CPC Definition - Subclass H01K
This place covers:
- Sources of visible, ultraviolet or infrared radiation consisting of one or more bodies heated to incandescence by electricity, i.e. incandescent lamps, including such lamps for purposes other than general lighting.
- Details of electric incandescent lamps, including ancillary devices that are structurally part of the lamp such as optical light modifiers or circuit elements.
- Apparatus or processes adapted to the manufacture, installing, removal or maintenance of incandescent lamps or parts thereof.
This place does not cover:
Details or apparatus or processes for manufacture applicable to both discharge devices and incandescent lamps | |
Light sources using a combination of incandescent and other types of light generation | |
Lamps with spaced electrodes heated to incandescence by light-emitting discharge, e.g. tungsten arc lamps |
Examples of places where the subject matter of this place is covered when specially adapted, used for a particular purpose, or incorporated in a larger system:
Functional features or details of lighting devices or systems thereof | |
Structural combinations of lighting devices with other articles, not otherwise provided for | |
Incandescent filaments used to form characters in indicating arrangements |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Chemical, physical processes and apparatus using radiation | |
Chemical, physical processes and apparatus using IR-light | |
Drying using infrared radiation | |
Displays using incandescent lamps | |
Heating devices using lamps | |
Heating elements made of non-metallic materials | |
Heating elements made of ceramic materials, oxides, carbides | |
Infrared halogen lamps for cooking plates | |
Circuits therefor |
In this place, the following terms or expressions are used with the meaning indicated:
Lamp | includes tubes emitting ultraviolet or infrared light |
This place covers:
Details of incandescent lamps classified in H01K 5/00, H01K 7/00, H01K 9/00, H01K 11/00 and H01K 13/00.
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Details applicable to both incandescent and discharge lamps |
This place does not cover:
Apparatus and processes for manufacture applicable to both discharge devices and incandescent lamps |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Manufacture of vessels from glass |
This place covers:
Examples:
- Household lamps.
- Lamps for illumination of shops or public areas.
This place does not cover:
Lamps for purposes other than general lighting | |
Lamps having two or more incandescent bodies separately heated | |
Lamps having an incandescent body which is not conductively heated, e.g. heated inductively, heated by electronic discharge | |
Lamps having an incandescent body which is substantially non-conductive until heated, e. g. Nernst lamp |
This place covers:
Examples:
- Lamps for cinematographic projectors.
- Lamps for automobile headlights intended to be used with projection systems.
- Lamps for indicating or for decorative purposes.
- Infrared or heater lamps.
This place does not cover:
Lamps for general lighting | |
Lamps having two or more incandescent bodies separately heated | |
Lamps having an incandescent body which is not conductively heated, e.g. heated inductively, heated by electronic discharge | |
Lamps having an incandescent body which is substantially non-conductive until heated, e. g. Nernst lamp |
This place does not cover:
Producing narrow beams by optical means external to the lamp |
This place does not cover:
Lamps having an incandescent body which is not conductively heated, e.g. heated inductively, heated by electronic discharge | |
Lamps having an incandescent body which is substantially non-conductive until heated, e. g. Nernst lamp |
This place does not cover:
Lamps having an incandescent body which is substantially non-conductive until heated |