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 | PERMANENT WAY ; PERMANENT-WAY TOOLS ; MACHINES FOR MAKING RAILWAYS OF ALL KINDS ( derailing or rerailing blocks on track, track brakes or retarders B61K ) |
| Guide Heading: | Structure of the permanent way for railways or tramways |
| Ballastway ; Other means for supporting the sleepers or the track ; Drainage of the ballastway ( draining by trenches, culverts, or conduits E01F 5/00 ) |
E01B 1/001 | . | { Track with ballast } |
| E01B 1/002 | . | { Ballastless track, e.g. concrete slab trackway, or with asphalt layers } |
E01B 1/004 | . . | { with prefabricated elements embedded in fresh concrete or asphalt } |
E01B 1/005 | . . | { with sleeper shoes } |
E01B 1/007 | . . | { with interlocking means to withstand horizontal forces } |
E01B 1/008 | . | { Drainage of track } |
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E01B 2/003 | . | { Arrangement of tracks on bridges or in tunnels } |
E01B 2/006 | . | { Deep foundation of tracks } |
| Transverse or longitudinal sleepers ( for switches or crossings E01B 7/22 ) ; Other means resting directly on the ballastway for supporting rails |
| E01B 3/02 | . | made from wood ( drying or impregnating B27K ) |
| E01B 3/04 | . . | Means for preventing cleaving |
E01B 3/06 | . . . | Anti-cracking dogs |
E01B 3/08 | . . . | Straps E01D3/06 or bands for hooping or encircling sleepers ( apparatus for hooping wooden railway sleepers on the spot E01B 31/28 ) |
E01B 3/10 | . . | Composite sleepers |
E01B 3/12 | . . | Longitudinal sleepers ; Longitudinal sleepers integral or combined with tie-rods ; Combined longitudinal and transverse sleepers |
E01B 3/14 | . . | Slabs ; Blocks ; Fastening tie-rods to them |
| E01B 3/16 | . | made from steel |
E01B 3/18 | . . | Composite sleepers |
E01B 3/20 | . . | Sleeper construction for special purposes, e.g. with openings for ballast working ( sleepers for shiftable track for heavy loads E01B 23/12 ) |
E01B 3/22 | . . | Longitudinal sleepers ; Longitudinal sleepers integral or combined with tie-rods ; Combined longitudinal and transverse sleepers |
E01B 3/24 | . . | Slabs ; Blocks ; Pot sleppers ; Fastening tie-rods to them |
E01B 3/26 | . . | combined with inserts of wood artificial stone or other material |
| E01B 3/28 | . | made from concrete or from natural or artificial stone ( manufacture B28 ) |
E01B 3/30 | . . | Hollow sleepers |
| E01B 3/32 | . . | with armouring or reinforcement ( hollow sleepers E01B 3/30 ) |
E01B 3/34 | . . . | with pre-tensioned armouring or reinforcement ( pre-tensioned armouring or reinforcing elements E04C 5/00 ) |
E01B 3/36 | . . | Composite sleepers |
E01B 3/38 | . . | Longitudinal sleepers ; Longitudinal sleepers integral or combined with tie-rods ; Combined longitudinal and transverse sleepers ; Layers of concrete supporting both rails |
E01B 3/40 | . . | Slabs ; Blocks ; Pot sleepers ; Fastening tie-rods to them |
E01B 3/42 | . . | combined with inserts of wood or other material |
E01B 3/44 | . | made from other materials only if the material is essential |
E01B 3/46 | . |
E01B 3/48 | . | Distance keepers or tie-rods for sleepers |
| Rails ; Guard rails ( manufacture of rails B21B ) ; Distance-keeping means for them |
| E01B 5/02 | . | Rails |
E01B 5/04 | . . | Grooved rails |
E01B 5/06 | . . | Reversible or invertible rails |
| E01B 5/08 | . . | Composite rails ; Compound rails with dismountable or non-dismountable parts |
E01B 5/12 | . . | Rails with a foot serving as a sleeper |
E01B 5/14 | . . | Rails for special parts of the track, e.g. for curves |
E01B 5/16 | . | Distance keepers |
E01B 5/18 | . | Guard rails ; Connecting, fastening or adjusting means therefor |
