US PATENT CLASS 346
Class Notes
Current as of: June, 1999
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DEFINITION
Classification: 346/
This is generic class for apparatus and corresponding processes for:
A. Making a record of the movements of machines or instruments whose movements are desired to be recorded and at
least temporarily preserved.
B. Making a record of any phenomenon capable of being detected either quantitatively or qualitatively and recorded for at least temporary preservation:
The preceding in general require (a) the means to make the record, (b) the means to detect qualitatively or quantitatively the movement or other phenomenon, and (c) the means actuated in accordance with the movement or other phenomenon to cause the record making means to function.
C. The record making means and its immediate actuating means as a subcombination of (A) and (B).
D. Watchmen's and workmen's time-recorders and time stamps.
This class also includes compartmented boxes adapted to receiving checks, means being provided either for manual operation or for clock work to shift a part so that a check will be received in a selected compartment. See Subclass References to the Current Class, below, identified as other classes for record-making.
(1) Note. Organized apparatus significantly claimed combined with a recording means which records some quality or quantity related to such apparatus or its function, are for the most part classified in the class appropriate to the type of organized apparatus (see References to Other Classes, below.) SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
27, for compartmented boxes adapted to receiving checks, means being provided either for manual operation or for clock work to shift a part so that a check will be received in a selected compartment.
REFERENCES TO OTHER CLASSES
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS
8, Bleaching and Dyeing; Fluid Treatment and Chemical Modification of Textiles and Fibers, particularly
445+, for dye printing. (other class for record making, see (1) Note, Class Definition)
33, Geometrical Instruments,
18.1+, for scribers, subclasses 304+ for borehole direction or inclination indicators with recorders, subclass 331 for other direction sensing and indicating devices with recorders.
70, Locks,
433+, for locks with recorders.
73, Measuring and Testing, for recording means broad or specific combined with significant measuring or testing structure, and see subclasses; 181+, for recording ships' logs; subclass 312, for recording, float type, liquid level gauges; subclass 335.06, for a recording hygrometer; subclass 489, for recording means combined with a speed or acceleration responsive device; subclasses 570+, for apparatus having a recorder, for testing by vibrating the specimen; subclass 712, for recording fluid pressure gauges; subclass 862.27, for recording dynamometers.
84, Music,
461+, for devices for recording the movement of keys of a keyboard.
101, Printing. (other class for record making, see (1) Note, Class Definition)
116, Signals and Indicators, for nonrecording signals and indicators.
118, Coating Apparatus, will take organized systems including recording, only as relates to the transfer of a developed record-image by a Class 118 coating means. Means to develop a latent image by a Class 118 coating device will not exclude placement in Class 346. (other class for record making, see (1) Note, Class Definition)
137, Fluid Handling,
551+, for fluid handling apparatus combined with a recorder. (other class for record making, see (1) Note, Class Definition)
177, Weighing Scales,
2+, for a recording weigher.
178, Telegraphy, for telegraph systems and receivers having a recorder, particularly;
4+, for automatic printing systems; subclasses 18+, for writing systems; subclasses 23+, for nonautomatic printing systems; subclasses 36+, for printing receivers; subclasses 62, for chemical recording; subclasses 89+, for code recorders. 181, Acoustics,
122, for mechanical seismographs.
194, Check-Actuated Control Mechanisms, for combinations of
recorder with significant check-controlled apparatus.
205, Electrolysis: Processes, Compositions Used Therein, and Methods of Preparing the Compositions,
52+, for electrolytic marking. (other class for record making, see (1) Note, Class Definition)
221, Article Dispensing,
2+,. (other class for record making, see (1) Note, Class Definition)
222, Dispensing,
23+, particularly subclass 30 for dispensers combined with recorders.
232, Deposit and Collection Receptacles,
18, for letter boxes having recorders. 235, Registers,
2+, for cash registers having a recorder; subclasses 4+, for cash recorders; subclasses 50, for recording voting machines; subclasses 58+, for calculators having means to record either or both the factor entered or the result.
236, Automatic Temperature and Humidity Regulation, for significant systems of this type combined with a recorder.
246, Railway Switches and Signals,
107, for block signal systems having recorders; subclass 123, for systems for recording the time at which a train passes a given point. subclass 185, for means for actuating either signals or controls upon a train in combination with means to record the signal or control information.
