PTO Manual of Classification for US patents

PTO Manual of Classification for US patents

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Class Number: 354
 Class Title: PHOTOGRAPHY

Subclass  Subclass
Number    Title

  1       EXPOSING MULTICOLOR CATHODE RAY TUBE TARGETS
  2       DAGUERREOTYPE
  3       ELECTRIC PHOTOGRAPHY
  4       LINE GENERATION
  5       PHOTOTYPE COMPOSING
  6       .Photoelectronic type
  7       .With programmed control
  8       .With line inter-space adding
  9       ..Tabulating or adjusting line length
  10      .Optical line correction
  11      .With means to detect indicia
  12      .With character means
  13      ..Plural character types
  14      ..With a moveable carrier
  15      ...Rotary
  16      ....Key operative
  17      ..Fixed carrier
  18      .Support structure
  19      ..Character holder
  20      SENSITOMETRY (E.G., OPTICAL WEDGE MAKING, ETC.)
  21      FILM CARRIER CONTROLS CAMERA OPERATION
  400     AUTOMATIC CAMERA FOCUSING
  401     .Using sound
  402     .Having photoelectric focusing system or device
  403     ..Using active ranging
  404     ..With moving optical means in front of photocell
  405     ...With moving mirror
  406     ..With stationary beam splitter
  407     ...Having split image means
  408     ..With two separate stationary predetector optical systems
  409     ..With focus indicator
  410     AUTOMATIC EXPOSURE CONTROL SYSTEM OR DEVICE
  411     .Nonphotoelectric exposure control type
  412     .For controlling entire photographic operation
  413     .Including artificial illumination system or device
  414     ..For fill-in illumination
  415     ..With Pre-exposure flashing
  416     ..With flash termination control
  417     ...Quench type
  418     ..Charge level or power supply responsive
  419     ..Automatically activated under low light condition
  420     ..Controlling exposure without controlling flash
  421     ...With follow focus control of exposure
  422     ...With single circuit controlling the shutter and diaphragm
  423     ...With means for controlling only the diaphram
  424     ..With photocell used as flashed trigger
  425     .Having log transformation circuit
  426     ..Digital
  427     ..With log expansion
  428     ..With temperature compensation circuit
  429     .Having plural photocells
  430     ..Measuring special property of light or subject (e.g. color,,
             speed, etc.)
  431     ..With light reflected from film or shutter
  432     ..With more than two cells
  433     ..With only two cells measuring light directly from subject
  434     ..With only two cells used to control exposure time
  435     .Having circuit for controlling a diaphragm shutter
  436     ..Walking beam type
  437     ...Using digital control
  438     ..Clamp or stop needle type
  439     ..Stepping motor type
  440     ..Solenoid control type
  441     .Having circuit for controlling separate diaphragm and shutter
  442     ..With selectable priority
  443     ..With programmed control only
  444     ..With exposure time priority only
  445     ..With aperture priority only
  446     .Having circuit for controlling diaphragm only
  447     ..Clamp or stop needle type
  448     ..Ratchet/pawl type
  449     ..Direct drive galvanometer type
  450     ...With bridge circuit
  451     ..Servo motor type
  452     ...Using stepping motor
  453     ..Including special driving arrangement
  454     ..Including irregular diaphragm opening
  455     ..With interchangeable lens
  456     .Having circuit for controlling shutter only
  457     ..With piezoelectric driven shutter
  458     ..With digital counter
  459     ..With at least one RC circuit for timing
  460     ...Including memory capacitor
  461     ...Including plural selectable caopacitors
  462     ..Clamp or stop needle type
  463     ..Using oscillating voltage for drive purposes
  464     ..With current, voltage, or temperature compensation
  465     .Including indicator means
  466     ..Having holographic display
  467     ..Using sound
  468     ..Displaying battery condition
  469     ..Galvanometer type
  470     ...With plural pointers or match needle
  471     ..Having nonmechanical visual display
  472     ...Bar graph type
  473     ...High/Low/Ok type
  474     ...Using more than three display means
  475     ....Character segment type
  476     .With photocell at specific position within camera
  477     ..Movable into and out of light path
  478     ..In or on pentaprism assembly
  479     ..With light reflected by suplemental mirror
  480     ..With light reflected from film or shutter
  481     ..Having means for changing or limiting the photocell's field of
             view
  482     ..With color filter
  483     ..With variable light transmission means
  484     .With power supply details
  485     .With printed circuit details
  486     .With mechanical switch detailss
  62      EYE, MOUTH, OR BODY PHOTOGRAPHY
  63      HOLLOW CAVITY TYPE
  64      UNDERWATER TYPE
  65      AERIAL CAMERA
  66      .With shutter or film feed speed and air or spin speed
            synchronizing
  67      .Remote exposure control
  68      .Simultaneous recording of plural images
  69      ..Plural images recorded on plural film
  70      .With camera direction stabilizing (e.g., gyroscope, etc.)
