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; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
 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 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 (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 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 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 F16N 7/36, F16N 7/38; adaptations for lubrication of machines or engines in general, of internal-combustion engines F01M)
 F16N 7/16
·  ·  the oil being carried up by a lifting device (scoop devices in general 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 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 F02F)
 F16N 7/32
·  ·  Mist lubrication (splash lubrication F16N 7/26)
 F16N 7/34
·  ·  ·  Atomising devices for oil (atomising devices in general 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 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 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 F16N 3/08; pumps for liquids in general F04)
 F16N 13/02
·  with reciprocating piston (pumps with distributing equipment 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 (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 F16N 13/22)
 F16N 13/22
·  with distributing equipment (separate distributing equipment 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 (F16N 17/00 takes precedence; lubricating compositions, selection of particular substances as lubricants in general C10M; bearings with surfaces incorporating lubricant 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 F16C)
 F16N 17/00
Lubrication of machines or apparatus working under extreme conditions (additives to lubricating oil or lubricating grease C10M)
 F16N 17/02
·  at high temperature (of turbines F01D, F02C; lubrication of machines or engines in general, of internal-combustion engines F01M)
 F16N 17/04
·  at low temperature (lubrication of refrigerating machines F25B)
 F16N 17/06
·  in vacuum or under reduced pressure (lubrication of evacuating pumps F04; of rotary anodes of X-ray tubes 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 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 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 F16N 13/22)
 F16N 27/00
Proportioning devices (liquid meters G01F)
 F16N 27/02
·  Gating equipment (multiple-way valves F16K; metering cocks 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 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 F22G)
 F16N 31/02
·  Oil catchers; Oil wipers (oil-scraping rings for pistons 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 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 C10M)
 F16N 39/02
·  by cooling (heat-exchangers in general F28)
 F16N 39/04
·  by heating (heat-exchangers in general F28)
 F16N 39/06
·  by filtration (filters in general B01D; magnetic separators B03C)
 F16N 39/08
·  by diluting, e.g. by addition of fuel (lubrication of machines or engines in general, of internal-combustion engines F01M)