IPC 6 English version F16N !A-F16N 39/08

F16N-F16N03908

SECTION F– MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING

F 16

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

F 16 N

LUBRICATING

Note

Attention is drawn to the following places:

A 01 D 69/12

Lubrication of harvesters

B 21 J 3/00

Lubricating during forging or pressing

B 25 D 17/26

Lubricating of portable power-driven percussive tools

B 60 R 17/00

Arrangements or adaptations of lubricating systems or devices in vehicles

B 61 C 17/08

Lubrication systems for railway locomotives

B 62 D 55/092

Vehicle endless-track units with lubrication means

D 04 B 35/28

Devices for lubricating knitting machine parts

E 05 B 17/08

Lubricating devices for locks

E 05 D 11/02

Lubricating arrangements for hinges

E 21 B 10/22

Lubricating details of roller drill bits for earth drilling.

Lubrication devices or arrangements for oil or grease

Constructional modifications of parts of machines or apparatus for the purpose of lubrication

Devices for supplying lubricant by manual action (draining equipment for liquid containers B 65 D)

delivering oil

Oil cans; Oil syringes

delivering on squeezing

incorporating a piston-pump

delivering grease

Grease guns

Apparatus with hand-positioned nozzle supplied with lubricant under pressure (F 16 N 3/00 takes precedence)

Nozzles or nozzle-valve arrangements therefor, e.g. high-pressure grease guns

Arrangements for supplying oil or unspecified lubricant from a stationary reservoir or the equivalent in or on the machine or member to be lubricated (axle-box lubrication for railway rolling-stock B 61 F 17/00)

with gravity feed or drip lubrication

with oil flow promoted by vibration

Arrangements in which the droplets are visible

controlled by means of the temperature of the member to be lubricated (thermostats G 05 D)

incorporating manually-operated regulating means, e.g. spindles

with feed by capillary action, e.g. by wicks

the lubricant being conveyed from the reservoir by mechanical means (by pumping devices F 16 N 7/36, F 16 N 7/38; adaptations for lubrication of machines or engines in general, of internal-combustion engines F 01 M)

the oil being carried up by a lifting device (scoop devices in general F 04 D)

with one or more feed members fixed on a shaft

with one or more members moving around the shaft to be lubricated

shaped as rings

with discs, rollers, belts, or the like contacting the shaft to be lubricated

Splash lubrication (mist lubrication F 16 N 7/32)

Dip lubrication

the oil being fed or carried along by another fluid (in internal-combustion engines F 02 F)

Mist lubrication (splash lubrication F 16 N 7/26)

Atomising devices for oil (atomising devices in general B 05 B)

with feed by pumping action of the member to be lubricated or of a shaft of the machine; Centrifugal lubrication

with a separate pump; Central lubrication systems

in a closed circulation system

Arrangements for supplying oil or unspecified lubricant from a moving reservoir or the equivalent (also usable with a stationary reservoir F 16 N 7/00)

with reservoir on or in a rotary member

with reservoir on or in a reciprocating, rocking, or swinging member

11/

Arrangements for supplying grease from a stationary reservoir or the equivalent in or on the machine or member to be lubricated; Grease cups

11/

Hand-actuated grease cups, e.g. Stauffer cups

11/

Spring-loaded devices

11/

Weight-loaded devices

11/

with mechanical drive, other than directly by springs or weights (lubricating-pumps F 16 N 13/00)

11/

by pressure of another fluid

11/

by centrifugal action

13/

Lubricating-pumps (oil cans with pump F 16 N 3/08; pumps for liquids in general F 04)

13/

with reciprocating piston (pumps with distributing equipment F 16 N 13/22)

13/

Adjustable reciprocating pumps

13/

Actuation of lubricating-pumps

13/

by hand

13/

with mechanical drive (F 16 N 13/18 takes precedence)

13/

with ratchet

13/

with cam or wobble-plate on shaft parallel to the pump cylinder or cylinders

13/

with fluid drive

13/

relative movement of pump parts being produced by inertia of one of the parts or of a driving member

13/

Rotary pumps (with distributing equipment F 16 N 13/22)

13/

with distributing equipment (separate distributing equipment F 16 N 25/00)

15/

Lubrication with substances other than oil or grease; Lubrication characterised by the use of particular lubricants in particular apparatus or conditions (F 16 N 17/00 takes precedence; lubricating compositions, selection of particular substances as lubricants in general C 10 M; bearings with surfaces incorporating lubricant F 16 C 33/04; lubrication specially adapted to machines or apparatus provided for in a single other class, see the relevant class for the machine or apparatus)

15/

with graphite or graphite-containing compositions

15/

with water (bearings working in water F 16 C)

17/

Lubrication of machines or apparatus working under extreme conditions (additives to lubricating oil or lubricating grease C 10 M)

17/

at high temperature (of turbines F 01 D, F 02 C; lubrication of machines or engines in general, of internal-combustion engines F 01 M)

17/

at low temperature (lubrication of refrigerating machines F 25 B)

17/

in vacuum or under reduced pressure (lubrication of evacuating pumps F 04; of rotary anodes of X-ray tubes H 01 J 35/10)

Details of lubricators or lubrication systems

19/

Lubricant containers for use in lubricators or lubrication systems

21/

Conduits; Junctions (in general F 16 L); Fittings for lubrication apertures

21/

Lubricating nipples

21/

Nozzles for connection of lubricating equipment to nipples

21/

Covering members for nipples, conduits, or apertures

23/

Special adaptations of check valves (check valves in general F 16 K)

25/

Distributing equipment

25/

with reciprocating distributing slide valve

25/

with rotary distributing member (combined with oil pump F 16 N 13/22)

27/

Proportioning devices (liquid meters G 01 F)

27/

Gating equipment (multiple-way valves F 16 K; metering cocks G 01 F)

29/

Special means in lubricating arrangements or systems providing for the indication or detection of undesired conditions; Use of devices responsive to conditions in lubricating arrangements or systems (in bearings F 16 C; constructions of apparatus outside the lubricating arrangements or systems, see the relevant classes)

29/

for influencing the supply of lubricant

29/

enabling a warning to be given; enabling moving parts to be stopped

31/

Means for collecting, retaining, or draining-off lubricant in or on machines or apparatus (oil separators for separating oil from exhaust steam F 22 G)

31/

Oil catchers; Oil wipers (oil-scraping rings for pistons F 16 J 9/20)

33/

Mechanical arrangements for cleaning lubricating equipment; Special racks or the like for use in draining lubricant from machine parts

Care of lubricants

35/

Storage of lubricants in engine-rooms or the like (storage containers B 65)

37/

Equipment for transferring lubricant from one container to another

37/

for filling grease guns

39/

Arrangements for conditioning of lubricants in the lubricating system (cleaning of lubricating oil, lubricating compositions C 10 M)

39/

by cooling (heat-exchangers in general F 28)

39/

by heating (heat-exchangers in general F 28)

39/

by filtration (filters in general B 01 D; magnetic separators B 03 C 1/00)

39/

by diluting, e.g. by addition of fuel (lubrication of machines or engines in general, of internal-combustion engines F 01 M)