IPC 7 English version B65B 39/00-B65B 51/32

IPC ⁷ English version

B65B 23/00 - B65B 37/20

B65B03900-B65B05132

B65B 53/00 - B65B 69/00

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 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)

39/

Nozzles, funnels, or guides for introducing articles or materials into containers or wrappers (nozzles in general B05B; funnels in general B67C 11/00)

39/

Expansible or contractible nozzles, funnels, or guides

39/

having air-escape, or air-withdrawal, passages

39/

adapted to support containers or wrappers

39/

by means of clamps

39/

operating automatically

39/

movable towards, or away from, container or wrapper during filling or depositing

39/

movable with a moving container or wrapper during filling or depositing

41/

Supplying or feeding container-forming sheets or wrapping material (in general B65H)

41/

Feeding sheets or wrapper blanks

41/

by grippers

41/

by suction-operated grippers

41/

by reciprocating or oscillating pushers

41/

by rollers

41/

Feeding webs from rolls

41/

by grippers

41/

by rollers

41/

Registering sheets, blanks, or webs

43/

Forming, feeding, opening, or setting-up containers or receptacles in association with packaging (forming pockets in sheets, blanks, or webs, by pressing the material into forming dies or moving it through folding dies B65B 47/00)

43/

Forming flat bags from individual sheets or blanks

43/

Forming flat bags from webs

43/

from more than one web

43/

Forming three-dimensional containers from sheet material

43/

by folding the material

43/

Feeding flexible bags or carton blanks in flat or collapsed state; Feeding flat bags connected to form a series or chain

43/

Feeding individual bags or carton blanks from piles or magazines

43/

by grippers

43/

by suction-operated grippers

43/

by reciprocating or oscillating pushers

43/

by rollers

43/

Breaking creases to facilitate setting-up cartons

43/

Opening or distending bags; Opening, erecting, or setting-up boxes, cartons, or carton blanks

43/

by grippers co-operating with fixed supports

43/

by grippers engaging opposed walls, e.g. suction-operated

43/

by external pressure diagonally applied

43/

by internal pressure

43/

applied pneumatically

43/

Opening hinged lids

43/

Opening-out closure flaps clear of bag, box, or carton mouth

43/

Removing separate lids

43/

Opening drawer-and-shell cartons

43/

Feeding or positioning bags, boxes, or cartons in the distended, opened, or set-up state; Feeding preformed rigid containers, e.g. tins, capsules, glass tubes, glasses, to the packaging position; Locating containers or receptacles at the filling position (by means of filling nozzles B65B 39/00); Supporting containers or receptacles during the filling operation (by filling nozzles B65B 39/00)

43/

from supply magazines (B65B 43/46 to B65B 43/52 take precedence) [3]

43/

using grippers

43/

using reciprocating or oscillating pushers

43/

using rotary tables or turrets

43/

using roller-ways or endless conveyers

43/

Means for supporting containers or receptacles during the filling operation

43/

movable stepwise to position container or receptacle for the reception of successive increments of contents

43/

vertically movable

43/

vertically movable (B65B 43/58 takes precedence) [3]

43/

rotatable

43/

about an axis located at the filling position, e.g. the axis of the container or receptacle

45/

Apparatus or devices for supporting or holding wrappers during wrapping operation (filling nozzles, funnels, guides B65B 39/00)

47/

Apparatus or devices for forming pockets or receptacles in or from sheets, blanks, or webs, comprising essentially a die into which the material is pressed or a folding die through which the material is moved

47/

with means for heating the material prior to forming

47/

by application of mechanical pressure

47/

using folding dies

47/

by application of fluid pressure

47/

by vacuum

49/

Devices for folding or bending wrappers around contents

49/

Fixed or resiliently-mounted folders, e.g. non-driven rollers

49/

Ploughs or plates with inclined slots or opposed inclined edges

49/

Resilient folders, e.g. brushes, diaphragms

49/

Reciprocating or oscillating folders

49/

Folders movable in closed non-circular paths

49/

Rotary folders

49/

Folders forming part of, or attached to, conveyers for partially-wrapped articles

49/

Pneumatic means, e.g. air jets

51/

Devices for, or methods of, sealing or securing package folds or closures, e.g. twisted bag necks

51/

Applying adhesives or sealing liquids (activating adhesives by applying heat or pressure B65B 51/10)

51/

Applying separate sealing or securing members, e.g. clips (applying separate lids or covers B65B 7/28)

51/

Stapling

51/

Applying adhesive tape (adhesive tape dispensers B65H 35/07)

51/

Sewing or stitching

51/

Applying binding material, e.g. to twisted bag necks

51/

by deformation of the closure [6]

51/

Applying or generating heat or pressure or combinations thereof (B65B 51/09 takes precedence) [6]

51/

by resilient means, e.g. brushes

51/

by reciprocating or oscillating members

51/

by rotary members

51/

by endless bands or chains

51/

by fluid pressure acting directly on folds or on opposed surfaces, e.g. using hot-air jets (shrinking wrappers by heating B65B 53/02)

51/

by friction or ultrasonic or high-frequency electrical means

51/

to produce bead seals (combined with severing by heated wires or rods B65B 61/10)

51/

Devices specially adapted for producing transverse or longitudinal seams in webs or tubes

51/

Rollers for producing longitudinal and transverse seams simultaneously

51/

Devices, e.g. jaws, for applying pressure and heat successively, e.g. for subdividing filled tubes (for subdividing filled tubes involving displacement of contents B65B 9/12)

51/

Cooling, or cooling and pressing, package closures after heat-sealing

B65B 23/00 - B65B 37/20

B65B 53/00 - B65B 69/00