|  | G |
SECTION G — PHYSICS

INSTRUMENTS

|  | G06 |
COMPUTING; CALCULATING; COUNTING (score computers for games Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A63B 71/06, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A63D 15/20, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A63F 1/18; combinations of writing appliances with computing devices Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B43K 29/08)

|  | G06 |
Note(s) Attention is drawn to the notes (particularly the definition of the term "variable") on page 1 of these elaborations. In this class: The term "data" is understood to be synonymous with "information", and the term "information" is therefore not used in sub-class Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G06C or Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G06F. The terms "calculating" and "computing" are both understood to include, inter alia, operations on numerical values and on data expressed in numerical form; of these words "computing" is used throughout the class. "Computation" is derived from this interpretation of "computing". In the French language the word "calcul" will serve for either word. In those sub-classes which include simulators: a simulator in class Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G06 is concerned with the mathematics of computing the existing or anticipated conditions within the real device or system; control functions derived from simulators are not in class Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G06 but are generally in class Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G05, although they may be in the sub-class for the device controlled; measurement of an individual variable to serve as an input to a simulator is in class Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G01; a simulator is regarded as a teaching or training device proper to class Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G09 if the simulator gives perceptible sensations having a likeness to the sensations the student would experience in reality in response to actions taken by him. Simulators which demonstrate, by means involving computing, the functioning of apparatus or of a system are in class Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G06, if no provision exists elsewhere. Components of simulators, if identical with real devices or machines, are classified in the relevant sub-class for these devices or machines and not in class Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G06 or Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G09; a simulator may use the same time scale as the real device or operate on an expanded or compressed time scale; models of real devices to reduced or expanded scales are not regarded as simulators. The term "record carrier" is understood to mean a body, such as a cylinder, disc, card, tape, or wire, capable of permanently holding information, which can be read-off by a sensing element movable relative to the recorded information.

|  | G06M |
COUNTING MECHANISMS; COUNTING OF OBJECTS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (counting by measuring volume or weight of articles to be counted Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G01F, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G01G; computers Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G06C-G06J; counting electric pulses Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...H03K)

|  | G06M |
Note(s) This sub-class deals with: stepping or continuously-moving mechanical counters operated through one or more inputs applied to the lowest order mechanically or electrically; counting systems involving applications of either mechanical, electrical, or electronic counters.

|  | G06M 1/00 |
Design features of general application

|  | G06M 1/02 |
· | Housing (for measuring instruments in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G01D)

|  | G06M 1/04 |
· | for driving the stage of lowest order (with variable ratio of drive Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G06M 1/38)

|  | G06M 1/06 |
· · | producing continuous revolution of the stage, e.g. with gear train

|  | G06M 1/08 |
· | for actuating the drive

|  | G06M 1/10 |
· · | by electric or magnetic means

|  | G06M 1/12 |
· · | by fluid means

|  | G06M 1/14 |
· | for transferring a condition from one stage to a higher stage (with variable ratio of transfer Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G06M 1/38)

|  | G06M 1/16 |
· · | self-operating, e.g. by Geneva mechanism

|  | G06M 1/18 |
· · | requiring external operation, e.g. by electromagnetic force

|  | G06M 1/20 |
· · | specially adapted for denominations with unequal numbers in each stage, e.g. degrees and minutes of angle

|  | G06M 1/22 |
· | for visual indication of the result of count on counting mechanisms, e.g. by window with magnifying lens

|  | G06M 1/24 |
· · | Drums; Dials; Pointers (for measuring instruments in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G01D)

|  | G06M 1/26 |
· · | Aligning means

|  | G06M 1/27 |
· | for representing the result of count in the form of electric signals, e.g. by sensing markings on the counter drum

|  | G06M 1/272 |
· · | using photoelectric means

|  | G06M 1/274 |
· · | using magnetic means; using Hall-effect devices

|  | G06M 1/276 |
· · | using mechanically-actuated contacts

|  | G06M 1/28 |
· | for zeroising or setting to a particular value

|  | G06M 1/30 |
· · | using heart-shaped or similar cams; using levers

|  | G06M 1/32 |
· · · | Actuating means, e.g. magnet, spring, weight

|  | G06M 1/34 |
· · | using reset shafts

|  | G06M 1/36 |
· · · | Actuating means, e.g. magnet, spring, weight

|  | G06M 1/38 |
· | for varying ratio of drive or transfer mechanism, e.g. by using alternative counting trains

|  | G06M 3/00 |
Counters with additional facilities (generating electric pulses at random intervals Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...H03K 3/82)

|  | G06M 3/02 |
· | for performing an operation at a predetermined value of the count, e.g. arresting a machine

|  | G06M 3/04 |
· · | with an additional counter train operating in the reverse direction

|  | G06M 3/06 |
· | for printing or separately displaying result of count (display systems Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G09)

|  | G06M 3/08 |
· | for counting the input from several sources; for counting inputs of different amounts

|  | G06M 3/10 |
· | for counting denominations with unequal numbers in each stage, e.g. degrees and minutes of angle (transfer mechanism therefor Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G06M 1/20)

|  | G06M 3/12 |
· | for preventing incorrect actuation, e.g. for preventing falsification

|  | G06M 3/14 |
· | for registering difference of positive and negative actuations

|  | G06M 7/00 - G06M 11/00 |
Counting of objects (in machines for shaping metal without removing material Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B21C 51/00; in printing machines or presses Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B41F 33/02; in office copying machines Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B41L 39/02; of axles of rail vehicles Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B61L 1/16; in packaging machines Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65B 65/08; of objects conveyed through a pipe or tube Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65G 51/36; entry or exit registers Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G07C 9/00)

|  | G06M 7/00 |
Counting of objects carried by a conveyer

|  | G06M 7/02 |
· | wherein objects ahead of the sensing element are separated to produce a distinct gap between successive objects

|  | G06M 7/04 |
· · | Counting of piece goods, e.g. of boxes

|  | G06M 7/06 |
· · | Counting of flat articles, e.g. of sheets of paper

|  | G06M 7/08 |
· | wherein the direction of movement of the objects is changed at the station where they are sensed

|  | G06M 7/10 |
· · | Counting of flat overlapped articles, e.g. of cards

|  | G06M 9/00 |
Counting of objects in a stack thereof

|  | G06M 9/02 |
· | by using a rotating separator incorporating pneumatic suction nozzles

|  | G06M 11/00 |
Counting of objects distributed at random, e.g. on a surface

|  | G06M 11/02 |
· | using an electron beam scanning a surface line by line, e.g. of blood cells on a substrate

|  | G06M 11/04 |
· · | with provision for distinguishing between different sizes of objects (investigating particle size in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G01N 15/00)