|  | B |
SECTION B — PERFORMING OPERATIONS

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 Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A24C 1/44; paper-bag holders as shop or office accessories Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A47F 13/08; apparatus for coating, e.g. by dipping, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B05C; devices for tensioning and securing binders adapted to be supported by the article or articles to be bound Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B25B; nailing or stapling devices per se Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B25C, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B27F; inserting documents in envelopes and closing the latter Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B43M 3/00, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B43M 5/00; wrappers, containers or other packaging elements, e.g. binders, closures, protective caps, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65D; stacking articles in, or removing them from, pallets Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65G; devices for handling sheets or webs of interest apart from their application in packaging machines Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65H; packaging of matches Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...C06F; wrapping sugar during manufacture Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...C13H; making containers or receptacles per se, see the appropriate sub-classes)

|  | B65B |
Note(s) The term "packaging" should be understood as including mainly the following operations: filling portable containers or receptacles with materials or small articles to form packages; inserting articles, or groups of articles, into containers or receptacles; closing filled containers or receptacles otherwise than by metal-, glass-, or wood-working operations; enclosing, or partially enclosing, articles or quantities of material, in sheets, strips, blanks, webs, or tubes of thin flexible material, e.g. wrapping; bundling articles, e.g. holding articles together in groups by applying string or wire; attaching articles to cards, sheets, or webs. Operations of these types employed in the manufacture of articles other than packages are classified in other appropriate sub-classes, e.g. making confectionery products by casting in moulds formed by wrappers Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A23G, filling ammunition cartridges Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F42B. Methods of packaging which are wholly characterised by the form of the package produced, or the form of the container or packaging-element utilised, are classified in Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65D rather than in this sub-class. In the following elaborations, the term "package" is used to mean 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. In the following elaborations, the term "materials" is to be understood as embracing matter, or masses of articles, which are to be packaged, as distinct from separate or individual articles.

|  | B65B 1/00 - B65B 17/00 |
Machines, apparatus, or methods of general application for packaging articles or materials

|  | 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 Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65B 31/00)

|  | B65B 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 Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65B 9/00; making containers or receptacles of interest apart from this application, see appropriate sub-classes)

|  | B65B 1/04 |
· | Methods of, or means for, filling the material into the containers or receptacles

|  | B65B 1/06 |
· · | by gravity flow

|  | B65B 1/08 |
· · | by vibratory feeders

|  | B65B 1/10 |
· · | by rotary feeders

|  | B65B 1/12 |
· · · | of screw type

|  | B65B 1/14 |
· · · | of centrifugal type

|  | B65B 1/16 |
· · | by pneumatic means, e.g. by suction

|  | B65B 1/18 |
· · | for filling valve-bags

|  | B65B 1/20 |
· | Reducing volume of filled material

|  | B65B 1/22 |
· · | by vibration

|  | B65B 1/24 |
· · | by mechanical compression

|  | B65B 1/26 |
· · | by pneumatic means, e.g. suction

|  | B65B 1/28 |
· | Controlling escape of air or dust from containers or receptacles during filling (cleaning of, or removing dust from, containers, wrappers, or packages Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65B 55/24)

|  | B65B 1/30 |
· | Devices or methods for controlling or determining the quantity or quality of the material fed or filled

|  | B65B 1/32 |
· · | by weighing (check-weighing of filled containers or receptacles Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65B 1/46; weighing in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G01G)

|  | B65B 1/34 |
· · · | Adjusting weight by trickle feed

|  | B65B 1/36 |
· · | by volumetric devices or methods (checking volume of filled material Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65B 1/48; volumetric measurement in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G01F)

|  | B65B 1/38 |
· · · | by pistons co-operating with measuring chambers

|  | B65B 1/40 |
· · | by timing of filling operations

|  | B65B 1/42 |
· · · | and arresting flow by cut-off means

|  | B65B 1/44 |
· · | Checking density of material to be filled

|  | B65B 1/46 |
· · | Check-weighing of filled containers or receptacles (check-weighing in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G01G)

|  | B65B 1/48 |
· · | Checking volume of filled material

|  | 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 Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65B 31/00; filling bottles or other containers with liquids or semi-liquids by bottling machines Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B67C; filling of gas bottles at high pressure for storing gases Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F17C)

|  | B65B 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 appropriate sub-classes)

|  | B65B 3/04 |
· | Methods of, or means for, filling the material into the containers or receptacles

|  | B65B 3/06 |
· · | by gravity flow

|  | B65B 3/08 |
· · | by screw-type feeders

|  | B65B 3/10 |
· · | by application of pressure to material (by screw-type feeders Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65B 3/08)

|  | B65B 3/12 |
· · · | mechanically, e.g. by pistons or pumps

|  | B65B 3/14 |
· · · | pneumatically

|  | B65B 3/16 |
· · | for filling collapsible tubes (for filling valve bags Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65B 3/17)

|  | B65B 3/17 |
· · | for filling valve bags

|  | B65B 3/18 |
· | Controlling escape of air from containers or receptacles during filling

