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
 F16B
DEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS OR MACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS, CLIPS, WEDGES; JOINTS OR JOINTING
 F16B

Note(s)

Attention is drawn to:

  1. the Note following group E04B 1/38[5]
  2. the following places:
    A44BBuckles, slide fasteners 
    A47G 3/00Ornamental heads for nails, screws, or the like 
    B42F 3/00Means, not using staples, for attaching sheets temporarily together 
    E01B 9/00Screws or bolts for railway sleepers 
    E01B 11/00Rail joints 
    E04Connections for building 
    E04D 13/04Clamping means for down pipes for roof drainage 
    E04F 13/21Fastening means specially adapted for covering or lining elements for buildings [8] 
    E04G 5/00Fastening scaffolds against buildings 
    E04G 7/00Scaffolding couplings 
    E05CBolts or fasteners for wings, specially for doors or windows 
    F16C 29/00Locking bearings for parts moving only linearly 
    F16G 17/00Hooks as integral parts of chains 
    F16LPipe joints 
    F16L 3/00Supports for pipes, cables or protective tubing, e.g. hangers, holders, clamps, cleats, clips, brackets 
    F16L 33/02Clips for connecting hoses to rigid members 
    H01F 7/00Magnetic holding devices 
    H02N 13/00Electrostatic holding devices. 

 F16B
Subclass index
TYPES OF FASTENING
By: clamping, wedging 2/00; 3/00
By: shrinking or force fit; sticking or pressing together; penetration of one member into a hole in another 4/00; 11/00; 17/00
Fastening of plates, strips, bars, or tubes together or to flat surfaces 5/00, 7/00, 9/00
For specific applications
for furniture 12/00
for fixing in walls 13/00
by screw-thread modified in view of tensile load 31/00
FASTENING MEANS
General
clamps; clips; wedges, keys 2/00; 3/00
dowels 13/00
other fastening means 1/00, 45/00, 47/00
Without screw-thread
nails, staples; bolts, pins, or rivets 15/00; 19/00
locking stud-and-socket fastenings against axial movement 21/00
With screw-thread
screws; bolts, break-bolts, nuts 25/00, 15/00, 27/00; 27/00, 31/00, 35/00, 37/00
features common to bolts and screws 23/00, 27/00, 33/00
deformation of nut or equivalent while fastening; locking of screws, bolts, or nuts 29/00; 39/00
Accessories for fastening means 41/00, 43/00
P:260 F16B 1/00
Devices for securing together, or preventing relative movement between, constructional elements or machine parts
 F16B 1/00

Note(s)

Groups F16B 2/00-F16B 47/00 take precedence over group F16B 1/00.  [2]

 F16B 2/00 - 
F16B 9/00
Fastenings for constructional elements or machine parts in general (couplings for transmitting rotation F16D)
P:40 F16B 2/00
Friction-grip releasable fastenings (for cables or ropes, e.g. cleats, F16G 11/00; supports for pipes, cables or protective tubing F16L 3/00)
 F16B 2/02
·  Clamps, i.e. with gripping action effected by positive means other than the inherent resistance to deformation of the material of the fastening
 F16B 2/20
·  Clips, i.e. with gripping action effected solely by the inherent resistance to deformation of the material of the fastening
P:60 F16B 3/00
Key-type connections; Keys (F16B 2/00 takes precedence; for rods or tubes mutually F16B 7/00)
P:50 F16B 4/00
Shrinkage connection, e.g. assembled with the parts at different temperature; Force fits (restricted to metal parts or objects B23P 11/02); Non-releasable friction-grip fastenings (F16B 2/00 takes precedence)
P:20 F16B 5/00
Joining sheets or plates to one another or to strips or bars parallel to them (by sticking together F16B 11/00; dowel connections F16B 13/00; pins, including deformable elements F16B 19/00; covering of walls E04F 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, G09F 7/00)
 F16B 5/02
·  by means of fastening members using screw-thread (construction of screw-threaded connections F16B 25/00-F16B 39/00)
 F16B 5/06
·  by means of clamps or clips (friction-grip releasable fastenings in general F16B 2/00)
 F16B 5/12
·  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 F16B 2/00; fastening rods or tubular parts to flat surfaces at an angle F16B 9/00; clips for connecting hoses to rigid members F16L 33/02)
P:0 F16B 7/00
Connections of rods or tubes, e.g. of non-circular section, mutually, including resilient connections (umbrella frames A45B 25/00; welding or soldering of connections B23K; vehicle connections in general B60D; railway couplings B61G; bicycle frames B62K; couplings for transmitting rotation F16D; couplings for tubes conveying fluid F16L)
 F16B 7/04
·  Clamping or clipping connections (friction-grip releasable fastenings in general F16B 2/00)
 F16B 7/18
·  using screw-thread elements
P:10 F16B 9/00
Connections of rods or tubular parts to flat surfaces at an angle (friction-grip releasable fastenings in general F16B 2/00; making press-fit connections B23P 11/00, B23P 19/00; fluid-tight connecting of pipes to reservoirs, sheets, or the like F16L, e.g. joining pipes to walls F16L 41/00; supports for pipes, cables or protective tubing F16L 3/00)
   
