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Class Number: 16
Class Title: MISCELLANEOUS HARDWARE
Subclass Subclass
Number Title
1 R MISCELLANEOUS
1 C .Counterbalanced
2 BRUSHING OR LINING THIMBLES
3 .Wooden receptacle
4 CARPET FASTENERS
5 .Combined fasteners and stretchers
6 .Hook
7 .Moldings
8 .Rug
10 .Stair
11 ..Risers
12 ..Rods
13 ...Catches
14 ....Sliding
15 ....Swinging
9 .Sliding
16 .Strips
17 .Swinging
18 R CASTERS
19 .Adjustable
45 .Wheels
46 ..Antifrictionally mounted
47 ..Multiple
48 ...Antifrictionally swivelled
20 .Antifrictionally swivelled
21 ..Ball
22 ..Cylinder
23 ...Pivoted
24 .Ball
25 ..Antifrictionally mounted
26 ...Ball
27 ...Cylinder
28 ..Pivoted
29 .Bracket supports
30 .Detachable
32 .Leg elevators
33 ..Sliding
34 ..Swinging
35 R .Locked
35 D ..Shimmy dampening
36 .Lubricators
37 .Pintles
38 .Pintle retainers
39 ..Frame
31 R .Frame
31 A ..Single leg frame or fork
40 .Rigid wheel supports
41 .Scrapers
42 R .Sliding
42 T ..For tubular leg
43 .Sockets
44 .Spring supportedd
18 A .Inclined axle
18 CG .Caster guard
18 B .Obstruction climbing aid
48.5 THERMALLY RELEASED CHECK OR CLOSER
49 CHECKS AND CLOSERS
51 .Liquid
52 ..Concentric spring chamber
53 ...Cam
54 ..Hinge
55 ...Floor pivot
56 ..Multiple piston
57 ..Oscillating cylinder
58 ..Oscillating piston
59 ..Side spring chamber
60 ...Cam
61 ..Spring and flexible link
62 ..Spring and gear
66 .Pneumatic
67 ..Flexible link
68 ..Hinge
69 ..Spring and gear
70 ..Spring and lever
63 .Spring and flexible link
64 .Spring and gear
65 .Spring and lever
50 .Hinge
86.1 GATE HANGERS
86.2 .Sliding and swinging
87 R PANEL HANGERS, TRAVELERS AND/OR TRACKS
87.2 .With flexible panel attaching means
87.4 R ..Covered, hollow or slotted track
87.6 R ...With antifriction means
87.6 W ....Wood track
87.4 W ...Wood track
87.8 ..With antifriction means
88 .Ball
89 .Cylinder
90 .Guide brackets
91 .Guide rollers
92 .Link and lever
93 R .Sliding shoe
93 D ..Drapery supports
94 R .Track and bracket
94 D ..Drapery supports
95 R .Covered, hollow or slotted track
95 W ..Wood
95 D ..Drapery supports
95 DW ...Wood
96 R .Tracks
96 D ..Drapery supports
96 L ..Laminated
97 .Wheel mounts
98 ..Antifrictionally mounted wheels
99 ..Door elevating
100 ..Floor
101 ..Reciprocating track
102 ..Traveling wheel
103 ..Swingingg
104 ..Swiveling
105 ..Vertically adjustable
106 ..Wheel and guide roller
107 .Wheels
87 B .Overlapping doors, common track
108 FERRULES, RINGS, AND THIMBLES
109 .Ring ferrules
110 R HANDLES
110.5 .Receptacle
111 R .Bar
112 ..Swinging
111 A ..Lawn mower
113 .Braces
114 R .Detachable
114 A ..Pot
114 B ..Cord
115 .Extensible
116 R .Insulated
117 ..Handwheels
118 ..Knob
119 ..Loop
120 ..Wire
116 A ..Unshaped and unattached pads
121 .Knob
122 ..Flexible suspending means
123 ..Swinging
124 .Lifts
125 .Loop
126 ..Swinging
127 .Ring
110 A .Pot or pan
221 HINGE
222 .Including frangible or fusible portion
223 .With diverse art portion or attachment
224 .Ball and socket
225 .Pliant or elastic hinge
226 ..Metallic
227 ..Snap or X hinge
228 .Eyeglass hinge
229 .Retractable pintle
230 ..Latch hinge
231 .Latch hinge
232 ..Resilient securing means
233 .Including lever for shifting one hinged member relative to
another
234 .Having staggered leaves
235 .Including adjustment for changing relative orientation of
hinged members
236 ..Having plural independent adjustments
237 ...All rectilinear
238 ....Including screw-operated means to move hinged members
239 ..Pivotal adjustment
240 ...Including screw-operated means to move hinged members
241 ....About hinge axis
242 ..Including means to move hinged members
243 ...Along or parallel to hinge axis
244 ....Including threaded hinge pin
245 ...Screw-operatedd
246 ....To shift plate toward or away from hinged member
247 ..Having adjustable spacer between leaf and hinged member (e.g.,
shim)
248 ..Adjustable along or parallel to hinge axis
249 ..Having interdigitated surfaces or slot for hinge-to-member
fastener
250 .Having cover
251 ..Leaf cover
252 .Having clamp for attaching hinge to hinged member
253 ..Circumferential clamp
254 .Having means to facilitate assembly and disassembly of hinge
sections to join or disjoin hinged members
