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Class 109
SAFES, BANK PROTECTION, OR A RELATED DEVICE
Class Definition:
This is the generic class for:
(A) Safes:
All buildings and receptacles which have combined therewith
(a) means in addition to their structure and/or (b) means
built into their structure, for repelling or protecting their
contents (including living beings) from explosion,
penetration of missiles, other attacks by force or stealth
(including burglary or larceny), fire, or for any other
protective, or safe-guarding purpose not elsewhere provided
for.
(B) Bank protection devices:
Banks, stores, or other related institutions, having means to
protect or defend them and their personnel against a burglary
or robbery attack.
(C) Related devices:
All devices not elsewhere classified for preventing physical
objects (including living beings) from being harmed by
violence of any kind, or from getting into unauthorized
possession of any person.
LINES WITH OTHER CLASSES AND WITHIN THIS CLASS
(1) Note.The recitation of a closure fastener or lock upon a
building or receptacle is not considered a protecting means
within this class. Where the fastening means or lock is
claimed in combination with features for this class, see the
subclasses of this class (see References to Other Classes,
below) subclass 59 and indented subclasses of this class.
Locks, closure fasteners and their combinations with building
or receptacle structures will be found in the classes in
References to Other Classes, below, referencing this (1)
Note.
(2) Note. The mere recitation of a resistant wall, without
going into the structure which makes the wall resistant for
the purposes of this class does not constitute a safe within
the meaning of this class, but will be found in the
appropriate building and receptacle classes, Particular
attention is directed to subclasses for buildings including a
terrane an feature. See classes in References to Other
Classes, below, with reference to this (2) Note.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
subclasses 59+ for fastening means or lock claimed in
combination with features for this class.
REFERENCES TO OTHER CLASSES
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
49, Movable or Removable Closures, for closures of the type
provided for.
52, Static Structures (e.g., Buildings), subclass 106 for
residual jail type structures and subclass 660 for fabric or
lattice (e.g., grille type openwork), per se, even though
defined as useful for the purposes of Class 109. See (1) Note
of Lines With Other Classes, above.
52, Static Structures (e.g., Buildings), appropriate
subclasses for miscellaneous reinforced building structures
having no features other than those adding structural
strength to the construction even though defined as useful
for the purposes of Class 109. Particular attention is
directed to subclasses 169+ for buildings including a
terrane an feature. See (2) Note, Lines With Other Classes,
above.
70, Locks, subclass 77 (See (1) Note, Lines With Other
Classes, above).
89, Ordnance, subclass 36.01 for shields for ordnance and
for related shielding structures.
105, Railway Rolling Stock, subclass 308, 395, 435 (See (1)
Note, Lines With Other Classes, above).
105, Railway Rolling Stock, subclass 394, for armored and
protected railway rolling stock bodies.
114, Ships, subclass 9, for armored ships and armor
therefor.
116, Signals and Indicators, subclass 8 (See (1) Note, Lines
With Other Classes, above).
137, Fluid Handling, subclass 383 (See (1) Note, Lines With
Other Classes, above).
169, Fire Extinguishers, for fire extinguishers of general
application.
174, Electricity: Conductors and Insulators, subclass 2, for
lightning protection of buildings, persons or any other
object.
187, Elevator, Industrial Lift Truck, or Stationary Lift for
Vehicle, subclass 331 and 335 for means for locking a
barrier to prevent access to an elevator car (See (1) Note,
Lines With Other Classes, above).
190, Trunks and Hand-Carried Luggage, subclass 56 (See (1)
Note Lines With Other Classes, above. Also see the (2)
Note).
194, Check-Actuated Control Mechanisms, subclass 51, 59, 65.
(See (1) Note, Lines With Other Classes, above)
206, Special Receptacle or Package, subclass 1.5. (See (1)
Note Lines With Other Classes, above. Also see the (2)
Note.)
211, Supports: Racks, subclass 4, for racks with
article-locking devices therein.
215, Bottles and Jars, subclass 207. (See (1) Note, Lines
With Other Classes, above)
217, Wooden Receptacles (See (2) Note of Lines With Other
Classes, above).
220, Receptacles (See (2) Note of Lines With Other Classes,
above).
232, Deposit and Collection Receptacles, subclass 43.1 and
subclass 44, for closure and chute subcombinations, for safes
of the deposit and collection type.
244, Aeronautics, subclass 121, for shields and other
protective devices for aircraft.
248, Supports, subclass 551, for bracket type devices
combined with anti-theft means.
292, Closure Fasteners. (See (1) Note, Lines With Other
Classes, above)
293, Vehicle Fenders, for vehicle fenders, and bumpers.
