STREET CLEANING; CLEANING OF PERMANENT WAYS; CLEANING BEACHES; DISPERSING FOG IN GENERAL (cleaning in general B08B)

Description

E01H covers machinery, equipment, and methods for removing debris, dirt, and unwanted materials from public infrastructure and land surfaces. This includes street sweeping and washing machines, railway track cleaning devices, beach cleaning equipment, and land clearing apparatus. The classification also encompasses fog dispersal systems used for atmospheric or environmental management. Related but excluded technologies, such as general-purpose cleaning machines without fixed infrastructure application, are classified elsewhere in the IPC system.

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E01H 1/00 Removing undesirable matter from roads or like surfaces, with or without moistening of the surface (for snow or ice E01H5/00; cleaning tramway rails E01H8/00; obstruction removers on vehicles B60R19/00; in combination with application of bitumen or the like E01C19/16; in combination with application of traffic line E01C23/16 )
E01H 10/00 Improving gripping of ice-bound or other slippery traffic surfaces, e.g. using gritting or thawing materials ( roughening ice by means of tools E01H5/12; applying de-icing agents to rails E01H8/10; thawing materials C09K3/18; by constructional features E01C11/24 )
E01H 11/00 Control of undesirable vegetation on roads or permanent ways of railways, (destruction of undesirable vegetation in general A01M7/00 - A01M15/00, A01M21/00; weeding involving working the ballast E01B27/00; mowers for embankments A01D34/86; hedge shearing machines A01G3/04); Applying liquids, e.g. water, weed-killer bitumen, to permanent ways (specially to rails E01H8/10 ; for preserving sleepers E01B31/20)
E01H 12/00 Cleaning beaches
E01H 13/00 Dispersing fog in general, e.g. on roads, on airfields
E01H 15/00 Removing undesirable matter, e.g. rubbish, from the land, not otherwise provided for (gatherers for removing stones, roots or the like from the soil A01B43/00)
E01H 3/00 Applying liquids to roads or like surfaces, e.g. for dust control; Stationary flushing devices (combined with removal of undesirable matter E01H1/00; spray heads, other outlets B05B )
E01H 4/00 Working on surfaces of snow or ice in order to make them suitable for traffic or sporting purposes, e.g. by compacting snow (production of artificial snow F25C3/04)
E01H 5/00 Removing snow or ice from roads or like surfaces; Grading or roughening snow or ice (by applying de-icing agents E01H10/00; obstruction removers on vehicles B60R19/00; sand, gravel or salt spreaders E01C19/20)
E01H 6/00 Apparatus equipped with, or having provisions for equipping with, both elements removal of refuse or the like and elements for removal of snow or ice (E01H8/10 takes precedence)
E01H 8/00 Removing undesirable matter from the permanent way of railways; Removing undesirable matter from tramway rails (E01H1/00 - E01H6/00 take precedence; )