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 Class   74MACHINE ELEMENT OR MECHANISM
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  1R           MISCELLANEOUS
  1SS           . (1 indent ) High frequency vibratory devices
  1.5           ESCAPEMENTS
  2           AUTOMATIC OPERATION OR CONTROL (E.G., TRIPS)
  3           . (1 indent ) Speed controlled
  3.2           .. (2 indent ) Valve gear trips (e.g., steam engine "Corliss" type)
  3.5           . (1 indent ) Retarded
  3.52           .. (2 indent ) Plural, sequential, trip actuations
  3.54           .. (2 indent ) Clock train
  3.56           ... (3 indent ) Winding knob trip (e.g., alarm mechanism)
  4           . (1 indent ) Hit and miss
  5R           GYROSCOPES
  5.1           . (1 indent ) With caging or parking means
  5.12           .. (2 indent ) Rotor spin and cage release type
  5.14           .. (2 indent ) And resetting means
  5.2           . (1 indent ) With gimbal lock preventing means
  5.22           . (1 indent ) Combined
  5.34           . (1 indent ) Multiple gyroscopes
  5.37           .. (2 indent ) With rotor drives
  5.4           . (1 indent ) Gyroscope control
  5.41           .. (2 indent ) Erecting
  5.42           ... (3 indent ) By plural diverse forces
  5.43           ... (3 indent ) By jet
  5.44           ... (3 indent ) By weight
  5.45           ... (3 indent ) By friction
  5.46           ... (3 indent ) By magnetic field
  5.47           ... (3 indent ) By motor torque
  5.5           .. (2 indent ) Damping
  5.6R           . (1 indent ) With pick off
  5.6A           .. (2 indent ) Optical
  5.6B           .. (2 indent ) Pneumatic
  5.6C           .. (2 indent ) Conducting liquid
  5.6D           .. (2 indent ) Electrical
  5.6E           .. (2 indent ) Electrical and magnetic
  5.7           . (1 indent ) With rotor drive
  5.8           . (1 indent ) Vertical gyroscopes
  5.9           . (1 indent ) Horizontal gyroscopes
  5F           . (1 indent ) Flexure hinges for gyros
  5.95           . (1 indent ) Flywheel structure
  6           ENGINE STARTERS
  7R           . (1 indent ) Automatic
  7A           .. (2 indent ) Separate power mesher
  7B           .. (2 indent ) Holders
  7C           .. (2 indent ) Clutch connection
  7D           .. (2 indent ) Worm and wheel
  7E           .. (2 indent ) Reduction gearing
  8           . (1 indent ) Radial meshing
  9           . (1 indent ) Cam operated
  10R           SHAFT OPERATORS (RADIO TUNER TYPE)
  10.1           . (1 indent ) Preselected position
  10.15           .. (2 indent ) Step by step
  10.2           .. (2 indent ) Rotatable stop and projectable abutment
  10.22           .. (2 indent ) Digital dial type
  10.27           .. (2 indent ) Plural operator
  10.29           ... (3 indent ) Cam and follower
  10.31           .... (4 indent ) Adjustable cam
  10.33           .... (5 indent ) Sliding operator
  10.35           .... (4 indent ) Adjustable follower
  10.37           .... (5 indent ) Sliding operator
  10.39           ... (3 indent ) Rack and pinion
  10.41           .. (2 indent ) With detent or clicker
  10.45           . (1 indent ) Plural shafts
  10.5           . (1 indent ) Plural speed
  10.52           .. (2 indent ) Planetary
  10.54           .. (2 indent ) Separate operators
  10.6           . (1 indent ) Cam and follower
  10.7           . (1 indent ) Tensioned flexible operator
  10.8           . (1 indent ) Gear drive
  10.85           .. (2 indent ) Worm or screw
  10.9           . (1 indent ) Lever and linkage drive
  10A           . (1 indent ) Remote control
  813R           ROTARY MEMBER OR SHAFT INDEXING, E.G., TOOL OR WORK TURRET
  814           . (1 indent ) With safety device or drive disconnect
  815           . (1 indent ) With locating point adjusting
  816           . (1 indent ) Preselected indexed position
  817           .. (2 indent ) Sequential
  818           ... (3 indent ) Skip position
  819           ... (3 indent ) Held by torque
  820           ... (3 indent ) Geneva or multilated gear drive
  821           ... (3 indent ) Velocity control
  822           ... (3 indent ) Interlocked rotator and brake
  823           .... (4 indent ) Diverse-type brakes
  824           .... (5 indent ) With axially acting friction brake
  825           . (1 indent ) Plural operators or input drives
  826           . (1 indent ) With means to axially shift shaft
  827           . (1 indent ) Single revolution input effects desired fractional output
  813C           . (1 indent ) Control means
  813L           . (1 indent ) Locking means
  11           POWER TAKE-OFF
  12           . (1 indent ) Speedometer
  13           . (1 indent ) Wheel take-off
  14           .. (2 indent ) Wheel bed type
  15           .. (2 indent ) Supported pulley
  15.2           . (1 indent ) Plural take-off shafts
  15.4           . (1 indent ) With independent change speed gearing
  15.6           . (1 indent ) From shaft extension
  15.63           .. (2 indent ) Prime mover shaft, e.g., crank shaft
  15.66           .. (2 indent ) Change speed transmission shaft
  15.69           .. (2 indent ) Vehicle propeller shaft
  15.8           . (1 indent ) Intermediate ends of power transmitting line
  15.82           .. (2 indent ) Vehicle propulsion transmitting line
  15.84           ... (3 indent ) Between prime mover shaft and transmission
  15.86           ... (3 indent ) Drive from transmission gear
  15.88           ... (3 indent ) Between transmission and propeller shaft
  16           POWER TABLES AND STANDS
  17           WASHER AND WRINGER
  17.5           FULL STROKE MECHANISM
  17.8           MOTION TRANSFER THROUGH IMPERFORATE FLEXIBLE SEAL
  18           FLEXIBLE SEALING DIAPHRAGM ATTACHED TO MOVING ROD AND TO CASING
  18.1           . (1 indent ) Pivoting or nutating rod
  18.2           . (1 indent ) Longitudinally reciprocating rod
