TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; TAXIMETERS; ARRANGEMENTS OR APPARATUS FOR COLLECTING FARES, TOLLS OR ENTRANCE FEES AT ONE OR MORE CONTROL POINTS; FRANKING APPARATUS

Introduced: September 1968

Classification Context

Section:: PHYSICS
Class:: CHECKING-DEVICES
Subclass:: TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; TAXIMETERS; ARRANGEMENTS OR APPARATUS FOR COLLECTING FARES, TOLLS OR ENTRANCE FEES AT ONE OR MORE CONTROL POINTS; FRANKING APPARATUS

Description

G07B encompasses mechanical and electronic apparatus for issuing tickets, measuring taxi fares, collecting tolls or admission fees at control points, and applying postal franking marks. The class covers ticketing systems for transportation and venues, fare-metering devices, toll collection infrastructure, and automated franking machines for postal use. Related technologies include turnstiles, barrier gates, fare validators, and associated control mechanisms that process or verify payments at entry/exit points. This subclass excludes general vending machines (G07G) and purely computational aspects of fare calculation unless integrated into a physical apparatus.

Additional Content

Punching or perforating pliers Turnstiles with registering means Handling of coins or valuable papers, e.g. banknotes Mechanisms actuated by objects other than coins to free or to actuate vending, hiring; Coin or paper currency dispensing or refunding apparatus Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services Parking meters per se

Related Keywords

registering or collecting FARESapparatus for PRINTING and issuing ticketsissuing or cancelling of tickets for RAILWAY(S),RAILROAD(S)TICKETINGregistering or collecting TOLLS

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Child Classifications

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G07B 1/00 Machines for printing and issuing tickets
G07B 11/00 Apparatus for validating or cancelling issued tickets
G07B 13/00 Taximeters
G07B 15/00 Arrangements or apparatus for collecting fares, tolls or entrance fees at one or more control points
G07B 17/00 Franking apparatus
G07B 3/00 Machines for issuing preprinted tickets
G07B 5/00 Details of, or auxiliary devices for, ticket-issuing machines
G07B 7/00 Holders providing direct manual access to the tickets
G07B 9/00 Ticket punches

Top Applicants

Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class G07, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

TOSHIBA TEC CORPORATION 3,312
IGT US 2,296
SHENZHEN YIHUA COMPUTER COMPANY 2,232
SHENZHEN YIHUA TIME TECHNOLOGY COMPANY 2,144
SHENZHEN YIHUA FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE INSTITUTE 2,055
ARISTOCRAT TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRALIA AU 1,651
SGCC(STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA) 1,586
OKI ELECTRIC IND COMPANY 1,497
GLORY 1,424
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES US 1,379