255 ..Resiliently biased hinge
256 ...Having helical spring along hinge axis
257 ..Resiliently biased retaining means
258 ...Having discrete latch and spring to slide or pivot latch
259 ...Discrete retaining means for pivotal contacting surfaces
260 ..Separation of pivotal contacting surfaces
261 ...Having movable or removable connector
262 ....Pintle removable from remainder of hinge
263 .....And additional connector for pintle or separate pintle
sections
264 ....Screw-threaded connector
265 ...Axially shifting hinge sections
266 ....At specific angular orientation of hinge sections
267 ...Hook and pin
268 ...Hook in aperture
269 ...Hook to hook
270 ..And discrete movable or removable connector to fasten one
hinge section to another
271 ..By relatively sliding connection (e.g., dovetail)
272 ...Including receiving connector attachable to hinged member
273 .Having means to reduce friction between hinge parts
274 ..By fluid lubricant
275 ..Ball or roller bearing
276 ...Circularly distributed balls or rollers
277 .Resiliently biased hinge
278 ..Including means to render spring ineffective through all or a
portion of swing
279 ...Comprising manipulatable element or portion
280 ..Biased from either direction toward neutral position (e.g.,
double acting)
281 ...Helical spring transverse to hinge axis
282 ...Plural hinge axes (e.g., multiple pintle)
283 ....And barrels for helical springs on separate axes
284 ...Resiliently biased rolling or sliding cam surface
285 ...By helical spring along hinge axis
286 ..Having transverse helical spring or elastic strip
287 ...Plural hinge axes (e.g., multiple pintle )
288 ....Four or more axes
289 ...To counterbalance weight of hinged member (e.g., closure
biased to open position)
290 ....Including pivoted coaxial spring retaining bar
291 ...Over-center spring or linkage travel (e.g., "holdback
hinge")
292 ...Having means to hold hinged members against pivotal movement
about hinge axis (i.e., catch)
293 ..Over-center spring or linkage travel (e.g., "holdback hinge"))
294 ...Plural hinge axes
295 ...Coil spring having axis along or parallel to hinge axis
296 ...Including camming or sliding surface to deflect spring
perpendicularly to the hinge axis
297 ..Having means to hold hinged members against pivotal movement
about hinge axis (e.g., catch)
298 ..Having force adjustment
299 ...Rotatable spring-engaging collar
300 ....Having detention aperture or protuberance
301 ....Having tool-receiving aperture
302 ..Plural hinge axes (e.g., multiple pintle)
303 ..Having axially biased camming surface
304 ..Coil
305 ...Plural coils
306 ...To counterbalance weight of hinged member (e.g., horizontal
closure biased to open position)
307 ...On pintle
308 ..Torsion spring
309 .Gravitating hinge having vertical axis
310 ..Having lift rod
311 ..Having plural spaced hinge axes
312 ..Including cam surface and follower
313 ...And rolling element
314 ....Between opposing surfaces
315 ....And detent in cam surface
316 ...On axially twisted or helically fluted element
317 ...Including means to hold hinged members against pivotal
movement
318 ...Having aperture for slidably receiving pintle (e.g., camming
knuckle)
319 .Including means to hold or retard hinged members against
pivotal movement (e.g., catch)
320 ..Magnetic
321 ..Resiliently biased catch
322 ...Having spring force adjustment
323 ...Including toggle linkage
324 ...Having discrete manipulatable release means (e.g., lever)
325 ....Including cam or eccentric
326 ....Sliding release means or lever-actuated sliding catch
327 ...Sliding
328 ....Movement along or parallel to hinge axis
329 .....Interdigitated or plural sockets
330 ......Opposed interdigitated sliding collars on hinge axis
331 .....And catch receiving socket
332 ....And catch receiving socket
333 ...Pivoted
334 ...Plural alternately useable detents
335 ...Spring arm
336 ....Plural opposed arms
337 ..By friction
338 ...Screw-threaded adjustment
339 ....Along or parallel to hinge axis
340 .....Threaded pintle
341 ...Cam or wedge actuator
342 ...On hinge pin or between surfaces surrounding hinge axis
343 ..Pivoted
344 ...Plural alternately useable detents
