IPC 6 English version  E01C-E01C02324
SECTION E– FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS

E 01

CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, RAILWAYS, OR BRIDGES (of tunnels E 21 D)

E 01 C

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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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)

1/

02

Crossings, junctions, or interconnections between roads on the same level

1/

04

Road crossings on different levels; Interconnections between roads on different levels
Structure of roads, playgrounds, sports grounds, airfields

3/

00

Foundations for pavings (specially adapted for playgrounds or sports grounds E 01 C 13/02; foundations in general E 02 D)

3/

02

Concrete base for bituminous paving

3/

04

Foundations produced by soil stabilisation

3/

06

Methods or arrangements for protecting foundations from destructive influences of moisture, frost or vibration

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)

5/

02

made of natural stones, e.g. sett stones

5/

04

made of bricks

5/

06

made of units with cement or like binders

5/

08

. . 

Reinforced units

5/

10

. . . 

Prestressed reinforced units

5/

12

made of units with bituminous binders

5/

14

made of wooden units

5/

16

made of metallic units (steel gratings E 01 C 9/10)

5/

18

made of rubber units

5/

20

made of units of plastics (E 01 C 5/18 takes precedence)

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

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)

7/

02

made of road-metal without binders

7/

04

. . 

of broken stones, gravel, or like materials

7/

06

. . 

by melting, burning, or vitrifying road-metal in situ

7/

08

made of road-metal and binders

7/

10

. . 

of road-metal and cement or like binders (cement or like binders, composition of mortars C 04 B)

7/

12

. . . 

Mortar-bound paving

7/

14

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Concrete paving

7/

16

. . . . 

Prestressed concrete paving

7/

18

. . 

of road-metal and bituminous binders

7/

20

. . . 

Binder incorporated in cold state, e.g. natural asphalt

7/

22

. . . 

Binder incorporated in hot state, e.g. heated bitumen

7/

24

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Binder incorporated as an emulsion or solution (making dispersions or emulsions for road building C 04 B)

7/

26

. . . 

mixed with other materials, e.g. cement, rubber, leather, fibre

7/

30

. . 

of road-metal and other binders, e.g. synthetic material

7/

32

. . 

of courses of different kind made in situ

7/

34

. . . 

made of several courses which are not bound to each other

7/

35

. . 

Topping or surface dressings; Methods of mixing, impregnating, or spreading them

7/

36

by subjecting soil to stabilisation

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); Pavings for special parts of roads or airfields (pavement lights E 01 C 17/00; manholes or like covers or frames E 02 D 29/14)

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02

Wheel tracks (rail tracks for guiding vehicles E 01 B 25/28)

9/

04

Pavings for railroad level-crossings

9/

06

Pavings adjacent tramways rails

9/

08

Temporary pavings (steel gratings E 01 C 9/10)

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10

Steel gratings (gully gratings E 03 F 5/06; as building elements in general E 04 C)

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00

Details of pavings

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)

11/

04

. . 

for cement concrete paving

11/

06

. . . 

Methods of making joints

11/

08

. . . 

Packing of metal

11/

10

. . . 

Packing of plastic or elastic materials

11/

12

. . . 

Packing of metal and plastic or elastic materials

11/

14

. . . 

Dowel assembly

11/

16

Reinforcements (for building in general E 04 C)

11/

18

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for cement concrete pavings

11/

20

. . . 

for prestressed concrete pavings

11/

22

Gutters; Kerbs (kerbs specially adapted for informing road users E 01 F 9/053)

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24

Methods or arrangements for preventing slipperiness or protecting against influences of the weather

11/

26

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Permanently-installed heating or blowing devices

13/

00

Pavings or foundations specially adapted for playgrounds or sports grounds (general layout A 63 C 19/00)

13/

02

Foundations, e.g. with drainage or heating arrangements [6]

13/

04

Pavings made of prefabricated single units (E 01 C 13/08, E 01 C 13/10 take precedence) [6]

