WebCPC CPC COOPERATIVE PATENT CLASSIFICATION

E02B HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING (ship-lifting E02C; dredging E02F)

  WARNING - [C12.08]

  The following IPC groups are not used in the CPC scheme. Subject matter covered by these groups is classified in the following CPC groups:
   E02B 15/06 covered by E02B 15/04B2
   E02B 15/08 covered by E02B 15/04B
   E02B 15/10 covered by E02B 15/04C to E02B 15/04G

E02B 1/00 Equipment or apparatus for, or methods of, general hydraulic engineering, {e.g. protection of constructions against ice-strains (protection of offshore constructions against ice-loads E02B 17/0021; ice-structures as artificial islands E02B 17/028)}

E02B 1/003 ・{Mechanically induced gas or liquid streams in seas, lakes or water-courses for forming weirs or breakwaters; making or keeping water surfaces free from ice, aerating or circulating water, e.g. screens of air-bubbles against sludge formation or salt water entry, pump-assisted water circulation (moving sediments E02B 3/023; for ice breakers B63B 35/08; aerating or circulating water in fish-tanks A01K 63/042; purification of waste water with addition of air C02F; distributing gases in liquids in general B01F 3/04)}

E02B 1/006 ・{Arresting, diverting or chasing away fish in water-courses or water intake ducts, seas or lakes, e.g. fish barrages, deterrent devices (E02B 8/085 takes precedence); Devices for cleaning fish barriers}

E02B 1/02 ・Hydraulic models {towing tanks or basins for model vessels B63B 9/02}

E02B 3/00 Engineering works in connection with control or use of streams, rivers, coasts, or other marine sites (barrages or weirs E02B 7/00); Sealing or joints for engineering works in general

E02B 3/02 ・Stream regulation, e.g. breaking up subaqueous rock, cleaning the beds of waterways, directing the water flow ({harvesting water plants A01D 44/00; underwater loosening of soil or rocks for foundation construction E02D 17/16}; dredging or scraping devices E02F 5/28)

E02B 3/023 ・・{Removing sediments (in barrages or reservoirs E02B 8/02)}

E02B 3/026 ・・{Removing solid rocks}

E02B 3/04 ・Structures or apparatus for, or methods of, protecting banks, coasts, or harbours (sealings or joints E02B 3/16; {E02B 1/003 takes precedence})

E02B 3/043 ・・{Artificial seaweed}

E02B 3/046 ・・{Artificial reefs}

E02B 3/06 ・・Moles; Piers; Quay walls; Groynes; Breakwaters {Wave dissipating walls; Quay equipment}

E02B 3/062 ・・・{Constructions floating in operational condition, e.g. breakwaters or wave dissipating walls (floating oil barriers E02B 15/04B; floating stream regulating devices E02B 3/02)}

E02B 3/064 ・・・・{Floating landing-stages (construction of pontoons B63B 35/34; landing bridges E01D 15/14)}

E02B 3/066 ・・・{Quays (bulkheads E02D 5/00; caissons E02D 23/00; retaining walls E02D 29/00)}

E02B 3/068 ・・・{Landing stages for vessels (floating landing-stages E02B 3/064; landing bridges E01D 15/14)}

E02B 3/08 ・・・Structures of loose stones with or without piles (piles E02D 5/00)

E02B 3/10 ・・Dams; Dykes; Sluice ways or other structures for dykes, dams, or the like (making embankments or dams in general E02D 17/18)

E02B 3/102 ・・・{Permanently installed raisable dykes}

E02B 3/104 ・・・・{with self-activating means}

E02B 3/106 ・・・{Temporary dykes}

E02B 3/108 ・・・・{with a filling, e.g. filled by water or sand}

E02B 3/12 ・・Revetment of banks, dams, water-courses, or the like, {e.g. the sea-floor}(of slopes in general E02D 17/20)

E02B 3/121 ・・・{Devices for applying linings on banks or the water bottom (for lining canals E02B 5/02)}

