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
 F16N
LUBRICATING
 F16N

Note(s)

Attention is drawn to the following places, which cover lubrication of specific apparatus or in particular processes:
A01D 69/12Harvesters 
B21B 25/04Mandrels for metal tube rolling mills [8] 
B21B 27/06Rolls for metal rolling mills [8] 
B21D 37/18Tools for machines for working metal without removing material [8] 
B21J 3/00Forging or pressing 
B22D 11/07Moulds for continuous casting of metals [8] 
B23C 5/28Milling cutters [8] 
B23D 59/02, B23D 59/04Metal saws [8] 
B23Q 11/10, B23Q 11/12Machine tools [8] 
B25D 17/26Portable power-driven percussive tools 
B26B 19/40Hair-clippers or dry-shavers [8] 
B27B 13/12Band saw blades for wood or the like [8] 
B60R 17/00Vehicles 
B61B 12/08Cable systems for railways [8] 
B61C 17/08Railway locomotives 
B61F 17/00Axle-boxes of rail vehicles [8] 
B61K 3/00Rail or wheel flanges of railways [8] 
B62D 55/092Endless-track units for vehicles 
B62J 31/00Cycles [8] 
B65G 45/02Conveyers [8] 
B66B 7/12Ropes, cables or guides of elevators [8] 
D01H 7/20Spindles of machines for spinning or twisting threads or fibres [8] 
D04B 35/28Knitting machines 
D05B 71/00Sewing machines [8] 
D05C 13/04Embroidering machines [8] 
E01B 7/26Switches for railways [8] 
E05B 17/08Locks 
E05D 11/02Hinges 
E21B 10/22Roller bits for earth drilling 
F01C 21/04Rotary-piston or oscillating-piston machines or engines [8] 
F01D 25/18Non-positive-displacement machines [8] 
F01MMachines or engines in general [8] 
F02C 7/06Gas-turbine plants [8] 
F02F 1/20Cylinders of combustion engines [8] 
F04B 39/02Pumps for liquids [8] 
F04C 29/02Rotary-piston or oscillating-piston pumps for liquids [8] 
F04D 29/04Non-positive-displacement pumps [8] 
F16C 1/24Flexible shafts [8] 
F16C 33/10Sliding-contact bearings [8] 
F16C 33/66Ball or roller bearings [8] 
F16F 1/24Springs [8] 
F16H 57/04Transmissions [8] 
F41A 29/04Smallarms or ordnance [8] 
G04B 31/08Clocks [8] 
H01R 39/56Rotary current collectors, distributors or interrupters [8] 

