CPC Definition - Subclass E04G
This place does not cover:
In this place, the following terms or expressions are used with the meaning indicated:
Scaffold | Temporary platform or support |
In patent documents, the following words/expressions are often used as synonyms:
- "formwork", "falsework", "shuttering" and "form"
This place covers:
Workmen's or safety scaffolds i.e. temporary platforms or supports, supported mainly by the ground.
Scaffolds supported essentially by the building are classified in E04G 3/00.
This place does not cover:
Component parts or accessories for scaffolds | |
Stagings, scaffolding, shores or struts usable both on slipways and in dry docks | |
Lifting devices for movable platforms or cabins, e.g. on vehicles, permitting workmen to place themselves in any desired position for carrying out required operations | |
Ladders in general, accessories specific therefor | |
Ladders with platforms | |
Platforms on, or for use on, ladders | |
Trestles (per se). Work benches, portable stands or supports for positioning portable tools or work to be operated on thereby of trestle type |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Shelves characterised by their constructional features |
E04G 1/18, B66F 11/04: Lifting devices for movable platforms or cabins, e.g. on vehicles, permitting workmen to place themselves in any desired position for carrying out required operations are classified in B66F 11/04; Scaffolds adjustable in height are classified in E04G 1/18.
E04G 1/32, F16M 11/00, B25H 1/08: Trestles per se are classified in F16M 11/00; Work benches, portable stands or supports for positioning portable tools or work to be operated on thereby of trestle type are classified in B25H 1/08; Scaffolds designed to provide support only at a low height using trestles are classified in E04G 1/32.
This place covers:
Scaffolds essentially comprising special means for supporting or forming platforms i.e. scaffolds with specific fastening features on the scaffold frame or on the board for supporting or forming platforms, e.g. hooks and corresponding holes.
This place does not cover:
Scaffold boards or planks i.e. plain scaffold boards of planks without specific fastening features, e.g. hooks or corresponding holes. | |
Clips or connections for securing boards, i.e. clips which are part of neither the plank or board not the scaffold frame | |
Ladders with platforms | |
Platforms on, or for use on, ladders |
E04G 1/15, E04G 5/08, E04G 7/28: Plain scaffold boards or planks without specific fastening means should be classified in E04G 5/08; Clips or connecting means for securing boards, i.e. clips which are part of neither the plank or board nor of the scaffold frame should be classified in E04G 7/28; Scaffolds essentially comprising specific fastening means on either the scaffold frame or on the board, e.g. hooks and corresponding holes, should be classified in E04G 1/15.
This place covers:
Workmen's or safety scaffolds (i.e. temporary platforms or supports) supported mainly by the building construction.
This place does not cover:
Scaffolds primarily resting on the ground | |
Component parts or accessories for scaffolds | |
Means for fastening, supporting, or bracing scaffolds on or against building constructions | |
Scaffold consoles or brackets | |
Safety or protective measures against falling down for persons during the construction of buildings, i.e. with the function of preventing or catching a fall and without the function of supporting the persons performing their normal work | |
Stagings, scaffolding, shores or struts usable both on slipways and in dry docks | |
Lifting devices for movable platforms or cabins, e.g. on vehicles, permitting workmen to place themselves in any desired position for carrying out required operations | |
Movable inspection or maintenance platforms, e.g. travelling scaffolding or vehicles specially designed to provide access to the undersides of bridges | |
Devices or arrangements allowing walking on the roof or in the gutter |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Arrangements for cleaning building facades i.e. the gondolas carrying the cleaning device of such arrangements are similar to the scaffolds' gondolas, however do not provide a support function for persons |
E04G 3/00, E04G 5/06, E04G 21/3204: Consoles or brackets to be fastened directly to the building and supporting persons performing their normal work are classified in E04G 3/00; Consoles or brackets to be fastened directly to the building with the function of preventing or catching a fall and without the function of supporting the persons performing their normal work are classified in E04G 21/3204; Consoles for scaffoldings are classified in E04G 5/06.
This place covers:
Accessories for scaffolds, in particular scaffolds' feet, fastening means to building construction, consoles or brackets, boards or planks, steps or ladders, canopies, railings and struts or stiffening rods, devices which are specifically designed to be attached to the scaffold and to store buildlng material or tools.