250, Radiant Energy,
315.3, for invisible radiation xerography; and subclasses 580+ for photography using invisible radiation. (other class for record making, see (1) Note, Class Definition)
250, Radiant Energy,
250+, for the detection of invisible radiation or the testing of material by invisible radiation and the recording of the results of the detection or the test.
273, Amusement Devices: Games,
138.1+, for recording chance devices.
318, Electricity: Motive Power Systems,
567+, for program or pattern controlled electric motive power systems, even though making the record is also claimed.
324, Electricity: Measuring and Testing, appropriate subclasses for electrical testing systems having a recorder combined therewith where no significant recording structure is involved. This Class (346) should be searched for the combination of electrical testing systems and a significant recorder.
331, Oscillators,
44, for electric oscillators wherein means are provided for calibrating the tuning position indicator or dial of the oscillator by marking the indicator or dial in accordance with the results of the comparison of the generated frequency with the known frequency settings of a source of standard frequencies.
352, Optics: Motion Pictures, for motion picture recording apparatus. (other class for record making, see (1) Note, Class Definition)
356, Optics: Measuring and Testing, for devices which utilize visible light or test visible light to measure optical properties of light or substances, distance, velocity, direction, angles, areas or volumes and which may use a recorder to make a permanent record of the test. See
300+, of Class 356 for the line between Classes 346 and 356. (other class for record making, see (1) Note, Class Definition)
358, Facsimile,
296+, for facsimile systems having a recording apparatus.
367, Communications, Electrical: Acoustic Wave Systems and Devices,
14+, for electrical seismographs and appropriate subclasses for recording signaling systems. 369, Dynamic Information Storage or Retrieval, for making a record of information which requires dynamic reproduction to recover the stored information. (other class for record making, see (1) Note, Class Definition)
374, Thermal Measuring and Testing,
186, for a thermometer combined with a detailed recording arrangement.
378, X-Ray or Gamma Ray Systems or Devices,
4+, and 21+ for X-ray tomography; subclasses 28+ for X-ray
xeroradiography; subclasses 167+ for photos:graphic detector supports; and subclasses 189+ for nonphotos:graphic detector supports. (other class for record making, see (1) Note, Class Definition)
379, Telephonic Communications, see (2) Note, and see
114+, for recorders for counting or charging telephone calls or connections combined with telephone systems or equipment; subclasses 245+, for telephone calling number recorders.
386, Television Signal Processing for Dynamic Recording or Reproducing,
1+, and 46+ for television camera combined with video apparatus for recording or reproducing processed television signal.
396, Photography, appropriate subclasses for a photos:graphic camera or photos:graphic fluid treating apparatus. (other class for record making, see (1) Note, Class Definition)
399, Electrophotography, 9+, for diagnostics, subclasses 38+ for controls, subclasses 130+ for image formation, subclasses 168+ for charging, subclasses 177+ for exposure, subclasses 222+ for development, subclasses 297+ for transfer, subclasses 320+ for fixing, subclasses 343+ for cleaning, and subclasses 361+ for document handling. (other class for record making, see (1) Note, Class Definition)
400, Typewriting Machines. (other class for record making, see (1) Note, Class Definition)
422, Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting, Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing,
50+, for chemical analytical and analytical-control apparatus involving recording means.
428, Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles,
411.1+, for a composite, nonstructural web or sheet characterized solely by the compositions of the layers, and which may be useful as carbon or transfer paper, and especially subclasses 488.1, 537.1, and subclass 914 (a cross-reference art collection) for a transfer sheet. (other class for record making, see (1) Note, Class Definition)
430, Radiation Imagery Chemistry: Process, Composition, or Product Thereof. (other class for record making, see (1) Note, Class Definition)
434, Education and Demonstration,
47, for aircraft trainers combined with recorders.
436, Chemistry: Analytical and Immunological Testing,
1+, for chemical analytical and analytical-control processes involving recording steps. 505, Superconductor Technology: Apparatus, Material, Process,
150+, for high temperature (Tc > 30 K) superconducting devices, and particularly subclasses 170+ for information storage or retrieval systems, or recording.
600, Surgery,
523+, 544+, and 900 for recorders associated with medical diagnostic apparatus.