CPC Definition - Subclass A47K
This place covers:
Sanitary equipment for bathrooms and their accessories, e.g.:
- Wash-stands; Baths; Showers, sinks, wash-basins, closets or urinals;
- Holders or dispensers for soap, toothpaste or the like;
- Body washing or cleaning implements;
- Body-drying implements; Toilet paper; Holders therefor;
- Chamber pots; Chairs with toilet conveniences or specially adapted for use with toilets; or
- Seats or covers for all kinds of closets.
This place covers:
Wash-stands for personal hygiene or their appurtenances, e.g. holding devices or accessories.
Examples of places where the subject matter of this place is covered when specially adapted, used for a particular purpose, or incorporated in a larger system:
Portable wash stands for washing the hair or scalp | |
Bowls or open containers for washing the hair | |
Bathing devices for special therapeutic or hygienic purposes | |
Baths for specific parts of the body, e.g. breast douches |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Connection of bathroom accessories to the wall | |
Combinations of water tabs, soap dispensers and hand dryers | |
Basins used in manual washing or cleaning of crockery, table-ware, cooking-ware or the like |
Examples of places where the subject matter of this place is covered when specially adapted, used for a particular purpose, or incorporated in a larger system:
Washing facilities in vehicles | |
Sanitation in rail vehicles | |
Closet or like flushing arrangements for ships; Washing or bathing facilities peculiar to ships | |
Toilet fittings for aircraft |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Supports attachable to kitchen sinks |
This place covers:
- Bathtubs standing alone or built in;
- Showers, shower cabins or screens;
- Accessories for bathtubs or showers.
Examples of places where the subject matter of this place is covered when specially adapted, used for a particular purpose, or incorporated in a larger system:
Bathing devices for special therapeutic or hygienic purposes | |
Baths for specific parts of the body, e.g. breast douches | |
Baths for subaquatic intestinal cleaning |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Devices for lifting patients or disabled persons mounted on or in combination with a bathtub |
This place does not cover:
Baths combined with showers |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Water heaters for bathtubs or pools | |
Automatically filling bathtubs or pools; Reheating the water in bathtubs or pools |
This place does not cover:
Collapsible baths specially adapted for particular use |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Doors to get in and out of baths more easily |
This place covers:
Wave-producers or the like, e.g. with devices for admitting gas in the bath water.
Examples of places where the subject matter of this place is covered when specially adapted, used for a particular purpose, or incorporated in a larger system:
Bathing devices for use with gas-containing liquid, or liquid in which gas is led or generated, e.g. carbon dioxide baths |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Devices for producing waves in swimming pools |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Seats for chairs | |
Devices for lifting patients or disabled persons mounted on or in combination with a bathtub |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Separate partition walls, lids, protecting borders or the like for sinks |
This place does not cover:
Baths combined with showers |
This place covers:
Combinations of different sanitary appliances.
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Domestic plumbing installations for combinations of baths, showers, sinks, wash-basins, closets, urinals or the like |
This place covers:
- Holders or dispensers for solid, powdered or liquid soap;
- Holders or dispensers for toothpaste; or
- Foam or lather making devices for soap.
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Casings or accessories specially adapted for storing or handling solid or pasty toiletry or cosmetic substances, e.g. shaving soaps or lipsticks |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Containers or accessories specially adapted for handling powdery toiletry or cosmetic substances |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Containers or accessories specially adapted for handling liquid toiletry or cosmetic substances, e.g. perfumes | |
Sachet pads specially adapted for liquid toiletry or cosmetic substances | |
Casings or accessories specially adapted for storing or handling solid or pasty toiletry or cosmetic substances, e.g. shaving soaps or lipsticks |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Lather making devices for shaving |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Food mixers |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Soap dispensers per se | |
Pliable tubular containers adapted to be permanently deformed to expel contents, e.g. collapsible tubes for toothpaste or other plastic or semi-liquid material, with auxiliary devices for expelling contents |
This place covers:
Devices for cleaning the human body, with or without containing soap, e.g:
- Mechanically driven devices; or
- Devices used by hand or fixed to the wall or bathtub.
Examples of places where the subject matter of this place is covered when specially adapted, used for a particular purpose, or incorporated in a larger system:
Bathing devices for special therapeutic or hygienic purposes | |
Baths for specific parts of the body, e.g. breast douches |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Bathtubs or showers per se |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Brushes in general | |
Sponges for domestic cleaning | |
Devices for massaging the skin by rubbing or brushing |
This place covers:
Body-drying implements like towels, from fabric or paper and their dispensers, hand or mechanically driven; Toilet paper and its holders and dispensers, hand or mechanically driven; Drying the body by hot air.