312, Supports: Cabinet Structure, subclass 107.5, 215, 216,
222, and 333. (See (1) Note, Lines With Other Classes, above.
Also see the (2) note above.)
404, Road Structure, Process, or Apparatus, subclass 25, for
a pavement with a vault cover-closure. (See (1) Note, Lines
With Other Classes, above)
428, Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles, appropriate
subclasses, for a stock material product in the form of a
single or plural layer web or sheet, and subclass 544 for
stock materials, e.g., of indefinite length, which are all
metal or have adjacent metal components.
441, Buoys, Rafts, and Aquatic Devices, subclass 32 for
buoyant safes, including those adapted to float in case of
shipwreck.
454, Ventilation, appropriate subclasses, particularly
subclasses 237+ and 254 for ventilated building
structures.
SUBCLASSES
Subclass:
1
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This subclass is indented under the class definition. Devices
and not classifiable below. Included are processes or
methods relating to features of this class, cross-references
being made to the particular feature.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
52, Static Structures (e.g., Buildings), subclass 742.1 for
methods of filling hollow walls.
73, Measuring and Testing, subclass 35.17 for a safety
feature or a containment structure detail for use in testing
an explosive.
Subclass:
2
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This subclass is indented under the class definition. Devices
as defined in section II. The device is often manually
actuated by an employee in a protected position.
Subclass:
3
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This subclass is indented under subclass 2. Devices for
confining a person either against his will or while
transacting business. The confining means is under the
control of one or more of the personnel of the bank or
related institution.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
43, Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying, subclass 59,
for those traps which are released by an attacker or
prowler.
Subclass:
4
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This subclass is indented under subclass 3. Devices wherein
the trap is combined with a partition or counter to confine a
customer while a transaction is taking place. The trap is
normally under control of the person behind the partition or
counter.
Subclass:
5
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This subclass is indented under subclass 3. Devices wherein
the trap is combined with an otherwise protected transaction
or display partition, the latter being defined in this class,
subclass 10.
Subclass:
6
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This subclass is indented under subclass 3. Devices wherein a
plurality of closures are operable to form the confining
means.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
49, Movable or Removable Closures, subclass 94 for
interconnected closures on opposite or angularly related
barriers.
Subclass:
7
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This subclass is indented under subclass 6. Devices wherein
fastening means of the closures are interrelated.
Subclass:
8
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This subclass is indented under subclass 6. Devices wherein
at least one of the closures is of the rotary plural-blade
door type.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
49, Movable or Removable Closures, subclass 42 for revolving
plural-blade type closures of the type provided for.
Subclass:
9
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This subclass is indented under subclass 2. Devices
comprising booths and enclosures for the protection of armed
guards and other personnel of the protected institution from
which they may repel an attack and sometimes send an alarm.
The enclosures may be built in, movable or portable.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
11 for transaction partitions which may be transformed into
a guard booth.
Subclass:
10
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This subclass is indented under subclass 2. Devices
comprising a desk, counter or display surface, with or
without a partition, combined with means for protection
against attack. The partition may have a wicket therein and
may be transparent or foraminous.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
160, Flexible or Portable Closure, Partition, or Panel, for
devices (1) in which a flexible fabric or other flexible
sheet material forms the panel portion, (2) formed of plural
strips, slats or panels inter-connected for relative motion
(excluding those connected only by a common operator or
mounted only on a common support), (3) combinations of (1)
and (2), and (4) combinations of (1) to (3), inclusive, with
rigid closures. Such devices in the combination set forth in
the definition of this subclass (10) including those having
attack actuated operating means, are in this subclass.
312, Supports: Cabinet Structure, appropriate subclasses, for
cabinet structure, particularly subclass 114, for show-cases;
140.1, for counters; 194, for knee-hole desks.
Subclass:
11
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This subclass is indented under subclass 10. Devices wherein
a movable protective shield is placed between an attacker and
the desk, counter or display.
Subclass:
12
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This subclass is indented under subclass 11. Devices wherein
a plurality of separate shields are moved to protecting
position.
Subclass:
13
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This subclass is indented under subclass 12. Devices wherein
there are a plurality of transaction openings or partitions
to be protected.
Subclass:
14
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This subclass is indented under subclass 11. Devices wherein
a rolled shield is unrolled to protecting position.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
160, Flexible or Portable Closure, Partition, or Panel,
particularly subclass 238, for roller type devices.
