IPC 6 English version
 
F16M-F16M01308

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


F 16ENGINEERING ELEMENTS OR UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL


F 16 MFRAMES, CASINGS, OR BEDS, OF ENGINES OR OTHER MACHINES OR APPARATUS, NOT SPECIFIC TO AN ENGINE, MACHINE, OR APPARATUS PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS OR SUPPORTS


 Note

 Attention is drawn to the following places:

 B 21 B 31/02 Metal-rolling stand frames

 G 01 D 11/30 Supports specially adapted for indicating or recording instruments.



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00Frames or casings of engines, machines, or apparatus; Frames serving as machinery beds [2]

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02.for reciprocating engines or similar machines

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021..for housing crankshafts

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022...of tunnel type, i.e. wherein the crankshaft can only be introduced axially (for engines or machines with star-shaped cylinder arrangement F 16 M 1/023)

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023...specially adapted for engines or machines with star-shaped cylinder arrangement

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024...facilitating assembly of power-transmitting parts of engines or machines, e.g. of connecting-rods

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025...Assembling bearings in casings, e.g. having anchor bolts

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026..for housing movable engine or machine parts other than crankshafts, e.g. valve-gear housings

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04.for rotary engines or similar machines

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08.characterised by being built-up of sheet material or welded parts


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00Portable or wheeled frames or beds, e.g. for emergency power-supply aggregates, compressor sets (construction of vehicles in general B 60 to B 62)


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00Engine beds, i.e. means for supporting engines or machines on foundations


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00Details of attaching or adjusting engine beds, frames, or supporting-legs on foundation or base; Attaching non-moving engine parts, e.g. cylinder blocks (elastic or equivalent mounting for absorbing vibrations F 16 F, especially F 16 F 15/04)


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00Special layout of foundations with respect to machinery to be supported (foundations for machinery E 02 D 27/44)


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00Stands or trestles as supports for apparatus or articles placed thereon (without heads F 16 M 13/00; easels or stands for blackboards or the like A 47 B 97/04; show-stands A 47 F 7/00; for workmen E 04 G 1/32; supporting, suspending for lighting devices F 21 V 21/00; special modifications for particular apparatus or articles, see the appropriate subclasses)

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02.Heads

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04..Means for attachment of apparatus; Means allowing adjustment of the apparatus relatively to the stand

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06...allowing pivoting

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08....around a vertical axis

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10....around a horizontal axis

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12....in more than one direction

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14.....with ball-joint (ball-jointed hinges F 16 C 11/06)

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16..Details concerning attachment of head-supporting legs, with or without actuation of locking members therefor

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18..with mechanism for moving the apparatus relatively to the stand

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20.Undercarriages with or without wheels

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22..with approximately constant height, e.g. with constant length of column or of legs (F 16 M 11/42 takes precedence)

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24..changeable in height or length of legs, also for transport only (F 16 M 11/42 takes precedence)

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26...by telescoping, with or without folding (details concerning the constructional features of telescoping parts only F 16 B 7/10)

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28....Undercarriages for supports with one single telescoping pillar

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30.....with co-moving side-struts

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32....Undercarriages for supports with three or more telescoping legs

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34.....Members limiting spreading of legs

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36.....Members preventing slipping of the feet

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38...by folding

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40...by means of coilable or bendable legs

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42.with arrangement for propelling the support


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00Other supports for positioning apparatus or articles (heads thereof F 16 M 11/02; adapted to be stuck in the ground A 45 F 3/44); Means for steadying hand-held apparatus or articles

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02.for supporting on, or attaching to, an object, e.g. tree, gate, window-frame, cycle

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04.for supporting on, or holding steady relative to, a person, e.g. by chains

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06.also serviceable for other purposes, e.g. to be used as spade, chair, ski-stick

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08..for use as a walking-cane