This place does not cover:
Scaffolds essentially comprising special means for supporting or forming platforms i.e. scaffolds with specific fastening features on the scaffold frame or on the board for supporting or forming platforms (e.g. hooks and corresponding holes, etc.) | |
Consoles or brackets essentially supported by building constructions and supporting persons performing their normal work | |
Connections between parts of the scaffold | |
Clips or connections for securing boards, i.e. clips which are part of neither the plank or board nor the scaffold frame | |
Safety or protective measures preventing damage to building parts or finishing work during construction | |
Safety or protective measures against falling down for persons during the construction of buildings, i.e. with the function of preventing or catching a fall and without the function of supporting the persons performing their normal work | |
Temporary arrangements for giving access from one level to another for men or vehicles, e.g. steps, ramps | |
Ladders in general | |
Fastenings in general |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Shelves characterised by their constructional features |
E04G 5/00, E04G 21/3204: Safety or protective measures against falling down for persons during the erection of scaffolding should be classified in E04G 5/00 not in E04G 21/3204.
E04G 3/00, E04G 5/06, E04G 21/3204: Consoles or brackets to be fastened directly to the building and supporting persons performing their normal work are classified in E04G 3/00; Consoles or brackets to be fastened directly to the building with the function of preventing or catching a fall and without the function of supporting the persons performing their normal work are classified in E04G 21/3204; Consoles for scaffoldings are classified in E04G 5/06.
E04G 5/08, E04G 1/15, E04G 7/28: Plain scaffold boards or planks without specific fastening means should be classified in E04G 5/08; Clips or connecting means for securing boards, i.e. clips which are part of neither the plank or board not the scaffold frame are classified in E04G 7/28; scaffolds essentially comprising specific fastening means on either the scaffold frame or on the board, e.g. hooks and corresponding holes are classified in E04G 1/15.
E04G 5/10, E04G 27/00: Steps or ramps as construction implements or construction aid are classified in E04G 27/00; Steps for scaffolds are classified in E04G 5/10
E04G 5/12, E04G 21/24: Details of scaffolds' canopies should be classified in E04G 5/12; Details about the use of scaffoldings with canopies to protect buildings during construction should be classified in E04G 21/24.
This place covers:
Connection between parts of the scaffold, e.g. with separate coupling elements e.g. ropes, cables, chains, clamps or with non-detachable coupling elements.
This place does not cover:
Scaffolds essentially comprising special means for supporting or forming platforms i.e. scaffolds with specific fastening features on the scaffold frame or on the board for supporting or forming platforms, e.g. hooks and corresponding holes. | |
Mobile scaffolds; Scaffolds with mobile platforms suspended by flexible supporting elements, e.g. cables. | |
Accessories for scaffolds, in particular scaffolds' feet, fastening means to building construction, consoles or brackets, boards or planks, steps or ladders, canopies, railings and struts or stiffening rods. | |
Scaffold boards or planks i.e. plain scaffold boards of planks without details of specific fastening features, e.g. hooks or corresponding holes. | |
Connections for (permanent) building structures in general | |
Connections in general | |
Connections of rods or tubes in general | |
Means for fastening cables or ropes to one another or to other objects |
E04G 7/28, E04G 1/15, E04G 5/08: Plain scaffold boards or planks without specific fastening means are classified in E04G 5/08; Clips or connecting means for securing boards, i.e. clips which are part of neither the plank or board not the scaffold frame are classified in E04G 7/28; scaffolds essentially comprising specific fastening means on either the scaffold frame or on the board, e.g. hooks and corresponding holes, are classified in E04G 1/15.
This place covers:
Forming or shuttering elements for general use, re-usable and to be used in situ.
This place does not cover:
Forms, shutterings, or falsework for making walls, floors, ceilings, or roofs, i.e. formworks showing features specific for the casting of walls, floors, ceiling | |
Falsework, forms, or shutterings for particular parts of buildings, e.g. stairs, steps, cornices, balconies, i.e. formworks showing features specific for the casting of particular parts of buildings, e.g. stairs, steps, cornices, balconies. | |
Forms or shutterings for making (i.e. formworks showing features specific for the casting of openings, cavities, slits, or channels) cf. . | |
Moulds; Cores; Mandrels to be used for prefabrication of elements in prefabrication plants rather than in-situ. |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Building elements of relatively thin form for the construction of parts of buildings, e.g. sheet materials, slabs, or panels | E02C2/00 |
This place covers:
Forms, shutterings, or falsework for making walls, floors, ceilings, or roofs, re-usable and to be used in situ.