Subclass:
15
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This subclass is indented under subclass 11. Devices wherein
the shield is formed of a plurality of strips or slats.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
160, Flexible or Portable Closure, Partition, or Panel,
particularly subclass 130, for movably interconnected plural
strip, slat or panel type devices.
Subclass:
16
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This subclass is indented under subclass 15. Devices wherein
the strips or slats are each pivoted for rotation or
oscillation about their longest axis to meet or overlap and
form a single shield.
Subclass:
17
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This subclass is indented under subclass 11. Devices wherein
a substantially flat shield slides in its plane to protecting
position.
Subclass:
18
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This subclass is indented under subclass 17. Devices wherein
the shield upon release falls by the action of gravity alone
to protected position.
Subclass:
19
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This subclass is indented under subclass 10. Devices wherein
means is provided for the transfer of articles in both
directions through a partition without the presence of a
straight unobstructed passage therethrough.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
206, Special Receptacle or Package, subclass .8, for coin
receptacles and packages, including mats and trays having
features to facilitate picking up of coins lying thereon.
232, Deposit and Collection Receptacles, subclass 64, for
receptacles upon, or in, which coins are deposited and having
one or more movable parts (as tiltable mounting of a tray
type receptacle) which when moved will cause delivery of the
coins, usually into the customer's hand.
Subclass:
20
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This subclass is indented under subclass 10. Devices wherein
the transaction and display partition or desk is combined
with means for releasing, generating and/or distributing
fluent materials, the latter means being defined in this
class, subclass 29.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
424, Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions,
appropriate subclass for a composition for disabling or
repelling an animal including a human.
Subclass:
21
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This subclass is indented under subclass 10. Devices wherein
the transaction and display partition or desk is combined
with an alarm, signal or indicator.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
38 for alarms, signals and indicators combined with other
structures within the class definition.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
340, Communications: Electrical, subclass 541, for indicating
systems automatically responsive to intrusion detection;
subclasses 568.1+ for indicating systems automatically
responsive to article placement or removal; and subclass 574
for electric automatic holdup responsive indicating systems.
Subclass:
21.5
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This subclass is indented under subclass 10. Devices in which
the partition has an indirect passage permitting passage of
sound waves but preventing passage of solid objects (such as
projectiles).
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
181, Acoustics, subclasses 18-22, for speaking tubes and
subclasses 148 and 157, for diaphragms and mounting.
Subclass:
22
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This subclass is indented under the class definition. Devices
which are convertible to other devices or uses.
Subclass:
23
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This subclass is indented under the class definition. Devices
which are combined with miscellaneous additional structure.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
45 for devices under the main class definition combined with
means for movably mounting or supporting them for some motion
incident to their protective function.
50 for other supporting or mounting combinations.
Subclass:
24
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This subclass is indented under subclass 23. Devices combined
with a jacket or enclosure distinct from the wall structure
of the device.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
58 for those devices where the jacket is part of the wall
structure.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
454, Ventilation, subclasses 185+, for jackets combined with
means for circulating air for ventilating purposes around the
exterior of the device.
Subclass:
24.1
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This subclass is indented under subclass 23. Device for
receiving an article for safeguarding and against
unauthorized retrieval, combined with means to mark the
article so as to register its reception or to mark a receipt
for the article to be served to the depositor.
(1) Note. A depository which includes photographing means
is so akin to the art of making a record of the article as to
be excluded from the instant subclass (24.1) and found,
rather, in Class 346, Recorders, subclass 22 or in another
(optical art) locus related thereto, this being so even were
a photocopy to be served as a receipt.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
346, Recorders, subclass 22, for the subject matter of this
instant subclass (24.1) and further including, (1) means
making a record of the article, as by photographing it (e.g.,
on microfilm), or (2) a time recorder (clock) or means
responsive thereto to effect the marking means operation.
Subclass:
25
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This subclass is indented under subclass 23. Devices combined
with means for marking contained articles upon attack. The
articles are usually money or negotiable paper and the
marking is generally for the purpose of warning that it has
been stolen. The marking may be done, for example, by
stamping, punching, dyeing, or burning, and may be set off
either automatically or manually upon attack.
(1) Note. See the pertinent subclasses of Classes 8,
Bleaching and Dyeing; Fluid Treatment and Chemical
Modification of Textiles and Fibers; 83, Cutting; 102,
Ammunition and Explosive Devices; and 118, Coating
Apparatus.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
20 for bank protecting devices for releasing, generating
and/or distributing fluent material upon attack for other
purposes.
