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

|  | F01 - F04 |
Subsection index
MACHINES |
positive displacement |
rotary or oscillating piston |
liquid and elastic fluid or elastic fluid | F01C
liquid only | F04C
reciprocating piston or other |
liquid and elastic fluid or elastic fluid | F01B
liquid only | F04B
non-positive displacement |
liquid and elastic fluid or elastic fluid | F01D
liquid only | F03B
ENGINES |
positive displacement |
rotary or oscillating piston |
liquid and elastic fluid or elastic fluid | F01C
liquid only | F03C
reciprocating piston or other |
liquid and elastic fluid or elastic fluid | F01B
liquid only | F03C
non-positive displacement |
liquid and elastic fluid or elastic fluid | F01D
liquid only | F03B
PUMPS |
positive displacement |
rotary or oscillating piston | F04C
reciprocating piston or other | F04B
non-positive displacement | F04D

ENGINEERING IN GENERAL

|  | F16 |
ENGINEERING ELEMENTS OR UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL

|  | F16M |
FRAMES, CASINGS, OR BEDS, OF ENGINES OR OTHER MACHINES OR APPARATUS, NOT SPECIFIC TO AN ENGINE, MACHINE, OR APPARATUS PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS OR SUPPORTS

|  | F16M |
Note(s) Attention is drawn to the following places:
Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B21B 31/02 | Metal-rolling stand frames |
Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G01D 11/30 | Supports specially adapted for indicating or recording instruments. |

|  | F16M |
Subclass index
FRAMES, CASINGS, OR BEDS |
Displaceable | 3/00
For engines, machines, or apparatus | 1/00, 5/00
Foundations; details | 9/00; 7/00
STANDS OR SUPPORTS | 11/00, 13/00

P:20 |  | F16M 1/00 |
Frames or casings of engines, machines, or apparatus; Frames serving as machinery beds [2]

|  | F16M 1/02 |
· | for reciprocating engines or similar machines

|  | F16M 1/021 |
· · | for housing crankshafts

|  | F16M 1/022 |
· · · | of tunnel type, i.e. wherein the crankshaft can only be introduced axially (for engines or machines with star-shaped cylinder arrangement Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F16M 1/023)

|  | F16M 1/023 |
· · · | specially adapted for engines or machines with star-shaped cylinder arrangement

|  | F16M 1/024 |
· · · | facilitating assembly of power-transmitting parts of engines or machines, e.g. of connecting-rods

|  | F16M 1/025 |
· · · | Assembling bearings in casings, e.g. having anchor bolts

|  | F16M 1/026 |
· · | for housing movable engine or machine parts other than crankshafts, e.g. valve-gear housings

|  | F16M 1/04 |
· | for rotary engines or similar machines

|  | F16M 1/08 |
· | characterised by being built-up of sheet material or welded parts

P:10 |  | F16M 3/00 |
Portable or wheeled frames or beds, e.g. for emergency power-supply aggregates, compressor sets (construction of vehicles in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60-B62)

P:30 |  | F16M 5/00 |
Engine beds, i.e. means for supporting engines or machines on foundations

P:40 |  | F16M 7/00 |
Details of attaching or adjusting engine beds, frames, or supporting-legs on foundation or base; Attaching non-moving engine parts, e.g. cylinder blocks (elastic or equivalent mounting for absorbing vibrations Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F16F, especially Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F16F 15/04)

P:0 |  | F16M 9/00 |
Special layout of foundations with respect to machinery to be supported (foundations for machinery Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E02D 27/44)

P:50 |  | F16M 11/00 |
Stands or trestles as supports for apparatus or articles placed thereon (without heads Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F16M 13/00; easels or stands for blackboards or the like Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A47B 97/04; show-stands Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A47F 7/00; for workmen Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E04G 1/32; supporting, suspending for lighting devices Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F21V 21/00; special modifications for particular apparatus or articles, see the appropriate subclasses)

|  | F16M 11/02 |
· | Heads

|  | F16M 11/04 |
· · | Means for attachment of apparatus; Means allowing adjustment of the apparatus relatively to the stand

|  | F16M 11/06 |
· · · | allowing pivoting

|  | F16M 11/08 |
· · · · | around a vertical axis

|  | F16M 11/10 |
· · · · | around a horizontal axis

|  | F16M 11/12 |
· · · · | in more than one direction

|  | F16M 11/14 |
· · · · · | with ball-joint (ball-jointed hinges Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F16C 11/06)

|  | F16M 11/16 |
· · | Details concerning attachment of head-supporting legs, with or without actuation of locking members therefor

|  | F16M 11/18 |
· · | with mechanism for moving the apparatus relatively to the stand

|  | F16M 11/20 |
· | Undercarriages with or without wheels

|  | F16M 11/22 |
· · | with approximately constant height, e.g. with constant length of column or of legs (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F16M 11/42 takes precedence)

|  | F16M 11/24 |
· · | changeable in height or length of legs, also for transport only (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F16M 11/42 takes precedence)

|  | F16M 11/26 |
· · · | by telescoping, with or without folding (details concerning the constructional features of telescoping parts only Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F16B 7/10)

|  | F16M 11/28 |
· · · · | Undercarriages for supports with one single telescoping pillar

|  | F16M 11/30 |
· · · · · | with co-moving side-struts

|  | F16M 11/32 |
· · · · | Undercarriages for supports with three or more telescoping legs

|  | F16M 11/34 |
· · · · · | Members limiting spreading of legs

|  | F16M 11/36 |
· · · · · | Members preventing slipping of the feet

|  | F16M 11/38 |
· · · | by folding

|  | F16M 11/40 |
· · · | by means of coilable or bendable legs

|  | F16M 11/42 |
· | with arrangement for propelling the support

P:60 |  | F16M 13/00 |
Other supports for positioning apparatus or articles (heads thereof Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F16M 11/02; adapted to be stuck in the ground Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A45F 3/44); Means for steadying hand-held apparatus or articles

|  | F16M 13/02 |
· | for supporting on, or attaching to, an object, e.g. tree, gate, window-frame, cycle

|  | F16M 13/04 |
· | for supporting on, or holding steady relative to, a person, e.g. by chains

|  | F16M 13/06 |
· | also serviceable for other purposes, e.g. to be used as spade, chair, ski-stick

|  | F16M 13/08 |
· · | for use as a walking-cane