|  | 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.

|  | H01 |
BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS

|  | H01 |
Note(s) Processes involving only a single technical art, e.g. drying, coating, for which provision exists elsewhere are classified in the relevant class for that art. Attention is drawn to the Notes following the titles of class Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B81 and subclass Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B81B relating to "micro-structural devices" and "micro-structural systems". [7]

|  | H01K |
ELECTRIC INCANDESCENT LAMPS (details or apparatus or processes for manufacture applicable to both discharge devices and incandescent lamps Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...H01J; light sources using a combination of incandescent and other types of light generation Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...H01J 61/96, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...H05B 35/00; circuits therefor Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...H05B)

|  | H01K |
Note(s) In this subclass, the following term is used with the meaning indicated: "lamp" includes tubes emitting ultra-violet or infra-red light.

|  | H01K |
Subclass index
CHARACTERISED BY UTILISATION |
General lighting; other lighting | 5/00; 7/00
CHARACTERISED BY THE INCANDESCENT BODY |
Non-conductive; non-conductive in the cold state; multiple | 11/00; 13/00; 9/00
DETAILS | 1/00
MANUFACTURE | 3/00

P:50 |  | H01K 1/00 |
Details

|  | H01K 1/02 |
· | Incandescent bodies

|  | H01K 1/04 |
· · | characterised by the material thereof

|  | H01K 1/06 |
· · · | Carbon bodies

|  | H01K 1/08 |
· · · | Metallic bodies

|  | H01K 1/10 |
· · · | Bodies of metal or carbon combined with other substance

|  | H01K 1/12 |
· · · | Bodies which are non-conductive when cold, e.g. for Nernst lamp

|  | H01K 1/14 |
· · | characterised by the shape

|  | H01K 1/16 |
· · | Electric connection thereto

|  | H01K 1/18 |
· | Mountings or supports for the incandescent body

|  | H01K 1/20 |
· · | characterised by the material thereof

|  | H01K 1/22 |
· · | Lamp stems (seals for leading conductors therethrough Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...H01K 1/38)

|  | H01K 1/24 |
· · | Mounts for lamps with connections at opposite ends, e.g. for tubular lamp

|  | H01K 1/26 |
· | Screens; Filters (associated with envelope Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...H01K 1/28)

|  | H01K 1/28 |
· | Envelopes; Vessels

|  | H01K 1/30 |
· · | incorporating lenses

|  | H01K 1/32 |
· · | provided with coatings on the walls; Vessels or coatings thereon characterised by the material thereof

|  | H01K 1/34 |
· · | Double-wall vessels

|  | H01K 1/36 |
· | Seals between parts of vessel, e.g. between stem and envelope

|  | H01K 1/38 |
· | Seals for leading-in conductors

|  | H01K 1/40 |
· | Leading-in conductors

|  | H01K 1/42 |
· | Means forming part of the lamp for the purpose of providing electrical connection to, or support for, the lamp (electric coupling devices comprising a holder adapted for supporting a lamp and not forming part of the lamp Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...H01R 33/00)

|  | H01K 1/44 |
· · | directly applied to, or forming part of, the vessel

|  | H01K 1/46 |
· · | supported by a separate part, e.g. base, cap

|  | H01K 1/48 |
· · · | Removable caps

|  | H01K 1/50 |
· | Selection of substances for gas fillings; Specified pressure thereof

|  | H01K 1/52 |
· | Means for obtaining or maintaining the desired pressure within the vessel

|  | H01K 1/54 |
· · | Means for adsorbing or absorbing gas, or for preventing or removing efflorescence, e.g. by gettering

|  | H01K 1/56 |
· · · | characterised by the material of the getter

|  | H01K 1/58 |
· | Cooling arrangements

|  | H01K 1/60 |
· | Means structurally associated with the lamp for indicating defects or previous use

|  | H01K 1/62 |
· | One or more circuit elements structurally associated with the lamp

|  | H01K 1/64 |
· · | with built-in switch

|  | H01K 1/66 |
· · | with built-in fuse

|  | H01K 1/68 |
· · | with built-in spark gap

|  | H01K 1/70 |
· · | with built-in short-circuiting device, e.g. for serially-connected lamps

P:60 |  | H01K 3/00 |
Apparatus or processes adapted to the manufacture, installing, removal, or maintenance of incandescent lamps or parts thereof (manufacture of vessels from glass Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...C03B)

|  | H01K 3/02 |
· | Manufacture of incandescent bodies

|  | H01K 3/04 |
· · | Machines therefor

|  | H01K 3/06 |
· | Attaching of incandescent bodies to mount

|  | H01K 3/08 |
· | Manufacture of mounts or stems

|  | H01K 3/10 |
· · | Machines therefor

|  | H01K 3/12 |
· | Joining of mount or stem to vessel; Joining parts of the vessel, e.g. by butt sealing

|  | H01K 3/14 |
· · | Machines therefor

|  | H01K 3/16 |
· | Joining of caps to vessel

|  | H01K 3/18 |
· · | Machines therefor

|  | H01K 3/20 |
· | Sealing-in wires directly into the envelope

|  | H01K 3/22 |
· | Exhausting, degassing, filling, or cleaning vessels

|  | H01K 3/24 |
· · | Machines therefor

|  | H01K 3/26 |
· | Closing of vessels

|  | H01K 3/28 |
· | Machines having sequentially arranged operating stations

|  | H01K 3/30 |
· | Repairing or regenerating used or defective lamps

|  | H01K 3/32 |
· | Auxiliary devices for cleaning, placing, or removing incandescent lamps

P:30 |  | H01K 5/00 |
Lamps for general lighting (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...H01K 9/00-H01K 13/00 take precedence)

|  | H01K 5/02 |
· | with connections made at opposite ends, e.g. tubular lamp with axially arranged filament

P:40 |  | H01K 7/00 |
Lamps for purposes other than general lighting (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...H01K 9/00-H01K 13/00 take precedence)

|  | H01K 7/02 |
· | for producing a narrow beam of light; for approximating a point-like source of light, e.g. for searchlight, for cinematographic projector (producing narrow beams by optical means external to lamp Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F21V)

|  | H01K 7/04 |
· | for indicating

|  | H01K 7/06 |
· | for decorative purposes

P:20 |  | H01K 9/00 |
Lamps having two or more incandescent bodies separately heated (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...H01K 11/00, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...H01K 13/00 take precedence; incandescent-filament-type indicating arrangements affected by the combination of a number of individual lamps Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G09F 9/307)

|  | H01K 9/02 |
· | to provide substitution in the event of failure of one of the bodies

|  | H01K 9/04 |
· · | with built-in manually-operated switch

|  | H01K 9/06 |
· · | with built-in device, e.g. switch, for automatically completing circuit of reserve body

|  | H01K 9/08 |
· | to provide selectively different light effects, e.g. for automobile headlamp

P:10 |  | H01K 11/00 |
Lamps having an incandescent body which is not conductively heated, e.g. heated inductively, heated by electronic discharge (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...H01K 13/00 takes precedence; heated by light-emitting discharge Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...H01J 61/98)

P:0 |  | H01K 13/00 |
Lamps having an incandescent body which is substantially non-conductive until heated, e.g. Nernst lamp

|  | H01K 13/02 |
· | Heating arrangements

|  | H01K 13/04 |
· · | using electric discharge

|  | H01K 13/06 |
· · | using induction heating; using high-frequency field