This class includes machines employed for ascertaining the
number of movements of various devices or machines; also, indicating
devices where the purpose is to disclose the numerical extent or
quantity of movement of a machine and where the device is separate
and independent of the machine whose movements are to be noted;
also organized machines, such as, cash-registers, fare-registers,
voting machines and calculators having registering or counting devices
as essential or important elements and having in addition certain
other features necessary to make up the complete machines for the purposes
desired. In this class are also recording calculating machines,
as--recording cash-registers, and recording voting-machines, which
are classified herein instead of in classes providing for the particular
recording means, by reason of the analogy of the machines as entireties
to other machines (cash-registers, etc.), in this class. These
recording devices usually, but not invariably, comprise attachments
for printing numbers.
Registers, per se, include attachments to machines where the
purpose is to ascertain or count the number of movements thereof,
such as engine-counters, counters for printing-presses, etc. They
also include devices comprising indicating hands or pointers (or
equivalents thereof), whether moved regularly or irregularly, forward
or backward, in cooperation with a scale or index to disclose the
numerical extent of movement.
In addition to registers, per se, the class is subdivided into
various groups according to the functions of the machines classified
therein.
The registering mechanisms employed in cash-registers (with
the exception in Subclass References to the Current Class, below)
and calculators are capable of being operated to different extents--that
is, if they comprise drums having numerals from "0" to "9" on
their peripheries they may be operated one step or more up to the
limit at one operation, dependent upon the key or equivalent actuated.
Moreover, any drum or drums (or equivalent) in the set representing
different orders, as units, tens, etc., or dollars and cents, may
be operated either singly or together. In these respects the registers are
different in their operation from those in the other groups, where
the actuator is in operative relation only with the wheel or other
device of lowest order and moves the same one step at a time, the
tens being "carried" as this or any other wheel
completes its rotation.
Cash-registers, classified in this class, are classified machines
employed in mercantile establishments for the purpose of keeping
a check upon the financial transactions. These machines usually
comprise keys or equivalents, registering devices, indicating-tablets,
or drums to disclose to the purchaser the amount of the sale, a
cash-drawer, a bell or other alarm, and various subordinate devices
mainly for the purpose of compelling the clerk or cashier to completely
and correctly operate the machine. It also includes machines where
an autographic record of the transaction is made upon a movable
strip of paper, together with means for moving the paper, a cash-drawer,
and other subsidiary devices.
SECTION II - SUBCLASS REFERENCES TO THE CURRENT CLASS
Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning,
subclasses 250.001+ for attachments for cleaning windows of registers,
where only the features of the register casing and window are claimed
that provide for attachment and operation of the cleaning element.
When other register features are claimed, for example, an operating
connection with the register mechanism, classification is in Class
235.
Measuring and Testing, for all registering measuring instruments wherein
the register is claimed broadly or specifically in combination with
significant measuring structure of the type provided for in said
class. Class 235 includes only registering mechanism, per se, for
measuring instruments. However, since it is usually necessary to
include with the register some conventional measuring element to
define a locus or setting for the register, the mere naming in a
claim or claims of such conventional measuring element or its description
in general terms will not exclude such claims from Class 235.
Selective Cutting (e.g., Punching),
subclasses 4+ for a selective punching device having means to
totalize incremental values assigned to the different punches (for
justification control); subclass 21 for a selective punching device
having means to register the number of its operations (for control
purposes).
Thermal Measuring and Testing, for registering thermal measuring instruments wherein
the register is claimed broadly or specifically in combination with
significant measuring structure of the type provided for in said
class. Class 235 includes only registering mechanism, per se, for
measuring instruments. However, since it is usually necessary to
include with the register some conventional measuring element to
define a locus or setting for the register, the mere naming in a
claim or claims of such conventional measuring element or its description
in general terms will not exclude such claims from Class 235.
Electrophotography,
subclasses 75+ for machine operation of an electrophotographic device
reproducing copies, particularly subclasses 79+ for accounting
of usage or copies produced.
Data Processing: Generic Control Systems or Specific
Applications,
subclasses 1 through 89for generic data processing control systems; and
subclasses 90-306 for particular applica of data processing systems
or calculating computers especially sublcasses 245-264 for data
processing of robot control systems.
Data Processing: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing, appropriate subclasses for data processing systems
or calculating computers utilized to affect a measuring, testing,
or calibrating operation of an external device or quality.
Data Processing: Speech Signal Processing, Linguistics,
Language Translation and Audio Compression/Decompression,
subclasses 200+ for artificial intelligence systems that process speech
signals.
Electrical Computers: Arithmetic Processing and
Calculating,
subclasses 1+ for hybrid computers; subclasses 100+ for
digital calculating computers; and subclasses 800+ for
analog computers.
Error Detection/Correction and Fault
Detection/Recovery,
subclasses 1+ for reliability and availability, fault recovery,
locating, and avoidance in digital data processing systems.
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Cash-registers embodying both a register and a recording
attachment or an attachment for printing the amount of the sale
registered.
This subclass is indented under subclass 2. Cash-registers having in addition an attachment for feeding,
printing, and delivering from the machine a check showing the amount
of the sale, together with additional data, if desired, such as
the date of the transaction, etc.
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Machines constructed like cash-registers, but having the
register replaced by a recording device for preserving a record
of the sales.
This subclass is indented under subclass 4. Cash-recorders containing a movable strip of paper on which
a memorandum of the transaction is manually made, together with
devices ordinarily found in cash-registers for moving the paper
and also, if desired, other features characteristic of cash-recorders.
Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding,
subclasses 520+ for a machine in which an autographic record of
a registered transaction is made upon movable strips of material,
either singly or in duplicate, one or more of the strips being rolled
up in the machine, and comprising nothing more than the strips of
paper, together with a means for moving the same and rolling them within
the machine.
This subclass is indented under subclass 7. Cash-registers including two or more separate and distinct
attachments for registering the sales of different clerks or departments,
a single set of cash-keys, and separate keys or other devices whereby
the cash-keys may be placed in operative connection with any desired
registering attachments.
This subclass is indented under subclass 7. Cash-registers where the keys are employed merely for setting
certain parts into operative position, which parts by a subsequent
movement of another part of the machine are so actuated as to cause
the operation of the machine.
This subclass is indented under subclass 8. Cash-registers wherein the movement of the key releases
a spring or other motor which actuates the machine.
This subclass is indented under subclass 7. Cash-registers in which the pressing of the key causes the
operation of the various parts of the cash-register, as the indicators,
registers, drawer-opening devices, etc.
This subclass is indented under subclass 12. Cash-registers wherein several keys act upon the same set
of register wheels, the wheels being actuated a different distance
according to the value of the key operated.
This subclass is indented under subclass 14. Cash-registers having differential mechanism where a key-lever
when actuated is connected with a coupling or "universal" bar,
so that when several keys are thus coupled further pressure upon
any one of such keys will cause the operation of the machine.
This subclass is indented under subclass 14. Cash-registers having differential mechanism wherein the
key-levers move a certain distance, depending upon the value of
the key, before causing any movement of the parts to be actuated.
This subclass is indented under subclass 17. Cash-registers employing a number of balls to register the
sales, the balls sometimes being superposed in a transparent tube,
the tube or the casing bearing graduation, so that the number corresponding
to a column of any height may be ascertained from inspection, or
the balls may be employed in various other ways.
This subclass is indented under subclass 7. Cash-registers without keys but having a pointer movable
over a dial, the pointer being moved by hand and in or by its movement causing
the operation of the various parts of the machine. In this subclass
the pointer traveling over the face of the dial serves as the indicator.
This subclass is indented under subclass 19. Cash-registers wherein a pointer or the like connected to
a lever or its equivalent is moved over a graduated scale, the extent
of movement determining the operation of the machine by the lever.
This subclass is indented under subclass 7. Mechanism whereby the drawer of a cash-register is opened
or by which it is released so that it may be thrown open by means
of a spring normally pressing against it; also, any mechanism whereby
the drawer is operated in any way.
This subclass is indented under subclass 23. Subject matter comprising shutters or screens and operating
devices therefore, whereby the figures on the indicators are obscured
during part of the operation of the machine.
This subclass is indented under subclass 7. Devices for preventing the simultaneous operation of two
or more keys or for preventing the operation of more than a pre-determined
number of keys.
This subclass is indented under subclass 7. Devices for locking the keys of a cash-register or other
calculating machine against movement--as, for example, when the
proprietor leaves the machine for a time and does not wish it operated
during his absence.
This subclass is indented under subclass 7. Subject matter comprising registers that count or indicate
the number of times the lid or cover of a cash-register has been
opened.