| Switches ; Crossings ( operating mechanisms B61L ) |
| E01B 7/02 | . | Tongues ; Associated constructions |
E01B 7/04 | . . | Constructions with tongues turning about a vertical pivot at the end |
E01B 7/06 | . . | Constructions with flexible tongues or flexible fishplates |
E01B 7/08 | . . | Other constructions of tongues, e.g. tilting about an axis parallel to the rail, movable tongue blocks or rails |
| E01B 7/10 | . | Frogs |
E01B 7/12 | . . | Fixed frogs made of one part or composite |
E01B 7/14 | . . | with movable parts |
E01B 7/16 | . . | Jump-over frogs |
E01B 7/18 | . | Combinations of switches and crossings |
E01B 7/20 | . | Safety means for switches, e.g. switch point protectors, auxiliary or guiding rail members |
E01B 7/22 | . | Special sleepers for switches or crossings ; Fastening means therefor |
E01B 7/24 | . | Heating of switches |
E01B 7/26 | . | Lubricating of switches ( lubricating of rails B61K 3/00 ) |
| E01B 7/28 | . | Crossings |
| Fastening rails on sleepers, or the like ( fastening rails to bridges E01D 19/12 ) |
| . | Fastening rails, tie-plates, or chairs directly on sleepers or foundations ; Means therefor |
| E01B 9/04 | . . | Fastening on wooden or concrete sleepers or on masonry without clamp members |
| E01B 9/06 | . . . | Railways spikes ( nails in general F16B ) |
E01B 9/10 | . . . | Screws or bolts for sleepers ( screws or bolts in general F16B ) |
E01B 9/12 | . . . | Retaining or locking devices for spikes or screws |
| E01B 9/14 | . . . | Plugs, sleeves, thread linings, or other inserts for holes in sleepers ( inserting plugs or sleeves E01B 31/26 ) |
E01B 9/20 | . . . | by keys |
| E01B 9/22 | . . | Fastening on steel sleepers without clamp members |
| E01B 9/28 | . . | Fastening on wooden or concrete sleepers or on masonry with clamp members |
| E01B 9/32 | . . | Fastening on steel sleepers with clamp members |
E01B 9/36 | . . | Metal sole-plates for rails which rails are directly fastened to sleepers |
| E01B 9/38 | . | Indirect fastening of rails by using tie-plates or chairs ; Fastening of rails on the tie-plates or in the chairs |
| E01B 9/40 | . . | Tie-plates for flat-bottom rails ( manufacture B21 ) |
| E01B 9/44 | . . | Fastening the rail on the tie-plate |
| E01B 9/54 | . . | Rail chairs |
E01B 9/58 | . . | Fastening the rail in the chair |
E01B 9/60 | . | Rail fastenings making use of clamps or braces supporting the side of the rail |
E01B 9/62 | . | Rail fastenings incorporating resilient supports |
E01B 9/64 | . | Rail fastenings gripping or encircling the sleeper |
E01B 9/66 | . | Rail fastenings allowing the adjustment of the position of the rails, so far as not included in the preceding groups |
| E01B 9/68 | . | Pads or the like, e.g. of wood, rubber, placed under the rail, tie-plate, or chair NOTE -
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| Rail joints ( electrical connection of the rail B60M 5/00 ) |
| E01B 11/02 | . | Dismountable rail joints |
| E01B 11/04 | . . | Flat fishplates |
E01B 11/08 | . . | Angle fishplates |
E01B 11/10 | . . | Fishplates with parts supporting or surrounding the rail foot |
E01B 11/12 | . . | Fishplates engaging only the rail foot |
E01B 11/14 | . . | Rail foot flange clips in one piece |
E01B 11/16 | . . | Fishplates for joining rails of different sections |
E01B 11/18 | . . | Fishplates for temporarily repairing broken rails |
| E01B 11/20 | . . | with gap-bridging |
| E01B 11/22 | . . . | by parts of the rails |
E01B 11/24 | . . . . | with oblique or overlapping rail ends |
E01B 11/26 | . . . . | with interlocking rail ends |
| E01B 11/28 | . . . | by parts of the joining members |
| E01B 11/32 | . . . | by separate parts, Inserts bridging both rail heads |
| E01B 11/36 | . . | Fastening means for fishplates |
