B66C

CRANES

LOAD-ENGAGING ELEMENTS OR DEVICES FOR CRANES, CAPSTANS, WINCHES, OR TACKLES

specially adapted for lifting invalids A61G7/10;

rope, cable, or chain winding mechanisms, braking or detent devices therefor B66D; specially adapted for nuclear reactors G21

The following IPC groups are not in the CPC scheme. The subject matter for these IPC groups is classified in the following CPC groups:

B66C23/61

covered by

B66C23/60

B66C23/683

covered by

B66C23/68

B66C23/687

covered by

B66C23/701

B66C23/69

covered by

B66C23/701

B66C23/693

covered by

B66C23/705

B66C23/697

covered by

B66C23/707

In this subclass non-limiting references (in the sense of paragraph 39 of the Guide to the IPC) may still be displayed in the scheme.

B66C1/00

Load-engaging elements or devices attached to lifting or lowering gear of cranes or adapted for connection therewith

In groups B66C1/00 and B66C3/00 the term "cranes" also covers capstans, winches, or tackles

B66C1/00

Load-engaging elements or devices attached to lifting or lowering gear of cranes or adapted for connection therewith for transmitting lifting forces to articles or groups of articles fastening to cables or ropes F16G11/00

B66C1/02

by suction means

suction cups for attaching purposes F16B47/00

B66C1/0206

for handling bulk or bags

B66C1/0212

Circular shape

B66C1/0218

Safety measures, e.g. sensors, duplicate functions

B66C1/0225

Hand held

B66C1/0231

Special lip configurations

B66C1/0237

Multiple lifting units; More than one suction area

B66C1/0243

Separate cups

B66C1/025

Divided cups

B66C1/0256

Operating and control devices

B66C1/0262

for rotation

B66C1/0268

Venturi effect

B66C1/0275

actuated by lifting action

B66C1/0281

Rectangular or square shape

B66C1/0287

Other shapes, e.g. triangular or oval

B66C1/0293

Single lifting units; Only one suction cup

B66C1/04

by magnetic means

B66C1/06

electromagnetic

B66C1/08

Circuits therefor for electromagnets in general H01F7/18

B66C1/10

by mechanical means

B66C1/101

for containers B66C1/223 and B66C1/663 take precedence

B66C1/102

for two or more containers end to end

B66C1/104

for two or more containers side by side

B66C1/105

Lifting beam permitting to depose a load through an opening

B66C1/107

for lifting engines

B66C1/108

for lifting parts of wind turbines

B66C1/12

Slings comprising chains, wires, ropes, or bands

Nets article side grippers suspended by ropes or chains from crane hooks B66C1/42

B66C1/122

Sling or load protectors

B66C1/125

Chain-type slings chains in general F16G

B66C1/127

Nets

B66C1/14

Slings with hooks

B66C1/16

Slings with load-engaging platforms or frameworks

B66C1/18

Band-type slings

B66C1/20

specially adapted for handling vehicles

B66C1/22

Rigid members, e.g. L-shaped members, with parts engaging the under surface of the loads

Crane hooks

B66C1/223

for containers

B66C1/226

for flexible intermediate bulk containers [FIBC]

B66C1/24

Single members engaging the loads from one side only

B66C1/26

with means for releasing the loads

B66C1/28

Duplicate, e.g. pivoted, members engaging the loads from two sides

B66C1/30

and also arranged to grip the sides of the loads

B66C1/32

of piled or stacked articles

B66C1/34

Crane hooks

B66C1/36

with means, e.g. spring-biased detents, for preventing inadvertent disengagement of loads

B66C1/38

adapted for automatic disengagement from loads on release of cable tensions for parachutes

B64D17/00

B66C1/40

formed or fitted with load measuring or indicating devices

B66C1/42

Gripping members engaging only the external or internal surfaces of the articles for handling or stripping castings or ingots during manufacture B22D29/00