This place does not cover:
Hair drying | |
Curative hot-air baths | |
Sheet or web dispensers in general | |
Electric heating elements |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Details of dispensers |
This place does not cover:
Paper towels |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Dispensers for paper towels or toilet paper |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Drawing-off paper from a roll in general |
This place covers:
- Towel dispensers, e.g. for piled up or folded textile towels.
- Toilet paper dispensers.
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Containers for dispensing thin flat articles in succession | |
Sheet or web dispensers in general | |
Dispensing devices for pamphlets or similar advertising matter from vehicles | |
Advertising on paper articles, e.g. booklets or newspapers |
This place covers:
Mechanically-driven towel dispensers, e.g. with storing devices for soiled towels.
This place does not cover:
Dispensers for paper towels or toilet paper dispensing a clean part and taking-up a soiled part, e.g. using rolls | |
Dispensers for paper towels or toilet paper dispensing from a web, e.g. with mechanical dispensing means | |
Mechanical dispensers for paper towels or toilet paper dispensing from a store of single sheets, e.g. stacked |
This place covers:
Dispensers for paper towels or toilet paper dispensing from a web, the web being rolled up with or without a tearing edge.
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Dispensers for paper towels or toilet paper dispensing from a web, e.g. with mechanical dispensing means, with cutting devices | |
Dispensers for paper towels or toilet paper with means for storing soiled towels |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Hair-drying devices | |
Curative hot-air baths | |
Electric heating elements |
This place covers:
- Closets or urinals not connected to the water supply line or the sewerage;
- Chamber pots or chairs with toilet arrangements; or
- Cleaning tools for the toilet bowl.
Examples of places where the subject matter of this place is covered when specially adapted, used for a particular purpose, or incorporated in a larger system:
Toilet facilities for vehicles | |
Sanitation in rail vehicles | |
Closet or like flushing arrangements; Washing or bathing facilities peculiar to ships | |
Toilet fittings for aircraft |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Genital receptacles worn by the patient for collecting urine or other discharge from male member | |
Genital receptacles worn by the patient for collecting urine or other discharge from female member | |
Water-closets or urinals with flushing devices; Flushing valves therefor | |
Closets with recirculation of bowl-cleaning fluid |
This place covers:
Toilets provided with any devices for directly consuming, e.g. by burning excreta, i.e. urine and faeces and/or deodorize relative emissions, irrespective of the type of heating means used.
Accessories, e.g. pre-treatment devices, specially adapted or arranged to these toilets.
This place does not cover:
Incinerators specially adapted for consuming animal litter | |
Sewage, sludge or waste products from water treatment installations |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Bed-pans, urinals or other sanitary devices for bed-ridden persons |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Bedside cabinets per se |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Dispensers or holders for protecting covers for toilet bowls, seats or covers |
Examples of places where the subject matter of this place is covered when specially adapted, used for a particular purpose, or incorporated in a larger system:
Bed-pans, urinals or other sanitary devices for bed-ridden persons |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Genital receptacles for collecting urine or other discharge from male member | |
Portable urination aids for females, e.g. to allow females to urinate from a standing position | |
Urinals with flushing arrangements |
This place covers:
Toilet seats or covers or accessories therefor, e.g. mounting, cleaning, heating or ventilating devices or user protections.
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Toilets for pets adapted to fit on conventional toilets |
Devices for cleaning, heating or ventilating are classified here only if incorporated in the seat but not in the bowl.
This place covers:
- Devices for raising and lowering seats or covers for all kinds of closets, e.g. tilting or lifting mechanisms.
- Collapsible or rotating seats or covers.
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Flushing devices operated by the seat or cover |
This place covers:
E.g. devices imparting a swinging or vibrating motion to the seats.
Examples of places in relation to which this place is residual:
Hinges for seats or covers for all kinds of closets |
Examples of places in relation to which this place is residual:
Auxiliary or portable seats for children |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Automatic cleaning devices for lavatories |
This place covers:
Other equipment concerning the sanitary devices not otherwise provided in A47K, e.g.:
- Body supports which are not seats;
- Separate apparatus for deodorising, disinfecting or cleaning without flushing for toilet bowls, seats or covers;
- Holders for toilet brushes.
Examples of places in relation to which this place is residual:
Hand tools for cleaning the toilet bowl |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Toilets for pets adapted to fit on conventional toilets | |
Portable urination aids for females | |
Devices for receiving spittle | |
Methods or apparatus for sterilising materials or objects in general; Disinfection, sterilisation or deodorisation of air | |
Devices for cleaning or disinfecting the toilet room or the toilet bowl | |
Water-closet bowls combined with wash-basins, urinals, flushing devices for chamber-pots, bed-pans or the like |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Devices for lifting patients or disabled persons mounted on or in combination with a bathtub |