D06B TREATING TEXTILE MATERIALS USING LIQUIDS, GASES OR VAPOURS (mechanical treatment of natural fibrous or filamentary material to obtain fibres or filaments D01B)
Introduced: July 1974
Description
D06B covers processes and apparatus for treating textiles through contact with liquids, gases, or vapours, including washing, bleaching, dyeing, and chemical finishing operations. This subclass encompasses wet processing methods such as immersion, spraying, and circulation treatment, as well as gaseous treatments like steaming and fumigation. The classification includes machinery for applying treatment media, controlling treatment conditions, and removing excess liquids or gases from textile materials. Related finishing operations involving mechanical deformation (pressing, calendering) are classified elsewhere in D06.
Title
Titles differ between systems:
IPC: TREATING TEXTILE MATERIALS USING LIQUIDS, GASES OR VAPOURS
CPC: TREATING TEXTILE MATERIALS USING LIQUIDS, GASES OR VAPOURS (mechanical treatment of natural fibrous or filamentary material to obtain fibres or filaments D01B)
Full Title
Full titles differ between systems:
TREATING TEXTILE MATERIALS USING LIQUIDS, GASES OR VAPOURS
TREATING TEXTILE MATERIALS USING LIQUIDS, GASES OR VAPOURS (mechanical treatment of natural fibrous or filamentary material to obtain fibres or filaments D01B)
Additional Content IPC
Mechanical treatment of natural fibrous or filamentary material to obtain fibres or filaments
Of 13 combined children, 12 exist in both systems.
1 codes are CPC-only extensions.
Note: 1 CPC extensions are marked as secondary classification only.
7 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.
Child Classifications
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- D06B 1/00 Applying liquids, gases or vapours onto textile materials to effect treatment, e.g. washing, dyeing, bleaching, sizing or impregnating (mercerising D06B7/00; solvent-treatment D06B9/00; treatment of selected parts of textile materials D06B11/00; with aid of vibration D06B13/00) since 1974 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- D06B 11/00 Treatment of selected parts of textile materials, e.g. partial dyeing since 1974 +9 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- D06B 13/00 Treatment of textile materials with liquids, gases or vapours with aid of vibration since 1974 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- D06B 15/00 Removing liquids, gases or vapours from textile materials in association with treatment of the materials by liquids, gases or vapours since 1974 +1 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- D06B 17/00 Storing of textile materials in association with the treatment of the materials by liquids, gases or vapours (carriers or supports specially adapted therefor D06B23/04) since 1974 +1 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- D06B 19/00 Treatment of textile materials by liquids, gases or vapours, not provided for in groups D06B1/00 - D06B17/00 since 1974 +2 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- D06B 21/00 Successive treatments of textile materials by liquids, gases or vapours since 1974 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- D06B 23/00 Component parts, details, or accessories of apparatus or machines, specially adapted for the treating of textile materials, not restricted to a particular kind of apparatus, provided for in groups D06B1/00 - D06B21/00 since 1974 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- D06B 2700/00 Treating of textile materials, e.g. bleaching, dyeing, mercerising, impregnating, washing; Fulling of fabrics 2nd only +15 CPC CPC only CPC only
- D06B 3/00 Passing of textile materials through liquids, gases or vapours to effect treatment, e.g. washing, dyeing, bleaching, sizing, impregnating (mercerising D06B7/00; solvent-treatment D06B9/00; treatment of selected parts of textile materials D06B11/00; with aid of vibration D06B13/00) since 1974 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- D06B 5/00 Forcing liquids, gases or vapours through textile materials to effect treatment, e.g. washing, dyeing, bleaching, sizing impregnating (mercerising D06B7/00; solvent-treatment D06B9/00; treatment of selected parts of textile materials D06B11/00; with aid of vibration D06B13/00) since 1974 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
Top Applicants
Top Applicants (IPC)
Class D06,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- QINGDAO HAIER WASHING MACHINE COMPANY 10,520
- HAIER SMART HOME 8,532
- LG ELECTRONICS KR 7,853
- WUXI LITTLE SWAN COMPANY 5,749
- QINGDAO HAIER WASHING MACHINE COMPANY CN 2,905
- BSH (BOSCH UND SIEMENS HAUSGERAETE) DE 2,785
- SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 2,662
- GREE ELECTRIC APPLIANCES 1,701
- PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY 1,391
- MIELE DE 1,374
Top Applicants (CPC)
Class D06,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- LG ELECTRONICS KR 7,955
- QINGDAO HAIER WASHING MACHINE COMPANY 7,190
- HAIER SMART HOME 5,471
- QINGDAO HAIER WASHING MACHINE COMPANY CN 2,962
- BSH (BOSCH UND SIEMENS HAUSGERAETE) DE 2,870
- WUXI LITTLE SWAN COMPANY 2,869
- SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 2,731
- MIELE DE 1,371
- WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION US 1,285
- ELECTROLUX APPLIANCES SE 1,261