  828           ALTERNATING-MOTION DRIVEN DEVICE WITH MEANS DURING OPERATION TO ADJUST STROKE
  829           . (1 indent ) Constant length stroke with means to displace end limits
  830           .. (2 indent ) Cyclical displacement responsive to the alternating-motion
  831           . (1 indent ) Stroke adjustable to zero and/or reversible in phasing
  832           .. (2 indent ) Plural driving means to jointly drive the driven device
  833           .. (2 indent ) Device driven from selected points on oscillating link
  834           .. (2 indent ) Driving lever with adjustable pivot point
  835           .. (2 indent ) Eccentric and strap drive, shiftable eccentric
  836           ... (3 indent ) Changing the extent of eccentricity
  837           .. (2 indent ) Crank pin drive, shiftable pin
  838           .. (2 indent ) Cam and follower drive
  839           ... (3 indent ) Axial-type cam (e.g., wabbler type)
  840           ROTARY DRIVEN DEVICE ADJUSTABLE DURING OPERATION RELATIVE TO ITS SUPPORTING STRUCTURE
  841           . (1 indent ) Screw and nut adjusting means
  842           . (1 indent ) Rack and pinion adjusting means
             MECHANICAL MOVEMENTS
  20           . (1 indent ) Oscillating to reciprocating and alternating rotary
  21           . (1 indent ) Oscillating to reciprocating and intermittent rotary
  22R           . (1 indent ) Rotary to reciprocating and rotary
  22A           .. (2 indent ) Rotary to reciprocating or rotary
  23           . (1 indent ) Rotary to reciprocating and alternating rotary
  24           . (1 indent ) Rotary to reciprocating and intermittent rotary
  25           . (1 indent ) Rotary to or from reciprocating or oscillating
  26           .. (2 indent ) Head motions
  27           .. (2 indent ) Reciprocating carriage motions
  28           ... (3 indent ) Phonograph type
  29           .. (2 indent ) Rack and pinion type
  30           ... (3 indent ) Shifting rack
  31           ... (3 indent ) Shiftable pinion
  32           ... (3 indent ) Segmental pinion
  33           ... (3 indent ) Alternately rotated pinion
  34           ... (3 indent ) Clutchable gears
  35           .... (4 indent ) Bevel
  36           .. (2 indent ) Overcoming dead center
  37           .. (2 indent ) Belt or chain carried member
  38           .. (2 indent ) Crank, lever, toggle, and slide
  39           .. (2 indent ) Crank, lazy-tong, and slide
  40           .. (2 indent ) Crank, pitman, lever, and slide
  41           ... (3 indent ) Pump jack type
  42           .. (2 indent ) Crank, pitman, and lever
  43           ... (3 indent ) Multiple levers
  44           .. (2 indent ) Crank, pitman, and slide
  45           .. (2 indent ) Crank, lever, and slide
  46           ... (3 indent ) Rack connections
  47           .. (2 indent ) Crank and lever
  48           ... (3 indent ) Slidable connections
  49           .. (2 indent ) Crank and slide
  50           ... (3 indent ) Slidable connections (e.g., scotch yoke)
  51           .. (2 indent ) Crank and multiple pitmans
  52           .. (2 indent ) Planetary gearing and slide
  53           .. (2 indent ) Cam, lever, and slide
  54           .. (2 indent ) Cam and lever
  55           .. (2 indent ) Cam and slide
  56           ... (3 indent ) Axial cam
  57           .... (4 indent ) Grooved
  58           .... (5 indent ) Multiple screw
  59           .... (5 indent ) Alternately rotated screw
  60           ... (3 indent ) Wabbler type
  61           .. (2 indent ) Unbalanced weights
  62           .. (2 indent ) Trammel-pitman
  63           . (1 indent ) Rotary to rotary
  64           .. (2 indent ) Inertia or centrifugal transmitters
  65           .. (2 indent ) Crank, pitman, lever, and crank
  66           .. (2 indent ) Crank, lever, and crank
  67           .. (2 indent ) Crank, pitman, and crank
  68           .. (2 indent ) Cranks, link connected
  69           .. (2 indent ) Cranks, slidable connections
  70           . (1 indent ) Rotary to alternating rotary
  71           .. (2 indent ) Mangle connections
  72           ... (3 indent ) Shiftable driven gear
  73           .... (4 indent ) Central teeth
  74           ... (3 indent ) Multilated gearing connections
  75           .. (2 indent ) Crank, pitman, and lever
  76           .. (2 indent ) Reciprocating rack connections
  77           ... (3 indent ) Crank and pitman actuator
  78           ... (3 indent ) Simple crank actuator
  79           .. (2 indent ) Oscillating rack connections
  80           ... (3 indent ) Mangle actuated
  81           ... (3 indent ) Crank and pitman actuator
  82           .. (2 indent ) Flexible connector type
  83           .. (2 indent ) Associated inertia devices
  84R           . (1 indent ) Rotary to intermittent unidirectional motion
  84S           .. (2 indent ) Space machines
  86           . (1 indent ) Rotary to gyratory
  87           .. (2 indent ) Unbalanced weight
  88           . (1 indent ) Reciprocating or oscillating to intermittent unidirectional motion
  89           . (1 indent ) Reciprocating or oscillating to or from alternating rotary
  89.23           .. (2 indent ) Including screw and nut
  89.24           ... (3 indent ) Shaft shorter than nut
  89.25           ... (3 indent ) Auxiliary drive (e.g., fluid piston, etc.) for load
  89.26           ... (3 indent ) Alternate power path operable on failure of primary
  89.27           ... (3 indent ) Single input split into two intermediate outputs that are subsequently superposed into a single output
  89.28           ... (3 indent ) Single input, plural outputs
  89.29           ... (3 indent ) Plural inputs, single output
  89.3           .... (4 indent ) Plural nuts driving shaft
  89.31           .... (4 indent ) Shaft and nut driven
  89.32           ... (3 indent ) Carriage surrounding, guided by, and primarily supported by member other than screw (e.g., linear guide, etc.)
