| IPC 6 English version | E01C-E01C02324 |
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SECTION E | FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS |
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CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, RAILWAYS, OR BRIDGES (of tunnels E 21 D) |
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CONSTRUCTION OF, OR SURFACES FOR, ROADS, SPORTS GROUNDS, OR THE LIKE; MACHINES OR AUXILIARY TOOLS FOR CONSTRUCTION OR REPAIR (forming road or like surfaces by compacting or grading snow or ice E 01 H) |
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1/ | 00 | Design or layout of roads, e.g. for noise abatement, for gas absorption (design or layout of sports grounds A 63 C 19/00; design or layout of airfields B 64 F) |
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1/ | 02 | . | Crossings, junctions, or interconnections between roads on the same level |
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1/ | 04 | . | Road crossings on different levels; Interconnections between roads on different levels |
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Structure of roads, playgrounds, sports grounds, airfields |
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3/ | 00 | Foundations for pavings (specially adapted for playgrounds or sports grounds E 01 C 13/02; foundations in general E 02 D) |
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3/ | 02 | . | Concrete base for bituminous paving |
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3/ | 04 | . | Foundations produced by soil stabilisation |
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3/ | 06 | . | Methods or arrangements for protecting foundations from destructive influences of moisture, frost or vibration |
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5/ | 00 | Pavings made of prefabricated single units (specially adapted for playgrounds or sports grounds E 01 C 13/04, for footpaths, sidewalks or cycle tracks E 01 C 15/00; making artificial stones C 04 B; building stones E 04 C; flooring E 04 F) |
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5/ | 02 | . | made of natural stones, e.g. sett stones |
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5/ | 04 | . | made of bricks |
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5/ | 06 | . | made of units with cement or like binders |
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5/ | 08 | . . | Reinforced units |
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5/ | 10 | . . . | Prestressed reinforced units |
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5/ | 12 | . | made of units with bituminous binders |
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5/ | 14 | . | made of wooden units |
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5/ | 16 | . | made of metallic units (steel gratings E 01 C 9/10) |
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5/ | 18 | . | made of rubber units |
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5/ | 20 | . | made of units of plastics (E 01 C 5/18 takes precedence) |
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5/ | 22 | . | made of units composed of a mixture of materials covered by two or more of groups E 01 C 5/02 to E 01 C 5/20 |
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7/ | 00 | Coherent pavings made in situ (specially adapted for playgrounds or sports grounds E 01 C 13/06, for footpaths, sidewalks or cycle tracks E 01 C 15/00) |
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7/ | 02 | . | made of road-metal without binders |
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7/ | 04 | . . | of broken stones, gravel, or like materials |
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7/ | 06 | . . | by melting, burning, or vitrifying road-metal in situ |
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7/ | 08 | . | made of road-metal and binders |
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7/ | 10 | . . | of road-metal and cement or like binders (cement or like binders, composition of mortars C 04 B) |
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7/ | 12 | . . . | Mortar-bound paving |
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7/ | 14 | . . . | Concrete paving |
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7/ | 16 | . . . . | Prestressed concrete paving |
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7/ | 18 | . . | of road-metal and bituminous binders |
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7/ | 20 | . . . | Binder incorporated in cold state, e.g. natural asphalt |
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7/ | 22 | . . . | Binder incorporated in hot state, e.g. heated bitumen |
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7/ | 24 | . . . | Binder incorporated as an emulsion or solution (making dispersions or emulsions for road building C 04 B) |
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7/ | 26 | . . . | mixed with other materials, e.g. cement, rubber, leather, fibre |
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7/ | 30 | . . | of road-metal and other binders, e.g. synthetic material |
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7/ | 32 | . . | of courses of different kind made in situ |
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7/ | 34 | . . . | made of several courses which are not bound to each other |
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7/ | 35 | . . | Topping or surface dressings; Methods of mixing, impregnating, or spreading them |
