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
 F16M
FRAMES, CASINGS, OR BEDS, OF ENGINES OR OTHER MACHINES OR APPARATUS, NOT SPECIFIC TO AN ENGINE, MACHINE, OR APPARATUS PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS OR SUPPORTS
 F16M 1/00
Frames or casings of engines, machines, or apparatus; Frames serving as machinery beds  [2]
 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; easels or stands for blackboards or the like A47B 97/04; show-stands A47F 7/00; for workmen E04G 1/32; special modifications for particular apparatus or articles, see the appropriate subclasses)
 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