F
SECTION F — MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
  
ENGINEERING IN GENERAL
 F16
ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND. UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS
 F16M
FRAMES, CASINGS, OR BEDS OF ENGINES OR OTHER MACHINES, NOT SPECIFIC TO AN ENGINE OR MACHINE PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS OR SUPPORTS
 F16M 1/00
Frames or casings of engines or machines, Frames serving as machinery beds
 F16M 1/02
·  for reciprocating engines or similar machines
 F16M 1/021
·  ·  for housing crankshafts
 F16M 1/022
·  ·  ·  of tunnel type, i.e. wherein the crankshaft can only be introduced axially (for engines or machines with star-shaped cylinder arrangement F16M 1/023)
 F16M 1/023
·  ·  ·  specially adapted for engines or machines with star-shaped cylinder arrangement
 F16M 1/024
·  ·  ·  facilitating assembly of power-transmitting parts of engines or machines, e.g. of connecting-rods
 F16M 1/025
·  ·  ·  Assembling bearings in casings, e.g. having anchor bolts
 F16M 1/026
·  ·  for housing movable engine or machine parts other than crankshafts, e.g. valve-gear housings
 F16M 1/04
·  for rotary engines or similar machines
 F16M 1/08
·  characterised by being built-up of sheet material or welded parts
 F16M 3/00
Portable or wheeled frames or beds, e.g. for emergency power-supply aggregates, compressor sets (construction of vehicles in general B60-B62)
 F16M 5/00
Engine beds, i.e. means for supporting engines or machines on foundations
 F16M 7/00
Details of attaching or adjusting engine beds, frames, or supporting-legs on foundation or base; Attaching non-moving engine parts, e.g. cylinder blocks (elastic or equivalent mounting for absorbing vibrations F16F, especially F16F 15/04)
 F16M 9/00
Special layout of foundations with respect to machinery to be supported (foundations for machinery E02D 27/44)
 F16M 11/00
Stands or trestles as supports for apparatus or articles placed thereon (without heads F16M 13/00; stands for drawing-boards A47B 27/00; show-stands A47F 7/00; for workmen E04G 1/32; special modifications for particular apparatus or articles, see the appropriate sub-classes)
 F16M 11/02
·  Heads
 F16M 11/04
·  ·  Means for attachment of apparatus; Means allowing adjustment of the apparatus relatively to the stand
 F16M 11/06
·  ·  ·  allowing pivoting
 F16M 11/08
·  ·  ·  ·  around a vertical axis
 F16M 11/10
·  ·  ·  ·  around a horizontal axis
 F16M 11/12
·  ·  ·  ·  in more than one direction
 F16M 11/14
·  ·  ·  ·  ·  with ball-joint (ball-jointed hinges F16C 11/06)
 F16M 11/16
·  ·  Details concerning attachment of head-supporting legs, with or without actuation of locking members therefor
 F16M 11/18
·  ·  with mechanism for moving the apparatus relatively to the stand
 F16M 11/20
·  Undercarriages with or without wheels
 F16M 11/22
·  ·  with approximately constant height, e.g. with constant length of column or of legs (F16M 11/42 takes precedence)
 F16M 11/24
·  ·  changeable in height or length of legs, also for transport only (F16M 11/42 takes precedence)
 F16M 11/26
·  ·  ·  by telescoping, with or without folding (details concerning the constructional features of telescoping parts only F16B 7/10)
 F16M 11/28
·  ·  ·  ·  Undercarriages for supports with one single telescoping pillar
 F16M 11/30
·  ·  ·  ·  ·  with co-moving side-struts
 F16M 11/32
·  ·  ·  ·  Undercarriages for supports with three or more telescoping legs
 F16M 11/34
·  ·  ·  ·  ·  Members limiting spreading of legs
 F16M 11/36
·  ·  ·  ·  ·  Members preventing slipping of the feet
 F16M 11/38
·  ·  ·  by folding
 F16M 11/40
·  ·  ·  by means of coilable or bendable legs
 F16M 11/42
·  with arrangement for propelling the support
 F16M 13/00
Other supports for positioning apparatus or articles (heads thereof F16M 11/02; adapted to be stuck in the ground A45F 3/44); Means for steadying hand-held apparatus or articles
 F16M 13/02
·  for supporting on, or attaching to, an object, e.g. tree, gate, window-frame, cycle
 F16M 13/04
·  for supporting on, or holding steady relative to, a person, e.g. by chains
 F16M 13/06
·  also serviceable for other purposes, e.g. to be used as spade, chair, ski-stick
 F16M 13/08
·  ·  for use as a walking-cane