B
SECTION B — PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
 B01 - 
B07
Subsection index
LIQUID/LIQUID, LIQUID/GAS OR GAS/GAS SEPARATION
Method
General operationsB01D
by centrifugal force, using centrifuges or free-vortex apparatusB01D
using magnetic or electrostatic effectB03C
Apparatus
General operationsB01D
by centrifugal force, using centrifuges or free-vortex apparatusB04B, B04C
using magnetic or electrostatic effectB03C
SOLID/LIQUID OR SOLID/GAS SEPARATION
Method
General operationsB01D
by centrifugal forceB01D
using centrifuges or free-vortex apparatusB01D
using magnetic or electrostatic effectB03C
Apparatus
General operationsB01D
by centrifugal forceB01D
using centrifuges or free-vortex apparatusB04B, B04C
using magnetic or electrostatic effectB03C
SOLID/SOLID SEPARATION
Method
Dry methods
material in bulkB07B
Individual sortingB07C
Screening, sifting, pneumatic sortingB07B
using pneumatic tables or jigsB03B
by magnetic or electrostatic effectB03C
by centrifugal forceB07B
using centrifuges or free-vortex apparatusB07B
Wet methods
General operationsB03B
flotation, differential sedimentationB03D
screeningB07B
Combinations Dry methods - wet methodsB03B
Apparatus
Dry methods
material in bulkB07B
Individual sortingB07C
Screening, sifting, pneumatic sortingB07B
using pneumatic tables or jigsB03B
by magnetic or electrostatic effectB03C
by centrifugal forceB07B
using centrifuges or free-vortex apparatusB04B, B04C
Wet methods
General operationsB03B
flotation, differential sedimentationB03D
screeningB07B
Combinations Dry methods - wet methodsB03B
  
TRANSPORTING
 B65
CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
 B65B
MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING (bundling and pressing devices for cigars A24C 1/00; paper-bag holders as shop or office accessories A47F 13/00; 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)
 B65B

Note(s)

  1. This subclass does not cover:
  2. In this subclass, the following terms are used with the meanings indicated:
    • "packaging" includes mainly the following operations:
      1. filling portable containers or receptacles with materials or small articles to form packages;
      2. inserting articles or groups of articles into containers or receptacles;
      3. closing filled containers or receptacles otherwise than by metal-, glass-, or wood-working operations;
      4. enclosing, or partially enclosing, articles or quantities of material, in sheets, strips, blanks, webs, or tubes of thin flexible material, e.g. wrapping;
      5. bundling articles, e.g. holding articles together in groups by applying string or wire;
      6. attaching articles to cards, sheets, or webs.
    • "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.
    • "materials" includes matter, or masses of articles, which are to be packaged, as distinct from separate or individual articles.
 B65B
Subclass index
METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PACKAGING
Of general application
in individual receptacles: for materials; for objects; closing after filling 1/00, 3/00; 5/00; 7/00
enclosing successively in webs; wrapping; by attachment to carriers 9/00; 11/00; 15/00
for objects: bundling; joining 13/00; 17/00
other processes and apparatus 17/00
For particular objects or materials; under particular conditions
for fragile rod-shaped or tubular objects; for bottles; for other articles presenting special problems 19/00; 21/00; 23/00, 25/00
bundling particular articles 27/00
using removable coatings 33/00
for particular materials: fibrous; other 27/00; 29/00
under particular atmospheric or gaseous conditions 31/00
DETAILS OF APPARATUS AND AUXILIARY DEVICES OR OPERATIONS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
Relating to contents
supply arrangements; introducing into containers or wrappers; preservation, purification 35/00, 37/00; 39/00; 55/00
other devices or methods 63/00
Relating to containers
supplying container-forming material; forming containers; forming pockets; holding wrappers during wrapping 41/00; 43/00; 47/00; 45/00
bendling wrappers round contents; shrinking; closing; preserving, purifying 49/00; 53/00; 51/00; 55/00
other devices or methods 61/00
Relating to apparatus: control, safety; adaptation to different requirements; other details 57/00; 59/00; 65/00
PACKAGING BY HAND 67/00
UNPACKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR 69/00
 B65B 1/00 - 
B65B 17/00
Machines, apparatus, or methods of general application for packaging articles or materials
P:130 B65B 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)
 B65B 1/04
·  Methods of, or means for, filling the material into the containers or receptacles
 B65B 1/06
·  ·  by gravity flow
 B65B 1/10
·  ·  by rotary feeders
 B65B 1/16
·  ·  by pneumatic means, e.g. by suction
 B65B 1/30
·  Devices or methods for controlling or determining the quantity or quality of the material fed or filled
