CPC Definition - Subclass G06M
This place covers:
Stepping or continuously-moving mechanical counters operated through one or more inputs applied to the lowest order mechanically or electrically.
Counting systems involving applications of either mechanical, electrical, or electronic counters.
This place does not cover:
Sorting, grading, counting or marking live aquatic animals | |
Counting in machine for making cigarettes | |
Table equipment for counting of consumptions | |
Counting of pills | |
Score-keepers and score display devices | |
Counting in machines for shaping metal without removing material | |
Counting of sheets in platen presses | |
Counting in printing machines or presses | |
Counting in office copying machines | |
Counting of axles of rail vehicles | |
Counting in packaging machines | |
Counting of objects carriers conveyed pneumatically through a pipe or tube | |
Locks with counting devices | |
Counting by weighing | |
Adaptation of counters to electricity meters in electromechanical arrangements for measuring time integral of electric power or current | |
Counting of radioactive particles | |
Counting of photographic exposures | |
Watches with counting devices | |
Computers | |
Counting issued tickets | |
Entry or exit registers | |
Counting of votes | |
Counting coins | |
Counting of vehicles on a road or parking space | |
Teaching of counting | |
Counting electric pulses | |
Counting electronically | |
Counting characters, words, or messages in switching networks for transmission of digital information |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Inhalers incorporating mechanisms for counting actuations | |
Tariff metering apparatus | |
Indicating or recording devices in volume flow meters |
Subject-matter classified in G06M 7/00, G06M 9/00, and G06M 11/00 should also be classified in the relevant sub-group of G06M 1/08 if the means detecting the objects counted are of particular relevance.
This place covers:
Counting of randomly distributed loose objects moving past a counting station, like in chute conveyors.
This place covers:
Counting of objects in a static distribution.