In this subclass, the following term is used with meaning indicated:

  • "fabric" includes yarns in warp or sheet form.

 D06C
Subclass index
GENERAL TREATMENTS
Without elimination of material
heating or cooling 7/00
stretching or tentering; shaping or stretching; shrinking by compressing 3/00; 5/00; 21/00
calendering, ironing, or glazing; fulling; breaking or softening 15/00; 17/00; 19/00
With slight elimination of material
singeing; teasing or napping; shearing or cropping 9/00; 11/00; 13/00
For decoration 23/00
SPECIAL TREATMENTS
Making patterns or designs 23/00
Treating selvedges or edges 25/00
FINISHING OR DRESSING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
Compound processes or apparatus; other treatments 27/00; 29/00
 D06F
LAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILE ARTICLES (apparatus for blocking, pressing, steaming, or stretching hats A42C; treating textile materials by liquids, gases or vapors D06B; chemical matters, see D06L, D06M)
 D06F

Note(s)

  1. This subclass covers:
    • domestic or laundry dry-cleaning apparatus using volatile solvents;
    • domestic, laundry, or tailors' ironing or other hot-pressing of clothes, linen, or other textile articles.
  2. This subclass does not cover apparatus for wringing, washing, dry-cleaning, ironing, or other hot-pressing of textiles in manufacturing operations, which is covered by subclasses D06B, D06C.
 D06F
Subclass index
RECEPTACLES; REMOVABLE DEVICES FOR USE WITH DIFFERENT RECEPTACLES 1/00; 7/00
HAND IMPLEMENTS 5/00
IMPLEMENTS FOR WASHING BY HAND
Receptacles; hand rubbing apparatus 1/00; 3/00
WASHING MACHINES
using brushes, rollers 9/00, 11/00
with stationary receptacle: using agitators; using beating or squeezing means; with agitation of liquid; with additional drying means 13/00; 15/00; 17/00; 18/00
with moving receptacle
with rotary movement, e.g. oscillatory: for washing; for washing and draining; for washing and draining with additional drying means 21/00; 23/00; 25/00
with bodily movements, e.g. reciprocating or swinging 27/00
using vibrations for washing 19/00
Details of above machines 1/00, 7/00, 37/00, 39/00
Combinations with other apparatus or machines 29/00, 31/00
Control of washing operations 33/00
Other washing machines or methods 35/00
RINSING APPARATUS 29/00, 41/00
DRY-CLEANING 43/00
EXPELLING WATER FROM LINEN; SMOOTHING BY COLD ROLLING
by rollers; by presses 45/00; 47/00
by centrifugal movement of the receptacle 23/00, 25/00, 49/00
Apparatus not otherwise provided for 51/00
DRYING; AIRING
Clothes-lines; clothes-pegs; other supporting means 53/00; 55/00; 57/00
Driers 58/00
Special supports retaining shape of articles to be dried 59/00
IRONING; PRESSING
Ironing
by hand:
Irons; accessories; ironing boards 75/00; 77/00, 79/00; 81/00
by machine:
using rollers; using rollers coacting with table; using rollers coacting with curved surfaces 61/00; 63/00; 65/00
Details 67/00
Other ironing machines 69/00
Pressing
Hot or cold pressing; smoothing by use of formers with heat or steam 71/00; 73/00
Coverings or pads for equipment, elements interposed between article and ironing or pressing surface 83/00, 85/00
AUXILIARY APPARATUS; LAUNDRY SYSTEMS
Conditioning; folding; starching; counting, sorting, marking 87/00; 89/00; 91/00; 93/00
Laundry systems, arrangements of apparatus or machines 95/00
 D06G
MECHANICAL OR PRESSURE CLEANING OF CARPETS, RUGS, SACKS, HIDES, OR OTHER SKIN OR TEXTILE ARTICLES OR FABRICS; TURNING INSIDE-OUT FLEXIBLE TUBULAR OR OTHER HOLLOW ARTICLES (mechanical preparation or mechanical treatment of bed feathers B68G 3/00)
 D06H
MARKING, INSPECTING, SEAMING, OR SEVERING TEXTILE MATERIALS (seaming by sewing D05B; in connection with manufacturing, see the relevant subclasses)
 D06H
Subclass index
MARKING, METERING, INSPECTING 1/00, 3/00
SEAMING BY PROCESSES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR 5/00
APPARATUS OR PROCESSES FOR CUTTING OR OTHERWISE SEVERING 7/00
 D06J
PLEATING, KILTING, OR GOFFERING TEXTILE FABRICS OR WEARING APPAREL (corrugating, creasing, or otherwise deforming paper, or material worked in a manner analogous to paper, without removing material B31F; by weaving D03D; by sewing D05B; apparatus for pressing or setting formed pleats D06C)
 D06L
BLEACHING, e.g. OPTICAL BLEACHING, DRY-CLEANING, OR WASHING FIBRES, THREADS, YARNS, FABRICS, FEATHERS, OR MADE-UP FIBROUS GOODS; BLEACHING LEATHER OR FURS (treatment of fibres or filaments of glass, mineral wool, or slag wool C03; chemical treatment of fibrous material to obtain fibres for spinning D01; for mechanical matters, see D06B, D06C, D06F; bleaching paper pulp or cotton linters D21)
 D06L

