|  | 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

|  | F16N |
LUBRICATING

|  | F16N |
Note(s) Attention is drawn to the following places, which cover lubrication of specific apparatus or in particular processes:
Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A01D 69/00 | Harvesters |
Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B21B 25/00 | Mandrels for metal tube rolling mills [8] |
Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B21B 27/06 | Rolls for metal rolling mills [8] |
Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B21D 37/00 | Tools for machines for working metal without removing material [8] |
Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B21J 3/00 | Forging or pressing |
Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B22D 11/07 | Moulds for continuous casting of metals [8] |
Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B23C 5/00 | Milling cutters [8] |
Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B23D 59/00 | Metal saws [8] |
Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B23Q 11/10, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B23Q 11/12 | Machine tools [8] |
Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B25D 17/00 | Portable power-driven percussive tools |
Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B26B 19/38 | Hair-clippers or dry-shavers [8] |
Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B27B 13/00 | Band saw blades for wood or the like [8] |
Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60R 17/00 | Vehicles |
Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B61B 12/00 | Cable systems for railways [8] |
Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B61C 17/00 | Railway locomotives |
Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B61F 17/00 | Axle-boxes of rail vehicles [8] |
Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B61K 3/00 | Rail or wheel flanges of railways [8] |
Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B62D 55/08 | Endless-track units for vehicles |
Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B62J 31/00 | Cycles [8] |
Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65G 45/00 | Conveyers [8] |
Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B66B 7/12 | Ropes, cables or guides of elevators [8] |
Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...D01H 7/02 | Spindles of machines for spinning or twisting threads or fibres [8] |
Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...D04B 35/00 | Knitting machines |
Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...D05B 71/00 | Sewing machines [8] |
Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...D05C 13/00 | Embroidering machines [8] |
Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E01B 7/00 | Switches for railways [8] |
Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E05B 17/00 | Locks |
Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E05D 11/00 | Hinges |
Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E21B 10/08 | Roller bits for earth drilling |
Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F01C 21/00 | Rotary-piston or oscillating-piston machines or engines [8] |
Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F01D 25/00 | Non-positive-displacement machines [8] |
Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F01M | Machines or engines in general [8] |
Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F02C 7/06 | Gas-turbine plants [8] |
Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F02F 1/18 | Cylinders of combustion engines [8] |
Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F04B 39/02 | Pumps for liquids [8] |
Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F04C 29/02 | Rotary-piston or oscillating-piston pumps for liquids [8] |
Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F04D 29/04 | Non-positive-displacement pumps [8] |
Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F16C 1/00 | Flexible shafts [8] |
Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F16C 33/04 | Sliding-contact bearings [8] |
Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F16C 33/66 | Ball or roller bearings [8] |
Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F16F 1/02 | Springs [8] |
Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F16H 57/04 | Transmissions [8] |
Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F41A 29/00 | Smallarms or ordnance [8] |
Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G04B 31/00 | Clocks [8] |
Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...H01R 39/00 | Rotary 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

P:100 |  | F16N 5/00 |
Apparatus with hand-positioned nozzle supplied with lubricant under pressure (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F16N 3/00 takes precedence)

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

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 Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F16N 7/00)

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 (lubricating-pumps Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F16N 13/00)

P:50 |  | F16N 13/00 |
Lubricating-pumps (oil cans with pump Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F16N 3/00)

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 (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F16N 17/00 takes precedence; lubricating compositions, selection of particular substances as lubricants in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...C10M; lubrication specially adapted to machines or apparatus provided for in a single other class, see the relevant class for the machine or apparatus)

P:20 |  | F16N 17/00 |
Lubrication of machines or apparatus working under extreme conditions (additives to lubricating oil or lubricating grease Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...C10M)

|  | 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; Fittings for lubrication apertures

P:130 |  | F16N 23/00 |
Special adaptations of check valves

P:110 |  | F16N 25/00 |
Distributing equipment (combined with oil pump Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F16N 13/00)

P:120 |  | F16N 27/00 |
Proportioning devices

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 (constructions of apparatus outside the lubricating arrangements or systems, see the relevant classes)

P:140 |  | F16N 31/00 |
Means for collecting, retaining, or draining-off lubricant in or on machines or apparatus

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

P:180 |  | F16N 37/00 |
Equipment for transferring lubricant from one container to another

P:10 |  | F16N 39/00 |
Arrangements for conditioning of lubricants in the lubricating system (cleaning of lubricating oil, lubricating compositions Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...C10M)

P:200 |  | F16N 99/00 |
Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass [8]