This subclass is indented under subclass 33. Fare-registers including two or more separate registers
for indicating different classes of fare, whether such registers
are entirely independent of each other or whether they have either
a common trip-register or a common totalizer.
This subclass is indented under subclass 33. Devices attached to a cab or other vehicle, adapted to be
actuated either by a time-train or according to the distance traveled,
at the option of the passenger, the connection being made by the
driver, said device indicating to the passenger the time or distance
and the amount of fare he is to pay for such time or distance.
This subclass is indented under subclass 33. Structures containing a roll of tickets, one of which, either
punched or not, is withdrawn and given to each passenger and at
the same time is counted upon a register.
This subclass is indented under subclass 33. Fare-boxes for street-cars etc., containing a register operated
by the fare or the ticket or during the operation of the box to
cause the fare to be dropped from one part to another.
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Subject matter comprising machines employed in street-cars,
operated by the conductor when taking fares and serving to indicate
and register the number of fares taken. These machines include
an operating-lever or its equivalent actuated by cords or rods accessible
from any point of the car, registers, trip or total, or both, alarm
devices, and various auxiliary devices, mainly for the purpose of
preventing the conductor "beating" the machine.
This subclass is indented under subclass 33. Fare-registers whose trip-register is a pointer moving around
a graduated dial and whose totalizer is composed of a series of
cylinders placed side by side.
This subclass is indented under subclass 33. Fare-registers whose registering devices are belts or short
flat links forming endless chains, upon which the numbers are placed.
This subclass is indented under subclass 36. Fare-registers having two sets of registering devices, as
for trip and total, each set composed of a number of cylinders placed
side by side.
This subclass is indented under subclass 36. Fare-registers whose registering devices, whether in one
set only or in two sets--trip and total--are composed of a number
of pointers, each moving around a graduated dial, the pointers of
each set in the higher orders being actuated one graduation when
the pointer or the lower order has made a complete rotation.
This subclass is indented under subclass 36. Fare-registers including one or more sets of registering
devices, each set composed of disks numbered upon their faces, the
numbers showing successively through an aperture in the casing as
the disks are rotated, the disks of lower orders transferring to
those of higher orders as they make complete rotations.
This subclass is indented under subclass 40. Fare-registers whose registering devices comprise a plurality
of disks numbered on their faces and placed concentrically upon
a single shaft or axis.
This subclass is indented under subclass 40. Fare-registers whose registering devices are composed of
a series of drums placed side by side upon a single shaft. In some
cases these drums are arranged in two sets, a trip and total, the
sets being separated from each other.
This subclass is indented under subclass 40. Fare-registers wherein the registering attachment comprises
one or more hands moving over a dial and arranged around the same
axis in a manner similar to the hour and minute hands of a clock,
but ordinarily actuated step by step.
This subclass is indented under subclass 33. Devices by which the trip-register of a fare-register is
set back to zero at the beginning of a trip.
(1)
Note. This subclass, while similar to subclass 144, in one
respect (restoring the register-wheels to zero) differs from it
in that while such restoration is going on various other operations
are or may be performed-such as locking the machine against movement,
setting the trip or direction indicator, moving a zero-register,
etc.
This subclass is indented under subclass 47. Subject matter comprising devices in a fare-register for
indicating the direction the car is moving and mechanism for actuating
the same.
This subclass is indented under subclass 33. Subject matter comprising additions to the trip-register
of a fare-register by which its capacity is increased.
This subclass is indented under subclass 51. Voting-machines having a device for recording upon a strip
of paper or its equivalent the number of votes cast. The machine
may or may not also have a registering attachment.
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Machines employed for mechanically casting and counting
votes. These machines usually comprise keys or equivalents, one
for each candidate, and in most cases a key whereby a single movement
a vote can be given for the entire set of candidates for either part,
interlocking mechanism for preventing votes being given for more
than the proper number of candidates, and various auxiliary devices.
This subclass is indented under subclass 51. Voting-machines by means of which legislators or members
of assemblies can, by operating keys or levers, indicate a "yes" and "no" vote,
these devices frequently having registers connected therewith for
counting up the totals of such votes. In many cases these devices
are connected with the desks of the legislators.
This subclass is indented under subclass 51. Voting-machines wherein the movement of the key sets in
position for further operation certain parts, the operation of such
parts and through them the registers, etc., being effected by means
of a device afterwards operated, such as the door of the booth which
is operated by the voter when he departs, etc.
Data Processing: Financial, Business Practice,
Management, or Cost/Price Determination,
subclass 12 for a system to calculate the totals of vote returns.
This subclass is indented under subclass 61. Calculators which contain adding or other calculating mechanism
and devices for recording the numbers set up or the results, or
both.
This subclass is indented under subclass 58. Recording calculating-machines where the actuation of the
key directly operates the registering and recording devices.
This subclass is indented under subclass 58. Recording calculating-machines where the depression of a
key sets certain devices in position and a succeeding movement of
another part, as a handle or lever, operates the machine.
Printing,
subclasses 2 , 19+ and 93+ for mechanism for
concurrently printing a plurality of characters, when such printing
mechanism is disclosed without calculating structure or is not claimed
in combination with significant calculating structure of the type provided
for in Class 235.
Selective Cutting (e.g., Punching), appropriate subclasses, for manually controlled
mechanism which records by selectively punching a sheet or web,
wherein no calculating machine is included.
Photography,
subclasses 549+ for devices wherein recording is effected by photographing
selected characters on a movable member, when such devices are disclosed
without calculating structure or are not claimed in combination
with significant calculating structure of the type provided for in
Class 235.
Typewriting Machines, for digit-by- digit printing mechanism for concurrently
printing a plurality of characters, when such printing mechanism
is disclosed without calculating structure or is not claimed in
combination with significant calculating structure of the type provided
for in Class 235.
This subclass is indented under subclass 60. Subject matter wherein the recording is effected by other
than printing or punching means. This subclass receives calculators
provided with photographic recording means.
Photography,
subclasses 549+ for devices wherein recording is effected by photographing
selected characters on a movable member, when such devices are disclosed
without calculating structure or are not claimed in combination
with significant calculating structure of the type provided for in
Class 235.
This subclass is indented under subclass 60. Subject matter comprising a typewriter combined with a calculator,
wherein the two units are each of substantially standard construction and
are capable of separation and independent use.
(1)
Note. These machines are generally characterized by the presence
of separate and complete keyboards for each unit and the provision
of locking and interlocking devices controlling the operation of
the two units and/or interconnections between the typewriter
keys and calculator keys, or differential actuators, to eliminate
duplication in indexing amounts. This subclass receives a combined
machine of the type defined even though it may have a platen common
to the typewriting mechanism and to separate printing mechanism
in the calculator.
for typewriter calculating machines, wherein the
typewriter keys control typing in the usual fashion, but digital values
are set up in indexing mechanism under control of the typewriter numeral
keys and are entered concurrently in a plurality of orders of the totalizing
mechanism after the completion of a multi-digit typing operation.
This subclass is indented under subclass 60. Subject matter provided with a plurality of distinct recording
means for recording on different portions of the same record receiving medium
or for recording on different record receiving mediums.
This subclass is indented under subclass 60.15. Subject matter in which alphabetical data is recorded.
The alphabetical recording elements may be mounted on a member which
also carries numerical recording elements or on separate members,
as in a typewriter calculator. This subclass only receives typewriter
calculators where some feature peculiar to alphabetical printing
is claimed in combination with subject matter under subclass 60.
This subclass is indented under subclass 60.15. Subject matter in which the recorded data comprises signs
or characters for indicating the zeroizing or clearing of a totalizer
or totalizers. This subclass receives devices for indicating totalizer
clearance by printing in a distinctive color.
This subclass is indented under subclass 60.15. Subject matter in which the recorded data comprises distinctive
characters or symbols for the purpose of indicating the nature of
some phase of a calculating operation. These characters or symbols
may be indicative of the totalizer or totalizers selected for entering
or total taking operations, the nature of an entering operation, as
addition or subtraction or the positive or negative condition of
the amount standing in a totalizer, etc.
for mechanism for recording distinctive characters
for the purpose of indicating the nature of some phase of a calculating
operation, other than clearing a totalizer.
This subclass is indented under subclass 60. Subject matter comprising mechanism for controlling the
recording means to record the true total from totalizer or result
receiving elements which contain a negative or overdraft amount, as
a result of the subtraction of an amount or amounts which exceed
the total of positive or additive entries therein, or such means
as is necessarily incidental to a true negative total recording
operation.
This subclass is indented under subclass 60.2. Subject matter in which electrical means are employed for
reading the total from the totalizer or result receiving elements
or in controlling the elements which record the true negative total.