  89.33           ... (3 indent ) Carriage surrounded, guided, and primarily supported by member other than screw (e.g., linear guide, etc.)
  89.34           ... (3 indent ) Shaft moves through rotary drive means
  89.35           ... (3 indent ) Plural screws in series (e.g., telescoping, etc.)
  89.36           ... (3 indent ) Deflection related
  89.37           ... (3 indent ) Limit stop
  89.38           ... (3 indent ) Including means to selectively transmit power (e.g., clutch, etc.)
  89.39           ... (3 indent ) Means to selectively lock or retard screw or nut
  89.4           ... (3 indent ) Contamination related
  89.41           .... (4 indent ) Imperforate enclosure
  89.42           ... (3 indent ) Backlash
  89.43           ... (3 indent ) Pressurized fluid introduced between nut and screw
  89.44           ... (3 indent ) Lubrication
  89.45           ... (3 indent ) Manually driven
  89.1           .. (2 indent ) Including inertia device
  89.11           ... (3 indent ) With rack and pinion
  89.12           .... (4 indent ) Rectilinear rack
  89.13           .. (2 indent ) Including bevel gears
  89.14           .. (2 indent ) Including worm
  89.16           .. (2 indent ) Including spur gear
  89.17           ... (3 indent ) With rack
  89.18           .... (4 indent ) Curvilinear rack
  89.19           .... (5 indent ) With biasing means
  89.2           .. (2 indent ) Including flexible drive connector (e.g., belt, chain, strand, etc.)
  89.21           ... (3 indent ) With sprocket wheel
  89.22           ... (3 indent ) With pulley
  96           . (1 indent ) Oscillating to oscillating
  97.1           .. (2 indent ) Snap action
  97.2           ... (3 indent ) Plate spring
  98           .. (2 indent ) Geared connections
  99R           . (1 indent ) Reciprocating to or from oscillating
  100.1           .. (2 indent ) Snap action
  100.2           ... (3 indent ) Plate spring
  101           .. (2 indent ) Compound lever and slide
  102           .. (2 indent ) Lever and slide
  103           ... (3 indent ) Straight line motions
  104           ... (3 indent ) Slidable connections
  105           ... (3 indent ) Link connections
  106           ... (3 indent ) Toggle transmissions
  107           ... (3 indent ) Cam connections
  108           ... (3 indent ) Flexible connections
  109           .. (2 indent ) Rack and pinion
  99A           .. (2 indent ) Inclined ramp
  110           . (1 indent ) Reciprocating to reciprocating
  111           MECHANICAL MOVEMENTS (INTERMITTENT GRIP TYPE)
  112           . (1 indent ) Rotary to intermittent unidirectional motion
  113           .. (2 indent ) Automatically controlled
  114           ... (3 indent ) Speed
  116           .. (2 indent ) Rotary crank or eccentric drive
  117           ... (3 indent ) Adjustable
  118           ... (3 indent ) Lever transmitter
  119           .... (4 indent ) Adjustable leverage
  120           ... (3 indent ) Rack and pinion transmitter
  121           .... (4 indent ) Adjustable throw
  122           ... (3 indent ) Rotary cam drive
  123           .... (4 indent ) Adjustable throw
  124           .... (5 indent ) Radial cam
  125           .... (4 indent ) Radial cam
  125.5           .. (2 indent ) Intermittently engaged clutch
  126           . (1 indent ) Oscillation or reciprocation to intermittent unidirectional motion
  127           .. (2 indent ) Screw and nut devices
  128           .. (2 indent ) Slide actuator
  129           ... (3 indent ) Multiple acting
  130           .. (2 indent ) Rack actuator
  131           ... (3 indent ) Multiple acting
  132           .... (4 indent ) Inwardly facing racks
  133           ... (3 indent ) Oscillating
  134           .... (4 indent ) Multiple acting
  135           .... (5 indent ) Inwardly facing racks
             .. (2 indent ) Strap actuator
  136           ... (3 indent ) Multiple acting
  137           .... (4 indent ) Spring or weight return
  138           ... (3 indent ) Single acting
  139           .... (4 indent ) Engine starter type
  140           .... (5 indent ) Spring or weight return
  141           .... (4 indent ) Spring or weight return
  141.5           .. (2 indent ) Lever actuator
  142           ... (3 indent ) Rotary driven element
  143           .... (4 indent ) Multiple acting
  144           . (1 indent ) Grip units and features
  145           .. (2 indent ) Compound movement handle
  146           ... (3 indent ) Reversible
  147           ... (3 indent ) Transverse pivots
  148           .. (2 indent ) Gripper releasing devices
  149           ... (3 indent ) Power pawl lifter
  150           .... (4 indent ) Automatic
  151           .... (5 indent ) Idle stroke
  152           ..... (6 indent ) Cooperating holding pawl
  153           .... (5 indent ) Power stroke
  154           .... (4 indent ) Cooperating holding pawl
  155           ... (3 indent ) Holding pawl lifter
  156           .. (2 indent ) Gripper mountings, lever