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7/ | 36 | . | by subjecting soil to stabilisation |
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9/ | 00 | Special pavings (specially adapted for playgrounds or sports grounds E 01 C 13/00, for footpaths, sidewalks or cycle tracks E 01 C 15/00) |
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9/ | 02 | . | Wheel tracks (rail tracks for guiding vehicles E 01 B 25/28) |
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9/ | 04 | . | Pavings for railroad level-crossings |
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9/ | 06 | . | Pavings adjacent tramways rails |
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9/ | 08 | . | Temporary pavings (steel gratings E 01 C 9/10) |
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9/ | 10 | . | Steel gratings (gully gratings E 03 F 5/06; as building elements in general E 04 C) |
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11/ | 00 | Details of pavings |
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11/ | 02 | . | Arrangement or construction of joints; Methods of making joints; Packing for joints (sealing joints not restricted to road or airfield paving E 04 B 1/68) |
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11/ | 04 | . . | for cement concrete paving |
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11/ | 06 | . . . | Methods of making joints |
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11/ | 08 | . . . | Packing of metal |
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11/ | 10 | . . . | Packing of plastic or elastic materials |
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11/ | 12 | . . . | Packing of metal and plastic or elastic materials |
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11/ | 14 | . . . | Dowel assembly |
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11/ | 16 | . | Reinforcements (for building in general E 04 C) |
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11/ | 18 | . . | for cement concrete pavings |
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11/ | 20 | . . . | for prestressed concrete pavings |
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11/ | 22 | . | Gutters; Kerbs (kerbs specially adapted for informing road users E 01 F 9/053) |
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11/ | 24 | . | Methods or arrangements for preventing slipperiness or protecting against influences of the weather |
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11/ | 26 | . . | Permanently-installed heating or blowing devices |
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13/ | 00 | Pavings or foundations specially adapted for playgrounds or sports grounds (general layout A 63 C 19/00) |
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13/ | 02 | . | Foundations, e.g. with drainage or heating arrangements [6] |
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13/ | 04 | . | Pavings made of prefabricated single units (E 01 C 13/08, E 01 C 13/10 take precedence) [6] |
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13/ | 06 | . | Pavings made in situ (E 01 C 13/08, E 01 C 13/10 take precedence) [6] |
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13/ | 08 | . | Surfaces simulating grass [6] |
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13/ | 10 | . | Artificial surfaces for outdoor or indoor practice of snow or ice sports (E 01 C 13/08 takes precedence) [6] |
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13/ | 12 | . . | for snow sports [6] |
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15/ | 00 | Pavings specially adapted for footpaths, sidewalks, or cycle tracks |
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17/ | 00 | Pavement lights, i.e. translucent constructions forming part of the surface (blocks specially designed for marking roads E 01 F 9/04) |
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Machines, tools, or auxiliary devices for constructing or repairing the surfacing of roads or like structures (constructing the road bed E 02 D, E 02 F) |
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19/ | 00 | Machines, tools, or auxiliary devices for preparing or distributing paving materials, for working the placed materials, or for forming, consolidating, or finishing the paving (surface stabilisation E 01 C 21/00; apparatus specially adapted for reconditioning or repairing paving E 01 C 23/00) |
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19/ | 02 | . | for preparing the materials |
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19/ | 05 | . . | Crushing, pulverising, or disintegrating apparatus (in general B 02 C); Aggregate screening, cleaning, or heating apparatus |
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19/ | 08 | . . | Apparatus for transporting and melting asphalt, bitumen, tar, or the like (stationarily-arranged melting boilers for tar, asphalt, or the like, in general C 10 C 3/12) |
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19/ | 12 | . | for distributing granular or liquid materials (E 01 C 23/07 takes precedence; for filling joints or grooves E 01 C 23/02, E 01 C 23/09) |
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19/ | 15 | . . | for laying-down uncoated stone or similar materials, or for striking-off or spreading same without compacting, e.g. for crushed rock base courses, sand cushions for paving (E 01 C 19/52 takes precedence; distributing E 01 C 19/20) |
