|  | G |
SECTION G — PHYSICS

|  | G |
Note(s) In this section, the following term is used with the meaning indicated: "variable" (as a noun) means a feature or property (e.g., a dimension, a physical condition such as temperature, a quality such as density or colour) which, in respect of a particular entity (e.g., an object, a quantity of a substance, a beam of light) and at a particular instant, is capable of being measured; the variable may change, so that its numerical expression may assume different values at different times, in different conditions or in individual cases, but may be constant in respect of a particular entity in certain conditions or for practical purposes (e.g., the length of a bar may be regarded as constant for many purposes). Attention is drawn to the definitions of terms or expressions used, appearing in the notes of several of the classes in this section, in particular those of "measuring" in class Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G01 and "control" and "regulation" in class Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G05. Classification in this section may present more difficulty than in other sections, because the distinction between different fields of use rests to a considerable extent on differences in the intention of the user rather than on any constructional differences or differences in the manner of use, and because the subjects dealt with are often in effect systems or combinations, which have features or parts in common, rather than "things", which are readily distinguishable as a whole. For example, information (e.g., a set of figures) may be displayed for the purpose of education or advertising (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G09), for enabling the result of a measurement to be known (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G01), for signalling the information to a distant point or for giving information which has been signalled from a distant point (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G08). The words used to describe the purpose depend on features that may be irrelevant to the form of the apparatus concerned, for example, such features as the desired effect on the person who sees the display, or whether the display is controlled from a remote point. Again, a device which responds to some change in a condition, e.g., in the pressure of a fluid, may be used, without modification of the device itself, to give information about the pressure (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G01L) or about some other condition linked to the pressure (another subclass of class Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G01, e.g., Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G01K for temperature), to make a record of the pressure or of its occurrence (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G07C), to give an alarm (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G08B), or to control another apparatus (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G05). The classification scheme is intended to enable things of a similar nature (as indicated above) to be classified together. It is therefore particularly necessary for the real nature of any technical subject to be decided before it can be properly classified.

INSTRUMENTS

|  | G07 |
CHECKING-DEVICES

|  | G07F |
COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS (coin sorting Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G07D 3/00; coin testing Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G07D 5/00) [1,7]

|  | G07F |
Note(s) This subclass does not cover constructions or details of apparatus which includes, or is combined with, coin-actuated mechanisms but is not specially adapted or modified for use therewith. Such constructions or details are covered by the relevant subclass for the particular apparatus. In this subclass, the following term is used with the meaning indicated: "coins" covers also tokens or the like.

|  | G07F |
Subclass index
ARRANGEMENTS OR MECHANISMS IN GENERAL |
Coin inlet; coin actuation; others | 1/00; 5/00; 7/00
APPARATUS CHARACTERISED BY THE APPLICATION |
Dispensing; metering; hiring | 11/00, 13/00; 15/00; 17/00
COMPLETE BANKING SYSTEMS | 19/00
DETAILS NOT PECULIAR TO SPECIAL KINDS OR TYPES OF APPARATUS | 9/00

P:70 |  | G07F 1/00 |
Coin inlet arrangements; Coins specially adapted to operate coin-freed mechanisms (coins in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A44C)

|  | G07F 1/02 |
· | Coin slots

|  | G07F 1/04 |
· | Coin chutes

|  | G07F 1/06 |
· | Coins specially adapted to operate coin-freed mechanisms

P:60 |  | G07F 5/00 |
Coin-actuated mechanisms; Interlocks

|  | G07F 5/02 |
· | actuated mechanically by coins, e.g. by a single coin

|  | G07F 5/04 |
· · | wherein two or more coins of the same denomination are required for each transaction

|  | G07F 5/06 |
· · | wherein two or more coins of different denominations are required for each transaction

|  | G07F 5/08 |
· · | wherein the use of two or more coins or an equivalent single coin is optional for each transaction; wherein the use of two or more coins or an alternative equivalent combination of coins is optional for each transaction

|  | G07F 5/10 |
· | actuated electrically by the coin, e.g. by a single coin

|  | G07F 5/12 |
· · | wherein two or more coins of the same denomination are required for each transaction

|  | G07F 5/14 |
· · | wherein two or more coins of different denominations are required for each transaction

|  | G07F 5/16 |
· · | wherein the use of two or more coins or an equivalent single coin is optional for each transaction; wherein the use of two or more coins or an alternative equivalent combination of coins is optional for each transaction

|  | G07F 5/18 |
· | specially adapted for controlling several coin-freed apparatus from one place (interlocks Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G07F 5/26)

|  | G07F 5/20 |
· | specially adapted for registering coins as credit, e.g. mechanically actuated

|  | G07F 5/22 |
· · | electrically actuated

|  | G07F 5/24 |
· | with change-giving (coin-changing mechanisms per se Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G07D)

|  | G07F 5/26 |
· | Interlocks, e.g. for locking the doors of compartments other than that to be used

