IPC 7 English version B65G 47/00-B65G 51/46

IPC ⁷ English version

B65G 27/00 - B65G 45/26

B65G04700-B65G05146

B65G 53/00 - B65G 65/48

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 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)

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Article or material-handling devices associated with conveyers; Methods employing such devices (for sorting, e.g. postal, B07C)

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Devices for feeding articles or materials to conveyers

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for feeding articles

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from a single group of articles arranged in orderly pattern, e.g. workpieces in magazines (de-stacking devices B65G 59/00; picking-up flat workpieces B65H)

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spacing or grouping the articles during feeding (during transit by conveyer B65G 47/28)

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from several groups of articles

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from disorderly-arranged article piles or from loose assemblages of articles

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arranging or orientating the articles by mechanical or pneumatic means during feeding (during transit by conveyer B65G 47/24, B65G 47/26)

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for feeding materials in bulk

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Arrangements or applications of hoppers or chutes

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having means for controlling material flow, e.g. to prevent overloading (controlling feed or discharge by weighing a continuous stream of material G01G 11/08)

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the hoppers or chutes being movable

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Devices influencing the relative position or the attitude of articles during transit by conveyers (during feeding B65G 47/14)

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orientating the articles

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by turning them about an axis substantially perpendicular to the conveying plane [5]

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by turning over or inverting them (B65G 47/244 takes precedence) [5]

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about an axis substantially perpendicular to the conveying direction [5]

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removing incorrectly orientated articles [5]

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arranging the articles, e.g. varying spacing between individual articles (stacking or de-stacking B65G 57/00, B65G 59/00, B65G 61/00)

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during transit by a single conveyer

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by temporarily stopping movement

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during transit by a series of conveyers

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by varying the relative speeds of the conveyers forming the series

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Applications of transfer devices

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Devices for discharging articles or materials from conveyers (B65G 47/256 takes precedence; sorting in general B07)

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by detaching suspended articles

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by dumping, tripping, or releasing load-carriers

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by tilting conveyer buckets

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operated by article or material being conveyed and discharged

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Arrangements or applications of hoppers or chutes

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with distribution, e.g. automatically, to desired points (in tube mail systems B65G 51/36; postal or like sorting B07C)

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according to bodily destination marks on either articles or load-carriers (marking data records G06K)

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without bodily contact between article or load-carrier and automatic control device

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according to destination signals stored in separate systems (control by programme G05B 19/00)

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according to unprogrammed signals, e.g. influenced by supply situation at destination (volume, flow, or liquid level meters G01F; scales or weighing machines G01G; remote controls G05G)

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Devices for transferring articles or materials between conveyers, i.e. discharging or feeding devices (loading or unloading by means not incorporated in, or not operatively associated with, conveyers B65G 65/00; transfer of workpieces during metal rolling B21B 41/00)

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between conveyers which cross one another [3]

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at least one of which is a roller-way [3]

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to or from inclined or vertical conveyer sections

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for articles

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for materials in bulk

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to or from conveyers of the suspended, e.g. trolley, type

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for articles

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for materials in bulk

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Switching conveyers

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Fixed platforms or combs, e.g. bridges between conveyers

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adapted to receive articles arriving in one layer from one conveyer and to transfer them in individual layers to more than one conveyer, or vice versa, e.g. combining the flows of articles conveyed by more than one conveyer

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the articles being accumulated temporarily

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with precedence controls among incoming article flows

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the articles being discharged to several conveyers

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transferring materials in bulk from one conveyer to several conveyers, or vice versa

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Feeding, transfer, or discharging devices of particular kinds or types

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Fixed or adjustable ploughs or transverse scrapers

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Troughs having discharge openings and closures

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Turntables carrying articles or materials to be transferred, e.g. combined with ploughs or scrapers

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Rotary or reciprocating members for direct action on articles or materials, e.g. pushers, rakes, shovels

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Star-shaped wheels or devices having endless travelling belts or chains, the wheels or devices being equipped with article-engaging elements

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the article-engaging elements being grippers

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Separating or stopping elements, e.g. fingers (attached to star-shaped wheels B65G 47/84)

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Devices for picking-up and depositing articles or materials

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incorporating pneumatic, e.g. suction, grippers

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incorporating electrostatic or magnetic grippers

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Devices for flexing or tilting travelling structures; Throw-off carriages

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adapted for longitudinal delivery

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Devices for tilting links or platforms

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Conveying systems characterised by their application for specified purposes not otherwise provided for (for conveying sheet material B65H)

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for conveying workpieces through baths of liquid

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the workpieces being immersed and withdrawn by movement in a vertical direction

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for fragile or damageable materials or articles [4]

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for fragile sheets, e.g. glass (transporting of glass products during their manufacture C03B 35/00) [4]

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for semiconductor wafers (apparatus for supporting or positioning semiconductor wafers during manufacture H01L 21/68) [5]

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for ceramic mouldings (charging, discharging, manipulation with charge in kilns F27D 3/00) [4]

Non-mechanical conveying through pipes or tubes (pipe-line systems F17D); Floating in troughs

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Conveying articles through pipes or tubes by fluid flow or pressure (pneumatic railways B61B); Conveying articles over a flat surface, e.g. the base of a trough, by jets located in the surface (pumps F04; fluid dynamics F15D; valves, taps, cocks F16K; pipes, pipe joints, or associated devices F16L)

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Hydraulic transport of articles (B65G 51/04 takes precedence; water roundabouts A63G 3/00) [6]

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Directly conveying the articles, e.g. slips, sheets, stockings, containers or workpieces, by flowing gases

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over a flat surface or in troughs [4]

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Conveying the articles in carriers having a cross-section approximating that of the pipe or tube; Tube mail systems

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Despatch carriers for tube mail

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Controlling or conditioning the operating medium (in compressors F04; air-conditioning, e.g. de-watering, in pneumatic systems F16L 55/09)

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at section junctions of pneumatic systems

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Pneumatic gates

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Pneumatic sluices

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varying, e.g. starting or stopping, gas pressure or flow

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Adaptations of pipes or tubes; Pipe or tube joints

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Braking arrangements

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Arrangements for stopping the carriers en route in order to control carrier sequence; Blocking or separating devices

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Switches

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Stations

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for despatch

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for delivery

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for despatch, delivery, and transit

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Two-way operation

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Other devices for indicating or controlling movements of carriers, e.g. for supervising individual tube sections, for counting carriers, for reporting jams or other operating difficulties

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Contact devices on interior of tubes for detecting passage of carriers

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Automatically distributing the carriers to desired stations

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according to indications on carriers

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without mechanical contact between carriers and controllers

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according to separate signal systems

B65G 27/00 - B65G 45/26

B65G 53/00 - B65G 65/48