 F16N
Subclass index
MODIFICATIONS OF APPARATUS OR MACHINES TO ENSURE LUBRICATION 1/00
LUBRICATION DEVICES
Stationary; mobile; manual 7/00, 11/00; 9/00; 3/00, 5/00
Lubricating-pumps 13/00
Details: reservoirs; conduits; check valves 19/00; 21/00; 23/00
EQUIPMENT FOR DISTRIBUTION, PROPORTIONING, SAFETY, CONTROL, CLEANING 23/00 - 33/00
HANDLING OF LUBRICANTS, STORAGE 33/00 - 39/00
SPECIAL LUBRICATION 15/00, 17/00
SUBJECT MATTER NOT PROVIDED FOR IN OTHER GROUPS OF THIS SUBCLASS 99/00
 F16N 1/00 - 
F16N 11/00
Lubrication devices or arrangements for oil or grease
P:30 F16N 1/00
Constructional modifications of parts of machines or apparatus for the purpose of lubrication
P:90 F16N 3/00
Devices for supplying lubricant by manual action (draining equipment for liquid containers B65D)
 F16N 3/02
·  delivering oil
 F16N 3/04
·  ·  Oil cans; Oil syringes
 F16N 3/06
·  ·  ·  delivering on squeezing
 F16N 3/08
·  ·  ·  incorporating a piston-pump
 F16N 3/10
·  delivering grease
 F16N 3/12
·  ·  Grease guns
P:100 F16N 5/00
Apparatus with hand-positioned nozzle supplied with lubricant under pressure (F16N 3/00 takes precedence)
 F16N 5/02
·  Nozzles or nozzle-valve arrangements therefor, e.g. high-pressure grease guns
P:80 F16N 7/00
Arrangements for supplying oil or unspecified lubricant from a stationary reservoir or the equivalent in or on the machine or member to be lubricated (axle-box lubrication for railway rolling-stock B61F 17/00)
 F16N 7/02
·  with gravity feed or drip lubrication
 F16N 7/04
·  ·  with oil flow promoted by vibration
 F16N 7/06
·  ·  Arrangements in which the droplets are visible
 F16N 7/08
·  ·  controlled by means of the temperature of the member to be lubricated (thermostats G05D)
 F16N 7/10
·  ·  incorporating manually-operated regulating means, e.g. spindles
 F16N 7/12
·  with feed by capillary action, e.g. by wicks
 F16N 7/14
·  the lubricant being conveyed from the reservoir by mechanical means (by pumping devices F16N 7/36, F16N 7/38; adaptations for lubrication of machines or engines in general, of internal-combustion engines F01M)
 F16N 7/16
·  ·  the oil being carried up by a lifting device (scoop devices in general F04D)
 F16N 7/18
·  ·  ·  with one or more feed members fixed on a shaft
 F16N 7/20
·  ·  ·  with one or more members moving around the shaft to be lubricated
 F16N 7/22
·  ·  ·  ·  shaped as rings
 F16N 7/24
·  ·  ·  with discs, rollers, belts, or the like contacting the shaft to be lubricated
 F16N 7/26
·  ·  Splash lubrication (mist lubrication F16N 7/32)
 F16N 7/28
·  ·  Dip lubrication
 F16N 7/30
·  the oil being fed or carried along by another fluid (in internal-combustion engines F02F)
 F16N 7/32
·  ·  Mist lubrication (splash lubrication F16N 7/26)
 F16N 7/34
·  ·  ·  Atomising devices for oil (atomising devices in general B05B)
 F16N 7/36
·  with feed by pumping action of the member to be lubricated or of a shaft of the machine; Centrifugal lubrication
 F16N 7/38
·  with a separate pump; Central lubrication systems
 F16N 7/40
·  ·  in a closed circulation system
P:60 F16N 9/00
Arrangements for supplying oil or unspecified lubricant from a moving reservoir or the equivalent (also usable with a stationary reservoir F16N 7/00)
 F16N 9/02
·  with reservoir on or in a rotary member
 F16N 9/04
·  with reservoir on or in a reciprocating, rocking, or swinging member
P:70 F16N 11/00
Arrangements for supplying grease from a stationary reservoir or the equivalent in or on the machine or member to be lubricated; Grease cups
 F16N 11/02
·  Hand-actuated grease cups, e.g. Stauffer cups
 F16N 11/04
·  Spring-loaded devices
 F16N 11/06
·  Weight-loaded devices
 F16N 11/08
·  with mechanical drive, other than directly by springs or weights (lubricating-pumps F16N 13/00)
 F16N 11/10
·  by pressure of another fluid
 F16N 11/12
·  by centrifugal action
   