13/

06

Pavings made in situ (E 01 C 13/08, E 01 C 13/10 take precedence) [6]

13/

08

Surfaces simulating grass [6]

13/

10

Artificial surfaces for outdoor or indoor practice of snow or ice sports (E 01 C 13/08 takes precedence) [6]

13/

12

. . 

for snow sports [6]

15/

00

Pavings specially adapted for footpaths, sidewalks, or cycle tracks

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00

Pavement lights, i.e. translucent constructions forming part of the surface (blocks specially designed for marking roads E 01 F 9/04)

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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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)

19/

02

for preparing the materials

19/

05

. . 

Crushing, pulverising, or disintegrating apparatus (in general B 02 C); Aggregate screening, cleaning, or heating apparatus

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)

19/

10

. . 

Apparatus or plants for premixing or precoating aggregate or fillers with non-hydraulic binders, e.g. with bitumen, with resins; Apparatus for premixing non-hydraulic mixtures prior to placing or for reconditioning salvaged non-hydraulic compositions

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)

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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16

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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)

19/

17

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Application by spraying

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)

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)

19/

21

. . 

for simultaneously but separately applying liquid material and granular or pulverulent material, e.g. bitumen and grit, with or without spreading

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)

19/

23

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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)

19/

24

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hand propelled (E 01 C 19/27 to E 01 C 19/29 take precedence)

19/

25

. . . 

propelled by animals or vehicles (E 01 C 19/26 to E 01 C 19/29 take precedence)

19/

26

. . . 

self-propelled or fitted to road vehicles (E 01 C 19/27 to E 01 C 19/29 take precedence)

19/

27

. . . 

with elastically-deformable rolling elements, e.g. pneumatic tyres (vibrating or impacting E 01 C 19/28)

19/

28

. . . 

Vibrated rollers or rollers subjected to impacts, e.g. hammering blows (E 01 C 19/29 takes precedence)

19/

29

. . . 

Rolling apparatus adapted to apply a rolling pressure less than its weight, e.g. roller finishers travelling on formrails

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)

19/

32

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Hand-held hand-actuated rammers or tampers

19/

34

. . . 

Power-driven rammers or tampers

19/

35

. . . . 

Hand-held or hand-guided tools (E 01 C 19/36 to E 01 C 19/40 take precedence)

19/

36

. . . . 

with direct-acting explosion chambers

19/

38

. . . . 

with means specifically for generating vibrations

19/

40

. . . . 

adapted to impart a smooth finish to the paving, e.g. tamping or vibrating finishers

19/

41

. . 

Apparatus having both rolling tools and ramming, tamping, or vibrating tools

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)

19/

43

. . 

Machines or arrangements for roughening or patterning freshly-laid paving courses, e.g. indenting rollers

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)

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)

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)

19/

47

. . 

Hydraulic cement concrete mixers combined with distributing means specially adapted for road building (concrete mixers per se B 28 C)

19/

48

for laying-down the materials and consolidating them, or finishing the surface

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

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)

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)

21/

02

Fusing, calcining, or burning soil in situ

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)

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)

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)

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)

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

23/

05

Devices for installing or removing forms

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]

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)

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)

23/

082

. . . 

using non-powered tools [6]

23/

085

. . . 

using power-driven tools, e.g. vibratory tools [6]

23/

088

. . . . 

Rotary tools, e.g. milling drums [6]

23/

09

. . 

for forming cuts, grooves, or recesses, e.g. for making joints or channels for markings, for cutting-out sections to be removed; for cleaning, treating, or filling cuts, grooves, recesses, or fissures; for trimming paving edges

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)

23/

12

. . 

for taking-up, tearing-up, or breaking-up paving (adapted to both placing and removing paving E 01 C 19/52)

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)

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

23/

18

. . 

for applying prefabricated markings [6]

23/

20

. . 

for forming markings in situ [6]

23/

22

. . . 

by spraying [6]

23/

24

. . . 

by pouring [6]

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