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| 3K034 | Surface heating bodies | |
| H05B3/20 -3/38;3/84-3/86 | ||
| H05B3/20-3/38;3/84-3/86 | AA | AA00 . HEATING ELEMENTS |
AA01 | AA02 | AA03 | AA04 | AA05 | AA06 | AA07 | AA08 | AA09 | AA10 |
| . Materials | . . Metals and alloys thereof | . . . Metal oxides | . . Non-metals (i.e., inorganic substances) | . . . Carbon | . . . Organic substances (i.e., conductive polymers) | . . Materials that have positive temperature characteristics (PTC) | . . Powders | . . Fibers | . . Exothermic paints (e.g., pastes or inks) | |||
| AA11 | AA12 | AA13 | AA14 | AA15 | AA16 | AA17 | AA18 | AA19 | AA20 | |||
| . Heating-element shapes | . . Wires (i.e., cords) | . . . Spiral shapes | . . Rods | . . Films (i.e., sheets or foils) | . . Plates (i.e., thin plates) | . . Tubes or columns | . . Squares or polygons | . . Circles (i.e., rings) | . . Tape-like shapes (i.e., ribbons or bands) | |||
| AA21 | AA22 | AA23 | AA24 | AA25 | AA26 | AA27 | AA28 | AA29 | AA30 | |||
| . . Helical shapes | . . Wave-like shapes (i.e., meandering) | . . Parallel shapes | . . Nets | . . Woven materials or braided materials | . . Variants that are spongy or have an irregular shape (e.g., three-dimensional shapes) | . . Roughened surfaces (e.g., sandblasted surfaces) | . . Variants with holes | . . Variants with slits | . . Other surface treatments | |||
| AA31 | AA32 | AA33 | AA34 | AA35 | AA36 | AA37 | AA38 | AA39 | ||||
| . Formation methods (e.g., plating) | . . Formation by punching | . . Formation by etching | . . Formation by printing (e.g., coating) | . . Formation by vapor deposition or sputtering | . . Formation by spraying of molten material | . . Formation by baking | . . Formation by fastening to pins | . . Formation by stretching | ||||
| BA | BA00 HEATING-ELEMENT COATINGS |
BA01 | BA02 | BA03 | BA04 | BA05 | BA06 | BA07 | BA08 | BA09 | BA10 | |
| . Materials (ie., insulating materials, heat-resistant materials, heat-insulating materials) | . . Metals and alloys thereof (For metal fibers, see BA10) | . . . Enameling | . . Non-metals (i.e., inorganic substances, e.g., asbestos) | . . . Glass | . . . Ceramics | . . . Mica | . . . Organic substances | . . . . Wood (e.g., plywood) | . . . . Fibers (i.e., natural or synthetic) | |||
| BA11 | BA12 | BA13 | BA14 | BA15 | BA16 | BA17 | BA18 | BA19 | BA20 | |||
| . Shapes (e.g., powders) | . . Wires (i.e., cords) | . . Films (i.e., sheets) | . . Plates (e.g., tubes, rods) | . . Ink or paint layers | . Means of attaching heating elements to insulating coatings | . . Welding | . . Adheshion (e.g., with adhesives) | . . Impregnation (e.g., with resins) | . . Mechanical joining (e.g., wrapping, engaging, stitching, fastening, pressing together) | |||
| BB | BB00 BASES (I.E., COMPONENTS TO WHICH HEATING ELEMENTS ARE DIRECTLY ATTACHED, OR TO WHICH THEY ARE ATTACHED VIA COATINGS) |
BB01 | BB02 | BB03 | BB04 | BB05 | BB06 | BB07 | BB08 | BB09 | BB10 | |
| . Materials | . . Metals and metal alloys | . . . Enameling | . . Non-metals (i.e., inorganic substances, e.g., asbestos) | . . . Glass | . . . Ceramics | . . . Mica | . . . Organic substances | . . . . Wood (e.g., plywood) | . . . . Fibers (e.g., natural or synthetic) | |||
| BB11 | BB12 | BB13 | BB14 | BB15 | BB16 | BB17 | BB18 | BB19 | BB20 | |||
| . Shape | . . Wires (e.g., cords) | . . Films (e.g., sheets) | . . Plates (e.g., rods) | . . Cloth | . . . Non-woven cloth | . . Elastic bodies (e.g., sponges) | . . Nets | . . Lattices | . . Boxes (e.g., cases) | |||
| BC | BC00 ATTACHMENT OF HEATING ELEMENTS TO BASES DIRECTLY OR VIA COATINGS |
BC01 | BC02 | BC03 | BC04 | BC05 | BC06 | BC07 | BC08 | BC09 | BC10 | |
| . Means of attaching heating elements to bases | . . Welding | . . Adhesion (e.g., with adhesives) | . . Baking | . . Mechanical attachment (e.g., using screws, bolts or nuts) (For weaving or braiding, see AA25) | . . . Wrapping | . . . Fastening | . . . Engagement | . . . Pressing together | . . . Stitching | |||
| BC11 | BC12 | BC13 | BC14 | BC15 | BC16 | BC17 | BC18 | BC19 | BC20 | |||
