|  | 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 fluid | F01C
liquid only | F04C
reciprocating piston or other |
liquid and elastic fluid or elastic fluid | F01B
liquid only | F04B
non-positive displacement |
liquid and elastic fluid or elastic fluid | F01D
liquid only | F03B
ENGINES |
positive displacement |
rotary or oscillating piston |
liquid and elastic fluid or elastic fluid | F01C
liquid only | F03C
reciprocating piston or other |
liquid and elastic fluid or elastic fluid | F01B
liquid only | F03C
non-positive displacement |
liquid and elastic fluid or elastic fluid | F01D
liquid only | F03B
PUMPS |
positive displacement |
rotary or oscillating piston | F04C
reciprocating piston or other | F04B
non-positive displacement | F04D

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 OR WEDGES; JOINTS OR JOINTING (couplings for transmitting rotation Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F16D)

|  | F16B |
2. Note(s) Attention is drawn to: the Note following group Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E04B 1/38; [5] the following places:
   Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A44B | Buckles, slide fasteners |
   Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A47G 3/00 | Ornamental heads for nails, screws, or the like |
   Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B42F 3/00 | Means, not using staples, for attaching sheets temporarily together |
   Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E01B 9/00 | Screws or bolts for railway sleepers |
   Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E01B 11/00 | Rail joints |
   Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E04 | Connections for building |
   Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E04D 13/04 | Clamping means for down pipes for roof drainage |
   Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E04F 13/21 | Fastening means specially adapted for covering or lining elements for buildings [8] |
   Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E04G 5/00 | Fastening scaffolds against buildings |
   Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E04G 7/00 | Scaffolding couplings |
   Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E05C | Bolts or fasteners for wings, specially for doors or windows |
   Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F16C 29/00 | Locking bearings for parts moving only linearly |
   Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F16G 17/00 | Hooks as integral parts of chains |
   Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F16L | Pipe joints |
   Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F16L 3/00 | Supports for pipes, cables or protective tubing, e.g. hangers, holders, clamps, cleats, clips, brackets |
   Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F16L 33/02 | Clips for connecting hoses to rigid members |
   Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...H01F 7/00 | Magnetic holding devices |
   Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...H02N 13/00 | Electrostatic 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 Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F16B 2/00-F16B 47/00 take precedence over group Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F16B 1/00. [2]

|  | F16B 2/00 - F16B 9/00 |
Fastenings for constructional elements or machine parts in general

P:40 |  | F16B 2/00 |
Friction-grip releasable fastenings (for cables or ropes, e.g. cleats, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F16G 11/00; supports for pipes, cables or protective tubing Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...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 (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F16B 2/00 takes precedence; for rods or tubes mutually Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...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 Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B23P 11/02); Non-releasable friction-grip fastenings (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...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 Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F16B 11/00; dowel connections Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F16B 13/00; pins, including deformable elements Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F16B 19/00; covering of walls Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...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, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G09F 7/00)

|  | F16B 5/02 |
· | by means of fastening members using screw-thread (construction of screw-threaded connections Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F16B 25/00-F16B 39/00)

|  | F16B 5/06 |
· | by means of clamps or clips (friction-grip releasable fastenings in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...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 Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F16B 2/00; fastening rods or tubular parts to flat surfaces at an angle Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F16B 9/00; clips for connecting hoses to rigid members Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...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 Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A45B 25/00; welding or soldering of connections Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B23K; vehicle connections in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60D; railway couplings Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B61G; bicycle frames Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B62K; couplings for transmitting rotation Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F16D; couplings for tubes conveying fluid Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F16L)

|  | F16B 7/04 |
· | Clamping or clipping connections (friction-grip releasable fastenings in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...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 Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F16B 2/00; making press-fit connections Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B23P 11/00, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B23P 19/00; fluid-tight connecting of pipes to reservoirs, sheets, or the like Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F16L, e.g. joining pipes to walls Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F16L 41/00; supports for pipes, cables or protective tubing Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...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 Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B23K; methods of using adhesives independently of the form of the surfaces joined Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...C09J 5/00)