This subclass is indented under subclass 60. Subject matter comprising devices for selectively splitting
a continuous series of printing devices into distinct and separately
operating sections, generally by rendering the zero print controlling
devices ineffective at the point at which splitting is effected.
This subclass is indented under subclass 60. Subject matter including devices for causing the printing
of a total by a greater number of printing elements than are employed
in printing the items which are entered to form the total. Such
devices are employed where overflow orders of the totalizer extend
beyond the printing elements which are allocated to and are operative
in item printing operations, and it is necessary to call additional
printing elements into operation during total taking operations
to print a total under control of these overflow orders.
This subclass is indented under subclass 60. Subject matter comprising means to disable or render ineffective
the recording mechanism, whereby an amount may be entered into the calculator
without being recorded. These controls are of the type usually
known as "nonprint" devices.
This subclass is indented under subclass 60. Subject matter comprising means to disable or render ineffective
the mechanism for entering amounts into the register or totalizing
means, whereby an amount may be recorded without being entered into
the calculator.
This subclass is indented under subclass 60. Subject matter wherein a plurality of recording elements
are selectively positioned in an operation and a common operator
is subsequently effective to cause recording from each of said positioned
elements.
This subclass is indented under subclass 60.27. Subject matter comprising devices for controlling the recording
of zeros in orders in which no significant digit appears.
(1)
Note. These devices are usually controlled by a higher order
recording element which is positioned to record a significant digit,
to cause zero recording by adjacent lower elements in which no such
digit appears and to suppress zero recording from recording elements
in orders above the order in which the highest significant digit
appears.
(2)
Note. This subclass receives manually settable devices in
machines of the type provided for in subclass 60.27 for enabling
or suppressing zero recording, whether in combination with the automatic
devices mentioned in (1) Note or not.
This subclass is indented under subclass 60.27. Subject matter comprising total taking means for positioning
recording elements in accordance with the settings of totalizer
or result receiving elements, and such mechanism as is necessarily
incidental thereto.
This subclass is indented under subclass 60.3. Subject matter wherein the recording elements are positioned
by restoring the result receiving or totalizer elements to their
zero position.
This subclass is indented under subclass 60.31. Subject matter comprising devices for avoiding the blank
cycle which is necessary in many types of calculating machines in
order to condition the totalizer or other calculating structure for
a total reading operation. These blank cycles are usually necessary
in order to restore tripped tens carry devices to their normal positions.
This subclass is indented under subclass 60.3. Subject matter wherein the recording elements are positioned
by sensing the totalizer or result elements or under control of
devices which sense said totalizer or result elements. This subclass
receives total sensing devices wherein the feelers are permanently
engaged with the result elements.
This subclass is indented under subclass 60.33. Subject matter comprising mechanism for restoring the totalizer
or result elements to their zero positions after the total sensing
operation.
This subclass is indented under subclass 60.3. Subject matter wherein the selection of recording elements,
or operative portions thereof, which effect recording, is controlled
by impulses which are differently timed; that is, the relative timing
of the controlling impulses determines the digits which are to be
recorded. The differentially timed impulses are usually electrical
in nature, as in electrical record controlled calculating machines.
However, this subclass receives mechanical machines wherein recording
elements are selected by mechanically operated means which are operated
at differential times.
433 and 434, for printing and punching devices,
respectively, which are operated by differentially timed impulses,
when claimed in combination with record controlled calculating structure.
This subclass is indented under subclass 60.3. Subject matter in which a total or result is recorded by
taking a direct impression from a totalizer or result element, or
from a recording element directly coupled thereto.
This subclass is indented under subclass 60. Subject matter comprising recording means of the type wherein
one digit is recorded at a time and escapement of the device which
carries the record medium permits successive recording. This subclass
receives typewriter computing means of the type wherein the typewriter
keys control typing in the usual fashion. In addition, the numeral
keys, by means of carriage controlled devices, cause the values
of digital characters typed to be successively set up in an indexing
mechanism, which mechanism controls entry of said set up values
concurrently into a plurality of totalizer orders upon the completion
of a multidigit typing operation. Where denominational selection
of the indexing or digit receiving set up means is claimed, classification
is in this subclass or indented subclasses.
Selective Cutting (e.g., Punching), appropriate subclasses, for a selective step-by-step punching
device, and particularly
subclasses 120+ for input means for such a device which may involve
calculating machine structure.
This subclass is indented under subclass 60.38. Subject matter comprising total taking means for selecting
digit recording elements in accordance with the settings of a totalizer
or result receiving elements, and such means as is necessarily incidental
thereto.
This subclass is indented under subclass 60. Subject matter comprising a carriage which carries the paper
or other medium upon which recording is effected and is so movable
as to cause recording upon different portions of the record receiving
medium.
This subclass is indented under subclass 60.42. Subject matter comprising mechanism for moving the carriage
back and forth, or shutting it, between two positions.
This subclass is indented under subclass 60.42. Subject matter comprising power means, other than the usual
spring means, for moving the carriage from one position to another.
This subclass is indented under subclass 60.42. Subject matter comprising means for selectively positioning
the carriage at various columnar positions.
This subclass is indented under subclass 60.41. Subject matter comprising means controlled by the position
of the carriage for controlling various functions of the machine.
This subclass is indented under subclass 60.47. Subject matter for selecting a totalizer or totalizers for
either item entering or total taking operation. The totalizer selection
means may be combined with means for controlling the nature of an
entering operation and may effect totalizer selection by enabling
or disabling totalizer actuating or item receiving mechanism.
This subclass is indented under subclass 60.47. Subject matter for controlling devices for locking various
machine elements or for controlling interlocks between various elements
of the machine.
This subclass is indented under subclass 60.47. Subject matter comprising structures or elements, which
are carried by the carriage for operating some machine control mechanism.
This subclass is indented under subclass 60. Subject matter comprising means controlled by the platen
or paper feeding means for controlling various functions of the
machine.
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Subject matter comprising calculating-machines. In this
group are classified machines for mechanically performing the various
mathematical operations, usually those of addition or subtraction,
frequently that of multiplication, and occasionally of division.
These machines generally comprise registers and keys or equivalents
for operating them, together with necessary auxiliary devices.
Geometrical Instruments, for means for calculating unknown functions of geometrical
figures, said means having members designed to form representations
of said figures.
Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices: Systems,
subclasses 8.5+ for cathode-ray tube systems responsive to electrical
pulses for counting or storing such pulses, or for translating such
pulses from one code to another code, and subclass 84.5 for electrical pulse
counting or storing circuits employing gaseous space discharge devices.
This subclass is indented under subclass 61. Calculating-machines wherein the pressing of a key releases
a spring or other motor which actuates the devices to the extent
determined by the value of the key operated.
This subclass is indented under subclass 61. Calculating-machines having a single set of keys and having
devices movable from order to order of the registering mechanism
and connecting the keys successively therewith.
This subclass is indented under subclass 61. Subject matter comprising devices attached to a pencil or
similar instrument which are employed to keep account of the sum
of columns to be added or the number of tens to be "carried",
usually operated by the pressure of the point upon the paper or
desk.
(1)
Note. Adding devices that are merely adapted to be clamped
to a pencil, but do not form part thereof and are not operated by
the movement of the pencil, are not classified herein, but are classified according
to the structure of the adding device itself.
This subclass is indented under subclass 61. Subject matter comprising devices either in conjunction
with a logarithmic calculator or apart from such calculator, which
devices have a scale or scales to determine the location of a decimal
point in a calculation.
This subclass is indented under subclass 61. Calculators having movable members variably positionable
with respect to one another, at least one of said members having
an index or scale positionable opposite a point on a scale on the
other member and there being at least one scale having values peculiar
to the art of photography.
This subclass is indented under subclass 61. Subject matter comprising adding-machines having two parts,
a bar and a disk, one part being for the lower orders and the other
for the higher.
This subclass is indented under subclass 61. Subject matter comprising adding-machines having two parts,
a cylinder and a disk, or a plurality of either.
This subclass is indented under subclass 61. Subject matter comprising adding-machines wherein the numbers
are arranged spirally, either around the surface of a cylinder or
upon the face of a disk, there ordinarily being a pointer or its
equivalent that travels in cooperation with the cylinder or disk
in order to indicate the proper figure or number.
This subclass is indented under subclass 69. Subject matter comprising rules consisting of a stationary
base, and one or more slides movable therein, both the base and
the slides being graduated, usually logarithmically, according to
the different elements of some mathematical formula, so that by
placing the slide in proper relation to the base, problems embodying
such formula may be solved without calculation.