E01B 11/38 | . . . | Loking arrangements for fastening means ( locking means for nuts or bolts in general F16B ) |
E01B 11/40 | . . | Dismountable rail joints combined with welded parts |
E01B 11/42 | . | Joint constructions for relatively movable rails, e.g. rails on turntables, traversers, or swing bridges |
| E01B 11/44 | . | Non-dismountable rail joints ; Welded joints ( welding methods B23K ) |
E01B 11/46 | . . | General methods for making gapless tracks |
E01B 11/48 | . . | Joints made by flame welding |
E01B 11/50 | . . | Joints made by electric welding |
E01B 11/52 | . . | Joints made by alumino-thermal welding |
E01B 11/54 | . | Electrically-insulating rail joints |
| E01B 11/56 | . | Special arrangements for supporting rail ends ( foot supports E01B 11/08 to E01B 11/14 ) |
| Arrangements preventing shifting of the track |
E01B 15/00 | Guards for preventing a person`s foot being trapped in grooved rails |
E01B 17/00 | Cattle guards connected to the permanent way ( grids in general for preventing cattle from straying A01K 3/00 ) |
| Protection of permanent way against development of dust or against the effect of wind, sun, frost, or corrosion ; Means to reduce development of noise ( snow fences E01F 7/02 , snow-ploughs E01H 8/02 , watering E01H 11/00 ) |
E01B 19/003 | . | { Means for reducing the development or propagation of noise } |
E01B 19/006 | . | { Means for protecting the underground against spillage } |
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E01B 21/02 | . | Special supporting means ; Draining of rails |
E01B 21/04 | . | Special fastenings, joint constructions, or tie-rods |
| Easily dismountable or movable tracks, e.g. temporary railways ; Details specially adapted therefor |
| E01B 23/02 | . | Tracks for light railways, e.g. for field, colliery, or mine use |
E01B 23/08 | . | Temporary tracks for use while repairing tramways |
| E01B 23/10 | . | Shiftable tracks for heavy loads, e.g. carrying excavators |
E01B 23/12 | . . | Sleepers |
E01B 23/14 | . . | Fastening or joining means ( fastening of rails by keys E01B 9/24 ) |
E01B 23/16 | . . | Switches |
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| E01B 25/02 | . | Tracks for rack railways |
E01B 25/04 | . . | Rack rails ; Supports or connections for rack rails |
E01B 25/06 | . . | Switches ; Frogs ; Crossings |
| E01B 25/08 | . | Tracks for mono-rails with centre of gravity of vehicle above the load-bearing rail |
E01B 25/10 | . . | Mono-rails ; Auxiliary balancing rails ; Supports or connections for rails |
E01B 25/12 | . . | Switches ; Crossings |
| E01B 25/14 | . | Tracks for cable-drawn railway vehicles |
| E01B 25/16 | . | Tracks for aerial rope railways with a stationary rope |
E01B 25/18 | . . | Ropers ; Supports, fastening or straining means for ropes ( ropes in general D07B ; masts E04H 12/00 ; ropes sockets F16G ) |
E01B 25/20 | . . | Switches ; Crossings |
| E01B 25/22 | . | Tracks for railways with the vehicle suspended from rigid supporting rails |
E01B 25/24 | . . | Supporting rails ; Auxiliary balancing rails ; Supports or connections for rails |
E01B 25/26 | . . | Switches ; Crossings |
E01B 25/28 | . | Rail tracks for guiding vehicles when running on road or similar surface ( wheel tracks on roads E01C 9/02 ) |
| E01B 25/30 | . | Tracks for magnetic suspension or levitation vehicles |
| Tracks or track components not covered by any one of the preceding groups |
| Guide Heading: |
| Placing, renewing, working, cleaning, or taking-up the ballast, with or without concurrent work on the track ; Devices therefor ; Packing sleepers |
| E01B 27/02 | . | Placing the ballast ; Making ballastway ; Redistributing ballasting material ; Machines or devices therefor ; Levelling means |
