IPC 7 English version
 
B65G-B65G01564
  B65G 17/00 - B65G 25/12  

SECTION B – PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING


B 65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL


B 65 GTRANSPORT 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 B21D 43/00, B23Q 7/00, B23Q 41/02; vehicle, railway, sea or aircraft aspects B60 to B64; transportation, conveyor or haulage systems specially adapted for motor vehicle or trailer assembly lines B62D 65/18; in packaging B65B; handling thin or filamentary materials B65H; hoisting, lifting, hauling, e.g. truck loaders B66; handling liquids B67; specially adapted to underground conditions E21F 13/00; storing or distributing gases or liquids F17; in handling radioactive materials G21C 19/00)


Subclass Index

HANDLING AND STORAGE 

Loading and unloading 

B65G 65/00, B65G 67/00, B65G 69/00 

Transfer, trans-shipment 

B65G 63/00 

Storage 

B65G 1/00, B65G 3/00, B65G 5/00 

Piling, unpiling 

of articles 

B65G 57/00 to B65G 61/00 

of loose material 

B65G 65/28 

Assisting manual handling 

B65G 7/00, B65G 9/00 

CONVEYERS, CHUTES 

Mechanical 

with endless element 

B65G 15/00 to B65G 23/00 

with particular movement 

B65G 25/00, B65G 27/00, B65G 29/00, B65G 33/00 

other kinds 

B65G 35/00 

combinations or systems of general use 

B65G 37/00, B65G 49/00 

chutes; roller-ways; projectors 

B65G 11/00; B65G 13/00; B65G 31/00 

Parts or auxiliary devices applicable to different kinds 

rollers; frames; auxiliary handling 

B65G 39/00; B65G 41/00; B65G 47/00 

control, safety; maintenance 

B65G 43/00; B65G 45/00 

Non-mechanical 

B65G 51/00, B65G 53/00, B65G 54/00 



Storing; Storage devices


1/

00Storing articles, individually or in orderly arrangement, in warehouses or magazines (conveyer combinations in warehouses, magazines, or workshops B65G 37/00; stacking of articles B65G 57/00; removing articles from stacks B65G 59/00; loading machines B65G 65/02; arrangements of articles for drying or baking in kilns or ovens F26, F27)

1/

02.Storage devices (furniture, shop fittings, table equipment A47B, A47F, A47G; mechanical garages E04H; for data record cards in association with machines for marking or sensing data G06K; coin changers or sorters G07D; coin-freed apparatus G07F)

1/

04..mechanical

1/

06...with means for presenting articles for removal at predetermined position or level (B65G 1/12 takes precedence)  [3]

1/

07....the upper article of a pile being always presented at the same predetermined level  [3]

1/

08....the articles being fed by gravity

1/

10...with relatively-movable racks to facilitate insertion or removal of articles

1/

12...with article supports or holders movable in a closed circuit to facilitate insertion or removal of articles

1/

127....the circuit being confined in a vertical plane  [3]

1/

133....the circuit being confined in a horizontal plane  [3]

1/

137...with arrangements or automatic control means for selecting which articles are to be removed (devices for feeding articles to conveyers from several groups of articles B65G 47/10)  [4]

1/

14..Stack holders or separators

1/

16.Special arrangements of articles in storage spaces

1/

18..Articles inclined so as to be mutually self-supporting

1/

20..Articles arranged in layers with spaces between articles


3/

00Storing bulk material or loose, i.e. disorderly, articles (filling or emptying storage spaces or containers, spreading-out or piling-up bulk material or loose articles B65G 65/28, B65G 65/30, B65G 69/04; storing agricultural or horticultural produce A01F 25/00)

3/

02.in the open air (B65G 3/04 takes precedence)

3/

04.in bunkers, hoppers or like large containers (such containers per se B65D 88/00)


5/

00Storing fluids in natural or artificial cavities or chambers in the earth (modification of mine passages or chambers for storage purposes, especially for fluids E21F 17/16)


Devices assisting manual conveyance of articles over short distances, e.g. in storage depots, warehouses, or factories (chutes B65G 11/00; roller-ways B65G 13/00; luggage carriers A45C 13/38; holders or carriers for hand articles or for use while travelling or camping A45F 5/00; vehicles in general, axles, wheels B60; air-cushion vehicles B60V; handcarts, sledges, features of hand-propelled wheeled devices or pedestrian-controlled, power-driven vehicles equally applicable to handcarts B62B; ship-moving devices B63C, E02C; containers, pallets B65D; air-cushions as bearing elements F16C 29/00)


7/

00Devices for moving or tilting heavy loads (for tilting and emptying barrels or casks B65G 65/24)

