IPC 6 English version F16B !A-F16B 12/60

F16-F16B01260

SECTION F– MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING

F 16

ENGINEERING ELEMENTS OR UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL

F 16 B

DEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS OR MACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS, CLIPS, WEDGES; JOINTS OR JOINTING

Note

Attention is drawn to:

(a)

the Note following group E 04 B 1/38; [5]

(b)

the following places:

A 44 B

Buckles, slide fasteners

A 47 G 3/00

Ornamental heads for nails, screws, or the like

B 42 F 3/00

Means, not using staples, for attaching sheets temporarily together

E 01 B 9/10

Screws or bolts for railway sleepers

E 01 B 11/00

Rail joints

E 04

Connections for building

E 04 D 13/08

Clamping means for down pipes for roof drainage

E 04 G 5/04

Fastening scaffolds against buildings

E 04 G 7/00

Scaffolding couplings

E 05 C

Bolts or fasteners for wings, specially for doors or windows

F 16 C 29/10

Locking bearings for parts moving only linearly

F 16 G 17/00

Hooks as integral parts of chains

F 16 L

Pipe joints

F 16 L 3/00

Supports for pipes, cables or protective tubing, e.g. hangers, holders, clamps, cleats, clips, brackets

F 16 L 33/02

Clips for connecting hoses to rigid members

H 01 F 7/00

Magnetic holding devices

H 02 N 13/00

Electrostatic holding devices.

Note

Groups F 16 B 2/00 to F 16 B 47/00 take precedence over group F 16 B 1/00. [2]

Devices for securing together, or preventing relative movement between, constructional elements or machine parts

Means for securing elements of mechanisms after operation (means for bringing members to rest F 16 D)

disengaged by movement of the actuating member of the element (locking of actuators G 05 G, e.g. G 05 G 5/00)

Fastenings for constructional elements or machine parts in general (couplings for transmitting rotation F 16 D)

Friction-grip releasable fastenings (for cables or ropes, e.g. cleats, F 16 G 11/00; supports for pipes, cables or protective tubing F 16 L 3/00)

Clamps, i.e. with gripping action effected by positive means other than the inherent resistance to deformation of the material of the fastening

internal, i.e. with spreading action (F 16 B 2/14 to F 16 B 2/18 take precedence)

external, i.e. with contracting action (F 16 B 2/14 to F 16 B 2/18 take precedence)

using bands (clips for connecting hoses to rigid members F 16 L 33/02)

using pivoting jaws

using sliding jaws

using wedges

using rollers or balls

using cams, levers, eccentrics, or toggles

Clips, i.e. with gripping action effected solely by the inherent resistance to deformation of the material of the fastening

of resilient material, e.g. rubbery material

of metal

of pliable non-resilient material, e.g. plant tie

Key-type connections; Keys (F 16 B 2/00 takes precedence; for rods or tubes mutually F 16 B 7/00)

using keys formed of wire or other flexible material, to be inserted through an opening giving access to grooves in the adjacent surfaces of the parts to be connected

using taper sleeves

Shrinkage connection, e.g. assembled with the parts at different temperature; Force fits (restricted to metal parts or objects B 23 P 11/02); Non-releasable friction-grip fastenings (F 16 B 2/00 takes precedence)

Joining sheets or plates to one another or to strips or bars parallel to them (by sticking together F 16 B 11/00; dowel connections F 16 B 13/00; pins, including deformable elements F 16 B 19/00; covering of walls E 04 F 13/00; fastening signs, plates, panels, or boards to a supporting structure, fastening readily-detachable elements, e.g. letters, to signs, plates, panels, or boards, G 09 F 7/00)

by means of fastening elements specially adapted for honeycomb panels

by means of fastening members using screw-thread (construction of screw-threaded connections F 16 B 25/00 to F 16 B 39/00)

by means of riveting (rivets F 16 B 19/04)

by means of clamps or clips (friction-grip releasable fastenings in general F 16 B 2/00)

by means of multiple interengaging protrusions on the surfaces, e.g. hooks, coils

by means of welds or the like (welding B 23 K)

by means of bayonet connections (fastening devices locking by rotation F 16 B 21/02)

