|  | F |
SECTION F — MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING

WEAPONS; BLASTING

|  | F42 |
AMMUNITION; BLASTING

|  | F42 |
Note(s) Although simulators are generally in Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G09, provision is included in class Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F42 for means for practice and training which may have aspects of simulation, e.g. in apparatus for so-called "military games" This class does not include construction of fireworks, as Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...C06D provides not only for compositions but also for firework bodies. In this class: The following terms are used with the meanings indicated: "primer" effects the first explosive step in the sequence of explosion; "percussion cap" — a primer which is struck to explode; "igniter" effects the first spark-producing or heat-producing step but may not be explosive; "firing-means", "initiator" (used respectively in the arts of weaponry and blasting) — the device acting directly on the primer, which device may or may not form part of the fuze; "detonator charge" — a charge used to amplify the explosion of the primer; "fuze" — an assembly which determines the moment of the explosion (instantaneous or delayed) and which incorporates firing-means for initiating the explosion spark.

|  | F42B |
EXPLOSIVE CHARGES (chemical compositions Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...C06); AMMUNITION; MISSILES (fuses Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F42C)

|  | F42B |
Note(s) In order to avoid confusion with devices that are variously described as guided missiles, self-propelled missiles, and rockets, such devices, if self-propelled, should be classified in group Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F42B 15/00 except that when such devices are fired from a gun they should be classified in group Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F42B 13/28. If such devices are not self-propelled, they should be classified in group Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F42B 25/00 when they fly by falling, and in group Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F42B 13/00 when they are fired from a gun.

|  | F42B 1/00 |
Explosive charges characterised by form or shape but not dependent on shape of container

|  | F42B 1/02 |
· | hollow

|  | F42B 1/04 |
· | Detonator charges not forming part of the fuze

|  | F42B 3/00 |
Blasting cartridges, i.e. case and explosive

|  | F42B 3/02 |
· | adapted to be united into assemblies

|  | F42B 3/04 |
· | for producing gas under pressure

|  | F42B 3/06 |
· · | with re-utilisable case

|  | F42B 3/08 |
· | with cavities in the charge

|  | F42B 3/10 |
· | Initiators therefor

|  | F42B 3/12 - F42B 3/16 |
Note(s) Group Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F42B 3/18 takes precedence over groups Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F42B 3/12-F42B 3/16.

|  | F42B 3/12 |
· · | Bridge initiators

|  | F42B 3/14 |
· · | Spark initiators

|  | F42B 3/16 |
· · | Delay initiators

|  | F42B 3/18 |
· · | Safety initiators resistant to premature firing by static electricity or stray currents

|  | F42B 3/20 |
· | Tamping tools therefor

|  | F42B 5/00 |
Smallarms ammunition, i.e. ammunition for rifles, semi-automatic rifles, pistols, carbines (shot gun ammunition Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F42B 7/00; missiles only Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F42B 11/00)

|  | F42B 5/02 |
· | Cartridges, i.e. cases complete with missiles

|  | F42B 5/08 |
· · | modified for electric ignition

|  | F42B 5/10 |
· · | with self-propelled bullet

|  | F42B 5/12 |
· · | with hypodermic injection means (hypodermic charges therefor Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61M)

|  | F42B 5/14 |
· · | for marking cattle

|  | F42B 5/16 |
· · | characterised by composition or physical dimensions or form of propellant charge or powder (chemical composition Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...C06B)

