F
SECTION F — MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
  
WEAPONS; BLASTING
 F41
WEAPONS
 F41

Note(s)

  1. This class covers also means for practice and training which may have aspects of simulation, e.g. in apparatus for so-called "military games", although simulators are generally covered by class G09[4]
  2. In this class, the following terms or expressions are used with the meanings indicated:
    • "smallarm" means a firearm which is generally held with one or both hands for firing, but this term also includes a light machine-gun which may be supported on a tripod or the like during firing; [5]
    • "gun" means any weapon having a barrel and a trigger or firing mechanism for projecting a missile; it may be a piece of ordnance or a smallarm. It may use combustible or explosive propellant charges, air pressure, electromagnetism or other propulsive forces; [5]
    • "revolver-type gun" means a gun having a revolving drum magazine, the chambers of which are used successively as firing chamber; [5]
    • "revolver" means a revolver-type pistol; [5]
    • "semi-automatic firearm" means a firearm from which one shot is fired after actuation of the trigger and which then returns to a condition for firing a subsequent shot upon renewed actuation of the trigger;
    • "automatic firearm" means a firearm which will continue firing so long as the initial firing pressure is maintained on the trigger;
    • "sighting" means bringing into visual coincidence a direction defined by a so-called "sighting" device with the direction of a target;
    • "aiming" means bringing a weapon to a direction differing from the sighting direction by corrections in order that the projectile may hit the target;
    • "laying" means setting a weapon in the correct position for hitting a target.
  3. Attention is drawn to the definitions of "projectile", "missile" and "rocket" given in Note (2) following the title of class F42[4]
 F41G
WEAPON SIGHTS; AIMING (optical aspects thereof G02B)
 F41G 1/00
Sighting devices (for indirect laying of fire F41G 3/16; bombsights F41G 3/24)
 F41G 1/01
·  characterised by the visual combination effect of the respective geometrical forms of fore and rear sight (F41G 1/42 takes precedence)  [5]
 F41G 1/02
·  Foresights
 F41G 1/027
·  ·  with lens  [5]
 F41G 1/033
·  ·  adjustable  [5]
 F41G 1/04
·  ·  Protection means therefor
 F41G 1/06
·  Rearsights
 F41G 1/08
·  ·  with aperture
 F41G 1/10
·  ·  with notch
 F41G 1/12
·  ·  with line or mark other than notch
 F41G 1/14
·  ·  with lens
 F41G 1/16
·  ·  Adjusting mechanisms therefor; Mountings therefor
 F41G 1/17
·  ·  ·  Convertible sights, i.e. sets of two or more sights brought into the sight line optionally  [5]
 F41G 1/18
·  ·  ·  Clicking indicators with spring detents
 F41G 1/20
·  ·  ·  coarse and fine
 F41G 1/22
·  ·  ·  Friction clamps
 F41G 1/24
·  ·  ·  rack-and-pinion; lever; linkwork
 F41G 1/26
·  ·  ·  screw
 F41G 1/28
·  ·  ·  wedge; cam; eccentric
 F41G 1/30
·  Reflecting sights specially adapted for smallarms or ordnance (reflecting-sights in general G02B)
 F41G 1/32
·  Night sights, e.g. luminescent
 F41G 1/34
·  ·  combined with light source, e.g. spot light
 F41G 1/35
·  ·  ·  for illuminating the target  [5]
 F41G 1/36
·  ·  ·  with infra-red light source
 F41G 1/38
·  Telescopic sights specially adapted for smallarms or ordnance (telescopic sights in general G02B); Supports or mountings therefor
 F41G 1/387
·  ·  Mounting telescopic sights on smallarms  [5]
 F41G 1/393
·  ·  Mounting telescopic sights on ordnance; Transmission of sight movements to the associated gun  [5]
 F41G 1/40
