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
  
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:
A01D 69/00Harvesters 
B21B 25/00Mandrels for metal tube rolling mills [8] 
B21B 27/06Rolls for metal rolling mills [8] 
B21D 37/00Tools for machines for working metal without removing material [8] 
B21J 3/00Forging or pressing 
B22D 11/07Moulds for continuous casting of metals [8] 
B23C 5/00Milling cutters [8] 
B23D 59/00Metal saws [8] 
B23Q 11/10, B23Q 11/12Machine tools [8] 
B25D 17/00Portable power-driven percussive tools 
B26B 19/38Hair-clippers or dry-shavers [8] 
B27B 13/00Band saw blades for wood or the like [8] 
B60R 17/00Vehicles 
B61B 12/00Cable systems for railways [8] 
B61C 17/00Railway locomotives 
B61F 17/00Axle-boxes of rail vehicles [8] 
B61K 3/00Rail or wheel flanges of railways [8] 
B62D 55/08Endless-track units for vehicles 
B62J 31/00Cycles [8] 
B65G 45/00Conveyers [8] 
B66B 7/12Ropes, cables or guides of elevators [8] 
D01H 7/02Spindles of machines for spinning or twisting threads or fibres [8] 
D04B 35/00Knitting machines 
D05B 71/00Sewing machines [8] 
D05C 13/00Embroidering machines [8] 
E01B 7/00Switches for railways [8] 
E05B 17/00Locks 
E05D 11/00Hinges 
E21B 10/08Roller bits for earth drilling 
F01C 21/00Rotary-piston or oscillating-piston machines or engines [8] 
F01D 25/00Non-positive-displacement machines [8] 
F01MMachines or engines in general [8] 
F02C 7/06Gas-turbine plants [8] 
F02F 1/18Cylinders of combustion engines [8] 
F04B 39/02Pumps for liquids [8] 
F04C 29/02Rotary-piston or oscillating-piston pumps for liquids [8] 
F04D 29/04Non-positive-displacement pumps [8] 
F16C 1/00Flexible shafts [8] 
F16C 33/04Sliding-contact bearings [8] 
F16C 33/66Ball or roller bearings [8] 
F16F 1/02Springs [8] 
F16H 57/04Transmissions [8] 
F41A 29/00Smallarms or ordnance [8] 
G04B 31/00Clocks [8] 
H01R 39/00Rotary 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 (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 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 F16N 13/00)
P:50 F16N 13/00
Lubricating-pumps (oil cans with pump 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 (F16N 17/00 takes precedence; lubricating compositions, selection of particular substances as lubricants in general 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 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 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 C10M)
P:200 F16N 99/00
Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass  [8]