CATEGORY 15: MACHINES AND PARTS THEREOF, INCLUDING INDUSTRIAL, AGRICULTURAL, HOME AND OFFICE MACHINES; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT

TABLE OF DIVISIONS IN CATEGORY 15

Machines for industry or agriculture; industrial installations; motors; engines; various mechanical appliances	15.01
Household machines, appliances	15.03
Computer devices and office and business machines	15.05
Wheels, bearings	15.07
Electrical equipment	15.09

15.01    Machines for industry or agriculture; industrial installations; motors; engines; various mechanical appliances

15.01.01    Pressing, grinding, distilling or excavating machines, including printing presses and clothes presses

15.01.02    Other machines for industry; industrial installations

Excluding:     Industrial establishments, factory smokestacks (07.03.08)

Note 1:     This section includes parts of machines. Parts are coded in 15.01.02 when the part is not a representational component of the machinery as a whole.

Note 2:     For similar designs, see also 15.01.25.

15.01.03    Conveyor belts

15.01.04    Motors, engines, generators

15.01.05    Propellers of all kinds, ventilators, blowers, turbines

Excluding:     Propellers for land, air, or sea vehicles in 18.11.04.

15.01.06    Pulleys

15.01.07    Sprayers, including paint spray guns, fire extinguishers and pump sprayers

Excluding:     Bottles or jugs with pumps or sprayers, including atomizers (19.09.12)

15.01.08    Machines for agriculture, including power and manual lawn mowers

Excluding:     Non-motorized agricultural or horticultural implements 14.07; tractors, threshers, combines, tillers (18.05.08); riding lawn mowers (18.05.06)

15.01.09    Gasoline pumps

15.01.10    Vending machines

15.01.25    Other mechanical appliances for industry, including door closers

Excluding:     Drills are coded in 14.05.07; jackhammers are coded in 14.05.08.

Note:     For similar designs see also 15.01.02.

15.03    Household machines, appliances

Excluding:     Small electric kitchen appliances are coded in 11.05; small electric cooking appliances are coded in 13.03; sewing machines are coded in 09.09.08

15.03.01    Vacuum cleaners, floor polishers, rug shampooers

15.03.02    Washing machines, including dishwashers, clothes dryers

15.03.25    Other household machines, including trash compactors

15.05    Computer devices and office and business machines

15.05.01    Typewriters

15.05.02    Computer keys, keyboards, and keypads without monitors

Excluding:     Computer terminals and keyboards with monitors/screens (15.05.03) and telephone keypads (16.01.08).

15.05.03    Desktop and laptop computers and computer monitors

Specific Guideline:     Video display monitors/screens accompanied by a keyboard are in 15.05.03. Also, video displays, even absent keypads, are in this section if it is otherwise clear from the content of the drawing that the display is part of a computer terminal.

15.05.04    Handheld personal or wireless computers and digital devices

Excluding:     Computers with screens (15.05.03) and devices clearly used as telephones (16.01.08). However, please also note that entry and/or search of multiple codes such as these may be necessary.

15.05.05    Machines for printing, copying, and scanning

15.05.06    Calculators, adding machines, and cash registers

15.05.07    Computer processing and data storage devices, not including computer terminals or devices or media for mere storage or playback of data, audio, or video.

Excluding:     Computers terminals (15.05.03) and media and players solely for audio/video/data storage or playback (16.01.xx).

15.05.08    Computer mouse, trackball, stylus, and touchpad

15.05.25    Controls and controllers for electronic devices, other than for audiovisual playback devices such as televisions and stereos (16.01.03)

Excluding:     remote controls for audiovisual playback devices such as televisions and stereos (16.01.03).

15.07    Wheels, bearings

15.07.01    Cog wheels (wheels with teeth), gears, several wheels in juxtaposition

Note:     Many gear designs are double coded in 15.07.01 and 26.01.07.

15.07.02    Paddle wheels

15.07.03    Wheels with spokes

15.07.04    Ball bearings and other bearings

15.07.25    Other wheels including vehicular wheels without spokes; hubcaps
Excluding:     Vehicular wheels fitted with tires are coded in 18.11.01.

15.09    Electrical equipment

Excluding:     Lighting equipment (13.01); electric cables or cords (14.01.03; 14.01.04)

15.09.01    Batteries and battery terminals

15.09.02    Plugs, spark ;Spark plugs

15.09.03    Electrical outlets and switches

15.09.25    Electrical circuitry and power hardware and routing devices, including circuitry, chargers, fuses, and controllers, but not including mere cables

Note:     Battery chargers and other devices for routing electrical power are in 15.09.25, while electrical cables and wires are in 14.01.xx . However, multiple codes for a given design may be appropriate