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IPC6

SECTION B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING

TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYERS FOR LOADING OR...

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Apparatus having suspended load-carriers movable by hand or gravity (manually-operated endless-rope or chain conveyers B 65 G 17/00; railway systems B 61 B)

Chutes; Kinds or types of conveyers; Constructional features, details, or auxiliary devices peculiar to conveyers of particular types (feeding or discharging conveyers by devices incorporated in, or operatively associated with, conveyers B 65 G 47/00; loading or unloading B 65 G 65/00; escalators or moving walkways B 66 B 21/00; drag-line scraper conveyers E 02 F 3/46) [4]

Chutes (used as storage devices B 65 G 1/02, B 65 D 88/26; for sports, games, or amusements A 63 G 21/00; for refuse disposal in buildings E 04 F 17/12)

of straight form

for mail in buildings

of helical or spiral form

with discontinuous guiding surfaces, e.g. arranged in zig-zag or cascade formation

extensible, e.g. telescopic

Interior surfaces; Linings

Supports or mountings

Auxiliary devices, e.g. for deflecting, controlling speed of, or agitating, articles or solids

Roller-ways (storage devices comprising roller-ways B 65 G 1/02; endless-chain conveyers comprising load-supporting rollers B 65 G 17/00; rollers, or arrangements thereof B 65 G 39/00; in metal-rolling equipment B 21 B 39/00, B 21 B 41/00)

having driven rollers

all rollers driven

Roller driving means [3]

having endless driving elements

with frictional engagement

comprising free-wheel gearing

Braking means [3]

of curved form; with branch-offs

Switching arrangements

Conveyers having endless load-conveying surfaces, i.e. belts and like continuous members, to which tractive effort is transmitted by means other than endless driving elements of similar configuration (having load-conveying surfaces formed by interconnected longitudinal links B 65 G 17/06)

for conveying in a circular arc

the load being carried on the lower run of the endless surface

with oppositely-moving parts of the endless surface located in the same plane and parallel to one another

the load-carrying surface being formed by a concave or tubular belt, e.g. a belt forming a trough

comprising two or more co-operating endless surfaces with parallel longitudinal axes, or a multiplicity of parallel elements, e.g. ropes defining an endless surface

with two or more endless belts

the load being conveyed between the belts

between an auxiliary belt and a main belt

the belts being sealed at their edges (endless- surface conveyers having a single belt with sealed edges B 65 G 15/08)

arranged side by side, e.g. for conveyance of flat articles in vertical position (for conveying sheets or like thin flat articles B 65 H)

comprising a series of co-operating units

extensible, e.g. telescopic

Conveyers with a load-conveying surface formed by a single flat belt, not otherwise provided for

Belts or like endless load-carriers (co-operating with rails or the like B 65 G 21/22; with rollers B 65 G 39/20; belts in general F 16 G)

made of rubber or plastics

with reinforcing layers, e.g. of fabric

the layers incorporating ropes, chains, or rolled steel sections

with flame-resistant layers, e.g. of asbestos, glass

troughed or tubular; formed with joints facilitating troughing

having ribs, ridges, or other surface projections

for impelling the loads

formed with guides

Endless load-carriers consisting of a series of parallel ropes or belt strips

interconnected by transverse slats

Endless load-carriers made of interwoven ropes or wires

with edge-protecting or reinforcing means

with means for holding or retaining the loads in fixed position, e.g. magnetic

Arrangements for supporting or guiding belts, e.g. by fluid jets (construction of rollers or supports therefor B 65 G 39/00, F 16 G)

Guides for sliding belts

for automatically maintaining the position of the belts

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