CPC Definition - Subclass E03C
This place covers:
Water dispensing devices for bathroom and kitchen; constructional features of wash basins and sinks; draining devices for wash basins and sinks
This place does not cover:
Wash-stands without connection to either water supply or waste pipe | |
Plugs for wash basins | |
Constructional features of shower bases and bath tubs | |
Bathing devices for therapeutic purposes; constructional features of nozzles for whirlpools | |
Mechanical filtering devices | |
Disintegrating in general | |
Nozzles and liquid spraying devices in general | |
Shower heads | |
Fountains in general | |
Cleaning of pipes in general | |
Beverages on draught with tap | |
Local water supply pipe systems | |
De-clogging devices specially adapted for toilets | |
Devices in the toilet bowl producing upwardly directed sprays | |
Building parts characterised by incorporated canalisations | |
Fixing elements in general | |
Valves, taps and stopcocks in general | |
Water conduits and pipes in general | |
Lighting devices | |
Domestic hot water supply systems | |
Constructional features of different sensor types used for control of taps | |
Control of flow rate in general | |
Control of temperature in general |
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:
Sanitary equipment in rail vehicles | |
Sanitary facilities specially adapted for use in ships | |
Sanitary equipment in aircrafts | |
Cleaning or other treatment of water | |
Hand-held spray heads for washing of buttocks |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Filters mounted on faucet or tap | |
Combinations of wash basins with toilet bowl or toilet cistern | |
Odour seals for floor drains or level access showers | |
Adjusting tools for anchoring of elements in building walls |
Water monitoring or leakage prevention for domestic plumbing installations are classified in E03C 1/00.
Built-in wall boxes for taps are classified in E03C 1/021.
Combined water inlet and overflow for bathtubs are classified in E03C 1/04 and E03C/24 and given the subgroup E03C 2201/80.
Documents for E03C 1/10 having an air gap device (E03C 1/102) in combination with one or more valves (E03C 1/104, E03C 1/106, E03C 1/108) are to be classified in the two subgroups concerned.
Connecting supplementary waste water sources to waste pipe are classified in E03C 1/184.
Tub boxes for collecting leakage water are classified in E03C 1/20.
E03C 2201/90 applies to documents which are not to be classified in E03C 1/324.
Devices for cleaning domestic waste pipes which can also be used in sewage pipes are classified in E03F 9/00.
Documents for E03C 1/281 concerning urinals are also classified in the corresponding subgroup in E03D 13/00.
The subgroups below E03C 2201/00 are given to documents showing sufficient information of the respective feature to be used for a future search, without this feature forming the invention.