  71      .Including continuously moving film
  72      .With indicator, signal or scale
  73      .Including synchronization
  74      .Support or holder
  75      COMBINED OR CONVERTIBLE
  76      .Combined with diverse art device
  77      ..With projector
  78      ...And developing means
  79      ..With compound lens systems (e.g., microscope, etc.)
  80      ..With object support
  81      ..With support means
  82      ...Operator supported
  83      DEVELOPING CAMERAS
  84      .Including means to treat superimposed material
  85      ..Including pressure means
  86      ...Roller
  87      ....Roll material only
  88      .Including fluid appliator
  89      .Including film processing tank
  90      ..And means to move film
  91      ...With tank filling means
  92      ...Roll type only
  93      ...Plural tanks
  94      PANORAMIC CAMERA
  95      .Including reflector
  96      .Concave film surface
  98      .Convex film surface
  99      .Synchronization of film and camera movement
  100     COLOR
  101     .Lenticular
  102     ..Plural color filter sections
  103     .Simultaneous recording of images
  104     ..Images recorded on separate films
  105     EXPOSURE IDENTIFICATION
  106     .Autographic camera
  107     ..Stencil or indicia transfer strip
  108     ...Removable
  109     .With auxiliary identification photographing system
  110     PLURAL IMAGE RECORDING
  111     .Convertible
  112     .Stereoscopic
  113     ..Plural camera arrangement
  114     ..Single camera with plural spaced objectives
  115     ...With lenticular screen, mirror or prism
  116     ...Film feed or guide
  117     ..Plural image reflection onto single objective
  118     .Multiplying
  119     ..Different planess
  120     .Formed on single plate (e.g., multiplex, etc.)
  121     ..Including rotary objective or plate support
  122     ..Including pre-objective element
  123     ..Including shiftable objective or plate support
  124     ...Shiftable plate only
  125     ..Including shiftable post-objective mask
  126     OBJECT ILLUMINATION COMBINED WITH CAMERA STRUCTURE
  127.1   .With measuring, testing or indicating
  127.11  ..Having flash ready indicator
  127.12  ...Indicating power source status
  127.13  ..Having distance indicator
  129     .With camera synchronization
  130     ..Shutter controlled by explosive force of flash device
  131     ..Remote control (e.g., radio wave, etc.)
  132     ..Multiple illumination units
  133     ..With shutter relay or solenoid
  134     ..With pneumatic shutter release
  135     ..Energizing generator contained in flash unit
  136     ..Reflex focusing mirror closes contacts
  137     ..With time delay adjustment means
  138     ...Positional
  140     ..With detachable synchronizer
  141     ..Convertible illumination means
  142     ..Percussive illumination source
  143     ..Flash unit includes spare lamps
  144     ...With unison film advance and lamp switching
  145.1   ..Electronic flash unit
  146     ..Curtain shutter
  147     ..Flash unit contacts actuated by shutter movement
  148     .Lamp substitution
  149.1   .With variable illumination angle
  149.11  .With flash built into camera
  150     INCLUDING MEANS TO REFLECT IMAGE TO FILM
  151     TWIN LENS REFLEX CAMERA
  152     REFLEX CAMERA WITH SINGLE OBJECTIVE
  153     .Film advance means sets mirror
  154     .With means to block light from film (e.g., screen, etc.)
