IPC 6 English version B65D 45/00-B65D 53/10

IPC ⁶ English version

B65D 35/00 - B65D 43/26

B65D04500-B65D05310

B65D 55/00 - B65D 71/72

SECTION B– PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING

B 65

CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL

B 65 D

CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES (containers specially adapted for storing agricultural or horticultural products A 01 F 25/14; containers specially adapted for use in dairies A 01 J; travelling bags or baskets, suitcases A 45 C; travelling or camp equipment A 45 F; household or table equipment A 47 G; letter-boxes for home use A 47 G 29/12; kitchen equipment A 47 J; associated with vehicles, see the appropriate subclass of B 60 to B 64; machines, apparatus, or devices for, or methods of, packaging articles or materials B 65 B; sack holders B 65 B 67/00; refuse receptacles B 65 F 1/00; handling sheets, webs or filamentary material B 65 H; load-engaging elements or devices attached to lifting or lowering gear of cranes or adapted for connection therewith for transmitting lifting forces B 66 C; liquid handling B 67; storing gases F 17; making containers, see subclasses dealing with the working of the material concerned)

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Clamping or other pressure-applying devices for securing or retaining closure members (screw-threaded or bayonet connections between stoppers or caps and containers B 65 D 39/08, B 65 D 41/04, B 65 D 41/34; expansible stoppers B 65 D 39/12; for pressure vessels in general F 16 J 13/00)

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for applying axial pressure to engage closure with sealing surface

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comprising U-shaped or bifurcated members coacting with containers, e.g. pivoted bails

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associated with toggle levers, e.g. swing stopper arrangements (forming levers or links by working wire B 21 F 45/04)

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incorporating springs

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incorporating tightening screws

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associated with locking levers engaging rack teeth for varying the applied pressure

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coacting with inclined grooves in container wall for varying the applied pressure

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Clips, hooks, or clamps, e.g. C-shaped (U-shaped or bifurcated members B 65 D 45/04)

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of snap-over type

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pivoted

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resilient

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incorporating pressure-applying means, e.g. screws, toggles

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incorporating tensioning chains

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Elongated members, e.g. leaf springs, located substantially at right angles to closure axis and acting between the face of the closure and abutments on container

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Annular members, e.g. with snap-over action, screw-threaded

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for applying radial pressure, e.g. contractible bands encircling closure member

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lever-operated

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Closures with filling and discharging, or with discharging, devices (dispensers for liquid soap A 47 K 5/12; desk equipment for applying liquid by contact with surfaces B 43 M 11/00; fluid delivery valves in general F 16 K 21/00)

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for initially filling and for preventing subsequent refilling

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Closures with discharging devices other than pumps

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with pouring spouts or tubes; with discharge nozzles or passages (with slidable spouts B 65 D 47/26)

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having articulated or hinged closures

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having frangible closures

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having removable closures

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and closure-retaining means

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with closures operating automatically when spout is immersed in discharged liquid

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for discharging drops; Droppers (droppers in general B 01 L 3/00)

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comprising hand-operated members for controlling discharge (B 65 D 47/34 takes precedence)

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operating with pinching action on flexible tubes

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with poppet valves

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with slide valves, e.g. formed with slidable spouts

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having linear movement

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with plug valves

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with means for venting [3]

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Closures with discharge by pumping

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Closures with frangible parts adapted to be pierced, torn, or removed, to provide discharge openings (B 65 D 51/18 takes precedence; caps with piercable membranes B 65 D 41/20, B 65 D 41/50)

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with piercing means arranged to act subsequently as a valve to control the opening

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with drip catchers or drip-preventing means

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with pads or like contents-applying means (brushes combined or associated with containers A 46 B 11/00; swabs for applying media to the human body from an integral supply A 61 F 13/40)

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combined with slits opening when container is deformed or when pad is pressed against surface to which contents are to be applied (pliable tubular containers with valves opening when closure is pressed against surface B 65 D 35/54)

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Arrangements or devices for preventing refilling of containers (integral, or permanently secured, closures for containers specially adapted to be opened by cutting, piercing, or tearing of wall portions B 65 D 17/00; for initial filling and for preventing subsequent refilling B 65 D 47/02)

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One-way valves

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Weighted valves

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with additional loading weights

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Spring-loaded valves

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Arrangements of several valves

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by destroying, in the act of opening the container, an integral portion thereof

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Closures with means for discouraging unauthorised opening or removal thereof, with or without indicating means, e.g. child-proof closures (tamper-indicating closures without means for discouraging, see the relevant groups, e.g. B 65 D 41/32, B 65 D 51/20) [5]

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openable or removable by the combination of plural actions [5]

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requiring the combination of simultaneous actions, e.g. depress and turn, lift and turn, maintain a part and turn another one (B 65 D 50/10 takes precedence; caps or covers secured by rotation with bayonet cams B 65 D 41/06, B 65 D 41/36) [5]

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requiring the combination of different actions in succession (B 65 D 50/10 takes precedence) [5]

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openable or removable by closure or container deformation [5]

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disengageable only after alignment of closure parts with container [5]

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Disguised or hidden forms of closures, e.g. dummy closure in association with removable closure forming container base (bottles or similar containers with closable apertures at bottom B 65 D 1/06) [5]

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openable or removable only by means of special opening member (containers with cutting, punching, or cutter accommodating means B 65 D 17/42; key-actuated closure locks B 65 D 55/14) [5]

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Closures not otherwise provided for (covers or similar closures as engineering elements for pressure vessels in general F 16 J 13/00)

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Loosely-engaging lids or covers for jars, cans, or like containers for liquids without means for effecting sealing of container (for cooking-vessels A 47 J 36/06)

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hinged (B 65 D 51/10 takes precedence)

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collapsible

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with axial projections fitting within, or around, the walls defining the container openings, e.g. for milk churns

51/

opening automatically when container is tilted for pouring

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Flexible non-elastic covers

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Rigid discs or spherical members adapted to be held in sealing engagement with mouth of container, e.g. closure plates for preserving jars

51/

with means for venting air or gas

51/

Arrangements of closures with protective outer cap-like covers or of two or more co-operating closures (secondary protective cap-like outer covers for caps B 65 D 41/62)

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Caps, lids, or covers co-operating with an inner closure arranged to be opened by piercing, cutting, or tearing

51/

having means for piercing, cutting, or tearing the inner closure

51/

combined with auxiliary devices for non-closing purposes

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with means for keeping contents in position, e.g. resilient means

51/

with auxiliary containers for additonal articles or materials

51/

for desiccators

51/

with brushes or rods for applying or stirring contents (droppers B 65 D 47/18)

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Sealing or packing elements (sealings in general F 16 J 15/00); Sealings formed by liquid or plastic material

53/

Collars or rings

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Discs

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Sealings formed by liquid or plastic material

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Flexible adhesive strips adapted to seal filling or discharging apertures

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characterised by special adaptation to acid-proof vessels

B65D 35/00 - B65D 43/26

B65D 55/00 - B65D 71/72