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U.S. Patent Classification System - Classification Definitions
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Class 235
REGISTERS
Class Definition:
This class includes machines employed for ascertaining the
number of movements of various devices or machines; also,
indicating devices where the purpose is to disclose the
numerical extent or quantity of movement of a machine and
where the device is separate and independent of the machine
whose movements are to be noted; also organized machines,
such as, cash-registers, fare-registers, voting machines and
calculators having registering or counting devices as
essential or important elements and having in addition
certain other features necessary to make up the complete
machines for the purposes desired. In this class are also
recording calculating machines, as--recording cash-registers,
and recording voting-machines, which are classified herein
instead of in classes providing for the particular recording
means, by reason of the analogy of the machines as entireties
to other machines (cash-registers, etc.), in this class.
These recording devices usually, but not invariably, comprise
attachments for printing numbers.
Registers, per se, include attachments to machines where the
purpose is to ascertain or count the number of movements
thereof, such as engine-counters, counters for
printing-presses, etc. They also include devices comprising
indicating hands or pointers (or equivalents thereof),
whether moved regularly or irregularly, forward or backward,
in cooperation with a scale or index to disclose the
numerical extent of movement.
In addition to registers, per se, the class is subdivided
into various groups according to the functions of the
machines classified therein.
The registering mechanisms employed in cash-registers (with
the exception in Subclass References to the Current Class,
below) and calculators are capable of being operated to
different extents--that is, if they comprise drums having
numerals from "0" to "9" on their peripheries they may be
operated one step or more up to the limit at one operation,
dependent upon the key or equivalent actuated. Moreover, any
drum or drums (or equivalent) in the set representing
different orders, as units, tens, etc., or dollars and cents,
may be operated either singly or together. In these respects
the registers are different in their operation from those in
the other groups, where the actuator is in operative relation
only with the wheel or other device of lowest order and moves
the same one step at a time, the tens being "carried" as this
or any other wheel completes its rotation.
Cash-registers, classified in this class, are classified
machines employed in mercantile establishments for the
purpose of keeping a check upon the financial transactions.
These machines usually comprise keys or equivalents,
registering devices, indicating-tablets, or drums to disclose
to the purchaser the amount of the sale, a cash-drawer, a
bell or other alarm, and various subordinate devices mainly
for the purpose of compelling the clerk or cashier to
completely and correctly operate the machine. It also
includes machines where an autos:graphic record of the
transaction is made upon a movable strip of paper, together
with means for moving the paper, a cash-drawer, and other
subsidiary devices.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
13 for a cash-register wherein a separate and independent
register is connected to each key.
REFERENCES TO OTHER CLASSES
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
15, Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning, 250.001 for
attachments for cleaning windows of registers, where only the
features of the register casing and window are claimed that
provide for attachment and operation of the cleaning element.
When other register features are claimed, for example, an
operating connection with the register mechanism,
classification is in Class 235.
73, Measuring and Testing, for all registering measuring
instruments wherein the register is claimed broadly or
specifically in combination with significant measuring
structure of the type provided for in said class. Class 235
includes only registering mechanism, per se, for measuring
instruments. However, since it is usually necessary to
include with the register some conventional measuring element
to define a locus or setting for the register, the mere
naming in a claim or claims of such conventional measuring
element or its description in general terms will not exclude
such claims from Class 235.
137, Fluid Handling, 551 for fluid handling apparatus
including a register in combination.
166, Wells, subclass 64 and 250.01+ for well processes and
apparatus involving registers or counting means.
221, Article Dispensing, particularly subclass 7 for article
dispensing devices, not otherwise provided for, combined with
dispenser operated registers.
222, Dispensing, particularly subclasses 24-38 for
registers combined with significant dispensing features.
234, Selective Cutting (e.g., Punching), 4 for a selective
punching device having means to totalize incremental values
assigned to the different punches (for justification
control); subclass 21 for a selective punching device having
means to register the number of its operations (for control
purposes).
345, Computer Graphics Processing, Operator Interface
Processing and Selective Visual Display Systems, 418 for
computer s:graphics processing.
374, Thermal Measuring and Testing, for registering thermal
measuring instruments wherein the register is claimed broadly
or specifically in combination with significant measuring
structure of the type provided for in said class. Class 235
includes only registering mechanism, per se, for measuring
instruments. However, since it is usually necessary to
include with the register some conventional measuring element
to define a locus or setting for the register, the mere
naming in a claim or claims of such conventional measuring
element or its description in general terms will not exclude
such claims from Class 235.
395, Information Processing System Organization, 80 for data
processing of robot control systems.
399, Electrophotography, 75 for machine operation of an
electrophotos:graphic device reproducing copies, particularly
subclasses 79+ for accounting of usage or copies produced.
453, Coin Handling, appropriate subclasses for coin handling
subcombinations.
700, Data Processing: Generic Control Systems or Specific
Applications, subclasses 1-89 for generic data processing
control systems; and subclasses 90-306 for particular
application of data processing systems or calculating
computers.
702, Data Processing: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing,
appropriate subclasses for data processing systems or
calculating computers utilized to affect a measuring,
testing, or calibrating operation of an external device or
quality.
704, Data Processing: Speech Signal Processing, Linguistics,
Language Translation and Audio Compression/Decompression,
200 for artificial intelligence systems that process speech
signals.
706, Data Processing: Intelligent Processing Systems and
Methods, various subclasses for artificial intelligence
systems that represent, apply, and acquire knowledge.
708, Electrical Computers: Arithmetic Processing and
Calculating, 1 for hybrid computers; subclasses 100+ for
digital calculating computers; and subclasses 800+ for analog
computers.
714, Error Detection/Correction and Fault Detection/Recovery,
1 for reliability and availability, fault recovery,
locating, and avoidance in digital data processing systems.
SUBCLASSES
Subclass:
1
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This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Subject matter not elsewhere classifiable.
Subclass:
2
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This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Cash-registers embodying both a register and a recording
attachment or an attachment for printing the amount of the
sale registered.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
58 for calculators having recording mechanism.
Subclass:
3
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This subclass is indented under subclass 2. Cash-registers
having in addition an attachment for feeding, printing, and
delivering from the machine a check showing the amount of the
sale, together with additional data, if desired, such as the
date of the transaction, etc.
Subclass:
4
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This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Machines constructed like cash-registers, but having the
register replaced by a recording device for preserving a
record of the sales.
Subclass:
5
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This subclass is indented under subclass 4. Cash-recorders
containing a movable strip of paper on which a memorandum of
the transaction is manually made, together with devices
ordinarily found in cash-registers for moving the paper and
also, if desired, other features characteristic of
cash-recorders.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
242, Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding, 520 for a machine in
which an autos:graphic record of a registered transaction is
made upon movable strips of material, either singly or in
duplicate, one or more of the strips being rolled up in the
machine, and comprising nothing more than the strips of
paper, together with a means for moving the same and rolling
them within the machine.
Subclass:
6
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This subclass is indented under subclass 7. Cash-registers
including two or more separate and distinct attachments for
registering the sales of different clerks or departments, a
single set of cash-keys, and separate keys or other devices
whereby the cash-keys may be placed in operative connection
with any desired registering attachments.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
29 for multiple fare registers.
Subclass:
7
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This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Subject matter comprising cash-registers.
Subclass:
8
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This subclass is indented under subclass 7. Cash-registers
where the keys are employed merely for setting certain parts
into operative position, which parts by a subsequent movement
of another part of the machine are so actuated as to cause
the operation of the machine.
Subclass:
9
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This subclass is indented under subclass 8. Cash-registers
operated by the rotation of a crank or the movement of a
lever.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
21 for lever operated, dial cash-registers
Subclass:
10
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This subclass is indented under subclass 8. Cash-registers
operated by the movement of the drawer.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
22 for drawer operating mechanism, per se.
Subclass:
11
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This subclass is indented under subclass 8. Cash-registers
wherein the movement of the key releases a spring or other
motor which actuates the machine.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
62 for motor operated calculators.
Subclass:
12
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This subclass is indented under subclass 7. Cash-registers
in which the pressing of the key causes the operation of the
various parts of the cash-register, as the indicators,
registers, drawer-opening devices, etc.
Subclass:
13
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This subclass is indented under subclass 12. Cash-registers
wherein a separate and independent register is connected to
each key.
Subclass:
14
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This subclass is indented under subclass 12. Cash-registers
wherein several keys act upon the same set of register
wheels, the wheels being actuated a different distance
according to the value of the key operated.
Subclass:
15
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This subclass is indented under subclass 14. Cash-registers
having differential mechanism where a key-lever when actuated
is connected with a coupling or "universal" bar, so that when
several keys are thus coupled further pressure upon any one
of such keys will cause the operation of the machine.
Subclass:
16
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This subclass is indented under subclass 14. Cash-registers
having differential mechanism wherein the key-levers move a
certain distance, depending upon the value of the key, before
causing any movement of the parts to be actuated.
Subclass:
17
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This subclass is indented under subclass 7. Cash-registers
wherein checks or disks or the like are employed for the
purpose of registering the sales.
Subclass:
18
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This subclass is indented under subclass 17. Cash-registers
employing a number of balls to register the sales, the balls
sometimes being superposed in a transparent tube, the tube or
the casing bearing graduation, so that the number
corresponding to a column of any height may be ascertained
from inspection, or the balls may be employed in various
other ways.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
68 for ball calculators.
123 for ball indicators.
Subclass:
19
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This subclass is indented under subclass 7. Cash-registers
without keys but having a pointer movable over a dial, the
pointer being moved by hand and in or by its movement causing
the operation of the various parts of the machine. In this
subclass the pointer traveling over the face of the dial
serves as the indicator.
Subclass:
20
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This subclass is indented under subclass 19. Cash-registers
having a separate indicator.
Subclass:
21
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This subclass is indented under subclass 19. Cash-registers
wherein a pointer or the like connected to a lever or its
equivalent is moved over a graduated scale, the extent of
movement determining the operation of the machine by the
lever.
Subclass:
22
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This subclass is indented under subclass 7. Mechanism
whereby the drawer of a cash-register is opened or by which
it is released so that it may be thrown open by means of a
spring normally pressing against it; also, any mechanism
whereby the drawer is operated in any way.
Subclass:
23
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This subclass is indented under subclass 7. Mechanism for
operating or for causing to be operated the indicators of a
cash-register.
Subclass:
24
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This subclass is indented under subclass 23. Subject matter
comprising shutters or screens and operating devices
therefore, whereby the figures on the indicators are obscured
during part of the operation of the machine.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
222, Dispensing, subclass 24 for registers with shutters
claimed in combination with significant dispensing features.
Subclass:
25
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This subclass is indented under subclass 23. Devices for
causing the dropping of the tablets of a cash-register after
they have been displayed.
Subclass:
26
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This subclass is indented under subclass 7. Devices for
preventing the simultaneous operation of two or more keys or
for preventing the operation of more than a pre-determined
number of keys.
Subclass:
27
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This subclass is indented under subclass 7. Devices for
locking the keys of a cash-register or other calculating
machine against movement--as, for example, when the
proprietor leaves the machine for a time and does not wish it
operated during his absence.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
130 for register locking means in general.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
400, Typewriting Machines, 663 for typewriter key locks.
Subclass:
28
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This subclass is indented under subclass 7. Subject matter
comprising registers that count or indicate the number of
times the lid or cover of a cash-register has been opened.
Subclass:
29
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This subclass is indented under subclass 33. Fare-registers
including two or more separate registers for indicating
different classes of fare, whether such registers are
entirely independent of each other or whether they have
either a common trip-register or a common totalizer.
Subclass:
30
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This subclass is indented under subclass 33. Devices
attached to a cab or other vehicle, adapted to be actuated
either by a time-train or according to the distance traveled,
at the option of the passenger, the connection being made by
the driver, said device indicating to the passenger the time
or distance and the amount of fare he is to pay for such time
or distance.
Subclass:
31
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This subclass is indented under subclass 33. Structures
containing a roll of tickets, one of which, either punched or
not, is withdrawn and given to each passenger and at the same
time is counted upon a register.
Subclass:
32
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This subclass is indented under subclass 33. Fare-boxes for
street-cars etc., containing a register operated by the fare
or the ticket or during the operation of the box to cause the
fare to be dropped from one part to another.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
100 for coin registering boxes.
Subclass:
33
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This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Subject matter comprising machines employed in street-cars,
operated by the conductor when taking fares and serving to
indicate and register the number of fares taken. These
machines include an operating-lever or its equivalent
actuated by cords or rods accessible from any point of the
car, registers, trip or total, or both, alarm devices, and
various auxiliary devices, mainly for the purpose of
preventing the conductor "beating" the machine.
Subclass:
34
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This subclass is indented under subclass 33. Fare-registers
whose trip-register is a pointer moving around a graduated
dial and whose totalizer is composed of a series of cylinders
placed side by side.
Subclass:
35
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This subclass is indented under subclass 33. Fare-registers
whose registering devices are belts or short flat links
forming endless chains, upon which the numbers are placed.
Subclass:
36
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This subclass is indented under subclass 33. Fare-registers,
having a plurality of registers located on axes parallel with
each other.
Subclass:
37
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This subclass is indented under subclass 36. Fare-registers
having two sets of registering devices, as for trip and
total, each set composed of a number of cylinders placed side
by side.
Subclass:
38
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This subclass is indented under subclass 36. Fare-registers
whose registering devices, whether in one set only or in two
sets--trip and total--are composed of a number of pointers,
each moving around a graduated dial, the pointers of each set
in the higher orders being actuated one graduation when the
pointer or the lower order has made a complete rotation.
Subclass:
39
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This subclass is indented under subclass 36. Fare-registers
including one or more sets of registering devices, each set
composed of disks numbered upon their faces, the numbers
showing successively through an aperture in the casing as the
disks are rotated, the disks of lower orders transferring to
those of higher orders as they make complete rotations.