  157           ... (3 indent ) Reversible
  158           ... (3 indent ) Multiple acting
  159           .... (4 indent ) Single ratchet or clutch
  160           .. (2 indent ) Gripper mountings, slide
  161           ... (3 indent ) Multiple acting
  162           .. (2 indent ) Grip features
  163           ... (3 indent ) Driving band
  164           .... (4 indent ) Clamping
  165           ... (3 indent ) Driven band and gripper
  166           .... (4 indent ) Positive grip
  167           ... (3 indent ) Driving ratchet-bar or rack
  168           .... (4 indent ) Multiple acting
  169           ... (3 indent ) Driven ratchet-bar and power dog
  625           ALTERNATE MANUAL OR POWER OPERATORS
  640           GEARING
  650           . (1 indent ) Nonplanetary gearing differential type (e.g., gearless differentials)
  655           . (1 indent ) Single gearing unit includes fluid drive
  661           . (1 indent ) Plural prime movers selectively coupled to common output
  664           . (1 indent ) Plural power paths from prime mover
  665R           . (1 indent ) Plural power paths to and/or from gearing
  670           .. (2 indent ) Alternate input connections single hand crank
  718           .. (2 indent ) Fluid drive divides or combines alternate paths
  720           .. (2 indent ) One path includes fluid drive
  721           .. (2 indent ) Friction-type gearing
  724           .. (2 indent ) Worm-type gearing
  665A           .. (2 indent ) Single driven plural drives
  665B           ... (3 indent ) Parallel
  665C           ... (3 indent ) Nonparallel
  665D           ... (3 indent ) Aligned
  665E           ... (3 indent ) Parallel and aligned
  665F           .. (2 indent ) Single drive plural driven
  665G           ... (3 indent ) Parallel
  665GA           .... (4 indent ) Spur
  665GB           .... (4 indent ) Bevel
  665GC           .... (4 indent ) Spur and bevel
  665GD           .... (4 indent ) Helical
  665GE           .... (4 indent ) Belt or chain
  665H           ... (3 indent ) Nonparallel
  665S           ... (3 indent ) Aligned
  665T           .... (4 indent ) Vehicle
  665K           ... (3 indent ) Concentric
  665L           .. (2 indent ) Plural drivers plural driven
  665M           ... (3 indent ) Bevel
  665N           ... (3 indent ) Spur
  665Q           .. (2 indent ) Alternate drivers and driven
  665P           .. (2 indent ) Miscellaneous (plural power paths)
  730.1           . (1 indent ) With fluid drive
  731.1           .. (2 indent ) Condition responsive control
  732.1           .. (2 indent ) With one or more controllers for gearing, fluid drive, or clutch
  733.1           ... (3 indent ) With interrelated controls
  745           . (1 indent ) In series plural interchangeably locked nonplanetary units
  810.1           . (1 indent ) Reversal of direction of power flow changes power transmission to alternate path
  810.2           .. (2 indent ) Input and output exchange functions
  216.3           . (1 indent ) Toothed gear and recirculated unconnected elements
  318           . (1 indent ) Alternating rotary or continuous
  319           . (1 indent ) Alternating rotary
  320           .. (2 indent ) Progressive
  321           .. (2 indent ) Shiftable and/or slidable gears
  322           .. (2 indent ) Clutchable gears
  323           ... (3 indent ) On single driven member
  324           ... (3 indent ) On single driving member
  325           . (1 indent ) Interchangeably locked
  329           .. (2 indent ) Disconnectable counter shaft
  330           .. (2 indent ) Multiple concentric clutch shafts
  331           .. (2 indent ) Plurality of counter shafts
  332           .. (2 indent ) Internal-external gears
  333           .. (2 indent ) Combined gear and clutch
  334           ... (3 indent ) Preselector
  335           .. (2 indent ) Control mechanism
             ... (3 indent ) Automatic
  336R           .... (4 indent ) Speed responsive
  336.5           .... (5 indent ) Governor
  336B           .... (5 indent ) With belt gearing
  337           .... (4 indent ) Torque responsive
  337.5           ... (3 indent ) Cam operated
  339           .. (2 indent ) Meshing assisters
  340           ... (3 indent ) Double clutch and interposed transmission
             .. (2 indent ) Longitudinally slidable
             ... (3 indent ) Multiple spur gears
  341           .... (4 indent ) With tumbler gear
  342           .... (4 indent ) Selective
  343           .... (5 indent ) Direct clutch and drive
  344           .... (4 indent ) Progressive
  345           .... (5 indent ) Direct clutch and drive
  346           .... (4 indent ) Fluid operated
  347           ... (3 indent ) Multiple bevel gears
             ... (3 indent ) Single spur gear
  348           .... (4 indent ) Tumbler and cone
  349           .... (5 indent ) Multiple cone
  350           ... (3 indent ) Single bevel gear
  351           ... (3 indent ) Pin or crown gears
  352           .. (2 indent ) Laterally slidable gears