|  | B65B 3/22 |
· | Defoaming liquids in connection with filling

|  | B65B 3/24 |
· | Topping-up containers or receptacles to ensure complete filling

|  | B65B 3/26 |
· | Methods or devices for controlling the quantity of the material fed or filled

|  | B65B 3/28 |
· · | by weighing (in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G01G)

|  | B65B 3/30 |
· · | by volumetric measurement (in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G01F)

|  | B65B 3/32 |
· · · | by pistons co-operating with measuring chambers

|  | B65B 3/34 |
· · | by timing of filling operations

|  | B65B 3/36 |
· · · | and arresting flow by cut-off means

|  | B65B 5/00 |
Packaging individual articles in containers or receptacles, e.g. bags, sacks, boxes, cartons, cans, jars

|  | B65B 5/02 |
· | Machines characterised by incorporation of means for making the containers or receptacles (from flat, folded, or tubular webs of flexible sheet material Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65B 9/00; making containers or receptacles of interest apart from this application, see appropriate sub-classes)

|  | B65B 5/04 |
· | Packaging single articles

|  | B65B 5/06 |
· | Packaging groups of articles, the groups being treated as single articles

|  | B65B 5/08 |
· | Packaging groups of articles, the articles being individually gripped or guided for transfer to the containers or receptacles

|  | B65B 5/10 |
· | Filling containers or receptacles progressively or in stages by introducing successive articles, or layers of articles

|  | B65B 5/12 |
· · | Introducing successive articles, e.g. confectionery products, of different shape or size in predetermined positions

|  | B65B 7/00 |
Closing containers or receptacles after filling (combinations of container-closing apparatus with apparatus for filling containers Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65B 1/00, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65B 3/00, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65B 5/00; under special atmospheric or gaseous conditions Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65B 31/00)

|  | B65B 7/02 |
· | Closing containers or receptacles deformed by, or taking-up shape of, contents, e.g. bags, sacks

|  | B65B 7/04 |
· · | by tucking-in mouth portion to form two flaps and subsequently folding-down

|  | B65B 7/06 |
· · | by collapsing mouth portion, e.g. to form a single flap

|  | B65B 7/08 |
· · · | and folding

|  | B65B 7/10 |
· · · | and rolling-in

|  | B65B 7/12 |
· · · | and twisting

|  | B65B 7/14 |
· | Closing collapsible or resilient tubes, e.g. for tooth-paste, for lighter fuel

|  | 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 Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B21D 51/26; stoppering or capping bottles or jars Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B67B)

|  | B65B 7/18 |
· · | by collapsing mouth portion and subsequently folding-down or securing flaps

|  | B65B 7/20 |
· · | by folding-down preformed flaps

|  | B65B 7/22 |
· · · | and inserting flap portions between contents and wall

|  | B65B 7/24 |
· · · | and interengaging tongue-and-slot closures

|  | B65B 7/26 |
· · | by closing hinged lids

|  | B65B 7/28 |
· · | by applying separate preformed closures, e.g. lids, covers

|  | 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 9/02 |
· | Enclosing articles, or quantities of material, between opposed webs

|  | B65B 9/04 |
· · | one or both webs being formed with pockets for the reception of the articles, or of the quantities of material

|  | 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 9/08 |
· · | in a web folded and sealed transversely to form pockets which are subsequently filled and then closed by sealing

|  | 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

|  | B65B 9/12 |
· · | Subdividing filled tubes to form two or more packages by sealing or securing involving displacement of contents (sausage making Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A22C 11/00)

|  | B65B 9/14 |
· · | Devices for distending tubes supplied in the flattened state

|  | B65B 9/16 |
· · | Storing tubes on filling nozzles

|  | 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 Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65B 13/00; devices for folding or bending wrappers around contents Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65B 49/00; devices for gathering or twisting wrappers Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...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 Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65B 11/48; by disposing contents between two sheets and securing their opposed free margins Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65B 11/50; joining by winding with threads or webs of plastic material Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B29C 27/26; covering elongated or annular cores by winding Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65H 81/00)

|  | B65B 11/04 |
· · | the articles being rotated

|  | B65B 11/06 |
· | Wrapping articles, or quantities of material, by conveying wrapper and contents in defined paths

|  | B65B 11/08 |
· · | in a single straight path

|  | B65B 11/10 |
· · · | to fold the wrappers in tubular form about contents

|  | B65B 11/12 |
· · · · | and then to form closing folds of similar form at opposite ends of the tube

|  | B65B 11/14 |
· · · · | the ends of the tube being subsequently twisted

|  | B65B 11/16 |
· · · | to fold the wrappers in channel form about contents and then to close the ends of the channel by folding and finally the mouth of the channel by folding or twisting

|  | B65B 11/18 |
· · | in two or more straight paths

|  | B65B 11/20 |
· · · | to fold the wrappers in tubular form about contents

|  | B65B 11/22 |
· · · · | and then to form closing folds of similar form at opposite ends of the tube

