IPC 6 English version B65G 53/00-B65G 65/48

IPC ⁶ English version

B65G 47/00 - B65G 51/46

B65G05300-B65G06548

B65G 67/00 - B65G 69/28

SECTION B– PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING

B 65

CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL

B 65 G

TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYERS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING; SHOP CONVEYER SYSTEMS; PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYERS (transport or storage devices used in a particular handling or treatment of articles or materials, see the relevant subclass, e.g. in metal-working B 21 D 43/00, B 23 Q 7/00, B 23 Q 41/02; vehicle, railway, sea or aircraft aspects B 60 to B 64; in packaging B 65 B; handling thin or filamentary materials B 65 H; hoisting, lifting, hauling, e.g. truck loaders B 66; handling liquids B 67; specially adapted to underground conditions E 21 F 13/00; storing or distributing gases or liquids F 17; in handling radioactive materials G 21 C 19/00)

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Conveying materials in bulk through troughs, pipes, or tubes by floating the materials, or by flow of gas, liquid, or foam (fluidising in connection with loading or unloading B 65 G 69/06; loaders for hay or cereals A 01 D 87/00; fluidising devices facilitating filling or emptying of large containers B 65 D 88/72; dredging E 02 F; winning materials out of alluvial deposits E 21 C 45/00; hydraulic or pneumatic mine-filling-up machines E 21 F 15/00; fluid dynamics F 15 D)

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Floating material troughs (air slides B 65 G 53/04)

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Conveying materials in bulk pneumatically through pipes or tubes; Air slides

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Gas pressure systems operating without fluidisation of the materials

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with mechanical injection of the materials, e.g. by screw

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with pneumatic injection of the materials by the propelling gas

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the gas flow acting directly on the materials in a reservoir

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the gas flow inducing feed of the materials by suction effect

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Gas pressure systems operating with fluidisation of the materials

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through a porous wall

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of an air slide, e.g. a trough

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the systems comprising a reservoir, e.g. a bunker

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Gas suction systems

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operating with fluidisation of the materials

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Systems utilising a combination of gas pressure and suction (inducing feed of the materials by suction in gas pressure systems B 65 G 53/14)

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Conveying materials in bulk through pipes or tubes by liquid pressure

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Conveying concrete, e.g. for distributing same at building sites (mixing concrete on or by conveyers B 28 C 5/34)

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Details

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Arrangements of containers

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Modification of material containing walls to facilitate fluidisation

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Feeding or discharging devices

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Nozzles (in general B 05 B)

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Endless conveyers

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Gates or sluices, e.g. rotary wheels

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Screws or like rotary conveyers

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Pneumatic devices (incorporated in nozzles B 65 G 53/42)

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Adaptations of pipes or tubes

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Flexible pipes or tubes

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Switches

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Devices for accelerating or decelerating flow of the materials; Use of pressure generators (controlling pressure of propelling gas B 65 G 53/66)

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Devices for separating the materials from propellant gas

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using liquid

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in discrete amounts

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Use of indicator or control devices, e.g. for controlling gas pressure, for controlling proportions of material and gas, for indicating or preventing jamming of material

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Non-mechanical conveyers not otherwise provided for [3]

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electrostatic, electric, or magnetic [3]

Stacking or de-stacking; Loading or unloading (by means incorporated in, or operatively associated with, conveyers B 65 G 47/00; lift trucks B 60 P, B 66 F; handling sheet material or flat articles made therefrom B 65 H; cranes B 66 C; loading or unloading by soil-shifting or like equipment E 02 F; stacking or de-stacking data record cards in association with machines for marking or sensing data G 06 K)

Note

In groups B 65 G 57/00 to B 65 G 61/00, the following term is used with the meaning indicated:

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"stacking" means disposing articles individually or in layers one above each other.