·  Periscopic sights specially adapted for smallarms or ordnance (periscopic sights in general G02B); Supports or mountings therefor
 F41G 1/41
·  ·  Mounting periscopic sights on smallarms  [5]
 F41G 1/42
·  Tube sights; Bar sights
 F41G 1/44
·  Spirit-level adjusting-means, e.g. for correcting tilt
 F41G 1/46
·  for particular applications
 F41G 1/467
·  ·  for bows  [5]
 F41G 1/473
·  ·  for lead-indicating or range-finding, e.g. for use with rifles or shotguns  [5]
 F41G 1/48
·  ·  for firing grenades from rifles
 F41G 1/50
·  ·  for trench mortars
 F41G 1/52
·  ·  for rifles or shotguns having two or more barrels, or adapted to fire different kinds of ammunition, e.g. ball or shot
 F41G 1/54
·  Devices for testing or checking
 F41G 3/00
Aiming means; Laying means (sighting devices F41G 1/00; radio direction, distance or velocity measuring, per se G01S; computers G06; aerials per se H01Q)
 F41G 3/02
·  using an independent line of sight
 F41G 3/04
·  for dispersing fire from a battery
 F41G 3/06
·  with rangefinder (rangefinders per se G01C)
 F41G 3/08
·  with means for compensating for speed, direction, temperature, pressure, or humidity of the atmosphere (measuring G01)
 F41G 3/10
·  with means for compensating for canting of the trunnions
 F41G 3/12
·  with means for compensating for muzzle velocity or powder temperature
 F41G 3/14
·  Indirect aiming means
 F41G 3/16
·  ·  Sighting devices adapted for indirect laying of fire
 F41G 3/18
·  ·  Auxiliary target devices adapted for indirect laying of fire
 F41G 3/20
·  ·  specially adapted for mountain artillery
 F41G 3/22
·  for vehicle-borne armament, e.g. on aircraft
 F41G 3/24
·  ·  Bombsights
 F41G 3/26
·  Teaching or practice apparatus for gun-aiming or gun-laying
 F41G 3/28
·  ·  Small-scale apparatus (relief models or maps G09B)
 F41G 3/30
·  ·  Gun-laying apparatus
 F41G 3/32
·  Devices for testing or checking
 F41G 5/00
Elevating or traversing control systems for guns (gun mountings permitting traversing or elevating movement, e.g. gun carriages, F41A 27/00; computers G06)
 F41G 5/02
·  using only mechanical means for remote control
 F41G 5/04
·  using hydraulic means for remote control
 F41G 5/06
·  using electric means for remote control
 F41G 5/08
·  Ground-based tracking-systems for aerial targets
 F41G 5/12
·  acoustically influenced
 F41G 5/14
·  for vehicle-borne guns
 F41G 5/16
·  ·  gyroscopically influenced
 F41G 5/18
·  ·  Tracking systems for guns on aircraft
 F41G 5/20
·  ·  for guns on ships
 F41G 5/22
·  ·  ·  to compensate for rolling or pitching
 F41G 5/24
·  ·  for guns on tanks
 F41G 5/26
·  Apparatus for testing or checking
 F41G 7/00
Direction control systems for self-propelled missiles (flight control B64C, G05, e.g. G05D 1/12; self-propelled or guided missiles having direction control systems only installed aboard F42B 15/01; rocket torpedoes F42B 17/00; marine torpedoes or sea-mines having self-propulsion means F42B 19/00; locating of target G01S; computing aspects G06)
 F41G 7/20
·  based on continuous observation of target position  [3]
 F41G 7/22
·  ·  Homing guidance systems  [3]
 F41G 7/24
·  ·  Beam riding guidance systems (conical-scan beam beacons therefor G01S 1/42)  [3]
 F41G 7/26
·  ·  ·  Optical guidance systems  [3]
 F41G 7/28
·  ·  ·  Radio guidance systems  [3]
 F41G 7/30
·  ·  Command link guidance systems  [3]
 F41G 7/32
·  ·  ·  for wire-guided missiles  [3]
 F41G 7/34
·  based on predetermined target position data  [3]
 F41G 7/36
·  ·  using inertial references  [3]
 F41G 9/00
Systems for controlling missiles or projectiles, not provided for elsewhere
 F41G 9/02
·  for bombing control (bombsights F41G 3/24)
 F41G 11/00
Details of sighting or aiming apparatus; Accessories