This subclass is indented under subclass 61. Calculating-machines wherein movable belts bearing numerals
are employed instead of cylinders or disks. Machines wherein belts
are employed as devices whereby to operate registering or calculating
cylinders, etc., are not classified herein, but are located according
to the character of the registering mechanism.
This subclass is indented under subclass 72. Calculating-machines whose registering attachments comprise
cylinders placed either singly or in sets on axes parallel with
each other.
This subclass is indented under subclass 72. Calculating-machines whose registering attachments comprise
disks placed upon axes parallel with each other, the disks being
actuated by some instrument held in the hand, such as a stylus,
pencil, etc.
This subclass is indented under subclass 72. Calculating-machines whose registering devices are on axes
parallel with each other, these devices being connected by gears
instead of by intermittent transfer mechanism.
This subclass is indented under subclass 77. Calculating-machines whose registering devices comprise
a plurality of disks numbered on their faces and mounted in a base,
said disks being placed concentrically on a single shaft or axis.
This subclass is indented under subclass 77. Calculating machines whose registering devices are composed
of cylindrical members mounted for rotation on a common axis.
This subclass is indented under subclass 79. Calculating devices wherein two or more relatively movable
cylindrical members are so graduated, usually logarithmically according
to the elements of some mathematical formula, that by placing one
in proper relation to another problems involving such formula may
be solved.
This subclass is indented under subclass 79. Calculators whose registering devices comprise cylinders
placed upon a single axis, these cylinders being operated directly
by means of the fingers of the operator or by a stylus, pencil,
or other instrument held in the hand.
This subclass is indented under subclass 80. Calculators whose registering devices comprise cylinders
placed side by side upon a single axis, these cylinders being operated
by levers or equivalents having handles or the like movable to different
extents over a graduated plate.
This subclass is indented under subclass 79. Calculating-machines having registering devices composed
of a series of cylinders placed side by side upon a common shaft
and being directly operated by the depression of keys, with which
the machine is provided.
This subclass is indented under subclass 77. Calculators, whose registering devices comprise a rotatable
disk mounted on a base, or one or more hands or pointers movable
over the face of a dial properly graduated.
This subclass is indented under subclass 83. Subject matter comprising slide rules, as defined in subclass
70 wherein the base and the slides instead of being straight are
circular.
This subclass is indented under subclass 61. Calculators comprising a table showing results calculated
from certain data so arranged that by properly manipulating the
same any desired result is obtained.
This subclass is indented under subclass 85. Tabular calculators having tables placed upon sheets, the
sheets being attached to a frame either permanently or temporarily
and a guiding-strip or the like being provided to used in connection
with the sheets.
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Subject matter comprising boards such as cribbage boards
and the like, for tallying purposes, the tallying being accomplished
by means of pegs or the like successively moved to different holes
as the tally increases.
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Subject matter comprising devices for operating registers,
the specific construction of the registers not being of the invention.
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Subject matter comprising registers operated by means of
a faucet or other part through or in which the fluid passes,such
as registering-faucets, registers connected with saucers holding
beer-glasses, registering bottles, etc.
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Subject matter comprising registers connected or attached
to the wheel or axle of a vehicle, such as a carriage or bicycle,
for the purpose of counting the number of revolutions made by the
wheel and, with the knowledge of the size of the wheel, of measuring
the distance traveled, the counting-wheels being marked to indicate
the distances instead of the number of revolutions.
This subclass is indented under subclass 95. Subject matter comprising details or isolated parts of odometers
or parts connected therewith, such as tappets, brackets, etc.
This subclass is indented under subclass 95. Odometers having two sets of registering devices, one set
moving continuously to indicate the entire distance traveled and
the other set capable of being reset to zero at any desired time
and adapted to indicate the distance traveled during a single trip
or in a day or any desired interval of time.
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Subject matter comprising registers operated by a package,
barrel, etc., passing through the machines.
Article Dispensing,
subclass 7 for plural article dispensing organizations not
otherwise provided for, including dispenser operated register structures.
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Subject matter comprising registers operated through the
medium of a depressible seat, platform, or the like on which the
person sits or steps or the article is placed.
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Subject matter comprising registers operated by a coin as
it passes into a box or other receptacle.
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Subject matter comprising registers operated by the hand-stamp
or by postage stamp dispensing or printing mechanisms.
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Subject matter comprising devices for counting the number
of words etc., written by a typewriter.
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Subject matter comprising instruments for counting the number
of rotations made by a shaft or other piece of machinery.
This subclass is indented under subclass 103. Subject matter comprising instruments for comparing the
number of rotations made by two or more shafts or other pieces of
machinery.
This subclass is indented under subclass 103. Subject matter comprising instruments or machines for counting
or indicating the number of rotations in a given time made by a
shaft or other piece of machinery--as, for example, the number of
rotations per second or minute or even the number of miles per hour
made by a moving vehicle.
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Subject matter comprising instruments attached to the foot
or body for counting the number of steps made; also, devices for
analogous purposes.
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Subject matter comprising machines having several registering
devices placed on axes at angles to each other.
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Subject matter comprising registers wherein the numbers
are arranged spirally, either around the surface of a cylinder or
upon the face of a disk, a pointer being sometimes employed which
travels along the cylinder or disk in order to indicate the proper
numeral.
This subclass is indented under subclass 108. Registers whose counting devices are connected by gearing
instead of intermittently-operating transfer mechanism.
This subclass is indented under subclass 108. Registers whose counting devices include both graduated
movable disks and pointers passing over graduated dials.
This subclass is indented under subclass 108. Registers whose counting devices include several graduated
dials over whose surfaces pass pointers or hands.
This subclass is indented under subclass 113. Registers the disks being separately operated by hand.
These registers are generally used in keeping count of the points
made in games.
This subclass is indented under subclass 115. Registers whose counting devices comprise a plurality of
disks numbered upon their faces and mounted on a base, said disks
being placed concentrically upon the shaft or axis.
This subclass is indented under subclass 115. Registers whose counting devices comprise a plurality of
cylinders placed side by side upon the shaft or axis.
This subclass is indented under subclass 115. Registers whose counting devices comprise two or more cylinders,
the cylinders having connected or formed therewith gears having different
numbers of teeth, but actuated by the same gear, thus causing a
slow movement of one cylinder with respect to the other.
This subclass is indented under subclass 115. Registers whose counting devices comprise several pointers
or hands moving over a dial and turning around the same axis at
different rates of speed, the relative movements being continuous,
as when connected by gears or pinions in the same way as the hands
of a watch, or intermittent, as when caused by transfer devices
operating only when one hand has completed a rotation.
This subclass is indented under subclass 115. Registers whose counting devices comprise a graduated dial
and a single hand or pointer moving thereover.
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Subject matter comprising counting devices where balls,
buttons or push buttons movable upon a support are employed to count or
keep tally of a game--such, for instance, as billiards.
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Subject matter comprising registering-machines wherein the
registering elements are movable belts bearing numerals.
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Subject matter comprising devices for keeping count of the
points in a game or for equivalent purpose, comprising indicators
pivoted to a base and adapted to be turned on their pivots--as,
for example, from a horizontal to a vertical position--to indicate
the desired data.
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Subject matter comprising mechanism connected to registering
devices of any character for sounding an alarm, as by ringing a
bell or in any other manner.
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Subject matter comprising devices for positively locking
a part against movement, either temporarily until the machine shall
have operated to a certain extent or for such a time as the operator
may desire.
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Subject matter comprising devices for preventing the accidental
movement of a part or for preventing a register-wheel or other moving
part from being carried by momentum farther than it should go.
WITH CONTROL MEANS OPERABLE ON PREDETERMINED REGISTER READING:
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Subject matter comprising devices under control of a register
for effecting either the stoppage of the register, or the starting,
stopping, or other operation of apparatus controlled by the register
(as the opening or closing of a switch) upon a particular or predetermined reading
of the register being obtained.
Selective Cutting (e.g., Punching),
subclass 21 for a selective cutting device with control means
operable in response to a predetermined register reading.
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Subject matter comprising devices whereby a register-wheel
of higher order is advanced one step each time a wheel of the next
lower order has made a complete rotation.
This subclass is indented under subclass 133. Transfer devices wherein the wheel of lower order has connected
therewith or placed thereon a cam or eccentrically-disposed pin acting
upon a lever connected with which is a pawl or equivalent that actuates
the wheel of higher order.
This subclass is indented under subclass 133. Transfer devices wherein the register-wheels have attached
thereto ratchet-wheels, each wheel having one notch deeper than
the rest, these notches being of successively-increasing depth in
the several wheels, whereby the actuating pawl or pawls are permitted
at each complete rotation of a wheel to move one step the wheels
of the next higher orders.