E01B 27/021 | . . | { by devices moving underneath the track, e.g. ballast sleighs } |
E01B 27/022 | . . | { by devices moving on the track with or without spreading or levelling } |
| E01B 27/023 | . . | { Spreading, levelling or redistributing ballast already placed } |
E01B 27/025 | . . . | { by means of non-driven tools } |
E01B 27/026 | . . . | { by means of driven tools, e.g. rotating brooms or digging devices } |
E01B 27/027 | . . | { Loosening ballasting material } |
E01B 27/028 | . . | { Compacting ballasting material; Performing ballast cores or seats for sleepers } |
E01B 27/04 | . | Removing the ballast ; Machines therefor, whether or not additionally adapted for taking-up ballast ( E01B 27/06 , E01B 27/12 takes precedence; redistributing ballasting material E01B 27/02 ) |
| E01B 27/06 | . | Renewing or cleaning the ballast in situ, wih or without concurrent work on the track |
E01B 27/08 | . . | the track having been taken-up ( E01B 27/11 takes precedence ) |
| E01B 27/10 | . . | without taking-up track ( E01B 27/11 takes precedence ) |
E01B 27/102 | . . . | { Removing unwanted material without removing the ballast } |
E01B 27/105 | . . . | { the track having been lifted } |
E01B 27/107 | . . . | { along between the tracks only } |
E01B 27/11 | . . | combined with concurrent renewal of track components |
| E01B 27/12 | . | Packing sleepers, with or without concurrent work on the track ; Compacting track-carrying ballast |
| E01B 27/13 | . . | Packing sleepers, with or without concurrent work on the track ( preforming ballast cores or seats for sleepers E01B 27/02 ) |
E01B 27/14 | . . . | Manual tools or hand-held power tools therefor |
| E01B 27/16 | . . . | Sleeper-tamping machines |
E01B 27/20 | . . | Compacting the material of the track-carrying ballastway, e.g. by vibrating the track, by surface vibrators ( of trackless ballastway E01B 27/02 ; for packing sleepers E01B 27/12 ) |
| Laying, rebuilding, or taking-up tracks ; Tools or machines therefor ( E01B 27/00 , E01B 31/00 take precedence ) |
E01B 29/005 | . | { Making of concrete parts of the track in situ } |
E01B 29/02 | . | Transporting, laying, removing, or renewing lengths of assembled track, assembled switches, or assembled crossings ( E01B 29/04 takes precedence ) |
E01B 29/04 | . | Lifting or levelling of tracks ( lifting devices in general B66F ) |
E01B 29/05 | . | Transporting, laying, removing, or renewing both rails and sleepers ( as assembled units E01B 29/02 ) |
| E01B 29/06 | . | Transporting, laying, removing or renewing sleepers ( E01B 29/05 takes precedence; carrying devices B65G 7/12 ) |
| E01B 29/09 | . . | under, or from under, installed rails |
| E01B 29/10 | . . . | for inserting or removing sleepers |
E01B 29/13 | . . . | for moving sleepers in a direction parallel to the rails, e.g. for spacing or aligning them ( E01B 29/10 takes precedence ) |
E01B 29/14 | . . . | for lifting sleepers up to the rails ( lifting devices in general B66F ) |
| E01B 29/16 | . | Transporting, laying, removing, or replacing rails ; Moving rails placed on sleepers in the track ( E01B 29/05 takes precedence; moving or tilting heavy loads in general B65G 7/00 ) |
E01B 29/17 | . . | Lengths of rails assembled into strings, e.g. welded together |
E01B 29/20 | . . | Moving rails placed on installed sleepers in the plane track |
E01B 29/22 | . . | Raising rails from sleepers, e.g. for inserting sole-plates ( lifting devices in general B66F ) |
| E01B 29/24 | . | Fixing or removing detachable fastening means or accessories thereof ; Pre-assembling track components by detachable fastening means ( E01B 29/02 , E01B 31/26 take precedence ) |