|  | B65B 11/24 |
· · · · | the ends of the tube being subsequently twisted

|  | B65B 11/26 |
· · · | to fold the wrappers in channel form about contents and then to close the ends of the channel by folding and finally the mouth of the channel by folding or twisting

|  | B65B 11/28 |
· · | in a curved path, e.g. on rotary tables or turrets

|  | B65B 11/30 |
· · · | to fold the wrappers in tubular form about contents

|  | B65B 11/32 |
· · · · | and then to form closing folds of similar form at opposite ends of the tube

|  | B65B 11/34 |
· · · · | the ends of the tube being subsequently twisted

|  | B65B 11/36 |
· · · | to fold the wrappers in channel form about contents and then to close the ends of the channel by folding and finally the mouth of the channel by folding or twisting

|  | B65B 11/38 |
· · | in a combination of straight and curved paths

|  | B65B 11/40 |
· · · | to fold the wrappers in tubular form about contents

|  | B65B 11/42 |
· · · · | and then to form closing folds of similar form at opposite ends of the tube

|  | B65B 11/44 |
· · · · | the ends of the tube being subsequently twisted

|  | B65B 11/46 |
· · · | to fold the wrappers in channel form about contents and then to close the ends of the channel by folding and finally the mouth of the channel by folding or twisting

|  | 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

|  | B65B 11/52 |
· · | one sheet being rendered plastic, e.g. by heating, and forced by fluid pressure, e.g. vacuum, into engagement with the other sheet and contents, e.g. skin-, blister-, or bubble-packaging

|  | B65B 11/54 |
· | Wrapping by causing the wrapper to embrace one end and all sides of the contents, and closing the wrapper onto the opposite end by forming regular or irregular pleats

|  | B65B 11/56 |
· | Rolling articles with wrappers along a supporting surface (for bottles Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65B 21/26)

|  | B65B 11/58 |
· | Applying two or more wrappers, e.g. in succession

|  | B65B 13/00 |
Bundling articles

|  | B65B 13/02 |
· | Applying and securing binding material, e.g. strings, wires, strips, bands, or tapes around articles or groups of articles (specially adapted for harvesting Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A01D 37/00, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A01D 39/00, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A01D 59/00, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A01F 1/00; tying devices in baling presses Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A01F 15/14, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B30B 9/30; portable devices for applying tensioned bands or wires to articles Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B25B, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E01B 31/28)

|  | B65B 13/04 |
· · | with means for guiding the binding material around the articles prior to severing from supply

|  | B65B 13/06 |
· · · | Stationary ducts or channels

|  | B65B 13/08 |
· · · | Single guide or carrier for the free end of material movable part-way around articles from one side only

|  | B65B 13/10 |
· · · | Carriers travelling completely around the articles while holding the free end of material

|  | B65B 13/12 |
· · · · | attached to rotating rings

|  | B65B 13/14 |
· · · | Pairs of carriers or guides movable around opposite sides of the articles

|  | B65B 13/16 |
· · | with means for severing the binding material from supply and then applying it around the articles

|  | B65B 13/18 |
· | Details of, and auxiliary devices used in, bundling machines

|  | B65B 13/20 |
· · | Means for compressing or compacting bundles prior to bundling

|  | B65B 13/22 |
· · | Means for controlling tension of binding means

|  | B65B 13/24 |
· · | Securing ends of binding material

|  | B65B 13/26 |
· · · | by knotting

|  | B65B 13/28 |
· · · | by twisting

|  | B65B 13/30 |
· · · | by deforming the overlapping ends of the strip or band

|  | B65B 13/32 |
· · · | by welding, soldering, or heat-sealing; by applying adhesive

|  | B65B 13/34 |
· · · | by applying separate securing members, e.g. deformable clips

|  | B65B 15/00 |
Attaching articles to cards, sheets, strings, webs, or other carriers

|  | B65B 15/02 |
· | Attaching small articles, e.g. buttons, to cards (cards for buttons, collar-studs, or sleeve-links Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A44B 7/00)

|  | B65B 15/04 |
· | Attaching a series of articles, e.g. small electrical components, to a continuous web (ammunition filling Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F42B)

|  | B65B 17/00 |
Other machines, apparatus, or methods for packaging articles or materials

|  | B65B 17/02 |
· | Joining articles, e.g. cans, directly to each other for convenience of storage, transport, or handling

|  | 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

|  | 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 Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A24C 1/38, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A24C 5/60)

|  | B65B 19/02 |
· | Packaging cigarettes

|  | B65B 19/04 |
· · | Arranging, feeding, or orientating the cigarettes

|  | B65B 19/06 |
· · · | Turning individual cigarettes to present printed marks in desired position

|  | B65B 19/08 |
· · · | Positioning oval cigarettes in overlapped arrangement

|  | B65B 19/10 |
· · · | Arranging cigarettes in layers each comprising a predetermined number