  353           ... (3 indent ) Rotary carriage
  354           ... (3 indent ) Swinging carriage
  355           .. (2 indent ) Single forward and reverse speeds
             .. (2 indent ) Slidable keys or clutches
  356           ... (3 indent ) Alternative clutch shaft
             ... (3 indent ) Multiple clutch shafts
  357           .... (4 indent ) Progressive
  358           .... (5 indent ) Keys simultaneously slidable
  359           .... (4 indent ) Selective
  360           .... (4 indent ) Multiple forward and reverse
  361           .... (4 indent ) Single forward and reverse
             ... (3 indent ) Single clutch shaft
             .... (4 indent ) Progressive
  362           .... (5 indent ) Multiple key
  363           ..... (6 indent ) Spur
  364           ...... (7 indent ) Fluid operated
  365           ...... (7 indent ) Electrically operated
  366           .... (5 indent ) Single key
  368           ..... (6 indent ) Clutch and ratchet
  369           ..... (6 indent ) Spur gears
  370           ...... (7 indent ) Intermediate clutch
  371           ...... (7 indent ) Sliding clutch carrier
  372           ...... (7 indent ) Sliding clutch operator
  373           .... (4 indent ) Selective
  374           .... (5 indent ) Multiple key
  375           ..... (6 indent ) Spur gears
  376           .... (4 indent ) Single speed forward and reverse
  377           .... (5 indent ) Spur gears
  378           .... (5 indent ) Bevel gears
  379           .... (5 indent ) Bevel and idler gears
  380           . (1 indent ) Pivotally supported
  381           .. (2 indent ) Windmill turntable
  383           .. (2 indent ) Screw
  384           .. (2 indent ) Spur
  385           .. (2 indent ) Bevel
  386           ... (3 indent ) Wheel type
  387           ... (3 indent ) Wringer type
  388R           . (1 indent ) Follow-up mechanism
  388PS           .. (2 indent ) Power steering
  390           . (1 indent ) Eccentric driving shaft and axle
  391           . (1 indent ) Central driving shaft in axle
  392           . (1 indent ) Parallel shafts, adjustable gear mesh
  393           . (1 indent ) Varying speed ratio
  395           . (1 indent ) Adjustable
  396           .. (2 indent ) Relative movable axes
  397           ... (3 indent ) Parallel shafts
  398           ... (3 indent ) Automatic control
  399           .... (4 indent ) Parallel shafts
  400           .. (2 indent ) Fixed axes
  401           ... (3 indent ) Parallel shafts
  402           ... (3 indent ) Automatic control
  403           .... (4 indent ) Parallel shafts
  404           . (1 indent ) Reversing means
  404.5           .. (2 indent ) Governor control
  405           . (1 indent ) Disconnecting means
  406           . (1 indent ) Displaceable elements
  409           . (1 indent ) Backlash take-up
  410           . (1 indent ) Pressure distributing
  411           . (1 indent ) Yieldability in gear trains
  411.5           . (1 indent ) With brake means for gearing
  412R           . (1 indent ) Directly cooperating gears
  413           .. (2 indent ) Parallel axes or shafts
  414           ... (3 indent ) External type
  415           .... (4 indent ) Pin teeth
  416           .. (2 indent ) Intersecting axes
  417           ... (3 indent ) Bevel gear type
  422           .. (2 indent ) Rack and pinion
  420           .. (2 indent ) Spur and bevel
  421R           .. (2 indent ) Spur
  421A           ... (3 indent ) Motor and gearing
  423           .. (2 indent ) Bevel
  424           ... (3 indent ) Motor vehicle drive
  424.5           .. (2 indent ) Spiral
  424.71           ... (3 indent ) Screw and nut
  424.72           .... (4 indent ) Plural longitudinally variably spaced nuts
  424.73           .... (4 indent ) Threadless
  424.74           .... (4 indent ) Non-linear screw
  424.75           .... (4 indent ) Thread geometry
  424.76           .... (5 indent ) Thread pitch varies over axial length
  424.77           .... (5 indent ) Shaft thread is spirally wound wire
  424.78           .... (4 indent ) Nut disengageable from screw
  424.79           .... (5 indent ) Nut segments hinged parallel to shaft (e.g., clam shell-type, etc.)
  424.81           .... (4 indent ) Rolling element engaging thread
  424.82           .... (5 indent ) Recirculating rolling elements
  424.83           ..... (6 indent ) Plural independent recirculating element paths
  424.84           ..... (6 indent ) Single thread common to plural paths
  424.85           ..... (6 indent ) Roller return path in shaft
  424.86           ..... (6 indent ) Return path geometry
  424.87           ...... (7 indent ) Rolling element deflector
  424.88           ..... (6 indent ) Interconnected or cooperating rollers or roller structure
  424.89           .... (5 indent ) Non-recirculating rolling elements
  424.9           ..... (6 indent ) Captured sphere
  424.91           ..... (6 indent ) Cylindrical or quasi-cylindrical roller element (e.g., inclined roller, etc.)