E02B 3/122 ・・・{Flexible prefabricated covering elements, e.g. mats, strips}

E02B 3/123 ・・・・{mainly consisting of stone, concrete or similar stony material}

E02B 3/124 ・・・・{mainly consisting of metal}

E02B 3/125 ・・・・{mainly consisting of vegetable material, e.g. wood, reeds}

E02B 3/126 ・・・・{mainly consisting of bituminous material or synthetic resins}

E02B 3/127 ・・・・{bags filled at the side}

E02B 3/128 ・・・{Coherent linings made on the spot, e.g. cast in situ, extruded on the spot (for canal linings E02B 5/02)}

E02B 3/129 ・・・{Polyhedrons, tetrapods or similar bodies, whether or not threaded on strings}

E02B 3/14 ・・・Preformed blocks {or slabs for forming essentially continuous surfaces}; Arrangements thereof {(preassembled to constitute flexible mats E02B 3/122; pavements E01C 5/00)}

E02B 3/16 ・Sealings or joints ({E02B 3/12 takes precedence; sealings for specific structural foundation elements, see the relevant groups for those elements; sealings for barrage or lock gates E02B 7/54}; joints for foundation structures E02D 29/16; sealing joints not restricted to hydraulic engineering work E04B 1/68)

E02B 3/18 ・Reclamation of land from water {or marshes}(drainage of soil E02B 11/00)

E02B 3/20 ・Equipment for shipping on coasts, in harbours or on other fixed marine structures, e.g. bollards (tying-up, anchoring B63B 21/00, e.g. bollards for shipping B63B 21/06; buoys B63B 22/00; {equipment specially adapted for use in locks or dry docks E02C 1/10})

E02B 3/24 ・・Mooring posts

E02B 3/26 ・・Fenders ({fenders for protecting offshore constructions E02B 17/003}; fenders integral with waterborne vessels or specially adapted therefor B63B 59/02)

E02B 3/28 ・・Fender piles

E02B 5/00 Artificial water canals, {e.g. irrigation canals}(for water-power plants E02B 9/02; irrigation of soil E02B 13/00)

E02B 5/005 ・{Canals entirely situated above ground level, e.g. on piers (canal bridges E01D 18/00)}

E02B 5/02 ・Making or lining canals{(linings in generalE02B 13/02; digging canalsE02F)}

E02B 5/04 ・Navigable canals

E02B 5/06 ・・Operating equipment in connection with canals (ship-lifting devices E02C)

E02B 5/08 ・Details, e.g. gates, screens

  NOTE - This subdivision is limited to closures, devices for arresting waterborne materials and divisors

E02B 5/082 ・・{Closures(for irrigation conduitsE02B 13/02)}

E02B 5/085 ・・{Arresting devices for waterborne materials, e.g. gratings (fish barrages E02B 1/006; removing sediments E02B 3/023; arresting oil or similar polluants E02B 15/04B; for waste water purification E02F; in sewers E03F 5/14)}

E02B 5/087 ・・{Divisors}

E02B 7/00 Barrages or weirs; Layout, construction, methods of, or devices for, making same (for protecting banks, coasts, or harbours E02B 3/04; sealings or joints E02B 3/16; handling building or like materials for hydraulic engineering E02D 15/00; foundations in general E02D 27/00)

E02B 7/005 ・{Deformable barrages or barrages consisting of permanently deformable elements, e.g. inflatable, with flexible walls (closures E02B 7/54; floating oil barrages E02B 15/04B)}

E02B 7/02 ・Fixed barrages

E02B 7/04 ・・Dams across vallies

E02B 7/06 ・・・Earth-fill dams; Rock-fill dams

E02B 7/08 ・・・Wall dams

E02B 7/10 ・・・・Gravity dams, i.e. those in which the weight of the structure prevents overturning

E02B 7/12 ・・・・Arch dams

E02B 7/14 ・・・・Buttress dams

E02B 7/16 ・Fixed weirs; Superstructures or flash-boards therefor

E02B 7/18 ・・Siphon weirs {(syphons in hydraulic engineering in general E02D 29/08)}

E02B 7/20 ・Movable barrages; Lock {or dry-dock} gates

E02B 7/205 ・・{Barrages controlled by the variations of the water level; automatically functioning barrages (level regulators G05D 9/00; the documents are filed in this subdivision and the relevant subdivision E02B 7/26 to E02B 7/50)}

