G
SECTION G — PHYSICS
  
INSTRUMENTS
 G06
COMPUTING; CALCULATING; COUNTING (score computers for games A63B 71/06, A63D 15/20, A63F 1/18; combinations of writing appliances with computing devices B43K 29/08)
 G06

Note(s)

  1. Attention is drawn to the notes (particularly the definition of the term "variable") on page 7 of this Section.
  2. In this class:
    1. The term "data" is understood to be synonymous with "information", and the term "information" is therefore not used in sub-class G06C or G06F.
    2. 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.
    3. In those sub-classes which include simulators:
      1. a simulator in class G06 is concerned with the mathematics of computing the existing or anticipated conditions within the real device or system;
      2. control functions derived from simulators are not in class G06 but are generally in class G05, although they may be in the sub-class for the device controlled;
      3. measurement of an individual variable to serve as an input to a simulator is in class G01;
      4. a simulator is regarded as a teaching or training device proper to class 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 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 G06 or G09;
      5. a simulator may use the same time scale as the real device or operate on an expanded or compressed time scale;
      6. models of real devices to reduced or expanded scales are not regarded as simulators.
    4. 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 G01F, G01G; computers G06C-G06J; counting electric pulses H03K)
 G06M

Note(s)

This sub-class deals with:

  1. stepping or continuously-moving mechanical counters operated through one or more inputs applied to the lowest order mechanically or electrically;
  2. 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 instructions in general G01D)
 G06M 1/04
·  for driving the stage of lowest order (with variable ratio of drive 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 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 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 H03K 3/84)
 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 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 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 B21C 51/00; in printing machines or presses B41F 33/02; in office copying machines B41L 39/02; of axles of rail vehicles B61L 1/16; in packaging machines B65B 65/08; of objects conveyed through a pipe or tube B65G 51/36; entry or exit registers 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 G01N 15/00)