B66C1/422

actuated by lifting force B66C1/44, B66C1/58 take precedence

B66C1/425

motor actuated B66C1/44, B66C1/58 take precedence

B66C1/427

by hydraulic or pneumatic motors

B66C1/44

and applying frictional forces

B66C1/442

actuated by lifting force

B66C1/445

motor actuated

B66C1/447

by hydraulic or pneumatic motors

B66C1/46

by inflatable elements

B66C1/48

to vertical edge portions of sheets, tubes, or like thin or thin-walled articles internally-expanding grippers B66C1/54

B66C1/485

Coil lifting devices

B66C1/54

Internally-expanding grippers for handling hollow articles B66C1/46 takes precedence

B66C1/56

for handling tubes

B66C1/58

and deforming the articles, e.g. by using gripping members such as tongs or grapples

B66C1/585

Log grapples

B66C1/59

Tongs for sacks

B66C1/62

comprising article-engaging members of a shape complementary to that of the articles to be handled

B66C1/625

for gripping drums or barrels

B66C1/64

for T- or I-section beams or girders

B66C1/66

for engaging holes, recesses, or abutments on articles specially provided for facilitating handling thereof

B66C1/663

for containers fastening of containers on vehicles B60P7/13, B60P7/132

B66C1/666

for connection to anchor inserts embedded in concrete structures

B66C1/68

mounted on, or guided by, jibs jibs B66C23/64

B66C3/00

Load-engaging elements or devices attached to lifting or lowering gear of cranes or adapted for connection therewith and intended primarily for transmitting lifting forces to loose materials

Grabs buckets and other containers B65D, e.g. pallets B65D19/00; dredges equipped with grabs E02F

B66C3/005

Grab supports, e.g. articulations; Oscillation dampers; Orientation B66C3/16 takes precedence

B66C3/02

Bucket grabs

B66C3/04

Tine grabs

B66C3/06

Grabs actuated by a single rope or chain

B66C3/08

and having tipping rings

B66C3/10

and having buckets opening automatically upon the grab being lowered on to the dump of material

B66C3/105

Devices for control

B66C3/12

Grabs actuated by two or more ropes

B66C3/125

Devices for control

B66C3/14

Grabs opened or closed by driving motors thereon

B66C3/16

by fluid motors

B66C3/18

by electric motors

B66C3/20

mounted on, or guided by, jibs jibs B66C23/64

B66C5/00

Other common features

Details

B66C5/00

Base supporting structures with legs

B66C5/02

Fixed or travelling bridges or gantries, i.e. elongated structures of inverted L or of inverted U shape

or tripods

B66C5/025

Tripods

B66C5/04

with runways or tracks supported for movements relative to bridge or gantry

B66C5/06

with runways or tracks supported for lateral swinging movements

B66C5/08

with vertically invlinable runways or tracks

B66C5/10

Portals, i.e. essentially circular or square platforms with three or more legs specially adapted for supporting slewing jib cranes

B66C6/00

Girders, or track-supporting structures, specially adapted for cranes base supporting structures with legs B66C5/00; girders in general E04C3/02

B66C7/00

Runways, tracks or trackways for trolleys or cranes

B66C7/02

for underhung trolleys or cranes

B66C7/04

Trackway suspension

B66C7/06

on supports constructed for easy erection, e.g. transportable

B66C7/08

Constructional features of runway rails or rail mountings of general application E01B

B66C7/10

Arrangements or devices for extending runways or tracks

B66C7/12

Devices for changing direction of travel or for transferring from one runway to another

Crossings

Combinations of tracks of different gauges transfer devices of general application E01B

B66C7/14

Runway interlocking devices

B66C7/16

Devices specially adapted for limiting trolley or crane travel

Arrangements of buffer-stops buffer-stops of interest apart from this application B61K7/18; limit-switch arrangements, limit circuits B66D1/56

B66C9/00

Travelling gear incorporated in or fitted to trolleys or cranes

for floor-to-roof stacking devices B66F9/072

; for dredgers E02F

B66C9/02

for underhung trolleys or cranes

B66C9/04

to facilitate negotiation of curves

B66C9/06

for more than one rail gauge

B66C9/08

Runners

Runner bearings wheels for railbound vehicles B60B

B66C9/10

Undercarriages or bogies, e.g. end carriages, end bogies

B66C9/12

with load-distributing means for equalising wheel pressure

B66C9/14

Trolley or crane travel drives rope, cable, or chain drives for loads or trolleys B66C11/16; control B66C13/18