Subclass:
40
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This subclass is indented under subclass 33. Fare-registers
having one or more registers arranged on a single axis.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
34 for similarly arranged dial and cylinder fare registers.
Subclass:
41
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This subclass is indented under subclass 40. Fare-registers
whose registering devices comprise a plurality of disks
numbered on their faces and placed concentrically upon a
single shaft or axis.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
78 and 116, for other single axis, concentric disk devices.
Subclass:
42
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This subclass is indented under subclass 40. Fare-registers
whose registering devices are composed of a series of drums
placed side by side upon a single shaft. In some cases these
drums are arranged in two sets, a trip and total, the sets
being separated from each other.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
34 and 37, for other cylinder type fare registers.
Subclass:
43
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This subclass is indented under subclass 40. Fare-registers
wherein the registering attachment comprises one or more
hands moving over a dial and arranged around the same axis in
a manner similar to the hour and minute hands of a clock, but
ordinarily actuated step by step.
Subclass:
44
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This subclass is indented under subclass 33. Devices, other
than the internal mechanism of a fare-register, for operating
the same.
Subclass:
45
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This subclass is indented under subclass 44. Operating
devices for fare-registers composed partly of electrical
circuits, cut-offs, etc.
Subclass:
46
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This subclass is indented under subclass 44. Subject matter
comprising registering ticket-punches and the like.
Subclass:
47
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This subclass is indented under subclass 33. Devices by
which the trip-register of a fare-register is set back to
zero at the beginning of a trip.
(1) Note. This subclass, while similar to subclass 144, in
one respect (restoring the register-wheels to zero) differs
from it in that while such restoration is going on various
other operations are or may be performed-such as locking the
machine against movement, setting the trip or direction
indicator, moving a zero-register, etc.
Subclass:
48
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This subclass is indented under subclass 47. Subject matter
comprising devices in a fare-register for indicating the
direction the car is moving and mechanism for actuating the
same.
Subclass:
49
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This subclass is indented under subclass 33. Subject matter
comprising additions to the trip-register of a fare-register
by which its capacity is increased.
Subclass:
50
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This subclass is indented under subclass 51. Voting-machines
having a device for recording upon a strip of paper or its
equivalent the number of votes cast. The machine may or may
not also have a registering attachment.
Subclass:
51
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This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Machines employed for mechanically casting and counting
votes. These machines usually comprise keys or equivalents,
one for each candidate, and in most cases a key whereby a
single movement a vote can be given for the entire set of
candidates for either part, interlocking mechanism for
preventing votes being given for more than the proper number
of candidates, and various auxiliary devices.
Subclass:
52
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This subclass is indented under subclass 51. Voting-machines
by means of which legislators or members of assemblies can,
by operating keys or levers, indicate a "yes" and "no" vote,
these devices frequently having registers connected therewith
for counting up the totals of such votes. In many cases
these devices are connected with the desks of the
legislators.
Subclass:
53
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This subclass is indented under subclass 51. Voting machines
wherein a check or ball is employed to operate the
registering device.
Subclass:
54
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This subclass is indented under subclass 51. Voting-machines
wherein the movement of the key sets in position for further
operation certain parts, the operation of such parts and
through them the registers, etc., being effected by means of
a device afterwards operated, such as the door of the booth
which is operated by the voter when he departs, etc.
Subclass:
55
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This subclass is indented under subclass 51. Voting-machines
wherein the registering is effected by the direct action of
the keys or levers.
Subclass:
56
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This subclass is indented under subclass 51. Voting-machines
whereby the votes are marked upon "Australian ballots" are
enabled to be rapidly counted.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
386 for systems wherein a ballot is sensed and the results
are tabulated.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
705, Data Processing: Financial, Business Practice,
Management, or Cost/Price Determination, subclass 12 for a
system to calculate the totals of vote returns.
Subclass:
57
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This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Ballot-boxes having attachments for registering the number of
ballots placed therein.
Subclass:
58
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This subclass is indented under subclass 61. Calculators
which contain adding or other calculating mechanism and
devices for recording the numbers set up or the results, or
both.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
50 432, 433, and 434, see subclass 60 below.
Subclass:
59
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This subclass is indented under subclass 58. Recording
calculating-machines, where the actuation of the key directly
operates the registering and recording devices.
Subclass:
60
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This subclass is indented under subclass 58. Recording
calculating-machines where the depression of a key sets
certain devices in position and a succeeding movement of
another part, as a handle or lever, operates the machine.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
50 for recording voting machines.
59 for recording calculating machines wherein the depression
of a key directly operates the registering and recording
devices.
432 433 and 434, for recording calculating machines
controlled by the sensing of data representing indicia on a
record.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
101, Printing, subclass 2, 19+ and 93+ for mechanism for
concurrently printing a plurality of characters, when such
printing mechanism is disclosed without calculating structure
or is not claimed in combination with significant calculating
structure of the type provided for in Class 235.
234, Selective Cutting (e.g., Punching), appropriate
subclasses, for manually controlled mechanism which records
by selectively punching a sheet or web, wherein no
calculating machine is included.
396, Photography, 549 for devices wherein recording is
effected by photographing selected characters on a movable
member, when such devices are disclosed without calculating
structure or are not claimed in combination with significant
calculating structure of the type provided for in Class 235.
400, Typewriting Machines, for digit-by- digit printing
mechanism for concurrently printing a plurality of
characters, when such printing mechanism is disclosed without
calculating structure or is not claimed in combination with
significant calculating structure of the type provided for in
Class 235.
Subclass:
60.11
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This subclass is indented under subclass 60. Subject matter
wherein the recording is effected by other than printing or
punching means. This subclass receives calculators provided
with photos:graphic recording means.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
396, Photography, 549 for devices wherein recording is
effected by photographing selected characters on a movable
member, when such devices are disclosed without calculating
structure or are not claimed in combination with significant
calculating structure of the type provided for in Class 235.
Subclass:
60.12
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This subclass is indented under subclass 60. Subject matter
comprising a typewriter combined with a calculator, wherein
the two units are each of substantially standard construction
and are capable of separation and independent use.
(1) Note. These machines are generally characterized by the
presence of separate and complete keyboards for each unit and
the provision of locking and interlocking devices controlling
the operation of the two units and/or interconnections
between the typewriter keys and calculator keys, or
differential actuators, to eliminate duplication in indexing
amounts. This subclass receives a combined machine of the
type defined even though it may have a platen common to the
typewriting mechanism and to separate printing mechanism in
the calculator.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
59 for typewriter calculating machines, wherein digital
entries are effected in a totalizer by or with the operation
of numeral keys of the typewriter.
60.38 for typewriter calculating machines, wherein the
typewriter keys control typing in the usual fashion, but
digital values are set up in indexing mechanism under control
of the typewriter numeral keys and are entered concurrently
in a plurality of orders of the totalizing mechanism after
the completion of a multi-digit typing operation.
Subclass:
60.13
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This subclass is indented under subclass 60. Subject matter
provided with a plurality of distinct recording means for
recording on different portions of the same record receiving
medium or for recording on different record receiving
mediums.
Subclass:
60.15
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This subclass is indented under subclass 60. Subject matter
comprising devices for recording other than numerical data.
Subclass:
60.16
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This subclass is indented under subclass 60.15. Subject
matter in which alphabetical data is recorded. The
alphabetical recording elements may be mounted on a member
which also carries numerical recording elements or on
separate members, as in a typewriter calculator. This
subclass only receives typewriter calculators where some
feature peculiar to alphabetical printing is claimed in
combination with subject matter under subclass 60.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
60.38 see subclass 60.12 above.
Subclass:
60.17
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This subclass is indented under subclass 60.15. Subject
matter in which the recorded data comprises signs or
characters for indicating the zeroizing or clearing of a
totalizer or totalizers. This subclass receives devices for
indicating totalizer clearance by printing in a distinctive
color.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
144 for zero setting or totalizer clearing devices, per se,
or when combined with means for signalling the cleared
condition of a totalizer.
Subclass:
60.18
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This subclass is indented under subclass 60.15. Subject
matter in which the recorded data comprises distinctive
characters or symbols for the purpose of indicating the
nature of some phase of a calculating operation. These
characters or symbols may be indicative of the totalizer or
totalizers selected for entering or total taking operations,
the nature of an entering operation, as addition or
subtraction or the positive or negative condition of the
amount standing in a totalizer, etc.
Subclass:
60.19
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This subclass is indented under subclass 60. Subject matter
wherein recording is effected in a distinctive color, as by
shifting a multicolor ribbon.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
60.17 for mechanism for recording distinctive characters for
indicating the zeroizing or clearing of a totalizer.
60.18 for mechanism for recording distinctive characters for
the purpose of indicating the nature of some phase of a
calculating operation, other than clearing a totalizer.
Subclass:
60.2
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This subclass is indented under subclass 60. Subject matter
comprising mechanism for controlling the recording means to
record the true total from totalizer or result receiving
elements which contain a negative or overdraft amount, as a
result of the subtraction of an amount or amounts which
exceed the total of positive or additive entries therein, or
such means as is necessarily incidental to a true negative
total recording operation.
Subclass:
60.22
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This subclass is indented under subclass 60.2. Subject
matter in which electrical means are employed for reading the
total from the totalizer or result receiving elements or in
controlling the elements which record the true negative
total.
Subclass:
60.23
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This subclass is indented under subclass 60. Subject matter
comprising devices for selectively splitting a continuous
series of printing devices into distinct and separately
operating sections, generally by rendering the zero print
controlling devices ineffective at the point at which
splitting is effected.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
60.28 for devices for controlling zero recording in the
operation of gang recording mechanism.
Subclass:
60.24
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This subclass is indented under subclass 60. Subject matter
including devices for causing the printing of a total by a
greater number of printing elements than are employed in
printing the items which are entered to form the total. Such
devices are employed where overflow orders of the totalizer
extend beyond the printing elements which are allocated to
and are operative in item printing operations, and it is
necessary to call additional printing elements into operation
during total taking operations to print a total under control
of these overflow orders.
Subclass:
60.25
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This subclass is indented under subclass 60. Subject matter
comprising means to disable or render ineffective the
recording mechanism, whereby an amount may be entered into
the calculator without being recorded. These controls are of
the type usually known as "nonprint" devices.
Subclass:
60.26
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This subclass is indented under subclass 60. Subject matter
comprising means to disable or render ineffective the
mechanism for entering amounts into the register or
totalizing means, whereby an amount may be recorded without
being entered into the calculator.
Subclass:
60.27
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This subclass is indented under subclass 60. Subject matter
wherein a plurality of recording elements are selectively
positioned in an operation and a common operator is
subsequently effective to cause recording from each of said
positioned elements.
Subclass:
60.28
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This subclass is indented under subclass 60.27. Subject
matter comprising devices for controlling the recording of
zeros in orders in which no significant digit appears.
(1) Note. These devices are usually controlled by a higher
order recording element which is positioned to record a
significant digit, to cause zero recording by adjacent lower
elements in which no such digit appears and to suppress zero
recording from recording elements in orders above the order
in which the highest significant digit appears.
(2) Note. This subclass receives manually settable devices
in machines of the type provided for in subclass 60.27 for
enabling or suppressing zero recording, whether in
combination with the automatic devices mentioned in (1) Note
or not.
Subclass:
60.29
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This subclass is indented under subclass 60.27. Subject
matter in which recording is effected by punching.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
434 for mechanism for recording by punching when claimed in
combination with record controlled calculating structure.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
234, Selective Cutting (e.g., Punching), appropriate
subclasses, and particularly subclass 91 for selective
recording mechanism which comprises successively selected and
simultaneously actuated cutting tools.
Subclass:
60.3
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This subclass is indented under subclass 60.27. Subject
matter comprising total taking means for positioning
recording elements in accordance with the settings of
totalizer or result receiving elements, and such mechanism as
is necessarily incidental thereto.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
2 for means for taking totals from a totalizer in a cash
register.
50 for means for taking totals from the counters in a voting
machine.
60.39 for total taking means of the digit-by-digit recording
type.
432 433 and 434, for means to record the results of totals
taken in record-controlled calculators.
Subclass:
60.31
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This subclass is indented under subclass 60.3. Subject
matter wherein the recording elements are positioned by
restoring the result receiving or totalizer elements to their
zero position.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
144 for zero-setting or totalizer clearing devices, per se.
Subclass:
60.32
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This subclass is indented under subclass 60.31. Subject
matter comprising devices for avoiding the blank cycle which
is necessary in many types of calculating machines in order
to condition the totalizer or other calculating structure for
a total reading operation. These blank cycles are usually
necessary in order to restore tripped tens carry devices to
their normal positions.
Subclass:
60.33
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This subclass is indented under subclass 60.3. Subject
matter wherein the recording elements are positioned by
sensing the totalizer or result elements or under control of
devices which sense said totalizer or result elements. This
subclass receives total sensing devices wherein the feelers
are permanently engaged with the result elements.
Subclass:
60.34
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This subclass is indented under subclass 60.33. Subject
matter comprising mechanism for restoring the totalizer or
result elements to their zero positions after the total
sensing operation.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
144 for zero-setting or totalizer clearing devices, per se.
Subclass:
60.35
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This subclass is indented under subclass 60.3. Subject
matter wherein the selection of recording elements, or
operative portions thereof, which effect recording, is
controlled by impulses which are differently timed; that is,
the relative timing of the controlling impulses determines
the digits which are to be recorded. The differentially
timed impulses are usually electrical in nature, as in
electrical record controlled calculating machines. However,
this subclass receives mechanical machines wherein recording
elements are selected by mechanically operated means which
are operated at differential times.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
432 433 and 434, for printing and punching devices,
respectively, which are operated by differentially timed
impulses, when claimed in combination with record controlled
calculating structure.
