CPC Definition - Subclass G06M

Last Updated Version: 2026.01
COUNTING MECHANISMS; COUNTING OF OBJECTS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
Definition statement

This place covers:

Stepping or continuously-moving mechanical counters operated through one or more inputs applied to the lowest order mechanically or electrically.

Counting systems involving applications of either mechanical, electrical, or electronic counters.

References
Application-oriented references

Examples of places where the subject matter of this place is covered when specially adapted, used for a particular purpose, or incorporated in a larger system:

Counting in machines for making cigarettes

A24C 5/32

Counting in machines for shaping metal without removing material

B21C 51/00

Counting in printing machines or presses

B41F 33/02

Counting in office copying machines

B41L 39/02

Counting of axles of rail vehicles

B61L 1/16

Counting in packaging machines

B65B 65/08

Entry or exit registers

G07C 9/00

References out of a residual place

Examples of places in relation to which this place is residual:

Counting of objects conveyed through a pipe or tube

B65G 51/36

Adaptation of counters to electricity meters in electromechanical arrangements for measuring time integral of electric power or current

G01R 11/16

Counting electric pulses

H03K 21/00 - H03K 29/00

Informative references

Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:

Sorting, grading, counting or marking live aquatic animals

A01K 61/90

Table equipment for counting of consumptions

A47G 23/10

Counting of pills

A61J 7/02

Inhalers incorporating mechanisms for counting actuations

A61M 15/0068

Score-keepers and score display devices

A63B 71/0669

Counting of sheets in platen presses

B41F 1/58

Locks with counting devices

E05B 39/04

Tariff metering apparatus

G01D 4/00

Indicating or recording devices in volume flow meters

G01F 15/06

Counting by weighing

G01G 19/42

Counting of radioactive particles

G01T 1/18

Counting of photographic exposures

G03B 1/66, G03B 17/36

Watches with counting devices

G04B 47/003

Counting issued tickets

G07B 5/04

Counting of votes

G07C 13/00

Counting coins

G07D 9/00

Counting of vehicles on a road or parking space

G08G 1/065

Teaching of counting

G09B 19/02

Counting characters, words or messages in switching networks for transmission of digital information

H04M 15/00

Housing
References
Informative references

Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:

Measuring in general

G01D

{Arbors, drum fixing and adjusting means}
References
Informative references

Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:

Sliding-contact bearings for exclusively rotary movement for axial load only and for supporting the end face of a shaft or other member

F16C 17/08

{by mechanical means}
References
Informative references

Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:

Counting of stacked objects

G06M 9/00

{including barriers}
References
Informative references

Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:

Counting of conveyed objects

G06M 7/00

Drums; Dials; Pointers
References
Informative references

Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:

Indicating the time by numbered drums

G04B 19/21

Clocks or watches with date or week-day indicators

G04B 19/24

Producing optical time signals at prefixed times by indicating members moved electrically

G04C 19/04

Counting of objects carried by a conveyor
Definition statement

This place covers:

Counting of randomly distributed loose objects moving past a counting station, like in chute conveyors.

Counting of objects distributed at random, e.g. on a surface
Definition statement

This place covers:

Counting of objects in a static distribution.

with provision for distinguishing between different sizes of objects
References
Informative references

Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:

Investigating particle size in general

G01N 15/00