This place does not cover:
Forming or shuttering elements for general use | |
Falsework, forms, or shutterings for particular parts of buildings, e.g. stairs, steps, cornices, balconies, i.e. formworks showing features specific for the casting of particular parts of buildings, e.g. stairs, steps, cornices, balconies | |
Forms or shutterings for making i.e. formworks showing features specific for the casting of openings, cavities, slits, or channels | |
Props, struts or chocks for the construction | |
Moulds for making units for prefabricated buildings, i.e. moulds for the prefabrication of units for prefabricated buildings in a prefabrication site rather than in situ | |
Structures made from masses, e.g. of concrete, cast or similarly formed in situ with or without making use of additional elements, such as permanent forms made of particular materials, e.g. layered products, rather than re-usable forms | |
Walls made by casting, pouring, or tamping in situ made in permanent forms rather than in re-usable forms | |
Floor structures wholly cast in situ with or without form units or reinforcements, i.e. floors with lost forms rather than re-usable forms |
E04G 11/00, B28B 7/22: Forms to be used in situ are classified in E04G 11/00; Forms to be used in prefabrication plants are classified in B28B 7/22.
E04G 11/00, E04B 5/32, E04B 1/167, E04B 2/86: Re-usable forms are classified in E04G 11/00; Lost forms are classified in E04B 5/32, E04B 1/167 or E04B 2/86.
E04G 11/48, E04G 25/00: Structures with features specific for supporting shutterings or frames for floors or roofs are classified in E04G 11/48; Props, struts and chocks for the construction in general are classified in E04G 25/00.
This place covers:
Falsework, forms, or shutterings for particular parts of buildings, e.g. stairs, steps, cornices, balconies, re-usable and to be used in situ.
This place does not cover:
Stop-end shutterings for floors, ceilings, or roofs of plane or curved surfaces | |
Moulds for making units for prefabricated buildings in a prefabrication site rather than in situ; Moulds for making prefabricated stair units in a prefabrication site rather than in situ | |
Removable forms or shutterings for road-building purposes | |
Flat foundations with lost forms rather than re-usable forms | |
Columns; Pillars; Struts of concrete other stone-like material, with or without permanent form elements, with or without internal or external reinforcement, e.g. metal coverings using permanent forms rather than in re-usable forms | |
Stairways; Layouts thereof, which are using permanent forms rather than in re-usable forms |
E04G 13/00, E02D 27/01: Re-usable forms for foundations are classified in E04G 13/00, foundations with lost forms are classified in E02D 27/01.
E04G 13/02, E04C 3/34: Re-usable forms for columns are classified in E04G 13/02, columns with lost forms are classified in E04C 3/34.
E04G 13/06, B28B 7/225, E04F 11/02: Re-usable forms for stairs to be used in situ are classified in E04G 13/06, forms for stairs to be used in a prefabrication plant are classified in B28B 7/225, stairs elements with lost shuttering are classified in E04F 11/02.
This place covers:
Forms or shutterings for making openings, cavities, slits, or channels, to be used in situ.
This place does not cover:
Forms forming part of shuttering for walls, e.g. double walls E04G 11/18 | |
Forms forming part of shuttering for double walls | |
Means in or on the elements for connecting same to handling apparatus, i.e. anchors in or on building elements specially adapted for handling these elements | |
Templates or adjusting tools for anchoring elements or elements to be incorporated in the structure | |
Arrangements specially adapted for the production of shaped articles with elements wholly or partly embedded in the moulding material, to be used in the prefabrication process in prefabrication plants; Core or mandrels to be used in the prefabrication process in prefabrication plants | |
Installations of electric cables or lines in or on buildings, distribution boxes |
E04G 15/04, E04G 21/142: Cores for the anchors are classified in E04G 15/04; Anchors per se are classified in E04G 21/142.
E04G 15/00, B28B 23/00, B28B 23/005, B28B 23/0056, B28B 7/28: Forms or shutterings for making openings, re-usable or lost, to be used in situ are classified in E04G 15/00; Forms or shutterings for making openings, to be used in the prefabrication process in prefabrication plants are classified in B28B 23/00, B28B 23/005, B28B 23/0056, B28B 7/28
E04G 15/06, H02G 3/08: electric distribution boxes are classified in H02G 3/08 not in E04G 15/06.