P:50 |  | G07F 7/00 |
Mechanisms actuated by objects other than coins to free or to actuate vending, hiring, coin or paper currency dispensing or refunding apparatus (complete banking systems Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G07F 19/00; handling coins or paper currencies apart from coin-freed or like apparatus Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G07D) [2]

|  | G07F 7/02 |
· | by keys or other credit registering devices (for producing a coded signal for use together with coded identity cards Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G07F 7/10) [2]

|  | G07F 7/04 |
· | by paper currency

|  | G07F 7/06 |
· | by returnable containers, e.g. bottles

|  | G07F 7/08 |
· | by coded identity card or credit card [2]

|  | G07F 7/10 |
· · | together with a coded signal [2]

|  | G07F 7/12 |
· · | Card verification [5]

P:80 |  | G07F 9/00 |
Details other than those peculiar to special kinds or types of apparatus (coin inlet arrangements Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G07F 1/00; coin-actuated mechanisms, interlocks Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G07F 5/00)

|  | G07F 9/02 |
· | Devices for alarm or indication, e.g. when empty; Advertising arrangements in coin-freed apparatus (alarms or warning devices indicating the interruption of flow to be metered Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G07F 15/10)

|  | G07F 9/04 |
· | Means for returning surplus or unused coins

|  | G07F 9/06 |
· | Coin boxes

|  | G07F 9/08 |
· | Counting total of coins inserted

|  | G07F 9/10 |
· | Casings, e.g. with means for heating or cooling

P:40 |  | G07F 11/00 |
Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles

|  | G07F 11/02 |
· | from non-movable magazines

|  | G07F 11/04 |
· · | in which magazines the articles are stored one vertically above the other

|  | G07F 11/06 |
· · · | supported individually on pivotally-mounted flaps or shelves

|  | G07F 11/08 |
· · · | arranged in two columns in staggered relationship

|  | G07F 11/10 |
· · · | two or more magazines having a common delivery chute

|  | G07F 11/12 |
· · · | with means for automatically changing to reserve stacks

|  | G07F 11/14 |
· · · | with means for raising the stack of articles to permit delivery of the topmost

|  | G07F 11/16 |
· · · | Delivery means

|  | G07F 11/18 |
· · · · | Recessed drawers

|  | G07F 11/20 |
· · · · | Pushers actuated directly by hand

|  | G07F 11/22 |
· · · · | Pushers actuated indirectly by hand, e.g. through cranks or levers

|  | G07F 11/24 |
· · · · | Rotary or oscillatory members

|  | G07F 11/26 |
· · · · | Endless bands

|  | G07F 11/28 |
· · | in which the magazines are inclined

|  | G07F 11/30 |
· · · | two or more magazines having independent delivery

|  | G07F 11/32 |
· · · | two or more magazines having a common delivery chute

|  | G07F 11/34 |
· · | in which the magazines are of zig-zag form

|  | G07F 11/36 |
· · | in which the magazines are of helical or spiral form

|  | G07F 11/38 |
· · | in which the magazines are horizontal

|  | G07F 11/40 |
· · · | the articles being delivered by hand-operated means

|  | G07F 11/42 |
· · · | the articles being delivered by motor-driven means

|  | G07F 11/44 |
· · | in which magazines the articles are stored in bulk

|  | G07F 11/46 |
· | from movable storage containers or supports

|  | G07F 11/48 |
· · | the storage containers or supports, e.g. magazine, being pivotally mounted (articles supported on pivotally-mounted flaps or shelves in magazines Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G07F 11/06)

|  | G07F 11/50 |
· · | the storage containers or supports being rotatably mounted

|  | G07F 11/52 |
· · · | about horizontal axes

|  | G07F 11/54 |
· · · | about vertical axes

|  | G07F 11/56 |
· · · · | the storage containers or supports both rotating and moving axially

|  | G07F 11/58 |
· · | the articles being supported on or by endless belts or like conveyers