Subclass:
26
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This subclass is indented under subclass 23. Devices (other
than mere closure sealing mechanisms) wherein means is
provided to prevent a successful attack upon a safe by means
of an explosive. The explosive is normally inserted between
the closure and jamb, and the device may either impede the
entry, convey the explosive away from the place inserted, or
may absorb or release the explosive forces.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
75 for mere sealing mechanisms for this and other purposes.
79 for joints and connections peculiarly constructed to
stand an explosion or to relieve the pressure of one.
Subclass:
27
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This subclass is indented under subclass 26. Devices wherein
means is provided for venting the excessive pressure
resulting from an explosive attack.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
137, Fluid Handling, subclass 455, particularly subclasses
467, 469, 506 to 510 and 511 for excess pressure relief
valves of general application.
Subclass:
28
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This subclass is indented under subclass 26. Devices wherein
there is a drain and/or a sump to remove immediately any
explosive from the place in which it is inserted.
Subclass:
29
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This subclass is indented under subclass 23. Devices wherein
means is provided for releasing, generating and/or
distributing gas, smoke, vapors and/or liquids either
manually, automatically upon attack, or automatically in case
of fire. The fluent material is normally, but not
necessarily, toxic, noncombustible, or incapacitating and may
normally, but not necessarily, be used to repel attacks
and/or put out, prevent, or impede the action of a fire.
This subclass includes devices relating to jails, where the
purposes of this subclass are also present.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
25 for means for marking articles upon attack, usually to
warn that the articles have been stolen.
36 for fluent material released or generated solely as an
incident to the firing of an explosive device.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
102, Ammunition and Explosives, subclass 367, for gas
generating explosive devices.
137, Fluid Handling, for fluid handling or distribution
systems in general.
169, Fire Extinguishers, appropriate subclasses, particularly
54 for manual or automatic extinguishers and 91 for apparatus
causing gas flow.
239, Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing, appropriate
subclasses for the discharge or distributing structure, per
se, which projects the fluid(s).
252, Compositions, subclasses 2+ for compositions
specialized and designed for or peculiar to use in
extinguishing fires or processes of making them, which may be
foams, or foam producing compositions.
422, Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting,
Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing, subclass 305 for
fume generators.
424, Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions,
appropriate subclass for a composition for disabling or
repelling an animal including a human.
454, Ventilation, particularly subclasses 237+ and 254+ for
means for ventilating the devices.
516, Colloid Systems and Wetting Agents; Subcombinations
Thereof; Processes of Making, Stabilizing, Breaking, or
Inhibiting, subclasses 10+ for continuous liquid phase with
discontinuous gas or vapor phase colloid system (e.g., foam)
or agents for such systems or making or stabilizing such
systems or agents, when generically claimed or when there is
no hierarchically superior provision in the USPC for the
specifically claimed art.
Subclass:
30
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This subclass is indented under subclass 29. Devices combined
with means for imposing an additional impediment to the
opening of a closure on the structure being attacked.
Subclass:
31
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This subclass is indented under subclass 29. Devices combined
with an alarm, signal or indicator. This subclass includes
devices relating to jails, where the purposes of this
subclass are also present.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
340, Communications: Electrical, subclass 500 for electrical
automatic condition responsive indicating systems.
Subclass:
32
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This subclass is indented under subclass 29. Devices wherein
a mechanism is utilized to initiate, release and/or control
the action of the device.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
74, Machine Element or Mechanism, subclass 2, for initiators
of the trip type which are of more general application.
Subclass:
33
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This subclass is indented under subclass 32. Devices wherein
the mechanism is initiated or released by the action of heat.
The device may be thermally responsive or may contain a
fusible or combustible element.
(1) Note. Thermal responsive mechanisms may be found in
many other places, including particularly: Class 137, Fluid
Handling, subclasses 12.1, 59, 65, 72, 79, 389, 457, and 468:
Class 49, Movable or Removable Closures, subclass 1, and
Class 337, Electricity: Electrothermally or Thermally
Actuated Switches, appropriate subclasses for
thermostatically switches, per se, see Class 236, Automatic
Temperature and Humidity Regulation, subclasses 91-104.
Subclass:
34
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This subclass is indented under subclass 29. Devices wherein
the release or initiation is caused by the breakage of an
element due to the shock of an attack.
Subclass:
35
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This subclass is indented under subclass 23. Devices wherein
a surface or other exposed part of the device is electrically
charged.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
256, Fences, subclass 10, for analogous devices.
Subclass:
36
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This subclass is indented under subclass 23. Devices wherein
an explosive mechanism or element is combined with the
device. The explosive mechanism is usually a piece of
ordnance while the element is usually a cartridge or
equivalent structure.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
29 for an explosive device which acts as a detonator to
release, generate, or distribute a fluent material.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
102, Ammunition and Explosives, for the mechanism of general
application.
