B25D PERCUSSIVE TOOLS
Introduced: September 1968
Last revised: July 1974
Classification Context
- Section:
- PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- Class:
- HAND TOOLS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; HANDLES FOR HAND IMPLEMENTS; WORKSHOP EQUIPMENT; MANIPULATORS
- Subclass:
- PERCUSSIVE TOOLS
Description
B25D covers hand-held and portable power-driven tools that operate through striking, hammering, or percussion mechanisms. This includes pneumatic, electric, and manual hammers; chisels and breakers; jackhammers; and nail guns designed for fastening or breaking applications. The classification encompasses both the percussive tools themselves and their operational mechanisms, excluding general hand tools without percussion function that fall under other B25 subclasses.
Additional Content
Glossary
Hand hammer Hand hammers Hand tool for carrying out a stroke with a striking face which is not intended to penetrate the material or object to be struck. Pick picks Hand tool for carrying out a stroke with a pointed striking tip or edge which is intended to penetrate the material or object to be struck.
Application references
Non-abrasive sharpening devices for scythes, sickles, or the like with percussive tools Hand-operated implements for threshing Meat pounders Carpet beaters Instruments for medical or veterinary examination by percussion Hand-held nailing or stapling tools Combination or multi-purpose hand tools not otherwise provided for Mortise chisels for wood-working Pick hammers for mining or quarrying, specially adapted for dislodging minerals Chisels for mining or quarrying
Related Keywords
10 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- B25D 1/00 Hand hammers; Hammer heads of special shape or materials
- B25D 11/00 Portable percussive tools with electromotor drive
- B25D 13/00 Portable percussive tools with electromagnetic drive
- B25D 15/00 Portable percussive tools using centrifugal or rotary impact elements
- B25D 16/00 Portable percussive machines with superimposed rotation
- B25D 17/00 Details of, or accessories for, portable power-driven percussive tools
- B25D 3/00 Hand chisels
- B25D 5/00 Centre punches
- B25D 7/00 Picks
- B25D 9/00 Portable percussive tools with fluid-pressure drive, e.g. having several percussive tool bits operated simultaneously
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class B25, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- SGCC(STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA) 4,635
- FANUC JP 3,353
- ROBERT BOSCH DE 2,950
- LG ELECTRONICS KR 2,397
- HILTI LI 2,243
- FANUC 2,234
- SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 2,131
- KAWASAKI HEAVY IND JP 1,940
- MAKITA CORPORATION 1,851
- SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 1,562