G
SECTION G — PHYSICS
 G

Note(s)

  1. In this section, the following term is used with the meaning indicated:
    • "variable" (as a noun) means a feature or property (e.g., a dimension, a physical condition such as temperature, a quality such as density or colour) which, in respect of a particular entity (e.g., an object, a quantity of a substance, a beam of light) and at a particular instant, is capable of being measured; the variable may change, so that its numerical expression may assume different values at different times, in different conditions or in individual cases, but may be constant in respect of a particular entity in certain conditions or for practical purposes (e.g., the length of a bar may be regarded as constant for many purposes).
  2. Attention is drawn to the definitions of terms or expressions used, appearing in the notes of several of the classes in this section, in particular those of "measuring" in class G01 and "control" and "regulation" in class G05.
  3. Classification in this section may present more difficulty than in other sections, because the distinction between different fields of use rests to a considerable extent on differences in the intention of the user rather than on any constructional differences or differences in the manner of use, and because the subjects dealt with are often in effect systems or combinations, which have features or parts in common, rather than "things", which are readily distinguishable as a whole. For example, information (e.g., a set of figures) may be displayed for the purpose of education or advertising (G09), for enabling the result of a measurement to be known (G01), for signalling the information to a distant point or for giving information which has been signalled from a distant point (G08). The words used to describe the purpose depend on features that may be irrelevant to the form of the apparatus concerned, for example, such features as the desired effect on the person who sees the display, or whether the display is controlled from a remote point. Again, a device which responds to some change in a condition, e.g., in the pressure of a fluid, may be used, without modification of the device itself, to give information about the pressure (G01L) or about some other condition linked to the pressure (another subclass of class G01, e.g., G01K for temperature), to make a record of the pressure or of its occurrence (G07C), to give an alarm (G08B), or to control another apparatus (G05).

    The classification scheme is intended to enable things of a similar nature (as indicated above) to be classified together. It is therefore particularly necessary for the real nature of any technical subject to be decided before it can be properly classified.

  
INSTRUMENTS
 G07
CHECKING-DEVICES
 G07F
COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS (coin sorting G07D 3/00; coin testing G07D 5/00)  [1,7]
 G07F

Note(s)