149, Explosive and Thermic Compositions or Charges.
Subclass:
37
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This subclass is indented under subclass 36. Devices wherein
the detonator is housed in the wall of the device.
Subclass:
38
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This subclass is indented under subclass 23. Devices combined
with an alarm, signal, or indicator. This subclass includes
devices relating to jails, where the purposes of this
subclass are also present.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
31 for this structure combined with fluent releasing means.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
40, Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting, appropriate subclasses
for signs, per se.
116, Signals and Indicators, appropriate subclasses for
indicators and signals, per se.
200, Electricity: Circuit Makers and Breakers, appropriate
subclasses under subclass 61.62, and subclass 61.93 for wall
or closure mounted circuit makers and breakers, including
those in which the circuit is closed by attempted
penetration.
340, Communications: Electrical, subclass 500 for electrical
alarms automatically responsive to a condition. Note
especially subclasses 541 and 574 for burglar alarms.
Subclass:
39
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This subclass is indented under subclass 38. Devices wherein
the movement of the receptacle as a unit initiates the
operation.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
44 for handle initiated mechanisms.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
340, Communications: Electrical, subclass 568.1 for
electrical automatic article placement or removal responsive
indicating systems.
Subclass:
40
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This subclass is indented under subclass 38. Devices wherein
a plurality of different types of initiators are found.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
340, Communications: Electrical, subclass 521 for electrical
automatic plural diverse condition responsible indicating
systems.
Subclass:
41
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This subclass is indented under subclass 40. Devices in which
the several initiators include wall penetrating and closure
movement types, as defined respectively in subclasses 42 and
43.
Subclass:
42
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This subclass is indented under subclass 38. Devices wherein
the penetration of the wall by attack initiates the
operation.
(1) Note. The word "wall" is to be interpreted broadly to
include a screen, a grille, or any other confining
mechanism.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
31 for the puncture of a wall to release a fluent material
under pressure, or to allow the influx of air to bring up the
pressure to that of the atmosphere.
38 for operation initiated by an attack upon the wall that
does not penetrate the wall.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
340, Communications: Electrical, subclass 544 for fluid flow
operated alarms such as those in which the fluid is released
when a hollow bar is sawed by a trespasser, and subclass 550
for electrically actuated alarms which are automatically
responsive to the penetration of screens, walls, roofs,
floors, etc.
Subclass:
43
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This subclass is indented under subclass 38. Devices wherein
the movement of a closure initiates the operation.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
340, Communications: Electrical, subclass 545.1 for
electrical automatic door or window movement responsive
indicating systems.
Subclass:
44
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This subclass is indented under subclass 38. Devices wherein
the movement of a closure fastening means or a handle
initiates the operation.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
340, Communications: Electrical, subclass 542 for electrical
automatic lock condition responsive indicating systems.
Subclass:
45
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This subclass is indented under the class definition. Devices
wherein the entire safe, or some compartment thereof, is
movable as an incident to the protective function of the
safe.
Subclass:
46
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This subclass is indented under subclass 45. Devices wherein
the movement is utilized to dump the contents of the safe or
the compartment to a location which is less accessible to a
person attacking the same. The movement may be for an
emergency deposit of the valuables.
Subclass:
47
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This subclass is indented under subclass 45. Devices where
the safe or compartment is bodily, rectilinearly movable to a
location less accessible to a person attacking the same, or
further away from, or less accessible to, a fire. Includes
safety deposit boxes in combination with their individual
safes.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
441, Buoys, Rafts, and Aquatic Devices, subclass 32 for
devices of this type for use on shipboard which act as a buoy
upon the sinking of a ship.
Subclass:
48
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This subclass is indented under subclass 45. Devices wherein
the safe or compartment is mounted for revolution upon an
axis so that relative rotation of the safe or compartment to
the remaining structure is necessary to get an entrance of
the safe or compartment in line with an exterior closure.
Subclass:
49
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This subclass is indented under subclass 45. Devices wherein
a pair of independent safe sections, each of which is a
compartment, serves as a closure for the other when locked.
Subclass:
49.5
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This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Devices, and in a form which is more than a wall, panel or
closure but is not a complete enclosure, for shielding or
protecting from projectiles, swords, knives or other mode of
attack.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
58 for mere wall, panel and closure structures.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
2, Apparel, subclass 455, but particularly subclass 2.5, for
protective devices worn on or attached to the body.
89, Ordnance, subclass 36.01, and see the notes thereto for
shields in combination with guns.