P:70 F16B 11/00
Connecting constructional elements or machine parts by sticking or pressing them together, e.g. cold pressure welding (non-electric welding in general B23K; methods of using adhesives independently of the form of the surfaces joined C09J 5/00)
P:80 F16B 12/00
Jointing of furniture or the like, e.g. hidden from exterior (F16B 2/00-F16B 11/00 take precedence; fastening means per se F16B 13/00-F16B 47/00; wood-working B27)
P:90 F16B 13/00
Dowels or other devices fastened in walls or the like by inserting them in holes made therein for that purpose (nails F16B 15/00; self-locking pins or bolts in general, stud-and-socket releasable fastenings F16B 21/00; dowels or bolts for railroad sleepers E01B 9/00; means for anchoring structural elements or bulkheads specially adapted to foundation engineering E02D 5/74; bolts or dowels used while laying bricks or casting concrete E04B 1/38; setting anchoring bolts in shafts, tunnels or galleries E21D 20/00; anchoring bolts for shafts, tunnels or galleries E21D 21/00)  [5]
 F16B 13/04
·  with parts gripping in the hole or behind the reverse side of the wall after inserting from the front (friction-grip releasable fastenings in general F16B 2/00)
 F16B 13/06
·  ·  combined with expanding sleeve
 F16B 15/00 - 
F16B 21/00
Fastening means without screw-thread (horseshoe nails A01L 7/00; nails for footwear A43B 23/00; thumb-tacks B43M 15/00; for building constructions E04B 1/38; for hand railings E04F 11/18; for fencing E04H 17/00)
P:220 F16B 15/00
Nails; Staples (surgical staples A61B 17/064; manufacture of nails or staples B21G; railway spikes E01B 9/00)
P:200 F16B 17/00
Connecting constructional elements or machine parts by a part of or on one member entering a hole in the other (construction of bolts, pins, or rivets F16B 19/00; riveting F16B 19/04; means for preventing withdrawal of a pin, spigot, or the like from its operative position, stud-and-socket releasable fastenings F16B 21/00)
P:210 F16B 19/00
Bolts without screw-thread; Pins, including deformable elements (in screwed connections F16B 29/00); Rivets (means for preventing withdrawal F16B 21/00)
 F16B 19/04
·  Rivets; Spigots or the like fastened by riveting (lead seals G09F 3/00)
P:190 F16B 21/00
Means for preventing relative axial movement of a pin, spigot, shaft, or the like and a member surrounding it (riveted or deformable spigots F16B 19/04; for gudgeon pins F16J 1/10); Stud-and-socket releasable fastenings
 F16B 23/00 - 
F16B 39/00
Fastening means using screw-thread (wall-dowels F16B 13/00; manufacture of threaded fastening means B21H, B21K, B23G; screws or bolts for railway sleepers E01B 9/00; screw mechanisms F16H)
P:170 F16B 23/00
Specially-shaped heads of bolts or screws for rotations by a tool
P:150 F16B 25/00
Screws that form threads in the body into which they are screwed, e.g. wood screws, self-tapping screws  [4]
P:100 F16B 27/00
Bolts, screws, or nuts formed in integral series but easily separable, particularly for use in automatic machines
P:130 F16B 29/00
Screwed connection with deformation of nut or auxiliary member while fastening (members deformed for locking screws, bolts or nuts F16B 39/00)
P:110 F16B 31/00
Screwed connections specially modified in view of tensile load; Break-bolts (shape of thread F16B 33/00)
P:140 F16B 33/00
Features common to bolt and nut (special thread-forms used as screw-locking device F16B 39/00)
P:160 F16B 35/00
Screw-bolts; Stay bolts; Screw-threaded studs; Screws; Set screws (thread-cutting screws F16B 25/00)
 F16B 35/04
·  with specially-shaped head or shaft in order to fix the bolt on or in an object (locking the bolt against turning in the object by the use of accessory parts F16B 39/00)
P:180 F16B 37/00
Nuts or like thread-engaging members
 F16B 37/04
·  Devices for fastening nuts to surfaces, e.g. sheets, plates
 F16B 37/08
·  Quickly-detachable nuts, e.g. consisting of two or more parts; Nuts movable along the bolt after tilting the nut
P:120 F16B 39/00
Locking of screws, bolts, or nuts (locking of bottle closures B65D; locking of rail-fastening bolts for permanent ways E01B 9/00; locking of fastening means for railway fishplates E01B 11/00; locking devices for valves or cocks F16K)
 F16B 39/00

Note(s)

In this group, heads of screws or bolts are put on a par with nuts as far as pertains to locking; an object into which a screw is threaded is put on a par with a nut.

   
P:230 F16B 41/00
Measures against loss of bolts, nuts, or pins; Measures against unauthorised operation of bolts, nuts, or pins (seals G09F 3/00)
P:240 F16B 43/00
Washers or equivalent devices; Other devices for supporting bolt-heads or nuts (circlips F16B 21/00; with special means for locking bolts or nuts F16B 39/00)
P:250 F16B 45/00
Hooks; Eyes (if the attaching parts or means are concerned, groups F16B 13/00, F16B 15/00, F16B 19/00, F16B 25/00, F16B 35/00, F16B 47/00 take precedence; for hanging pictures or the like A47G 1/16; towing hooks for ships B63B 21/56; for hoisting or hauling purposes B66C; hooks or eyes with integral parts designed to facilitate quick attachment to cables or ropes at any point F16G 11/00)
P:30 F16B 47/00
Suction cups for attaching purposes; Equivalent means using adhesives