IPC 6 English version B65B 53/00-B65B 69/00

B65B05300-B65B06900

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)

53/

Shrinking wrappers, containers, container covers or container cover securing members during or after packaging

53/

by heat

53/

supplied by liquids

53/

supplied by gases, e.g. hot-air jets

55/

Preserving, protecting, or purifying packages or package contents in association with packaging (by packaging under special atmospheric or gaseous conditions B 65 B 31/00; devices for placing protecting sheets, plugs, or wads over contents B 65 B 61/22; if not restricted to packaging A 23 L, A 61 L)

55/

Sterilising, e.g. of complete packages

55/

Sterilising wrappers or receptacles prior to, or during, packaging

55/

by heat

55/

by irradiation

55/

by liquids or gases (B 65 B 55/06 takes precedence)

55/

Sterilising contents prior to, or during, packaging

55/

by heat

55/

by irradiation

55/

by liquids or gases (B 65 B 55/14 takes precedence)

55/

by adding materials intended to remove free oxygen or to develop inhibitor gases, e.g. vapour-phase inhibitors

55/

Embedding contents in shock-absorbing media, e.g. plastic foam, granular material

55/

Immersing contents in protective liquids

55/

Cleaning of, or removing dust from, containers, wrappers, or packaging

57/

Automatic control, checking, warning, or safety devices (registering wrapping or container-forming material fed from rolls B 65 B 41/18; accident-prevention measures applicable for general use F 16 P; photoelectric cells H 01 J, H 01 L; such devices in general, see the relevant classes)

57/

responsive to absence, presence, abnormal feed, or misplacement of binding or wrapping material, containers, or packages

57/

and operating to control, or to stop, the feed of such material, containers, or packages

57/

and operating to control, or to stop, the feed of articles or material to be packaged

57/

and operating to stop, or to control the speed of, the machine as a whole

57/

responsive to absence, presence, abnormal feed, or misplacement of articles or materials to be packaged

57/

and operating to control, or stop, the feed of wrapping materials, containers, or packages

57/

and operating to control, or stop, the feed of articles or material to be packaged

57/

and operating to stop, or to control the speed of, the machine as a whole

57/

causing operation of audible or visible alarm signals

57/

Applications of counting devices for controlling the feed of articles (other applications B 65 B 65/08)

59/

Arrangements to enable machines to handle articles of different sizes, to produce packages of different sizes, to vary the contents of packages, or to give access for cleaning or maintenance purposes

59/

Arrangements to enable adjustments to be made while the machine is running (weight or volumetric adjustment of material to be packaged B 65 B 1/30, B 65 B 3/26)

59/

Machines constructed with readily-detachable units or assemblies, e.g. to facilitate maintenance

61/

Miscellaneous auxiliary devices operating on sheets, blanks, webs, binding material, containers, or packages, and not otherwise provided for (operating on articles or materials to be packaged and not otherwise provided for B 65 B 63/00)

61/

for perforating, scoring, or applying code or date marks on material prior to packaging

61/

for severing webs, or for separating joined packages

61/

by cutting

61/

using rotary cutters

61/

using heated wires or cutters

61/

by tearing along perforations or lines of weakness

61/

for incorporating, or forming and incorporating, handles or suspension means in packages (attaching, or forming and attaching, string handles or tags to tea-bags B 65 B 29/04)

61/

Forming suspension apertures in packages

61/

for applying or incorporating package-opening or unpacking elements, e.g. tear-strips

61/

for adding cards, coupons, or other inserts to package contents (adding unpacking elements B 65 B 61/18; labelling B 65 C)

61/

for placing protecting sheets, plugs, or wads over contents, e.g. cotton-wool in bottles of pills

61/

for shaping or reshaping completed packages

61/

for marking or coding completed packages

61/

for discharging completed packages from machines

63/

Miscellaneous auxiliary devices operating on articles or materials to be packaged and not otherwise provided for (operating on sheets, blanks, webs, binding material, or packages, and not otherwise provided for B 65 B 61/00)

63/

for compressing or compacting articles or materials prior to wrapping or insertion in containers or receptacles (tabletting or compressing of powders B 30 B 11/00)

63/

for folding or winding articles, e.g. gloves, stockings (folding or winding webs or filamentary material in general B 65 H 45/00, B 65 H 54/00; folding textile articles in connection with laundering preparatory to packaging D 06 F 89/00)

63/

Forming elongated hanks, e.g. of shoe laces

63/

for heating or cooling articles or materials to facilitate packaging

65/

Details peculiar to packaging machines and not otherwise provided for; Arrangements of such details

65/

Driving gear

65/

Mechanisms for converting a continuous rotary motion to intermittent rotary motion, e.g. Geneva drives

65/

coated or treated with anti-friction or anti-sticking materials, e.g. polytetrafluoroethylene

65/

Devices for counting or registering the number of articles handled, or the number of packages produced by the machine

67/

Apparatus or devices facilitating manual packaging operations; Sack holders

67/

Packaging of articles or materials in containers

67/

Devices facilitating insertion of single articles, or groups or articles, into bags

67/

Manually-operable devices for closing bag necks, by applying and securing lengths of string, wire, or tape

67/

Wrapping of articles

67/

Wrapping-tables

67/

Sack holders, i.e. stands or frames with means for supporting sacks in the open condition to facilitate filling with articles or materials

69/

Unpacking of articles or materials, not otherwise provided for

B65B 39/00 - B65B 51/32