IPC 7 English version F42B 6/00-F42B 12/82

IPC ⁷ English version

F42 - F42B 5/38

F42B00600-F42B01282

F42B 14/00 - F42B 39/30

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

F 42

AMMUNITION; BLASTING

F 42 B

EXPLOSIVE CHARGES, e.g. FOR BLASTING; FIREWORKS; AMMUNITION (explosive compositions C06B; fuzes F42C; blasting F42D) [2,5]

Projectiles or missiles specially adapted for projection without use of explosive or combustible propellant charge, e.g. for blow guns, bows or crossbows, hand-held spring or air guns (for delivering hypodermic charges F42B 12/54; throwing-darts A63B 65/02; projectiles or missiles incorporating springs as the projecting means F41B 7/02) [5]

Arrows; Crossbow bolts; Harpoons for hand-held spring or air guns [5]

Archery arrows (F42B 6/08, F41B 5/06 take precedence) [5]

Tail ends, e.g. nocks, fletching [5]

Arrow heads; Harpoon heads [5]

Air gun pellets [5]

Shotgun ammunition

Cartridges, i.e. cases with propellant charge and missile

of pellet type

with cartridge case of plastics

Wads therefor

Ball or slug shotgun cartridges

Cartridge top closures, i.e. for the missile side (closures for blasting cartridges F42B 3/24) [5]

Practice or training ammunition [4]

Cartridges [5]

Blank cartridges, i.e. primed cartridges without projectile but containing an explosive or combustible powder charge [5]

for cap-firing pistols [5]

Dummy cartridges, i.e. inert cartridges containing neither primer nor explosive or combustible powder charge [5]

with sub-calibre adaptor [5]

Projectiles or missiles (F42B 10/48, F42B 12/36, F42B 19/36 take precedence) [5]

disintegrating in flight or upon impact [5]

Note

Group F42B 8/14 takes precedence over groups F42B 8/18 to F42B 8/26. [5]

containing an inert filler in powder or granular form [5]

Rifle grenades [5]

Mortar grenades [5]

Fall bombs [5]

Rockets [5]

Hand grenades [5]

Land or marine mines; Depth charges [5]

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Means for influencing, e.g. improving, the aerodynamic properties of projectiles or missiles; Arrangements on projectiles or missiles for stabilising, steering, range-reducing, range-increasing or fall-retarding (F42B 6/00 takes precedence) [5]

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Stabilising arrangements [5]

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using fixed fins (F42B 10/22 takes precedence) [5]

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Tail fins [5]

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Flechette-type projectiles [5]

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the fins being formed in the barrel by deformation of the projectile body [5]

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using fins longitudinally-slidable with respect to the projectile or missile [5]

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using fins spread or deployed after launch, e.g. after leaving the barrel [5]

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Wrap-around fins [5]

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using a longitudinally slidable support member [5]

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deployed by combustion gas pressure, or by pneumatic or hydraulic forces [5]

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Projectiles of cannelured type [5]

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with inclined grooves [5]

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using spin (F42B 10/04, F42B 10/12, F42B 10/14, F42B 10/24, F42B 14/02 take precedence) [5]

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induced by gas action [5]

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using rocket motor nozzles [5]

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Range-reducing or range-increasing arrangements; Fall-retarding means [5]

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Tubular projectiles [5]

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Ring-foil projectiles [5]

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Range-increasing arrangements (F42B 10/34, F42B 14/06 take precedence) [5]

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with combustion of a slow-burning charge, e.g. fumers, base-bleed projectiles [5]

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Streamlined projectiles [5]

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Boat-tails specially adapted for drag reduction [5]

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Streamlined nose cones; Windshields; Radomes [5]

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Range-reducing, destabilising or braking arrangements; Fall-retarding means (F42B 10/34 takes precedence) [5]

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Brake flaps [5]

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Nose cones [5]

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Spin braking means [5]

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of parachute type [5]

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of rotochute type [5]

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Steering arrangements (F42B 19/01 takes precedence) [5]

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Steering by movement of flight surfaces [5]

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of fins [5]

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Steering by varying intensity or direction of thrust (thrust vector control of rocket engine plants F02K 9/80) [5]

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Projectiles, missiles or mines characterised by the warhead, the intended effect, or the material (F42B 6/00, F42B 10/00, F42B 14/00 take precedence; for practice or training F42B 8/12, F42B 8/28; self-propulsion or guidance aspects F42B 15/00) [5]

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characterised by the warhead or the intended effect [5]

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of armour-piercing type [5]

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with hard or heavy core; Kinetic energy penetrators (F42B 12/16, F42B 12/74 take precedence) [5]

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with armour-piercing caps; with armoured cupola [5]

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with shaped or hollow charge (shaped or hollow charges per se F42B 1/02) [5]

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rotatably mounted with respect to missile housing [5]

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the symmetry axis of the hollow charge forming an angle with the longitudinal axis of the projectile [5]

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in combination with an additional projectile or charge, acting successively on the target [5]

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Hollow charges in tandem arrangement [5]

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of high-explosive type (F42B 12/44 takes precedence) [5]

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with fragmentation-hull construction [5]

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with grooves, recesses or other wall weakenings [5]

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the projectile wall being formed by a spirally-wound element [5]

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the projectile wall being built from annular elements [5]

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Continuous-rod warheads [5]

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the hull or case comprising a plurality of discrete bodies, e.g. steel balls, embedded therein [5]

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expanding before or on impact, i.e. of dumdum or mushroom type [5]

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for dispensing materials; for producing chemical or physical reaction; for signalling [5]

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of tracer type [5]

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of target-marking, i.e. impact-indicating, type (F42B 12/48 takes precedence) [5]

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of illuminating type, e.g. carrying flares [5]

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of incendiary type (F42B 12/46 takes precedence) [5]

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for dispensing gases, vapours, powders or chemically-reactive substances (F42B 12/70 takes precedence) [5]

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smoke-producing [5]

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by dispersion [5]

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Fuel-air explosive devices [5]

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by implantation, e.g. hypodermic projectiles [5]

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for dispensing discrete solid bodies (F42B 12/70 takes precedence) [5]

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Cluster or cargo ammunition, i.e. projectiles containing one or more submissiles (F42B 12/32 takes precedence) [5]

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the submissiles being ejected radially [5]

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the submissiles being ejected parallel to the longitudinal axis of the projectile [5]

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the submissiles being of shot- or flechette-type [5]

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Chain-shot, i.e. the submissiles being interconnected by chains or the like [5]

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Line-carrying missiles, e.g. for life-saving (harpoons F42B 30/14) [5]

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for dispensing radar chaff or infra-red material (radar-reflector targets, active targets transmitting infra-red radiation F41J 2/00; radar-reflecting surfaces H01Q 15/14) [5]

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characterised by the material (heat treatment for explosive shells C21D 9/16) [5]

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of the core or solid body [5]

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of the casing [5]

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of jackets for smallarm bullets [5]

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Coatings [5]

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reduction friction [5]

F42 - F42B 5/38

F42B 14/00 - F42B 39/30