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Stacking of articles (B 65 G 60/00 takes precedence; stacking of jumbo rolls B 41 F; stackable containers B 65 D; feeding, piling, or stacking sheets B 65 H; stacked delivery of machined products, see the relevant classes for the machines)

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by adding to the top of the stack

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from above

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by suction or magnetic devices

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Gates for releasing articles

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articles being tilted or inverted prior to depositing

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alternate articles being inverted

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from alongside

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by devices, e.g. reciprocating, acting directly on articles for horizontal transport to the top of stack

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the articles being stacked by direct action of the feeding conveyer

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the conveyer being adjustable in height

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the articles being transferred from carriers moving in an endless path adjacent to the stacks (conveyer constructions B 65 G 15/00 to B 65 G 35/00; combinations of conveyers B 65 G 37/00)

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Stacking of articles of particular shape

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elongated, e.g. sticks, rods, bars

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three-dimensional, e.g. cubiform, cylindrical

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in layers, each of predetermined arrangement

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the layers being transferred as a whole, e.g. on pallets

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the arrangement providing for spaces between the articles

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by assembling the articles and tilting the assembled articles to a stacked position

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by adding to the bottom of the stack

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characterised by stacking during transit

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De-stacking of articles (B 65 G 60/00 takes precedence)

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De-stacking from the top of the stack

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by suction or magnetic devices

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De-stacking from the bottom of the stack

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De-stacking after preliminary tilting of the stack

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De-stacking nested articles

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characterised by de-stacking during transit

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Simultaneously or alternatively stacking and de-stacking of articles

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Use of pick-up or transfer devices or of manipulators for stacking or de-stacking articles not otherwise provided for (manipulators B 25 J)

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Transferring or trans-shipping at storage areas, railway yards or harbours; Marshalling yard installations (transferring of refuse between vehicles or containers B 65 F 9/00; dredging, soil shifting E 02 F; conveyers used in co-operation with coal or like winning apparatus E 21 C 47/00)

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with essentially-horizontal transit otherwise than by bridge

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with essentially-horizontal transit by bridges equipped with conveyers

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with essentially-vertical transit (hoppers B 65 D 88/26)

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Loading or unloading (of vehicles B 65 G 67/00)

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Loading or unloading machines comprising essentially a conveyer for moving the loads associated with a device for picking-up the loads

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with pick-up shovels (construction of shovels E 02 F)

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with endless scraping or elevating pick-up conveyers

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with reciprocating pick-up conveyers

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Raking or scraping devices

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operations at positions off-set from the conveyer centreline

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with jigging pick-up conveyers, e.g. duck-bills

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with rotary pick-up conveyers

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Discs

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Paddle wheels

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Screws

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Devices for tilting and emptying of containers [3]

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for manual tilting of barrels or casks [3]

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Piling or unpiling loose materials in bulk, e.g. coal, manure, timber, not otherwise provided for (by soil-shifting or like equipment E 02 F)

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Methods or devices for filling or emptying bunkers, hoppers, tanks, or like containers, of interest apart from their use in particular chemical or physical processes or their application in particular machines, e.g. not covered by a single other subclass (devices for tilting and emptying containers B 65 G 65/23; such containers having means facilitating filling or emptying B 65 D 88/54) [3]

Note

Methods or devices for filling bunkers, hoppers, or containers are only classified in group B 65 G 65/30 if they are of general application apart from their use in particular processes or their application in particular machines or if they are not covered by a single other subclass. [5]

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Filling devices (pneumatic conveyers B 65 G 51/00, B 65 G 53/00)

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Emptying devices (conveyer construction B 65 G 15/00 to B 65 G 35/00; devices similar to vehicle tipplers B 65 G 67/48)

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Devices for emptying from the top

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Mechanical devices

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Devices for emptying otherwise than from the top

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using belt or chain conveyers

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using reciprocating conveyers, e.g. jigging conveyers

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using screw conveyers

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using other rotating means, e.g. rotating pressure sluices in pneumatic systems

B65G 47/00 - B65G 51/46

B65G 67/00 - B65G 69/28