This place covers:
Connecting or other auxiliary members for forms, falsework structure, or shutterings, for re-usable forms to be used in situ.
This place does not cover:
Forms for rooms as a whole, by which walls and floors are cast simultaneously, whole storeys, or whole buildings | |
Forms for vertical ducts | |
Forms for columns | |
Struts fro the construction | |
Walls made by casting, pouring, or tamping in situ made in permanent forms with ties going through the forms. i.e. ties for lost forms |
E04G 17/04, E04B 2/8647: Ties for re-usable forms are classified in E04G 17/04; Ties for lost forms are classified in E04B 2/8647.
This place does not cover:
E04G 19/00, C10M: Lubricating compositions are classified in C10M not in E04G 19/00.
E04G 19/003, B66C 1/10: Arrangements for moving specifically forms from one place to the other are classified in E04G 19/003; Arrangements for moving general items from one place to the other are classified in B66C 1/10.
This place does not cover:
Component parts or accessories for scaffolds | |
Consoles; Brackets for scaffoldings | |
Canopies for scaffolds | |
Cores for anchor holes or the like | |
Struting existing buildings | |
Construction props or struts in general | |
Tying devices for hops, vines or trees with e.g. wire | |
Fastening devices for devices for lowering persons from buildings or the like | |
Devices for lowering persons from buildings or the like by making use of jumping devices, e.g. jumping-sheets, jumping-mattresses | |
Climbing tools, e.g. climbing irons for masts | |
Safety belts or body harnesses; Similar equipment for limiting displacement of the human body, especially in case of sudden changes of motion | |
Generating vibration is general | |
Workshop marking tools | |
Producing shaped articles | |
Arrangements specially adapted for the production of shaped articles with elements wholly or partly embedded in the moulding material, with anchoring or fastening elements for the shaped articles | |
Working concrete in general, e.g. mixing machines | |
Working stone-line materials | |
Cord-line chalkers | |
Bundling articles, details of, or auxiliary devices used in, bundling machines, securing ends of binding material by twisting | |
Bundling articles by twisting e.g. wire | |
Conveying in general | |
Lifting in general | |
Load-engaging elements or devices attached to lifting or lowering gear of cranes or adapted for connection therewith for transmitting lifting forces to articles or groups of articles by mechanical means comprising article-engaging members of a shape complementary to that of the articles to be handled for engaging holes, recesses, or abutments on articles specially provided for facilitating handling thereof for connection to anchor inserts embedded in concrete structures | |
Composition of concrete | |
Construction and surfacing of floorings made of similar material to roads or pavements | |
Road building | |
Barrages | |
Devices for solidifying also soil | |
Foundations | |
Ducts specially adapted to be used in prestressed construction | |
Anchoring devices specially adapted to be used in prestressed construction | |
Connections of reinforcing elements and spacers | |
Devices or arrangements allowing walking on the roof or in the gutter | |
Finishing work | |
Implements for after-treatment of plaster or the like, e.g. smoothing-tools, profile trowels | |
Adjusting tools, templates for coverings or linings | |
Implements for finishing work on buildings, for laying flooring of masses made in situ, e.g. smoothing tools | |
Devices for erecting fences | |
Concrete pumps | |
Measuring instruments |
E04G 21/122, B65B 13/28: Bundling machines specific for bundling reinforcement bars in position are classified in E04G 21/125; Bundling machines in general are classified in B65B 13/28.
E04G 21/142, E04G 15/04: Core for the anchors are classified in E04G 15/04; Building elements with the anchors per se are classified in E04G 21/142.
E04G 21/142, B66C 1/666: Building elements with the anchors per se are classified in E04G 21/142; Features used to attach the sling to the anchor are classified in B66C 1/666.
E04G 21/24, E04G 5/12: Details of scaffolds' canopies should be classified in E04G 5/12; Details about the use of scaffoldings with canopies to protect buildings during construction should be classified in E04G 21/24.