This subclass is indented under subclass 133. Transfer mechanism comprising a pinion or equivalent meshing
with gears attached to or connected with two register-wheels the
gears having teeth differing in number, so that one moves at a rate
different from the other.
This subclass is indented under subclass 133. Transfer mechanism wherein the complete rotation of a register-wheel
sets a device into such a position that by a subsequent movement and
by an independent actuating device it is caused to actuate one step
the wheel of next higher order.
This subclass is indented under subclass 137. Transfer mechanism wherein the independent actuating device
moves successively from one order to another.
This subclass is indented under subclass 133. Transfer devices comprising a pinion between each two register-wheels
on a shaft parallel to that of said wheels, said pinion being actuated by
the gear of one register-wheel and actuating the gear of the wheel
of higher order, one of the gears or pinions of the set having a
single tooth, so that the wheel of higher order is moved intermittently
from one number to the next at each complete rotation of the wheel
of lower order.
This subclass is indented under subclass 133. Transfer devices wherein each register-wheel has a single
tooth upon its side (or periphery) which at each complete rotation
engages with a ratchet-tooth on the wheel of next higher order, moving
it one step.
This subclass is indented under subclass 140. Transfer mechanism wherein the wheel of higher order is
locked from accidental movement when the transfer is not being effected.
This subclass is indented under subclass 133. Transfer devices comprising a pawl pivoted to and moving
with a register-wheel which, when the wheel has completed a rotation,
is moved radially with respect to the wheel into engagement with
a pin or tooth on the wheel of next higher order for a time sufficient
to move the latter one step.
This subclass is indented under subclass 142. Transfer devices except that the pivoted pawl has a movement
transverse to the plane of the register-wheel.
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Subject matter comprising devices by which the register
of a calculator, cash-register, or other machine is returned to
zero or "cleared out."
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Subject matter comprising those portions of registers, usually
manually actuated, including keys, shift-keys, space bars, etc.,
which control and initiate the action of the calculating machine
to determine what numbers shall be introduced and how; also to control
subsidiary operations of the machine.
This subclass is indented under subclass 145. Keyboards which are supported above or otherwise adjacent
to the main keyboard of the machine, often for performing some function additional
to that of the main keyboard.
This subclass is indented under subclass 61. Subject matter utilizing fluid which represents information
content; the system as a whole being specialized to a calculating
function and having (1) fluid flow varying components which are
connected by fluid storage or flow passages which, for example,
act as a "feed back", a "carry" between
components, distribute pulsed flow between components or act as information
memory means or (2) one or more means utilizing a fluid, combined
with a calculation value indicator.
Fluid Handling,
subclasses 803+ for devices of more general application in which
fluid flow of one stream is effected by (1) fluid contact with another
stream or by (2) use of an energy field and see the notes to Class 137,
subclass 803 for the line between classes.
Data Processing: Generic Control Systems or Specific
Applications, appropriate subclasses and particularly
subclasses 90 through 306for particular data processing applications.
This subclass is indented under subclass 200. Subject matter including means indicating discrete pulses
in a fluid stream, which pulses indicate digital information content.
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Subject matter including means to sense a data-bearing record
in combination with a system or apparatus to utilize or be activated
or controlled by the information sensed from the record.
(1)
Note. For classification herein, there must be significantly
claimed record-sensing means, or record structure, in combination
with the system being controlled.
Communications: Electrical,
subclasses 5.23 through 5.24for programmable authorization data by data bearing
record or carrier code, subclass 5.26 for authorization by programmable
coded record, and subclasses 5.6-5.67 for selective authorization
control including nominally claimed data bearing records or record
sensing.
Data Processing: Generic Control Systems or Specific
Applications,
subclasses 90 through 306for the application of a data processing system
or a calculating computer which may include nominal recitation of
a data bearing record means.
Data Processing: Financial, Business Practice,
Management, or Cost/Price Determination,
subclasses 1+ for a business or financial data processing system,
particularly subclasses 17+ for an electronic cash register
or terminal having a card interface, and subclass 41 for a financial
data processing system using an IC or "smart" card.
This subclass is indented under subclass 375. Subject matter wherein records sensed at various stations
supply the system with an account of materials and labor used in
an industrial process or the progress of some process or event.
Data Processing: Financial, Business Practice,
Management, or Cost/Price Determination,
subclasses 7 through 11for this subject matter having significant data
processing.
This subclass is indented under subclass 375. Subject matter wherein various times entered on a record
are sensed and a total time that has elapsed is determined.
Data Processing: Financial, Business Practice,
Management, or Cost/Price Determination,
subclass 48 for computers to determine price based on the elapse
of time.
This subclass is indented under subclass 375. Subject matter wherein indicia from a bearer card or record
and other indicia are compared with computer information regarding
the bearer and credit reallocated among various accounts.
Image Analysis,
subclasses 135+ for sensing images or alphanumeric characters on
paper money or bank checks to either recognize or classify the document.
Data Processing: Financial, Business Practice,
Management, or Cost/Price Determination,
subclasses 35 through 45for data processing and computer systems, per se,
used in banking sysems.
This subclass is indented under subclass 375. Subject matter in which an indication is produced from the
results of comparing information as to the bearer of a record in
a computer, the indicia sensed from the record and other information
supplied at the record-sensing station.
Communications: Electrical,
subclasses 5.4 through 5.42for systems that provide authorization by a comparison
of intelligence with a balance in an individual account.
Check-Actuated Control Mechanisms, appropriate subclasses for apparatus responsive to a nonindicia bearing
taken to deliver an article, particularly
subclasses 216+ for a computerized value accumulator in a check-actuated
control mechanisms.
This subclass is indented under subclass 380. Subject matter including means allowing entry of an individual
into an area or the use of specific equipment.
This subclass is indented under subclass 375. Subject matter wherein purchased articles bearing coded
indicia are sensed and cost information in the computer associated
with the particular indicia is supplied to the station where the
indicia is sensed to provide visual readout and/or a machine
printout including total cost.
Data Processing: Financial, Business Practice,
Management, or Cost/Price Determination,
subclass 5 for a reservation data processing system; and subclass
13 for a fare data processing system.
This subclass is indented under subclass 375. Subject matter in which data records are used to reflect
usage in terms of distance to produce an indication of cost.
Data Processing: Financial, Business Practice,
Management, or Cost/Price Determination,
subclass 417 for a device that determines price (fare) based
on the distance travelled.
This subclass is indented under subclass 375. Subject matter wherein a record associated with or representative
of an article is sensed, the data so sensed being used to compile
a record of items on hand.
Data Processing: Financial, Business Practice,
Management, or Cost/Price Determination,
subclasses 28+ for a data processing system for calculating an
inventory of items on hand.
This subclass is indented under subclass 375. Subject matter including means to read sheets bearing hand-coded
indicia representative of various categories and providing a total
for each category.
Data Processing: Financial, Business Practice,
Management, or Cost/Price Determination,
subclass 12 for an election result calculating system including
significant data processing.
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Subject matter including apparatus capable of rapidly solving
those mathematical problems pertaining to the ordnance.
(1)
Note. Ordnance includes military weapons, ammunition, and
weapon delivery systems.
(2)
Note. Target includes a location or target area defined relative
to the point at which a projectile is launched.
(3)
Note. Projectile includes ammunition or any body projected
by external force and continuing in motion by its own inertia, as
a missile from a gun or mortar; or a self propelled weapon (as a
rocket or torpedo).
This subclass is indented under subclass 400. Subject matter including means to determine the position
in space at which a bomb should be released from an airplane in
order to hit a specific target.
This subclass is indented under subclass 401. Subject matter wherein the bomb is released from an airplane
that is pulling up or out of a dive, resulting in the bomb being
lobbed toward the target, and including means to determine when
during that period of pulling up or out of a dive, the bomb should
be released to hit the target.
This subclass is indented under subclass 400. Subject matter including means to determine the course a
torpedo must be given to hit a target.
(1)
Note. The calculations necessary to aim a torpedo differ
from those found in subsequent subclasses in that they involve only
considerations in a single plane.
This subclass is indented under subclass 400. Subject matter including means to calculate the elevation
and azimuth angles to be imparted to the gun in order to hit a given
target.
(1)
Note. Included in the subclass are means to aim a gun at
either a stationary or a moving target, from either a stationary
or moving weapon.
(2)
Note. Factors taken into account in the calculations when
aiming at a stationary target include ballistic factors for the ammunition
used, wind factors, the number of times a gun has been fired, the necessary
elevation for the shell to strike a target at a given range, etc.
