|  | H |
SECTION H — ELECTRICITY

|  | H |
Note(s) These Notes cover the basic principles and general instructions for use of section H. Section H covers: basic electric elements, which cover all electric units and the general mechanical structure of apparatus and circuits, including the assembly of various basic elements into what are called printed circuits and also cover to a certain extent the manufacture of these elements (when not covered elsewhere); generation of electricity, which covers the generation, conversion and distribution of electricity together with the controlling of the corresponding gear; applied electricity, which covers: general utilisation techniques, viz. those of electric heating and electric lighting circuits; some special utilisation techniques, either electric or electronic in the strict sense, which are not covered by other sections of the Classification, including: electric light sources, including lasers; electric X-ray technique; electric plasma technique and the generation and acceleration of electrically charged particles or neutrons; basic electronic circuits and their control; radio or electric communication technique; the use of a specified material for the manufacture of the article or element described. In this connection, paragraphs 88 to 90 of the Guide should be referred to. In this section, the following general rules apply: Subject to the exceptions stated in I(c), above, any electric aspect or part peculiar to a particular operation, process, apparatus, object or article, classified in one of the sections of the Classification other than section H, is always classified in the subclass for that operation, process, apparatus, object or article. Where common characteristics concerning technical subjects of similar nature have been brought out at class level, the electric aspect or part is classified, in conjunction with the operation, process, apparatus, object or article, in a subclass which covers entirely the general electrical applications for the technical subject in question; The electrical applications referred to under (a), above, either general or particular, include: the therapeutic processes and apparatus, in class Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61; the electric processes and apparatus used in various laboratory or industrial operations, in classes Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B01 and Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B03 and in subclass Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B23K; the electricity supply, electric propulsion and electric lighting of vehicles in general and of particular vehicles, in the subsection "Transporting" of section B; the electric ignition systems of internal-combustion engines, in subclass Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F02P, and of combustion apparatus in general, in subclass Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F23Q; the whole electrical part of section G, i.e. measuring devices including apparatus for measuring electric variables, checking, signalling and calculating. Electricity in that section is generally dealt with as a means and not as an end in itself; All electrical applications, both general and particular, presuppose that the "basic electricity" aspect appears in section H (see I(a) above) as regards the electric "basic elements" which they comprise. This rule is also valid for applied electricity, referred to in I(c), above, which appears in section H itself. In this section, the following special cases occur: Among the general applications covered by sections other than section H, it is worth noting that electric heating in general is covered by subclasses Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F24D or Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F24H or class Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F27, and that electric lighting in general is partly covered by class Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F21, since in section H (see I(c), above) there are places in Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...H05B which cover the same technical subjects; In the two cases referred to under (a), above, the subclasses of section F, which deal with the respective subjects, essentially cover in the first place the whole mechanical aspect of the apparatus or devices, whereas the electrical aspect, as such, is covered by subclass Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...H05B; In the case of lighting, this mechanical aspect should be taken to cover the material arrangement of the various electric elements, i.e., their geometrical or physical position in relation to one another; this aspect is covered by subclass Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F21V, the elements themselves and the primary circuits remaining in section H. The same applies to electric light sources, when combined with light sources of a different kind. These are covered by subclass Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...H05B, whereas the physical arrangement which their combination constitutes is covered by the various subclasses of class Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F21; As regards heating, not only the electric elements and circuitry designs, as such, are covered by subclass Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...H05B, but also the electric aspects of their arrangement, where these concern cases of general application; electric furnaces being considered as such. The physical disposition of the electric elements in furnaces is covered by section F. If a comparison is made with electric welding circuits, which are covered by subclass Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B23K in connection with welding, it can be seen that electric heating is not covered by the general rule stated in II, above.

|  | H05 |
ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

|  | H05B |
ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHTING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (apparatus for special application, see the relevant places, e.g. Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A47J, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B21J, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B21K, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...C21, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...C22, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...C23, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F21, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F24, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F27)

|  | H05B |
Note(s) Attention is drawn to Note III following the Contents of Section of section H. [3]

|  | H05B |
Subclass index
HEATING |
Produced by: resistance; electric, magnetic, or electromagnetic fields; discharge | 3/00; 6/00; 7/00
Combined types | 11/00
Details | 1/00
LIGHTING |
Light sources: arc; electro- luminescent | 31/00; 33/00
Combined types | 35/00
Circuit arrangements: |
general | 37/00
for incandescent lamps | 39/00
for discharge lamps | 41/00
other | 43/00