Subclass:
60.37
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This subclass is indented under subclass 60.3. Subject
matter in which a total or result is recorded by taking a
direct impression from a totalizer or result element, or from
a recording element directly coupled thereto.
Subclass:
60.38
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This subclass is indented under subclass 60. Subject matter
comprising recording means of the type wherein one digit is
recorded at a time and escapement of the device which carries
the record medium permits successive recording. This subclass
receives typewriter computing means of the type wherein the
typewriter keys control typing in the usual fashion. In
addition, the numeral keys, by means of carriage controlled
devices, cause the values of digital characters typed to be
successively set up in an indexing mechanism, which mechanism
controls entry of said set up values concurrently into a
plurality of totalizer orders upon the completion of a
multidigit typing operation. Where denominational selection
of the indexing or digit receiving set up means is claimed,
classification is in this subclass or indented subclasses.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
60.41 for carriage control features, other than
denominational selection, particularly subclasses 60.47+.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
234, Selective Cutting (e.g., Punching), appropriate
subclasses, for a selective step-by-step punching device, and
particularly 120 for input means for such a device which may
involve calculating machine structure.
Subclass:
60.39
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This subclass is indented under subclass 60.38. Subject
matter comprising total taking means for selecting digit
recording elements in accordance with the settings of a
totalizer or result receiving elements, and such means as is
necessarily incidental thereto.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
60.3 for gang recording means combined with total taking
structure.
Subclass:
60.4
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This subclass is indented under subclass 60.39. Subject
matter in which the total taking means is controlled, at
least in part, by electrical means.
Subclass:
60.41
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This subclass is indented under subclass 60. Subject matter
comprising a carriage which carries the paper or other medium
upon which recording is effected and is so movable as to
cause recording upon different portions of the record
receiving medium.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
60.38 for carriage controlled selection of the successive
denominational orders into which digital entries are
effected.
Subclass:
60.42
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This subclass is indented under subclass 60.41. Subject
matter comprising devices for controlling feeding or
positioning of the carriage.
Subclass:
60.44
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This subclass is indented under subclass 60.42. Subject
matter comprising mechanism for moving the carriage back and
forth, or shutting it, between two positions.
Subclass:
60.45
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This subclass is indented under subclass 60.42. Subject
matter comprising power means, other than the usual spring
means, for moving the carriage from one position to another.
Subclass:
60.46
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This subclass is indented under subclass 60.42. Subject
matter comprising means for selectively positioning the
carriage at various columnar positions.
Subclass:
60.47
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This subclass is indented under subclass 60.41. Subject
matter comprising means controlled by the position of the
carriage for controlling various functions of the machine.
Subclass:
60.48
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This subclass is indented under subclass 60.47. Subject
matter for selecting a totalizer or totalizers for either
item entering or total taking operation. The totalizer
selection means may be combined with means for controlling
the nature of an entering operation and may effect totalizer
selection by enabling or disabling totalizer actuating or
item receiving mechanism.
Subclass:
60.49
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This subclass is indented under subclass 60.47. Subject
matter for controlling devices for locking various machine
elements or for controlling interlocks between various
elements of the machine.
Subclass:
60.5
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This subclass is indented under subclass 60.47. Subject
matter comprising structures or elements, which are carried
by the carriage for operating some machine control
mechanism.
Subclass:
60.51
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This subclass is indented under subclass 60. Subject matter
comprising means for controlling operation of the platen or
paper feeding mechanism.
Subclass:
60.52
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This subclass is indented under subclass 60. Subject matter
comprising means controlled by the platen or paper feeding
means for controlling various functions of the machine.
Subclass:
61
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This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Subject matter comprising calculating-machines. In this
group are classified machines for mechanically performing the
various mathematical operations, usually those of addition or
subtraction, frequently that of multiplication, and
occasionally of division. These machines generally comprise
registers and keys or equivalents for operating them,
together with necessary auxiliary devices.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
33, Geometrical Instruments, for means for calculating
unknown functions of geometrical figures, said means having
members designed to form representations of said figures.
73, Measuring and Testing, 861.43 for integrating means
combined with flow meter structures.
177, Weighing Scales, 25 for a weigher with means making a
calculation using a weight evaluation by the weigher as a
factor.
315, Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices: Systems, 8.5 for
cathode-ray tube systems responsive to electrical pulses for
counting or storing such pulses, or for translating such
pulses from one code to another code, and subclass 84.5 for
electrical pulse counting or storing circuits employing
gaseous space discharge devices.
333, Wave Transmission Lines and Networks, subclass 19 for
differentiating or integrating networks of the passive type.
Subclass:
62
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This subclass is indented under subclass 61.
Calculating-machines wherein the pressing of a key releases a
spring or other motor which actuates the devices to the
extent determined by the value of the key operated.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
11 for motor operated cash registers.
Subclass:
63
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This subclass is indented under subclass 61.
Calculating-machines having a single set of keys and having
devices movable from order to order of the registering
mechanism and connecting the keys successively therewith.
Subclass:
64
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This subclass is indented under subclass 61. Subject matter
comprising devices attached to a pencil or similar instrument
which are employed to keep account of the sum of columns to
be added or the number of tens to be "carried", usually
operated by the pressure of the point upon the paper or
desk.
(1) Note. Adding devices that are merely adapted to be
clamped to a pencil, but do not form part thereof and are not
operated by the movement of the pencil, are not classified
herein, but are classified according to the structure of the
adding device itself.
Subclass:
64.3
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This subclass is indented under subclass 61. Subject matter
comprising devices either in conjunction with a logarithmic
calculator or apart from such calculator, which devices have
a scale or scales to determine the location of a decimal
point in a calculation.
Subclass:
64.7
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This subclass is indented under subclass 61. Calculators
having movable members variably positionable with respect to
one another, at least one of said members having an index or
scale positionable opposite a point on a scale on the other
member and there being at least one scale having values
peculiar to the art of photography.
Subclass:
65
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This subclass is indented under subclass 61. Subject matter
comprising adding-machines having two parts, a bar and a
disk, one part being for the lower orders and the other for
the higher.
Subclass:
66
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This subclass is indented under subclass 61. Subject matter
comprising adding-machines having two parts, a cylinder and a
disk, or a plurality of either.
Subclass:
67
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This subclass is indented under subclass 61. Subject matter
comprising adding-machines wherein the numbers are arranged
spirally, either around the surface of a cylinder or upon the
face of a disk, there ordinarily being a pointer or its
equivalent that travels in cooperation with the cylinder or
disk in order to indicate the proper figure or number.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
107 for spiral registers.
Subclass:
68
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This subclass is indented under subclass 61. Calculators
wherein the registering devices are composed of balls.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
18 and 123, for other ball devices.
Subclass:
69
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This subclass is indented under subclass 61. Calculating
devices wherein a bar or bars bearing numerals are employed
instead of disks or cylinders.
Subclass:
70
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This subclass is indented under subclass 69. Subject matter
comprising rules consisting of a stationary base, and one or
more slides movable therein, both the base and the slides
being graduated, usually logarithmically, according to the
different elements of some mathematical formula, so that by
placing the slide in proper relation to the base, problems
embodying such formula may be solved without calculation.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
79.5 and 84, for other types of slide rules.
Subclass:
71
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This subclass is indented under subclass 61.
Calculating-machines wherein movable belts bearing numerals
are employed instead of cylinders or disks. Machines wherein
belts are employed as devices whereby to operate registering
or calculating cylinders, etc., are not classified herein,
but are located according to the character of the registering
mechanism.
Subclass:
72
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This subclass is indented under subclass 61.
Calculating-machines, wherein the registering devices are
placed upon axes parallel with each other.
Subclass:
73
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This subclass is indented under subclass 72.
Calculating-machines whose registering attachments comprise
cylinders placed either singly or in sets on axes parallel
with each other.
Subclass:
74
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This subclass is indented under subclass 72.
Calculating-machines whose registering attachments comprise
disks placed upon axes parallel with each other, the disks
being actuated by some instrument held in the hand, such as a
stylus, pencil, etc.
Subclass:
75
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This subclass is indented under subclass 74.
Calculating-machines, wherein the disks are each operated by
means of keys.
Subclass:
76
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This subclass is indented under subclass 72.
Calculating-machines whose registering devices are on axes
parallel with each other, these devices being connected by
gears instead of by intermittent transfer mechanism.
Subclass:
77
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This subclass is indented under subclass 61. Calculators,
whose registering devices are placed upon the same axis.
Subclass:
78
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This subclass is indented under subclass 77.
Calculating-machines whose registering devices comprise a
plurality of disks numbered on their faces and mounted in a
base, said disks being placed concentrically on a single
shaft or axis.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
41 and 116, for other concentric disk devices.
Subclass:
79
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This subclass is indented under subclass 77. Calculating
machines, whose registering devices are composed of
cylindrical members mounted for rotation on a common axis.
Subclass:
79.5
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This subclass is indented under subclass 79. Calculating
devices wherein two or more relatively movable cylindrical
members are so graduated, usually logarithmically according
to the elements of some mathematical formula, that by placing
one in proper relation to another problems involving such
formula may be solved.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
70 for bar slide rules.
84 for disk slide rules.
Subclass:
80
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This subclass is indented under subclass 79. Calculators
whose registering devices comprise cylinders placed upon a
single axis, these cylinders being operated directly by means
of the fingers of the operator or by a stylus, pencil, or
other instrument held in the hand.
Subclass:
81
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This subclass is indented under subclass 80. Calculators
whose registering devices comprise cylinders placed side by
side upon a single axis, these cylinders being operated by
levers or equivalents having handles or the like movable to
different extents over a graduated plate.
Subclass:
82
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This subclass is indented under subclass 79.
Calculating-machines having registering devices composed of a
series of cylinders placed side by side upon a common shaft
and being directly operated by the depression of keys, with
which the machine is provided.
Subclass:
83
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This subclass is indented under subclass 77. Calculators,
whose registering devices comprise a rotatable disk mounted
on a base, or one or more hands or pointers movable over the
face of a dial properly graduated.
Subclass:
84
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This subclass is indented under subclass 83. Subject matter
comprising slide rules, as defined in subclass 70 wherein the
base and the slides instead of being straight are circular.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
70 and 79.5, for other types of slide rules.
Subclass:
85
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This subclass is indented under subclass 61. Calculators
comprising a table showing results calculated from certain
data so arranged that by properly manipulating the same any
desired result is obtained.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
177, Weighing Scales, 34 for a tabular type computer
combined with a weigher.
Subclass:
86
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This subclass is indented under subclass 85. Tabular
calculators having the tables placed upon belts which are
movable back and forth, as desired.
Subclass:
87
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This subclass is indented under subclass 85. Tabular
calculators having tables formed or placed upon cylinders.
Subclass:
88
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This subclass is indented under subclass 85. Tabular
calculators having tables placed upon disks which rotate
about their centers.
Subclass:
89
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This subclass is indented under subclass 85. Tabular
calculators having tables placed upon sheets, the sheets
being attached to a frame either permanently or temporarily
and a guiding-strip or the like being provided to used in
connection with the sheets.
Subclass:
90
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This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Subject matter comprising boards such as cribbage boards and
the like, for tallying purposes, the tallying being
accomplished by means of pegs or the like successively moved
to different holes as the tally increases.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
116, Signals and Indicators, 325 for similar peg type
indicators.
Subclass:
91
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This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Subject matter comprising devices for operating registers,
the specific construction of the registers not being of the
invention.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
56 and 419+, for record controlled operating devices for
registering mechanisms.
Subclass:
93
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This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Subject matter comprising registers connected with and
operated by a turnstile.
Subclass:
94
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This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Subject matter comprising registers operated by means of a
faucet or other part through or in which the fluid passes,
such as registering-faucets, registers connected with saucers
holding beer-glasses, registering bottles, etc.
Subclass:
95
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This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Subject matter comprising registers connected or attached to
the wheel or axle of a vehicle, such as a carriage or
bicycle, for the purpose of counting the number of
revolutions made by the wheel and, with the knowledge of the
size of the wheel, of measuring the distance traveled, the
counting-wheels being marked to indicate the distances
instead of the number of revolutions.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
73, Measuring and Testing, subclass 490 for an odometer
combined with a speedometer.
Subclass:
96
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This subclass is indented under subclass 95. Subject matter
comprising details or isolated parts of odometers or parts
connected therewith, such as tappets, brackets, etc.
Subclass:
97
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This subclass is indented under subclass 95. Odometers
having two sets of registering devices, one set moving
continuously to indicate the entire distance traveled and the
other set capable of being reset to zero at any desired time
and adapted to indicate the distance traveled during a single
trip or in a day or any desired interval of time.
Subclass:
98
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This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Subject matter comprising registers operated by a package,
barrel, etc., passing through the machines.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
198, Conveyors: Power Driven, subclass 503 for conveyor
organizations including broadly claimed counters.
221, Article Dispensing, subclass 7 for plural article
dispensing organizations not otherwise provided for,
including dispenser operated register structures.
Subclass:
99
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This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Subject matter comprising registers operated through the
medium of a depressible seat, platform, or the like on which
the person sits or steps or the article is placed.
Subclass:
100
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This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Subject matter comprising registers operated by a coin as it
passes into a box or other receptacle.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
32 for similar fare or ticket registers.
Subclass:
101
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This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Subject matter comprising registers operated by the
hand-stamp or by postage stamp dispensing or printing
mechanisms.
Subclass:
102
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This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Subject matter comprising devices for counting the number of
words etc., written by a typewriter.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
234, Selective Cutting (e.g., Punching), 4 for a keyboard
operated selective punching machine provided with an
inter-word-space counter.
Subclass:
103
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This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Subject matter comprising instruments for counting the number
of rotations made by a shaft or other piece of machinery.