135, Tent, Canopy, Umbrella, or Cane, subclass 115, for
covers for portable shelters.
141, Fluent Material Handling, With Receiver or Receiver
Coacting Means, subclass 97 for protective guards or screens
to shield the operator of a receptacle filling machine.
160, Flexible or Portable Closure, Partition, or Panel,
subclass 351, for portable panels of more general
application.
273, Amusement Devices: Games, subclass 404 and 410 for
projectile stops for targets.
Subclass:
50
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This subclass is indented under the class definition. Devices
combined with means to support or mount the device including
partial or complete burial of the device and/or its support.
(1) Note. Supports of general application are found in the
appropriate subclasses in classes 211, Supports: Racks, and
248, Supports.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
108, Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces, appropriate
subclasses for a horizontally supported planar surface.
211, Supports: Racks, (see Note 1).
232, Deposit and Collection Receptacles, subclass 39 for
letter boxes combined with supports.
248, Supports, (see Note 1).
312, Supports: Cabinet Structure, appropriate subclasses,
where the support is a cabinet.
Subclass:
51
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This subclass is indented under subclass 50. Devices wherein
the means fastening the device to its support or mounting is
accessible only from the interior of the device.
Subclass:
52
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This subclass is indented under subclass 50. Devices wherein
the means for fastening the device to its support or mounting
is controlled by a lock. The fastening means may be
controlled by the same lock which controls the closure of the
device.
Subclass:
53
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This subclass is indented under the class definition. Devices
wherein a plurality of separate storage compartments or
receptacles are combined in a single structure.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
221, Article Dispensing, subclass 69 for similar storage
compartments combined with means to remove articles from such
compartments.
312, Supports: Cabinet Structure, appropriate subclasses,
for similar cabinet structure.
Subclass:
54
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This subclass is indented under subclass 53. Devices wherein
at least one of the compartments is so hidden that an
unauthorized person would not become aware of its existence,
even when the device is not protected.
Subclass:
55
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This subclass is indented under subclass 53. Devices wherein
there is a depositing means between two of the compartments.
Access to the receiving compartment may be through the
depositing compartment, or there may be a separate entrance.
Subclass:
56
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This subclass is indented under subclass 53. Devices where
two or more compartments constitute separate safes as defined
in the class definition. Includes safety deposit safe
structures, per se.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
47 for safety deposit boxes in combination with their
individual safes.
Subclass:
57
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This subclass is indented under subclass 56. Devices wherein
one safe is inside another safe.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
68 for safes with inner and outer doors between which there
is no substantial storage space.
Subclass:
58
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This subclass is indented under the class definition. Subject
matter relating to wall panel and closure structure and
arrangements of and adjuncts for said structure.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
428, Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles, subclass 98
for a structurally defined web or sheet which is nonmetallic,
subclass 594 for a plural-layer metallic stock which is
discontinuously bonded, and subclass 911 (Art Collection) for
a penetration-resistant layer.
Subclass:
58.5
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This subclass is indented under subclass 58. Devices in the
form of ports, with or without closure means, specially
designed to protect a person from projectiles or other type
of attack. Includes gun ports, per se.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
49, Movable or Removable Closures, subclass 171 for a
viewing, ventilating or packet passage mounted on a closure
and see the search notes in section IV of Class 49 for the
loci of closures in other classes.
89, Ordnance, particularly subclass 36.01 and subclasses
37.01+, for such structures combined with a gun or a gun
mount.
114, Ships, subclass 5, for warship gun turrets and subclass
175 for ships' gun ports.
220, Receptacles, subclasses 662+ and the notes thereto for
structures wherein a transparent panel is mounted in a wall.
Subclass:
59
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This subclass is indented under subclass 58. Devices
involving the fastening means for the closures.
(1) Note. The mere recitation of a safe, a jamb, or a
closure, or the recitation of such details of these parts as
are necessary to the location or operation of the fastening
means, will not of itself be sufficient to classify a patent
in this class.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
70, Locks, appropriate subclasses, for locks of general
application.
292, Closure Fasteners, appropriate subclasses, for other
closure fastening means.
428, Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles, subclass 99
for a nonmetallic web or sheet, including a fastener, and
subclass 594 for metallic sheet discontinuously bonded, e.g.,
by mechanical fastening means.
Subclass:
60
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This subclass is indented under subclass 59. Devices wherein
the closure is held ajar against unauthorized movement. The
devices are normally releasable from the interior and may be
set so that the device goes into operation upon attempted
closing.