|  | B65B 19/12 |
· · | Inserting the cigarettes, or wrapped groups thereof, into preformed containers

|  | B65B 19/14 |
· · · | into pocket boxes, e.g. boxes of rectangular form closed at one end by a flap adapted to be inserted into a slot in the body

|  | B65B 19/16 |
· · · · | into boxes with two pockets

|  | B65B 19/18 |
· · · | into drawer-and-shell type boxes or cartons

|  | B65B 19/20 |
· · · | into boxes with hinged lids

|  | B65B 19/22 |
· · | Wrapping the cigarettes; Packaging the cigarettes in containers formed by folding wrapping material around formers

|  | B65B 19/24 |
· · · | using hollow mandrels through which groups of cigarettes are fed

|  | B65B 19/26 |
· | Machines specially adapted for packaging cigars

|  | B65B 19/28 |
· | Control devices for cigarette or cigar packaging machines (of general application in packaging machines Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65B 57/00)

|  | B65B 19/30 |
· · | responsive to presence of faulty articles, e.g. incorrectly-filled cigarettes

|  | B65B 19/32 |
· · | responsive to incorrect grouping of articles or to incorrect filling of packages

|  | B65B 19/34 |
· | Packaging other rod-shaped articles, e.g. sausages, macaroni, spaghetti, drinking straws, welding electrodes

|  | B65B 21/00 |
Packaging or unpacking of bottles (bundling bottles Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65B 27/04)

|  | B65B 21/02 |
· | into or from preformed containers, e.g. crates

|  | B65B 21/04 |
· · | Arranging, assembling, feeding, or orientating the bottles prior to introduction into, or after removal from, containers

|  | B65B 21/06 |
· · · | Forming groups of bottles

|  | B65B 21/08 |
· · | Introducing or removing single bottles, or groups of bottles, e.g. for progressive filling or emptying of containers

|  | B65B 21/10 |
· · · | using gravity flow

|  | B65B 21/12 |
· · · | using grippers engaging bottle necks (grippers in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B25J)

|  | B65B 21/14 |
· · | Introducing or removing groups of bottles, for filling or emptying containers in one operation

|  | B65B 21/16 |
· · · | using gravity flow

|  | B65B 21/18 |
· · · | using grippers engaging bottle necks

|  | B65B 21/20 |
· · · · | with means for varying spacing of bottles

|  | B65B 21/22 |
· · · | by inverting and raising or lowering the container relative to bottles

|  | B65B 21/24 |
· | Enclosing bottles in wrappers

|  | B65B 21/26 |
· · | Applying wrappers to individual bottles by operations involving rotation or rolling of the bottles (to articles in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65B 11/56)

|  | B65B 23/00 |
Packaging fragile or shock-sensitive articles other than bottles; Unpacking eggs (embedding articles in shock-absorbing media Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65B 55/20)

|  | B65B 23/02 |
· | Packaging or unpacking eggs

|  | B65B 23/04 |
· · | Erecting egg trays or cartons from collapsed blanks

|  | B65B 23/06 |
· · | Arranging, feeding, or orientating the eggs to be packed; Removing eggs from trays or cartons

|  | B65B 23/08 |
· · · | using grippers (testing, sorting, or cleaning eggs Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A01K 43/00; egg grippers for cooking purposes Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A47J 29/06)

|  | B65B 23/10 |
· | Packaging biscuits

|  | B65B 23/12 |
· · | Arranging, feeding, or orientating the biscuits to be packaged (in connection with baking Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A21C 15/00)

|  | B65B 23/14 |
· · · | Forming groups of biscuits

|  | B65B 23/16 |
· · | Inserting the biscuits, or wrapped groups thereof, into preformed containers

|  | B65B 23/18 |
· · | Wrapping individual biscuits, or groups of biscuits

|  | B65B 23/20 |
· | Packaging plate glass, tiles, or shingles

|  | B65B 23/22 |
· | Packaging glass ampoules, lamp bulbs, radio valves or tubes, or the like

|  | B65B 25/00 |
Packaging other articles presenting special problems (bundling Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65B 27/00)

|  | B65B 25/02 |
· | Packaging agricultural or horticultural products

|  | B65B 25/04 |
· · | Packaging fruit or vegetables (bag or sack-filling devices associated with digging harvesters Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A01D 33/10)

|  | B65B 25/06 |
· | Packaging slices or specially-shaped pieces of meat, cheese, or other plastic or tacky products

|  | B65B 25/08 |
· · | between layers or strips of sheet or web material, e.g. in webs folded to zig-zag form

|  | B65B 25/10 |
· · | Forming sector-shaped packages of cheese or like plastic products

|  | B65B 25/12 |
· · · | and enclosing in circular containers

|  | B65B 25/14 |
· | Packaging paper or like sheets, envelopes, or newspapers, in flat, folded, or rolled form

|  | B65B 25/16 |
· | Packaging bread or like bakery products, e.g. unsliced loaves [2]