Subclass:
103.5
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This subclass is indented under subclass 103. Subject matter
comprising instruments for comparing the number of rotations
made by two or more shafts or other pieces of machinery.
Subclass:
104
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This subclass is indented under subclass 103. Subject matter
comprising instruments or machines for counting or indicating
the number of rotations in a given time made by a shaft or
other piece of machinery--as, for example, the number of
rotations per second or minute or even the number of miles
per hour made by a moving vehicle.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
73, Measuring and Testing, 488 for speed sensing mechanism
for producing similar indications.
Subclass:
105
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This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Subject matter comprising instruments attached to the foot or
body for counting the number of steps made; also, devices for
analogous purposes.
Subclass:
106
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This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Subject matter comprising machines having several registering
devices placed on axes at angles to each other.
Subclass:
107
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This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Subject matter comprising registers wherein the numbers are
arranged spirally, either around the surface of a cylinder or
upon the face of a disk, a pointer being sometimes employed
which travels along the cylinder or disk in order to indicate
the proper numeral.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
67 for spiral calculators.
Subclass:
108
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This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Subject matter comprising registers, counting devices on axes
parallel with each other.
Subclass:
109
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This subclass is indented under subclass 108. Registers
whose counting devices are connected by gearing instead of
intermittently-operating transfer mechanism.
Subclass:
110
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This subclass is indented under subclass 108. Registers
whose counting devices comprise several cylinders or drums.
Subclass:
111
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This subclass is indented under subclass 108. Registers
whose counting devices include both graduated movable disks
and pointers passing over graduated dials.
Subclass:
112
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This subclass is indented under subclass 108. Registers
whose counting devices include several graduated dials over
whose surfaces pass pointers or hands.
Subclass:
113
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This subclass is indented under subclass 108. Registers
whose counting devices include a plurality of rotatable disks
having numbers on their faces.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
111 for dial and disk registers.
Subclass:
114
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This subclass is indented under subclass 113. Registers, the
disks being separately operated by hand. These registers are
generally used in keeping count of the points made in games.
Subclass:
115
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This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Subject matter comprising registers whose counting devices
are placed upon a single axis.
Subclass:
116
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This subclass is indented under subclass 115. Registers
whose counting devices comprise a plurality of disks numbered
upon their faces and mounted on a base, said disks being
placed concentrically upon the shaft or axis.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
41 and 78, for other concentric disk devices.
Subclass:
117
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This subclass is indented under subclass 115. Registers
whose counting devices comprise a plurality of cylinders
placed side by side upon the shaft or axis.
Subclass:
118
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This subclass is indented under subclass 117. Registers
whose counting devices comprise a single cylinder numbered on
its periphery.
Subclass:
119
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This subclass is indented under subclass 115. Registers
whose counting devices comprise two or more cylinders, the
cylinders having connected or formed therewith gears having
different numbers of teeth, but actuated by the same gear,
thus causing a slow movement of one cylinder with respect to
the other.
Subclass:
120
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This subclass is indented under subclass 115. Registers
whose counting devices comprise several pointers or hands
moving over a dial and turning around the same axis at
different rates of speed, the relative movements being
continuous, as when connected by gears or pinions in the same
way as the hands of a watch, or intermittent, as when caused
by transfer devices operating only when one hand has
completed a rotation.
Subclass:
121
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This subclass is indented under subclass 115. Registers
whose counting devices comprise a graduated dial and a single
hand or pointer moving thereover.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
103 for similar registers in rotation counters.
Subclass:
122
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This subclass is indented under subclass 115. Registers
whose counting mechanism comprises a rotating disk having
numbers on its face.
Subclass:
123
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This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Subject matter comprising counting devices where balls,
buttons or push buttons movable upon a support are employed
to count or keep tally of a game--such, for instance, as
billiards.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
18 68 and 123, for other ball devices.
90 for peg tally boards.
Subclass:
124
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This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Subject matter comprising registers embodying a pointer
moving along a graduated bar.
Subclass:
125
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This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Subject matter comprising registering-machines wherein the
registering elements are movable belts bearing numerals.
Subclass:
127
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This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Subject matter comprising devices for keeping count of the
points in a game or for equivalent purpose, comprising
indicators pivoted to a base and adapted to be turned on
their pivots--as, for example, from a horizontal to a
vertical position--to indicate the desired data.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
116, Signals and Indicators, 309 for analogous pivoted
indicators.
Subclass:
128
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This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Subject matter comprising mechanism connected to registering
devices of any character for sounding an alarm, as by ringing
a bell or in any other manner.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
116, Signals and Indicators, 67 for other alarms.
340, Communications: Electrical, 500 for electrical
automatic condition responsive indicating systems.
Subclass:
130
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This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Subject matter comprising devices for positively locking a
part against movement, either temporarily until the machine
shall have operated to a certain extent or for such a time as
the operator may desire.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
27 for devices for locking calculating machine keys against
movement.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
400, Typewriting Machines, 663 for typewriter key locks, and
subclass 676 for machine locks.
Subclass:
131
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This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Subject matter comprising devices for preventing the
accidental movement of a part or for preventing a
register-wheel or other moving part from being carried by
momentum farther than it should go.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
74, Machine Element or Mechanism, 148, particularly
subclasses 152 for such devices, per se.
Subclass:
132
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This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Subject matter comprising devices under control of a register
for effecting either the stoppage of the register, or the
starting, stopping, or other operation of apparatus
controlled by the register (as the opening or closing of a
switch) upon a particular or predetermined reading of the
register being obtained.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
47 and 144, for means to stop the register wheels at zero
during resetting.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
53, Package Making, 52 for packaging machines having as a
part thereof an automatic or triggered control.
192, Clutches and Power-Stop Control, 138, for similarly
controlled clutches.
222, Dispensing, 14, 27, and 39 for similar devices in
dispensing mechanism.
234, Selective Cutting (e.g., Punching), subclass 21 for a
selective cutting device with control means operable in
response to a predetermined register reading.
Subclass:
133
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This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Subject matter comprising devices whereby a register-wheel of
higher order is advanced one step each time a wheel of the
next lower order has made a complete rotation.
Subclass:
134
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This subclass is indented under subclass 133. Transfer
devices wherein the wheel of lower order has connected
therewith or placed thereon a cam or eccentrically-disposed
pin acting upon a lever connected with which is a pawl or
equivalent that actuates the wheel of higher order.
Subclass:
135
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This subclass is indented under subclass 133. Transfer
devices wherein the register-wheels have attached thereto
ratchet-wheels, each wheel having one notch deeper than the
rest, these notches being of successively-increasing depth in
the several wheels, whereby the actuating pawl or pawls are
permitted at each complete rotation of a wheel to move one
step the wheels of the next higher orders.
Subclass:
136
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This subclass is indented under subclass 133. Transfer
mechanism comprising a pinion or equivalent meshing with
gears attached to or connected with two register-wheels the
gears having teeth differing in number, so that one moves at
a rate different from the other.
Subclass:
137
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This subclass is indented under subclass 133. Transfer
mechanism wherein the complete rotation of a register-wheel
sets a device into such a position that by a subsequent
movement and by an independent actuating device it is caused
to actuate one step the wheel of next higher order.
Subclass:
138
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This subclass is indented under subclass 137. Transfer
mechanism wherein the independent actuating device moves
successively from one order to another.
Subclass:
139
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This subclass is indented under subclass 133. Transfer
devices comprising a pinion between each two register-wheels
on a shaft parallel to that of said wheels, said pinion being
actuated by the gear of one register-wheel and actuating the
gear of the wheel of higher order, one of the gears or
pinions of the set having a single tooth, so that the wheel
of higher order is moved intermittently from one number to
the next at each complete rotation of the wheel of lower
order.
Subclass:
140
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This subclass is indented under subclass 133. Transfer
devices wherein each register-wheel has a single tooth upon
its side (or periphery) which at each complete rotation
engages with a ratchet-tooth on the wheel of next higher
order, moving it one step.
Subclass:
141
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This subclass is indented under subclass 140. Transfer
mechanism wherein the wheel of higher order is locked from
accidental movement when the transfer is not being effected.
Subclass:
142
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This subclass is indented under subclass 133. Transfer
devices comprising a pawl pivoted to and moving with a
register-wheel which, when the wheel has completed a
rotation, is moved radially with respect to the wheel into
engagement with a pin or tooth on the wheel of next higher
order for a time sufficient to move the latter one step.
Subclass:
143
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This subclass is indented under subclass 142. Transfer
devices except that the pivoted pawl has a movement
transverse to the plane of the register-wheel.
Subclass:
144
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This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Subject matter comprising devices by which the register of a
calculator, cash-register, or other machine is returned to
zero or "cleared out."
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
222, Dispensing, 32 for registers with zero-setting
mechanism claimed in combination with significant dispensing
features.
Subclass:
145
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This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Subject matter comprising those portions of registers,
usually manually actuated, including keys, shift-keys, space
bars, etc., which control and initiate the action of the
calculating machine to determine what numbers shall be
introduced and how; also to control subsidiary operations of
the machine.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
234, Selective Cutting (e.g., Punching), 123 for a keyboard
associated with a selective cutting machine.
Subclass:
146
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This subclass is indented under subclass 145. Keyboards
which are supported above or otherwise adjacent to the main
keyboard of the machine, often for performing some function
additional to that of the main keyboard.
Subclass:
200
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This subclass is indented under subclass 61. Subject matter
utilizing fluid which represents information content; the
system as a whole being specialized to a calculating function
and having (1) fluid flow varying components which are
connected by fluid storage or flow passages which, for
example, act as a "feed back", a "carry" between components,
distribute pulsed flow between components or act as
information memory means or (2) one or more means utilizing a
fluid, combined with a calculation value indicator.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
137, Fluid Handling, 803 for devices of more general
application in which fluid flow of one stream is effected by
(1) fluid contact with another stream or by (2) use of an
energy field and see the notes to Class 137, subclass 803 for
the line between classes.
341, Coded Data Generation or Conversion, appropriate
subclasses for code converters which are electrical at least
in part.
700, Data Processing: Generic Control Systems or Specific
Applications, appropriate subclasses and particularly
subclasses 90-306 for particular data processing
applications.
Subclass:
201
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This subclass is indented under subclass 200. Subject matter
including means indicating discrete pulses in a fluid stream,
which pulses indicate digital information content.
Subclass:
375
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SYSTEMS CONTROLLED BY DATA BEARING RECORDS:
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Subject matter including means to sense a data-bearing record
in combination with a system or apparatus to utilize or be
activated or controlled by the information sensed from the
record.
(1) Note. For classification herein, there must be
significantly claimed record-sensing means, or record
structure, in combination with the system being controlled.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
419 for record controlled mechanical or electromechanical
calculators.
435 for record-sensing devices, per se.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
340, Communications: Electrical, 825.31 for selective
authorization control including nominally claimed data
bearing records or record sensing.
382, Image Analysis, 181 for pattern or character
recognition systems.
700, Data Processing: Generic Control Systems or Specific
Applications, subclasses 90-306 for the application of a
data processing system or a calculating computer which may
include nominal recitation of a data bearing record means.
705, Data Processing: Financial, Business Practice,
Management, or Cost/Price Determination, 1 for a business or
financial data processing system, particularly subclasses 17+
for an electronic cash register or terminal having a card
interface, and subclass 41 for a financial data processing
system using an IC or "smart" card.
Subclass:
376
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Operations analysis:
This subclass is indented under subclass 375. Subject matter
wherein records sensed at various stations supply the system
with an account of materials and labor used in an industrial
process or the progress of some process or event.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
377, Electrical Pulse Counters, Pulse Dividers, or Shift
Registers: Circuits and Systems, subclass 15 and 16 for
counters used in industrial production.
395, Information Processing System Organization, 207 for
this subject matter having significant data processing.
Subclass:
377
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Time analysis:
This subclass is indented under subclass 375. Subject matter
wherein various times entered on a record are sensed and a
total time that has elapsed is determined.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
346, Recorders, 80 for recorders that provide a record of
time elapsed.
377, Electrical Pulse Counters, Pulse Divider, or Shift
Registers: Circuits and Systems, subclass 20 for counters
used to determine the passage of time.
Subclass:
378
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Price determination:
This subclass is indented under subclass 377. Subject matter
including means to determine the cost based on the time that
has elapsed.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
705, Data Processing: Financial, Business Practice,
Management, or Cost/Price Determination, subclass 48 for
computers to determine price based on the elapse of time.
Subclass:
379
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Banking systems:
This subclass is indented under subclass 375. Subject matter
wherein indicia from a bearer card or record and other
indicia are compared with computer information regarding the
bearer and credit reallocated among various accounts.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
382, Image Analysis, 135 for sensing images or alphanumeric
characters on paper money or bank checks to either recognize
or classify the document.
395, Information Processing System Organization, 201 for
data processing and computer systems, per se, used in banking
systems.
Subclass:
380
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Credit or identification card systems:
This subclass is indented under subclass 375. Subject matter
in which an indication is produced from the results of
comparing information as to the bearer of a record in a
computer, the indicia sensed from the record and other
information supplied at the record-sensing station.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
340, Communications: Electrical, 825.31 for systems that
provide a comparison of intelligence, including credit.
382, Image Analysis, 115 for identification card system
which include sensing or reading a pattern or alphanumeric
characters.
705, Data Processing: Financial, Business Practice,
Management, or Cost/Price Determination, subclass 5.
Subclass:
381
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With vending:
This subclass is indented under subclass 380. Subject matter
including means to release an article or merchandise.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
194, Check-Actuated Control Mechanisms, appropriate
subclasses for apparatus responsive to a nonindicia bearing
taken to deliver an article, particularly 216 for a
computerized value accumulator in a check-actuated control
mechanisms.