E02B 7/22 ・・Stop log dams; Emergency gates

E02B 7/24 ・・Needle weirs

E02B 7/26 ・・Vertical-lift gates

E02B 7/28 ・・・with sliding gates

E02B 7/30 ・・・with guide wheels or rollers for the gates

E02B 7/32 ・・・Cylindrical or tubular gates

E02B 7/34 ・・・Flash- boards for vertical-lift gates

E02B 7/36 ・・・Elevating mechanisms for vertical-lift gates

E02B 7/38 ・・Rolling gates {or gates moving horizontally in their own plane, e.g. by sliding}

E02B 7/40 ・・Swinging or turning gates

E02B 7/42 ・・・Gates of segmental or sector-like shape with horizontal axis

E02B 7/44 ・・・Hinged-leaf gates

E02B 7/46 ・・・Gates turning round a horizontal axis arranged midway of the flap

E02B 7/48 ・・・Roof or double shutter gates

E02B 7/50 ・・Floating gates

E02B 7/52 ・・Equipment preventing vibration of gates

E02B 7/54 ・・Sealings for gates

E02B 8/00 Details of barrages or weirs (cleaning or keeping clear the surface of open water E02B 15/00); {Energy dissipating devices carried by lock or dry-dock gates}

E02B 8/02 ・Sediment base gates; Sand sluices; Structures for retaining arresting waterborne material

E02B 8/023 ・・{Arresting devices for waterborne materials (E02B 1/003 takes precedence; in artificial watercourses E02B 5/085; arresting oil or the like E02B 15/04B; sieving devices for waste water purification C02F; in sewers E03F 5/14)}

E02B 8/026 ・・・{Cleaning devices (for fish barrages E02B 1/006)}

E02B 8/04 ・Valves, slides, or the like; Submerged sluice gates

E02B 8/045 ・・{automatically movable}

E02B 8/06 ・Spillways; Devices for dissipation of energy, e.g. for reducing eddies {also for lock or dry-dock gates}

E02B 8/08 ・Fish passes {or other means providing for migration of fish}; Passages for rafts or boats

E02B 8/085 ・・{Devices allowing fish migration, e.g. fish traps (arresting or diverting fish exclusively E02B 1/006)}

E02B 9/00 Water-power plants; Layout, construction or equipment, methods of, or apparatus for, making same

E02B 9/02 ・Water-ways

E02B 9/022 ・・{Closures}

E02B 9/025 ・・・{automatically movable}

E02B 9/027 ・・・{Sliding closures (E02B 9/025 takes precedence)}

E02B 9/04 ・・Free-flow canals or flumes; Intakes (gratings or screens therefor E02B 5/08)

E02B 9/06 ・・Pressure galleries or pressure conduits; Galleries specially adapted to house pressure conduits; Means specially adapted for use therewith, e.g. housings, valves, gates (driving inclined galleries E21D 9/02; valves in general F16K; conduits in general F16L)

E02B 9/08 ・Tide or wave power plants (water-pressure machines, tide or wave motors F03B)

E02B 11/00 Drainage of soil, e.g. for agricultural purposes {(draining sports grounds E01C 13/083; for consolidating foundation soil, e.g. sand drain piles E02D 3/10)}

E02B 11/005 ・{Drainage conduits}

E02B 11/02 ・Drainage device- laying apparatus, e.g. drainage ploughs

  NOTE - Group E02B 11/02 is incomplete, see also E02F 3/00 and E02F 5/00, dredgers and soil-shifting machines

E02B 13/00 Irrigation ditches, i.e. gravity flow, open channel water distribution systems ({retaining waterborne material in irrigation canals E02B 5/085}; other distribution systems for watering or spraying gardens, fields, sports grounds, or the like, A01G 25/00; {built-in irrigation means for sports grounds E01C 13/083})

E02B 13/02 ・Closures for irrigation conduits

E02B 15/00 Cleaning or keeping clear the surface of open water; Apparatus therefor (construction of ships or other waterborne vessels B63B, e.g. vessels specially adapted for collecting pollution from open water B63B 35/32; in swimming or splash baths or pools E04H 4/16)