B66C9/16

with means for maintaining alignment between wheels and track

B66C9/18

with means for locking trolleys or cranes to runways or tracks to prevent inadvertent movements

B66C11/00

Trolleys or crabs, e.g. operating above runways runways, tracks or trackways therefor B66C7/00; winch mechanisms B66D

B66C11/02

with operating gear or operator's cabin suspended, or laterally offset, from runway or track

B66C11/04

Underhung trolleys power-operated hoists with driving motor and drum or barrel contained in a common housing B66D3/20

B66C11/06

running on monorails overhead railway systems B61B

B66C11/08

with turntables

B66C11/10

equipped with jibs jib-cranes B66C23/00

B66C11/12

having hoisting gear adapted to special load-engaging elements and not otherwise provided for

B66C11/14

adapted to operate on crane or bridge structure of particular configuration, e.g. on reinforced concrete girders of rectangular cross-section

B66C11/16

Rope, cable, or chain drives for trolleys

Combinations of such drives with hoisting gear

B66C11/18

comprising endless ropes or cables

B66C11/20

Arrangements, e.g. comprising differential gears, enabling simultaneous or selective operation of travelling and hoisting gear

Arrangements using the same rope or cable for both travelling and hoisting, e.g. in Temperley cranes power transmissions between driving motors and winch drums B66D1/14

B66C11/22

actuated pneumatically or hydraulically

B66C11/24

with means for locating or sustaining the loads or trolleys in predetermined positions

Hay hoists

B66C11/26

Abutments

Stop blocks

End stops

B66C13/00

Other constructional features or details

B66C13/005

Cranes carrying advertisements or the like

B66C13/02

Devices for facilitating retrieval of floating objects, e.g. for recovering crafts from water handling live-boats B63B; salvaging, or hauling-out on slipways, waterborne vessels B63C; winding mechanism controls B66D1/52

B66C13/04

Auxiliary devices for controlling movements of suspended loads, or preventing cable slack

B66C13/06

for minimising or preventing longitudinal or transverse swinging of loads

B66C13/063

electrical

B66C13/066

for minimising vibration of a boom

B66C13/08

for depositing loads in desired attitudes or positions

B66C13/085

electrical

B66C13/10

for preventing cable slack control devices for rope, cable, or chain winding mechanisms, e.g. for controlling tensions, B66D1/40

B66C13/105

electrical

B66C13/12

Arrangements of means for transmitting pneumatic, hydraulic, or electric power to movable parts of devices

B66C13/14

to load-engaging elements or motors associated therewith

B66C13/16

Applications of indicating, registering, or weighing devices in crane hooks B66C1/40; in safety gear B66C15/00; weighing-apparatus G01G; remote indicating in general G08

B66C13/18

Control systems or devices exclusively for rope, cable, or chain winding mechanisms B66D1/40

B66C13/20

for non-electric drives transmitting control pulses B66C13/40

B66C13/22

for electric drives transmitting control pulses B66C13/40; systems or devices of general application H02P

B66C13/23

Circuits for controlling the lowering of the load

B66C13/24

by dc motors

B66C13/26

by ac motors

B66C13/28

utilising regenerative braking for controlling descent of heavy loads and having means for preventing rotation of motor in the hoisting direction when load is released

B66C13/30

Circuits for braking, traversing, or slewing motors

B66C13/32

for operating grab bucket hoists by means of one or more electric motors used both for hosting and lowering the loads and for opening and closing the bucket jaws other aspects or rope, cable, or chain winding mechanisms specially adapted for actuating grab buckets B66D1/62

B66C13/34

through differential or planetary gearing

B66C13/36

Single-motor-drive control systems

B66C13/38

Systems controlling independent motors

B66C13/40

Applications of devices for transmitting control pulses

Applications of remote control devices control in general G05

B66C13/42

Hydraulic transmitters

B66C13/44

Electrical transmitters

B66C13/46

Position indicators for suspended loads or for crane elements

B66C13/48

Automatic control of crane drives for producing a single or repeated working cycle

