US PATENT SUBCLASS 377 / 6
.~ Counting animate or inanimate entities

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377 /   HD   ELECTRICAL PULSE COUNTERS, PULSE DIVIDERS, OR SHIFT REGISTERS: CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS

1  DF  APPLICATIONS {11}
6.~ Counting animate or inanimate entities {4}
7  DF  .~.~> Coins
8  DF  .~.~> Flat articles (e.g., sheet, bill, ticket)
9  DF  .~.~> Vehicles
10  DF  .~.~> Field of view contains plural entities or entities scanned plural times (e.g., microscopic particles) {2}

DEFINITION

Classification: 377/6

Counting animate or inanimate entities:

(under subclass 1) Subject matter for counting nonliving or living entities.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

209, Classifying, Separating, and Assorting Solids,

551, for structure to assorting solids which may include item counting.

221, Article Dispensing,

2+, for structure to article dispensing which may include counting.

222, Dispensing, 23+, for structure to dispensing which may include counting.

246, Railway Switches and Signals,

77+, and 247 for railway switching and signaling structure including means for counting railway cars.

250, Radiant Energy,

221, for optical or prephotocell systems controlled by articles, persons, or animals.

399, Electrophotography,

75+, for machine operation of an electrophotos:graphic device reproducing copies, particularly subclasses 79+ for accounting of copies produced.