| . Locations at which heating elements are attached to bases | . . Attachment to a surface | . . Attachment to both sides | . . Attachment over the entire surface | . . Attachment inside of grooves | . . Sandwich-like attachment | . . Enclosed attachment | . . Attachment supported at a single point | . . Attachment supported at two points | . . Attachment supported at multiple points | |||
| BC21 | BC22 | BC23 | BC24 | BC25 | BC27 | BC28 | BC29 | BC30 | ||||
| . Plural attachments | . . Two-layer attachments | . . Multi-layer attachments | . . Attachments arranged side by side | . . . Arrangementss side by side and parallel | . . Uniform arrangements | . . Non-uniform arrangements | . . Uniform heating | . . Particular part heating (drawing) | ||||
| CA | CA00 ELECTRODE SECTIONS |
CA01 | CA02 | CA03 | CA04 | CA05 | CA06 | CA07 | CA08 | |||
| . Materials | . . Metals | . . . Silver | . . . Aluminum | . . Non-metals (i.e., inorganic substances) | . . . Carbon (e.g., pastes with carbon fibers) | . . . . Graphite | . . . Organic substances (e.g., conductive polymers) | |||||
| CA11 | CA12 | CA13 | CA14 | CA15 | CA16 | CA17 | CA18 | CA19 | CA20 | |||
| . Composition of electrode sections and methods of forming such sections | . . Electrode sections composed of powder | . . Electrode sections composed of fibers | . . Electrode sections composed of paint (e.g., pastes or inks) | . . Electrode sections composed of wires | . . . Braided wires | . . Electrode sections composed of film (i.e., foils or ribbons) | . . Electrode sections composed of plates | . Formation of electrode sections by punching | . Formation of electrode sections by etching | |||
| CA21 | CA22 | CA23 | CA24 | CA25 | CA26 | CA27 | CA28 | CA29 | CA30 | |||
| . Attachment of electrode sections (i.e., attachment by means other than the following) | . . Coating (i.e., printing) | . . Spraying | . . Vapor deposition or sputtering | . . Welding or fusing | . . Adhesion (with adhesives, e.g., solder) | . . Baking | . . Mechanical attachment | . . . Pressing together (i.e., clamping) | . . . Stitching together | |||
| CA31 | CA32 | CA33 | CA34 | CA35 | CA37 | CA38 | CA39 | CA40 | ||||
| . Arrangements of and relationships between heating elements and electrode sections | . . Flat electrodes arranged in parallel | . . Flat electrodes stacked in parallel | . . Comb-shaped electrodes | . . Co-centric or concentric electrodes | . Treated states of electrode surfaces | . . Electrode surfaces that are roughened | . . Electrode surfaces with holes | . . Electrode surfaces with slits | ||||
| DA | DA00 SENSING SECTIONS |
DA01 | DA02 | DA03 | DA04 | DA05 | DA06 | DA07 | DA08 | DA09 | DA10 | |
| . Temperature sensing | . . Mechanical variants (e.g., thermostats) | . . Electrical variants (e.g., sensing of voltage at both ends of a resistor) | . . . Thermocouples | . . . Use of variation in resistance values (e.g., thermistors) | . . Magnetic variants (e.g., use of Curie points) | . . Chemical variants (e.g., heat-sensitive paints) | . . Temperature-sensing section materials, shape, and attachment | . Pressure sensing | . Humidity sensing | |||
| EA | EA00 ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS |
EA01 | EA02 | EA03 | EA04 | EA05 | EA06 | EA07 | EA08 | EA09 | EA10 | |
| . Control sections and materials therefor | . . Shape-related variants | . . . Mounting (i.e., positioning) | . Terminal sections (i.e., connectors) | . . Material-related variants | . . Shape-related variants | . . Mounting and positioning | . Indicating sections and materials, shapes, and arrangements therefor | . . Operation indication (e.g., pilot lamps) | . . Temperature indication | |||
| EA11 | EA12 | EA13 | EA14 | EA15 | EA16 | EA17 | EA18 | |||||
| . Power-source sections and materials, shapes, attachment and arrangements therefor | . . Variants that have batteries | . . Circuit devices (i.e., circuit-related variants) | . . . Wiring | . Electrical-protection sections and materials, shapes, mounting and position thereof | . . Prevention of electric shocks (i.e., grounding sections) | . . . Electric-shielding sections | . . Prevention of overheating (i.e., fuse sections) | |||||