  155     .Plural optical means in view finder
  156     .With manipulating means (e.g., lever, etc.)
  157     .Plate camera
  158     .Folding, collapsible or bellows camera
  159     PICTURE SIZE VARIABLE
  160     CAMERA BACK OR FILM CARRIER ANGULARLY ADJUSTABLE
  161     CAMERA FILM AND FOCUSING SCREEN EXCHANGEABLE
  162     WITH RANGE FINDER
  163     .Range finder coupled with focusing
  164     ..With parallax correction
  165     ..Focusing lights
  166     ..With view finder
  167     ..With adjustable coupling to compensate for change of camera
             lens
  168     ..Cam means to actuate range finder
  169     ..Lever means to actuate range finder
  170     MOTOR FILM DRIVE (e.g., spring, etc.)
  171     .Automatic film advance
  172     ..With spring tension indicator
  173.1   ..With electric motor
  173.11  ...Having electronic timingg
  174     MAGAZINE CAMERA
  175     .Rotatable magazine
  176     .Hand changed plate
  177     .Tilting magazine
  178     .Flexible carrier for plates
  179     ..With tab means
  180     .Sliding plate
  181     ..Sliding and return
  182     ..Intermediate exposure chamber
  183     .Quarter-turned plate
  184     ..Tilting
  185     ...Base guides
  186     .Rear plate replaceable
  187     FOLDING, COLLAPSIBLE, OR BELLOWS CAMERA
  188     .With focusing screen
  189     .Camera front or lens mount angularly adjustable
  190     .With lens movable in its plane
  191     .With guide and lock
  192     .With hinged base attached to bellows
  193     ..With self-erecting lens holder
  194     .Hinged bellows type
  195.1   MANUAL CAMERA FOCUSING
  195.11  .Diaphragm controlled by focusing
  195.12  .Plural lenses
  195.13  .With distance indicator
  199     .With view finder
  200     ..Including focusing screen
  201     ...And reflector
  202     CAMERA DETAILS
  203     .Film restraining means
  204     .Interlocking film advance and shutter tension or setting
  205     ..Focal plane shutter
  206     ..Including film movement limiting means
  207     .Double exposure prevention
  208     ..Foldable, collapsible, or extensible camera structure
  209     ..With manual over-ride (i.e., permits double exposure)
  210     .Plural film type
  211     .Film cut-off
  212     .Film advancing means
  213     ..With film movement limiting means (i.e., movement stops after
             one frame)
  214     ..Including rewind means
  215     ..Including film position indicating means
  216     ..Posterior rolls
  217     .Film frame counting or measuring
  218     ..Measuring
  219     .View finder
  220     ..Pose reflector
  221     ..Parallax correction
  222     ..Selective or adjustable view-finder field
  223     ..Selective or adjustable viewing position
  224     ..With reflector
  225     ...Plural
  226     .Shutter
  227.1   ..Electro-optical type
  228     ..With diaphragm
  229     ...Plural apertured diaphragm
  230     ...Shutter and diaphragm formed by the same pivoted or slidingg
              plates
  231     ...Including coupled shutter and diaphragm
  232     ...Diaphragm opens for focusing or viewing
  233     ..With shutter between lens
  234.1   ..Dynamo-electric actuated
  235.1   ...Single linear solenoid
  236     ..Plural shutters
  237     ..With delayed release means
  238.1   ...Including electric circuit means
  239     ...With clock-train
  240     ....Detachable from camera
  241     ..Curtain or flexible plate type
  242     ...Plural curtains or plates
  243     ....Curtains width opening
  244     .....More than two rollers
  245     ..Sliding rigid plate
  246     ...Plural plates
  247     ....Moves in opposite directions
  248     ...Rectilinear reciprocation