|  | H05C |
ELECTRIC CIRCUITS OR APPARATUS SPECIALLY DESIGNED FOR USE IN EQUIPMENT FOR KILLING, STUNNING, ENCLOSING OR GUIDING LIVING BEINGS (stationary means for catching or killing insects by electric means Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A01M 1/22; apparatus for the destruction of noxious animals, other than insects, by electricity Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A01M 19/00; electric traps for animals Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A01M 23/38; scaring devices for animals Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A01M 29/00; slaughtering or stunning by electric current Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A22B 3/06)

|  | H05F |
STATIC ELECTRICITY; NATURALLY-OCCURRING ELECTRICITY (electrostatic machines Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...H02N; uses of electricity in performing operations, e.g. precipitation, see the relevant subclasses for the operations)

|  | H05F |
Note(s) This subclass covers methods or arrangements for preventing the formation of electrostatic charges on bodies or for carrying-off these charges after their formation. This subclass does not cover specific applications of the above-mentioned methods or arrangements. Such arrangements are covered by the relevant subclasses, e.g. arrangements in large containers Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65D 90/46.

|  | H05G |
X-RAY TECHNIQUE (apparatus for radiation diagnosis Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61B 6/00; X-ray therapy Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61N; testing by X-rays Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G01N; apparatus for X-ray photography Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G03B; filters, conversion screens, microscopes Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G21K; X-ray tubes Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...H01J 35/00; TV systems having X-ray input Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...H04N 5/321)

|  | H05H |
PLASMA TECHNIQUE (ion-beam tubes Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...H01J 27/00; magnetohydrodynamic generators Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...H02K 44/08; producing X-rays involving plasma generation Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...H05G 2/00); PRODUCTION OF ACCELERATED ELECTRICALLY- CHARGED PARTICLES OR OF NEUTRONS (obtaining neutrons from radioactive sources Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G21, e.g. Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G21B, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G21C, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G21G); PRODUCTION OR ACCELERATION OF NEUTRAL MOLECULAR OR ATOMIC BEAMS (atomic clocks Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G04F 5/14; devices using stimulated emission Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...H01S; frequency regulation by comparison with a reference frequency determined by energy levels of molecules, atoms, or subatomic particles Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...H03L 7/26)

|  | H05H |
Note(s) This subclass covers: generating or handling plasma; devices not covered by subclass Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...H01J and in which electrons, ion beams, or neutral particles are accelerated to high energies; devices for producing neutral particle beams; [3] targets for (a), (b), or (c). [3] Attention is drawn to subclass Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G21K. [3]

|  | H05H |
Subclass index
PLASMA TECHNIQUE | 1/00
PRODUCTION OR ACCELERATION OF NEUTRAL PARTICLE BEAMS | 3/00
TARGETS FOR NUCLEAR REACTIONS | 6/00
PARTICLE ACCELERATORS |
Direct voltage accelerators, accelerators using single pulses | 5/00
Linear; magnetic induction; magnetic resonance | 9/00; 11/00; 13/00
Others | 15/00
Details | 7/00

|  | H05K |
PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS (details of instruments or comparable details of other apparatus not otherwise provided for Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G12B; thin-film or thick-film circuits Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...H01L 27/01, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...H01L 27/13; non-printed means for electric connections to or between printed circuits Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...H01R; casings for, or constructional details of, particular types of apparatus, see the relevant subclasses; processes involving only a single technical art, e.g. heating, spraying, for which provision exists elsewhere, see the relevant classes)

|  | H05K |
Note(s) This subclass covers: combinations of a radio or television receiver with apparatus having a different main function; printed circuits structurally associated with non-printed electric components. In this subclass, the following expression is used with the meaning indicated: "printed circuits" covers all kinds of mechanical constructions of circuits that consist of an insulating base or support carrying the conductor and are combined structurally with the conductor throughout their length, especially in a two-dimensional plane, the conductors of which are secured to the base in a non-dismountable manner, and also covers the processes or apparatus for manufacturing such constructions, e.g. forming the circuit by mechanical or chemical treatment of a conductive foil, paste, or film on an insulating support.

|  | H05K |
Subclass index
PRINTED CIRCUITS ASSOCIATED OR NOT ASSOCIATED WITH NON-PRINTED ELECTRIC COMPONENTS |
Types; manufacture | 1/00; 3/00
CASINGS, CABINETS OR DRAWERS; CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS | 5/00; 7/00
SCREENING | 9/00
COMBINATIONS OF A RADIO OR TELEVISION RECEIVER WITH OTHER APPARATUS | 11/00
MANUFACTURE OF ELECTRONIC ASSEMBLAGES | 13/00
ARRANGEMENTS FOR IMPROVING THE OPERATING RELIABILITY | 10/00