221, Article Dispensing, subclass 9 for apparatus to
dispense an article, per se.
222, Dispensing, subclass 2 for apparatus responsive to a
nonindicia bearing token to provide a dispensing operation.
700, Data Processing: Generic Control Systems or Specific
Applications, subclasses 231-244 for computers used in
article-dispensing systems.
Subclass:
382
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Permitting access:
This subclass is indented under subclass 380. Subject matter
including means allowing entry of an individual into an area
or the use of specific equipment.
Subclass:
382.5
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Changeable authorization:
This subclass is indented under subclass 382. Subject matter
having an arrangement for modifying the data required to
permit access.
(1) Note. Included herein are card key devices which change
the card key which unlocks a door.
Subclass:
383
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Mechanized store:
This subclass is indented under subclass 375. Subject matter
wherein purchased articles bearing coded indicia are sensed
and cost information in the computer associated with the
particular indicia is supplied to the station where the
indicia is sensed to provide visual readout and/or a machine
printout including total cost.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
705, Data Processing: Financial, Business Practice,
Management, or Cost/Price Determination, subclass 5 for a
reservation data processing system; and subclass 13 for a
fare data processing system.
Subclass:
384
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Transportation:
This subclass is indented under subclass 375. Subject matter
in which data records are used to reflect usage in terms of
distance to produce an indication of cost.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
705, Data Processing: Financial, Business Practice,
Management, or Cost/Price Determination, subclass 417 for a
device that determines price (fare) based on the distance
travelled.
Subclass:
385
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Inventory:
This subclass is indented under subclass 375. Subject matter
wherein a record associated with or representative of an
article is sensed, the data so sensed being used to compile a
record of items on hand.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
705, Data Processing: Financial, Business Practice,
Management, or Cost/Price Determination, 28 for a data
processing system for calculating an inventory of items on
hand.
Subclass:
386
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Voting machine:
This subclass is indented under subclass 375. Subject matter
including means to read sheets bearing hand-coded indicia
representative of various categories and providing a total
for each category.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
56 and 57, for means to indicate the total number of votes
cast.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
705, Data Processing: Financial, Business Practice,
Management, or Cost/Price Determination, subclass 12 for an
election result calculating system including significant data
processing.
Subclass:
400
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ORDNANCE OR WEAPON SYSTEMS COMPUTERS:
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Subject matter including apparatus capable of rapidly solving
those mathematical problems pertaining to the ordnance.
(1) Note. Ordnance includes military weapons, ammunition,
and weapon delivery systems.
(2) Note. Target includes a location or target area defined
relative to the point at which a projectile is launched.
(3) Note. Projectile includes ammunition or any body
projected by external force and continuing in motion by its
own inertia, as a missile from a gun or mortar; or a self
propelled weapon (as a rocket or torpedo).
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
33, Geometrical Instruments, for straight-line-light-ray-type
gun sights and aerial bomb sights.
89, Ordnance, for ordnance devices, per se, or the
combination of significant ordnance structure combined with a
calculating device.
250, Radiant Energy, for photocell tracking devices.
348, Television, for television range finders and tracking
devices.
356, Optics: Measuring and Testing, for range finders.
434, Education and Demonstration, for devices to instruct in
navigation and situations encountered in time of war.
Subclass:
401
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Bombing:
This subclass is indented under subclass 400. Subject matter
including means to determine the position in space at which a
bomb should be released from an airplane in order to hit a
specific target.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
33, Geometrical Instruments, 229 for light-ray-type aerial
bomb sights.
89, Ordnance, 1.51 for bomb dropping.
102, Ammunition and Explosives, subclass 384 for drop bombs
with direction control means.
Subclass:
402
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Toss:
This subclass is indented under subclass 401. Subject matter
wherein the bomb is released from an airplane that is pulling
up or out of a dive, resulting in the bomb being lobbed
toward the target, and including means to determine when
during that period of pulling up or out of a dive, the bomb
should be released to hit the target.
Subclass:
403
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Torpedo firing:
This subclass is indented under subclass 400. Subject matter
including means to determine the course a torpedo must be
given to hit a target.
(1) Note. The calculations necessary to aim a torpedo
differ from those found in subsequent subclasses in that they
involve only considerations in a single plane.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
114, Ships, subclass 21.1 and 23-25 for control and steering
of torpedoes.
Subclass:
404
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Aiming (i.e., gun laying):
This subclass is indented under subclass 400. Subject matter
including means to calculate the elevation and azimuth angles
to be imparted to the gun in order to hit a given target.
(1) Note. Included in the subclass are means to aim a gun
at either a stationary or a moving target, from either a
stationary or moving weapon.
(2) Note. Factors taken into account in the calculations
when aiming at a stationary target include ballistic factors
for the ammunition used, wind factors, the number of times a
gun has been fired, the necessary elevation for the shell to
strike a target at a given range, etc.
(3) Note. Factors taken into account in the calculations
when aiming at a moving target, besides those mentioned in
(2) include speed and course of the target, altitude, and the
predicted future positions of the target.
(4) Note. Means to calculate the course and roll or pitch
angles for airborne weapons fixedly mounted on the airframe
are excluded.
Subclass:
405
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Mechanical computation:
This subclass is indented under subclass 404. Subject matter
wherein the calculations are made solely by mechanical
means.
(1) Note. In this subclass, motors may be utilized to drive
various cams, followers, or ballistic mechanisms, but they do
not perform the calculations.
Subclass:
406
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With tabular chart, scale or graph:
This subclass is indented under subclass 405. Subject matter
including means to determine the results of the calculation
from a tabular chart, scale, or graph.
(1) Note. Included here are hand held calculating devices.
Subclass:
407
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Compensating for weapon movement (e.g., tilt):
This subclass is indented under subclass 404. Subject matter
including means for providing electrical signals or
mechanical movements to the calculating device to compensate
for weapon movement.
(1) Note. Weapon movement included linear as well as
angular motions, as on a moving platform.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
33, Geometrical Instruments, subclass 236 and 237+ for
light-ray-type gun sight in which compensations are provided
for movement of weapon.
89, Ordnance, subclass 41 for training mechanisms.
Subclass:
408
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Projectile flight time - fuse setting:
This subclass is indented under subclass 400. Subject matter
including means to calculate the time of flight of the
projectile to the target and/or the fuse setting in view of
the determined time.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
89, Ordnance, subclass 27 and 28.05+ for firing devices.
102, Ammunition and Explosives, 206 for settable fuses.
Subclass:
409
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Parallax compensation:
This subclass is indented under subclass 400. Subject matter
including apparatus to derive a correction factor to
compensate for errors in aiming due to the displacement of
the director.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
404 for subject matter of this subclass used in the
generation of the aiming signals.
Subclass:
410
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Coordinate conversion:
This subclass is indented under subclass 400. Subject matter
including apparatus to convert data from one system of
coordinates to another, i.e., rectangular to polar.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
404 for subject matter of this subclass used in the
generation of the aiming signals.
Subclass:
411
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With target tracking means:
This subclass is indented under subclass 400. Subject matter
including means to determine the position of a target and to
continuously monitor or provide an indication of the target's
position over a given period of time.
(1) Note. The position of the target may be represented by
determining its range and bearing only.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
244, Aeronautics, 76 for aircraft control, and subclass 3.1
for missile control.
250, Radiant Energy, subclass 203 for photocell circuits
including means to point at or follow an object.
342, Communications: Directive Radio Wave Systems and Devices
(e.g., Radar, Radio Navigation), appropriate subclasses for
radar tracking.
348, Television, 169 for target tracking systems utilizing
television systems.
356, Optics: Measuring and Testing, 3 for range or height
finding.
Subclass:
412
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Position or course prediction:
This subclass is indented under subclass 411. Subject matter
including means to calculate the position or course of the
target at a time in the future.
Subclass:
413
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Calculating speed and direction:
This subclass is indented under subclass 411. Subject matter
including means to calculate the speed and/or direction of
the target.
Subclass:
414
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Range finding:
This subclass is indented under subclass 400. Subject matter
wherein the distance to the target is determined at a given
instant or continuously in time.
(1) Note. Included here are determinations of slant or
ground range.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
348, Television, 135 for television systems utilized for
making measurements, including range.
356, Optics: Measuring, and Testing, 3 for range- or
height-finding devices utilizing optical elements.
Subclass:
415
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With range rate change:
This subclass is indented under subclass 414. Subject matter
including apparatus to determine or indicate the rate at
which the range is changing.
Subclass:
416
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Range prediction:
This subclass is indented under subclass 414. Subject matter
including means to indicate or calculate the range the target
will be at a given time in the future.
Subclass:
417
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Ballistic factor determination:
This subclass is indented under subclass 400. Subject matter
including means to determine ballistic factors, or solving
ballistic equations and not utilized in any specific system
or application as provided for above.
Subclass:
418
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Hand adjusted scale mechanism:
This subclass is indented under subclass 400. Subject matter
wherein the calculations are made by scale mechanisms
manipulated by and held in the human hand and not provided
for in any of the above subclasses.
Subclass:
419
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RECORD CONTROLLED CALCULATORS:
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Subject matter wherein the calculating machines performing
the mathematical operations are combined with and/or
controlled by means to sense or analyze data from a record.
(1) Note. In this subclass, the calculating machines
perform the various operations either mechanically or
electromechanically.
(2) Note. Calculating devices wherein the calculations are
performed by only electrical means are classified elsewhere.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
200 for fluidic calculators.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
700, Data Processing: Generic Control Systems or Specific
Applications, appropriate subclasses for means to
electrically perform particular arithmetic calculations and
particular structure of such means.
Subclass:
420
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Machine control:
This subclass is indented under subclass 419. Subject matter
including means to control or determine what mathematical
operations are to be performed.
(1) Note. Included here are means to determine when to take
a subtotal or total or when to switch from one operation to
another, i.e., division to multiplication.
(2) Note. Control of operations other than mathematical,
such as printing or punching or record feeding are not
classified here but in subclasses in this class directed to
those specific operations, or data comparing.
Subclass:
421
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Multiplying:
This subclass is indented under subclass 419. Subject matter
wherein the mathematical operation performed is that of
multiplication.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
422 for dividing machines which are utilized to provide a
check of the calculations made by multiplying machines.
Subclass:
422
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Dividing:
This subclass is indented under subclass 419. Subject matter
wherein the mathematical operation performed is that of
division.
Subclass:
423
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Subtraction:
This subclass is indented under subclass 419. Subject matter
wherein the mathematical operation performed is that of
subtraction.
Subclass:
424
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Item distribution:
This subclass is indented under subclass 419. Subject matter
including means to selectively distribute information from a
sensing means to various output devices or accumulators or
from accumulators to other output devices.
Subclass:
425
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Sorting and accounting:
This subclass is indented under subclass 419. Subject matter
in which accumulating or counting devices are combined with a
sorting machine.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
209, Classifying, Separating, and Assorting Solids,
appropriate subclasses for sorting machines, per se.
Subclass:
426
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Relay or contact type storing or accumulating:
This subclass is indented under subclass 419. Subject matter
wherein the element for storage or accumulation of data
sensed from the record consists of electromechanical relays.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
365, Static Information Storage and Retrieval, subclass 166
for electromechanical relay storage or retrieval system, per
se.
Subclass:
427
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Differential mechanism, synchronous:
This subclass is indented under subclass 419. Subject matter
in which an accumulator or indicator element moves in
synchronism with the relative movement of the record member
and the sensing element, the accumulator or indicator element
taking a differential position representative of the value
sensed.
Subclass:
428
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Differential mechanism, stop set:
This subclass is indented under subclass 419. Subject matter
wherein an interponent takes a setting according to a sensed
value, and a storage device or accumulator then moves until
stopped by the interponent to take a differential position
representative of the sensed value.
Subclass:
429
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Translators:
This subclass is indented under subclass 419. Subject matter
including means to convert coded indicia or data on the
record into a different code format.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
341, Coded Data Generation or Conversion, appropriate
subclasses for code converters, per se.
Subclass:
430
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Key operators:
This subclass is indented under subclass 419. Subject matter
wherein the information sensed from a record member is
entered in a keyboard controlled computing machine by devices
which press on or actuate keys associated with or
corresponding to the sensed information.
Subclass:
431
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With data comparing:
This subclass is indented under subclass 419. Subject matter
including means to perform a comparison of two or more sets
of data which may be carried upon records, accumulators, or
other entry-receiving devices.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
340, Communications: Electrical, subclass 146.2 for digital
comparators, per se.
Subclass:
432
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With printing:
This subclass is indented under subclass 419. Subject matter
combined with a mechanism for printing the data sensed prior
to making a calculation or the results of the calculation, or
both.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
101, Printing, principally subclass 2, 19, 20, 93, and 96 for
record controlled printing devices wherein noncalculating
structure is included.
Subclass:
433
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With paper feeding:
This subclass is indented under subclass 432. Subject matter
including means to advance the paper upon which the sensed
data or calculation results are printed.
Subclass:
434
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With punching:
This subclass is indented under subclass 419. Subject matter
combined with a mechanism for punching the data sensed or the
results of the calculation, or both.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
83, Cutting, 76.1 for a record controlled cutting or
punching machine.
234, Selective Cutting (e.g., Punching) 59 for a record
controlled selective punching machine.
Subclass:
435
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CODED RECORD SENSORS:
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Subject matter including machines for sensing or analyzing
coded indicia on a record.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
209, Classifying, Separating, and Assorting Solids, 110 for
means to separate particularly marked cards.
250, Radiant Energy, 271, 555+, and 556+ for photocell
systems wherein a coded record is viewed by the system.
346, Recorders, for means to form coded records.
360, Dynamic Magnetic Information Storage or Retrieval,
subclass 2 for means to record on or reproduce from a card
having a uniform magnetic coating.