(3)
Note. Factors taken into account in the calculations when
aiming at a moving target, besides those mentioned in (2) include
speed and course of the target, altitude, and the predicted future
positions of the target.
(4)
Note. Means to calculate the course and roll or pitch angles
for airborne weapons fixedly mounted on the airframe are excluded.
This subclass is indented under subclass 404. Subject matter wherein the calculations are made solely
by mechanical means.
(1)
Note. In this subclass, motors may be utilized to drive various
cams, followers, or ballistic mechanisms, but they do not perform
the calculations.
This subclass is indented under subclass 405. Subject matter including means to determine the results
of the calculation from a tabular chart, scale, or graph.
(1)
Note. Included here are hand held calculating devices.
This subclass is indented under subclass 404. Subject matter including means for providing electrical
signals or mechanical movements to the calculating device to compensate
for weapon movement.
(1)
Note. Weapon movement included linear as well as angular
motions, as on a moving platform.
This subclass is indented under subclass 400. Subject matter including means to calculate the time of
flight of the projectile to the target and/or the fuse
setting in view of the determined time.
This subclass is indented under subclass 400. Subject matter including apparatus to derive a correction
factor to compensate for errors in aiming due to the displacement
of the director.
This subclass is indented under subclass 400. Subject matter including apparatus to convert data from
one system of coordinates to another, i.e., rectangular to polar.
This subclass is indented under subclass 400. Subject matter including means to determine the position
of a target and to continuously monitor or provide an indication
of the target"s position over a given period of time.
(1)
Note. The position of the target may be represented by determining
its range and bearing only.
This subclass is indented under subclass 411. Subject matter including means to calculate the position
or course of the target at a time in the future.
This subclass is indented under subclass 400. Subject matter wherein the distance to the target is determined
at a given instant or continuously in time.
(1)
Note. Included here are determinations of slant or ground
range.
This subclass is indented under subclass 414. Subject matter including means to indicate or calculate
the range the target will be at a given time in the future.
This subclass is indented under subclass 400. Subject matter including means to determine ballistic factors,
or solving ballistic equations and not utilized in any specific
system or application as provided for above.
This subclass is indented under subclass 400. Subject matter wherein the calculations are made by scale
mechanisms manipulated by and held in the human hand and not provided
for in any of the above subclasses.
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Subject matter wherein the calculating machines performing
the mathematical operations are combined with and/or controlled
by means to sense or analyze data from a record.
(1)
Note. In this subclass, the calculating machines perform
the various operations either mechanically or electromechanically.
(2)
Note. Calculating devices wherein the calculations are performed
by only electrical means are classified elsewhere.
Data Processing: Generic Control Systems or Specific
Applications, appropriate subclasses for means to electrically
perform particular arithmetic calculations and particular structure
of such means.
This subclass is indented under subclass 419. Subject matter including means to control or determine what
mathematical operations are to be performed.
(1)
Note. Included here are means to determine when to take a
subtotal or total or when to switch from one operation to another,
i.e., division to multiplication.
(2)
Note. Control of operations other than mathematical, such
as printing or punching or record feeding are not classified here
but in subclasses in this class directed to those specific operations,
or data comparing.
This subclass is indented under subclass 419. Subject matter including means to selectively distribute
information from a sensing means to various output devices or accumulators
or from accumulators to other output devices.
This subclass is indented under subclass 419. Subject matter wherein the element for storage or accumulation
of data sensed from the record consists of electromechanical relays.
This subclass is indented under subclass 419. Subject matter in which an accumulator or indicator element
moves in synchronism with the relative movement of the record member and
the sensing element, the accumulator or indicator element taking
a differential position representative of the value sensed.
This subclass is indented under subclass 419. Subject matter wherein an interponent takes a setting according
to a sensed value, and a storage device or accumulator then moves
until stopped by the interponent to take a differential position
representative of the sensed value.
This subclass is indented under subclass 419. Subject matter including means to convert coded indicia
or data on the record into a different code format.
This subclass is indented under subclass 419. Subject matter wherein the information sensed from a record
member is entered in a keyboard controlled computing machine by
devices which press on or actuate keys associated with or corresponding
to the sensed information.
This subclass is indented under subclass 419. Subject matter including means to perform a comparison of
two or more sets of data which may be carried upon records, accumulators,
or other entry-receiving devices.
This subclass is indented under subclass 419. Subject matter combined with a mechanism for printing the
data sensed prior to making a calculation or the results of the
calculation, or both.
This subclass is indented under subclass 432. Subject matter including means to advance the paper upon
which the sensed data or calculation results are printed.
This subclass is indented under subclass 419. Subject matter combined with a mechanism for punching the
data sensed or the results of the calculation, or both.
Static Information Storage and Retrieval,
subclasses 106 and 120 for storage and retrieval of information, and
subclasses 185.01+ for floating gate memory storage (e.g.,
flash memory).
Tool Changing,
subclasses 8+ for a tool transfer means combined with a tool
support or storage means, and including a control means responsive to
tool location or identifying means.
This subclass is indented under subclass 435. Subject matter including apparatus to present the signals
representing indicia analyzed in its correct sequence regardless
of the direction or angle of scanning.
This subclass is indented under subclass 435. Subject matter including apparatus to sense the coded indicia
on a record and determine if it is being accurately interpreted.
Error Detection/Correction and Fault Detection/Recovery,
subclasses 1+ for reliability and availability, fault recovery,
locating, and avoidance in digital data processing systems, subclasses
799+ for error/fault detection techniques; and
subclass 818 for missing-bit/drop-out detection
This subclass is indented under subclass 435. Subject matter including the particular type of structure
utilized to sense the coded indicia on the record.
This subclass is indented under subclass 439. Subject matter in which the coded indicia on the record
is sensed by more than one complete sensing structure.
(1)
Note. Each sensing structure may include an array of or multiple
sensing elements.
(2)
Note. Classification is not proper here if one of two sensing
structures is that which senses timing marks.
(3)
Note. The sensing structures may be used to simultaneously
sense separate areas of the record or to sense the same areas at
different points in time.
(4)
Note. The sensing structure may include diverse types.
This subclass is indented under subclass 439. Subject matter wherein the record is sensed by completing
an electrical circuit at different locations on the record where
coded indicia exist, each location representative of and conveying
different information.
(1)
Note. Including here are devices that complete an electrical
circuit through conductive surface marks placed on the record.
This subclass is indented under subclass 442. Subject matter wherein all the perforations in the record
are sensed simultaneously while the record is held stationary.
This subclass is indented under subclass 439. Subject matter wherein the sensing structure includes a
mechanical sensing element that moves in accordance with coded indicia
on or in the record to close one of a plurality of electrical switches,
the particular switch closed representative of and conveying different
information.
This subclass is indented under subclass 444. Subject matter wherein the sensing element moves through
or penetrates the record at points where perforations exist.
This subclass is indented under subclass 444. Subject matter wherein the sensing element is moved in accordance
with raised or depressed portions of the record, the raised or depressed portions
representing the coded indicia.
(1)
Note. Included here are devices that move light shutter elements
in accordance with raised or depressed portions. The movement of
the shutter elements completing or breaking a light path between
a light source and a photocell.
This subclass is indented under subclass 439. Subject matter wherein the coded indicia is sensed magnetically.
(1)
Note. In this subclass the coded indicia is placed on the
record as discrete elements of magnetic material. If the magnetic
material is placed on the record as a continuous coating upon which
information is subsequently impressed, classification is in Class
360.
This subclass is indented under subclass 449. Subject matter wherein a sensing magnetic field or flux
is increased or decreased in intensity in accordance with elements
on or in the record representative of coded indicia.
This subclass is indented under subclass 439. Subject matter wherein the coded indicia on the record is
sensed by detecting variations in fluid pressure and converting
such variations to an electrical signal.
(1)
Note. The record is in the form of a perforated record, with
the fluid penetrating areas where perforations exist.
This subclass is indented under subclass 439. Subject matter wherein the coded indicia on the record is
sensed by transmitting light through or reflecting light from the
record surface, the light detected being converted into an electrical signal
representative of the indicia.
(1)
Note. The subject matter in this subclass and those indented
hereunder differs from that found in Class 250 in that the light
detected is converted to an electrical signal which is further processed
by particular circuitry, the particular circuitry including the
generating and utilization of timing and sync signals, the storage
of signals, and means to perform counting operations.
Radiant Energy,
subclasses 566+ for optical or pre-photocell systems only used
to read coded records, and subclass 555 for photocell controlled
circuits wherein a coded card is read.