  424.92           ...... (7 indent ) Parallel to shaft
  424.93           ...... (7 indent ) Perpendicular to shaft
  424.94           .... (4 indent ) Less than 360 degrees of contact between nut and screw
  424.95           .... (5 indent ) Independent nut segments
  424.96           ..... (6 indent ) Integral deformable tangs engaging screw
  424.6           ... (3 indent ) Driven rack or shaft
  424.7           ... (3 indent ) Screw
  425           ... (3 indent ) Worm
  425.5           .... (4 indent ) Variable speed
  426           .... (4 indent ) Intermittent motion
  427           .... (4 indent ) Distribution of pressure
  412TA           .. (2 indent ) Torque actuated safety devices
  431           . (1 indent ) Gear and rotary bodies
  432           .. (2 indent ) Laterally-spaced wheels
  433           .. (2 indent ) Radially-spaced wheels
  433.5           .. (2 indent ) With flywheel
  434           . (1 indent ) Rotary bodies
  435           .. (2 indent ) Mutilated
  436           .. (2 indent ) Geneva
  437           .. (2 indent ) Irregular teeth and bodies
  438           .. (2 indent ) External and internal teeth
  439           .. (2 indent ) Sectional
  440           ... (3 indent ) Backlash take-up
  441           .... (4 indent ) Screw and nut
  443           ... (3 indent ) Sound deadening
  444           ... (3 indent ) Differential disks
  445           ... (3 indent ) Multiple disks
  446           ... (3 indent ) Separate rim
  447           .... (4 indent ) Detachable
  448           ... (3 indent ) Segmental rim
  449           ... (3 indent ) Sheet metal
  450           ... (3 indent ) Diametrically split
  451           ... (3 indent ) Shaft-admitting insert
  457           . (1 indent ) Teeth
  458           .. (2 indent ) Worm and helical
  459.5           .. (2 indent ) Bevel
  460           .. (2 indent ) Spur
  461           ... (3 indent ) Yieldable
  462           ... (3 indent ) Form
  464           .... (4 indent ) Antifriction
  465           .... (5 indent ) Roller
  466           .... (4 indent ) Twisted
  467           . (1 indent ) Lubrication
  468           .. (2 indent ) Teeth
  469           CONTROL LEVER AND LINKAGE SYSTEMS
  470           . (1 indent ) Resilient connections
  471R           . (1 indent ) Multiple controlled elements
  473.1           .. (2 indent ) Transmission control
  473.11           ... (3 indent ) Fluid actuator
  473.12           ... (3 indent ) Electrical actuator
  473.13           ... (3 indent ) Occupant propelled vehicle
  473.14           .... (4 indent ) Transmission controlled by flexible cable
  473.15           ... (3 indent ) Transmission controlled by flexible cable
  473.16           ... (3 indent ) Foot operated
  473.17           .... (4 indent ) Multiple foot-operated controls
  473.18           ... (3 indent ) Control convertible between automatic and manual operation
  473.19           ... (3 indent ) Control of plural mechanisms (e.g., control of transmission and control of 4 - wheel drive)
  473.2           .... (4 indent ) Separate control levers
  473.21           ... (3 indent ) Restriction of shift, gear selection, or gear engagement
  473.22           .... (4 indent ) Prevention of reverse shift
  473.23           .... (4 indent ) Separate actuator to disengage restrictor
  473.24           .... (4 indent ) Shift element interlock
  473.25           .... (5 indent ) With detent, recess, notch, or groove
  473.26           .... (5 indent ) Resiliently biased interlock
  473.27           .... (4 indent ) Spherical restrictor
  473.28           .... (4 indent ) Resiliently biased restrictor
  473.29           ... (3 indent ) having vibration damper
  473.3           ... (3 indent ) Manually operated selector (e.g., remotely controlled device, lever, push button, rotary dial, etc.)
  473.31           .... (4 indent ) Control lever on steering column
  473.32           .... (5 indent ) Control lever movable through plural planes
  473.33           .... (4 indent ) Control lever movable through plural planes
  473.34           .... (5 indent ) Spherical mount (e.g., ball and socket)
  473.35           ..... (6 indent ) Resiliently biased control lever
  473.36           ... (3 indent ) Particular element (e.g., shift fork, template, etc.)
  473.37           .... (4 indent ) Shift fork structure
  478           .. (2 indent ) Foot operated
  478.5           ... (3 indent ) Offset extension
  471XY           .. (2 indent ) Control moves in two planes
  479.01           . (1 indent ) Multiple controlling elements for single controlled element
  480R           .. (2 indent ) Interconnected
  481           ... (3 indent ) Hand and foot
  482           .... (4 indent ) Accelerator
  480B           ... (3 indent ) Marine
  483R           .. (2 indent ) Interlocked
  483PB           ... (3 indent ) Push button
  483K           ... (3 indent ) Rod blocks actuation of rotary member
  484R           .. (2 indent ) Steering and controls assemblies
  485           ... (3 indent ) Rotary control shaft
  486           ... (3 indent ) Reciprocating control elements
  487           .... (4 indent ) Flexible
  488           .... (4 indent ) Handle bar type
  489           .... (5 indent ) Flexible control element
  484H           ... (3 indent ) With horn control
  490           .. (2 indent ) Antirattling elements
  490.01           .. (2 indent ) Robotic arm
  490.02           ... (3 indent ) Including power cable or connector
  490.03           ... (3 indent ) Including electric motor
  490.04           ... (3 indent ) Including flaccid drive element
  490.05           ... (3 indent ) Joint between elements
  490.06           .... (4 indent ) Wrist
  490.07           .. (2 indent ) Power elements as controlling elements
  490.08           ... (3 indent ) Planar surface with orthogonal movement and rotation
  490.09           ... (3 indent ) Planar surface with orthogonal movement only