P:140 B65B 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)
 B65B 3/04
·  Methods of, or means for, filling the material into the containers or receptacles
 B65B 3/10
·  ·  by application of pressure to material (by screw-type feeders B65B 3/04)
P:50 B65B 5/00
Packaging individual articles in containers or receptacles, e.g. bags, sacks, boxes, cartons, cans, jars
 B65B 5/06
·  Packaging groups of articles, the groups being treated as single articles
 B65B 5/10
·  Filling containers or receptacles progressively or in stages by introducing successive articles, or layers of articles
P:200 B65B 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)
 B65B 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)
 B65B 7/28
·  ·  by applying separate preformed closures, e.g. lids, covers
P:110 B65B 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
 B65B 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
 B65B 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 (sausage making A22C 11/00)
P:150 B65B 11/00
Wrapping, e.g. partially or wholly enclosing, articles, or quantities of material, in strips, sheets, or blanks, of flexible material (bundling articles by applying narrow strips or bands of flexible material B65B 13/00; devices for folding or bending wrappers around contents B65B 49/00; devices for gathering or twisting wrappers B65B 51/00)
 B65B 11/02
·  Wrapping articles, or quantities of material, without changing their position during the wrapping operation, e.g. in moulds with hinged folders (by doubling a wrapper and securing its opposed free margins to enclose contents B65B 11/48; by disposing contents between two sheets and securing their opposed free margins B65B 11/50; covering or wrapping cores by winding webs, tapes, or filamentary material B65H 81/00)
 B65B 11/06
·  Wrapping articles, or quantities of material, by conveying wrapper and contents in defined paths
 B65B 11/48
·  Enclosing articles, or quantities of material, by folding a wrapper, e.g. a pocketed wrapper, and securing its opposed free margins to enclose contents
 B65B 11/50
·  Enclosing articles, or quantities of material, by disposing contents between two sheets, e.g. pocketed sheets, and securing their opposed free margins (apparatus or devices for forming pockets in or from sheets, blanks or webs B65B 47/00)
P:90 B65B 13/00
Bundling articles (specially adapted for harvesting A01D 37/00, A01D 39/00, A01D 59/00, A01F 1/00; tying devices in baling presses A01F 15/00, B30B 9/00; bundling particular articles presenting special problems using string, wire, or narrow tape or band B65B 27/00)
 B65B 13/18
·  Details of, or auxiliary devices used in, bundling machines
P:160 B65B 15/00
Attaching articles to cards, sheets, strings, webs, or other carriers
P:210 B65B 17/00
Other machines, apparatus, or methods for packaging articles or materials
 B65B 19/00 - 
B65B 33/00
Machines, apparatus, or methods adapted for packaging articles or materials presenting special problems, or for special packaging operations; Unpacking bottles or eggs
P:40 B65B 19/00
Packaging rod-shaped or tubular articles susceptible to damage by abrasion or pressure, e.g. cigarettes, cigars, macaroni, spaghetti, drinking straws, welding electrodes (final treatment of cigars or cigarettes after manufacture A24C 1/00, A24C 5/00)
P:120 B65B 21/00
Packaging or unpacking of bottles (bundling bottles B65B 27/00)
P:70 B65B 23/00
Packaging fragile or shock-sensitive articles other than bottles; Unpacking eggs (embedding articles in shock-absorbing media B65B 55/00)
P:180 B65B 25/00
Packaging other articles presenting special problems (bundling B65B 27/00)
 B65B 25/02
·  Packaging agricultural or horticultural products
 B65B 25/14
·  Packaging paper or like sheets, envelopes, or newspapers, in flat, folded, or rolled form
P:80 B65B 27/00
Bundling particular articles presenting special problems using string, wire, or narrow tape or band; Baling fibrous material, e.g. peat, not otherwise provided for (bundling articles in general B65B 13/00)
 B65B 27/08
·  Bundling paper sheets, envelopes, bags or other thin flat articles; Bundling newspapers
P:190 B65B 29/00
Packaging of materials presenting special problems
P:20 B65B 31/00
Packaging articles or materials under special atmospheric or gaseous conditions; Adding propellants to aerosol containers (auxiliary treatments during loading or unloading in a fluid medium other than air B65G 69/00)
 B65B 31/02
·  Filling, closing, or filling and closing, containers in chambers maintained under vacuum or superatmospheric pressure or containing a special atmosphere, e.g. of inert gas
 B65B 31/04
·  Evacuating, pressurising, or gasifying filled containers or wrappers by means of nozzles through which air or other gas, e.g. an inert gas, is withdrawn or supplied (nozzles for introducing articles or materials into containers B65B 39/00)