This subclass is indented under subclass 454. Subject matter including means to maintain the light contrast
or compensate for variations in the light contrast between the coded
indicia to be sensed and the background level of the record.
This subclass is indented under subclass 454. Subject matter wherein the coded indicia utilizes more than
one column to represent an item of intelligence.
This subclass is indented under subclass 454. Subject matter wherein the coded indicia is in the form
of perforations, and is sensed by detecting the light passing through
the record.
This subclass is indented under subclass 458. Subject matter including apparatus to scan the record along
one dimension while the movement of the record provides the other
scanning component.
This subclass is indented under subclass 454. Subject matter including means for sensing a coded indicia
formed by a combination of bars or bars and spaces having different
light reflective characteristics.
(1)
Note. The white area between two black bars is referred
to a white bar or a space.
(2)
Note. Included here are bar code sensors for detecting the
bar code or bar code readers having means, such as a photo-detector,
to sense and convert the light reflected off a coded indicia into
an electrical signal, and means, such as a processor with a decoder,
to receive and convert that signal into representative information
thereof.
Radiant Energy,
subclass 271 for invisible radiation responsive code readers
and subclasses 555+, 566+ for photocell systems
including means to illuminate a coded record.
Image Analysis,
subclass 140 for optical imager or reader for reading MICR data,
subclasses 182+ for pattern recognition, and subclasses
312+ for image sensing.
This subclass is indented under subclass 462.01. Subject matter including means to read a bar code having
tall and short bars.
(1)
Note. Postnet bar code is a bar code that has been used by
The United States Postal Service to facilitate the automatic sorting
and routing of mail pieces.
Image Analysis,
subclasses 101+ for mail processing, subclass 140 for optical
imager or reader for reading MICR data, subclasses 182+ for
pattern recognition, and subclasses 312+ for image sensing.
This subclass is indented under subclass 462.01. Subject matter including means to read a bar code having
a circular configuration.
(1)
Note. The code can be in the form of concentric circles where
information varies with diameter or, a circular track where information
varies with angular position.
Image Analysis,
subclass 140 for optical imager or reader for reading MICR data,
subclasses 182+ for pattern recognition, and subclasses
312+ for image sensing.
This subclass is indented under subclass 462.01. Subject matter including means to read a bar code having
at least three distinct light reflective characteristics.
(1)
Note. The space is counted as one of the different reflective
levels of the bar; for example, two different colored bars besides
the white space (e.g., red and blue and a white space, or a white
space, a black bar, and a gray bar) is classified herein.
Image Analysis,
subclass 140 for optical imager or reader for reading MICR data,
subclasses 182+ for pattern recognition, and subclasses
312+ for image sensing.
This subclass is indented under subclass 462.01. Subject matter including means to read a bar code on a medium
through which light passes with minimal reflection, absorption,
and distortion.
This subclass is indented under subclass 462.01. Subject matter including means to maintain the light contrast
or compensate for variations in the light contrast between the bar code
to be sensed and the background illumination of the record.
This subclass is indented under subclass 462.01. Subject matter including means to read more than one type
of bar code.
(1)
Note. UPC (Universal Product Code), JAN (Japan Article Numbering),
and EAN (Europe Article Numbering) are one dimensional bar codes
of different formats used for product inventory (e.g., to identify
type, date, serial number, etc., of a product).
(2)
Note. Types or formats of bar code include single-width bar
code or multi-width bar code, dark bars on white background or white
bars on dark background, one dimension or two dimension bar code,
high density or low density bar code, etc.
Image Analysis,
subclass 140 for an optical imager or reader for reading MICR
data, subclasses 182+ for pattern recognition, and subclasses
312+ for image sensing.
This subclass is indented under subclass 462.08. Subject matter including means to determine the position
or orientation of a 2-D bar code on an object.
(1)
Note. A two-dimensional bar code is a bar code consisting
of several different rows of bar codes positioned one above the
other.
This subclass is indented under subclass 462.01. Subject matter including means to read a two-dimensional
bar code.
(1)
Note. This subclass includes means to decode bar code symbols
in either binary images (images represented in two levels, e.g.,
high or low) or gray-scale images (images consisting of an array
of pixels which can have more than two values).
(2)
Note. A pixel is the smallest distinguishable and resolvable
area in an image. Many pixels in a line going in one direction
are known as the primary or fast scan and others going in a perpendicular direction
are known as the secondary or slow scan direction.
This subclass is indented under subclass 462.1. Subject matter wherein an image of a bar code is focused
onto an image sensor such as a charge coupled device.
(1)
Note. A charge coupled device (CCD) is a semiconductor storage
device in which an electrical charge is moved across the surface
of a semiconductor by electrical control signals.
This subclass is indented under subclass 462.01. Subject matter wherein the reader reconstitutes complete
information of a bar code from two or more fragments of the bar code.
This subclass is indented under subclass 462.01. Subject matter wherein a bar code reader is combined with
a device that has a different utility and that does not aid the
bar code reader in performing its function.
(1)
Note. Devices such as object detectors or range finders which
are used to turn the bar code reader or focus the reader are perfecting
features of the reader and are not classified herein.
This subclass is indented under subclass 462.01. Subject matter wherein the object carrying the coded indicia
is transported or moved toward a reading station where the reader
is located.
This subclass is indented under subclass 462.01. Subject matter wherein the reader has a processor for reconfiguring
itself to meet a specific need of other host systems having different
operating characteristics.
This subclass is indented under subclass 462.01. Subject matter wherein the reader measures the width of
each bar of the bar code for decoding the bar code.
(1)
Note. Normally, widths of bar or space are defined as wide
or narrow.
This subclass is indented under subclass 462.16. Subject matter wherein more than one sensing means are used
to distinguish different bar widths from each other.
This subclass is indented under subclass 462.16. Subject matter having a counter mean or a timer mean used
to produce a series of counts or times representing the widths of
the bars.
Miscellaneous Active Electrical Nonlinear Devices,
Circuits, and Systems,
subclasses 23+ , 31+ for signal discriminating by pulse
coincidence or pulse width.
This subclass is indented under subclass 462.18. Subject matter including a circuit to receive the series
of counts or times and produce a series of ones and zeros with one
number representing a wide element and the other the narrow element.
This subclass is indented under subclass 462.01. Subject matter including means for assisting the user of
a reader in positioning either the reader or a coded object in the
correct position for reading the code.
This subclass is indented under subclass 462.2. Subject matter wherein the positioning aid is a visible
light projector which produces a light pattern indicating the
reading zone of the reader.
This subclass is indented under subclass 462.01. Subject matter including means to read a bar code at a wide
range of different distances from the reader.
(1)
Note. The working range is the area around the focal plane
that can yield a successful decoding. To be classified herein, the
range must exceed the range of the standard reader.
This subclass is indented under subclass 462.22. Subject matter including a lens system controlled by an
electrical motor (such that a light beam is properly focused for
accurate bar code reading) in response to the working range of the
bar code reader.
This subclass is indented under subclass 462.23. Subject matter wherein an image of a bar code is focused
onto an image sensor such as a charge coupled device.
(1)
Note. A charge coupled device (CCD) is a semiconductor storage
device in which an electrical charge is moved across the surface
of a semiconductor by electrical control signals.
This subclass is indented under subclass 462.01. Subject matter including specific circuitry that receives
a signal from the photo-detector and converts it into a representative information
signal of the bar code.
Image Analysis,
subclass 140 for optical imager or reader for reading MICR data,
subclasses 182+ for pattern recognition, and subclasses
312+ for image sensing.
This subclass is indented under subclass 462.25. Subject matter including a circuit element to control the
ratio of the output of an amplifier to its inputs.
Miscellaneous Active Electrical Nonlinear Devices,
Circuits, and Systems,
subclasses 178+ , 306+ for signal converting, shaping,
or generating with amplitude control.
This subclass is indented under subclass 462.25. Subject matter including means for changing a continuously
variable voltage signal from the photo-detector into a signal having only
two discrete levels, one representing the bars and the other, the
spaces.
Facsimile and Static Presentation Processing,
subclasses 465 and 466 for thresholding an image signal to determine
the level (black or white) of the image.
This subclass is indented under subclass 462.25. Subject matter including means for generating a predetermined
timing pulse used to control the signal received from the photo-detector.
Miscellaneous Active Electrical Nonlinear Devices,
Circuits, and Systems,
subclasses 33 , 91+ for sampling circuits and subclasses
164, 291+ for clock or pulse generating circuits.
This subclass is indented under subclass 462.25. Subject matter including electrical filter (such as low
pass, band pass, or high pass filter) to eliminate an unwanted signal.