345 ...And slidingg
346 ...Serially connected pivoted arms between leaves (e.g., brace)
347 ...About axis along or parallel to hinge axis
348 ..By transversely moving pin in slot
349 ..Having discrete manipulatable release means (e.g., lever
operated)
350 ..By shifting hinged members
351 ...Along hinge axis
352 ..Sliding
353 ...Along or parallel to hinge axis
354 .Including toothed gear
355 .Comprising nested open curved portions attached to hinged
members
356 ..Including hinge pin
357 .Including transversely moving pin in slot
358 ..Plural noncollinear pins and slots
359 ...Parallel slots
360 ..Having pin fixed to pivoted arm or plate
361 ..Hinge pin movable along slot
362 .Including sliding surfaces to permit relative translation of
hinged members
363 ..And stop or abutment for pivotal movement
364 ..Movement transverse to hinge axis
365 .Three-hinged members
366 .Having plural hinge axes (e.g., multiple pintle)
367 ..Having transverse or skewed axes
368 ..Connected by serially arranged pivoted links between hinged
members
369 ...Plural sets of serially arranged pivoted links
370 ..Four or more axes
371 ..Including stop or latch
372 .Including laminated leaf
373 .Wire hinge
374 .Having stop or abutment
375 ..Adjustable or resilient
376 ..Comprising relieved axially opposed relatively rotating
surfaces
377 ..Comprising platelike bearing portion curved about hinge axis
378 .Hinge axis passes through hinged member (e.g., floor hinge)
379 ..Pintle or pivot concealed in hinged member
380 .Including means to retain pintle in hinge (e.g., tamper proof,
nonrising pintle, etc,)
381 ..Threaded or slotted pintle or knuckle
382 .Including means to fasten leaf to member
383 ..By expandable connector
384 ..Self-penetrating fastener
385 .Specified material
386 .Specific pintle structure
387 .Specific leaf structure
388 .Having prongs or cooperating structure on leaf
389 ..Angular leaf sections
390 ...Parallel sections
391 ...Coplanar sections
392 ...Including planar section perpendicular to hinge axis
71 CLOSERS
78 .Spring and flexible link
79 .Spring and gear
80 .Spring and lever
72 .Springg
73 ..Bow
74 ..Rubber
75 ..Torsional
76 ...Coil
77 ..Volute
81 .Weight
82 CLOSURE CHECKS
83 .Inertia
84 .Pneumatic
85 .Spring
86 R ..Rubber
86 A ...Rubber cushioned
86 B ...Multiple or opposed buffer surfaces
86 C ...Link type
193 SASH BALANCES
194 .Cord and counterweight
196 .Sash and cord
197 .Spring
198 ..Drum and cord
199 ..Friction roller
200 ..Lever
201 ..Rack and pinion
195 .Rack and pinion
202 SASH-CORD FASTENERS
203 .Bendable
204 .Chain
205 .Clamps
206 .Hooks
207 .Knot
208 .Slack-cord holders
209 .Weight
210 SASH-CORD GUIDES
215 .Wheel and casing
211 .Casings
212 ..Sheet metal, single piece
213 .Multiple wheel
214 .Sliding
216 SASH WEIGHTS
217 .Composite
218 .Sectional
219 .Weight and wheel
220 WINDOW-BEAD FASTENERS
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* DIGESTS
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DIG 1 Overhead door
DIG 2 Paint guard, kick guard
DIG 3 Holddown
DIG 4 Mirror mount
DIG 5 Push and pull bar
DIG 6 Anti-rattle
DIG 7 Door opening apparatus
DIG 8 Weights
DIG 9 Hydraulic actuated checks, closers
DIG 10 Spring actuated checks and closers
DIG 11 Fireplace screen
DIG 12 Hand grips, preformed and semi-permanent
DIG 13 Plastic hingee
DIG 14 Magnetic hinge
DIG 15 Battery handles
DIG 16 Window brakes, counterbalances
DIG 17 Checks and closers, holding means
DIG 18 Composition handles
DIG 19 Cast or molded handles
DIG 20 Door brakes (track or guideway)
DIG 21 Checks, closers, check valve construction
DIG 22 Expansion bolt
DIG 23 Reversible
DIG 24 Handle fastening means
DIG 25 Handle fastening means, clamp band
DIG 26 Headlight hinge
DIG 27 Bearings
DIG 28 Mattress handle
DIG 29 Nesting hinge leaves
DIG 30 Knob, control lever
DIG 31 Pulley (door guides and hangers)
DIG 32 Door latch
DIG 33 Rubber sleeve bearings and hinges
DIG 34 Eccentric adjustments
DIG 35 Skidways
DIG 36 Spring
DIG 37 Nut lock
DIG 38 Lawn mower type tongue and cross arm
DIG 39 Adjustment means
DIG 40 Attaching means
DIG 41 Coupling (handle, rod, shaft)
DIG 42 Methods (misc.)
DIG 43 HINDGE MOUNTING BRACKET