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]
 F41H
ARMOUR; ARMOURED TURRETS; ARMOURED OR ARMED VEHICLES; MEANS OF ATTACK OR DEFENCE, e.g. CAMOUFLAGE, IN GENERAL
 F41H
Subclass index
ARMOUR
Personal protection gear 1/00
Armour plates, shields 5/00
CAMOUFLAGE 3/00
ARMOURED OR ARMED VEHICLES 7/00
FLAME, GAS OR CHEMICAL WARFARE 9/00
OTHER ATTACK OR DEFENCE MEANS 11/00, 13/00
P:40 F41H 1/00
Personal protection-gear (shields for personal use F41H 5/08; for protection against chemical warfare A62B)
 F41H 1/02
·  Armoured or projectile- or missile-resistant garments; Composite protection fabrics
 F41H 1/04
·  Protection helmets (crash helmets A42B 3/00)
 F41H 1/06
·  ·  of steel; Steel head-shields
 F41H 1/08
·  ·  of plastics; Plastic head-shields
P:0 F41H 3/00
Camouflage, i.e. means or methods for concealment or disguise (for vessels B63G 8/34, B63G 13/02)
 F41H 3/02
·  Covers, e.g. screens, nets (making thereof, see the relevant classes, e.g. D04)
P:50 F41H 5/00
Armour; Armour plates (processes for manufacturing or treating B21, C21)
 F41H 5/007
·  Reactive armour; Dynamic armour  [5]
 F41H 5/013
·  Mounting or securing armour plates  [5]
 F41H 5/02
·  Plate construction
 F41H 5/04
·  ·  composed of more than one layer
 F41H 5/06
·  Shields (in ships B63G 9/00; in aircraft B64D 7/00)
 F41H 5/08
·  ·  for personal use
 F41H 5/10
·  ·  ·  Spade bayonets, i.e. usable as a spade, bayonet, or cover against rifle fire
 F41H 5/12
·  ·  for smallarms; for light-rocket launchers
 F41H 5/14
·  ·  ·  Wheeled armoured shields
 F41H 5/16
·  ·  for ordnance
 F41H 5/18
·  ·  Rotating shields
 F41H 5/20
·  Turrets
 F41H 5/22
·  Manhole covers, e.g. on tanks (in general F16J)
 F41H 5/24
·  for stationary use, e.g. fortifications
 F41H 5/26
·  Peepholes; Windows (manufacture or composition of glass C03); Covers therefor
P:30 F41H 7/00
Armoured or armed vehicles (general vehicle aspects B60; armoured or armed ships B63G; armoured or armed aircraft B64D; mounting guns, e.g. machine-guns, on vehicles F41A 23/00)
 F41H 7/02
·  Land vehicles with enclosing armour, e.g. tanks (endless-track vehicles, steering thereof B62D)
 F41H 7/03
·  ·  Air-pressurised compartments for crew; Means for preventing admission of noxious substances, e.g. combustion gas from gun barrels, in crew compartments; Sealing arrangements  [5]
 F41H 7/04
·  ·  Armour construction (in general F41H 5/00)
 F41H 7/10
·  Mine-laying land vehicles
P:10 F41H 9/00
Equipment for attack or defence by spreading flame, gas, or smoke; Chemical warfare equipment (protection against chemicals A62B)
 F41H 9/02
·  Flame-throwing apparatus (for destroying vegetation A01M 15/00)
 F41H 9/04
·  Gas blowing apparatus, e.g. for tear gas (F41H 9/10 takes precedence)
 F41H 9/06
·  Apparatus for generating artificial fog or smoke screens (smoke-pot projectors, e.g. arranged on vehicles, F42B 5/155)
 F41H 9/08
·  ·  Smoke-pots without propulsive charge, i.e. stationary  [5]
 F41H 9/10
·  Hand-held or body-worn self-defence devices using repellant gases or chemicals  [5]
P:20 F41H 11/00
Defence installations; Defence devices (constructional aspects, see section E, e.g. E04H 9/04)
 F41H 11/02
·  Anti-aircraft or anti-guided missile defence installations or systems (cartridges or missiles for producing smoke or for dispensing radar chaff or infra-red material F42B 5/15, F42B 12/48, F42B 12/70)
 F41H 11/04
·  ·  Aerial barrages
 F41H 11/05
·  Net barriers for harbour defence
 F41H 11/06
·  Gun-traps
 F41H 11/08
·  Barbed-wire obstacles; Barricades; Stanchions; Tank traps; Vehicle-impeding devices; Caltrops
 F41H 11/10
·  ·  Dispensing-apparatus therefor, e.g. devices for dispensing and reeling barbed wire
 F41H 11/11
·  ·  Clearing or neutralising barbed-wire obstacles (smallarm attachments for wire cutting F41C 27/20)  [5]
 F41H 11/12
·  Means for clearing land minefields (sweeping mines B63G)
 F41H 11/14
·  ·  with electric explosive cable, e.g. mine-clearing snakes
 F41H 11/16
·  ·  Self-propelled mine-clearing vehicles
P:60 F41H 13/00
Means of attack or defence not otherwise provided for