| IPC 7 English version |
| B65-B65B00924 |
B65B 11/00 - B65B 21/26  |
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| SECTION B – PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING |
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| B 65 | CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL |
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| B 65 B | MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING (bundling and pressing devices for cigars A24C 1/44; paper-bag holders as shop or office accessories A47F 13/08; apparatus for coating, e.g. by dipping, B05C; devices for tensioning and securing binders adapted to be supported by the article or articles to be bound B25B; nailing or stapling devices B25C, B27F; inserting documents in envelopes and closing the latter B43M 3/00, B43M 5/00; labelling B65C; wrappers, containers or other packaging elements, e.g. binders, closures, protective caps, B65D; transport or storage devices B65G; devices for handling sheets or webs of interest apart from their application in packaging machines B65H; applying closure members to bottles, jars or similar containers B67B; hand- or power-operated devices not attached to, or not incorporated in, containers or container closures for opening closed containers B67B 7/00; packaging of matches C06F; wrapping sugar during manufacture C13H; packaging of ammunition or explosive charges F42B 39/00; making containers or receptacles, see the appropriate subclasses) |
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| Notes |
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| (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 A23G, filling ammunition, e.g. cartridges, F42B 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 B65D. |
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| (2) | In this subclass, the following terms are used with the meanings indicated: |
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| – | "packaging" includes mainly the following operations: |
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| (a) | filling portable containers or receptacles with materials or small articles to form packages; |
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| (b) | inserting articles or groups of articles into containers or receptacles; |
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| (c) | closing filled containers or receptacles otherwise than by metal-, glass-, or wood-working operations; |
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| (d) | enclosing, or partially enclosing, articles or quantities of material, in sheets, strips, blanks, webs, or tubes of thin flexible material, e.g. wrapping; |
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| (e) | bundling articles, e.g. holding articles together in groups by applying string or wire; |
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| (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. |
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| Subclass Index |
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| METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PACKAGING |
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| Of general application |
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| in individual receptacles: for materials; for objects; closing after filling |
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| enclosing successively in webs; wrapping; by attachment to carriers |
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| for objects: bundling; joining |
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| other processes and apparatus |
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| For particular objects or materials; under particular conditions |
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| for fragile rod-shaped or tubular objects; for bottles; for other articles presenting special problems |
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| bundling particular articles |
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| using removable coatings |
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| for particular materials: fibrous; other |
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| under particular atmospheric or gaseous conditions |
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| DETAILS OF APPARATUS AND AUXILIARY DEVICES OR OPERATIONS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR |
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| Relating to contents |
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| supply arrangements; introducing into containers or wrappers; preservation, purification |
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| other devices or methods |
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| Relating to containers |
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| supplying container-forming material; forming containers; forming pockets; holding wrappers during wrapping |
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| bendling wrappers round contents; shrinking; closing; preserving, purifying |
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| other devices or methods |
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| Relating to apparatus: control, safety; adaptation to different requirements; other details |
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| PACKAGING BY HAND |
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| UNPACKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR |
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| Machines, apparatus, or methods of general application for packaging articles or materials |
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1/ | 00 | 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 B65B 31/00) |
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1/ | 02 | . | Machines characterised by the incorporation of means for making the containers or receptacles (from flat, folded, or tubular webs of flexible sheet material B65B 9/00; making containers or receptacles of interest apart from this application, see the appropriate subclasses) |
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1/ | 04 | . | Methods of, or means for, filling the material into the containers or receptacles |
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1/ | 06 | . | . | by gravity flow |
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1/ | 08 | . | . | by vibratory feeders |
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1/ | 10 | . | . | by rotary feeders |
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1/ | 12 | . | . | . | of screw type |
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1/ | 14 | . | . | . | of centrifugal type |
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1/ | 16 | . | . | by pneumatic means, e.g. by suction |
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1/ | 18 | . | . | for filling valve-bags |
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1/ | 20 | . | Reducing volume of filled material |
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1/ | 22 | . | . | by vibration |
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1/ | 24 | . | . | by mechanical compression |
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1/ | 26 | . | . | by pneumatic means, e.g. suction |
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1/ | 28 | . | Controlling escape of air or dust from containers or receptacles during filling (cleaning of, or removing dust from, containers, wrappers, or packages B65B 55/24) |
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1/ | 30 | . | Devices or methods for controlling or determining the quantity or quality of the material fed or filled |
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1/ | 32 | . | . | by weighing (check-weighing of filled containers or receptacles B65B 1/46; weighing in general G01G) |
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1/ | 34 | . | . | . | Adjusting weight by trickle feed |
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1/ | 36 | . | . | by volumetric devices or methods (checking volume of filled material B65B 1/48; volumetric measurement in general G01F) |
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1/ | 38 | . | . | . | by pistons co-operating with measuring chambers |
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1/ | 40 | . | . | by timing of filling operations |
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1/ | 42 | . | . | . | and arresting flow by cut-off means |
