PTO Manual of Classification for US patents

PTO Manual of Classification for US patents

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Class Number: 109
 Class Title: SAFES, BANK PROTECTION, OR A RELATED DEVICE

Subclass  Subclass
Number    Title

  1 R     MISCELLANEOUS
  1 S     .Shelter (e.g., bomb)
  1 V     .Safe or vault ventilation
  2       BANK PROTECTION DEVICES
  3       .Trapping mechanisms
  4       ..Counter type
  5       ..With protected transaction partitions
  6       ..Plural closures
  7       ...Interrelated fastening means
  8       ...Rotary plural blade closure
  9       .Guard booths
  10      .Safety transaction and display partitions and counters
  11      ..With movable protective shields
  12      ...Plural shields
  13      ....For plural openings or partitions
  14      ...Roller type
  15      ...Strip or slat type
  16      ....Axially pivoted
  17      ...Sliding
  18      ....Gravity shield
  19      ..With deal trays
  20      ..With fluent material releasing, generating and/or distributing
             means
  21      ..With alarm, signal or indicator
  21.5    ..Protected voice transmitting path
  22      CONVERTIBLE
  23      COMBINED
  24      .With jackets
  24.1    .Depository with verification indicia applying means
  25      .With marking devices
  26      .With means to prevent successful use of explosives
  27      ..Pressure relief mechanism
  28      ..With drain or sump
  29      .With fluent material releasing, generating and/or distributing
            means
  30      ..With auxiliary lock
  31      ..With alarm, signal or indicator
  32      ..With operator and/or controller
  33      ...Fusible, combustible or thermal actuator
  34      ..Shock broken
  35      .With electrical surface charging means
  36      .With explosive devices
  37      ..Wall contained detonator
  38      .With alarm, signal or indicator
  39      ..Movable receptacle initiated
  40      ..Plural initiators
  41      ...Wall penetrating and closure movement initiators
  42      ..Wall penetrating initiated
  43      ..Closure movement initiated
  44      ..Lock or handle initiated
  45      INCIDENTALLY MOVABLE SAFE OR COMPARTMENT
  46      .With dumping mechanismm
  47      .Receding movement
  48      .Revolving for interior access
  49      .Complementary sections
  49.5    SHIELDS AND PROTECTORS
  50      SUPPORTS AND MOUNTINGS
  51      .Detachable from interior only
  52      .Lock to support
  53      PLURAL COMPARTMENT
  54      .With secret compartment
  55      .With deposit means between compartments
  56      .Plural safes
  57      ..Enclosed
  58      WALL AND PANEL STRUCTURES, CLOSURES AND CLOSURE ADJUNCTS
  58.5    .Port type
  59 R    .With closure fastening means
  60      ..Door ajar fasteners
  61      ..Combined boltwork and pressure mechanism
  62      ..Pressure mechanism
  63      ...With entrapping prevention means
  63.5    ..With means to render the closure fastening means
             ineffective
  59 T    ..For rotatable closure
  64      .Closures
  65      ..With discontinuous heat path
  66      ..Deposit type
  67      ..Plural
  68      ...Inner and outer
  69      ..Plural motions
  70      ...Sliding and swinging
  71      ...Rotary and axial movement
  72      ....Lug or interrupted thread type
  73      ..Sliding, rotary or oscillating movement
  74      ..With interfitting swinging closure and jamb parts
  75      ..With seals
  76      ..Composite
  77      ..Jamb
  78      .Walls and panels
  79      ..With joints and connections
  80      ..Composite
  81      ...With movable parts
  82      ...Metallic and nonmetallic
  83      ....With metallic reinforcement in nonmetallic binder
  84      ....With nonmetallic filler
  85      ...Metallic
  87      .Floor bridges