E01B 29/26 | . . | the fastening means being spikes ( E01B 29/16 takes precedence; hand-held tools for nail or staple driving or extracting B25C ) |
| E01B 29/28 | . . | the fastening means being of screw-and-nut type ( portable apparatus for fixing or removing screws or the like B25B ) ; Apparatus therefor, adapted to additionally drilling holes |
E01B 29/32 | . | Installing or removing track components, not covered by the preceding groups, e.g. sole-plates, rail anchors ( E01B 31/26 takes precedence ) |
E01B 29/40 | . | Means or arrangements for temporarily supporting laid tracks, or rails or sleepers in the track ( temporary fishplates E01B 11/18 ) |
| E01B 29/42 | . | Undetachably joining or fastening track components in or on the track, e.g. by welding, by gluing ; Pre-assembling track components by gluing ; Sealing joints with filling components ( E01B 31/26 takes precedence; independent heating means E01B 31/18 ; welding in general B23K; gluing metal parts in general F16B 11/00 ) |
E01B 29/44 | . . | Methods for effecting joining of rails in the track, e.g. taking account of ambient temperature |
E01B 29/46 | . . | Devices for holding, positioning, or urging together the rail ends ( adjusting the joint by moving rails E01B 29/20 ) |
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| E01B 31/02 | . | Working rail or other metal track components on the spot |
E01B 31/04 | . . | Sectioning or slitting, e.g. by sawing, shearing, flame-cutting |
E01B 31/06 | . . | Making holes, e.g. by drilling, punching, flame-cutting |
E01B 31/08 | . . | Bending, e.g. for straightening rails or rail joints ( for aligning rail ends to be welded E01B 29/46 ) |
| E01B 31/12 | . . | Removing metal from rails, rail joints, or baseplates, e.g. for deburring welds, reconditioning worn rails |
E01B 31/18 | . . | Reconditioning or repairing worn or damaged parts on the spot, e.g. applying inlays, building-up rails by welding ( E01B 31/04 to E01B 31/12 take precedence ) ; Heating or cooling of parts on the spot, e.g. for reducing joint gaps, for hardening rails |
| E01B 31/20 | . | Working or treating non-metal sleepers in or on the line, e.g. marking, creosoting ( working metal sleepers E01B 31/02 ) |
| E01B 31/22 | . . | Cutting or grinding wooden sleepers, e.g. for forming rail seats ( E01B 31/24 takes precedence ) |
E01B 31/23 | . . . | Sectioning ( combined with removal of segments from track E01B 29/11 ) |
E01B 31/24 | . . | Forming, treating, reconditioning, or cleaning holes in sleepers ; Drilling-templates ( E01B 29/28 , E01B 31/26 take precedence ) |
E01B 31/26 | . . | Inserting or removing inserts or fillings for holes in sleepers, e.g. plugs, sleeves |
E01B 31/28 | . . | Applying or removing anti-splitting or like reinforcing means ( E01B 31/26 takes precedence; straps or bands therefor E01B 3/08 ) |
| Machines or devices for shifting tracks, with or without lifting, e.g.for aligning track, for shifting excavator track ( combined with sleeper packing machines E01B 27/17 ) |
| E01B 33/02 | . | for slewing, i.e. transversely shifting, in steps |
| E01B 33/06 | . | for slewing in a continuous operation, e.g. for tracks which carry excavators |
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| E01B 35/02 | . | for spacing, for cross levelling ; for laying-out curves |
| E01B 35/06 | . | for measuring irregularities in longitudinal direction |
E01B 35/12 | . | for measuring movement of the track or of the components thereof under rolling loads, e.g. depression of sleepers, increase of gauge |
E01B 37/00 | Making, maintaining, renewing, or taking-up the ballastway or the track, not provided for in a single one of groups E01B 27/00 to E01B 35/00 |
| Guide Heading: |
