IPC 6 English version B65B !A-B65B 9/24

B65-B65B00924

SECTION B– PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING

B 65

CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL

B 65 B

MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING (bundling and pressing devices for cigars A 24 C 1/44; paper-bag holders as shop or office accessories A 47 F 13/08; apparatus for coating, e.g. by dipping, B 05 C; devices for tensioning and securing binders adapted to be supported by the article or articles to be bound B 25 B; nailing or stapling devices B 25 C, B 27 F; inserting documents in envelopes and closing the latter B 43 M 3/00, B 43 M 5/00; labelling B 65 C; wrappers, containers or other packaging elements, e.g. binders, closures, protective caps, B 65 D; transport or storage devices B 65 G; devices for handling sheets or webs of interest apart from their application in packaging machines B 65 H; applying closure members to bottles, jars or similar containers B 67 B; hand- or power-operated devices not attached to, or not incorporated in, containers or container closures for opening closed containers B 67 B 7/00; packaging of matches C 06 F; wrapping sugar during manufacture C 13 H; packaging of ammunition or explosive charges F 42 B 39/00; making containers or receptacles, see the appropriate subclasses)

Notes

(1)

This subclass does not cover:

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operations of the types mentioned in Note (2) (a) to (f), employed in the manufacture of articles other than packages, which are covered by other appropriate subclasses, e.g. making confectionery products by casting in moulds formed by wrappers A 23 G, filling ammunition, e.g. cartridges, F 42 B 33/02;

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methods of packaging, which are wholly characterised by the form of the package produced, or the form of the container or packaging-element used, which are covered by B 65 D.

(2)

In this subclass, the following terms are used with the meanings indicated:

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"packaging" includes mainly the following operations:

(a)

filling portable containers or receptacles with materials or small articles to form packages;

(b)

inserting articles or groups of articles into containers or receptacles;

(c)

closing filled containers or receptacles otherwise than by metal-, glass-, or wood-working operations;

(d)

enclosing, or partially enclosing, articles or quantities of material, in sheets, strips, blanks, webs, or tubes of thin flexible material, e.g. wrapping;

(e)

bundling articles, e.g. holding articles together in groups by applying string or wire;

(f)

attaching articles to cards, sheets, or webs.

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"package" means the end product of a packaging operation, e.g. a filled and closed container, an article enclosed in a wrapper, a group of articles held together by string or wire, a crate of bottles.

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"materials" includes matter, or masses of articles, which are to be packaged, as distinct from separate or individual articles.

Machines, apparatus, or methods of general application for packaging articles or materials

Packaging fluent solid material, e.g. powders, granular or loose fibrous material, loose masses of small articles, in individual containers or receptacles, e.g. bags, sacks, boxes, cartons, cans, jars (under special atmospheric or gaseous conditions B 65 B 31/00)

Machines characterised by the incorporation of means for making the containers or receptacles (from flat, folded, or tubular webs of flexible sheet material B 65 B 9/00; making containers or receptacles of interest apart from this application, see the appropriate subclasses)

Methods of, or means for, filling the material into the containers or receptacles

by gravity flow

by vibratory feeders

by rotary feeders

of screw type

of centrifugal type

by pneumatic means, e.g. by suction

for filling valve-bags

Reducing volume of filled material

by vibration

by mechanical compression

by pneumatic means, e.g. suction

Controlling escape of air or dust from containers or receptacles during filling (cleaning of, or removing dust from, containers, wrappers, or packages B 65 B 55/24)

Devices or methods for controlling or determining the quantity or quality of the material fed or filled

by weighing (check-weighing of filled containers or receptacles B 65 B 1/46; weighing in general G 01 G)

Adjusting weight by trickle feed

by volumetric devices or methods (checking volume of filled material B 65 B 1/48; volumetric measurement in general G 01 F)

by pistons co-operating with measuring chambers

by timing of filling operations

and arresting flow by cut-off means

Checking density of material to be filled

Check-weighing of filled containers or receptacles (check-weighing in general G 01 G)