P:80 |  | F16B 12/00 |
Jointing of furniture or the like, e.g. hidden from exterior (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F16B 2/00-F16B 11/00 take precedence; fastening means per se Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F16B 13/00-F16B 47/00; wood-working Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...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 Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F16B 15/00; self-locking pins or bolts in general, stud-and-socket releasable fastenings Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F16B 21/00; dowels or bolts for railroad sleepers Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E01B 9/00; means for anchoring structural elements or bulkheads specially adapted to foundation engineering Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E02D 5/74; bolts or dowels used while laying bricks or casting concrete Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E04B 1/38; setting anchoring bolts in shafts, tunnels or galleries Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E21D 20/00; anchoring bolts for shafts, tunnels or galleries Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...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 Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F16B 2/00)

|  | F16B 13/06 |
· · | combined with expanding sleeve

|  | F16B 15/00 - F16B 21/00 |
Fastening means without screw-thread

P:220 |  | F16B 15/00 |
Nails; Staples (surgical staples Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61B 17/064; manufacture of nails or staples Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B21G; railway spikes Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E01B 9/00)

P:200 |  | F16B 17/00 |
Fastening means without screw-thread for 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 Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F16B 19/00; riveting Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F16B 19/04; means for preventing withdrawal of a pin, spigot, or the like from its operative position, stud-and-socket releasable fastenings Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F16B 21/00)

P:210 |  | F16B 19/00 |
Bolts without screw-thread; Pins, including deformable elements (in screwed connections Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F16B 29/00); Rivets (means for preventing withdrawal Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F16B 21/00)

|  | F16B 19/04 |
· | Rivets; Spigots or the like fastened by riveting (lead seals Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G09F 3/00)

P:190 |  | F16B 21/00 |
Means without screw-thread for preventing relative axial movement of a pin, spigot, shaft, or the like and a member surrounding it (riveted or deformable spigots Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F16B 19/04; for gudgeon pins Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F16J 1/10); Stud-and-socket releasable fastenings without screw-thread

|  | F16B 23/00 - F16B 39/00 |
Fastening means using screw-thread

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 (wall-dowels Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F16B 13/00; members deformed for locking screws, bolts or nuts Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F16B 39/00)

P:110 |  | F16B 31/00 |
Screwed connections specially modified in view of tensile load; Break-bolts (shape of thread Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F16B 33/00)

P:140 |  | F16B 33/00 |
Features common to bolt and nut (wall-dowels Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F16B 13/00; thread-forms used as screw-locking device Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F16B 39/00)

P:160 |  | F16B 35/00 |
Screw-bolts; Stay bolts; Screw-threaded studs; Screws; Set screws (wall-dowels Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F16B 13/00; thread-cutting screws Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...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 Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F16B 39/00)

P:180 |  | F16B 37/00 |
Nuts or like thread-engaging members (wall-dowels Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F16B 13/00)

|  | 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 (wall-dowels Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F16B 13/00; locking of bottle closures Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65D; locking of rail-fastening bolts for permanent ways Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E01B 9/00; locking of fastening means for railway fishplates Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E01B 11/00; locking devices for valves or cocks Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...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 Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G09F 3/00)

P:240 |  | F16B 43/00 |
Washers or equivalent devices; Other devices for supporting bolt-heads or nuts (circlips Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F16B 21/00; with special means for locking bolts or nuts Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F16B 39/00)

P:250 |  | F16B 45/00 |
Hooks; Eyes (if the attaching parts or means are concerned, groups Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F16B 13/00, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F16B 15/00, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F16B 19/00, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F16B 25/00, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F16B 35/00, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F16B 47/00 take precedence; for hanging pictures or the like Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A47G 1/16; towing hooks for ships Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B63B 21/56; for hoisting or hauling purposes Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B66C; hooks or eyes with integral parts designed to facilitate quick attachment to cables or ropes at any point Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F16G 11/00)

P:30 |  | F16B 47/00 |
Suction cups for attaching purposes; Equivalent means using adhesives