  490.1           ... (3 indent ) Pair of power elements
  490.11           .. (2 indent ) Power and manual controlling elements
  490.12           .. (2 indent ) Manual controlling elements
  490.13           ... (3 indent ) Planar surface with orthogonal movement or rotation
  490.14           ... (3 indent ) Levers
  490.15           .... (4 indent ) Pair of levers
  491           . (1 indent ) Hand operated
  492           .. (2 indent ) Steering posts
  493           ... (3 indent ) Adjustable
  494           ... (3 indent ) Auxiliary operators
  495           ... (3 indent ) Position controllers
  496           ... (3 indent ) Motion translating mechanism
  497           .... (4 indent ) Cam type
  498           .... (4 indent ) Gear type
  499           .... (5 indent ) Screw and nut
  500           .... (5 indent ) Worm
  500.5           .. (2 indent ) Flexible transmitter (e.g., Bowden cable)
  501.5R           ... (3 indent ) Constant tension sustaining
  501.5H           .... (4 indent ) Hydraulic control
  501.6           ... (3 indent ) And hand operator
  502           .... (4 indent ) Slidable
  502.1           .... (4 indent ) For moving a mirror
  502.2           .... (4 indent ) Single rotatable lever (e.g., for bicycle brake or derailleur)
  502.3           ... (3 indent ) Including rolling antifriction elements
  502.4           ... (3 indent ) And sheath support, connector, or anchor
  502.5           ... (3 indent ) Specific cable or sheath structure
  502.6           ... (3 indent ) Specific cable connector or guide
  503           .. (2 indent ) Sliding rod
  504           .. (2 indent ) Rotatable rod, shaft, or post
  505           ... (3 indent ) Gear, drum, and cable
  506           ... (3 indent ) Drum and cable
  507           ... (3 indent ) Gear
  508           .... (4 indent ) Variable ratio
  509           .... (4 indent ) Screw and nut
  510           ... (3 indent ) Adjustable
  511R           ... (3 indent ) Mountings
  511A           .... (4 indent ) Antenna
  512           . (1 indent ) Foot operated
  513           .. (2 indent ) Accelerator
  514           .. (2 indent ) Signal
  515R           . (1 indent ) Knee operated
  515E           .. (2 indent ) Elbow
  516           . (1 indent ) Variable output force
  517           .. (2 indent ) Flexible
  518           .. (2 indent ) Variable input leverage
             . (1 indent ) Elements
  519           .. (2 indent ) Levers
  520           ... (3 indent ) Toggle
  521           .... (4 indent ) Lazy tongs
  522           ... (3 indent ) Adjustable
  522.5           ... (3 indent ) Swing posts
  523           ... (3 indent ) Hand
  524           .... (4 indent ) Jointed
  525           .... (4 indent ) Adjustable
  526           ... (3 indent ) Stops
  527           .. (2 indent ) Detents
  528           ... (3 indent ) Hand crank
  529           ... (3 indent ) Interrelated lever release
  530           ... (3 indent ) Gear
  531           ... (3 indent ) Friction
  532           ... (3 indent ) Lever engaging
  533           ... (3 indent ) Lever engaging rack
  534           .... (4 indent ) Pivoted
  535           .... (4 indent ) Lever carried pawl
  536           .... (4 indent ) Handle release
  537           .... (4 indent ) Finger lever release
  538           .... (5 indent ) Slidable
  539           .... (4 indent ) Pedal controlled
  540           ... (3 indent ) Lever carried rack
  541           .... (4 indent ) Pivoted
  542           .... (4 indent ) Pedal controlled
  543           .. (2 indent ) Handles
  544           ... (3 indent ) Extension
  545           ... (3 indent ) Hand crank
  546           .... (4 indent ) Extensible
  547           .... (4 indent ) Collapsible
  548           ... (3 indent ) Shaft connections
  550           .... (4 indent ) Engine starter type
  551           .... (5 indent ) Holders
  551.1           ... (3 indent ) Handle bars
  551.2           .... (4 indent ) Spring biased or supported
  551.3           .... (4 indent ) Folding or adjustable
  551.4           .... (5 indent ) Sectional
  551.5           ..... (6 indent ) Simultaneously movable
  551.6           .... (5 indent ) Continuous
  551.7           ..... (6 indent ) With handle latch
  551.8           .... (4 indent ) Attachments and accessories
  551.9           .... (4 indent ) Handholds and grips
  552           ... (3 indent ) Hand wheels
  553           .... (4 indent ) Knob or dial
  554           .... (4 indent ) Slidable
  555           .... (4 indent ) Pivoted
  556           .... (5 indent ) Releasable
  557           .... (4 indent ) Handles
  558           .... (4 indent ) Rim grips and covers
  558.5           ... (3 indent ) Caps and covers
  559           .. (2 indent ) Rocker arms
  560           .. (2 indent ) Pedals
  561           ... (3 indent ) Treadles
  562           ... (3 indent ) Extension
  562.5           .... (4 indent ) Offset
  563           ... (3 indent ) Pads and covers
  564           .. (2 indent ) Foot rests
  565           .. (2 indent ) Controller checks
  566           .. (2 indent ) Slot closers and lever guards
             ELEMENTS
  567           . (1 indent ) Cams
  568R           .. (2 indent ) Adjustable
  568FS           ... (3 indent ) Flexible strip
  568M           ... (3 indent ) Memory devices
  568T           ... (3 indent ) Timer devices
  569           .. (2 indent ) Follower
  572.4           . (1 indent ) Balancing for drum, e.g., washing machine or arm-type structure, etc., centrifuge, etc.
  570.1           . (1 indent ) Eccentric
  570.2           .. (2 indent ) Plural, movable relative to each other (including ball(s))
  570.21           ... (3 indent ) Concentric
  571.1           .. (2 indent ) Adjustable
  571.11           ... (3 indent ) Radially
  570.3           .. (2 indent ) Having anti-friction means, e.g., roller bearing, lubrication, etc.