Programme control

B66C13/50

Applications of limit circuits or of limit-switch arrangements for winding mechanisms B66D1/56

B66C13/52

Details of compartments for driving engines or motors or of operator's stands or cabins

B66C13/54

Operator's stands or cabins

B66C13/56

Arrangements of handles or pedals

B66C15/00

Safety gear for rope, cable, or chain winding mechanisms B66D1/54

B66C15/02

for retaining load-engaging elements in the event of rope or cable breakage

B66C15/04

for preventing collisions, e.g. between cranes or trolleys operating on the same track

B66C15/045

electrical

B66C15/06

Arrangements or use of warning devices

B66C15/065

electrical

B66C17/00

Kinds or types of cranes adaptations of girders or of track-supporting structures B66C6/00

B66C17/00

Overhead travelling cranes comprising one or more substantially horizontal girders the ends of which are directly supported by wheels or rollers running on tracks carried by spaced supports

B66C17/04

with lifting beams, e.g. slewable beams, carrying load-engaging elements, e.g. magnets, hooks constructions of load-engaging elements B66C1/00, B66C3/00

B66C17/06

specially adapted for particular purposes, e.g. in foundries, forges

combined with auxiliary apparatus serving particular purposes B66C17/04 takes precedence

B66C17/08

for charging treatment chambers, e.g. furnaces, kilns, ovens charging furnaces in general F27D3/00

B66C17/10

for transporting ladles

B66C17/12

for handling workpieces, e.g. ingots, which require to be supported temporarily within, or withdrawn from, a treatment chamber, e.g. tong cranes, soaking-pit cranes, stripper cranes for manipulating ingots during forging B66C17/18; grippers for handling or stripping castings or ingots during manufacture B22D29/00

B66C17/14

Tong cranes with means for moving article-pushers relative to the tongs

B66C17/16

Tong cranes with means for turning the tongs about a vertical axis

B66C17/18

for manipulating workpieces during forging operations work-pieces manipulators in forging machines B21J13/10

B66C17/20

for hoisting or lowering heavy load carriers, e.g. freight containers, railway wagons

B66C17/22

for hoisting or lowering locomotives

B66C17/24

for building ships on slipways

B66C17/26

combined with auxiliary apparatus, e.g. log saws, pushers for unloading vehicles, means for shunting railway vehicles

B66C19/00

Cranes comprising trolleys or crabs running on fixed or movable bridges or gantries B66C17/00 takes precedence; base supporting structures with legs B66C5/00; jib cranes B66C23/00

B66C19/002

Container cranes B66C19/007 takes precedence

B66C19/005

Straddle carriers B66C19/007 takes precedence

B66C19/007

for containers

B66C19/02

collapsible

B66C19/002, B66C19/005 takes precedence

B66C21/00

Cable cranes, i.e. comprising hoisting devices running on aerial cable-ways rope or cable drives for trolleys, combinations of such drives with hoisting gear B66C11/16; railway systems B61B; rope or cable winding mechanisms B66D1/00

B66C21/02

with cable-ways supported on framework swingably connected to groundengaging elements

B66C21/04

with cable-ways supported at one end or both ends on bodily movable framework, e.g. framework mounted on rail track

B66C21/06

with one end supported on a framework movable in a curved, e.g. circular, path and the other end by a column rotatable around a vertical axis

B66C21/08

Sag carriers or rope trolleys, suspended or not, e.g. fixed but offering clearance for travelling gear

B66C21/10

travelling

B66C23/00

Cranes comprising essentially a beam, boom, or triangular structure acting as a cantilever and mounted for translatory of swinging movements in vertical or horizontal planes or a combination of such movements, e.g. jib-cranes, derricks, tower cranes base supporting structures with legs B65C5/00

B66C23/005

with balanced jib, e.g. pantograph arrangement, the jib being moved manually

B66C23/02

with non-adjustable and non-inclinable jibs mounted solely for slewing movements

B66C23/022

Pivot axis common with column

B66C23/025

with particular mounting for base of column

B66C23/027

Pivot axis separated from column axis

B66C23/04

with jibs the effective length of which is variable in operation, e.g. longitudinally displaceable, extensible