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19/ | 16 | . . | for applying or spreading liquid materials, e.g. bitumen slurries (E 01 C 19/45, E 01 C 23/02, E 01 C 23/03, E 01 C 23/16 take precedence; spraying or spreading liquids or other fluent materials to surfaces in general B 05) |
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19/ | 17 | . . . | Application by spraying |
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19/ | 18 | . . | Devices for distributing road-metals mixed with binders, e.g. cement, bitumen, without consolidating or ironing effect (E 01 C 19/20, E 01 C 19/47 take precedence; conveying installations for concrete or the like B 65 G) |
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19/ | 20 | . . | Apparatus for distributing, e.g. spreading, granular or pulverulent materials, e.g. sand, gravel, salt, dry binders (fertiliser distributors A 01 C 15/00) |
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19/ | 21 | . . | for simultaneously but separately applying liquid material and granular or pulverulent material, e.g. bitumen and grit, with or without spreading |
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19/ | 22 | . | for consolidating or finishing laid-down unset materials (E 01 C 23/02 takes precedence; apparatus for generating vibrations in general B 06 B) |
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19/ | 23 | . . | Rollers therefor; Such rollers usable also for compacting soil (E 01 C 19/43 takes precedence; specially adapted for agricultural purposes A 01 B 29/00; garden rollers A 01 G 1/12; making or maintaining surfaces of snow or ice E 01 H 4/00; solely for soil compaction E 02 D 3/026) |
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19/ | 24 | . . . | hand propelled (E 01 C 19/27 to E 01 C 19/29 take precedence) |
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19/ | 25 | . . . | propelled by animals or vehicles (E 01 C 19/26 to E 01 C 19/29 take precedence) |
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19/ | 26 | . . . | self-propelled or fitted to road vehicles (E 01 C 19/27 to E 01 C 19/29 take precedence) |
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19/ | 27 | . . . | with elastically-deformable rolling elements, e.g. pneumatic tyres (vibrating or impacting E 01 C 19/28) |
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19/ | 28 | . . . | Vibrated rollers or rollers subjected to impacts, e.g. hammering blows (E 01 C 19/29 takes precedence) |
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19/ | 29 | . . . | Rolling apparatus adapted to apply a rolling pressure less than its weight, e.g. roller finishers travelling on formrails |
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19/ | 30 | . . | Tamping or vibrating apparatus other than rollers (E 01 C 23/02, E 01 C 23/04 take precedence; vibrated depositing devices E 01 C 19/12; tamping or vibrating rollers E 01 C 19/28; portable percussion tools in general B 25 D; tamping or vibrating soil in general E 02 D 3/046) |
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19/ | 32 | . . . | Hand-held hand-actuated rammers or tampers |
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19/ | 34 | . . . | Power-driven rammers or tampers |
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19/ | 35 | . . . . | Hand-held or hand-guided tools (E 01 C 19/36 to E 01 C 19/40 take precedence) |
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19/ | 36 | . . . . | with direct-acting explosion chambers |
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19/ | 38 | . . . . | with means specifically for generating vibrations |
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19/ | 40 | . . . . | adapted to impart a smooth finish to the paving, e.g. tamping or vibrating finishers |
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19/ | 41 | . . | Apparatus having both rolling tools and ramming, tamping, or vibrating tools |
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19/ | 42 | . . | Machines for imparting a smooth finish to freshly-laid paving courses other than by rolling, tamping, or vibrating (for distributing only E 01 C 19/12) |
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19/ | 43 | . . | Machines or arrangements for roughening or patterning freshly-laid paving courses, e.g. indenting rollers |
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19/ | 44 | . . | Hand-actuated tools other than rollers, dampers, or vibrators, specially adapted for imparting a required surface finish to freshly-laid paving courses (E 01 C 19/43 takes precedence) |
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19/ | 45 | . | Portable apparatus for preparing, or for preparing and applying to the road, compound liquid binders, e.g. emulsified bitumen, fluxed asphalt (applying only E 01 C 19/16) |
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19/ | 46 | . | for preparing and placing the materials (E 01 C 19/45 takes precedence; making surfaces by mixing borrowed aggregate with binders E 01 C 21/00) |
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19/ | 47 | . . | Hydraulic cement concrete mixers combined with distributing means specially adapted for road building (concrete mixers per se B 28 C) |
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19/ | 48 | . | for laying-down the materials and consolidating them, or finishing the surface |
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19/ | 50 | . | Removable forms or shutterings for road-building purposes (E 01 C 23/02, E 01 C 23/04 take precedence; permanent forms E 01 C 3/00 to E 01 C 7/00; slip forms E 01 C 19/48); Devices or arrangements for forming individual paving elements, e.g. kerbs, in situ |