|  | B65B 25/18 |
· · | Wrapping sliced bread (cutting or slicing machines specially adapted for bakeries Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A21C 15/04; bread-slicing machines or apparatus Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B26D 4/00)

|  | B65B 25/20 |
· | Packaging garments, e.g. socks, stockings, shirts

|  | B65B 25/22 |
· | Packaging articles of food, e.g. fish fillets, intended to be cooked in the package

|  | B65B 25/24 |
· | Packaging annular articles, e.g. tyres

|  | 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 Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65B 13/00)

|  | B65B 27/02 |
· | Bundling bricks or other building blocks

|  | B65B 27/04 |
· | Bundling groups of cans or bottles

|  | B65B 27/06 |
· | Bundling coils of wire or like annular objects

|  | B65B 27/08 |
· | Bundling paper sheets, envelopes, bags, newspapers, or other thin flat articles

|  | B65B 27/10 |
· | Bundling rods, sticks, or like elongated objects

|  | B65B 27/12 |
· | Baling or bundling compressible fibrous material, e.g. peat (baling presses for straw, hay, or the like Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A01F 15/00; baling presses in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B30B 9/30)

|  | B65B 29/00 |
Packaging of materials presenting special problems

|  | B65B 29/02 |
· | Packaging of substances, e.g. tea, which are intended to be infused in the package

|  | B65B 29/04 |
· · | Attaching, or forming and attaching, string handles or tags to tea bags

|  | B65B 29/06 |
· | Packaging of substances to which a further ingredient, e.g. water, is to be added in the package by the user for mixing prior to dispensing

|  | B65B 29/08 |
· | Packaging of edible materials intended to be cooked in the package (infusible substances Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65B 29/02)

|  | B65B 29/10 |
· | Packaging two or more different substances isolated from one another in the package but capable of being mixed without opening the package, e.g. forming packages containing a resin and hardener isolated by a frangible partition

|  | B65B 31/00 |
Packaging articles or materials under special atmospheric or gaseous conditions; Adding propellants to aerosol containers

|  | 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

|  | B65B 31/06 |
· · | the nozzle being arranged for insertion into, and withdrawal from, the mouth of a filled container and operating in conjunction with means for sealing the container mouth

|  | B65B 31/08 |
· · | the nozzle being adapted to pierce the container or wrapper

|  | B65B 31/10 |
· | Adding propellants in solid form to aerosol containers

|  | B65B 33/00 |
Packaging articles by applying removable, e.g. strippable, coatings (applying liquids or other fluent materials to surfaces in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B05; wrapping cores by winding Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65H 81/00)

|  | B65B 33/02 |
· | Packaging small articles, e.g. spare parts for machines or engines

|  | B65B 33/04 |
· | Packaging large articles, e.g. complete machines, aircraft

|  | B65B 33/06 |
· · | the coating being applied to a supporting layer or framework of sheets or strips of thin flexible material, e.g. cocoon packaging

|  | 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

|  | B65B 35/00 |
Supplying, feeding, arranging, or orientating articles to be packaged (cigarettes Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65B 19/04; bottles Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65B 21/04; eggs Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65B 23/06; biscuits Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65B 23/12; if not restricted to packaging machines Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B07C, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65G, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65H)

|  | B65B 35/02 |
· | Supply magazines

|  | B65B 35/04 |
· · | with buffer storage devices

|  | B65B 35/06 |
· | Separating single articles from loose masses of articles

|  | B65B 35/08 |
· · | using pocketed conveyers

|  | B65B 35/10 |
· | Feeding, e.g. conveying, single articles (orientating Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65B 35/56)

|  | B65B 35/12 |
· · | by gravity

|  | B65B 35/14 |
· · | by agitators or vibrators

|  | B65B 35/16 |
· · | by grippers

|  | B65B 35/18 |
· · · | by suction-operated grippers

|  | B65B 35/20 |
· · | by reciprocating or oscillatory pushers

|  | B65B 35/22 |
· · | by roller-ways

|  | B65B 35/24 |
· · | by endless belts or chains

|  | B65B 35/26 |
· · | by rotary conveyers

|  | B65B 35/28 |
· · | by pneumatic conveyers

|  | B65B 35/30 |
· | Arranging and feeding articles in groups (orientating Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65B 35/56)

|  | B65B 35/32 |
· · | by gravity

|  | B65B 35/34 |
· · | by agitators or vibrators

|  | B65B 35/36 |
· · | by grippers

|  | B65B 35/38 |
· · · | by suction-operated grippers

|  | B65B 35/40 |
· · | by reciprocating or oscillatory pushers

|  | B65B 35/42 |
· · | by roller-ways

|  | B65B 35/44 |
· · | by endless belts or chains

|  | B65B 35/46 |
· · | by rotary conveyers

|  | B65B 35/48 |
· · | by pneumatic conveyers

|  | B65B 35/50 |
· · | Stacking one article, or group of articles, upon another before packaging