|  | F42B 5/18 |
· · | with self-burning or exploding cartridge cases

|  | F42B 5/20 |
· · | Blank cartridges

|  | F42B 5/22 |
· · | for practice; for training; dummy

|  | F42B 5/24 |
· · | for cleaning; for cooling

|  | F42B 5/26 |
· | Cartridge case

|  | F42B 5/28 |
· · | of metal

|  | F42B 5/30 |
· · | of plastics

|  | F42B 5/32 |
· · | for rim fire

|  | F42B 5/34 |
· · | with provision for varying the length

|  | F42B 5/36 |
· · | modified for housing an integral firing-cap

|  | F42B 7/00 |
Shotgun ammunition

|  | F42B 7/02 |
· | Cartridges, i.e. cases complete with missiles

|  | F42B 7/04 |
· · | of pellet type

|  | F42B 7/06 |
· · | with cartridge case of plastics

|  | F42B 7/08 |
· · | Wads for shotgun shells

|  | F42B 7/10 |
· · | Ball or slug shotgun cartridges

|  | F42B 9/00 |
Gun ammunition; Ammunition not otherwise provided for (missiles for guns Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F42B 13/00)

|  | F42B 9/02 |
· | Cartridges, i.e. cases complete with missiles

|  | F42B 9/04 |
· · | the case being of metal

|  | F42B 9/06 |
· · | the case being of plastics

|  | F42B 9/08 |
· · | modified for electric ignition

|  | F42B 9/10 |
· · | with self-propelled missile

|  | F42B 9/12 |
· · | for recoilless guns

|  | F42B 9/14 |
· · | characterised by composition or physical dimension or form of propellant charge or powder (chemical composition Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...C06B)

|  | F42B 9/16 |
· · | with self-burning or exploding cartridge cases

|  | F42B 9/18 |
· · | Blank cartridges

|  | F42B 9/20 |
· · | for practice; for training; dummy

|  | F42B 9/22 |
· · | for cleaning; for cooling

|  | F42B 9/24 |
· | Loaded cartridge bags

|  | F42B 9/26 |
· | Cartridge cases

|  | F42B 9/28 |
· · | of metal

|  | F42B 9/30 |
· · | of plastics

|  | F42B 11/00 |
Missiles for smallarms, i.e. for rifles, semi-automatic rifles, pistols, carbines

|  | F42B 11/02 |
· | Bullets

|  | F42B 11/04 |
· · | of lead only

|  | F42B 11/06 |
· · | with steel cores

|  | F42B 11/08 |
· · | with steel jackets

|  | F42B 11/10 |
· · | with soft noses; of expanding type; of dumdum type

|  | F42B 11/12 |
· · | with steel points

|  | F42B 11/14 |
· · | of armour-piercing type

|  | F42B 11/16 |
· · | of tracer type

|  | F42B 11/18 |
· · | of target-marking type

|  | F42B 11/20 |
· · | of cannelured type

|  | F42B 11/22 |
· · | of explosive type

|  | F42B 11/24 |
· · | of incendiary type

|  | F42B 11/26 |
· · | of high-speed type

|  | F42B 11/28 |
· · | of slug type

|  | F42B 11/30 |
· · | of hypodermic type (hypodermic charges therefor Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61M)

|  | F42B 11/32 |
· · | which cause irritation

|  | F42B 11/34 |
· · | which carry poison

|  | F42B 11/36 |
· · | of plastics

|  | F42B 11/38 |
· · · | of pressed-powder plastics

|  | F42B 11/40 |
· · · | of metal alloy and plastics powder

|  | F42B 11/42 |
· | Rifle grenades

|  | F42B 13/00 |
Missiles for guns, mortars, or unspecified calibres

|  | F42B 13/02 |
· | for guns

|  | F42B 13/04 |
· · | of armour-piercing type

|  | F42B 13/06 |
· · · | with core

|  | F42B 13/08 |
· · · | with armour-piercing caps; With armoured cupola

|  | F42B 13/10 |
· · · | with shaped or hollow charge (hollow charge per se Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F42B 1/02)

|  | F42B 13/12 |
· · | of high-explosive type

|  | F42B 13/14 |
· · | of incendiary type

|  | F42B 13/16 |
· · | of sub-calibre type; Sabots therefor

|  | F42B 13/18 |
· · | with fragmentation-hull construction

|  | F42B 13/20 |
· · | for practice; for training; dummy

|  | F42B 13/22 |
· | for mortars

|  | F42B 13/24 |
· · | with tail or non-retractable stabiliser fins

|  | F42B 13/26 |
· · | with provision for additional charges; with provision for varying the length

