1. CPC Sections
  2. CPC Section B
  3. CPC Class B61
  4. CPC Subclass B61K
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CPC
COOPERATIVE PATENT CLASSIFICATION
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B61K
AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR RAILWAYS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (energy-storing brakes B61H; protection of permanent way against weather influences E01B; rail cleaning, snow ploughs E01H) [2021-01]
WARNING

  • In this subclass non-limiting references (in the sense of paragraph 39 of the Guide to the IPC) may still be displayed in the scheme.
B61K 1/00
Transferring passengers, articles, or freight to and from moving trains; Slipping or coupling vehicles from or to moving trains [2013-01]
B61K 1/02
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transferring articles to and from moving trains, e.g. mailbag catchers [2013-01]
B61K 3/00
Wetting or lubricating rails or wheel flanges [2013-01]
B61K 3/02
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Apparatus therefor combined with vehicles [2013-01]
B61K 5/00
Apparatus for placing vehicles on the track; Derailers; Lifting or lowering rail vehicle axles or wheels (hoisting apparatus B66) [2017-08]
B61K 5/02
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Devices secured to the vehicles; Turntables integral with the vehicles [2013-01]
B61K 5/04
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Devices secured to the track [2013-01]
B61K 5/06
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Derailing or re-railing blocks [2013-01]
B61K 7/00
Railway stops fixed to permanent way; Track brakes or retarding apparatus fixed to permanent way; Sand tracks or the like (skids, wedges, vehicle-mounted scotch blocks B61H) [2013-01]
B61K 7/02
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Track brakes or retarding apparatus (operating mechanisms for track-mounted scotch blocks B61L) [2013-01]
B61K 7/025
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{Retarders of the mushroom type} [2013-01]
B61K 7/04
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with clamping action [2013-01]
B61K 7/06
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operated mechanically [2013-01]
B61K 7/08
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operated pneumatically or hydraulically [2013-01]
B61K 7/10
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electrodynamic (on vehicles B60L {; B61K 7/025 takes precedence}) [2013-01]
B61K 7/12
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electrically controlled {(B61K 7/025 takes precedence)} [2013-01]
B61K 7/14
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Sand or like tracks [2013-01]
B61K 7/16
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Positive railway stops [2013-01]
B61K 7/18
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Buffer stops [2013-01]
B61K 7/20
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Positive wheel stops [2013-01]
B61K 7/22
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Axle stops [2013-01]
B61K 9/00
Railway vehicle profile gauges; Detecting or indicating overheating of components; Apparatus on locomotives or cars to indicate bad track sections; General design of track recording vehicles [2013-01]
B61K 9/02
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Profile gauges, e.g. loading gauges [2013-01]
B61K 9/04
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Detectors for indicating the overheating of axle bearings and the like, e.g. associated with the brake system for applying the brakes in case of a fault [2013-01]
B61K 9/06
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by detecting or indicating heat radiation from overheated axles [2013-01]
B61K 9/08
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Measuring installations for surveying permanent way (applications of measuring apparatus or devices for track building purposes E01B 35/00; measuring techniques G01) [2013-01]
B61K 9/10
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for detecting cracks in rails or welds thereof [2013-01]
B61K 9/12
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Measuring or surveying wheel-rims (measuring techniques G01) [2013-01]
B61K 11/00
Serving peculiar to locomotives, e.g. filling with, or emptying of, water, sand, or the like at the depots (lifting or lowering axles or wheels B61K 5/00; filling stations for steam or pneumatic accumulator locomotives B61C 8/00; water or fuel supply fittings on locomotives B61C 17/02; refuelling locomotives with solid fuels B65G 67/18; washing or cleaning boilers F28G) [2017-08]
B61K 11/02
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Water columns for locomotives [2013-01]
B61K 13/00
Other auxiliaries or accessories for railways (safety belts or harnesses A62B 35/00) [2013-01]
B61K 13/02
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Starting aids for cars amplifying the drawbar pull and transmitting it to the wheels [2013-01]
B61K 13/04
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Passenger-warning devices attached to vehicles; Safety devices for preventing accidents to passengers when entering or leaving vehicles {(for preventing passengers from being injured by movements of doors B61D 19/026)} [2013-01]