|  | G07F 11/60 |
· · | the storage containers or supports being rectilinearly movable (endless belts or like conveyers Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G07F 11/58)

|  | G07F 11/62 |
· | in which the articles are stored in compartments in fixed receptacles

|  | G07F 11/64 |
· | in which the articles are individually suspended from stationary supports

|  | G07F 11/66 |
· | in which the articles are dispensed by cutting from a mass

|  | G07F 11/68 |
· | in which the articles are torn or severed from strips or sheets

|  | G07F 11/70 |
· | in which the articles are formed in the apparatus from components, blanks, or material constituents

|  | G07F 11/72 |
· | Auxiliary equipments, e.g. for lighting cigars, opening bottles

P:30 |  | G07F 13/00 |
Coin-freed apparatus for controlling dispensing of fluids, semiliquids or granular material from reservoirs

|  | G07F 13/02 |
· | by volume

|  | G07F 13/04 |
· | by weight

|  | G07F 13/06 |
· | with selective dispensing of different fluids or materials or mixtures thereof

|  | G07F 13/08 |
· | in the form of a spray

|  | G07F 13/10 |
· | with associated dispensing of containers, e.g. cups or other articles (dispensing discrete articles per se Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G07F 11/00)

P:20 |  | G07F 15/00 |
Coin-freed apparatus with meter-controlled dispensing of liquid, gas, or electricity (tariff-metering apparatus in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G01D 4/00)

|  | G07F 15/02 |
· | in which the quantity mechanism is set forward by hand after insertion of a coin

|  | G07F 15/04 |
· | in which the quantity mechanism is set forward automatically by the insertion of a coin

|  | G07F 15/06 |
· | with means for prepaying basic charges, e.g. rent for meters

|  | G07F 15/08 |
· | with means for varying the tariff or changing the price

|  | G07F 15/10 |
· | with alarm or warning devices, e.g. indicating the interrupting of the supply

|  | G07F 15/12 |
· | in which metering is on a time basis

P:10 |  | G07F 17/00 |
Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services (picture juke-boxes Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G03B; prepayment telephone systems Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...H04M 17/00)

|  | G07F 17/02 |
· | for optical devices, e.g. telescopes

|  | G07F 17/04 |
· | for anthropometrical measurements such as weight, height, strength

|  | G07F 17/06 |
· | for inflating-pumps

|  | G07F 17/08 |
· | for seats or footstools

|  | G07F 17/10 |
· | for means for safe-keeping of property, left temporarily, e.g. by fastening the property

|  | G07F 17/12 |
· · | comprising lockable containers, e.g. for accepting clothes to be cleaned

|  | G07F 17/14 |
· | for fastenings for doors (of containers for safe-keeping Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G07F 17/12); for turnstiles

|  | G07F 17/16 |
· | for devices exhibiting advertisements, announcements, pictures, or the like

|  | G07F 17/18 |
· | for washing or drying persons

|  | G07F 17/20 |
· | for washing or drying articles, e.g. clothes, motor cars

|  | G07F 17/22 |
· | for cleaning and polishing boots or shoes

|  | G07F 17/24 |
· | for parking meters (devices for checking parking time Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G07C 1/30)

|  | G07F 17/26 |
· | for printing, stamping, franking, typing, or teleprinting apparatus (ticket printing or like apparatus Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G07F 17/42)

|  | G07F 17/28 |
· | for radio apparatus (television subscription systems Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...H04N 7/16)

|  | G07F 17/30 |
· | for musical instruments (recording or playback apparatus Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G11B)

|  | G07F 17/32 |
· | for games, toys, sports, or amusements

|  | G07F 17/34 |
· · | depending on the stopping of moving members, e.g. "fruit" machines

|  | G07F 17/36 |
· · | Age, character, or fortune telling apparatus

|  | G07F 17/38 |
· · | Ball games; Shooting apparatus

|  | G07F 17/40 |
· | for devices for accepting orders, advertisements, or the like

|  | G07F 17/42 |
· | for ticket printing or like apparatus

P:0 |  | G07F 19/00 |
Complete banking systems; Coded card-freed arrangements adapted for dispensing or receiving monies or the like and posting such transactions to existing accounts, e.g. automatic teller machines (mechanisms in general actuated by objects other than coins Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G07F 7/00; data processing equipment for bank accounting Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G06Q 40/00; handling coins or paper currencies apart from coin-freed or like apparatus Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G07D) [5]