|  | F42B 13/28 |
· | Self-propelled missiles (rockets Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F42B 15/00)

|  | F42B 13/30 |
· · | with guidance-means thereon (guidance systems Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F41G)

|  | F42B 13/32 |
· | with wings or other elements which are spread after leaving the barrel; with speed-reducing means

|  | F42B 13/34 |
· | of tracer type

|  | F42B 13/36 |
· | of target-marking type

|  | F42B 13/38 |
· | of parachute type

|  | F42B 13/40 |
· | of illuminating type, e.g. flares (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F42B 13/38 takes precedence)

|  | F42B 13/42 |
· | of signal type, e.g. to produce a coloured flash

|  | F42B 13/44 |
· | of smoke-producing type

|  | F42B 13/46 |
· | of gas type, e.g. for delivering narcotic, anti-incendiary, or poison gas

|  | F42B 13/48 |
· | Shrapnel; Canisters

|  | F42B 13/50 |
· | Cluster ammunition, i.e. missiles containing multiple cartridges

|  | F42B 13/52 |
· | Chainshot

|  | F42B 13/54 |
· | Harpoons, e.g. hypodermic, explosive, electric; Harpoon lines

|  | F42B 13/56 |
· | Line-carrying missiles (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F42B 13/54 takes precedence)

|  | F42B 15/00 |
Guided missiles (fired from guns Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F42B 13/30; cosmonautic vehicles Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B64G); Rockets (self-propelled missiles fired from guns Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F42B 13/28; aerodynamic features Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B64; propulsion systems Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F02K)

|  | F42B 15/02 |
· | Guidance means thereon (flight control Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B64C, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G05; guidance systems Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F41G; locating of target by rocket Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G01S; computing aspects Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G06)

|  | F42B 15/04 |
· · | using wire, e.g. for guiding ground-to-ground rockets

|  | F42B 15/06 |
· | for carrying lines, e.g. for life-saving, to inaccessible places

|  | F42B 15/08 |
· | for carrying measuring instruments (adaptations for meteorology Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G01W 1/08)

|  | F42B 15/10 |
· | Missiles having a trajectory only in the air

|  | F42B 15/12 |
· · | Intercontinental ballistic missiles (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F42B 15/14-F42B 15/18 take precedence)

|  | F42B 15/14 |
· · | with spin-stabilising means

|  | F42B 15/16 |
· · | with steering by movement of flight surfaces, e.g. fins

|  | F42B 15/18 |
· · | with steering by varying intensity or direction of thrust

|  | F42B 15/20 |
· | Missiles having a trajectory beginning below water surface (having additional propulsion means for movement through water Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F42B 17/00)

|  | F42B 15/22 |
· | Missiles having a trajectory finishing below water surface (having additional propulsion means for movement through water Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F42B 17/00)

|  | F42B 15/24 |
· | characterised by the warhead

|  | F42B 15/26 |
· · | armour-piercing

|  | F42B 15/28 |
· · | high-explosive

|  | F42B 15/30 |
· · | for delivering liquids or gases

|  | F42B 15/32 |
· · | practice

|  | F42B 17/00 |
Rocket torpedoes, i.e. missiles provided with separate propulsion means for movement through air and through water

|  | F42B 19/00 |
Marine torpedoes, e.g. launched by surface vessels or submarines; Sea mines having self-propulsion means (launching means Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F41G; locating of target Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G01S; automatic control of course Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G05D 1/00; firing directors or calculators Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G06G)

|  | F42B 19/01 |
· | Steering control

|  | F42B 19/04 |
· · | Depth control

|  | F42B 19/06 |
· · | Directional control

|  | F42B 19/08 |
· · | with means for preventing rolling or pitching

|  | F42B 19/10 |
· · | remotely controlled, e.g. by sonic or radio control (control systems using wire Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F41G 7/02)