|  | B65B 35/52 |
· · · | building-up the stack from the bottom

|  | B65B 35/54 |
· · | Feeding articles along multiple paths to a single packaging position

|  | B65B 35/56 |
· | Orientating, i.e. changing the attitude of, articles, e.g. of non-uniform cross-section

|  | B65B 35/58 |
· · | Turning articles by positively-acting means, e.g. to present labelled portions in uppermost position

|  | 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 Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65B 1/04, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65B 3/04)

|  | B65B 37/02 |
· | by gravity flow

|  | B65B 37/04 |
· | by vibratory feeders

|  | B65B 37/06 |
· | by pistons or pumps

|  | B65B 37/08 |
· | by rotary feeders

|  | B65B 37/10 |
· · | of screw type

|  | B65B 37/12 |
· · | of centrifugal type

|  | B65B 37/14 |
· | by pneumatic feeders

|  | B65B 37/16 |
· | Separating measured quantities from supply (in container-filling machines Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65B 1/30, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65B 3/26)

|  | B65B 37/18 |
· · | by weighing (in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G01G)

|  | B65B 37/20 |
· · | by volume measurement (in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G01F)

|  | B65B 39/00 |
Nozzles, funnels, or guides for introducing articles or materials into containers or wrappers (nozzles in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B05B; funnels in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B67C 11/00)

|  | B65B 39/02 |
· | Expansible or contractible nozzles, funnels, or guides

|  | B65B 39/04 |
· | having air-escape, or air-withdrawal, passages

|  | B65B 39/06 |
· | adapted to support containers or wrappers

|  | B65B 39/08 |
· · | by means of clamps

|  | B65B 39/10 |
· · · | operating automatically

|  | B65B 39/12 |
· | movable towards, or away from, container or wrapper during filling or depositing

|  | B65B 39/14 |
· | movable with a moving container or wrapper during filling or depositing

|  | B65B 41/00 |
Supplying or feeding container-forming sheets or wrapping material (in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65H)

|  | B65B 41/02 |
· | Feeding sheets or wrapper blanks

|  | B65B 41/04 |
· · | by grippers

|  | B65B 41/06 |
· · · | by suction-operated grippers

|  | B65B 41/08 |
· · | by reciprocating or oscillating pushers

|  | B65B 41/10 |
· · | by rollers

|  | B65B 41/12 |
· | Feeding webs from rolls

|  | B65B 41/14 |
· · | by grippers

|  | B65B 41/16 |
· · | by rollers

|  | B65B 41/18 |
· | Registering sheets, blanks, or webs

|  | 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 Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65B 47/00)

|  | B65B 43/02 |
· | Forming flat bags from individual sheets or blanks

|  | B65B 43/04 |
· | Forming flat bags from webs

|  | B65B 43/06 |
· · | from more than one web

|  | B65B 43/08 |
· | Forming three-dimensional containers from sheet material

|  | B65B 43/10 |
· · | by folding the material

|  | B65B 43/12 |
· | Feeding flexible bags or carton blanks in flat or collapsed state; Feeding flat bags connected to form a series or chain

|  | B65B 43/14 |
· · | Feeding individual bags or carton blanks from piles or magazines

|  | B65B 43/16 |
· · · | by grippers

|  | B65B 43/18 |
· · · · | by suction-operated grippers

|  | B65B 43/20 |
· · · | by reciprocating or oscillating pushers

|  | B65B 43/22 |
· · · | by rollers

|  | 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 43/28 |
· · | by grippers co-operating with fixed supports

|  | B65B 43/30 |
· · | by grippers engaging opposed walls, e.g. suction-operated

|  | B65B 43/32 |
· · | by external pressure diagonally applied

|  | B65B 43/34 |
· · | by internal pressure

|  | B65B 43/36 |
· · · | applied pneumatically

|  | B65B 43/38 |
· | Opening hinged lids

|  | B65B 43/39 |
· · | Opening-out closure flaps clear of bag, box, or carton mouth

|  | 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 Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65B 39/00; Supporting containers or receptacles during the filling operation (by filling nozzles Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65B 39/00)

|  | B65B 43/44 |
· · | from supply magazines

|  | B65B 43/46 |
· · | using grippers

|  | B65B 43/48 |
· · | using reciprocating or oscillating pushers

|  | B65B 43/50 |
· · | using rotary tables or turrets

|  | B65B 43/52 |
· · | using roller-ways or endless conveyers

|  | B65B 43/54 |
· · | Means for supporting containers or receptacles during the filling operation

|  | B65B 43/56 |
· · · | movable stepwise to position container or receptacle for the reception of successive increments of contents

|  | B65B 43/58 |
· · · · | vertically movable

|  | B65B 43/60 |
· · · | rotatable

|  | B65B 43/62 |
· · · · | about an axis located at the filling position, e.g. the axis of the container or receptacle

|  | B65B 45/00 |
Apparatus or devices for supporting or holding wrappers during wrapping operation (filling nozzles, funnels, guides Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65B 39/00)