| E01B 2202/00 | Characteristics of moving parts of rail systems, e.g. switches, special frogs, tongues |
| E01B 2202/02 | . | Nature of the movement |
| E01B 2202/021 | . . | Turning or tilting or elastically bending |
E01B 2202/025 | . . | Pure translation |
| E01B 2202/027 | . . | Including a component perpendicular to the plane of the rails |
| E01B 2202/04 | . | Nature of the support or bearing |
E01B 2202/08 | . | Locking devices or mechanisms for inhibiting movement |
| E01B 2203/00 | Devices for working the railway-superstructure |
| E01B 2203/01 | . | with track |
E01B 2203/012 | . . | present, i.e. in its normal position |
E01B 2203/015 | . . | present but lifted |
E01B 2203/017 | . . | removed or not present yet |
| E01B 2203/02 | . | Removing or re-contouring ballast |
E01B 2203/021 | . . | Blowing |
E01B 2203/022 | . . | Horizontal chain |
E01B 2203/024 | . . | Inclined chain |
E01B 2203/025 | . . | Suction |
E01B 2203/027 | . . | Sweeping |
E01B 2203/028 | . . | Alternative ways |
| E01B 2203/03 | . | Displacing or storing ballast |
E01B 2203/032 | . . | with special use or configuration of conveyor belts |
| E01B 2203/034 | . . | using storing containers |
| E01B 2203/04 | . | Cleaning or reconditioning ballast or ground beneath |
E01B 2203/042 | . . | in situ, e.g. vacuum-cleaners |
E01B 2203/045 | . . | the ballast having been taken up |
E01B 2203/047 | . . | Adding material, e.g. tar, glue, protective layers |
| E01B 2203/06 | . | Placing ballast |
E01B 2203/062 | . . | New ballast |
E01B 2203/065 | . . | Re-use of ballast |
E01B 2203/067 | . . | Special methods for posing or quantifying ballast |
| E01B 2203/08 | . | Levelling ballast or ground beneath |
E01B 2203/10 | . | Track-lifting or-lining devices or methods |
| E01B 2203/12 | . | Tamping devices |
E01B 2203/122 | . . | for straight track |
E01B 2203/125 | . . | adapted for switches or crossings |
E01B 2203/127 | . . | vibrating the track surface |
| E01B 2203/14 | . | Way of locomotion or support |
E01B 2203/141 | . . | on the track to be treated |
E01B 2203/143 | . . | on a side-track |
E01B 2203/145 | . . | on the ballast |
E01B 2203/146 | . . | using other means than driven wheels as propulsion means |
E01B 2203/148 | . . | having wheelsets that can be displaced horizontally or vertically |
E01B 2203/15 | . | Reducing impact of devices on environment |
E01B 2203/16 | . | Guiding or measuring means, e.g. for alignment, canting, stepwise propagation |
E01B 2203/17 | . | continually advancing |
| E01B 2204/00 | Characteristics of the track and its foundations |
E01B 2204/01 | . | Elastic layers other than rail-pads, e.g. sleeper-shoes, bituconcrete |
E01B 2204/02 | . | Ballast bags |
E01B 2204/03 | . | Injecting, mixing or spraying additives into or onto ballast or underground |
E01B 2204/04 | . | Direct mechanical or chemical fixing of sleepers onto underground |
E01B 2204/05 | . | Use of geotextiles |
E01B 2204/06 | . | Height or lateral adjustment means or positioning means for slabs, sleepers or rails |
E01B 2204/07 | . | Drainage |
E01B 2204/08 | . | Deep or vertical foundation |
E01B 2204/09 | . | Ballastless systems |
E01B 2204/10 | . | Making longitudinal or transverse sleepers or slabs in situ or embedding them |
E01B 2204/11 | . | Embedded tracks, using prefab elements or injecting or pouring a curable material |
E01B 2204/12 | . | Floating rails or sleepers |
E01B 2204/13 | . | Dowels for slabs, sleepers or rail-fixings |
E01B 2204/14 | . | Vegetation on or around railway-tracks |
E01B 2204/15 | . | Layout or geometry of the track |
E01B 2204/16 | . | Specific granulometry of the ballast |
E01B 2205/00 | Electrical insulation of railway track parts |
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