IPC 7 English version
  B31 - B31B 3/98  
B31B00500-B31B00798
  B31B 9/00 - B31B 11/98  

SECTION B – PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING


B 31MAKING PAPER ARTICLES; WORKING PAPER (making layered products not composed wholly of paper or cardboard B32B; handling thin material, e.g. sheets, webs, B65H)


B 31 BMAKING BOXES, CARTONS, ENVELOPES, OR BAGS (incising, scoring, in general B26D 3/08; combined making and filling B65B)


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00Machinery characterised by making boxes or cartons by folding single-piece sheets which can be set-up from a collapsed condition, including setting-up and recollapsing to break creases

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02.and having means for feeding or positioning sheets

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04..Feeding sheets or blanks

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06...from stacks

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08...during envelope- or bag-making operations

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10..Feeding or positioning webs

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12..by air pressure or suction

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14.and having means for cutting, e.g. perforating, punching, slitting, trimming

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16..Cutting webs to form sheets or blanks

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18..Slitting webs longitudinally

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20..Cutting sheets or blanks

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22...Notching; Trimming edges of flaps

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24...Making window openings

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25.Surface scoring (cutting through material B31B 1/14)  [2]

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26.and having means for folding sheets, blanks, or webs

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28..around mandrels, including bottom-forming operations

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30...the mandrels moving

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32....in circular paths

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34....about their own axes

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36..by continuously feeding same to stationary members, e.g. plates, ploughs, cores

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38...the members being forming-tubes

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40....acting internally

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42....acting externally

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44..by plungers moving through folding dies

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46...and interconnecting side walls during such movement

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48....by folding or tucking in locking flaps

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50.....by interengaging tongues and slots

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52..by reciprocating or oscillating members, e.g. fingers other than plungers and dies

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54...operating on moving material

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56..by rotary members co-operating with blades

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58..by moving endless belts

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60.and having means for uniting opposed surfaces or edges, or for taping

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62..by adhesives

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64..by applying heat or pressure

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66...high-frequency electric heating

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68..by stitching, stapling, or riveting

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70...by corner stapling

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72..by applying and securing strips or sheets

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74.and having means for effecting auxiliary operations

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76..Opening and distending flattened articles

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78...mechanically

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80...pneumatically

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82..Attaching windows

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84..Forming valves or applying valve inserts (connection of valves to inflatable elastic bodies B60C 29/00)

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86..Forming integral handles or mounting separate handles (making separate handles by multi-step processes B31D 1/06)

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88..Printing or embossing

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90..Attaching accessories not otherwise provided for, e.g. opening or closure devices, tear strings

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92..Delivering

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94...singly or in succession

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96....in overlapping arrangement

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98...in stacks or bundles


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00Machinery characterised by making lined or internally-reinforced boxes or cartons (B31B 11/00 takes precedence)

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02.and having means for feeding or positioning sheets, blanks, or webs

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04..Feeding sheets or blanks

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06...from stacks

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08...during envelope- or bag-making operations

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10..Feeding or positioning webs

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12..by air pressure or suction

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14.and having means for cutting, e.g. perforating, punching, slitting, trimming

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16..Cutting webs to form sheets or blanks

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18..Slitting webs longitudinally

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20..Cutting sheets or blanks

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22...Notching; Trimming edges of flaps

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24...Making window openings

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25.Surface scoring (cutting through material B31B 1/14)  [2]

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26.and having means for folding sheets, blanks, or webs

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28..around mandrels, including bottom-forming operations

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30...the mandrels moving

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32....in circular paths

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34....about their own axes

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36..by continuously feeding same to stationary members, e.g. plates, ploughs, cores

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38...the members being forming-tubes

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40....acting internally

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42....acting externally

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44..by plungers moving through folding dies

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46...and interconnecting side walls during such movement

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48....by folding or tucking in locking flaps

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50.....by interengaging tongues and slots

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52..by reciprocating or oscillating members, e.g. fingers other than plungers and dies

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54...operating on moving material

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56..by rotary members co-operating with blades

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58..by moving endless belts

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60.and having means for uniting opposed surfaces or edges, or for taping

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62..by adhesives

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64..by applying heat or pressure

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66...high-frequency electric heating

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68..by stitching, stapling, or riveting

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70...by corner stapling

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72..by applying and securing strips or sheets

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74.and having means for effecting auxiliary operations

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76..Opening and distending flattened articles

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78...mechanically

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80...pneumatically

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82..Attaching windows

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84..Forming valves or applying valve inserts (connection of valves to inflatable elastic bodies B60C 29/00)

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86..Forming integral handles or mounting separate handles (making separate handles by multi-step processes B31D 1/06)

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88..Printing or embossing

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90..Attaching accessories not otherwise provided for, e.g. opening or closure devices, tear strings

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92..Delivering

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94...singly or in succession

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96....in overlapping arrangement

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98...in stacks or bundles

  B31 - B31B 3/98    B31B 9/00 - B31B 11/98