Electrical Computers:Arithmetic Processing and
Calculating,
subclasses 300 through 323and 819 for digital or analog filtering respectively
of a data signal.
This subclass is indented under subclass 462.01. Subject matter including circuitry to control the activation
of the reader.
(1)
Note. Examples of subject matter found herein are means to
deactivate (e.g. automatic turn off) the scanner after a successful
decoding is obtained.
This subclass is indented under subclass 462.3. Subject matter including a circuit to determine if a code
indicia is within reading range of the reader and to control and
activate the reader in response to a detected signal.
Subject matter under 462.01 including means to either move
a light spot across the code (flying spot scanner) or to move the
field of view of a detector across the code (scanning the field of
view) or to do both (retro scanner).
Radiant Energy,
subclasses 271+ , 555+, 566+ for photocell systems wherein
a coded record is viewed by the system and subclasses 234+ for means
for moving an optical element.
This subclass is indented under subclass 462.33. Subject matter wherein the light is caused to move across
the code indicia by passing the light through an element such as
lens, prism, or aperture.
(1)
Note. A transmissive optical element is an element that permits
the passage of lights rays.
This subclass is indented under subclass 462.33. Subject matter wherein the light beam is caused to move
by reflecting a beam of light off a moving mirror.
(1)
Note. A moving mirror can be a nonrotating (e.g. oscillating
or reciprocating) or rotating mirror. Included in this subclass
is a nonrotating mirror.
(2)
Note. Oscillation is a back and forth movement of a limited
arc about a pivot; reciprocation is a linear back and forth motion.
This subclass is indented under subclass 462.36. Subject matter including a single non-rotating (e.g., oscillating
or reciprocating) mirror which receives the light from a light source and
reflects that light in form of a more complex light pattern to the
code to be read.
(1)
Note. A mirror that moves back and forth in a limited arc
is an oscillating mirror; a mirror that linearly moves back and
forth is a reciprocating mirror.
(2)
Note. The complex light pattern is used to capture a bar
code at different angles.
This subclass is indented under subclass 462.36. Subject matter including a mirror which is mounted to turn
completely about an axis normally in only one direction (e.g., clockwise).
This subclass is indented under subclass 462.37. Subject matter wherein the mirror has three or more faces
or sides that are parallel to the axis of rotation.
This subclass is indented under subclass 462.39. Subject matter including a polygon which receives the light
from a light source and reflects that light in form of a more complex light
pattern to the code to be read.
(1)
Note. The complex light pattern is used to capture a bar
code at different angles.
This subclass is indented under subclass 462.01. Subject matter wherein an image of the bar code is focused
onto an image sensor such as a charge coupled device.
(1)
Note. A charge coupled device (CCD) is a semiconductor storage
device in which an electrical charge is moved across the surface
of a semiconductor by electrical control signals.
(2)
Note. The sensor normally has a set of discrete photosensitive
cells or pixels.
This subclass is indented under subclass 462.45. Subject matter wherein the reader includes a wireless communication
means for transmitting data to a host computer or a processor.
(1)
Note. A wireless link includes radio frequency, infrared,
etc.
This subclass is indented under subclass 462.45. Subject matter wherein a scanning head can be easily detached
from the body of the reader whereby it can be rotated 180 degrees
(e.g. for left- and/or right-handed use) or wherein the
grip of the reader is configured to accept a different scanning
head.
This subclass is indented under subclass 462.45. Subject matter wherein the reader is in the shape of a pen
and is manually moved across the bar code for reading.
This subclass is indented under subclass 454. Subject matter wherein the coded indicia is in the form
of invisible markings which are made visible by illumination by
an appropriate source and including means to analyze signals representative
of the indicia.
(1)
Note. Included here are devices that sense records encoded
with fluorescent, etc. material, which records are illuminated by
infrared or ultraviolet light sources.
(2)
Note. The subject matter in this subclass and those indented
hereunder differs from that found in Class 250 in that the light
detected is converted to an electrical signal which is further processed
by particular circuitry, the particular circuitry including the
generating and utilization of timing and sync signals, the storage
of signals, and means to perform counting operations.
Radiant Energy,
subclasses 336.1+ for invisible radiant energy responsive systems,
per se, and subclass 271 for invisible coded record sensors, wherein
no processing circuitry as outlined in (2) Note is included.
This subclass is indented under subclass 454. Subject matter including means to detect and differentiate
different color markings on the record, the different colors representing
different information.
This subclass is indented under subclass 454. Subject matter including means to scan the coded indicia
on the record or to properly orient the coded indicia projected
to the sensor.
Television Signal Processing for Dynamic Recording
or Reproducing,
subclasses 42+ and 128+ for photographic television recording
apparatus including scanning means.
Television Signal Processing for Dynamic Recording
or Reproducing,
subclass 130 for photographic television recording apparatus
including cathode-ray tube.
This subclass is indented under subclass 472.01. Subject matter wherein the reader includes a wireless communication
means (e.g. RF, IR, etc.) for transmitting data to a host computer
or a processor.
This subclass is indented under subclass 472.01. Subject matter wherein the reader is in the shape of a pen
and is manually moved across the code indicia for reading.
This subclass is indented under subclass 454. Subject matter wherein light fibers are utilized to convey
light from a light source to the coded indicia on the record and/or
from the coded indicia to a sensor.
This subclass is indented under subclass 435. Subject matter including means to activate the sensing machine
upon detection of a record and at times related to the speed at
which the record is fed past the sensing machine.
(1)
Note. Included here is structure to sense timing marks on
a record.
(2)
Note. Included here is structure to synchronize the transfer
of signals from the sensing mechanism to other circuitry.
This subclass is indented under subclass 435. Subject matter including means to automatically insert and/or
transport the record past the sensing machine.
This subclass is indented under subclass 475. Subject matter wherein the record is transported under the
control of a suction force that maintains the record in contact
with a motive means, or the record is inserted into an evacuated
space causing the record to move in the desired direction.
Sheet Feeding or Delivering,
subclasses 4.01+ and 11+ for pneumatic separators, subclasses
90+ for pneumatic feeding devices, and subclasses 194+ for
pneumatic conveyors.
This subclass is indented under subclass 475. Subject matter wherein the means to transport the record
includes means to reverse the direction in which the record is traveling
after it has passed the sensing machine.
This subclass is indented under subclass 435. Subject matter including means to control the direction
of movement and/or position of the record as it is transported
through the sensing machine.
This subclass is indented under subclass 483. Subject matter including means to position the record such
that each item of coded indicia on the record is placed in proper
orientation relative to the sensing device to insure accurate detection
of the coded indicia.
This subclass is indented under subclass 435. Subject matter including means to retain the record in a
fixed position or configuration as it is being sensed.
This subclass is indented under subclass 487. Subject matter wherein the coded indicia includes areas
on the record that project above the plane or surface area of the
record.
This subclass is indented under subclass 487. Subject matter wherein the coded indicia is placed on the
record by the use of fluorescent, phosphorescent, or a radiation
emitting substance.
This subclass is indented under subclass 487. Subject matter wherein the coded indicia on or within the
record is formed from conductive materials or substances.
This subclass is indented under subclass 487. Subject matter wherein the coded indicia on or within the
record is formed from magnetic materials or substances.
Dynamic Magnetic Information Storage or Retrieval,
subclasses 131+ for records having a continuous coating of magnetic
material upon which information is recorded.
This subclass is indented under subclass 487. Subject matter wherein different items of information are
represented by particular shaped patterns or arrangements of such
patterns.
This subclass is indented under subclass 487. Subject matter including aids to scan the record in the
correct place or to place coded indicia on the record in the correct
place.
MEANS TO AFFIX BAR CODE (E.G., ATTACHING, ETCHING, COATING, PRINTING,
ETC.):
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Cross reference art collection including means to provide
a bar code on a medium (e.g., attaching, etching, coating, printing,
etc.).
BAR CODE READER SPECIALIZED TO READ CODE ON A HIGHLY REFLECTIVE
SURFACE:
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Cross reference art collection wherein a bar code reader
includes means to process or accommodate light coming from a highly reflective
surface.
The definitions below correspond to abolished subclasses
from which these collections were formed. See the Foreign Art Collection
Schedule of this Class for specific correspondences . [Note:
the titles and definitions for indented art collections include
all the details of the one(s) that are hierarchically superior.]
Foreign art collections including means to sense
coded indicia formed by a combination of bars having different reflective
characteristics, spacings, and/or widths.
Foreign art collections including subject matter
wherein the bars are arranged in a circle and located at points
or various distances along the radii of the circle.
Foreign art collections including subject matter
in which the structural elements of the sensor are enclosed within
a device capable of being held in the human hand.
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