B66F HOISTING, LIFTING, HAULING OR PUSHING, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, e.g. DEVICES WHICH APPLY A LIFTING OR PUSHING FORCE DIRECTLY TO THE SURFACE OF A LOAD ( mounting artificial islands on piles or like supports E02B17/00; scaffolding combined with lifting devices E04G1/22; lifting devices for sliding forms E04G11/24; lifting of buildings E04G23/06; shores or struts E04G25/00; lifts or other hoisting devices on ladders E06C7/12; props for mining E21D15/00)
Description
B66F covers residual hoisting, lifting, hauling, and pushing devices not classified under more specific subclasses (B66B–B66E), particularly those applying force directly to load surfaces without mechanical advantage systems. This includes vacuum lifters, magnetic lifters, friction-based movers, and similar force-application devices for material handling. The classification encompasses both manual and powered equipment designed for direct load manipulation rather than rope-and-pulley or chain-hoist mechanisms. Adjacent classes address elevators (B66B), cranes and derricks (B66C), and winches and capstans (B66D).
11 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
Navigate with arrow keys, Enter to open
- B66F 1/00 Devices, e.g. jacks, for lifting loads in predetermined steps
- B66F 11/00 Lifting devices specially adapted for particular uses not otherwise provided for (ground-engaging vehicle fittings for supporting, lifting or manoeuvring the vehicle B60S9/00)
- B66F 13/00 Common constructional features or accessories
- B66F 15/00 Crowbars or levers
- B66F 17/00 Safety devices, e.g. for limiting or indicating lifting force
- B66F 19/00 Hoisting, lifting, hauling or pushing, not otherwise provided for
- B66F 2700/00 Lifting apparatus
- B66F 3/00 Devices, e.g. jacks, adapted for uninterrupted lifting of loads (mobile jacks of the garage type B66F5/00)
- B66F 5/00 Mobile jacks of the garage type mounted on wheels or rollers
- B66F 7/00 Lifting frames, e.g. for lifting vehicles; Platform lifts ( ; for lift-truck platform B66F9/06)
- B66F 9/00 Devices for lifting or lowering bulky or heavy goods for loading or unloading purposes (mobile or transportable lifts in, or associated with, buildings and specially adapted to be shifted from one part of a building or other structure to another part or to another building or structure B66B9/16; cranes B66C)
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class B66, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- INVENTIO CH 3,939
- OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY US 3,810
- KONE CORPORATION FI 3,008
- MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION JP 2,333
- MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION 1,254
- HITACHI 1,195
- OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY 1,065
- SGCC(STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA) 961
- INVENTIO 828
- CROWN EQUIPMENT CORPORATION US 828