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19/ | 52 | . | Apparatus for laying individual preformed surface elements, e.g. kerbs (preforming and placing continuous strip E 01 C 19/46; forming paving elements in situ E 01 C 19/50) |
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21/ | 00 | Apparatus or processes for surface stabilisation for road building or like purposes, e.g. mixing borrowed aggregate with binder (stabilising soil under existing surfacing E 01 C 23/10; soil-conditioning or soil-stabilising materials C 09 K 17/00; soil-consolidation in general E 02 D 3/12) |
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21/ | 02 | . | Fusing, calcining, or burning soil in situ |
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23/ | 00 | Auxiliary devices or arrangements for constructing, repairing, reconditioning, or taking-up road or like surfaces (apparatus for reconditioning of salvaged non-hydraulic compositions E 01 C 19/10) |
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23/ | 01 | . | Devices or auxiliary means for setting-out or checking the configuration of new surfacing, e.g. templates, screed supports (form rails E 01 C 19/50); Applications of apparatus for measuring, indicating, or recording the surface configuration of existing surfacing, e.g. profilographs (E 01 C 23/07 takes precedence; measuring roughness or irregularity in general G 01 B) |
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23/ | 02 | . | Devices for making, treating, or filling grooves or like channels in not-yet-hardened paving, e.g. for joints or markings (surface patterning E 01 C 19/43); Removable forms therefor (non-removable forms E 01 C 11/02); Devices for introducing inserts or removable insert-supports in not-yet-hardened paving (E 01 C 23/04 takes precedence; non-removable insert supports E 01 C 11/02) |
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23/ | 03 | . | Arrangements for curing paving; Devices for applying curing means; Devices for laying prefabricated underlay, e.g. sheets, membranes (reinforcing elements E 01 C 23/04); Protecting paving under construction or while curing, e.g. use of tents (road barriers E 01 F 13/00) |
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23/ | 04 | . | Devices for laying reinforcing elements or dowel bars; Removable supports for reinforcing elements (non-removable supports therefor E 01 C 11/16; side forms adapted to supporting reinforcement E 01 C 19/50); Devices, e.g. removable forms, for making essentially horizontal ducts in paving, e.g. for prestressed reinforcement |
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23/ | 05 | . | Devices for installing or removing forms |
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23/ | 06 | . | Devices or arrangements for working the finished surface (working freshly-laid paving E 01 C 19/42 to E 01 C 19/44, E 01 C 23/02; mining picks E 21 C 35/18); Devices for repairing the surface of damaged paving [6] |
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23/ | 07 | . . | Apparatus combining measurement of the surface configuration of paving with application of material in proportion to the measured irregularities (measuring means only E 01 C 23/01) |
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23/ | 08 | . . | for roughening or patterning; for removing high spots or material bonded to the surface, e.g. markings (removing matter not bonded to the surface E 01 H 1/00; roughening or detaching ice E 01 H 5/12) |
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23/ | 082 | . . . | using non-powered tools [6] |
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23/ | 085 | . . . | using power-driven tools, e.g. vibratory tools [6] |
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23/ | 088 | . . . . | Rotary tools, e.g. milling drums [6] |
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23/ | 10 | . . | for raising or levelling sunken paving; for filling voids under paving; for introducing material into substructure (consolidating soil in general E 02 D 3/12) |
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23/ | 12 | . . | for taking-up, tearing-up, or breaking-up paving (adapted to both placing and removing paving E 01 C 19/52) |
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23/ | 14 | . | for heating or drying foundation, paving, or materials thereon, e.g. paint (E 01 C 23/03 takes precedence; heating or drying devices incorporated in the paving E 01 C 11/26; surface stabilisation by fusing, calcining, or burning soil in situ E 01 C 21/02; for street cleaning E 01 H 1/08; melting snow or ice on surfacing E 01 H 5/10) |
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23/ | 16 | . | Devices for marking-out, applying, or forming traffic or like markings on finished paving (E 01 C 23/14 takes precedence; inserting or forming in not-yet-hardened paving E 01 C 23/02, in recesses formed in fully-set paving E 01 C 23/09; marking-out playing courts or playgrounds A 63 C 19/06; applying liquids or other fluent materials to surfaces in general B 05; road surface markings per se E 01 F 9/04); Protecting fresh markings |
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23/ | 18 | . . | for applying prefabricated markings [6] |
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23/ | 20 | . . | for forming markings in situ [6] |
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23/ | 22 | . . . | by spraying [6] |
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23/ | 24 | . . . | by pouring [6] |
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