F
SECTION F — MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
 F01 - 
F04
Subsection index
MACHINES
positive displacement
rotary or oscillating piston
liquid and elastic fluid or elastic fluidF01C
liquid onlyF04C
reciprocating piston or other
liquid and elastic fluid or elastic fluidF01B
liquid onlyF04B
non-positive displacement
liquid and elastic fluid or elastic fluidF01D
liquid onlyF03B
ENGINES
positive displacement
rotary or oscillating piston
liquid and elastic fluid or elastic fluidF01C
liquid onlyF03C
reciprocating piston or other
liquid and elastic fluid or elastic fluidF01B
liquid onlyF03C
non-positive displacement
liquid and elastic fluid or elastic fluidF01D
liquid onlyF03B
PUMPS
positive displacement
rotary or oscillating pistonF04C
reciprocating piston or otherF04B
non-positive displacementF04D
  
ENGINEERING IN GENERAL
 F16
ENGINEERING ELEMENTS OR UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
 F16M
FRAMES, CASINGS, OR BEDS, OF ENGINES OR OTHER MACHINES OR APPARATUS, NOT SPECIFIC TO AN ENGINE, MACHINE, OR APPARATUS PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS OR SUPPORTS
 F16M

Note(s)

Attention is drawn to the following places:
B21B 31/00Metal-rolling stand frames 
G01D 11/00Supports specially adapted for indicating or recording instruments. 

 F16M
Subclass index
FRAMES, CASINGS, OR BEDS
Displaceable 3/00
For engines, machines, or apparatus 1/00, 5/00
Foundations; details 9/00; 7/00
STANDS OR SUPPORTS 11/00, 13/00
P:20 F16M 1/00
Frames or casings of engines, machines, or apparatus; Frames serving as machinery beds  [2]
P:10 F16M 3/00
Portable or wheeled frames or beds, e.g. for emergency power-supply aggregates, compressor sets (construction of vehicles in general B60-B62)
P:30 F16M 5/00
Engine beds, i.e. means for supporting engines or machines on foundations
P:40 F16M 7/00
Details 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 F16F, especially F16F 15/04)
P:0 F16M 9/00
Special layout of foundations with respect to machinery to be supported (foundations for machinery E02D 27/32)
P:50 F16M 11/00
Stands or trestles as supports for apparatus or articles placed thereon (without heads F16M 13/00; easels or stands for blackboards or the like A47B 97/00; show-stands A47F 7/00; for workmen E04G 1/00; supporting, suspending for lighting devices F21V 21/00; special modifications for particular apparatus or articles, see the appropriate subclasses)
 F16M 11/02
·  Heads
 F16M 11/20
·  Undercarriages with or without wheels
P:60 F16M 13/00
Other supports for positioning apparatus or articles (heads thereof F16M 11/02; adapted to be stuck in the ground A45F 3/00); Means for steadying hand-held apparatus or articles
 F16M 13/02
·  for supporting on, or attaching to, an object, e.g. tree, gate, window-frame, cycle
 F16M 13/04
·  for supporting on, or holding steady relative to, a person, e.g. by chains
 F16M 13/06
·  also serviceable for other purposes, e.g. to be used as spade, chair, ski-stick