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]
 F41C
SMALLARMS, e.g. PISTOLS, RIFLES (functional features or details common to both smallarms and ordnance, mountings therefor F41A; projecting missiles without use of explosive or combustible propellant charge F41B); ACCESSORIES THEREFOR  [5]
 F41C

Note(s)

Attention is drawn to the definitions in Note (2) following the title of class F41.  [5]

 F41C
Subclass index
KINDS OF SMALLARMS
Pistols, revolvers 3/00
Shoulder-fired smallarms 7/00
Other smallarms, e.g. hidden, muzzle-loaded, underwater 9/00
BUTTS, BUTT PLATES, STOCKS 23/00
ACCESSORIES; OTHER DETAILS 27/00
WEARING OR CARRYING-MEANS 33/00
 F41C 3/00
Pistols, e.g. revolvers (specially adapted for underwater use F41C 9/06; for slaughtering or stunning animals A22B; for shooting bolts into concrete constructions, metal walls or the like B25C)  [3,5]
 F41C 3/02
·  Signal pistols, e.g. Very pistols
 F41C 3/04
·  Starting pistols; Alarm pistols
 F41C 3/06
·  Cap-firing pistols, e.g. toy pistols
 F41C 3/08
·  ·  with band supply
 F41C 3/10
·  ·  with rotatable cap carrier, e.g. drum  [5]
 F41C 3/12
·  ·  with slidable cap carrier, e.g. clip (F41C 3/08 takes precedence)  [5]
 F41C 3/14
·  Revolvers (F41C 3/10 takes precedence; sealing aspects F41A 3/76; using a revolving drum magazine for feeding revolver-type guns, other than revolvers, F41A 9/27; extractors or ejectors therefor F41A 15/02)  [5]
 F41C 3/16
·  ·  Hinge-frame revolvers  [5]
 F41C 7/00
Shoulder-fired smallarms, e.g. rifles, carbines, shotguns (specially adapted for underwater use F41C 9/06)  [3]
 F41C 7/02
·  Pump-action guns, i.e. guns having a reciprocating handgrip beneath the barrel for loading or cocking
 F41C 7/04
·  with reciprocating handgrip under the buttstock for loading or cocking
 F41C 7/06
·  Lever-action guns, i.e. guns having a rocking lever for loading or cocking
 F41C 7/11
·  Breakdown shotguns or rifles (hinge-frame revolvers F41C 3/16; breech mechanisms therefor F41A 3/58; cocking mechanisms therefor F41A 19/41)  [5]
 F41C 9/00
Other smallarms, e.g. hidden smallarms or smallarms specially adapted for underwater use  [3]
 F41C 9/02
·  Concealed pistols, e.g. in pencils
 F41C 9/04
·  Walking-stick guns
 F41C 9/06
·  Smallarms specially adapted for underwater use
 F41C 9/08
·  Muzzle-loading smallarms; Smallarms with flintlock mechanisms; Accessories therefor  [5]
 F41C 23/00 - 
F41C 33/00
Details
 F41C 23/00
Butts; Butt plates; Stocks
 F41C 23/02
·  Attachment of slings
 F41C 23/04
·  Folding or telescopic stocks or stock parts (articulated or collapsible guns F41A 11/04)  [5]
 F41C 23/06
·  Stocks specially adapted for recoil reduction  [5]
 F41C 23/08
·  ·  Recoil absorbing pads  [5]
 F41C 23/10
·  Stocks or grips for pistols, e.g. revolvers (F41C 23/12 takes precedence)  [5]
 F41C 23/12
·  Auxiliary stocks for stabilising, or for transforming pistols, e.g. revolvers, into shoulder-fired guns  [5]
 F41C 23/14
·  Adjustable stock or stock parts, i.e. adaptable to personal requirements, e.g. length, pitch, cast or drop  [5]
 F41C 23/16
·  Forestocks; Handgrips; Hand guards (pump-action guns F41C 7/02)  [5]
 F41C 23/18
·  characterised by the material used (F41C 23/08 takes precedence)  [5]
 F41C 23/20
·  Butts; Butt plates; Mountings therefor (F41C 23/08, F41C 23/10 take precedence)  [5]
 F41C 23/22
·  Stocks having space for the storage of objects  [5]
 F41C 27/00
Miscellaneous attachments for smallarms; Accessories; Details not otherwise provided for
 F41C 27/04
·  Arrangements for mounting spades or shields (spades per se A01B 1/02; shields per se F41H 5/06)
 F41C 27/06
·  Adaptations of smallarms for firing grenades, e.g. rifle grenades, or for firing riot-control ammunition; Barrel attachments therefor (signal pistols F41C 3/02)
 F41C 27/16
·  Smallarms combined with thrusting or cutting weapons (thrusting or cutting weapons, other than bayonets F41B 13/00); Bayonets; Bayonet mounts  [5]
 F41C 27/18
·  ·  Bayonets; Bayonet mounts  [5]
 F41C 27/20
·  Attachments for wire cutting  [5]
 F41C 27/22
·  Balancing or stabilising arrangements  [5]
 F41C 33/00
Means for wearing or carrying smallarms
 F41C 33/02
·  Holsters, i.e. cases for pistols having means for being carried or worn, e.g. at the belt or under the arm
 F41C 33/04
·  ·  Special attachments therefor
 F41C 33/06
·  Containers for carrying smallarms, e.g. safety boxes, gun cases (F41C 33/02 takes precedence)  [5]
 F41C 33/08
·  Handles for carrying smallarms  [5]