| 1/00 | Cleaning by methods involving the use of tools, brushes, or analogous members (B08B 3/12, B08B 6/00, B08B 9/00 take precedence) |
| 1/02 | Cleaning by methods involving the use of tools, brushes, or analogous members (B08B 3/12, B08B 6/00, B08B 9/00 take precedence) Cleaning travelling work, e.g. a web, articles on a conveyer |
| 1/04 | Cleaning by methods involving the use of tools, brushes, or analogous members (B08B 3/12, B08B 6/00, B08B 9/00 take precedence) using rotary operative members (B08B 1/02 takes precedence) |
| 3/00 | Cleaning by methods involving the use or presence of liquid or steam (B08B 9/00 takes precedence) |
| 3/02 | Cleaning by methods involving the use or presence of liquid or steam (B08B 9/00 takes precedence) Cleaning by the force of jets or sprays |
| 3/04 | Cleaning by methods involving the use or presence of liquid or steam (B08B 9/00 takes precedence) Cleaning involving contact with liquid |
| 3/06 | Cleaning by methods involving the use or presence of liquid or steam (B08B 9/00 takes precedence) Cleaning involving contact with liquid using perforated drums in which the article or material is placed |
| 3/08 | Cleaning by methods involving the use or presence of liquid or steam (B08B 9/00 takes precedence) Cleaning involving contact with liquid the liquid having chemical or dissolving effect (substances used, see the relevant classes) |
| 3/10 | Cleaning by methods involving the use or presence of liquid or steam (B08B 9/00 takes precedence) Cleaning involving contact with liquid with additional treatment of the liquid or of the object being cleaned, e.g. by heat, by electricity, by vibration |
| 3/12 | Cleaning by methods involving the use or presence of liquid or steam (B08B 9/00 takes precedence) Cleaning involving contact with liquid with additional treatment of the liquid or of the object being cleaned, e.g. by heat, by electricity, by vibration by sonic or ultrasonic vibrations (washing or rinsing machines for crockery or tableware using sonic or ultrasonic waves A47L 15/13; of natural teeth, of prostheses using ultrasonic techniques similar to those used for natural teeth A61C 17/2; application of ultrasonic vibrations to chemical, physical, or physico-chemical processes in general B01J 19/1) |
| 3/14 | Cleaning by methods involving the use or presence of liquid or steam (B08B 9/00 takes precedence) Cleaning involving contact with liquid with additional treatment of the liquid or of the object being cleaned, e.g. by heat, by electricity, by vibration Removing waste, e.g. labels, from cleaning liquid (treatment of water in general C02F) |
| 5/00 | Cleaning by methods involving the use of air flow or gas flow (B08B 6/00, B08B 9/00 take precedence) |
| 5/02 | Cleaning by methods involving the use of air flow or gas flow (B08B 6/00, B08B 9/00 take precedence) Cleaning by the force of jets, e.g. blowing-out cavities |
| 5/04 | Cleaning by methods involving the use of air flow or gas flow (B08B 6/00, B08B 9/00 take precedence) Cleaning by suction, with or without auxiliary action (suction cleaners A47L) |
| 6/00 | Cleaning by electrostatic means (domestic cleaning implements functioning electrostatically A47L 13/4; cleaning of grooved record carriers G11B 3/58) |
| 7/00 | Cleaning by methods not provided for in a single other subclass or a single group in this subclass |
| 7/02 | Cleaning by methods not provided for in a single other subclass or a single group in this subclass by distortion, beating, or vibration of the surface to be cleaned |
| 7/04 | Cleaning by methods not provided for in a single other subclass or a single group in this subclass by a combination of operations |
| 9/00 | Cleaning hollow articles by methods or apparatus specially adapted thereto (B08B 3/12, B08B 6/00 take precedence) |
| 9/02 | Cleaning hollow articles by methods or apparatus specially adapted thereto (B08B 3/12, B08B 6/00 take precedence) Cleaning pipes or tubes or systems of pipes or tubes (apparatus for cleaning metal pipes by chemical methods C23G 3/04) |