Note(s)

Processes using enzymes or micro-organisms in order to:

  1. liberate, separate or purify a pre-existing compound or composition, or to
  2. treat textiles or clean solid surfaces of materials
are further classified in subclass C12S.  [5]

 D06M
TREATMENT, NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE IN CLASS D06, OF FIBRES, THREADS, YARNS, FABRICS, FEATHERS, OR FIBROUS GOODS MADE FROM SUCH MATERIALS (surface treatment of fibres or filaments from glass, minerals or slags C03C 25/00; treatment of textiles by mechanical means, see D06B-D06J)
 D06M

Note(s)

  1. In each of the groups D06M 11/00-D06M 15/00, in the absence of an indication to the contrary, a substance is classified in the last appropriate place. [5]
  2. In this subclass:
    1. Within each one of main groups D06M 11/00-D06M 15/00, a mixture of substances is classified at least according to the essential ingredient. If more than one ingredient is essential, the mixture is classified, in the absence of an indication to the contrary, according to the essential ingredient which belongs to the last appropriate place in the sequence of substance.
    2. Treatment by mixtures of substances covered by two or more of main groups D06M 11/00-D06M 15/00 is classified in each appropriate main group. [5]
  3. In this subclass, the treatment of textiles, not provided for elsewhere in class D06, is classified according to the following principles:
    1. Treatment of textiles characterised by the treating agent in groups D06M 11/00-D06M 16/00.
    2. Treatment of textiles characterised by the process in group D06M 23/00. [5]
  4. Processes using enzymes or micro-organisms in order to:
    1. liberate, separate or purify a pre-existing compound or composition, or to
    2. treat textiles or clean solid surfaces of materials
    are further classified in subclass C12S. [5]
 D06M
Subclass index
TREATMENT OF FIBRES, THREADS, YARNS, FABRICS, OR FIBROUS ARTICLES
with inorganic substances 11/00
with non-macromolecular organic substances 13/00
graft polymerisation 14/00
with macromolecular substances 15/00
BIOCHEMICAL TREATMENT 16/00
PHYSICAL TREATMENT 10/00
TREATMENT CHARACTERISED BY THE PROCESS 23/00
TREATMENT OF FEATHERS 19/00
PRODUCING MULTI-LAYER FABRICS 17/00
 D06N
WALL, FLOOR, OR LIKE COVERING MATERIALS, e.g. LINOLEUM, OILCLOTH, ARTIFICIAL LEATHER, ROOFING FELT, CONSISTING OF A FIBROUS WEB COATED WITH A LAYER OF MACROMOLECULAR MATERIAL; FLEXIBLE SHEET MATERIAL NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (laminates in general B32B; coated webs which retain the character of paper or cardboard D21)
 D06N

Note(s)

Layered products classified in this subclass are also classified in subclass B32B.

 D06P
DYEING OR PRINTING TEXTILES; DYEING LEATHER, FURS, OR SOLID MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES IN ANY FORM (for mechanical matters, see B41F, B41J, D06B, D06C; printing on surfaces of materials other than textiles B41M; surface treatment of fibres or filaments from glass, minerals, or slags C03C 25/00; mordanting D06M; dyeing paper D21H)
 D06P

Note(s)

Processes using enzymes or micro-organisms in order to:

  1. liberate, separate or purify a pre-existing compound or composition, or to
  2. treat textiles or clean solid surfaces of materials
are further classified in subclass C12S.  [5]

 D06P
Subclass index
DYEING OR PRINTING PROCESSES
Classified according to dyes or auxiliary agents 1/00
Classified according to material treated 3/00
Combined with mechanical treatment 7/00
OTHER FEATURES, e.g. AFTER-TREATMENT, RESERVE DYEING OR PRINTING 5/00
 D06Q
DECORATING TEXTILES (for treatment of textiles by mechanical means, see D06B-D06J; metallising the entire surface of textiles D06M 11/83; textile threads, filaments, yarns or tow, glued on macromolecular material D06N 7/00; dyeing or printing D06P)  [5]
 D06Q

Note(s)

In this subclass, the following term is used with the meaning indicated:

  • "decorating" means "local treatment" or "local effects produced" as to change, e.g. optically, the appearance or the properties of textile materials.  [5]