|  | 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

|  | B65B 47/02 |
· | with means for heating the material prior to forming

|  | B65B 47/04 |
· | by application of mechanical pressure

|  | B65B 47/06 |
· · | using folding dies

|  | B65B 47/08 |
· | by application of fluid pressure

|  | B65B 47/10 |
· · | by vacuum

|  | B65B 49/00 |
Devices for folding or bending wrappers around contents

|  | B65B 49/02 |
· | Fixed or resiliently-mounted folders, e.g. non-driven rollers

|  | B65B 49/04 |
· · | Ploughs or plates with inclined slots or opposed inclined edges

|  | B65B 49/06 |
· | Resilient folders, e.g. brushes, diaphragms

|  | B65B 49/08 |
· | Reciprocating or oscillating folders

|  | B65B 49/10 |
· | Folders movable in closed non-circular paths

|  | B65B 49/12 |
· | Rotary folders

|  | B65B 49/14 |
· | Folders forming part of, or attached to, conveyers for partially-wrapped articles

|  | B65B 49/16 |
· | Pneumatic means, e.g. air jets

|  | B65B 51/00 |
Devices for, or methods of, sealing or securing package folds or closures; Devices for gathering or twisting wrappers, or necks of bags

|  | B65B 51/02 |
· | Applying adhesives or sealing liquids (activating adhesives by applying heat or pressure Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65B 51/10)

|  | B65B 51/04 |
· | Applying separate sealing or securing members, e.g. clips (applying separate lids or covers Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65B 7/28)

|  | B65B 51/05 |
· · | Stapling

|  | B65B 51/06 |
· · | Applying adhesive tape

|  | B65B 51/07 |
· · | Sewing or stitching

|  | B65B 51/08 |
· · | Applying binding material, e.g. to twisted bag necks

|  | B65B 51/10 |
· | Applying or generating heat or pressure or combinations thereof

|  | B65B 51/12 |
· · | by resilient means, e.g. brushes

|  | B65B 51/14 |
· · | by reciprocating or oscillating members

|  | B65B 51/16 |
· · | by rotary members

|  | B65B 51/18 |
· · | by endless bands or chains

|  | B65B 51/20 |
· · | by fluid pressure acting directly on folds or on opposed surfaces, e.g. using hot-air jets (shrinking wrappers by heating Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65B 53/02)

|  | B65B 51/22 |
· · | by friction or ultrasonic or high-frequency electrical means

|  | B65B 51/24 |
· · | to produce bead seals (combined with severing by heated wires or rods Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65B 61/10)

|  | B65B 51/26 |
· · | Devices specially adapted for producing transverse or longitudinal seams in webs or tubes

|  | B65B 51/28 |
· · · | Rollers for producing longitudinal and transverse seams simultaneously

|  | B65B 51/30 |
· · · | Devices, e.g. jaws, for applying pressure and heat successively, e.g. for subdividing filled tubes (for subdividing filled tubes involving displacement of contents Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65B 9/12)

|  | B65B 51/32 |
· | Cooling, or cooling and pressing, package closures after heat-sealing

|  | B65B 53/00 |
Shrinking wrappers, containers, or container covers during or after packaging

|  | B65B 53/02 |
· | by heat

|  | B65B 53/04 |
· · | supplied by liquids

|  | B65B 53/06 |
· · | supplied by gases, e.g. hot-air jets

|  | B65B 55/00 |
Preserving, protecting, or purifying packages or package contents in association with packaging (by packaging under special atmospheric or gaseous conditions Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65B 31/00; devices for placing protecting sheets, plugs, or wads over contents Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65B 61/22; if not restricted to packaging Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A23L, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61L)

|  | B65B 55/02 |
· | Sterilising, e.g. of complete packages

|  | B65B 55/04 |
· · | Sterilising wrappers or receptacles prior to, or during, packaging

|  | B65B 55/06 |
· · · | by heat

|  | B65B 55/08 |
· · · | by irradiation

|  | B65B 55/10 |
· · · | by liquids or gases (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65B 55/06 takes precedence)

|  | B65B 55/12 |
· · | Sterilising contents prior to, or during, packaging

|  | B65B 55/14 |
· · · | by heat

|  | B65B 55/16 |
· · · | by irradiation

|  | B65B 55/18 |
· · · | by liquids or gases (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65B 55/14 takes precedence)

|  | B65B 55/19 |
· · · | by adding materials intended to remove free oxygen or to develop inhibitor gases, e.g. vapour-phase inhibitors

|  | B65B 55/20 |
· | Embedding contents in shock-absorbing media, e.g. plastic foam, granular material

|  | B65B 55/22 |
· | Immersing contents in protective liquids

|  | B65B 55/24 |
· | Cleaning of, or removing dust from, containers, wrappers, or packaging

|  | B65B 57/00 |
Automatic control, checking, warning, or safety devices (such devices in general, see the relevant classes; registering wrapping or container-forming material fed from rolls Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65B 41/18; accident-prevention measures applicable for general use Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F16P; photoelectric cells Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...H01J, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...H01L)