365, Static Information Storage and Retrieval, subclass 106
and 120 for storage and retrieval of information, and
subclasses 185.01+ for floating gate memory storage (e.g.,
flash memory).
382, Image Analysis, 181 for pattern or character
recognition, see Class 382, Lines With Other Classes and
Within This Class.
434, Education and Demonstration, 119 for devices to
instruct individuals in cryptography wherein decoding devices
may be employed.
483, Tool Changing, 8 for a tool transfer means combined
with a tool support or storage means, and including a control
means responsive to tool location or identifying means.
Subclass:
436
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Readout control:
This subclass is indented under subclass 435. Subject matter
including apparatus to present the signals representing
indicia analyzed in its correct sequence regardless of the
direction or angle of scanning.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
462.32 for a bar code reader including means for moving a
light spot across the bar code or for moving the field of
view of a detector across the bar code.
470 for an optical reader including means for scanning or
orienting the coded indicia relative to the sensing
structure.
Subclass:
437
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Error checking:
This subclass is indented under subclass 435. Subject matter
including apparatus to sense the coded indicia on a record
and determine if it is being accurately interpreted.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
73, Measuring and Testing, subclass 157 for means to test
record strip sprocket holes.
714, Error Detection/Correction and Fault Detection/Recovery,
1 for reliability and availability, fault recovery,
locating, and avoidance in digital data processing systems,
subclasses 799+ for error/fault detection techniques; and
subclass 818 for missing-bit/drop-out detection
Subclass:
438
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Testing:
This subclass is indented under subclass 435. Subject matter
including apparatus to determine if the analyzing machine is
operating correctly.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
714, Error Detection/Correction and Fault Detection/Recovery,
799 for error/fault detection techniques.
Subclass:
439
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Particular sensor structure:
This subclass is indented under subclass 435. Subject matter
including the particular type of structure utilized to sense
the coded indicia on the record.
Subclass:
440
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Multiple sensor:
This subclass is indented under subclass 439. Subject matter
in which the coded indicia on the record is sensed by more
than one complete sensing structure.
(1) Note. Each sensing structure may include an array of or
multiple sensing elements.
(2) Note. Classification is not proper here if one of two
sensing structures is that which senses timing marks.
(3) Note. The sensing structures may be used to
simultaneously sense separate areas of the record or to sense
the same areas at different points in time.
(4) Note. The sensing structure may include diverse types.
Subclass:
441
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Electrical contact:
This subclass is indented under subclass 439. Subject matter
wherein the record is sensed by completing an electrical
circuit at different locations on the record where coded
indicia exist, each location representative of and conveying
different information.
(1) Note. Including here are devices that complete an
electrical circuit through conductive surface marks placed on
the record.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
492 for records, per se, encoded with conductive markings.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
200, Electricity: Circuit Makers and Breakers, subclass 46
for means to complete a circuit in accordance with a
patterned sheet.
Subclass:
442
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Perforated:
This subclass is indented under subclass 441. Subject matter
wherein the electrical circuit is completed through
perforations in the record.
Subclass:
443
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Static sensed:
This subclass is indented under subclass 442. Subject matter
wherein all the perforations in the record are sensed
simultaneously while the record is held stationary.
Subclass:
444
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Electromechanical:
This subclass is indented under subclass 439. Subject matter
wherein the sensing structure includes a mechanical sensing
element that moves in accordance with coded indicia on or in
the record to close one of a plurality of electrical
switches, the particular switch closed representative of and
conveying different information.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
200, Electricity: Circuit Makers and Breakers, subclass 46
for means to complete a circuit in accordance with a
patterned sheet.
Subclass:
445
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Perforated record:
This subclass is indented under subclass 444. Subject matter
wherein the sensing element moves through or penetrates the
record at points where perforations exist.
Subclass:
446
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Sensing element in continuous contact with record:
This subclass is indented under subclass 445. Subject matter
wherein the sensing element is held in continuous contact
with the record.
Subclass:
447
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Array:
This subclass is indented under subclass 445. Subject matter
including a plurality of sensing elements forming a
two-dimensional array.
Subclass:
448
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Raised or depressed portions on record:
This subclass is indented under subclass 444. Subject matter
wherein the sensing element is moved in accordance with
raised or depressed portions of the record, the raised or
depressed portions representing the coded indicia.
(1) Note. Included here are devices that move light shutter
elements in accordance with raised or depressed portions.
The movement of the shutter elements completing or breaking a
light path between a light source and a photocell.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
490 for records, per se, encoded with material that projects
from the plane of the record.
Subclass:
449
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Magnetic:
This subclass is indented under subclass 439. Subject matter
wherein the coded indicia is sensed magnetically.
(1) Note. In this subclass the coded indicia is placed on
the record as discrete elements of magnetic material. If the
magnetic material is placed on the record as a continuous
coating upon which information is subsequently impressed,
classification is in Class 360.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
493 for records, per se, encoded with magnetic material.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
341, Coded Data Generation or Conversion, subclass 15 for
magnetic pattern reading type analog to digital converters.
360, Dynamic Magnetic Information Storage or Retrieval,
appropriate subclasses for particular recording or
reproducing structure and particular records.
365, Static Information Storage and Retrieval, subclass 97
for read only memories.
Subclass:
450
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Strengthen or diminish field or flux:
This subclass is indented under subclass 449. Subject matter
wherein a sensing magnetic field or flux is increased or
decreased in intensity in accordance with elements on or in
the record representative of coded indicia.
Subclass:
451
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Capacitive:
This subclass is indented under subclass 439. Subject matter
wherein the coded indicia is sensed by forming a capacitor
with the sensing elements.
Subclass:
452
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Pneumatic:
This subclass is indented under subclass 439. Subject matter
wherein the coded indicia on the record is sensed by
detecting variations in fluid pressure and converting such
variations to an electrical signal.
(1) Note. The record is in the form of a perforated record,
with the fluid penetrating areas where perforations exist.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
201 for fluid sensors utilized in fluid amplifiers.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
200, Electricity: Circuit Makers and Breakers, 81 for fluid
pressure switches.
Subclass:
453
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Mechanical:
This subclass is indented under subclass 439. Subject matter
wherein the coded indicia is sensed and represented by
entirely mechanical means.
(1) Note. Included here are devices such as Bowden wires
which actuate some other mechanical element.
Subclass:
454
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Optical:
This subclass is indented under subclass 439. Subject matter
wherein the coded indicia on the record is sensed by
transmitting light through or reflecting light from the
record surface, the light detected being converted into an
electrical signal representative of the indicia.
(1) Note. The subject matter in this subclass and those
indented hereunder differs from that found in Class 250 in
that the light detected is converted to an electrical signal
which is further processed by particular circuitry, the
particular circuitry including the generating and utilization
of timing and sync signals, the storage of signals, and means
to perform counting operations.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
250, Radiant Energy, 566 for optical or pre-photocell
systems only used to read coded records, and subclass 555 for
photocell controlled circuits wherein a coded card is read.
Subclass:
455
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Light level control:
This subclass is indented under subclass 454. Subject matter
including means to maintain the light contrast or compensate
for variations in the light contrast between the coded
indicia to be sensed and the background level of the record.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
462.06 for a bar code reader including a light level
adaptation means.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
250, Radiant Energy, subclass 205 wherein the intensity of
the light illuminating an area is controlled.
Subclass:
456
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Multiple column code:
This subclass is indented under subclass 454. Subject matter
wherein the coded indicia utilizes more than one column to
represent an item of intelligence.
Subclass:
457
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Holos:graphic:
This subclass is indented under subclass 454. Subject matter
including means to sense a holos:graphically encoded
pattern.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
462.34 for a bar code reader wherein the light beam moving
means includes a hologram.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
348, Television, 40 for holographic systems used for
televising an object or scene.
359, Optics: Systems (Including Communication) and Elements,
1 for holos:graphic devices, per se.
Subclass:
458
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Perforated record:
This subclass is indented under subclass 454. Subject matter
wherein the coded indicia is in the form of perforations, and
is sensed by detecting the light passing through the record.
Subclass:
459
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Stationary:
This subclass is indented under subclass 458. Subject matter
wherein the record is sensed entirely while it is
stationary.
Subclass:
460
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Matrix of cells:
This subclass is indented under subclass 459. Subject matter
wherein the means to sense the record includes a matrix of
light responsive devices.
(1) Note. Included here are photoelectric camera tubes.
Subclass:
461
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One dimensional scan:
This subclass is indented under subclass 458. Subject matter
including apparatus to scan the record along one dimension
while the movement of the record provides the other scanning
component.
Subclass:
462.01
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Bar code:
This subclass is indented under subclass 454. Subject
matter including means for sensing a coded indicia formed by
a combination of bars or bars and spaces having different
light reflective characteristics.
(1) Note. The white area between two black bars is referred
to a white bar or a space.
(2) Note. Included here are bar code sensors for detecting
the bar code or bar code readers having means, such as a
photo-detector, to sense and convert the light reflected off
a coded indicia into an electrical signal, and means, such as
a processor with a decoder, to receive and convert that
signal into representative information thereof.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
250, Radiant Energy, subclass 271 for invisible radiation
responsive code readers and subclasses 555+, 566+ for
photocell systems including means to illuminate a coded
record.
358, Facsimile, 505, 474+ for scanner in facsimile system.
359, Optics: Systems (Including Communication) and Elements,
196 for optical structure of scanner using light
deflection.
382, Image Analysis, subclass 140 for optical imager or
reader for reading MICR data, subclasses 182+ for pattern
recognition, and subclasses 312+ for image sensing.
Subclass:
462.02
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Bar code having a plurality of bars with different heights
(e.g., Postnet bar code):
This subclass is indented under subclass 462.01. Subject
matter including means to read a bar code having tall and
short bars.
(1) Note. Postnet bar code is a bar code that has been used
by The United States Postal Service to facilitate the
automatic sorting and routing of mail pieces.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
494 for particular coded pattern reader.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
382, Image Analysis, 101 for mail processing, subclass 140
for optical imager or reader for reading MICR data,
subclasses 182+ for pattern recognition, and subclasses 312+
for image sensing.
Subclass:
462.03
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Circular bar code (e.g., concentric circles or sun burst:)
This subclass is indented under subclass 462.01. Subject
matter including means to read a bar code having a circular
configuration.
(1) Note. The code can be in the form of concentric circles
where information varies with diameter or, a circular track
where information varies with angular position.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
494 for a particular coded pattern reader.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
382, Image Analysis, subclass 140 for optical imager or
reader for reading MICR data, subclasses 182+ for pattern
recognition, and subclasses 312+ for image sensing.
Subclass:
462.04
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Bar code with bars of more than two colors (e.g.,
multicolored bar code, multilevel gray):
This subclass is indented under subclass 462.01. Subject
matter including means to read a bar code having at least
three distinct light reflective characteristics.
(1) Note. The space is counted as one of the different
reflective levels of the bar; for example, two different
colored bars besides the white space (e.g., red and blue and
a white space, or a white space, a black bar, and a gray bar)
is classified herein.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
462.02 for a bar code having a plurality of bars of
different heights (e.g., Postnet bar code).
462.03 for a circular bar code.
469 for a color coded indicia optical reader.
494 for a particular code pattern.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
382, Image Analysis, subclass 140 for optical imager or
reader for reading MICR data, subclasses 182+ for pattern
recognition, and subclasses 312+ for image sensing.
Subclass:
462.05
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Means to read bar code on a transparent medium (e.g.,
film):
This subclass is indented under subclass 462.01. Subject
matter including means to read a bar code on a medium through
which light passes with minimal reflection, absorption, and
distortion.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
462.02 for a bar code having a plurality of bars of
different heights(e.g., Postnet bar code).
462.03 for a circular bar code.
462.04 for a bar code with bars of more than two colors
462.07 for a bar code reader with means to decode multiple
types or formats of bar code symbols
494 for a particular code pattern.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
348, Television, 96 for a film scanner for a television
application.
358, Facsimile, subclass 506, 487 for transparency scanning
in a facsimile system.
Subclass:
462.06
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Light level adaptation:
This subclass is indented under subclass 462.01. Subject
matter including means to maintain the light contrast or
compensate for variations in the light contrast between the
bar code to be sensed and the background illumination of the
record.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
455 for a coded record sensor with light level control.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
250, Radiant Energy, subclass 205 wherein the intensity of
the light illuminating an area is controlled.
359, Optics: Systems (Including Communication) and Elements,
237, 325 for optical modulator and demodulator.
Subclass:
462.07
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Means to decode multiple types or formats of bar code symbols
(e.g., UPC, JAN, EAN, etc.):
This subclass is indented under subclass 462.01. Subject
matter including means to read more than one type of bar
code.
(1) Note. UPC (Universal Product Code), JAN (Japan Article
Numbering), and EAN (Europe Article Numbering) are one
dimensional bar codes of different formats used for product
inventory (e.g., to identify type, date, serial number, etc.,
of a product).
(2) Note. Types or formats of bar code include single-width
bar code or multi-width bar code, dark bars on white
background or white bars on dark background, one dimension or
two dimension bar code, high density or low density bar code,
etc.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
494 for a particular code pattern.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
358, Facsimile, 505, 474+ for scanner in a facsimile system.
382, Image Analysis, subclass 140 for an optical imager or
reader for reading MICR data, subclasses 182+ for pattern
recognition, and subclasses 312+ for image sensing.
Subclass:
462.08
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Bar code location or selection:
This subclass is indented under subclass 462.01. Subject
matter including means to determine the position or
orientation of a bar code on an object.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
358, Facsimile, subclass 488 for scanning in a facsimile
system with document position detection.
Subclass:
462.09
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2-D bar code:
This subclass is indented under subclass 462.08. Subject
matter including means to determine the position or
orientation of a 2-D bar code on an object.