B66C23/06

with jibs mounted for jibbing or luffing movements

B66C23/08

and adapted to move the loads in predetermined paths

B66C23/10

the paths being substantially horizontal

Level-luffing jib-cranes

B66C23/12

with means for automatically varying the effective length of the hoisting rope or cable

B66C23/14

with means, e.g. pantograph arrangements, for varying jib configuration

B66C23/16

with jibs supported by columns, e.g. towers having their lower end mounted for slewing movements

B66C23/163

where only part of the column rotates, i.e. at least the bottom part is fixed

B66C23/166

Simple cranes with jibs which may be fixed or can slew or luff

B66C23/18

specially adapted for use in particular purposes

B66C23/185

for use erecting wind turbines B66C23/207 takes precedence

B66C23/20

with supporting couples provided by walls of buildings or like structures

B66C23/201

with supporting couples provided from above, e.g. by ceilings of buildings

B66C23/202

with supporting couples provided from below, e.g. by floors of buildings

B66C23/203

with supporting couples provided by posts, e.g. scaffolding, trees or masts

B66C23/205

for use on top of roofs

B66C23/206

with supporting couples provided by iso containers

B66C23/207

with supporting couples provided by wind turbines

B66C23/208

with supporting couples provided from the side, e.g. by walls of buildings

B66C23/22

Window cranes, i.e. adapted to be supported in window openings

B66C23/24

Mobile wall cranes

B66C23/26

for use on building sites

constructed, e.g. with separable parts, to facilitate rapid assembly or dismantling, for operation at successively higher levels, for transport by road or rail with supporting couples provided by walls or buildings B66C23/20; mounted on vehicles B66C23/36; jib constructions B66C23/64

B66C23/28

constructed to operate at successively higher levels

B66C23/283

with frameworks composed of assembled elements

B66C23/286

with locking devices

B66C23/30

with frameworks composed of telescopic elements

B66C23/305

with locking devices

B66C23/32

Self-hoisting cranes

B66C23/34

Self-erecting cranes, i.e. with hoisting gear adapted for crane erection purposes

B66C23/342

with telescopic elements

B66C23/344

adapted for transport purposes

B66C23/346

with locking devices

B66C23/348

the erection being operated by jacks

B66C23/36

mounted on road or rail vehicles

Manually-movable jib-cranes for use in workshops

Floating cranes with pneumatic or hydraulic motors B66C23/54; vehicle or ship aspects B60 - B63

B66C23/365

dismantable into smaller units for transport purposes

B66C23/38

with separate prime movers for crane and vehicle

B66C23/40

with a single prime mover for both crane and vehicle

B66C23/42

with jibs of adjustable configuration, e.g. foldable

B66C23/44

Jib-cranes adapted for attachment to standard vehicles, e.g. agricultural tractors

B66C23/46

Mobile jib-cranes with non-slewable jibs

B66C23/48

Manually-movable jib cranes for use in workshops

B66C23/485

for lifting and moving engines, e.g. car or aero engines or parts thereof

B66C23/50

mounted on railway vehicles, e.g. breakdown cranes

B66C23/52

Floating cranes floating dredgers E02F

B66C23/525

Double slewing cranes on ships

B66C23/53

including counterweight or means to compensate for list, trim, or skew of the vessel or platform counterweights or supports for balancing lifting couples B66C23/72; equipment to decrease unwanted vessel movements B63B39/00

B66C23/54

with pneumatic or hydraulic motors, e.g. for actuating jib-cranes on tractors

B66C23/545

with arrangements for avoiding dead centre problems during cylinder motion

B66C23/58

arranged to carry out a desired sequence of operations automatically, e.g. hoisting followed by luffing and slewing

