WEAPONS FOR PROJECTING MISSILES WITHOUT USE OF EXPLOSIVE OR COMBUSTIBLE PROPELLANT CHARGE; WEAPONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (projectiles for fishing, e.g. fish-spears, A01K81/00; sports implements for throwing A63B65/00, e.g. boomerangs A63B65/08; stationary apparatus for projecting sports balls, e.g. tennis balls, A63B69/40; throwing or slinging toys A63H33/18; knives, axes B26B; projectiles or missiles other than those incorporating springs as projecting means F42B6/00)

Introduced: September 1968

Description

F41B covers non-explosive and non-combustible missile projection systems, including mechanical, pneumatic, and elastic-force weapons such as crossbows, bows, catapults, slingshots, and air-powered guns. This subclass encompasses both traditional and modern designs that rely on mechanical energy storage and release mechanisms rather than chemical propulsion. It also serves as a residual category for weapon types not specifically classified elsewhere in the F41 weapons hierarchy. Adjacent classes F41A (firearms using explosive/combustible propellant) and F41C (edged weapons) are excluded.

Title

Titles differ between systems:

IPC: WEAPONS FOR PROJECTING MISSILES WITHOUT USE OF EXPLOSIVE OR COMBUSTIBLE PROPELLANT CHARGE; WEAPONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

CPC: WEAPONS FOR PROJECTING MISSILES WITHOUT USE OF EXPLOSIVE OR COMBUSTIBLE PROPELLANT CHARGE; WEAPONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (projectiles for fishing, e.g. fish-spears, A01K81/00; sports implements for throwing A63B65/00, e.g. boomerangs A63B65/08; stationary apparatus for projecting sports balls, e.g. tennis balls, A63B69/40; throwing or slinging toys A63H33/18; knives, axes B26B; projectiles or missiles other than those incorporating springs as projecting means F42B6/00)

Full Title

Full titles differ between systems:

IPC:

WEAPONS FOR PROJECTING MISSILES WITHOUT USE OF EXPLOSIVE OR COMBUSTIBLE PROPELLANT CHARGE; WEAPONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

CPC:

WEAPONS FOR PROJECTING MISSILES WITHOUT USE OF EXPLOSIVE OR COMBUSTIBLE PROPELLANT CHARGE; WEAPONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (projectiles for fishing, e.g. fish-spears, A01K81/00; sports implements for throwing A63B65/00, e.g. boomerangs A63B65/08; stationary apparatus for projecting sports balls, e.g. tennis balls, A63B69/40; throwing or slinging toys A63H33/18; knives, axes B26B; projectiles or missiles other than those incorporating springs as projecting means F42B6/00)

IPC and CPC are identically structured here. All 10 subcodes exist in both systems.

4 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.

Child Classifications

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F41B 1/00 Blow guns, i.e. tubes for impelling projectiles, e.g. peas or darts, by the force of the breath (pop guns A63H) IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
F41B 11/00 Compressed-gas guns, e.g. air guns; Steam guns IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
F41B 13/00 Thrusting-weapons (bayonets F41C27/18); Cutting-weapons carried as side-arms (training appliances for fencing A63B69/02; sheaths for hand cutting tools B26B29/00 ) IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
F41B 15/00 Weapons not otherwise provided for IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
F41B 3/00 Sling weapons (throwing-apparatus for clay-pigeon or clay-disc targets F41J9/18) +1 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
F41B 4/00 Friction-wheel operated launchers since 1990 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
F41B 5/00 Bows; Crossbows +3 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
F41B 6/00 Electromagnetic launchers since 1990 +2 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
F41B 7/00 Spring guns (; catapults F41B3/02; ) +2 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
F41B 9/00 Liquid ejecting guns, e.g. water pistols +7 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC