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
  
WEAPONS; BLASTING
 F41
WEAPONS
 F41

Note(s)

  1. This class covers also means for practice and training which may have aspects of simulation, e.g. in apparatus for so-called "military games", although simulators are generally covered by class G09.  [4]
  2. In this class, the following terms or expressions are used with the meanings indicated:
    • "smallarm" means a firearm which is generally held with one or both hands for firing, but this term also includes a light machine-gun which may be supported on a tripod or the like during firing;  [5]
    • "gun" means any weapon having a barrel and a trigger or firing mechanism for projecting a missile; it may be a piece of ordnance or a smallarm. It may use combustible or explosive propellant charges, air pressure, electromagnetism or other propulsive forces;  [5]
    • "revolver-type gun" means a gun having a revolving drum magazine, the chambers of which are used successively as firing chamber;  [5]
    • "revolver" means a revolver-type pistol;  [5]
    • "semi-automatic firearm" means a firearm from which one shot is fired after actuation of the trigger and which then returns to a condition for firing a subsequent shot upon renewed actuation of the trigger;
    • "automatic firearm" means a firearm which will continue firing so long as the initial firing pressure is maintained on the trigger;
    • "sighting" means bringing into visual coincidence a direction defined by a so-called "sighting" device with the direction of a target;
    • "aiming" means bringing a weapon to a direction differing from the sighting direction by corrections in order that the projectile may hit the target;
    • "laying" means setting a weapon in the correct position for hitting a target.
  3. Attention is drawn to the definitions of "projectile", "missile" and "rocket" given in Note (2) following the title of class F42.  [4]
 F41B
WEAPONS FOR PROJECTING MISSILES WITHOUT USE OF EXPLOSIVE OR COMBUSTIBLE PROPELLANT CHARGE; WEAPONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (projectiles for fishing, e.g. fish-spears, A01K 81/00; sports implements for throwing A63B 65/00, e.g. boomerangs A63B 65/08; stationary apparatus for projecting sports balls, e.g. tennis balls, A63B 69/40; throwing or slinging toys A63H 33/18, knives, axes B26B; projectiles or missiles other than those incorporating springs as projecting means F42B 6/00)
 F41B
Subclass index
BLOW GUNS 1/00
SLING WEAPONS 3/00
FRICTION-WHEEL OPERATED LAUNCHERS 4/00
BOWS, CROSSBOWS 5/00
ELECTROMAGNETIC LAUNCHERS 6/00
SPRING GUNS 7/00
LIQUID PRESSURE GUNS, e.g. WATER PISTOLS 9/00
AIR GUNS, STEAM GUNS 11/00
THRUSTING WEAPONS, CUTTING WEAPONS CARRIED AS SIDE-ARMS 13/00
OTHER WEAPONS 15/00
P:10 F41B 1/00
Blow guns, i.e. tubes for impelling projectiles, e.g. peas or darts, by the force of the breath (pop guns A63H)
P:20 F41B 3/00
Sling weapons (throwing-apparatus for clay-pigeon or clay-disc targets F41J 9/18)
 F41B 3/02
·  Catapults, e.g. slingshots  [3]
 F41B 3/03
·  ·  Catapults having a pivotable launcher arm  [5]
 F41B 3/04
·  Centrifugal sling apparatus  [3]
P:30 F41B 4/00
Friction-wheel operated launchers  [5]
P:40 F41B 5/00
Bows; Crossbows
 F41B 5/06
·  Quivers  [3]
 F41B 5/10
·  Compound bows  [5]
 F41B 5/12
·  Crossbows  [5]
 F41B 5/14
·  Details of bows; Accessories for arc shooting (sighting devices for bows F41G 1/467)  [5]
 F41B 5/16
·  ·  Archer's finger tabs (sporting arm or hand protectors in general A41D 13/08)  [5]
 F41B 5/18
·  ·  Bow-string drawing or releasing devices (F41B 5/16 takes precedence)  [5]
 F41B 5/20
·  ·  Bow stabilisers or vibration dampers  [5]
 F41B 5/22
·  ·  Arrow rests or guides  [5]
P:50 F41B 6/00
Electromagnetic launchers  [5]
P:70 F41B 7/00
Spring guns (catapults F41B 3/02)
 F41B 7/02
·  the spring forming part of the missile or projectile
 F41B 7/04
·  adapted to discharge harpoons
 F41B 7/08
·  Toy guns
P:0 F41B 9/00
Liquid ejecting guns, e.g. water pistols
P:60 F41B 11/00
Air guns, e.g. air pistols; Steam guns
 F41B 11/02
·  Adaptations for feeding or loading missiles from magazines
 F41B 11/04
·  for ejecting a powder, e.g. pepper
 F41B 11/06
·  with pressure supplied by gas cartridge (F41B 11/08 takes precedence; valves therefor F41B 11/32)
 F41B 11/08
·  adapted to discharge harpoons
 F41B 11/12
·  having an air piston effecting a compressor stroke during the firing of each shot  [5]
 F41B 11/14
·  ·  spring-operated  [5]
 F41B 11/16
·  ·  ·  having an additional slidable mass moving in the opposite direction of the piston, e.g. for recoil reduction  [5]
 F41B 11/18
·  ·  ·  Arrangements for putting the spring under tension  [5]
 F41B 11/20
·  ·  ·  ·  by a rocking lever  [5]
 F41B 11/22
·  ·  ·  ·  ·  in breakdown air guns  [5]
 F41B 11/24
·  having a deformable bellows or bulb pressed during the firing  [5]
 F41B 11/26
·  having precompressed air before the firing (F41B 11/06, F41B 11/08, F41B 11/32 take precedence)  [5]
 F41B 11/28
·  ·  Pumping or compressor arrangements therefor  [5]
 F41B 11/30
·  ·  ·  operated by a rocking-lever system, e.g. in breakdown air guns  [5]
 F41B 11/32
·  Arrangement of valves in, or valves specially adapted for, air guns  [5]
 F41B 11/34
·  Sealing arrangements; Pistons  [5]
P:80 F41B 13/00
Thrusting-weapons (bayonets F41C 27/18); Cutting-weapons carried as side-arms (training appliances for fencing A63B 69/02; sheaths for hand cutting tools B26B 29/00)
 F41B 13/02
·  Sabres; Cutlasses; Swords; Epees
 F41B 13/04
·  ·  Sheaths or scabbards therefor
 F41B 13/06
·  ·  ·  for concealment, e.g. swordsticks
 F41B 13/08
·  Daggers; Stilettoes
 F41B 13/10
·  Lances; Pikes (spears for sporting purposes A63B 65/02)
P:90 F41B 15/00
Weapons not otherwise provided for
 F41B 15/02
·  Batons; Truncheons; Sticks; Shillelaghs
 F41B 15/04
·  ·  with electric stunning-means
 F41B 15/06
·  ·  with inserted knives or spikes
 F41B 15/08
·  Knuckledusters
 F41B 15/10
·  Bolas