  1. This subclass does not cover constructions or details of apparatus which includes, or is combined with, coin-actuated mechanisms but is not specially adapted or modified for use therewith. Such constructions or details are covered by the relevant subclass for the particular apparatus.
  2. In this subclass, the following term is used with the meaning indicated:
    • "coins" covers also tokens or the like.
 G07F
Subclass index
ARRANGEMENTS OR MECHANISMS IN GENERAL
Coin inlet; coin actuation; others 1/00; 5/00; 7/00
APPARATUS CHARACTERISED BY THE APPLICATION
Dispensing; metering; hiring 11/00, 13/00; 15/00; 17/00
COMPLETE BANKING SYSTEMS 19/00
DETAILS NOT PECULIAR TO SPECIAL KINDS OR TYPES OF APPARATUS 9/00
P:70 G07F 1/00
Coin inlet arrangements; Coins specially adapted to operate coin-freed mechanisms (coins in general A44C)
 G07F 1/02
·  Coin slots
 G07F 1/04
·  Coin chutes
 G07F 1/06
·  Coins specially adapted to operate coin-freed mechanisms
P:60 G07F 5/00
Coin-actuated mechanisms; Interlocks
 G07F 5/02
·  actuated mechanically by coins, e.g. by a single coin
 G07F 5/04
·  ·  wherein two or more coins of the same denomination are required for each transaction
 G07F 5/06
·  ·  wherein two or more coins of different denominations are required for each transaction
 G07F 5/08
·  ·  wherein the use of two or more coins or an equivalent single coin is optional for each transaction; wherein the use of two or more coins or an alternative equivalent combination of coins is optional for each transaction
 G07F 5/10
·  actuated electrically by the coin, e.g. by a single coin
 G07F 5/12
·  ·  wherein two or more coins of the same denomination are required for each transaction
 G07F 5/14
·  ·  wherein two or more coins of different denominations are required for each transaction
 G07F 5/16
·  ·  wherein the use of two or more coins or an equivalent single coin is optional for each transaction; wherein the use of two or more coins or an alternative equivalent combination of coins is optional for each transaction
 G07F 5/18
·  specially adapted for controlling several coin-freed apparatus from one place (interlocks G07F 5/26)
 G07F 5/20
·  specially adapted for registering coins as credit, e.g. mechanically actuated
 G07F 5/22
·  ·  electrically actuated
 G07F 5/24
·  with change-giving (coin-changing mechanisms per se G07D)
 G07F 5/26
·  Interlocks, e.g. for locking the doors of compartments other than that to be used
P:50 G07F 7/00
Mechanisms actuated by objects other than coins to free or to actuate vending, hiring, coin or paper currency dispensing or refunding apparatus (complete banking systems G07F 19/00; handling coins or paper currencies apart from coin-freed or like apparatus G07D)  [2]
 G07F 7/02
·  by keys or other credit registering devices (for producing a coded signal for use together with coded identity cards G07F 7/10)  [2]
 G07F 7/04
·  by paper currency
 G07F 7/06
·  by returnable containers, e.g. bottles
 G07F 7/08
·  by coded identity card or credit card  [2]
 G07F 7/10
·  ·  together with a coded signal  [2]
 G07F 7/12
·  ·  Card verification  [5]
P:80 G07F 9/00
Details other than those peculiar to special kinds or types of apparatus (coin inlet arrangements G07F 1/00; coin-actuated mechanisms, interlocks G07F 5/00)
 G07F 9/02
·  Devices for alarm or indication, e.g. when empty; Advertising arrangements in coin-freed apparatus (alarms or warning devices indicating the interruption of flow to be metered G07F 15/10)
 G07F 9/04
·  Means for returning surplus or unused coins
 G07F 9/06
·  Coin boxes
 G07F 9/08
·  Counting total of coins inserted
 G07F 9/10
·  Casings, e.g. with means for heating or cooling
P:40 G07F 11/00
Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles
 G07F 11/02
·  from non-movable magazines
 G07F 11/04
·  ·  in which magazines the articles are stored one vertically above the other
 G07F 11/06
·  ·  ·  supported individually on pivotally-mounted flaps or shelves
 G07F 11/08
·  ·  ·  arranged in two columns in staggered relationship
 G07F 11/10
·  ·  ·  two or more magazines having a common delivery chute
 G07F 11/12
·  ·  ·  with means for automatically changing to reserve stacks
 G07F 11/14
·  ·  ·  with means for raising the stack of articles to permit delivery of the topmost
 G07F 11/16
·  ·  ·  Delivery means
 G07F 11/18
·  ·  ·  ·  Recessed drawers
 G07F 11/20
·  ·  ·  ·  Pushers actuated directly by hand
 G07F 11/22
·  ·  ·  ·  Pushers actuated indirectly by hand, e.g. through cranks or levers
 G07F 11/24
·  ·  ·  ·  Rotary or oscillatory members
 G07F 11/26
·  ·  ·  ·  Endless bands
 G07F 11/28
·  ·  in which the magazines are inclined
 G07F 11/30
·  ·  ·  two or more magazines having independent delivery
 G07F 11/32
·  ·  ·  two or more magazines having a common delivery chute