  572.1           . (1 indent ) Power generating-type flywheel
  572.11           .. (2 indent ) Structural detail, e.g., material, configuration, superconductor, discs, laminated, etc.
  572.12           ... (3 indent ) Containing fiber or filament
  572.2           . (1 indent ) Flywheel, motion smoothing-type
  573.1           .. (2 indent ) With fluid balancing means
  573.11           ... (3 indent ) And pressure compensation
  573.12           ... (3 indent ) And elastic device
  573.13           ... (3 indent ) And bearings
  574.1           .. (2 indent ) With electrical or magnetic damping
  574.2           .. (2 indent ) Damping using swinging masses, e.g., pendulum type, etc.
  574.3           .. (2 indent ) Damping by increasing frictional force
  574.4           .. (2 indent ) Damping by absorbing vibration force (via rubber, elastomeric material, etc.)
  572.21           .. (2 indent ) Structural detail, e.g., fiber, held by magnet, etc.
  575           . (1 indent ) Pawls and ratchets
  576           .. (2 indent ) Noiseless
  577R           .. (2 indent ) Pivoted pawls
  577S           ... (3 indent ) Single tooth
  577SF           ... (3 indent ) Flexible single tooth
  577M           ... (3 indent ) Multiple tooth
  578           .. (2 indent ) Sliding pawls
  579R           . (1 indent ) Pitmans and connecting rods
  580           .. (2 indent ) Radial
  581           .. (2 indent ) Yieldable
  582           ... (3 indent ) Longitudinal springs
  583           ... (3 indent ) Fluid cushion
  584           ... (3 indent ) Automatic release
  585           .... (4 indent ) Toggle link type
  586           .. (2 indent ) Longitudinally adjustable
  587           .. (2 indent ) Hollow rod, lubricated
  588           .. (2 indent ) Sheet metal type
  589           .. (2 indent ) Counterbalanced
  590           ... (3 indent ) Weight type
  591           .... (4 indent ) Rotating
  592           ... (3 indent ) Spring
  593           .. (2 indent ) Section coupled
  594           .. (2 indent ) Bearings, adjustable
  579E           .. (2 indent ) Engine type
  579F           .. (2 indent ) Idler arm
  594.1           . (1 indent ) Cranks and pedals
  594.2           .. (2 indent ) With attached gear
  594.3           .. (2 indent ) Variable
  594.4           .. (2 indent ) Pedals
  594.5           ... (3 indent ) Counterbalanced
  594.6           ... (3 indent ) With toe or shoe clips
  594.7           ... (3 indent ) Adjustable or folding
  595           . (1 indent ) Cranks and wrist pins
  596           .. (2 indent ) Multiple throw
  597           ... (3 indent ) Sectional
  598           .. (2 indent ) Sectional
  599           .. (2 indent ) Yieldable
  600           .. (2 indent ) Adjustable
  601           ... (3 indent ) Automatically
  602           .. (2 indent ) Variable
  603           .. (2 indent ) Counterbalanced
  604           ... (3 indent ) Vibration dampers
  605           .. (2 indent ) Lubricated
  606R           . (1 indent ) Gear casings
  607           .. (2 indent ) Axle and torque tubes
  606A           .. (2 indent ) Cooling
  608           . (1 indent ) Guards
  609           .. (2 indent ) For rotary member
  612           . (1 indent ) Guard mechanisms
  613           .. (2 indent ) Automatic
  614           ... (3 indent ) Oscillating member actuator
  615           ... (3 indent ) Reciprocating member actuator
  616           .. (2 indent ) Operator controlled
  617           .. (2 indent ) Set screw
 
 CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS
 
  900           PARTICULAR SHIFT PATTERN
 
 FOREIGN ART COLLECTIONS
 
  FOR000           CLASS-RELATED FOREIGN DOCUMENTS
 Any foreign patents or non-patent literature from subclasses that have been reclassified have been transferred directly to FOR Collections listed below. These Collections contain ONLY foreign patents or non-patent literature. The parenthetical references in the Collection titles refer to the abolished subclasses from which these Collections were derived.
 
  FOR100           TRANSMISSION CONTROL (74/473 R)
  FOR101           . (1 indent ) Foot operated (74/474)
  FOR102           . (1 indent ) With detent mechanism (74/475)
  FOR103           . (1 indent ) With reverse lockout (74/476)
  FOR104           . (1 indent ) With interlocked elements (74/477)
  FOR105           . (1 indent ) Pivot mounting (74/473 P)
  FOR106           . (1 indent ) Near steering wheel (74/473 SW)
 
 DIGESTS
 
   DIG1           HYDRAULIC CONTROL SYSTEMS AUTOMATIC AUTOMOTIVE CONTROLS
   DIG2           MISCELLANEOUS CONTROL SYSTEMS (E.G., SHIP PROPULSION, MACHINE TOOLS, ETC.)
   DIG3           MOVABLE VAN OR BLADE TORQUE CONVERTERS
   DIG4           MAGNETIC GEARING
   DIG5           GAS TURBINE WITH GEARING
   DIG6           TRANSISTOR-ELECTRONIC GEARING CONTROLS
   DIG7           INDICATORS-SENSORS AND METERS
   DIG8           MARINE CONTROL-SHIP TRANSMISSION CONTROL MEANS
   DIG9           PERPETUAL MOTION GIMMICKS
   DIG10           POLYMER DIGEST - PLASTIC GEARS
   DIG11           CREEPER SPEED
   DIG12           NOVIKOV GEARS


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