P:60 B65B 33/00
Packaging articles by applying removable, e.g. strippable, coatings (B65B 11/50 takes precedence; applying liquids or other fluent materials to surfaces in general B05; wrapping cores by winding B65H 81/00)  [3]
 B65B 35/00 - 
B65B 69/00
Details of, auxiliary devices applied to, or auxiliary measures taken in, machines, apparatus, or methods, not otherwise provided for
P:240 B65B 35/00
Supplying, feeding, arranging, or orientating articles to be packaged (cigarettes B65B 19/00; bottles B65B 21/00; eggs B65B 23/00; biscuits B65B 23/00; if not restricted to packaging machines B07C, B65G, B65H)
 B65B 35/30
·  Arranging and feeding articles in groups (orientating B65B 35/00)
 B65B 35/44
·  ·  by endless belts or chains
 B65B 35/50
·  ·  Stacking one article, or group of articles, upon another before packaging
P:230 B65B 37/00
Supplying or feeding fluent-solid, plastic, or liquid material, or loose masses of small articles, to be packaged (methods of, or means for, filling individual containers with such materials or articles B65B 1/04, B65B 3/04)
P:280 B65B 39/00
Nozzles, funnels, or guides for introducing articles or materials into containers or wrappers (nozzles in general B05B; funnels in general B67C 11/00)
P:290 B65B 41/00
Supplying or feeding container-forming sheets or wrapping material (in general B65H)
P:310 B65B 43/00
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)
 B65B 43/24
·  Breaking creases to facilitate setting-up cartons
 B65B 43/26
·  Opening or distending bags; Opening, erecting, or setting-up boxes, cartons, or carton blanks
 B65B 43/38
·  Opening hinged lids
 B65B 43/40
·  Removing separate lids
 B65B 43/41
·  Opening drawer-and-shell cartons
 B65B 43/42
·  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)
P:270 B65B 45/00
Apparatus or devices for supporting or holding wrappers during wrapping operation (filling nozzles, funnels, guides B65B 39/00)
P:260 B65B 47/00
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
P:250 B65B 49/00
Devices for folding or bending wrappers around contents
P:300 B65B 51/00
Devices for, or methods of, sealing or securing package folds or closures, e.g. twisted bag necks
 B65B 51/09
·  by deformation of the closure  [6]
 B65B 51/10
·  Applying or generating heat or pressure or combinations thereof (B65B 51/09 takes precedence)  [6]
 B65B 51/14
·  ·  by reciprocating or oscillating members
 B65B 51/20
·  ·  by fluid pressure acting directly on folds or on opposed surfaces, e.g. using hot-air jets (shrinking wrappers by heating B65B 53/00)
 B65B 51/22
·  ·  by friction or ultrasonic or high-frequency electrical means
 B65B 51/26
·  ·  Devices specially adapted for producing transverse or longitudinal seams in webs or tubes
P:100 B65B 53/00
Shrinking wrappers, containers, container covers or container cover securing members during or after packaging
P:170 B65B 55/00
Preserving, protecting, or purifying packages or package contents in association with packaging (by packaging under special atmospheric or gaseous conditions B65B 31/00; devices for placing protecting sheets, plugs, or wads over contents B65B 61/20; if not restricted to packaging A23L, A61L)
 B65B 55/02
·  Sterilising, e.g. of complete packages
 B65B 55/04
·  ·  Sterilising wrappers or receptacles prior to, or during, packaging
P:0 B65B 57/00
Automatic control, checking, warning, or safety devices (registering wrapping or container-forming material fed from rolls B65B 41/00; accident-prevention measures applicable for general use F16P; photoelectric cells H01J, H01L; such devices in general, see the relevant classes)
 B65B 57/02
·  responsive to absence, presence, abnormal feed, or misplacement of binding or wrapping material, containers, or packages
P:30 B65B 59/00
Arrangements to enable machines to handle articles of different sizes, to produce packages of different sizes, to vary the contents of packages, or to give access for cleaning or maintenance purposes
P:330 B65B 61/00
Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on sheets, blanks, webs, binding material, containers or packages
 B65B 61/04
·  for severing webs, or for separating joined packages
 B65B 61/18
·  for applying or incorporating package-opening or unpacking elements, e.g. tear-strips
 B65B 61/20
·  for adding cards, coupons, or other inserts to package contents (adding unpacking elements B65B 61/18; labelling B65C)
P:320 B65B 63/00
Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on articles or materials to be packaged
P:340 B65B 65/00
Details peculiar to packaging machines and not otherwise provided for; Arrangements of such details
P:10 B65B 67/00
Apparatus or devices facilitating manual packaging operations; Sack holders
P:220 B65B 69/00
Unpacking of articles or materials, not otherwise provided for