CPC Definition - Subclass E02B
This place covers:
Big scale hydraulic projects for controlling water or water level (groundwater, seawater, rivers, lakes) and small scale models for such projects.
Methods and devices relating to use or control of ice, e.g. protection against ice strains or use of ice formation.
Small-scale models for modelling big scale projects.
This place does not cover:
Protection of offshore constructions against ice-loads | |
Ice-structures as artificial islands | |
Computer-models of water flow |
This place covers:
Protecting, maintaining or preparing waterways or the border between water and land for use.
Garden ponds per se are classified in A01K 63/00, the constructional features of ponds are classified in E02B 3/00.
This place does not cover:
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Garden ponds | |
Foundations under water or at the border between land and water |
This place covers:
Structures for protection against beach erosion, in general not completely submerged, but close to shoreline;
Flood protection devices.
This place does not cover:
Sealings or joints | |
Artificial reefs specially adapted to fish farming | |
Flood protection for buildings | |
Flood protection for building openings |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Breakwaters, which may be similar in construction and effect, but are generally completely submerged in use | |
Sand bags |
Protection by mechanically induced liquid or gas streams is classified in E02B 1/003 and takes precedence.
In this place, the following terms or expressions are used with the meaning indicated:
Quay wall | fixed construction forming the coast line for mooring boats |
Groyne | breakwater perpendicular to coast line |
Breakwater | construction for coast protection, generally positioned underwater |
Pier | fixed construction on pillars perpendicular to coast line |
Mole | massive construction perpendicular to coast line |
This place covers:
Devices for covering water borders or the sea floor for protection.
Revetment of slopes for other purposes, e.g. roadsides, are classified in E02D.
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Gabions with vegetation for sound protection | |
Placing concrete under water | |
Gabions in general |
Methods are classified in the group of the corresponding product.
This place covers:
Devices on shore or fixed in the water for accommodating ships.
This place does not cover:
Similar devices mounted on ships | |
Anchoring of ships | |
Buoys | |
Equipment specially adapted for use in locks or dry docks |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Bollards | |
Access bridges for ships | |
Net barriers for harbour defence |
This place covers:
Constructional aspects of canals, e.g. irrigation canals or water traffic canals.
This place does not cover:
Water ways for water power plants | |
Irrigation of soil |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Placing concrete under water |
This place covers:
Devices used in free flow canals for enhancing usability of the canal.
This place does not cover:
Arresting devices with endlessly moving parts | |
Mechanical filtering in general | |
Arresting devices with Archimedean screw |
This place covers:
Gratings without moving parts for separating solid materials from water or sewage.
This place covers:
Devices placed perpendicularly to stream direction for controlling or temporarily interrupting water flow.
This place does not cover:
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Handling material for hydraulic engineering | |
Making embankments |
E02B 7/205: automatically functioning barrages, the automatic functioning being essential. Those devices are also classified in the respective subclass E02B 7/26 -E02B 7/50 relating to their form.
This place covers:
Subparts of barrages or of the water body created by a barrage, devices for maintaining functioning of barrage or body of water; e.g. energy dissipating devices carried by lock or dry-dock gates.
This place does not cover:
Removing sediments from natural waterways | |
Cleaning or keeping clear the surface of open water |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Filters with moving filtering elements | |
Devices for removing solid materials from water using archimedian screws for transporting the removed material out of the canal |
Devices for controlling sedimentation within flowing water, devices for removing sediments from bodies of water behind barrages are classified in E02B 8/02.
Filtering devices for water and sewage having endlessly moving parts are classified in E02B 8/026.
This place covers:
Constructional aspects of water power plants and their related water bearing parts.
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Hydraulic motors | |
Power stations with machines or engines for liquid |
Documents with details of means for energy production should also to be classified in subclass F03B.
This place covers:
Methods and devices for horizontal drainage of ground in general.
This place does not cover:
Improving or stabilising soil by managing underground water flow | |
Drainage of sewage into the ground |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Perforated pipes for irrigation | |
Draining sports grounds | |
Constructional features of pipes, pipe-laying |
This place covers:
Open free flow water channels for irrigation;
Devices for sequential water distribution, e.g. between several irrigation channels or seepage drains.
This place does not cover:
Retaining waterborne material in irrigation canals | |
Other irrigation methods and systems, e.g. for agriculture, horticulture | |
Built-in irrigation systems for sports fields | |
Open sewage channels |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Retaining waterborne material in irrigation canals |
This place covers:
Floating barriers and devices for controlling and/or collecting oil pollution on open water surfaces, e.g. sea, harbours, lakes, rivers).
This place does not cover:
Separation in general | |
General constructional aspects of waterborne vessels | |
Emptying sunken ships | |
Covering oil spills on well heads |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Constructional features of waterborne vessels specially adapted for collecting pollution from open water | |
Cleaning of water in swimming or splash baths or pools |
This place covers:
Constructional features of ground-based offshore constructions;
Method for their installation or removal.
This place does not cover:
Anchoring floating platforms | |
Floating or semi-submersible offshore platforms | |
Construction methods for floating platforms | |
Constructional features of underwater reservoirs |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Subsea foundations |