Subclass:
61
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This subclass is indented under subclass 59. Devices wherein
a cooperative relation exists between the closure boltwork
and the pressure mechanism, the latter means being defined in
this class, subclass 62.
Subclass:
62
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This subclass is indented under subclass 59. Devices wherein
camming means cooperates with complementary means to force
and hold the closure tight in its jamb. The device usually
aids in cracking the closure from its jamb. These devices
are invariably in addition to the regular boltwork of the
safe.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
61 for combined boltwork and pressure mechanism.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
292, Closure Fasteners, appropriate subclasses, for boltwork
mechanism which itself does the camming.
Subclass:
63
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This subclass is indented under subclass 62. Devices combined
with means to prevent the entrapping of a person within the
safe or vault by an unauthorized person.
Subclass:
63.5
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This subclass is indented under subclass 59. Devices
including means to render the closure fastening means
ineffective when the receptacle is being occupied by a person
or when it is in a condition of abnormal use or of nonuse.
(1) Note. Included here are devices wherein the means for
rendering the closure fastening means ineffective consists of
apparatus which prevents closing of the closure.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
16, Miscellaneous Hardware, subclass 82 for devices, per se,
which prevent closing of a closure.
292, Closure Fasteners, subclass 14, 70 and 251.5 for closure
fasteners which are ineffective to hold a closure in closed
position against a relatively slight amount of force, and
subclasses 144, 201 and 251.5 for closure fasteners which are
rendered ineffective to hold a closure in closed position
upon disconnection of the means (e.g., pressure or electrical
supply) which is normally employed for control of the
fastener.
Subclass:
64
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This subclass is indented under subclass 58. Devices wherein
the closure, per se, and so much of the jamb structure as is
necessary to support or cooperate with the closure are
recited. A closure operator may be included in combination.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
53 for arrangements of two or more closures to create a
plurality of separate compartments.
78 for closure structure which is no more than that of an
ordinary wall structure.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
49, Movable or Removable Closures, appropriate subclasses,
for closures of the type provided for and see the search
notes in section IV of Class 49 for the loci of closures in
other classes.
Subclass:
65
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This subclass is indented under subclass 64. Devices wherein
means is provided to prevent the conduction of heat between
the exterior and interior of the device by the material of
the closure and its adjacent jamb.
Subclass:
66
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This subclass is indented under subclass 64. Devices wherein
the closure constitutes a part of a depositing mechanism for
a deposit and collection type of safe.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
232, Deposit and Collection Receptacles, subclass 44, for
closures and chutes, per se, of this type.
Subclass:
67
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This subclass is indented under subclass 64. Devices wherein
a plurality of closures are claimed.
Subclass:
68
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This subclass is indented under subclass 67. Devices wherein
the closures are arranged in tandem making an outer and at
least one inner closure. Such closures may be arranged for
either simultaneous or sequential opening and closing.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
57 for sufficient space between the inner and outer closures
to constitute a substantial storage compartment.
Subclass:
69
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This subclass is indented under subclass 64. Devices wherein
the closure has a plurality of distinct movements in opening
and closing. Includes closures having more than two
movements, cross-referencing being made into the subclasses
indented hereunder.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
49, Movable or Removable Closures, subclass 208 for closures
of the type provided with means mounted for multidirectional
movement.
Subclass:
70
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This subclass is indented under subclass 69. Devices wherein
the closure has both a sliding and a swinging movement.
Subclass:
71
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This subclass is indented under subclass 69. Devices wherein
the closure moves through a combined rotary and translating
movement around a common axis. The movements need not be
simultaneous. Includes closures of the screw type and bayonet
slot type.
Subclass:
72
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This subclass is indented under subclass 71. Devices wherein,
by the use of lugs or interrupted threads, the rotary
movement necessary to release the closure takes place for a
fraction of a revolution.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
89, Ordnance, subclass 20.2 for similar closures for
breeches in ordnance.
285, Pipe Joints or Couplings, subclass 391 for a screw
coupling comprising interrupted threads, and subclass 401 for
a socket joint of the lugged pipe, rotary engagement type.
See the Search Notes thereunder.
411, Expanded, Threaded, Driven, Headed, Tool-Deformed, or
Locked-Threaded Fastener, subclass 417 for externally
threaded fasteners having circumferentially interrupted
threads.
Subclass:
73
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This subclass is indented under subclass 64. Devices wherein
only a single sliding, rotary, or oscillating movement is
necessary to open the closure.
