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]
 F41A
FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS COMMON TO BOTH SMALLARMS AND ORDNANCE, e.g. CANNONS; MOUNTINGS FOR SMALLARMS OR ORDNANCE  [5]
 F41A

Note(s)

  1. This subclass covers those features or details which are considered to be of a kind generally applicable to, or to be concerned with intrinsic functions common to, both smallarms and ordnance.  [5]
  2. Such features or details are classified in this subclass, even if they are stated to be applied only to smallarms or only to ordnance.  [5]
  3. Attention is drawn to the definitions given in Note (2) following the title of class F41.  [5]
 F41A
Subclass index
KINDS OF PROPULSION 1/00
BREECH MECHANISMS 3/00
UNLOCKING MECHANISMS 5/00
GUN RECHARGERS, EXTERNALLY POWERED GUNS 7/00
FEEDING OR LOADING, MAGAZINES 9/00
ASSEMBLY FEATURES, MODULAR CONCEPTS, ARTICULATED OR COLLAPSIBLE GUNS 11/00
COOLING, HEATING, VENTILATING, BLOWING TROUGH 13/00
EXTRACTORS, EJECTORS 15/00
SAFETY ARRANGEMENTS 17/00
FIRING OR TRIGGER MECHANISMS, COCKING 19/00
BARRELS, GUN TUBES, MUZZLE ATTACHMENTS 21/00
GUN MOUNTINGS, e.g. on vehicles 23/00
Permitting recoil 25/00
Permitting elevation or traversing 27/00
CLEANING OR LUBRICATING 29/00
TESTING 31/00
ADAPTATIONS FOR TRAINING 33/00
OTHER ACCESSORIES OR DETAILS 35/00
 F41B
WEAPONS FOR PROJECTING MISSILES WITHOUT USE OF EXPLOSIVE OR COMBUSTIBLE PROPELLANT CHARGE; WEAPONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (projectiles for fishing, e.g. fish-spears, A01K 81/00; sports implements for throwing A63B 65/00, e.g. boomerangs A63B 65/08; stationary apparatus for projecting sports balls, e.g. tennis balls, A63B 69/40; throwing or slinging toys A63H 33/18, knives, axes B26B; projectiles or missiles other than those incorporating springs as projecting means F42B 6/00)
 F41B
Subclass index
BLOW GUNS 1/00
SLING WEAPONS 3/00
FRICTION-WHEEL OPERATED LAUNCHERS 4/00
BOWS, CROSSBOWS 5/00
ELECTROMAGNETIC LAUNCHERS 6/00
SPRING GUNS 7/00
LIQUID PRESSURE GUNS, e.g. WATER PISTOLS 9/00
AIR GUNS, STEAM GUNS 11/00
THRUSTING WEAPONS, CUTTING WEAPONS CARRIED AS SIDE-ARMS 13/00
OTHER WEAPONS 15/00
 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
 F41F
APPARATUS FOR LAUNCHING PROJECTILES OR MISSILES FROM BARRELS, e.g. CANNONS (smallarms F41C); LAUNCHERS FOR ROCKETS OR TORPEDOES; HARPOON GUNS (functional features or details common to both smallarms and ordnance, mountings therefor F41A; projecting missiles without use of explosive or combustible propellant charge F41B)  [5]
 F41F
Subclass index
LAUNCHING FROM BARRELS 1/00
ROCKET OR TORPEDO LAUNCHERS 3/00
LAUNCHING GRAVITY-PROPELLED PROJECTILES OR MISSILES 5/00
OTHER LAUNCHING APPARATUS 7/00
 F41G
WEAPON SIGHTS; AIMING (optical aspects thereof G02B)
 F41H
ARMOUR; ARMOURED TURRETS; ARMOURED OR ARMED VEHICLES; MEANS OF ATTACK OR DEFENCE, e.g. CAMOUFLAGE, IN GENERAL
 F41H
Subclass index
ARMOUR
Personal protection gear 1/00
Armour plates, shields 5/00
CAMOUFLAGE 3/00
ARMOURED OR ARMED VEHICLES 7/00
FLAME, GAS OR CHEMICAL WARFARE 9/00
OTHER ATTACK OR DEFENCE MEANS 11/00, 13/00
 F41J
TARGETS; TARGET RANGES; BULLET CATCHERS
 F41J
Subclass index
TARGETS
Stationary; movable; for arrows or darts 1/00; 7/00, 9/00; 3/00
Reflective, active 2/00
TARGET-HIT INDICATORS OR RECORDERS 5/00
TARGET STANDS; TARGET RANGES 1/10; 1/18