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| 5D107 | Apparatuses for generation of mechanical vibrations | |
| B06B1/00 -3/04 | ||
| B06B1/00-3/04 | AA | AA00 PURPOSE AND EFFECTS |
AA01 | AA02 | AA03 | AA04 | AA05 | AA06 | AA07 | AA08 | AA09 | AA10 |
| . Output characteristics (e.g., characteristics that involve amplitude) | . . Variants for obtaining greater output | . . Improved conversion efficiency | . . Regulation or switching of output | . Frequency characteristics (e.g., number of vibrations) | . . Switching of frequency | . . Adjustment of frequency | . Adjustment or switching of the direction of vibration | . Improved durability (e.g., provision of a longer useful life) | . Improved resistance to the environment (e.g., heat resistance or water resistance) | |||
| AA11 | AA12 | AA13 | AA14 | AA15 | AA16 | AA20 | ||||||
| . Improved mechanical strength (e.g., impact resistance) | . Simplified construction | . Miniaturization or reduced weight | . Improved stability | . Measures to prevent errors, or protection | . Elimination or prevention of unwanted vibrations | . Other purposes and effects | ||||||
| BB | BB00 APPLICATIONS |
BB01 | BB02 | BB03 | BB04 | BB05 | BB06 | BB07 | BB08 | BB09 | BB10 | |
| . Machining (e.g., cutting, welding, or grinding) | . Atomizing | . . Humidifiers | . Mixing | . Separation or sorting | . Transport | . Medical treatments | . Sensory acoustics | . Testing or measurement | . Civil engineering or construction | |||
| BB11 | BB20 | |||||||||||
| . Washing | . Other applications | |||||||||||
| CC | CC00 ELECTRIC VIBRATING ELEMENTS |
CC01 | CC02 | CC03 | CC04 | CC05 | CC06 | CC07 | CC08 | CC09 | CC10 | |
| . Piezoelectic elements | . . Elements composed of a single piezoelectric plate | . . Bimorph or unimorph elements | . . Langevin elements | . . Elements characterized by electrodes | . . . Elements that have reset electrodes | . Magnetrostrictive elements | . Movable wire-ring elements | . Electromagnetic elements | . Support structures for vibrating elements | |||
| CC11 | CC12 | CC13 | CC20 | |||||||||
| . Structure of electrical connections made with vibrating elements | . Arrangements of multiple vibrating elements | . Reset elements | . Other electric vibrating elements | |||||||||
| CD | CD00 DRIVING BY MEANS OF ELECTRIC VIBRATING ELEMENTS |
CD01 | CD02 | CD03 | CD04 | CD05 | CD06 | CD07 | CD08 | CD10 | ||
| . Output sections (e.g., circuits that amplify drive voltage or current) | . . Matching with elements (e.g., filters or transformers) | . Oscillation sections (e.g., circuits that generate electric vibrations) | . . Phase-locked loops (PLL) | . . Sweeping oscillation frequencies | . Variants that reset voltage (CD04 takes precedence) | . Variants that reset current (CD04 takes precedence) | . Variants that are controlled by programs | . Other driving by means of electric vibrating elements | ||||
| DD | DD00 MECHANISMS FOR GENERATING MECHANICAL VIBRATIONS (CATEGORY EE TAKES PRECEDENCE) |
DD01 | DD02 | DD03 | DD04 | DD05 | DD06 | DD07 | DD08 | DD09 | DD10 | |
| . Use of impact | . Movement of masses | . . Reciprocating movement of masses | . . . Use of cams | . . . . Variants wherein the cam shaftand direction of movement are parallel | . . . . Variants wherein the camshaft and direction of movement are perpendicular | . . . Use of cranks | . . Rotary movement of masses | . . . Use of unbalanced weight | . . . . Use of multiple unbalanced weights | |||
| DD11 | DD12 | DD20 | ||||||||||
| . Support structures for mechanisms for generating mechanical vibrations | . . Support structures that use elastic bodies or dampers | . Other mechanical vibration-generating mechanisms | ||||||||||
| DE | DE00 CONTROL OF MECHANISMS FOR GENERATING MECHANICAL VIBRATIONS (CATEGORY EE TAKES PRECEDENCE) |
DE01 | DE02 | DE03 | DE10 | |||||||
| . Control of amplitude | . Control of number of vibrations | . Control of start and stop time | . Other controls | |||||||||
| EE | EE00 MECHANISMS FOR GENERATING VIBRATIONS USING FLUIDS |
EE01 | EE02 | EE03 | EE04 | EE05 | EE06 | EE07 | EE10 | |||
| . Mechanisms that move operating members reciprocatingly | . Mechanisms that cause operating members to rotate | . . Continuous rotary motion | . Mechanisms that generate vibration waves directly in fluids | . . Mechanisms that use nozzles | . Control structures | . . Control mechanisms that use valves | . Other mechanisms for generating vibrations using fluids | |||||
| FF | FF00 MECHANISMS FOR TRANSMITTING VIBRATIONS |
FF01 | FF02 | FF03 | FF04 | FF05 | FF06 | FF07 | FF08 | FF09 | FF10 | |
| . Mechanisms that concentrate or synthesize vibrations | . Mechanisms that change or switch the direction of vibrations | . Mechanisms that use horns | . . Mechanisms that use step horns | . Support structures for transmission mechanisms | . . Structures that support at the point of vibration | . Sections for coupling with vibrating elements | . Sections that touch or are coupled with vibrated elements | . . Radial surfaces or plates that vibrate | . . Mechanisms that operate via elastic members or dampers | |||
| FF20 | ||||||||||||
| . Other mechanisms for transmitting vibrations |