CPC Definition - Subclass B05B
This place covers:
Apparatus for the release or projection of drops or droplets into the atmosphere or into a chamber to form a mist or the like. The materials to be projected may be suspended in a stream of gas or vapour.
Apparatus as above, for the release or projection of streams or sprays of other fluent materials, e.g. particulate material entrained in a gas, into the atmosphere or into a chamber.
Examples of such apparatus, and subcomponents thereof covered by this subclass, include:
- Nozzles, spray heads, shower heads, roses, perforated pipes, spouts or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves or heating means.
- Spraying or sprinkling apparatus with moving outlet elements or moving deflecting elements.
- Electrostatic spraying apparatus or installations.
- Spraying apparatus for discharge of liquids or other fluent materials from two or more sources, e.g. of liquid and air or powder and gas.
- Single-unit, i.e. unitary, hand-held apparatus in which flow of liquid is produced by the operator at the moment of use, e.g. by pumping, by squeezing a liquid container or by compressing a compressible bulb.
- Spraying plants, e.g. with means for supporting or feeding work; spray booths.
- Other spraying-type machines or apparatus, including fountains.
- Means for heating, mixing or pressurising of gases, liquids or other fluent materials that are sprayed, sprinkled, misted, released or projected using the apparatus of this subclass.
- Delivery control means or other details or accessories for use with the apparatus of this subclass.
Subclass B05C relates to apparatus for applying liquids or other fluent materials to surfaces in general. This subject matter generally relates to contact methods e.g. spreading, pouring, dipping, rubbing, using rollers, using fluidized bed techniques etc. but not to spraying or atomising apparatus which is covered by subclass B05B. B05C also relates to apparatus for projecting liquids or other fluent materials onto surfaces (B05C 5/00) or to the inside of hollow work (B05C 7/02), and further to apparatus specially adapted for the projection of particulate material onto surfaces (B05C 19/04). In B05C, 'projection' relates to the application of a continuous stream of liquid or other fluent (e.g. particulate) material to a surface. In B05B, 'projection' relates to the release of a discontinuous stream of drops, droplets or a cloud of particulate material into the atmosphere or into a chamber to form a mist or the like.
Subclass B05D relates to processes (including processes performed by spraying) for applying liquids or other fluent materials to surfaces in general.
Other relevant large subject matter areas
A01G Irrigation
A01M Agriculture
A23C (Coating of) dairy products/cheese
A23G (Coating of) sweets/cakes
A23L (Coating of) foodstuffs
A47J Kitchen appliances
A47K Soap dispensers/showers
A47L Domestic cleaning
A61H Massage; bathing
A61M Medical devices for introducing media into or onto the body (in particular A61M 11/00, A61M 15/00 inhalers)
A62C Fire fighting
B01D Separation
B01F Mixing
B01J Chemical or physical process/apparatus, e.g. granulating (in particular B01J 2/04, B01J 13/04)
B06B Generating vibrations
B08B Cleaning
B21B Lubricating/cooling of rolled metal
B22F Metallic powder
B23Q Cooling/lubricating machine tools/work (B23Q 11/00)
B23K Welding (in particular when supplying powder)
B24C Abrasive blasting
B25G Handles in general
B25J Robots
B26F (Jet) cutting
B29C Shaping of plastics, 2 component applications
B60S Servicing/cleaning vehicles
B65B Filling containers
B65D Containers/packaging
B65G Substrate/web handling
B67D Dispensing/transferring liquids
C23C Metallization / Coating on metals
E01C Spraying / Coating/ Marking on roads
E03C Domestic plumbing
F04B/C Pumps
F02M Fuel injectors
F15B/C Fluid dynamics
F16K Valves
F16L Pipes/connections
F16N (Mist) lubrication
F21V Lightening devices (in particular F21V 33/00)
F23D Burners
F24F Air conditioning/humidifying
F26B Drying
F27D cf. F27D 1/1642: gunning of furnaces, oven (spraying refractory material)
G01F dosing
This place does not cover:
Spray-mixers with nozzles | |
Processes for applying liquids or other fluent material to surfaces by spraying | |
Aerosol containers | |
Drinking fountains |
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:
Dispensing fittings for drip irrigation | |
Nozzles for bathing devices for special therapeutic or hygienic purposes | |
Sprayers or atomisers specially adapted for therapeutic purposes | |
Inhalators | |
Nozzles specially adapted for fire-extinguishing | |
Apparatus for spreading or distributing liquids or other fluent materials already applied to a surface with a blast of gas or vapour | |
Cleaning by the force of jets, e.g. blowing-out cavities | |
Machines or devices for abrasive blasting with particulate material | |