E04G 21/3204, E04G 3/00, E04G 5/06: Consoles or brackets to be fastened directly to the building and supporting persons performing their normal work are classified in E04G 3/00; Consoles or brackets to be fastened directly to the building with the function of preventing or catching a fall and without the function of supporting the persons performing their normal work are classified in E04G 21/3204; Consoles for scaffoldings are classified in E04G 5/06.
E04G 21/3204, E04G 5/00: Safety or protective measures against falling down for persons during the erection of scaffolding should be classified in E04G 5/00.
E04G 21/3204, A62B 1/00, A62B 35/00: Safety or protective measures against falling down for persons during the construction of buildings are classified in E04G 21/3204; Safety or protective measures against falling down for persons in general are classified in A62B 1/00, A62B 35/00.
E04G 21/3204, E04D 13/12: Safety or protective measures against falling down for persons during the construction of buildings are classified in E04G 21/3204; Devices or arrangements allowing walking on the roof or in the gutter are classified in E04D 13/12.
This place does not cover:
Struts or props for the construction | |
Domestic washing or cleaning (of e.g. floors or windows) | |
Cleaning in general | |
Shearing machines or shearing devices cutting by blades pivoted on a single axis | |
Grinding floors or walls | |
Removing of wall coverings | |
Removing of paint from surfaces | |
Compositions of filling material | |
Electrochemical desalination or re-alkalisation | |
Strengthening, widening, repairing of bridges | |
Straightening, lifting, or lowering of foundation structures or of constructions erected on foundations | |
Repair of damaged foundations or foundation structure | |
Mechanically-driven dredgers or soil shifting machines with arrangements on backhoes for alternate use of different metal-cutting or concrete-crushing implements | |
Drying damp layers by temporary mechanical ventilation | |
Reinforcing elements, e.g. for concrete; Auxiliary elements therefor | |
Finishing work | |
Repair or reinforcement of the post or pole | |
Wrecking of fences |
E04G 23/002, A47L, B08B: Cleaning of façades is classified in E04G 23/002; Domestic cleaning of e.g. floors and windows, is classified in A47L; Cleaning in general is classified in B08B.
E04G 23/02, C04B 41/00: Electrochemical desalination or re-alkalisation of buildings is classified in C04B 41/00 not in E04G 23/02.
E04G 23/0218, E04C 5/00: Retrofitting an existing building with new or additional reinforcement is classified in E04G 23/0218; Reinforcement to be applied in new building is classified in E04C 5/00.
E04G 23/0218, E02D 35/00, E02D 37/00: Repairing foundations of a building is classified in E02D 35/00 or E02D 37/00 respectively; Repairing a building is classified in E04G 23/02.
E04G 23/02, E04G 23/0218, E04H 12/2292: Repairing of buildings is classified in E04G 23/02, E04G 23/0218, Repairing of posts or poles is classified in E04H 12/2292.
Subject matter relating to working measures on existing buildings which are analogous to those used in constructing new buildings, are classified in the appropriate construction groups.
In this place, the following terms or expressions are used with the meaning indicated:
Building | In this group, the expression building defines a house, school, a store, etc. In this group, the expression building excludes other specialized civil works constructions such as bridges, dams, oil platform, nuclear plants, etc., working measures on such specialised constructions is usually dealt with in the subclasses/groups relating to these constructions |
This place covers:
Shores, struts or chocks for the construction industry.
This place does not cover:
Supporting structures for shutterings or frames for floors or roofs | |
Strutting means for wall parts during construction e.g. for holding in position prefabricated walls | |
Strutting of existing buildings | |
Bordering or stiffening the sides of ditches or trenches or narrow shafts for foundations | |
Props for mines |
E04G 25/00, E04G 11/48: Structures with features specific for supporting shutterings or frames for floors or roofs are classified in E04G 11/48; Props, struts and chocks for the construction in general are classified in E04G 25/00.
This place covers:
Temporary arrangements for giving access from one level to another for men or vehicles, e.g. steps, ramps, as building implement or building aid.
This place does not cover:
Steps or ladders specially adapted for scaffolds | |
Gangways for ships | |
Lifts | |
Ramps |
E04G 27/00, E04F 11/002: Steps or ramps as construction implements or construction aid are classified in E04G 27/00; Steps or ramps in general are classified in E04F 11/002.
E04G 27/00, E04G 5/10: Steps or ramps as construction implements or construction aid are classified in E04G 27/00; Steps for scaffolds are classified in E04G 5/10.