|  | B65B 57/02 |
· | responsive to absence, presence, abnormal feed, or misplacement of binding or wrapping material, containers, or packages

|  | B65B 57/04 |
· · | and operating to control, or to stop, the feed of such material, containers, or packages

|  | B65B 57/06 |
· · | and operating to control, or to stop, the feed of articles or material to be packaged

|  | B65B 57/08 |
· · | and operating to stop, or to control the speed of, the machine as a whole

|  | B65B 57/10 |
· | responsive to absence, presence, abnormal feed, or misplacement of articles or materials to be packaged

|  | B65B 57/12 |
· · | and operating to control, or stop, the feed of wrapping materials, containers, or packages

|  | B65B 57/14 |
· · | and operating to control, or stop, the feed of articles or material to be packaged

|  | B65B 57/16 |
· · | and operating to stop, or to control the speed of, the machine as a whole

|  | B65B 57/18 |
· | causing operation of audible or visible alarm signals

|  | B65B 57/20 |
· | Applications of counting devices for controlling the feed of articles (other applications Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65B 65/08)

|  | 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

|  | B65B 59/02 |
· | Arrangements to enable adjustments to be made while the machine is running (weight or volumetric adjustment of material to be packaged Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65B 1/30, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65B 3/26)

|  | B65B 59/04 |
· | Machines constructed with readily-detachable units or assemblies, e.g. to facilitate maintenance

|  | B65B 61/00 |
Miscellaneous auxiliary devices operating on sheets, blanks, webs, binding material, containers, or packages, and not otherwise provided for (operating on articles or materials to be packaged and not otherwise provided for Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65B 63/00)

|  | B65B 61/02 |
· | for perforating, scoring, or applying code or date marks on material prior to packaging

|  | B65B 61/04 |
· | for severing webs, or for separating joined packages

|  | B65B 61/06 |
· · | by cutting

|  | B65B 61/08 |
· · · | using rotary cutters

|  | B65B 61/10 |
· · · | using heated wires or cutters

|  | B65B 61/12 |
· · | by tearing along perforations or lines of weakness

|  | B65B 61/14 |
· | for incorporating, or forming and incorporating, handles or suspension means in packages (attaching, or forming and attaching, string handles or tags to tea-bags Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65B 29/04)

|  | B65B 61/16 |
· · | Forming suspension apertures in 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 Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65B 61/18; labelling Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65C)

|  | B65B 61/22 |
· · | for placing protecting sheets, plugs, or wads over contents, e.g. cotton-wool in bottles of pills

|  | B65B 61/24 |
· | for shaping or reshaping completed packages

|  | B65B 61/26 |
· | for marking or coding completed packages

|  | B65B 61/28 |
· | for discharging completed packages from machines

|  | B65B 63/00 |
Miscellaneous auxiliary devices operating on articles or materials to be packaged and not otherwise provided for (operating on sheets, blanks, webs, binding material, or packages, and not otherwise provided for Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65B 61/00)

|  | B65B 63/02 |
· | for compressing or compacting articles or materials prior to wrapping or insertion in containers or receptacles (tabletting or compressing of powders Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B30B 11/00)

|  | B65B 63/04 |
· | for folding or winding articles, e.g. gloves, stockings (folding or winding webs or filamentary material in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65H 45/00, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65H 54/00; folding textile articles in connection with laundering preparatory to packaging Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...D06F 89/00)

|  | B65B 63/06 |
· · | Forming elongated hanks, e.g. of shoe laces

|  | B65B 63/08 |
· | for heating or cooling articles or materials to facilitate packaging

|  | B65B 65/00 |
Details peculiar to packaging machines and not otherwise provided for; Arrangements of such details

|  | B65B 65/02 |
· | Driving gear

|  | B65B 65/04 |
· | Mechanisms for converting a continuous rotary motion to intermittent rotary motion, e.g. Geneva drives

|  | B65B 65/06 |
· | coated or treated with anti-friction or anti-sticking materials, e.g. polytetrafluoroethylene

|  | B65B 65/08 |
· | Devices for counting or registering the number of articles handled, or the number of packages produced by the machine

|  | B65B 67/00 |
Apparatus or devices facilitating manual packaging operations; Sack holders

|  | B65B 67/02 |
· | packaging of articles or materials in containers

|  | B65B 67/04 |
· · | Devices facilitating insertion of single articles, or groups or articles, into bags

|  | B65B 67/06 |
· · | Manually-operable devices for closing bag necks, by applying and securing lengths of string, wire, or tape

|  | B65B 67/08 |
· | Wrapping of articles

|  | B65B 67/10 |
· · | Wrapping-tables

|  | B65B 67/12 |
· | Sack holders, i.e. stands or frames with means for supporting sacks in the open condition to facilitate filling with articles or materials

|  | B65B 69/00 |
Unpacking of articles or materials, not otherwise provided for