7/

02.Devices adapted to be interposed between loads and the ground or floor, e.g. crowbars with means for assisting conveyance of loads (crowbars per se B66F 15/00)

7/

04..Rollers

7/

06..using fluid at high pressure supplied from an independent source to provide a cushion between load and ground

7/

08..for tilting the loads

7/

10..for rolling cylindrical loads

7/

12.Load-carriers, e.g. hooks, slings, harness, gloves, modified for load-carrying


9/

00Apparatus having suspended load-carriers movable by hand or gravity (manually-operated endless-rope or chain conveyers B65G 17/00; railway systems B61B)


Chutes; Kinds or types of conveyers; Constructional features, details, or auxiliary devices peculiar to conveyers of particular types (feeding or discharging conveyers by devices incorporated in, or operatively associated with, conveyers B65G 47/00; loading or unloading B65G 65/00; escalators or moving walkways B66B 21/00; drag-line scraper conveyers E02F 3/46)  [4]


11/

00Chutes (used as storage devices B65G 1/02, B65D 88/26; for sports, games, or amusements A63G 21/00; for refuse disposal in buildings E04F 17/12)

11/

02.of straight form

11/

04.for mail in buildings

11/

06.of helical or spiral form

11/

08.with discontinuous guiding surfaces, e.g. arranged in zig-zag or cascade formation

11/

10.flexible

11/

12.pivotable

11/

14.extensible, e.g. telescopic

11/

16.Interior surfaces; Linings

11/

18.Supports or mountings

11/

20.Auxiliary devices, e.g. for deflecting, controlling speed of, or agitating, articles or solids


13/

00Roller-ways (storage devices comprising roller-ways B65G 1/02; endless-chain conveyers comprising load-supporting rollers B65G 17/00; rollers, or arrangements thereof B65G 39/00; in metal-rolling equipment B21B 39/00, B21B 41/00)

13/

02.having driven rollers

13/

04..all rollers driven

13/

06..Roller driving means  [3]

13/

07...having endless driving elements

13/

071...with frictional engagement

13/

073...comprising free-wheel gearing

13/

075.Braking means  [3]

13/

08.of curved form; with branch-offs

13/

10..Switching arrangements

13/

11.Roller frames

13/

12..adjustable


15/

00Conveyers having endless load-conveying surfaces, i.e. belts and like continuous members, to which tractive effort is transmitted by means other than endless driving elements of similar configuration (having load-conveying surfaces formed by interconnected longitudinal links B65G 17/06)

15/

02.for conveying in a circular arc

15/

04.the load being carried on the lower run of the endless surface

15/

06.with oppositely-moving parts of the endless surface located in the same plane and parallel to one another

15/

08.the load-carrying surface being formed by a concave or tubular belt, e.g. a belt forming a trough

15/

10.comprising two or more co-operating endless surfaces with parallel longitudinal axes, or a multiplicity of parallel elements, e.g. ropes defining an endless surface

15/

12..with two or more endless belts

15/

14...the load being conveyed between the belts

15/

16....between an auxiliary belt and a main belt

15/

18...the belts being sealed at their edges (endless- surface conveyers having a single belt with sealed edges B65G 15/08)

15/

20...arranged side by side, e.g. for conveyance of flat articles in vertical position (for conveying sheets or like thin flat articles B65H)

15/

22.comprising a series of co-operating units

15/

24..in tandem

15/

26..extensible, e.g. telescopic

15/

28.Conveyers with a load-conveying surface formed by a single flat belt, not otherwise provided for

15/

30.Belts or like endless load-carriers (co-operating with rails or the like B65G 21/22; with rollers B65G 39/20; belts in general F16G)

15/

32..made of rubber or plastics

15/

34...with reinforcing layers, e.g. of fabric

15/

36....the layers incorporating ropes, chains, or rolled steel sections

15/

38...with flame-resistant layers, e.g. of asbestos, glass

15/

40...troughed or tubular; formed with joints facilitating troughing

15/

42...having ribs, ridges, or other surface projections

15/

44....for impelling the loads

15/

46...formed with guides

15/

48..metallic

15/

50..Endless load-carriers consisting of a series of parallel ropes or belt strips

15/

52...interconnected by transverse slats

15/

54..Endless load-carriers made of interwoven ropes or wires

15/

56..with edge-protecting or reinforcing means

15/

58..with means for holding or retaining the loads in fixed position, e.g. magnetic

15/

60.Arrangements for supporting or guiding belts, e.g. by fluid jets (construction of rollers or supports therefor B65G 39/00, F16G)

15/

62..Guides for sliding belts

15/

64..for automatically maintaining the position of the belts

   B65G 17/00 - B65G 25/12