|  | F42B 19/12 |
· | Propulsion specially adapted for torpedoes (having additional propulsion means for movement through air Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F42B 17/00; marine propulsion in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B63H)

|  | F42B 19/14 |
· · | by compressed-gas motors

|  | F42B 19/16 |
· · · | of cylinder type

|  | F42B 19/18 |
· · · | of turbine type

|  | F42B 19/20 |
· · · | characterised by the composition of propulsive gas; Manufacture or heating thereof in torpedoes

|  | F42B 19/22 |
· · | by internal-combustion engines

|  | F42B 19/24 |
· · | by electric motors

|  | F42B 19/26 |
· · | by jet propulsion

|  | F42B 19/28 |
· · | with means for avoiding visible wake

|  | F42B 19/30 |
· · | with timing control of propulsion

|  | F42B 19/32 |
· | characterised by the warhead

|  | F42B 19/34 |
· · | Firing means (within fuze Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F42C)

|  | F42B 19/36 |
· | adapted to be used for exercise purposes, e.g. indicating position or course

|  | F42B 19/38 |
· · | with means for causing torpedoes to surface at end of run

|  | F42B 19/40 |
· · · | by expelling liquid ballast

|  | F42B 19/42 |
· · · | by releasing solid ballast

|  | F42B 19/44 |
· · · | by enlarging displacement

|  | F42B 19/46 |
· | adapted to be launched from aircraft

|  | F42B 21/00 |
Depth charges (laying aspects Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B63G)

|  | F42B 22/00 |
Marine mines, e.g. launched by surface vessels or submarines (mine laying or sweeping Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B63G)

|  | F42B 22/02 |
· | Contact mines

|  | F42B 22/04 |
· | Influenced mines, e.g. by magnetic or acoustic effect

|  | F42B 22/06 |
· | Ground mines

|  | F42B 22/08 |
· | Drifting mines (with propulsion means Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F42B 19/00)

|  | F42B 22/10 |
· | Moored mines

|  | F42B 22/12 |
· · | at a fixed depth setting

|  | F42B 22/14 |
· · | at a variable depth setting

|  | F42B 22/16 |
· · · | using mechanical means, e.g. plummet and float

|  | F42B 22/18 |
· · · | using hydrostatic means

|  | F42B 22/20 |
· · · | using magnetic or acoustic depth-control means

|  | F42B 22/22 |
· | having self-contained sinking means

|  | F42B 22/24 |
· | Arrangement of mines in fields or barriers (net barriers for harbour defence Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F41H 11/05)

|  | F42B 22/26 |
· | Firing means (by contact Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F42B 22/02, by magnetic or acoustic influence Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F42B 22/04; firing means within fuze Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F42C)

|  | F42B 22/28 |
· · | chemical

|  | F42B 22/30 |
· · | electrical

|  | F42B 22/32 |
· · | mechanical

|  | F42B 22/34 |
· · | inertia weight

|  | F42B 22/36 |
· · | hydrostatic

|  | F42B 22/38 |
· · | actuated from a remote location, e.g. the shore

|  | F42B 22/40 |
· · | put to "safe" or "active" from a remote location, e.g. the shore

|  | F42B 22/42 |
· | with anti-sweeping means, e.g. electrical

|  | F42B 22/44 |
· | adapted to be launched from aircraft

|  | F42B 23/00 |
Land mines

|  | F42B 23/02 |
· | Independent mines

|  | F42B 23/04 |
· · | anti-vehicle

|  | F42B 23/06 |
· · · | of metal

|  | F42B 23/08 |
· · · | non-metallic

|  | F42B 23/10 |
· · | anti-personnel

|  | F42B 23/12 |
· · · | of metal

|  | F42B 23/14 |
· · · | non-metallic

|  | F42B 23/16 |
· · · | of missile type, i.e. for detonation after ejection from ground

|  | F42B 23/18 |
· | Controlled mines; Controlled minefields

|  | F42B 23/20 |
· · | fired from a remote location (initiation in blasting operations Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F42B 3/00)

