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

ENGINEERING IN GENERAL

|  | F16 |
ENGINEERING ELEMENTS OR UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS

|  | F16N |
LUBRICATING (special modifications of devices or systems for use in particular machines or apparatus, see the relevant classes for the machines or apparatus)

|  | F16N 1/00 - F16N 11/00 |
Lubrication devices or arrangements for oil or grease

|  | F16N 1/00 |
Constructional modifications of parts of machines or apparatus for the purpose of lubrication

|  | F16N 3/00 |
Devices for supplying lubricant by manual action (draining equipment for liquid containers Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65D)

|  | F16N 3/02 |
· | delivering oil

|  | F16N 3/04 |
· · | Oil cans; Oil syringes

|  | F16N 3/06 |
· · · | delivering on squeezing

|  | F16N 3/08 |
· · · | incorporating a piston-pump

|  | F16N 3/10 |
· | delivering grease

|  | F16N 3/12 |
· · | Grease guns

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

|  | F16N 5/02 |
· | Nozzles and nozzle-valve arrangements therefor, e.g. high-pressure grease guns

|  | 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 (axle-box lubrication for railway rolling-stock Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B61F 17/00)

|  | F16N 7/02 |
· | with gravity feed or drip lubrication

|  | F16N 7/04 |
· · | with oil flow promoted by vibration

|  | F16N 7/06 |
· · | Arrangements in which the droplets are visible

|  | F16N 7/08 |
· · | controlled by means of the temperature of the member to be lubricated (thermostats Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G05D)

|  | F16N 7/10 |
· · | incorporating manually-operated regulating means, e.g. spindles

|  | F16N 7/12 |
· | with feed by capillary action, e.g. by wicks

|  | F16N 7/14 |
· | the lubricant being conveyed from the reservoir by mechanical means (by pumping devices Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F16N 7/36, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F16N 7/38; adaptations for lubrication engines Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F01M)

|  | F16N 7/16 |
· · | the oil being carried up by a lifting device (scoop devices in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F04D)

|  | F16N 7/18 |
· · · | with one or more feed members fixed on a shaft

|  | F16N 7/20 |
· · · | with one or more members moving around the shaft to be lubricated

|  | F16N 7/22 |
· · · · | shaped as rings

|  | F16N 7/24 |
· · · | with discs, rollers, belts, or the like contacting the shaft to be lubricated

|  | F16N 7/26 |
· · | Splash lubrication (mist lubrication Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F16N 7/32)

|  | F16N 7/28 |
· · | Dip lubrication

|  | F16N 7/30 |
· | the oil being fed or carried along by another fluid (in internal-combustion engines Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F02F)

|  | F16N 7/32 |
· · | Mist lubrication (splash lubrication Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F16N 7/26)

|  | F16N 7/34 |
· · · | Atomising devices for oil (atomising devices in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B05B)

|  | F16N 7/36 |
· | with feed by pumping action of the member to be lubricated or of a shaft of the machine; Centrifugal lubrication

|  | F16N 7/38 |
· | with a separate pump; Central lubrication systems

|  | F16N 7/40 |
· · | in a closed circulation system

|  | 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)

|  | F16N 9/02 |
· | with reservoir on or in a rotary member

|  | F16N 9/04 |
· | with reservoir on or in a reciprocating, rocking, or swinging member

|  | 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

|  | F16N 11/02 |
· | Hand-actuated grease cups, e.g. Stauffer cups

|  | F16N 11/04 |
· | Spring-loaded devices

|  | F16N 11/06 |
· | Weight-loaded devices

|  | F16N 11/08 |
· | with mechanical drive, other than directly by springs or weights (lubricating-pumps Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F16N 13/00)

|  | F16N 11/10 |
· | by pressure of another fluid

|  | F16N 11/12 |
· | by centrifugal action

|  | F16N 13/00 |
Lubricating-pumps (oil cans with pump Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F16N 3/08; pumps for liquids in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F04)

|  | F16N 13/02 |
· | with reciprocating piston (pumps with distributing equipment Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F16N 13/22)