(1) Note. A two-dimensional bar code is a bar code
consisting of several different rows of bar codes positioned
one above the other.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
462.07 for a bar code reader with means to read 2-D bar code
and 1-D bar code.
462.1 for decoding a 2D-bar code
462.11 for detecting a 2-D bar code using a CCD.
Subclass:
462.1
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Means to decode a 2-D bar code:
This subclass is indented under subclass 462.01. Subject
matter including means to read a two-dimensional bar code.
(1) Note. This subclass includes means to decode bar code
symbols in either binary images (images represented in two
levels, e.g., high or low) or gray-scale images (images
consisting of an array of pixels which can have more than two
values).
(2) Note. A pixel is the smallest distinguishable and
resolvable area in an image. Many pixels in a line going in
one direction are known as the primary or fast scan and
others going in a perpendicular direction are known as the
secondary or slow scan direction.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
462.07 for a bar code reader with means to read a 2-D bar
code and a 1-D bar code.
462.09 for location of a 2-D bar code.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
382, Image Analysis, subclass 237 for gray level to binary
image coding.
Subclass:
462.11
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Including an imager (e.g., CCD or camera-type reader):
This subclass is indented under subclass 462.1. Subject
matter wherein an image of a bar code is focused onto an
image sensor such as a charge coupled device.
(1) Note. A charge coupled device (CCD) is a semiconductor
storage device in which an electrical charge is moved across
the surface of a semiconductor by electrical control
signals.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
462.41 for a bar code reader using CCD.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
358, Facsimile, 513, 482+ for a solid state scanner in a
facsimile system.
382, Image Analysis, subclass 312 for image sensing using
CCD.
Subclass:
462.12
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Bar code stitching (e.g. forming a complete bar code from
several partial scans):
This subclass is indented under subclass 462.01. Subject
matter wherein the reader reconstitutes complete information
of a bar code from two or more fragments of the bar code.
Subclass:
462.13
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Combined with diverse art device (e.g., security tag
deactivator):
This subclass is indented under subclass 462.01. Subject
matter wherein a bar code reader is combined with a device
that has a different utility and that does not aid the bar
code reader in performing its function.
(1) Note. Devices such as object detectors or range finders
which are used to turn the bar code reader or focus the
reader are perfecting features of the reader and are not
classified herein.
Subclass:
462.14
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Stationary bar code reader:
This subclass is indented under subclass 462.01. Subject
matter wherein the object carrying the coded indicia is
transported or moved toward a reading station where the
reader is located.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
475 for an optical sensor with a feed mechanism for a coded
record.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
358, Facsimile, 505, 474+ for a scanner in a facsimile
system.
Subclass:
462.15
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Programming or computer interface feature:
This subclass is indented under subclass 462.01. Subject
matter wherein the reader has a processor for reconfiguring
itself to meet a specific need of other host systems having
different operating characteristics.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
395, Information Processing System Organization, 821 for
input/output data processing.
Subclass:
462.16
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Bar width determination:
This subclass is indented under subclass 462.01. Subject
matter wherein the reader measures the width of each bar of
the bar code for decoding the bar code.
(1) Note. Normally, widths of bar or space are defined as
wide or narrow.
Subclass:
462.17
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Using plural sensors:
This subclass is indented under subclass 462.16. Subject
matter wherein more than one sensing means are used to
distinguish different bar widths from each other.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
358, Facsimile, subclass 514 for scanning with plural
sensors.
Subclass:
462.18
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Using counter or timer:
This subclass is indented under subclass 462.16. Subject
matter having a counter mean or a timer mean used to produce
a series of counts or times representing the widths of the
bars.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
462.27 for a clock generating or sampling circuit.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
327, Miscellaneous Active Electrical Nonlinear Devices,
Circuits, and Systems, 23, 31+ for signal discriminating by
pulse coincidence or pulse width.
377, Electrical Pulse Counters, Pulses Dividers, or Shift
Registers: Circuit and Systems, subclass 37, 111 for
particular input circuits for counters.
Subclass:
462.19
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Including count or time to binary conversion (e.g., Wide=1,
Narrow=0):
This subclass is indented under subclass 462.18. Subject
matter including a circuit to receive the series of counts or
times and produce a series of ones and zeros with one number
representing a wide element and the other the narrow
element.
Subclass:
462.2
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Aiming or positioning adjunct (e.g. viewfinder, pointer, or
positioning aid):
This subclass is indented under subclass 462.01. Subject
matter including means for assisting the user of a reader in
positioning either the reader or a coded object in the
correct position for reading the code.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
396, Photography, 378 for photographing using a viewfinder
with selective or adjustable viewfinder field.
Subclass:
462.21
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Using spotter beam:
This subclass is indented under subclass 462.2. Subject
matter wherein the positioning aid is a visible light
projector which produces a light pattern indicating the
reading zone of the reader.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
382, Image Analysis, subclass 322 for image sensing using a
single spot scanner.
Subclass:
462.22
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Extended reader working range (e.g., multiple focal planes):
This subclass is indented under subclass 462.01. Subject
matter including means to read a bar code at a wide range of
different distances from the reader.
(1) Note. The working range is the area around the focal
plane that can yield a successful decoding. To be classified
herein, the range must exceed the range of the standard
reader.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
396, Photography, 121 for a camera with plural focusing or
range finding areas.
Subclass:
462.23
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Auto-focusing:
This subclass is indented under subclass 462.22. Subject
matter including a lens system controlled by an electrical
motor (such that a light beam is properly focused for
accurate bar code reading) in response to the working range
of the bar code reader.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
382, Image Analysis, subclass 255 for focus measuring or
adjustment by image enhancement or restoration.
Subclass:
462.24
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Using an imager (e.g., CCD or camera-type reader):
This subclass is indented under subclass 462.23. Subject
matter wherein an image of a bar code is focused onto an
image sensor such as a charge coupled device.
(1) Note. A charge coupled device (CCD) is a semiconductor
storage device in which an electrical charge is moved across
the surface of a semiconductor by electrical control
signals.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
462.41 for a bar code reader using CCD.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
358, Facsimile, 513, 482+ for a solid state scanner in a
facsimile system.
382, Image Analysis, subclass 312 for image sensing using
CCD.
Subclass:
462.25
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Reader processing circuitry:
This subclass is indented under subclass 462.01. Subject
matter including specific circuitry that receives a signal
from the photo-detector and converts it into a representative
information signal of the bar code.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
358, Facsimile, 505, 474+ for scanner in a facsimile system.
382, Image Analysis, subclass 140 for optical imager or
reader for reading MICR data, subclasses 182+ for pattern
recognition, and subclasses 312+ for image sensing.
Subclass:
462.26
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Amplitude control (e.g., automatic gain control):
This subclass is indented under subclass 462.25. Subject
matter including a circuit element to control the ratio of
the output of an amplifier to its inputs.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
327, Miscellaneous Active Electrical Nonlinear Devices,
Circuits, and Systems, 178, 306+ for signal converting,
shaping, or generating with amplitude control.
330, Amplifiers, 278 for a semiconductor amplifying device
with gain control.
455, Telecommunications, 232.1, 355 for gain control of
signals at a receiver.
Subclass:
462.27
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Analog to square wave converter (e.g., digitizer, binarizer,
slicer):
This subclass is indented under subclass 462.25. Subject
matter including means for changing a continuously variable
voltage signal from the photo-detector into a signal having
only two discrete levels, one representing the bars and the
other, the spaces.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
327, Miscellaneous Active Electrical Nonlinear Devices,
Circuits, and Systems, 100 for signal converting, shaping or
generating.
341, Coded Data Generation or Conversion, subclass 200 for a
quantizer.
358, Facsimile, 465 for thresholding an image signal to
determine the level (black or white) of the image.
382, Image Analysis, 270 for image restoration using
variable threshold, gain, or slice level of an image signal.
Subclass:
462.28
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Clock generating or sampling circuit (e.g., synchronizing):
This subclass is indented under subclass 462.25. Subject
matter including means for generating a predetermined timing
pulse used to control the signal received from the
photo-detector.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
327, Miscellaneous Active Electrical Nonlinear Devices,
Circuits, and Systems, subclass 33, 91+ for sampling circuits
and subclasses 164, 291+ for clock or pulse generating
circuits.
360, Dynamic Magnetic Information Storage or Retrieval,
subclass 51 for similar clock recovery systems used in
magnetic recorders.
395, Information Processing System Organization, 55 for
clock, pulse, or timing signal generation or analysis.
Subclass:
462.29
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Noise reduction circuit (e.g., electrical filter):
This subclass is indented under subclass 462.25. Subject
matter including electrical filter (such as low pass, band
pass, or high pass filter) to eliminate an unwanted signal.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
327, Miscellaneous Active Electrical Nonlinear Devices,
Circuits, and Systems, 551 for unwanted signal suppression.
364, Electrical Computers and Data Processing Systems, 724.01
and subclass 825 for filtering a data signal.
Subclass:
462.3
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Scanner power on/off:
This subclass is indented under subclass 462.01. Subject
matter including circuitry to control the activation of the
reader.
(1) Note. Examples of subject matter found herein are means
to deactivate (e.g. automatic turn off) the scanner after a
successful decoding is obtained.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
323, Electricity Power Supply or Regulations Systems,
appropriate subclasses for power supply control.
Subclass:
462.31
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Including object detection:
This subclass is indented under subclass 462.3. Subject
matter including a circuit to determine if a code indicia is
within reading range of the reader and to control and
activate the reader in response to a detected signal.
Subclass:
462.32
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Specific scanning detail (e.g., scanner with a specific
scanning field of view):
Subject matter under 462.01 including means to either move a
light spot across the code (flying spot scanner) or to move
the field of view of a detector across the code (scanning the
field of view) or to do both (retro scanner).
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
470 for an optical reader including means for scanning or
orienting the coded indicia relative to the sensing
structure.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
250, Radiant Energy 271, 555+, 566+ for photocell systems
wherein a coded record is viewed by the system and subclasses
234+ for means for moving an optical element.
348, Television, 195 for mechanical scanners useful in
television.
358, Facsimile, 474 for facsimile-type scanners.
359, Optics Systems (Including Communications) and Elements,
196 for light deflection systems useful in scanning.
382, Image Analysis, 312 for image sensing.
Subclass:
462.33
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Moving a spot of light (e.g., flying spot scanner):
This subclass is indented under subclass 462.32. Subject
matter wherein a light beam is caused to move across the
code.
(1) Note. The sensors field of view may be either fixed or
moved with the light.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
359, Optics Systems (Including Communications) and Elements,
196 for light deflection systems useful in scanning.
Subclass:
462.34
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Hologram
This subclass is indented under subclass 462.33. Subject
matter wherein the light beam moving means includes a
hologram.
(1) Note. A hologram is an interference pattern produced by
a split coherent beam of light.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
457 for an optical coded record sensor including means to
sense a holographically encoded pattern.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
359, Optics: Systems (Including Communication)and Elements,
15 for using a hologram as an optical element.
Subclass:
462.35
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Having a transmissive optical element (e.g., lens, prism, or
aperture):
This subclass is indented under subclass 462.33. Subject
matter wherein the light is caused to move across the code
indicia by passing the light through an element such as lens,
prism, or aperture.
(1) Note. A transmissive optical element is an element that
permits the passage of lights rays.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
359, Optics: Systems (Including Communication) and Elements,
209 for light deflection using a transmissive moving
element.
Subclass:
462.36
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Using a moving mirror:
This subclass is indented under subclass 462.33. Subject
matter wherein the light beam is caused to move by reflecting
a beam of light off a moving mirror.
(1) Note. A moving mirror can be a nonrotating (e.g.
oscillating or reciprocating) or rotating mirror. Included
in this subclass is a nonrotating mirror.
(2) Note. Oscillation is a back and forth movement of a
limited arc about a pivot; reciprocation is a linear back and
forth motion.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
359, Optics: Systems (Including Communication) and Elements,
212 for light deflecting systems using a moving reflector.
Subclass:
462.37
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Pattern mirror detail for nonrotating mirror:
This subclass is indented under subclass 462.36. Subject
matter including a single non-rotating (e.g., oscillating or
reciprocating) mirror which receives the light from a light
source and reflects that light in form of a more complex
light pattern to the code to be read.
(1) Note. A mirror that moves back and forth in a limited
arc is an oscillating mirror; a mirror that linearly moves
back and forth is a reciprocating mirror.
(2) Note. The complex light pattern is used to capture a
bar code at different angles.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
462.4 for pattern mirror details in rotating polygon mirror
system.
Subclass:
462.38
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Rotating:
This subclass is indented under subclass 462.36. Subject
matter including a mirror which is mounted to turn completely
about an axis normally in only one direction (e.g.,
clockwise).
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
359, Optics: Systems (Including Communication) and Elements,
subclass 226 for a deflecting system using a rotating
reflector.
Subclass:
462.39
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Polygon:
This subclass is indented under subclass 462.37. Subject
matter wherein the mirror has three or more faces or sides
that are parallel to the axis of rotation.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
359, Optics: Systems (Including Communication) and Elements,
216 for a deflecting system using a multifaceted rotating
element.
Subclass:
462.4
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Pattern mirror detail for rotating mirror:
This subclass is indented under subclass 462.39. Subject
matter including a polygon which receives the light from a
light source and reflects that light in form of a more
complex light pattern to the code to be read.
(1) Note. The complex light pattern is used to capture a
bar code at different angles.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
462.37 for a pattern mirror in a nonrotating mirror system.
Subclass:
462.41
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Using an imager (e.g., CCD):
This subclass is indented under subclass 462.01. Subject
matter wherein an image of the bar code is focused onto an
image sensor such as a charge coupled device.
(1) Note. A charge coupled device (CCD) is a semiconductor
storage device in which an electrical charge is moved across
the surface of a semiconductor by electrical control
signals.
