CPC Definition - Subclass E06B
This place covers:
Fixed and movable closures for openings in buildings; Windows and doors themselves, and items that are installed before them, like blinds, screens or shutters; Insulating glazing units; Closures in fences, e.g. gates; Turnstiles.
Apparatuses or machines for the production of doors or windows are not classified in E06B, except machines for the production of insulating glazing units, and mounting tools.
This place does not cover:
Shades of blinds for greenhouses | |
Shop furniture | |
Picture frames | |
Curtains | |
Making metal frames | |
Clamps for holding while making frames | |
Holes in frames for fittings | |
Assembly apparatus | |
Welding plastic frames | |
Automobiles | |
Vehicle door or window arrangements | |
Train | |
Lids for car boot or bonnets | |
Ships | |
Aeroplanes | |
Laminated or coated glass | |
Laminated glass | |
Wash/drying machines | |
Sliding partition walls | |
Curtain walls | |
Roof windows | |
Sunshades, awings | |
Awnings | |
Decorative trim | |
Locks | |
Hinges | |
Safes | |
Refrigerators | |
Testing of doors or windows | |
Display boards |
In this place, the following terms or expressions are used with the meaning indicated:
Wing | swingable, slidable or otherwise movable member such as a door or window, for closing an opening |
Wing frame | the peripheral edge or edges which define the outer border of the wing |
This place covers:
Constructions that are placed at the border of openings in walls, essentially between the wall structure and the door or window frame, e.g. fastening means or joints, and frames to be rigidly mounted in openings in walls.
This place does not cover:
Features of rigidly-mounted outer frames relating to the mounting of wing frames; Window sashes or door leaves | |
Corber joints or edge joints | |
Doors, windows, or like closures for special purposes; Border constructions therefor | |
Trap-doors | |
Hand held tools for joints | |
Lintels | |
Roof windows and skylights | |
Mounting and marking devices for door leaves and frames |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
General application of joints in buildings | |
Joints in roofs between windows or chimneys and the roof |
E06B 3/00 takes precedence when features relating to frames to be rigidly mounted also relate to the mounting of the wing frame.
This place covers:
Wings, including the wing frames and insulating glazing units therefor ; corner joints or edge joints ; machines specifically designed for the assembly of insulating glazing units
This place does not cover:
Doors, windows, or like closures for special purposes; Border constructions therefor | |
Shutters or the like | |
Glass panes per se, glass composition, coatings |
In this place, the following terms or expressions are used with the meaning indicated:
IGU | insulating glazing unit, e.i.unit comprising two or more glass or like panes permanently secured together |
This place covers:
Doors windows or like closures and border construction therefore which can readily be recognised as having a special purpose or function, e.g. fireproof doors, bullet-proof windows.
This place does not cover:
Insulated compound frames specially adapted for sliding doors or windows | |
Flood barriers | |
Elevator doors | |
Closures in false ceilings | |
Safety windows in connection with machinery | |
Electric heating systems in doors and windows | |
Pressure resistant sight glasses | |
Door or windows for electrical apparatus |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Transit doors, locks for bank protection |
This place covers:
Special arrangements or measures in connection with doors or windows;
Accessories which are add-ons for doors or windows, e.g. sealing arrangements, door plates, finger guards, peep holes;
Ventilation arrangements which are part of the door or window construction
Ventilation devices per se are covered by F24F. Wings or shutters with ventilation openings, e.g. louvre doors or windows belong in this area if the main purpose is providing ventilation. Intrusion protection shutters or grilles and also sun protection devices are covered by E06B 9/00. Door or window frames are covered by E06B 1/00. Door or window wings are covered by E06B 3/00. Hinges are classified in E05D and locks in E05B.
This place does not cover:
Arrangements against burglary at the edges of the wings | |
Screening or similar protective devices |
This place does not cover:
Airflow control members per se |
In this place, the following terms or expressions are used with the meaning indicated:
Ventilation rose | Shutter with revoluble plate featuring apertures which can be aligned with apertures in window or static plate |
This place does not cover:
Double glazing | |
Heating arrangements specially adapted for transparent or reflecting areas |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Draining means for water in cavity walls |
This place does not cover:
Sealing arrangements specially adapted for fireproof or similar closures | |
Weather seals of louvre doors | |
Fixed sealing joints |
This place covers:
Arrangements mounted on doors or windows; Finger plates; Peep-holes; Devices for speaking through; Windows in doors; Serving doors; Passing-through doors; Pet doors; Cupboards in doors; Finger plates
This place does not cover:
Special glazing; emergency glazing; double glazing | |
Edge protecting devices for door leaves | |
Sporting equipment on doors |
This place covers:
Screening or protective devices for wall or similar openings;
Operating or securing mechanisms for screening or protective devices;
Grilles fixed to walls, doors, or windows;
Grilles moving with doors or windows;
Walls formed as grilles;
Shutters, movable grilles, or other safety closing devices, e.g. against burglary;
Roller shutters;
Roll-type grilles;
Screens or other constructions affording protection against light, especially against sunshine;
Screens for privacy or appearance;
Lamellar or like blinds, e.g. Venetian blinds, roller blinds;
Screens for protection against insects, e.g. fly screens;
Operating, guiding or securing devices or arrangements for roll-type closures.
Loosely hanging draperies and curtains are covered by A47H. Screens with large interconnected wings or panels, like sectional doors are classified in E06B 3/48. Overhead wings or doors are covered by E05D 13/00. External sun protection screens are classified in E04F 10/00. Louvre doors or windows with ventilating features are covered by E06B 7/08.
This place does not cover:
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Externally mounted sun screens | |
Suspension devices for wings | |
Operating-mechanisms for wings in general |
This place covers:
Grilles attached to walls, doors or windows such that relative movement of grilles in relation to the supporting structure is not possible.
This place does not cover:
Emergency release of window grilles | |
Security bars for wings |
This place does not cover:
Curtains; Draperies; Free-hanging flexible screens |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Operating, guiding or securing devices or arrangements for roll-type closures | |
Screens for household or table | |
Screens for vehicles | |
Removable non-load-bearing partitions |
This place does not cover:
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Devices of general interest specially adapted or mounted for storing and repeatedly paying-out and re-storing lengths of material | |
Power operated wings | |
Programme-control systems | |
Signalling or calling systems | |
Motor control | |
Home automation |
This place covers:
Closures for allowing passage through fences; entry gates; turnstiles; safety gates for unloading docks
This place does not cover:
Cattle grids | |
Features peculiar to electrified wire fencing | |
Road barriers and traffic gates | |
Suspension of gates per se | |
Turnstiles with registering means | |
Coin-free facilities for turnstiles |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Bank protection devices |