Nozzles for injection moulding | |
Nozzles for ink-jet printing mechanisms | |
Nozzles specially adapted for windscreen washers | |
Dropping or releasing powdered, liquid or gaseous matter in flight by spraying, e.g. insecticides | |
Nozzles for introducing articles or materials into containers or wrappers | |
Nozzles for delivery of liquid or semi-liquid contents by internal gaseous pressure | |
Filling nozzles for transferring liquid from bulk storage containers or reservoirs into vehicles or into portable containers, e.g. in vehicle service stations | |
Spray quenching devices | |
Nozzles for drilling by liquid or gas jets | |
Supplying combustion engines in general with combustible mixtures or constituents thereof | |
Atomising devices for mist lubrication | |
Burners |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Watering gardens, fields, sports grounds or the like | |
Dish washing or rinsing machines with spray devices | |
Flow mixers | |
Cleaning in general by methods involving the use or presence of a liquid | |
Making metallic powder by atomising or spraying | |
Coating of articles during shaping of substances in a plastic state | B29C 39/10, B29C 39/18, B29C 41/20, B29C 41/30, B29C 43/18, B29C 43/28, B29C 45/14, B29C 48/15 |
Forming layered products | |
Conveying articles or workpieces through baths of liquid | |
Surface treatment of glass by coating | |
Coating or impregnation of mortars, concrete, stone or ceramics | |
Paints, varnishes, lacquers | |
Enamelling of metals, applying a vitreous layer to metals, chemical cleaning or degreasing of metallic objects | |
Coating metallic material; Coating material with metallic material; Surface treatment of metallic material by diffusion into the surface, by chemical conversion or substitution; Coating by vacuum evaporation, by sputtering, by ion implantation or by chemical vapour deposition, in general | |
Electroplating | |
Treating of textile materials by liquids, gases or vapours | |
Treating roads | |
Anti-splash devices for water taps | |
Means for pumping fluids | |
Valves, e.g. water-taps | |
Burners using a direct spraying action of liquid droplets or vaporised liquid into the combustion space |
Arrangement for cleaning discharge opening/devices/dispensing heads of apparatus belonging to subclass B05C are classified in the relevant place of B05C as well as in B05B 15/50 and subgroups.
Considering the possible broad interpretation of the scope of B05B, it is essential to pay attention to all references appearing in many titles of the B05B places. All devices relating to specific application fields are normally not classified in B05B unless some general function aspects are considered of relevance and are therefore (also) classified in B05B.
In this place, the following terms or expressions are used with the meaning indicated:
Coating | The applied material. A coating may be a solidified layer originally applied as a liquid (e.g. dried paint) or a layer of material which, once applied, remains in a liquid or semi-liquid state (e.g. lubricant). |
Liquid or fluent | designates materials which can flow, e.g. liquids, including solutions, dispersions and suspensions, as well as semi-liquids, pastes, melts and particulate materials. |
Particulate materials | Solid materials in the form of very small pieces, e.g. powders, granules, short fibres or chips. |
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:
Means for limiting the area of spray, or for the collection or re-use of excess material |
Apparatus of the B05B 7/00 type which are to be carried on or by a person, e.g. by hand, and which have a container are classified in B05B 7/2405+, B05B 7/244+.
B05B 11/00 takes precedence.
Apparatus of the B05B 9/00 type which are to be carried on or by a person, e.g. by hand, and have a container being put under pressure are classified in B05B 9/0805+.
Apparatus of the B05B 9/00 type which are to be carried on or by a person, e.g. by hand, and have a container being put under pressure are classified in B05B 9/0805+.
B05B 11/00 takes precedence.
Apparatus of the B05B 7/00 type which are to be carried on or by a person, e.g. by hand, and which have a container are classified in B05B 7/2405+, B05B 7/244+.
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Details or components, e.g. casings, bodies, of portable power-driven tools not particularly related to the operation performed |
This place covers:
Single-unit hand-held apparatus comprising a container and a dispensing nozzle attached thereto, in which flow of contents is produced by the muscular force of the operator at the moment of use.
The expression "Single-unit hand-held apparatus in which flow of contents is produced by the muscular force of the operator at the moment of use" is very important to properly define the border line with other areas of B05B as well as with other technical fields, e.g. B65D, A47K, F04B.