|  | F16N 13/04 |
· · | Adjustable reciprocating pumps

|  | F16N 13/06 |
· · | Actuation of lubricating-pumps

|  | F16N 13/08 |
· · · | by hand

|  | F16N 13/10 |
· · · | with mechanical drive (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F16N 13/18 takes precedence)

|  | F16N 13/12 |
· · · · | with ratchet

|  | F16N 13/14 |
· · · · | with cam or wobble-plate on shaft parallel to the pump cylinder or cylinders

|  | F16N 13/16 |
· · · | with fluid drive

|  | F16N 13/18 |
· · · | relative movement of pump parts being produced by inertia of one of the parts or of a driving member

|  | F16N 13/20 |
· | Rotary pumps (with distributing equipment Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F16N 13/22)

|  | F16N 13/22 |
· | with distributing equipment (separate distributing equipment Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F16N 25/00)

|  | 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; bearings with surfaces incorporating lubricant Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F16C 33/04; lubrication specially adapted to machines or apparatus provided for in a single other class, see the relevant class for the machine or apparatus)

|  | F16N 15/02 |
· | with graphite or graphite-containing compositions

|  | F16N 15/04 |
· | with water (bearings working in water Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F16C)

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

|  | F16N 17/02 |
· | at high temperature (of turbines Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F01D, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F02C; lubrication of internal-combustion engines Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F01M)

|  | F16N 17/04 |
· | at low temperature (lubrication of refrigerating machines Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F25B)

|  | F16N 17/06 |
· | in vacuum or under reduced pressure (lubrication of evacuating pumps Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F04; of rotary anodes of X-ray tubes Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...H01J 35/10)

|  | F16N 19/00 - F16N 31/00 |
Details of lubricators or lubrication systems

|  | F16N 19/00 |
Lubricant containers for use in lubricators or lubrication systems

|  | F16N 21/00 |
Conduits; Junctions (in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F16L); Fittings for lubrication apertures

|  | F16N 21/02 |
· | Lubricating nipples

|  | F16N 21/04 |
· | Nozzles for connection of lubricating equipment to nipples

|  | F16N 21/06 |
· | Covering members for nipples, conduits, or apertures

|  | F16N 23/00 |
Special adaptations of check valves (check valves in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F16K)

|  | F16N 25/00 |
Distributing equipment

|  | F16N 25/02 |
· | with reciprocating distributing slide valve

|  | F16N 25/04 |
· | with rotary distributing member (combined with oil pump Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F16N 13/22)

|  | F16N 27/00 |
Proportioning devices (liquid meters Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G01F)

|  | F16N 27/02 |
· | Gating equipment (multiple-way valves Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F16K; metering cocks Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G01F)

|  | F16N 29/00 |
Special means in lubricating arrangements or systems providing for the indication or detection of undesired conditions; Uses of devices responsive to conditions in lubricating arrangements or systems (in bearings Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F16C; constructions of apparatus outside the lubricating arrangements or systems, see the relevant classes)

|  | F16N 29/02 |
· | for influencing the supply of lubricant

|  | F16N 29/04 |
· | enabling a warning to be given; enabling moving parts to be stopped

|  | F16N 31/00 |
Means for collecting, retaining, or draining-off lubricant in or on machines or apparatus (oil separators for separating oil from exhaust steam Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F22G)

|  | F16N 31/02 |
· | Oil catchers; Oil wipers (oil-scraping rings for pistons Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F16J 9/20)

|  | 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

|  | F16N 35/00 |
Storage of lubricants in engine-rooms or the like (storage containers Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65)

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

|  | F16N 37/02 |
· | for filling grease guns

|  | F16N 39/00 |
Arrangements for conditioning of lubricants in the lubricating system (cleaning of lubricating oil, additions to lubricating oil or lubricating grease Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...C10M)

|  | F16N 39/02 |
· | by cooling (heat-exchangers in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F28)

|  | F16N 39/04 |
· | by heating (heat-exchangers in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F28)

|  | F16N 39/06 |
· | by filtration (filters in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B01D; magnetic separators Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B03C)

|  | F16N 39/08 |
· | by diluting, e.g. by addition of fuel (lubrication for internal-combustion engines Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F01M)