P:50 F16N 13/00
Lubricating-pumps (oil cans with pump F16N 3/08; pumps for liquids in general F04)
 F16N 13/02
·  with reciprocating piston (pumps with distributing equipment F16N 13/22)
 F16N 13/04
·  ·  Adjustable reciprocating pumps
 F16N 13/06
·  ·  Actuation of lubricating-pumps
 F16N 13/08
·  ·  ·  by hand
 F16N 13/10
·  ·  ·  with mechanical drive (F16N 13/18 takes precedence)
 F16N 13/12
·  ·  ·  ·  with ratchet
 F16N 13/14
·  ·  ·  ·  with cam or wobble-plate on shaft parallel to the pump cylinder or cylinders
 F16N 13/16
·  ·  ·  with fluid drive
 F16N 13/18
·  ·  ·  relative movement of pump parts being produced by inertia of one of the parts or of a driving member
 F16N 13/20
·  Rotary pumps (with distributing equipment F16N 13/22)
 F16N 13/22
·  with distributing equipment (separate distributing equipment F16N 25/00)
P:40 F16N 15/00
Lubrication with substances other than oil or grease; Lubrication characterised by the use of particular lubricants in particular apparatus or conditions (F16N 17/00 takes precedence; lubricating compositions, selection of particular substances as lubricants in general C10M; bearings with surfaces incorporating lubricant F16C 33/04; lubrication specially adapted to machines or apparatus provided for in a single other class, see the relevant class for the machine or apparatus)
 F16N 15/02
·  with graphite or graphite-containing compositions
 F16N 15/04
·  with water (bearings working in water F16C)
P:20 F16N 17/00
Lubrication of machines or apparatus working under extreme conditions (additives to lubricating oil or lubricating grease C10M)
 F16N 17/02
·  at high temperature (of turbines F01D, F02C; lubrication of machines or engines in general, of internal-combustion engines F01M)
 F16N 17/04
·  at low temperature (lubrication of refrigerating machines F25B)
 F16N 17/06
·  in vacuum or under reduced pressure (lubrication of evacuating pumps F04; of rotary anodes of X-ray tubes H01J 35/10)
 F16N 19/00 - 
F16N 31/00
Details of lubricators or lubrication systems
P:160 F16N 19/00
Lubricant containers for use in lubricators or lubrication systems
P:150 F16N 21/00
Conduits; Junctions (in general F16L); Fittings for lubrication apertures
 F16N 21/02
·  Lubricating nipples
 F16N 21/04
·  Nozzles for connection of lubricating equipment to nipples
 F16N 21/06
·  Covering members for nipples, conduits, or apertures
P:130 F16N 23/00
Special adaptations of check valves (check valves in general F16K)
P:110 F16N 25/00
Distributing equipment
 F16N 25/02
·  with reciprocating distributing slide valve
 F16N 25/04
·  with rotary distributing member (combined with oil pump F16N 13/22)
P:120 F16N 27/00
Proportioning devices (liquid meters G01F)
 F16N 27/02
·  Gating equipment (multiple-way valves F16K; metering cocks G01F)
P:0 F16N 29/00
Special means in lubricating arrangements or systems providing for the indication or detection of undesired conditions; Use of devices responsive to conditions in lubricating arrangements or systems (in bearings F16C; constructions of apparatus outside the lubricating arrangements or systems, see the relevant classes)
 F16N 29/02
·  for influencing the supply of lubricant
 F16N 29/04
·  enabling a warning to be given; enabling moving parts to be stopped
P:140 F16N 31/00
Means for collecting, retaining, or draining-off lubricant in or on machines or apparatus (oil separators for separating oil from exhaust steam F22G)
 F16N 31/02
·  Oil catchers; Oil wipers (oil-scraping rings for pistons F16J 9/20)
   
P:170 F16N 33/00
Mechanical arrangements for cleaning lubricating equipment; Special racks or the like for use in draining lubricant from machine parts
 F16N 35/00 - 
F16N 39/00
Care of lubricants
P:190 F16N 35/00
Storage of lubricants in engine-rooms or the like (storage containers B65)
P:180 F16N 37/00
Equipment for transferring lubricant from one container to another
 F16N 37/02
·  for filling grease guns
P:10 F16N 39/00
Arrangements for conditioning of lubricants in the lubricating system (cleaning of lubricating oil, lubricating compositions C10M)
 F16N 39/02
·  by cooling (heat-exchangers in general F28)
 F16N 39/04
·  by heating (heat-exchangers in general F28)
 F16N 39/06
·  by filtration (filters in general B01D; magnetic separators B03C 1/00)
 F16N 39/08
·  by diluting, e.g. by addition of fuel (lubrication of machines or engines in general, of internal-combustion engines F01M)
   
P:200 F16N 99/00
Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass  [8]