Single-unit hand-held apparatus in which there exists a possibility to accumulate permanently a certain pressure on the material, e.g. liquid, and wherein this pressure is used to discharge the material through the outlet are not classified in B05B 11/00 and sub-groups, but in B05B 9/0805 and subgroups or B05B 7/2402 and subgroups.
In apparatus classified in B05B 11/109 and subgroups, energy can be stored, e.g. in the form of a compressed spring. However, the stored energy does not generate permanent pressure on the material for discharging the latter. Only when the spring is released is the material pressurized in the pump chamber.
In apparatus classified in B05B 11/0041 and sub-groups, reservoirs containing the material may be permanently pressurized, e.g. by a follower piston pushed by a spring. However, this pressure is not used to discharge the material but only to feed the latter to a discharge device, e.g. a pump.
Aerosol containers are classified in B65D 83/14 and subgroups.
Apparatus of the B05B 7/00 type which are to be carried on or by a person, e.g. by hand, and which have a container are classified in B05B 7/2405, B05B 7/244 as well as their subgroups.
Apparatus of the B05B 9/00 type which are to be carried on or by a person, e.g. by hand, and have a container are classified in B05B 9/0805 and subgroups.
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
In this place, the following terms or expressions are used with the meaning indicated:
Content | liquid or other fluid material. |
Pump | A device comprising a chamber into which the material is first sucked from the container through an inlet, then delivered out of the chamber, e.g. sprayed, through an outlet. Inlet and outlet can be equipped with valves. |
Lift valve | A valve as defined in main group F16K 1/00, i.e. a cut-off device with closure members having at least a component of their opening and closing motion perpendicular to the closing faces. |
Gate valve or sliding valve | A valve as defined in main group F16K 3/00, i.e. cut-off device with closing members having a sliding movement along the seat for opening and closing. |
This place covers:
Membranes or pistons which are in contact with the contents inside the container.
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Medical syringes, e.g. enemata | |
Syringes for bringing media into the body in a subcutaneous, intra-vascular or intramuscular way |
In this place, the following terms or expressions are used with the meaning indicated:
Follower | an element, e.g. piston, that is in contact with the material to be dispensed throughout the dispensing process. |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Containers adapted to be temporarily deformed by external pressure to expel contents |
This place covers:
Pumps drawing the contents from the container into a pump chamber inlet during a suction stroke and forcing the contents out of a pump chamber outlet into the dispensing nozzle during a dispensing stroke.
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Controlling in general |
This place covers:
Means to restrict, limit the actuation by the user by limiting the movement of the controlling means.
Such restricting means are:
- locking means, e.g. for locking the valve in the open or close position
- stop means
Biasing means such as springs are not considered as means for restricting the movement.
If there is only one locking or stopping position, classification is made in B05B 12/0024 and subgroup.
Example of a locking means, with several positions:
Example of a stopping means, with several positions:
This place does not cover:
Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets with controlling element being actuated by the pressure of the fluid to be sprayed | |
Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets in which a valve member forms part of the outlet opening, the valve member being actuated by the pressure of the fluid to be sprayed | |
Spraying apparatus for discharge of liquids or other fluent materials from two or more sources, e.g. of liquid and air, of powder and gas |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Control of flow in general | |
Control of fluid pressure in general |
Apparatus for changing colours are classified in B05B 12/14 and subgroups.
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Blast of gas or vapour for spreading liquids already applied to a surface | |
Processes for applying liquids or other fluent materials to surfaces comprising directing or stopping the fluid to be coated with air |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Stencils | |
Use of means for protecting parts of a surface not to be coated in processes for applying liquids or other fluent materials to surfaces | |
Masking means used in electroplating |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Nozzles with integral means for shielding |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Cleaning devices for conveyors |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Movable or portable abrasive blasting machine with suction means for the abrasive and the waste material |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Paint detackifiers or coagulants used for the treatment of excess spraying materials |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Accessories applicable to other methods of applying liquids or other fluent materials to surfaces |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Dip tubes for aerosol containers |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Arrangements for preventing or detecting clogging or moistening of ink-jet nozzles | |
Detecting the presence of fluid at a leakage point |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Aerosol containers comprising alternative flow directions outlets |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Cleaning by the force of jets or sprays in general |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Joints in general |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Single-unit hand-held apparatus in which flow of contents is produced by the muscular force of the operator at the moment of use provided with a movable dispensing tube |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Nozzles for cleaning vehicle windscreens or optical devices materials to surfaces |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Enclosures, e.g. booths, for applying liquids or other fluent materials to surfaces |