B66C23/585

electrical

B66C23/60

Derricks

B66C23/605

employing ships' masts B66C23/525 takes precedence

B66C23/62

Constructional features or details of dredgers E02F

B66C23/64

Jibs

B66C23/66

Outer or upper end constructions

B66C23/68

foldable or otherwise adjustable in configuration

B66C23/70

constructed of sections adapted to be assembled to form jibs or various lengths

B66C23/701

telescopic

B66C23/702

with a jib extension boom

B66C23/703

telescoped by flexible elements, e.g. cables, chains or bands

B66C23/705

telescoped by hydraulic jacks

B66C23/706

telescoped by other means

B66C23/707

guiding devices for telescopic jibs

B66C23/708

locking devices for telescopic jibs

B66C23/72

Counterweights or supports for balancing lifting couples

B66C23/74

separate from jib

B66C23/76

and movable to take account of variations of load or of variations of length of jib

B66C23/78

Supports, e.g. outriggers, for mobile cranes

B66C23/80

hydraulically actuated

B66C23/82

Luffing gear

B66C23/821

Bracing equipment for booms

B66C23/823

Bracing equipment acting in vertical direction

B66C23/825

Bracing equipment acting in horizontal direction

B66C23/826

Bracing equipment acting at an inclined angle to vertical and horizontal directions

B66C23/828

where the angle is adjustable

B66C23/84

Slewing gear anti-friction bearings F16C

B66C23/86

hydraulically actuated

B66C23/88

Safety gear for cranes in general B66C15/00; for rope, cable, or chain winding mechanisms B66D1/54

B66C23/90

Devices for indicating or limiting lifting moment

B66C23/905

electrical

B66C23/92

Snubbers or dashpots for preventing backwards swinging of jibs, e.g. in the event of cable or tackle breakage

B66C23/94

for limiting slewing movements

B66C25/00

Cranes not provided for in groups B66C17/00 - B66C23/00

B66C2700/00

Cranes

B66C2700/01

General aspects of mobile cranes, overhead travelling cranes, gantry cranes, loading bridges, cranes for building ships on slipways, cranes for foundries or cranes for public works

B66C2700/011

Cable cranes

B66C2700/012

Trolleys or runways

B66C2700/014

Devices for trolleys running on monorails

B66C2700/015

Arrangements which are easily displaceable or dismountable

B66C2700/017

Installations characterised by their destination or by the load-engaging element for as far as the trolley is essential

B66C2700/018

Construction details related to the trolley movement

B66C2700/03

Cranes with arms or jibs

Multiple cranes

B66C2700/0307

Cranes in which it is essential that the load is moving horizontally during the luffing movement of the arm or jib

B66C2700/0314

in combination with the movement of the counterweight

B66C2700/0321

Travelling cranes

B66C2700/0328

Cranes on rails or on rail vehicles

B66C2700/0335

with a slewing arm

B66C2700/0342

on a turntable

B66C2700/035

Construction details related to the travelling, to the supporting of the crane or to the blocking of the axles

Outriggers

Coupling of the travelling mechanism to the crane mechanism

B66C2700/0357

Cranes on road or off-road vehicles, on trailers or towed vehicles

Cranes on wheels or crane-trucks

B66C2700/0364

with a slewing arm

B66C2700/0371

on a turntable

B66C2700/0378

Construction details related to the travelling, to the supporting of the crane or to the blocking of the axles

Outriggers

Coupling of the travelling mechamism to the crane mechanism

B66C2700/0385

Cranes with trolleys movable along adjustable or slewable arms

B66C2700/0392

Movement of the crane arm

Coupling of the crane arm with the counterweights

Safety devices for the movement of the arm

B66C2700/06

Cranes in which the lifting movement is done with a hydraulically controlled plunger

B66C2700/062

mounted on motor vehicles

B66C2700/065

with a slewable jib

B66C2700/067

on a turntable

B66C2700/08

Electrical assemblies or electrical control devices for cranes, winches, capstans or electrical hoists

B66C2700/081

with ac motors

B66C2700/082

Control of the secondary movements, e.g. travelling, slewing, luffing of the jib, changing of the range

B66C2700/084

Protection measures

B66C2700/085

Control actuators

B66C2700/087

Electrical assemblies or electrical control devices for electrically actuated grabs

B66C2700/088

Remote control of electric cranes