IPC Subgroup
E01B 5/1 Composite grooved rails; Inserts for grooved rails
Introduced: September 1968
Last revised: January 2006
Full Title
Rails; Guard rails; Distance-keeping means for them > Rails > Composite rails; Compound rails with dismountable or non-dismountable parts > Composite grooved rails; Inserts for grooved rails
Classification Context
- Section:
- FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
- Class:
- CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, RAILWAYS, OR BRIDGES
- Subclass:
- PERMANENT WAY; PERMANENT-WAY TOOLS; MACHINES FOR MAKING RAILWAYS OF ALL KINDS
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