E02B 15/02 ・from ice {otherwise than according to E02B 1/003}(construction of ships B63B; {ice-breakers or amphibious vehicles B63B 35/08; protecting hydraulic engineering structures against ice-load E02B 1/00})

E02B 15/04 ・Devices for cleaning or keeping clear the surface of open water from oil or like floating materials by separating or removing these materials ({stopping water-borne material in artificial water canals E02B 5/085; stopping water-borne material at barrages or weirs E02B 8/023}; other treatment of water, waste water or sewage C02F; materials for treating liquid pollutants; e.g. oil, gasoline, fat, C09K 3/32; {separation of oil in sewage conduits E03F 5/16})

E02B 15/041 ・・{Devices for distributing materials, e.g. absorbed or magnetic particles over a surface of open water to remove the oil, with or without means for picking up the treated oil (E02B 15/042 takes precedence)}

E02B 15/042 ・・{Devices for removing the oil by combustion with or without means for picking up the oil}

E02B 15/043 ・・{Devices or methods for removing oil by means of freezing}

E02B 15/045 ・・{Separating means for recovering oil floating on a surface of open water; E02B 15/048 takes precedence (separation in general B01D)}

E02B 15/046 ・・{Collection of oil using vessels, i.e. boats, barges}

E02B 15/047 ・・・{provided with an oil collecting boom arranged on at least one side of the hull}

E02B 15/048 ・・{Oil collectors moved over the water skimming the water surface}

E02B 15/06 ・・Barriers therefor (E02B 15/08 takes precedence){construed for applying processing agents or for collecting pollutants, e.g. absorbent}

E02B 15/08 ・・Devices for reducing the polluted area {with or} without {additional devices for} removing the material

E02B 15/0807 ・・・{with stabilising elements}

E02B 15/0814 ・・・{with underwater curtains}

E02B 15/0821 ・・・{adapted for protection against fire or extreme heat}

E02B 15/0828 ・・・{fixed to the side of a boat for containing small leaks in the hull}

E02B 15/0835 ・・・{fixed to permanent structure, e.g. harbour wall or river bank}

E02B 15/0842 ・・・{adapted to be towed for operation}

E02B 15/085 ・・・{Details of connectors}

E02B 15/0857 ・・・{Buoyancy material}

E02B 15/0864 ・・・・{Air (E02B 15/0878 takes precedence)}

E02B 15/0871 ・・・・・{self-inflating barriers}

E02B 15/0878 ・・・・{Air and water}

E02B 15/0885 ・・・・{Foam}

E02B 15/0892 ・・・・・{using expanded polystyrene foam}

E02B 15/10 ・・Devices for removing the material from the surface {(E02B 15/041, E02B 15/042, E02B 15/06 take precedence)}

E02B 15/101 ・・・{Means floating loosely on the water absorbing the oil (absorbing materials C02F)}

E02B 15/102 ・・・{Discs}

E02B 15/103 ・・・{Rotary drums}

E02B 15/104 ・・・{Conveyors; Paddle wheels; Endless belts (E02B 15/101 takes precedence)}

E02B 15/105 ・・・{Archimedian screws}

E02B 15/106 ・・・{Overflow skimmers with suction heads; suction heads}

E02B 15/107 ・・・{Whirling means forming a vortex in the water; cyclones}

E02B 15/108 ・・・{Ejection means}

E02B 17/00 Artificial islands mounted on piles or like supports, e.g. platforms on raisable legs {or offshore constructions}; construction methods therefor ({construction methods for floating platforms B63B 9/065}; anchoring floating platforms B63B 21/00; floating platforms, e.g. anchored, B63B 35/44; {underwater reservoirs B65D 88/78})

E02B 17/0004 ・{Nodal points}

E02B 17/0008 ・{Methods for grouting offshore structures; apparatus therefor (cementing boreholes E21B 33/13)}

E02B 17/0013 ・{Tube closures for releasable sealing hollow tubes}

E02B 17/0017 ・{Means for protecting offshore constructions}

E02B 17/0021 ・・{against ice-loads}

E02B 17/0026 ・・{against corrosion}

E02B 17/003 ・・{Fenders}

E02B 17/0034 ・{Maintenance, repair or inspection of offshore constructions}

E02B 17/02 ・placed by lowering the supporting construction to the bottom, e.g. with subsequent fixing thereto