Subclass:
74
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This subclass is indented under subclass 64. Devices wherein
the closure has a swinging movement and wherein the closure
and adjacent jamb and closure have projections and recesses
(usually, but not necessarily, complementary) which serve to
prevent the inserting of tools or liquids, or the
transmission of heat in the space between the door and jamb.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
65 for devices provided with means to cut down the
conduction of heat by the material of the closure at its edge
to the interior of the safe.
Subclass:
75
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This subclass is indented under subclass 64. Devices wherein
some positive sealing means is used between the door and the
jamb.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
49, Movable or Removable Closures, subclass 475.1 for
closure seals of the type provided for.
Subclass:
76
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This subclass is indented under subclass 64. Devices wherein
the closure is made up of a plurality of parts which after
assembly act as a unit.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
67 for devices, the several parts of which may be separately
used.
Subclass:
77
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This subclass is indented under subclass 64. Devices relating
to jamb structure, per se.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
52, Static Structures (e.g., Buildings), subclass 204.1 for
a building with a feature for forming a door or window
opening.
Subclass:
78
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This subclass is indented under subclass 58. Devices relating
to the structure of one or a plurality of walls or panels.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
85 for devices having a plurality of distinct metal parts.
(1) Note. Safe, safe walls or safe plates made of a single
metal or alloy are classified in Class 420, Alloys or
Metallic Compositions. Class 148, Metal Treatment, subclasses
400+ provides for safes, safe walls or safe plates made of a
metal or alloy which has been treated by a Class 148 process,
e.g., heat treated, ect., or recited as having propeties
which are the result of such a treatment. For the line
between metallic articles classified in Classes 148 and 420,
see the definition of subclass 400 in Class 148.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
52, Static Structures (e.g., Buildings), appropriate
subclasses for a construction of a building, wall, floor or
roof of more general application.
217, Wooden Receptacles, subclass 17 for wall structure of
such receptacles.
220, Receptacles, particularly subclass 62.11 and 660+ for
residual receptacle wall structure.
428, Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles, appropriate
subclasses and its main Class Definition, section C, 3, d,
for related materials, especially subclass 544 for stock
materials, e.g., of indefinite length, which are all metal or
have adjacent metal components.
Subclass:
79
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This subclass is indented under subclass 78. Devices
comprising joints or connection between a plurality of walls
or a plurality of parts of a wall.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
52, Static Structures (e.g., Buildings), appropriate
subclasses for wall and panel joints in general.
160, Flexible or Portable Closure, Partition, or Panel,
appropriate subclasses, for panel structures composed of a
plurality of movably interconnected strips, slats or panels
and for the joint subcombinations of such structures.
428, Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles, subclass 594
for plural metallic layers discontinuously bonded, e.g., by
mechanical fastening means or spot welds.
Subclass:
80
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This subclass is indented under subclass 78. Devices wherein
a plurality of different elements compose a single wall.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
78 for safes, safe walls, or safe plates made of a single
alloy.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
428, Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles, subclass 547
for particulate metal-containing stock having a composition
or density gradient, and subclass 614 for metallic stock
having embedded components.
Subclass:
81
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This subclass is indented under subclass 80. Devices wherein
one or more of the parts are movable with respect to the
outer walls.
Subclass:
82
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This subclass is indented under subclass 80. Devices
comprising metallic and nonmetallic parts.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
428, Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles, subclass 621
for metallic composite stock comprising two or more adjacent
metal layers and having an additional nonmetal layer.
Subclass:
83
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This subclass is indented under subclass 82. Devices wherein
a metallic part or parts form a reinforcement for the
nonmetallic part by being embedded therein.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
52, Static Structures (e.g., Building), appropriate
subclasses, particularly subclass 251, 319, 378, 380, and 414
for cast-in-situ barriers with embedded reinforcement.
Subclass:
84
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This subclass is indented under subclass 82. Devices wherein
is a metallic shell completely enclosing a nonmetallic
filler.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
106, Compositions: Coating or Plastic, for filling
compositions that are plastic, setted or settable.
252, Compositions, subclass 62, for heat insulating
fillings.
Subclass:
85
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This subclass is indented under subclass 80. Devices wherein
all parts are metallic.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
78 for safes, safe walls and safe plates made of a single
alloy.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
428, Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles, subclass 609
for metallic stock comprising plural layers having an
irregular interface, and subclasses 615+ for other composite
metallic stock defined in terms of the composition of its
component.
Subclass:
87
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This subclass is indented under subclass 58. Devices
comprising movable or removable floor sections for bridging
recesses in floors necessitated to accommodate the opening of
a vault door. These recesses are usually necessary when the
level of the vault floor and building floor are desired on
the same level.
Information Products Division -- Contacts
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U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
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Last Modified: 6 October 2000