| FA | FA00 HEAT-CONDUCTING AND HEAT-BLOCKING SECTIONS |
FA01 | FA02 | FA03 | FA04 | FA05 | FA06 | FA07 | FA08 | FA09 | FA10 | |
| . Heat-insulating sections (i.e., heat-blocking sections) | . . Material-related variants | . . . Gas layers or air layers | . . Shape-related variants | . . Attachment- or arrangement-related variants | . Heat-storage sections | . . Material-related variants | . . . Variants that use liquids or water | . . Shape-related variants | . . Attachment- or arrangement-related variants | |||
| FA11 | FA12 | FA13 | FA14 | FA15 | FA16 | FA17 | FA18 | FA19 | FA20 | |||
| . Heat-conducting sections (e.g., soaking plates) | . . Material-related variants | . . . Variants that use metals | . . . Variants that use inorganic substances | . . . Variants that use organic substances | . . Shape-related variants | . . Attachment or arrangement-related variants | . Heat-radiating sections (e.g., radiation sections) | . . Material-related variants | . . . Variants that use metals | |||
| FA21 | FA22 | FA24 | FA25 | FA26 | FA27 | FA28 | FA29 | FA30 | ||||
| . . . Variants that use non-metals (i.e., inorganic substances) | . . . . Variants that use organic substances | . . . Variants that emit infrared rays | . . . . Variants that emit far-infrared rays | . . Shape-related variants | . . Attachment or arrangement-related variants | . Heat-reflecting sections and shape, attachment and arrangement thereof | . . Metal layers | . . Non-metal layers | ||||
| FA31 | FA32 | FA33 | FA34 | FA35 | FA36 | FA37 | FA38 | FA39 | FA40 | |||
| . Coupling sections | . . Welding or fusing of coupling sections | . . Adhesion of coupling sections | . . Baking of coupling sections | . . Mechanical coupling | . . . Coupling sections that are pressed together | . . . Coupling sections that engage with eachother | . Reinforcement sections | . Protective sections (i.e., coating sections) | . . Protective films that use organic substances | |||
| GA | GA00 EXTERNAL COMPONENTS |
GA01 | GA02 | GA03 | GA04 | GA05 | GA06 | GA07 | GA08 | GA09 | GA10 | |
| . Surface-covering sections | . . Metal cases or covers | . . Cases or covers of non-metal or inorganic substances | . . . Cases or covers of organic substances | . . . . Cloth covers | . . . . Fiber pile covers | . Attachment sections | . . Variants that use chemical means (e.g., adhesives) | . . Variants that use magnetic means (e.g., magnets) | . . Variants that use mechanical means | |||
| GA11 | GA12 | GA13 | GA14 | GA15 | GA17 | GA18 | GA19 | GA20 | ||||
| . . . Variants that use direct thread-cutting screws | . . . Variants that use nuts and bolts | . . . Variants that use hooks | . . . Variants that are pressed together | . . . Hook and loop fasteners | . Sections that link surface-heating bodies | . . Folding countermeasures | . . Mechanical connections (e.g., hinging or locking together of indentations and projections) | . . Chemical bonding (e.g., variants that use adhesives) | ||||
| HA | HA00 CONDITIONS OF USE |
HA01 | HA02 | HA03 | HA04 | HA05 | HA06 | HA07 | HA08 | HA09 | HA10 | |
| . Normal installation (e.g., electric rice cookers or space heaters) | . Use when upright (e.g., panel heaters) | . Use when suspended (e.g., heater curtains hung on walls) | . Use when spread out (e.g., chairs, toilet seats or carpets) | . Use when against the body (e.g., electric blankets) | . Use while held (e.g., irons or hair dryers) | . Use when coiled (e.g., band heaters or heaters to prevent water pipes from freezing) | . Use when embedded (e.g., road heaters or floor heaters) | . Use outdoors | . Use indoors | |||
| JA | JA00 OTHER CATEGORIES |
JA01 | JA02 | JA04 | JA05 | JA06 | JA07 | JA09 | JA10 | |||
| . Manufacturing methods | . Manufacturing apparatuses | . Bodies for heating multiple surfaces | . Use with other electrical heating apparatuses | . Use with other electrical equipment | . Use with other equipment | . Bodies for heating multiple surfaces | . Bodies for heating non-flexible surfaces |