E02B 17/021 ・・{with relative movement between supporting construction and platform}

E02B 17/022 ・・・{adapted to travel on the bottom (walking gears moving dredgers forward step-by-step E02F 9/04)}

E02B 17/024 ・・・{shock absorbing means for the supporting construction}

E02B 17/025 ・・{Reinforced concrete structures (E02B 17/021 takes precedence)}

E02B 17/027 ・・{steel structures (E02B 17/021 takes precedence)}

E02B 17/028 ・・{Ice-structures}

E02B 17/04 ・Equipment specially adapted for raising, lowering, or immobilising the working platform relative to the supporting construction (platform lifts in general B66F 7/00)

E02B 17/06 ・・for immobilising, e.g. using wedges or clamping rings {(as elements of the raising or lowering means E02B 17/08)}

E02B 17/08 ・・for raising or lowering

E02B 17/0809 ・・・{the equipment being hydraulically actuated (outriggers for cranes B66C 23/80)}

E02B 17/0818 ・・・{with racks actuated by pinions (lifting jacks B66F 3/02 to B66F 3/06)}

E02B 17/0827 ・・・{with screws and nuts mechanism (climbing jacks with following nut E02B 17/0881; lifting jacks B66C 3/08)}

E02B 17/0836 ・・・{with climbing jacks (climbing cranes B66C 23/32; hydraulic lifting jacks B66F 3/24 and subgroups)}

E02B 17/0845 ・・・・{with inflatable clamping rings}

E02B 17/0854 ・・・・{with clamping wedges, eccentric clamping devices and so on (catch devices for elevators B66B 5/20, B66B 5/24, B66B 5/26)}

E02B 17/0863 ・・・・{with rack and pawl mechanism}

E02B 17/0872 ・・・・{with locking pins engaging holes or cam surfaces}

E02B 17/0881 ・・・・{with following nuts}

E02B 17/089 ・・・・{with subtentation blocks, feet and so on}

E02B 2015/00 Cleaning or keeping clear the surface of open water; Apparatus therefor (construction of ships or other waterborne vessels B63B, e.g. vessels specially adapted for collecting pollution from open water B63B 35/32; in swimming or splash baths or pools E04H 4/16)

E02B 2015/005 ・Tent-like structures for dealing with pollutant emissions below the water surface

E02B 2017/00 Artificial islands mounted on piles or like supports, e.g. platforms on raisable legs {or offshore constructions}; construction methods therefor ({construction methods for floating platforms B63B 9/065}; anchoring floating platforms B63B 21/00; floating platforms, e.g. anchored, B63B 35/44; {underwater reservoirs B65D 88/78})

E02B 2017/0039 ・Methods for placing the offshore structure

E02B 2017/0043 ・・Placing the offshore structure on a pre-installed foundation structure

E02B 2017/0047 ・・using a barge

E02B 2017/0052 ・Removal or dismantling of offshore structures from their offshore location

E02B 2017/0056 ・Platforms with supporting legs

E02B 2017/006 ・・with lattice style supporting legs

E02B 2017/0065 ・・Monopile structures

E02B 2017/0069 ・・Gravity structures

E02B 2017/0073 ・・Details of sea bottom engaging footing

E02B 2017/0078 ・・・Suction piles, suction cans

E02B 2017/0082 ・・・Spudcans, skirts or extended feet

E02B 2017/0086 ・・・Large footings connecting several legs or serving as a reservoir for the storage of oil or gas

E02B 2017/0091 ・Offshore structures for wind turbines

E02B 2017/0095 ・Connections of subsea risers, piping or wiring with the offshore structure

E02B 2201/00 Devices, constructional details or methods of hydraulic engineering not otherwise provided for

E02B 2201/02 ・Devices and methods for creating a buffer zone in the water to separate e.g. salt and sweet water

E02B 2201/04 ・using old tires for hydraulic engineering

E02B 2201/50 ・Devices for sequentially discharging constant liquid quantities, e.g. into different irrigation channels

--- Edited by Muguruma Professional Engineer Office(C), 2013 ---