STREET CLEANING; CLEANING OF PERMANENT WAYS; CLEANING BEACHES; CLEANING LAND; DISPERSING FOG IN GENERAL

Introduced: September 1968

Last revised: January 1985

Classification Context

Section:: FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
Class:: CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, RAILWAYS, OR BRIDGES
Subclass:: STREET CLEANING; CLEANING OF PERMANENT WAYS; CLEANING BEACHES; CLEANING LAND; DISPERSING FOG IN GENERAL

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.

Related Keywords

cleaning BALLAST ways for railwaysCLEANING roadwayscleaning, clearing or watering of ROAD(S)SCRAPERS for roadsVEHICLES for cleaning roads, permanent ways or beachesgathering or removing WASTE from roads, railways or tramway tracks

11 direct subcodes

Child Classifications

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E01H 1/00 Removing undesirable matter from roads or like surfaces, with or without moistening of the surface
E01H 10/00 Improving gripping of ice-bound or other slippery traffic surfaces, e.g. using gritting or thawing materials
E01H 11/00 Control of undesirable vegetation on roads or permanent ways of railways; Applying liquids, e.g. water, weed-killer, bitumen, to permanent ways
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
E01H 3/00 Applying liquids to roads or like surfaces, e.g. for dust control; Stationary flushing devices
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
E01H 5/00 Removing snow or ice from roads or like surfaces; Grading or roughening snow or ice
E01H 6/00 Apparatus equipped with, or having provisions for equipping with, both elements for removal of refuse or the like and elements for removal of snow or ice
E01H 8/00 Removing undesirable matter from the permanent way of railways; Removing undesirable matter from tramway rails