Checking volume of filled material

Packaging plastic material, semiliquids, liquids, or mixed solids and liquids, in individual containers or receptacles, e.g. bags, sacks, boxes, cartons, cans, jars (packaging under special atmospheric or gaseous conditions, adding propellants to aerosol containers B 65 B 31/00; filling bottles or other containers with liquids or semi-liquids by bottling machines B 67 C; filling of gas bottles at high pressure for storing gases F 17 C)

Machines characterised by the incorporation of means for making the containers or receptacles (making containers or receptacles of interest apart from this application, see the appropriate subclasses)

Methods of, or means for, filling the material into the containers or receptacles

by gravity flow

by screw-type feeders

by application of pressure to material (by screw-type feeders B 65 B 3/08)

mechanically, e.g. by pistons or pumps

pneumatically

for filling collapsible tubes (for filling valve bags B 65 B 3/17)

for filling valve bags

Controlling escape of air from containers or receptacles during filling

Defoaming liquids in connection with filling

Topping-up containers or receptacles to ensure complete filling

Methods or devices for controlling the quantity of the material fed or filled

by weighing (in general G 01 G)

by volumetric measurement (in general G 01 F)

by pistons co-operating with measuring chambers

by timing of filling operations

and arresting flow by cut-off means

Packaging individual articles in containers or receptacles, e.g. bags, sacks, boxes, cartons, cans, jars

Machines characterised by incorporation of means for making the containers or receptacles (from flat, folded, or tubular webs of flexible sheet material B 65 B 9/00; making containers or receptacles of interest apart from this application, see the appropriate subclasses)

Packaging single articles

Packaging groups of articles, the groups being treated as single articles

Packaging groups of articles, the articles being individually gripped or guided for transfer to the containers or receptacles

Filling containers or receptacles progressively or in stages by introducing successive articles, or layers of articles

Introducing successive articles, e.g. confectionery products, of different shape or size in predetermined positions

Closing containers or receptacles after filling (combinations of container-closing apparatus with apparatus for filling containers B 65 B 1/00, B 65 B 3/00, B 65 B 5/00; under special atmospheric or gaseous conditions B 65 B 31/00; devices for, or methods of, sealing or securing package folds or closures, e.g. twisted bag necks, B 65 B 51/00; shrinking wrappers, containers, container covers or container cover securing members during or after packaging B 65 B 53/00)

Machines characterised by incorporation of means for making the closures before applying (making closures, of interest apart from this application, see the relevant subclass) [6]

Closing containers or receptacles deformed by, or taking-up shape of, contents, e.g. bags, sacks

by tucking-in mouth portion to form two flaps and subsequently folding-down

by collapsing mouth portion, e.g. to form a single flap

and folding

and rolling-in

and twisting

Closing collapsible or resilient tubes, e.g. for tooth-paste, for lighter fuel

Closing semi-rigid or rigid containers or receptacles not deformed by, or not taking-up shape of, contents, e.g. boxes, cartons (closing cans by metal-working operations B 21 D 51/26)

by collapsing mouth portion and subsequently folding-down or securing flaps

by folding-down preformed flaps

and inserting flap portions between contents and wall

and interengaging tongue-and-slot closures

by closing hinged lids

by applying separate preformed closures, e.g. lids, covers

Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material, e.g. liquids or semiliquids, in flat, folded, or tubular webs of flexible sheet material; Subdividing filled flexible tubes to form packages

Enclosing articles, or quantities of material, between opposed webs

one or both webs being formed with pockets for the reception of the articles, or of the quantities of material

Enclosing articles, or quantities of material, in a longitudinally-folded web, or in a web folded into a tube about the articles or quantities of material placed upon it

in a web folded and sealed transversely to form pockets which are subsequently filled and then closed by sealing

Enclosing articles, or quantities of material, in preformed tubular webs, or in webs formed into tubes around filling nozzles, e.g. extruded tubular webs

Subdividing filled tubes to form two or more packages by sealing or securing involving displacement of contents (sausage making A 22 C 11/00)

the preformed tubular webs being supplied in a flattened state [3]

Devices for distending the tubular webs [3]

the preformed tubular webs being stored on filling nozzles [3]

Devices for storing tubular webs [3]

the webs being formed into tubes in situ around the filling nozzles [3]

Forming shoulders; Tube formers [3]

the tubes being formed in situ by extrusion [3]

B65B 11/00 - B65B 21/26