B
SECTION B — PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  
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 1/44; 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 per se 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; packaging of matches C06F; wrapping sugar during manufacture C13H; safety aspects in packaging of ammunition, packaging of cartridges in preparation for immediate use F42B; making containers or receptacles per se, 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 tobe packaged, as distinct from separate or individual articles.

 B65C
LABELLING OR TAGGING MACHINES, APPARATUS, OR PROCESSES (nailing or stapling in general B25C, B27F; processes for applying decalcomanias B44C 1/16; applying labels for packaging purposes B65B; labels, name-plates G09F)
 B65C

Note(s)

In this subclass, the following term is used with the meaning indicated:

  • "labels" covers also decalcomanias, stamps or the like.


 B65D
CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES (containers specially adapted for storing agricultural or horticultural products A01F 25/14; containers specially adapted for use in dairies A01J; travelling bags or baskets, suitcases A45C; travelling or camp equipment A45F; household or table equipment A47G; letter-boxes for home use A47G 29/12; kitchen or other domestic appliances A47J; associated with vehicles, see the appropriate subclass of B60-B64; machines, apparatus, or devices for, or methods of, packaging articles or materials B65B; sack holders B65B 67/00; refuse receptacles B65F 1/00; handling sheets, webs or filamentary material B65H; load-engaging elements or devices attached to lifting or lowering gear of cranes or adapted for connection therewith for transmitting lifting forces B66C; liquid handling B67; storing gases F17; making containers, see subclasses dealing with the working of the material concerned)
 B65D

Note(s)

  1. This subclass, which is intended to be as comprehensive as possible, only excludes containers or packages of a nature clearly confined to a single other subclass, which are classified in that subclass.
  2. In this subclass, groups B65D 5/00, B65D 27/00, B65D 30/00 or B65D 65/00 include constructional features of foldable or erectable container or wrapper blanks as well as the containers or wrappers formed by folding or erecting such blanks.
  3. In this subclass, the following terms or expressions are used with the meanings indicated:
    • "rigid or semi-rigid containers" includes:
      1. containers not deformed by, or not taking-up the shape of, their contents;
      2. containers adapted to be temporarily deformed to expel their contents;
      3. pallets;
      4. trays;
    • "flexible containers" includes:
      1. containers deformed by, or taking-up the shape of, their contents;
      2. containers adapted to be permanently deformed to expel their contents;
    • "packaging elements" includes:
      1. elements, other than containers, for covering, protecting, stiffening, or holding together articles or materials to be stored or transported;
      2. packaging materials of special type or form not provided for in other subclasses;
    • "packages" includes:
      1. combinations of containers or packaging elements with articles or materials to be stored or transported;
      2. articles joined together for convenience of storage or transport;
    • "paper" includes materials, e.g. cardboard, plastic sheet materials, laminated materials, or metal foils, worked in a manner analogous to paper;
    • "large containers", in groups B65D 88/00 or B65D 90/00, means containers having about the size of containers used in container traffic, sometimes referred to as freight, forwarding or "ISO" (International Standardization Organization) containers, or larger containers. [3]
  4. It is important to note that:
    1. containers, packaging elements, or packages with auxiliary means or provision for displaying articles or materials are classified in this subclass and not in subclass G09F;
    2. containers, packaging elements, or packages are, as far as possible, classified primarily according to their constructional or functional features; classification according to the particular contents is normally regarded as being of secondary importance, except in cases where this is considered to be the characteristic feature;
    3. methods of packaging which are wholly characterised by the form of the package produced or the form of the container or packaging element used, as distinct from the operations performed or apparatus employed, are classified in appropriate groups of this subclass rather than in subclass B65B.

 B65F
GATHERING OR REMOVAL OF DOMESTIC OR LIKE REFUSE (disinfecting refuse A61L; refuse disintegrators B02C; sorting refuse B03B, B07B; handcarts for transporting refuse receptacles B62B; sack holders B65B 67/00; converting refuse into fertilisers C05F; converting refuse into solid fuels C10L; sewers, cesspools E03F; arrangements in buildings for the disposal of refuse E04F 17/10; refuse-consuming furnaces F23G)

 B65G
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-B64; 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)

 B65H
HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES (winding or stacking hides or leather C14B 1/62)
 B65H

Note(s)

  1. This subclass does not cover methods or devices intimately associated with other operations on filamentary material or means for performing such operations, e.g. spinning, weaving, braiding, lace-making, knitting, sewing, making ropes or cables, which are classified in the relevant subclasses for these operations.
  2. In this subclass:
    • the groups relating to thin material, as defined under (i) of Note (3) below, are primarily intended to cover the handling of articles made of paper or cardboard, but also include the handling of articles made of other materials which have similar characteristics or present similar handling problems, e.g. articles made of sheet-plastics or leather;
    • the groups relating to filamentary material (groups B65H 49/00 onwards), as defined in Note (3) below, cover only methods or devices of general application or interest.
  3. In this subclass, the following terms or expressions are used with the meanings indicated:
    • "handling" includes feeding, folding (other than in the manufacture of products), guiding, orientating, storing, unwinding, and winding;
    • "thin material" includes:
      1. sheets, signatures, envelopes, blanks, and thin piles thereof (hereinafter referred to as "articles"), and
      2. webs, tapes, and films, e.g. of paper, fabric, metal foil, or plastics;
    • "filamentary material" includes thread, wires, ropes, cables, and hoses;
    • "package" means a mass of filamentary material, formed by coiling, depositing, or winding, with or without a supporting core or former or an enclosing container or receptacle.