Fastening strips or bars to sheets or plates, e.g. rubber strips, decorative strips for motor vehicles, by means of clips (friction-grip releasable fastenings in general F 16 B 2/00; fastening rods or tubular parts to flat surfaces at an angle F 16 B 9/00; clips for connecting hoses to rigid members F 16 L 33/02)

Connections of rods or tubes, e.g. of non-circular section, mutually, including resilient connections (umbrella frames A 45 B 25/02; welding or soldering of connections B 23 K; vehicle connections in general B 60 D; railway couplings B 61 G; bicycle frames B 62 K; couplings for transmitting rotation F 16 D; couplings for tubes conveying fluid F 16 L)

with conical parts

Clamping or clipping connections (friction-grip releasable fastenings in general F 16 B 2/00)

Turnbuckles (for cables, ropes, or wire F 16 G 11/12)

Pipe saddles (friction-grip releasable fastenings in general F 16 B 2/00)

Telescoping systems (for scaffolding E 04 G 25/04; telescope props for mining E 21 D 15/14 to E 21 D 15/46; stands or trestles as supports for apparatus or articles placed thereon F 16 M 11/00)

locking only in extreme extended position

locking in intermediate positions

locking only against movement in one direction

using screw-thread elements

using bayonet connections

using hooks or like elements

Connections of rods or tubular parts to flat surfaces at an angle (friction-grip releasable fastenings in general F 16 B 2/00; making press-fit connections B 23 P 11/00, B 23 P 19/00; fluid-tight connecting of pipes to reservoirs, sheets, or the like F 16 L, e.g. joining pipes to walls F 16 L 41/00; supports for pipes, cables or protective tubing F 16 L 3/00)

Detachable connections

11/

Connecting constructional elements or machine parts by sticking or pressing them together, e.g. cold pressure welding (non-electric welding in general B 23 K; methods of using adhesives independently of the form of the surfaces joined C 09 J 5/00)

12/

Jointing of furniture or the like, e.g. hidden from exterior (F 16 B 2/00 to F 16 B 11/00 take precedence; fastening means per se F 16 B 13/00 to F 16 B 47/00; wood-working B 27)

12/

Joints between panels and corner posts

12/

Non-loosenable joints for non-metal furniture parts, e.g. glued

12/

Non-loosenable joints for metal furniture parts

12/

without use of separate connecting elements

12/

using pegs, bolts, tenons, clamps, clips, or the like (glued F 16 B 12/04; fastening means per se F 16 B 15/00 to F 16 B 47/00)

12/

for non-metal furniture parts, e.g. made of wood, of plastics

12/

using threaded bolts or screws

12/

using self-tapping screws

12/

using drawing bars

12/

using clamps, clips, wedges, sliding bolts, or the like

12/

using keyhole-shaped slots and pins

12/

using separate pins, dowels, or the like

12/

using snap-action elements

12/

for metal furniture parts

12/

using threaded bolts

12/

using clamps, clips, wedges, sliding bolts, or the like

12/

using keyhole-shaped slots and pins

12/

using separate pins, dowels, or the like

12/

using snap-action elements

12/

Joints for furniture tubing

12/

connecting furniture tubing to non-tubular parts

12/

Leg joints; Corner joints

12/

Non-metal corner connections

12/

Non-metal leg connections (F 16 B 12/46 takes precedence)

12/

Metal corner connections

12/

Metal leg connections (F 16 B 12/50 takes precedence)

12/

Fittings for bedsteads or the like

12/

Brackets for bedsteads; Coupling joints consisting of bolts or the like; Latches therefor

12/

Tapered connectors for bed rails

12/

Fittings for detachable side panels

F16B 13/00 - F16B 47/00