(2) Note. The sensor normally has a set of discrete
photosensitive cells or pixels.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
462.11 for detecting a 2-D bar code using a CCD.
462.24 for extending the working range of the bar code
reader using a CCD.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
348, Television, 298 and 311+ for cameras with CCD-type
image sensor.
358, Facsimile, 482, 513+ for a facsimile scanner using CCD.
382, Image Analysis, subclass 312 for image sensing using
CCD.
Subclass:
462.42
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Illumination detail (e.g., LED array):
This subclass is indented under subclass 462.41. Subject
matter including details of the light source.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
250, Radiant Energy, subclass 553 for an array of solid
state light sources.
362, Illumination, 3 for photographic lighting and subclass
800 for LEDs.
Subclass:
462.43
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Specified housing or mounting detail:
This subclass is indented under subclass 462.01. Subject
matter including detail about a container or a container
mounting of the reader.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
382, Image Analysis, 312 for image sensing.
Subclass:
462.44
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Body attached:
Subject matter under 462.43 including means for mounting the
reader on a human body.
Subclass:
462.45
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Hand-held (e.g., portable):
This subclass is indented under subclass 462.43. Subject
matter wherein the housing is sized to be easily carried and
used by an operator.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
358, Facsimile, subclass 473 for a hand-held scanner.
382, Image Analysis, 313 for hand-held image sensing.
Subclass:
462.46
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Wireless link (e.g., RF, IR, etc.):
This subclass is indented under subclass 462.45. Subject
matter wherein the reader includes a wireless communication
means for transmitting data to a host computer or a
processor.
(1) Note. A wireless link includes radio frequency,
infrared, etc.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
472.02 for a hand-held reader of coded indicia using a
wireless link.
Subclass:
462.47
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Interchangeable scanning head or detachable handle:
This subclass is indented under subclass 462.45. Subject
matter wherein a scanning head can be easily detached from
the body of the reader whereby it can be rotated 180 degrees
(e.g. for left- and/or right-handed use) or wherein the grip
of the reader is configured to accept a different scanning
head.
Subclass:
462.48
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Trigger detail:
Subject matter under 462.45 including detail of a manually
actuated control element that initiates the reading of a bar
code.
Subclass:
462.49
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Wand-type reader (e.g., manual scan):
This subclass is indented under subclass 462.45. Subject
matter wherein the reader is in the shape of a pen and is
manually moved across the bar code for reading.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
472.03 for a wand-type reader for coded indicia.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
345, Computer Graphics Processing, Operator Interface
Processing, and Selective Visual Display Systems, 179 for
display peripheral interface input devices using stylus.
358, Facsimile, subclass 478 for a stylus-type scanner in a
facsimile system.
Subclass:
468
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Invisible:
This subclass is indented under subclass 454. Subject matter
wherein the coded indicia is in the form of invisible
markings which are made visible by illumination by an
appropriate source and including means to analyze signals
representative of the indicia.
(1) Note. Included here are devices that sense records
encoded with fluorescent, etc. material, which records are
illuminated by infrared or ultraviolet light sources.
(2) Note. The subject matter in this subclass and those
indented hereunder differs from that found in Class 250 in
that the light detected is converted to an electrical signal
which is further processed by particular circuitry, the
particular circuitry including the generating and utilization
of timing and sync signals, the storage of signals, and means
to perform counting operations.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
491 for records encoded with fluorescent, phosphorescent, or
other radiation emitting substance.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
250, Radiant Energy, 336.1 for invisible radiant energy
responsive systems, per se, and subclass 271 for invisible
coded record sensors, wherein no processing circuitry as
outlined in (2) Note is included.
Subclass:
469
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Color coded:
This subclass is indented under subclass 454. Subject matter
including means to detect and differentiate different color
markings on the record, the different colors representing
different information.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
462.04 for a colored bar code reader.
Subclass:
470
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With scanning of record:
This subclass is indented under subclass 454. Subject matter
including means to scan the coded indicia on the record or to
properly orient the coded indicia projected to the sensor.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
250, Radiant Energy, 234 for means for moving optical
systems.
348, Television, 96 for film, disc, or card scanning.
358, Facsimile and Static Presentation Processing, 474 for
facsimile scanning systems.
359, Optics: Systems (Including Communication) and Elements,
196 for rotating or oscillating elements which produce light
deflection.
386, Television Signal Processing for Dynamic Recording or
Reproducing, 42 and 128+ for photos:graphic television
recording apparatus including scanning means.
Subclass:
471
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Cathode-ray tube:
This subclass is indented under subclass 470. Subject matter
wherein the means to scan includes a cathode-ray tube.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
358, Facsimile and Static Presentation Processing, subclass
485 for means to scan a document with a cathode-ray tube.
386, Television Signal Processing for Dynamic Recording or
Reproducing, subclass 130 for photos:graphic television
recording apparatus including cathode-ray tube.
Subclass:
472.01
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Hand-held (e.g., portable):
This subclass is indented under subclass 454. Subject matter
wherein the housing is sized to be easily carried and used by
an operator.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
462.45 for a hand-held bar code reader.
Subclass:
472.02
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Wireless link (e.g., RF, IR, etc.):
This subclass is indented under subclass 472.01. Subject
matter wherein the reader includes a wireless communication
means (e.g. RF, IR, etc.) for transmitting data to a host
computer or a processor.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
462.46 for a portable bar code reader with a wireless link.
Subclass:
472.03
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Wand-type reader (e.g., manual scan):
This subclass is indented under subclass 472.01. Subject
matter wherein the reader is in the shape of a pen and is
manually moved across the code indicia for reading.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
462.49 for a wand-type bar code reader.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
345, Computer Graphics Processing, Operator Interface
Processing, and Selective Visual Display Systems, 179 for
display peripheral interface input devices using stylus.
358, Facsimile, subclass 478 for stylus-type scanner in
facsimile system.
Subclass:
473
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Light pipes:
This subclass is indented under subclass 454. Subject matter
wherein light fibers are utilized to convey light from a
light source to the coded indicia on the record and/or from
the coded indicia to a sensor.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
250, Radiant Energy, 227.11 for light conducting rods
utilized as pre-photocell optical systems.
385, Optical Waveguides, appropriate subclasses for light
conducting rods, per se.
Subclass:
474
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Synchronization:
This subclass is indented under subclass 435. Subject matter
including means to activate the sensing machine upon
detection of a record and at times related to the speed at
which the record is fed past the sensing machine.
(1) Note. Included here is structure to sense timing marks
on a record.
(2) Note. Included here is structure to synchronize the
transfer of signals from the sensing mechanism to other
circuitry.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
375, Pulse or Digital Communications, 354 for
synchronization systems, per se.
Subclass:
475
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Feed mechanisms:
This subclass is indented under subclass 435. Subject matter
including means to automatically insert and/or transport the
record past the sensing machine.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
462.14 for a fixed station bar code reader.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
242, Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding, for apparatus to wind
web material such as a tape.
271, Sheet Feeding or Delivering, appropriate subclasses for
particular sheet feeding mechanisms.
Subclass:
476
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Control circuits:
This subclass is indented under subclass 475. Subject matter
including circuits to control the operation of the transport
means.
(1) Note. Included here are means to control the speed with
which the record moves past the sensing machine.
Subclass:
477
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Direction:
This subclass is indented under subclass 476. Subject matter
including means to control the direction in which the record
passes the sensing machine.
Subclass:
478
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Pneumatic feed:
This subclass is indented under subclass 475. Subject matter
wherein the record is transported under the control of a
suction force that maintains the record in contact with a
motive means, or the record is inserted into an evacuated
space causing the record to move in the desired direction.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
271, Sheet Feeding or Delivering, 4.01 and 11+ for pneumatic
separators, subclasses 90+ for pneumatic feeding devices, and
subclasses 194+ for pneumatic conveyors.
406, Conveyors: Fluid Current, appropriate subclasses for
particular devices to pneumatically move articles.
Subclass:
479
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Carriage:
This subclass is indented under subclass 475. Subject matter
wherein the record is placed in or on a support that is moved
past the sensing machine.
Subclass:
480
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Direction reverse:
This subclass is indented under subclass 475. Subject matter
wherein the means to transport the record includes means to
reverse the direction in which the record is traveling after
it has passed the sensing machine.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
271, Sheet Feeding or Delivering, 184 and 255 for means to
intermittently advance a sheet.
Subclass:
481
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Intermittent feed:
This subclass is indented under subclass 475. Subject matter
including means to progressively step the record past the
sensing machine.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
271, Sheet Feeding or Delivering, 114 and 266 for means to
intermittently advance a sheet.
Subclass:
482
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Hand feed:
This subclass is indented under subclass 435. Subject matter
wherein a single record is manually presented to the sensing
machine.
Subclass:
483
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Guides:
This subclass is indented under subclass 435. Subject matter
including means to control the direction of movement and/or
position of the record as it is transported through the
sensing machine.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
271, Sheet Feeding or Delivering, 184 and 255 for means to
change direction of sheet travel or its orientation during
delivery.
Subclass:
484
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Adjustable:
This subclass is indented under subclass 483. Subject matter
wherein the means to control is adjustable to accommodate
different size records.
Subclass:
485
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Aligning records:
This subclass is indented under subclass 483. Subject matter
including means to position the record such that each item of
coded indicia on the record is placed in proper orientation
relative to the sensing device to insure accurate detection
of the coded indicia.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
271, Sheet Feeding or Delivering, 226 for means to align the
sheet.
Subclass:
486
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Holding devices:
This subclass is indented under subclass 435. Subject matter
including means to retain the record in a fixed position or
configuration as it is being sensed.
Subclass:
487
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RECORDS:
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Subject matter including an object containing coded indicia
adapted to be read by a machine.
(1) Note. The term coded indicia is meant to include
markings, symbols, or combinations thereof, that represent
numbers or letters of the alphabet.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
40, Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting, appropriate subclasses
for particular card structure, in particular subclass 360
for sheet carrying indicia.
206, Special Receptacle or Package, subclass 459 for
receptacles containing indicia which may be in code form.
250, Radiant Energy, for X-rays, per se.
283, Printed Matter, appropriate subclasses for particular
items containing different forms of printed matter.
359, Optics: Systems (Including Communication) and Elements,
1 for holograms.
360, Dynamic Magnetic Information Storage or Retrieval, 131
for magnetic record mediums.
Subclass:
488
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Laminated:
This subclass is indented under subclass 487. Subject matter
wherein the record includes at least two substantially planar
layers affixed together.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
428, Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles, appropriate
subclasses for laminated articles, per se.
Subclass:
489
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Perforated:
This subclass is indented under subclass 487. Subject matter
wherein the coded indicia is in the form of perforations in
the record.
Subclass:
490
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Projections:
This subclass is indented under subclass 487. Subject matter
wherein the coded indicia includes areas on the record that
project above the plane or surface area of the record.
Subclass:
491
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Fluorescent, phosphorescent, radiation emitting:
This subclass is indented under subclass 487. Subject matter
wherein the coded indicia is placed on the record by the use
of fluorescent, phosphorescent, or a radiation emitting
substance.
Subclass:
492
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Conductive:
This subclass is indented under subclass 487. Subject matter
wherein the coded indicia on or within the record is formed
from conductive materials or substances.
Subclass:
493
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Magnetic:
This subclass is indented under subclass 487. Subject matter
wherein the coded indicia on or within the record is formed
from magnetic materials or substances.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
341, Coded Data Generation or Conversion, subclass 15 for
magnetic pattern reading type analog to digital converters.
360, Dynamic Magnetic Information Storage or Retrieval, 131
for records having a continuous coating of magnetic material
upon which information is recorded.
Subclass:
494
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Particular code pattern:
This subclass is indented under subclass 487. Subject matter
wherein different items of information are represented by
particular shaped patterns or arrangements of such patterns.
Subclass:
495
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Templates and guides:
This subclass is indented under subclass 487. Subject matter
including aids to scan the record in the correct place or to
place coded indicia on the record in the correct place.
Subclass:
900
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MEANS TO AFFIX BAR CODE (E.G., ATTACHING, ETCHING, COATING,
PRINTING, ETC.):
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Cross
reference art collection including means to provide a bar
code on a medium (e.g., attaching, etching, coating,
printing, etc.).
Subclass:
901
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BAR CODE READER SPECIALIZED TO READ CODE ON A HIGHLY
REFLECTIVE SURFACE:
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Cross
reference art collection wherein a bar code reader includes
means to process or accommodate light coming from a highly
reflective surface.
FOREIGN ART COLLECTIONS
The definitions below correspond to abolished subclasses from
which these collections were formed. See the Foreign Art
Collection Schedule of this Class for specific
correspondences. {Note: the titles and definitions for
indented art collections include all the details of the
one(s) that are hierarchically superior.}
Subclass: FOR 100
Bar code: Foreign art collections including means to sense
coded indicia formed by a combination of bars having
different reflective characteristics, spacings, and/or
widths.
Subclass: FOR 101
Bar width detection: Foreign art collections including means
to detect and indicate the width of the bars and/or the
spacing between the bars.
Subclass: FOR 102
Radially configured: Foreign art collections including
subject matter wherein the bars are arranged in a circle and
located at points or various distances along the radii of the
circle.
Subclass: FOR 103
Color: Foreign art collections including subject matter
wherein the different reflective characteristics include
three or more colors.
Subclass: FOR 104
Timing: Foreign art collections including means to
synchronize the sensing apparatus in order to distinguish
each indicia position.
Subclass: FOR 105
Rotating prisms or mirrors: Foreign art collections
including prisms or mirrors for scanning or orienting the
coded indicia relative to the sensing structure.
Subclass: FOR 106
Hand held: Foreign art collections including subject matter
in which the structural elements of the sensor are enclosed
within a device capable of being held in the human hand.
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Last Modified: 6 October 2000