 G07F 11/34
·  ·  in which the magazines are of zig-zag form
 G07F 11/36
·  ·  in which the magazines are of helical or spiral form
 G07F 11/38
·  ·  in which the magazines are horizontal
 G07F 11/40
·  ·  ·  the articles being delivered by hand-operated means
 G07F 11/42
·  ·  ·  the articles being delivered by motor-driven means
 G07F 11/44
·  ·  in which magazines the articles are stored in bulk
 G07F 11/46
·  from movable storage containers or supports
 G07F 11/48
·  ·  the storage containers or supports, e.g. magazine, being pivotally mounted (articles supported on pivotally-mounted flaps or shelves in magazines G07F 11/06)
 G07F 11/50
·  ·  the storage containers or supports being rotatably mounted
 G07F 11/52
·  ·  ·  about horizontal axes
 G07F 11/54
·  ·  ·  about vertical axes
 G07F 11/56
·  ·  ·  ·  the storage containers or supports both rotating and moving axially
 G07F 11/58
·  ·  the articles being supported on or by endless belts or like conveyers
 G07F 11/60
·  ·  the storage containers or supports being rectilinearly movable (endless belts or like conveyers G07F 11/58)
 G07F 11/62
·  in which the articles are stored in compartments in fixed receptacles
 G07F 11/64
·  in which the articles are individually suspended from stationary supports
 G07F 11/66
·  in which the articles are dispensed by cutting from a mass
 G07F 11/68
·  in which the articles are torn or severed from strips or sheets
 G07F 11/70
·  in which the articles are formed in the apparatus from components, blanks, or material constituents
 G07F 11/72
·  Auxiliary equipments, e.g. for lighting cigars, opening bottles
P:30 G07F 13/00
Coin-freed apparatus for controlling dispensing of fluids, semiliquids or granular material from reservoirs
 G07F 13/02
·  by volume
 G07F 13/04
·  by weight
 G07F 13/06
·  with selective dispensing of different fluids or materials or mixtures thereof
 G07F 13/08
·  in the form of a spray
 G07F 13/10
·  with associated dispensing of containers, e.g. cups or other articles (dispensing discrete articles per se G07F 11/00)
P:20 G07F 15/00
Coin-freed apparatus with meter-controlled dispensing of liquid, gas, or electricity (tariff-metering apparatus in general G01D 4/00)
 G07F 15/02
·  in which the quantity mechanism is set forward by hand after insertion of a coin
 G07F 15/04
·  in which the quantity mechanism is set forward automatically by the insertion of a coin
 G07F 15/06
·  with means for prepaying basic charges, e.g. rent for meters
 G07F 15/08
·  with means for varying the tariff or changing the price
 G07F 15/10
·  with alarm or warning devices, e.g. indicating the interrupting of the supply
 G07F 15/12
·  in which metering is on a time basis
P:10 G07F 17/00
Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services (picture juke-boxes G03B; prepayment telephone systems H04M 17/00)
 G07F 17/02
·  for optical devices, e.g. telescopes
 G07F 17/04
·  for anthropometrical measurements such as weight, height, strength
 G07F 17/06
·  for inflating-pumps
 G07F 17/08
·  for seats or footstools
 G07F 17/10
·  for means for safe-keeping of property, left temporarily, e.g. by fastening the property
 G07F 17/12
·  ·  comprising lockable containers, e.g. for accepting clothes to be cleaned
 G07F 17/14
·  for fastenings for doors (of containers for safe-keeping G07F 17/12); for turnstiles
 G07F 17/16
·  for devices exhibiting advertisements, announcements, pictures, or the like
 G07F 17/18
·  for washing or drying persons
 G07F 17/20
·  for washing or drying articles, e.g. clothes, motor cars
 G07F 17/22
·  for cleaning and polishing boots or shoes
 G07F 17/24
·  for parking meters (devices for checking parking time G07C 1/30)
 G07F 17/26
·  for printing, stamping, franking, typing, or teleprinting apparatus (ticket printing or like apparatus G07F 17/42)
 G07F 17/28
·  for radio apparatus (television subscription systems H04N 7/16)
 G07F 17/30
·  for musical instruments (recording or playback apparatus G11B)
 G07F 17/32
·  for games, toys, sports, or amusements
 G07F 17/34
·  ·  depending on the stopping of moving members, e.g. "fruit" machines
 G07F 17/36
·  ·  Age, character, or fortune telling apparatus
 G07F 17/38
·  ·  Ball games; Shooting apparatus
 G07F 17/40
·  for devices for accepting orders, advertisements, or the like
 G07F 17/42
·  for ticket printing or like apparatus
P:0 G07F 19/00
Complete banking systems; Coded card-freed arrangements adapted for dispensing or receiving monies or the like and posting such transactions to existing accounts, e.g. automatic teller machines (mechanisms in general actuated by objects other than coins G07F 7/00; data processing equipment for bank accounting G06Q 40/00; handling coins or paper currencies apart from coin-freed or like apparatus G07D)  [5]