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1/ | 44 | . | . | Checking density of material to be filled |
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1/ | 46 | . | . | Check-weighing of filled containers or receptacles (check-weighing in general G01G) |
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1/ | 48 | . | . | Checking volume of filled material |
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3/ | 00 | 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 B65B 31/00; filling bottles or other containers with liquids or semi-liquids by bottling machines B67C; filling of gas bottles at high pressure for storing gases F17C) |
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3/ | 02 | . | 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) |
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3/ | 04 | . | Methods of, or means for, filling the material into the containers or receptacles |
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3/ | 06 | . | . | by gravity flow |
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3/ | 08 | . | . | by screw-type feeders |
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3/ | 10 | . | . | by application of pressure to material (by screw-type feeders B65B 3/08) |
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3/ | 12 | . | . | . | mechanically, e.g. by pistons or pumps |
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3/ | 14 | . | . | . | pneumatically |
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3/ | 16 | . | . | for filling collapsible tubes (for filling valve bags B65B 3/17) |
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3/ | 17 | . | . | for filling valve bags |
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3/ | 18 | . | Controlling escape of air from containers or receptacles during filling |
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3/ | 22 | . | Defoaming liquids in connection with filling |
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3/ | 24 | . | Topping-up containers or receptacles to ensure complete filling |
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3/ | 26 | . | Methods or devices for controlling the quantity of the material fed or filled |
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3/ | 28 | . | . | by weighing (in general G01G) |
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3/ | 30 | . | . | by volumetric measurement (in general G01F) |
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3/ | 32 | . | . | . | by pistons co-operating with measuring chambers |
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3/ | 34 | . | . | by timing of filling operations |
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3/ | 36 | . | . | . | and arresting flow by cut-off means |
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5/ | 00 | Packaging individual articles in containers or receptacles, e.g. bags, sacks, boxes, cartons, cans, jars |
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5/ | 02 | . | Machines characterised by incorporation of means for making the containers or receptacles (from flat, folded, or tubular webs of flexible sheet material B65B 9/00; making containers or receptacles of interest apart from this application, see the appropriate subclasses) |
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5/ | 04 | . | Packaging single articles |
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5/ | 06 | . | Packaging groups of articles, the groups being treated as single articles |
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5/ | 08 | . | Packaging groups of articles, the articles being individually gripped or guided for transfer to the containers or receptacles |
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5/ | 10 | . | Filling containers or receptacles progressively or in stages by introducing successive articles, or layers of articles |
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5/ | 12 | . | . | Introducing successive articles, e.g. confectionery products, of different shape or size in predetermined positions |
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7/ | 00 | Closing containers or receptacles after filling (combinations of container-closing apparatus with apparatus for filling containers B65B 1/00, B65B 3/00, B65B 5/00; under special atmospheric or gaseous conditions B65B 31/00; devices for, or methods of, sealing or securing package folds or closures, e.g. twisted bag necks, B65B 51/00; shrinking wrappers, containers, container covers or container cover securing members during or after packaging B65B 53/00) |
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7/ | 01 | . | 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] |
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7/ | 02 | . | Closing containers or receptacles deformed by, or taking-up shape of, contents, e.g. bags, sacks |
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7/ | 04 | . | . | by tucking-in mouth portion to form two flaps and subsequently folding-down |
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7/ | 06 | . | . | by collapsing mouth portion, e.g. to form a single flap |
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7/ | 08 | . | . | . | and folding |
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7/ | 10 | . | . | . | and rolling-in |
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7/ | 12 | . | . | . | and twisting |
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7/ | 14 | . | Closing collapsible or resilient tubes, e.g. for tooth-paste, for lighter fuel |
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7/ | 16 | . | 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 B21D 51/26) |
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7/ | 18 | . | . | by collapsing mouth portion and subsequently folding-down or securing flaps |
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7/ | 20 | . | . | by folding-down preformed flaps |
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7/ | 22 | . | . | . | and inserting flap portions between contents and wall |
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7/ | 24 | . | . | . | and interengaging tongue-and-slot closures |
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7/ | 26 | . | . | by closing hinged lids |
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7/ | 28 | . | . | by applying separate preformed closures, e.g. lids, covers |
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9/ | 00 | 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 |
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9/ | 02 | . | Enclosing articles, or quantities of material, between opposed webs |
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9/ | 04 | . | . | one or both webs being formed with pockets for the reception of the articles, or of the quantities of material |
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9/ | 06 | . | 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 |
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9/ | 08 | . | . | in a web folded and sealed transversely to form pockets which are subsequently filled and then closed by sealing |
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9/ | 10 | . | Enclosing articles, or quantities of material, in preformed tubular webs, or in webs formed into tubes around filling nozzles, e.g. extruded tubular webs |
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9/ | 12 | . | . | Subdividing filled tubes to form two or more packages by sealing or securing involving displacement of contents (sausage making A22C 11/00) |
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9/ | 13 | . | . | the preformed tubular webs being supplied in a flattened state [3] |
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9/ | 14 | . | . | . | Devices for distending the tubular webs [3] |
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9/ | 15 | . | . | the preformed tubular webs being stored on filling nozzles [3] |
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9/ | 18 | . | . | . | Devices for storing tubular webs [3] |
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9/ | 20 | . | . | the webs being formed into tubes in situ around the filling nozzles [3] |
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9/ | 22 | . | . | . | Forming shoulders; Tube formers [3] |
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9/ | 24 | . | . | the tubes being formed in situ by extrusion [3] |
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 | B65B 11/00 - B65B 21/26 |