|  | F42B 23/22 |
· | for practice; for training; dummy

|  | F42B 23/24 |
· | Details

|  | F42B 23/26 |
· · | Firing means (within fuzes Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F42C)

|  | F42B 23/28 |
· · · | pressure type

|  | F42B 23/30 |
· · · | pull type

|  | F42B 23/32 |
· · · | release type

|  | F42B 25/00 |
Fall bombs

|  | F42B 25/02 |
· | of parachute type

|  | F42B 25/04 |
· · | carrying flares

|  | F42B 25/06 |
· | of gliding type

|  | F42B 25/08 |
· | armour-piercing

|  | F42B 25/10 |
· | high-explosive

|  | F42B 25/12 |
· | for delivering liquid or gas

|  | F42B 25/14 |
· | incendiary

|  | F42B 25/16 |
· | Cluster bombs

|  | F42B 25/18 |
· | for training; for practice; dummy

|  | F42B 25/20 |
· | Details

|  | F42B 25/22 |
· · | Firing means (within fuzes Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F42C)

|  | F42B 25/24 |
· · | Steering means

|  | F42B 27/00 |
Hand grenades

|  | F42B 27/02 |
· | high-explosive

|  | F42B 27/04 |
· | incendiary

|  | F42B 27/06 |
· | gas

|  | F42B 27/08 |
· | with handle

|  | F42B 27/10 |
· | for practice; for training; dummy

|  | F42B 29/00 |
Noiseless, smokeless, and flashless missiles launched by their own explosive propellant

|  | F42B 31/00 |
Driving bands; Rotating bands; Lubrication means therefor

|  | F42B 31/02 |
· | Lubrication means in missiles

|  | F42B 33/00 |
Safety aspects in the manufacture of ammunition; Safety aspects in the dismantling of ammunition

|  | F42B 33/02 |
· | in apparatus for filling cartridges, missiles, or fuzes; in apparatus for inserting propellant or explosive charges

|  | F42B 33/04 |
· | in apparatus for fitting or extracting primers for fuzes or charges

|  | F42B 33/06 |
· | in apparatus for dismantling fuzes, cartridges, projectiles, missiles, rockets, or bombs (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F42B 33/04 takes precedence)

|  | F42B 33/08 |
· · | for unpriming

|  | F42B 33/10 |
· | in apparatus for reconditioning used cartridge cases

|  | F42B 33/12 |
· | in apparatus for crimping shotgun shells

|  | F42B 33/14 |
· | in apparatus for surface treatment of cartridges or cartridge cases

|  | F42B 35/00 |
Safety aspects in the testing or checking of ammunition

|  | F42B 35/02 |
· | in apparatus for gauging, sorting, trimming, or shortening cartridges or missiles

|  | F42B 37/00 |
Safety aspects in the packaging of ammunition for transport

|  | F42B 37/02 |
· | in chests for ammunition

|  | F42B 37/04 |
· · | for smallarms ammunition

|  | F42B 37/06 |
· | in containers for fuzes

|  | F42B 39/00 |
Packaging or handling of cartridges in preparation for immediate use

|  | F42B 39/02 |
· | Cartridge bags; Bandoleers

|  | F42B 39/04 |
· | Loading devices for revolvers or pistols

|  | F42B 39/06 |
· · | Cartridge chargers; Loaders for magazines; Unloaders (cartridge magazines per se Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F41C 25/00)

|  | F42B 39/08 |
· | Cartridge-feed belts

|  | F42B 39/10 |
· · | Machines for charging or for extracting cartridges from feed belts

|  | F42B 39/12 |
· | Feeding belt-carried ammunition into a space or container for immediate use, i.e. dispensing

|  | F42B 41/00 |
Safety aspects of conveying or hoisting gun ammunition in preparation for immediate use

|  | F42B 41/02 |
· | in conveyers

|  | F42B 41/04 |
· | in hoists