  249     ....Vertical motion
  250     ..Pivoting or rotating blade
  251     ...With cocking means
  252     ...With brake means
  253     ...Including aperture cover or lid
  254     ...Shutter blade moves continuously from closed to open to
              closed position
  255     ....Blade moves in opposite direction on alternate exposures
  256     ...With retard means
  257     ....Including pneumatic means
  258.1   ....Including electric circuit means
  259     ....Including gear means
  260     ....Including cam means
  261     ...Plural oscillating blades
  262     ....With gear means
  263     ....With pneumatic actuator
  264     ....Symmetrical opening
  265     ....Opposite movement
  266     ..Release or actuator means
  267.1   ...Timing means
  268     ...With safety lock
  269     ...Cable release
  270     .Diaphragms
  271.1   ..Electrically operated
  272     ..Diaphragm opens for focusing or viewing
  273     ..With indicator
  274     ..Plural pivoted blades
  275     .Detachable or removeable film holder unit
  276     ..Plate or cut film holders
  277     ...Light seals
  278     ...Plate fastenings and kits
  279     ....Adjustable
  280     ...Solution drains and resistants
  281     ...Closure locks and checks
  282     ...Auxiliary
  283     ...With dark slide
  284     ....With hinged parts
  285     ....Double holder
  286     .Lens mountt
  287     .Hoods
  288     .Body structure or housing
  289.1   .Indicator or setting means
  289.11  ..Indicia on lens ring or housing
  289.12  ...With electric circuit means
  290     STUDIO STRUCTURE
  291     BACKGROUNDS
  292     PHOTOGRAPHIC MODEL OR SUPPORT
  293     CAMERA MOUNTING OR REST
  294     .Stereo
  295     CAMERA OPERATING ATTACHMENT
  296     .Vignetter
  297     FLUID-TREATING APPARATUS
  298     .Photocell controlled
  299     .And temperature control
  300     .Gaseous-treating
  301     .Treating superimposed or laminar sheets
  302     ..Rollers sequentially submerge and press sheet
  303     ..With fluid dispensing
  304     ...Collapsible container
  305     ..With fluid reservoir
  306     .Reversal processing
  307     .Dark cabinet
  308     ..Hand or body insertion
  309     ...With ventilation
  310     ..Daylight loading
  311     ..With film-holding cabinet insertable into developing tank
  312     ..With film support or handling means
  313     ...Roll film handling
  314     ....With motor driven film winding spool
  315     ...Plate film handling means
  316     ...Film immersed and removed
  317     .Fluid application to one side only of film
  318     ..By roller or web
  319     .With film or paper feed
  320     ..And film immersed and removed
  321     ...Strip type
  322     ...Plural stations
  323     .Single station and plural fluids
  324     .With fluid circulating means
  325     ..And fluid spraying means
  326     ..And plate support means
  327     ..By rocking tray or support
  328     .With fluid agitating means
  329     ..Rotating carriers
  330     ...Motor driven
  331     .Film or print processing vessel
  332     ..With interlocking doors
  333     ..Attachment or accessory
  334     ...Visual film scanner
  335     ...Adjustable film holding means
  336     ...Reservoir
  337     ..With film or plate support
  338     ..With film guiding ribs
  339     .Film guide
  340     .Film holding device
  341     ..Spool
  342     ..Tensioning meanss
  343     ..Adjustable means
  344     ..Retaining means
  345     ..Gripping means
  346     ...Opposed frame gripping means
  347     ...Plate
  348     RETOUCHING
  349     .Stands
  350     ..Vibrating
  351     BURNISHING
  352     .Rotary machine
  353     ..Interally heated
  354     MISCELLANEOUS