Manufacture of lifting and handling equipment

This class includes:

• manufacture of hand-operated or power-driven lifting, handling, loading or unloading machinery, e.g.:
  • pulley tackle and hoists, winches, capstans and jacks
  • derricks, cranes, mobile lifting frames, straddle carriers
  • works trucks, whether or not fitted with lifting or handling equipment, whether or not self-propelled, of the type used in factories (including handcarts and wheelbarrows)
  • mechanical manipulators and industrial robots specifically designed for lifting, handling, loading or unloading
  • unmanned and robotic forklifts and pallet loaders/unloaders
• manufacture of conveyors, teleferics, etc.
• manufacture of lifts, escalators and moving walkways
• manufacture of parts suitable for use solely or principally with lifting and handling equipment

This class also includes:

• manufacture of automatic lifting and handling equipment for warehouses

This class excludes:

• manufacture of machinery for vertical farming, see 28.30
• manufacture of continuous-action elevators and conveyors for underground use, see 28.92
• manufacture of mechanical shovels, excavators and shovel loaders, see 28.92
• manufacture of industrial robots for multiple uses, see 28.99
• manufacture of crane lorries, floating cranes and railway cranes, see 29.10, 30.11, 30.20
• installation of lifts and elevators, see 43.24