<titlePart> <text>SECTION B <emdash/> PERFORMING OPERATIONS</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>TRANSPORTING</text> </titlePart> LIQUID/LIQUID, LIQUID/GAS OR GAS/GAS SEPARATION Method General operations by centrifugal force, using centrifuges or free-vortex apparatus using magnetic or electrostatic effect Apparatus General operations by centrifugal force, using centrifuges or free-vortex apparatus , using magnetic or electrostatic effect SOLID/LIQUID OR SOLID/GAS SEPARATION Method General operations by centrifugal force using centrifuges or free-vortex apparatus using magnetic or electrostatic effect Apparatus General operations by centrifugal force using centrifuges or free-vortex apparatus , using magnetic or electrostatic effect SOLID/SOLID SEPARATION Method Dry methods material in bulk Individual sorting Screening, sifting, pneumatic sorting using pneumatic tables or jigs by magnetic or electrostatic effect by centrifugal force using centrifuges or free-vortex apparatus Wet methods General operations flotation, differential sedimentation screening Combinations Dry methods - wet methods Apparatus Dry methods material in bulk Individual sorting Screening, sifting, pneumatic sorting using pneumatic tables or jigs by magnetic or electrostatic effect by centrifugal force using centrifuges or free-vortex apparatus , Wet methods General operations flotation, differential sedimentation screening Combinations Dry methods - wet methods <titlePart> <text>TRANSPORTING</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>CONVEYING</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>PACKING</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>STORING</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYERS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>SHOP CONVEYER SYSTEMS</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYERS</text> <entryReference>transport or storage devices used in a particular handling or treatment of articles or materials, <u>see</u> the relevant subclass, e.g. in metal-working <sref ref="B21D0043000000"/>, <sref ref="B23Q0007000000"/>, <sref ref="B23Q0041020000"/></entryReference> <entryReference>vehicle, railway, sea or aircraft aspects <mref ref="B60" endRef="B64"/></entryReference> <entryReference>transportation, conveyor or haulage systems specially adapted for motor vehicle or trailer assembly lines <sref ref="B62D0065180000"/></entryReference> <entryReference>in packaging <sref ref="B65B"/></entryReference> <entryReference>handling thin or filamentary materials <sref ref="B65H"/></entryReference> <entryReference>hoisting, lifting, hauling, e.g. truck loaders <sref ref="B66"/></entryReference> <entryReference>handling liquids <sref ref="B67"/></entryReference> <entryReference>specially adapted to underground conditions <sref ref="E21F0013000000"/></entryReference> <entryReference>storing or distributing gases or liquids <sref ref="F17"/></entryReference> <entryReference>in handling radioactive materials <sref ref="G21C0019000000"/></entryReference> </titlePart> HANDLING AND STORAGE Loading and unloading , , Transfer, trans-shipment Storage , , Piling, unpiling of articles of loose material Assisting manual handling , CONVEYERS, CHUTES Mechanical with endless element with particular movement , , , other kinds combinations or systems of general use , chutes; roller-ways; projectors ; ; Parts or auxiliary devices applicable to different kinds rollers; frames; auxiliary handling ; ; control, safety; maintenance ; Non-mechanical , , <titlePart> <text>Storing</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Storage devices</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Storing articles, individually or in orderly arrangement, in warehouses or magazines</text> <entryReference>conveyer combinations in warehouses, magazines, or workshops <sref ref="B65G0037000000"/></entryReference> <entryReference>stacking of articles <sref ref="B65G0057000000"/></entryReference> <entryReference>removing articles from stacks <sref ref="B65G0059000000"/></entryReference> <entryReference>loading machines <sref ref="B65G0065020000"/></entryReference> <entryReference>arrangements of articles for drying or baking in kilns or ovens <sref ref="F26"/>, <sref ref="F27"/></entryReference> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Storage devices</text> <entryReference>furniture, shop fittings, table equipment <sref ref="A47B"/>, <sref ref="A47F"/>, <sref ref="A47G"/></entryReference> <entryReference>mechanical garages <sref ref="E04H"/></entryReference> <entryReference>for data record cards in association with machines for marking or sensing data <sref ref="G06K"/></entryReference> <entryReference>coin changers or sorters <sref ref="G07D"/></entryReference> <entryReference>coin-freed apparatus <sref ref="G07F"/></entryReference> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>mechanical</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>with means for presenting articles for removal at predetermined position or level</text> <entryReference><sref ref="B65G0001120000"/> takes precedence</entryReference> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>the upper article of a pile being always presented at the same predetermined level</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>the articles being fed by gravity</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>with relatively-movable racks to facilitate insertion or removal of articles</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>with article supports or holders movable in a closed circuit to facilitate insertion or removal of articles</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>the circuit being confined in a vertical plane</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>the circuit being confined in a horizontal plane</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>with arrangements or automatic control means for selecting which articles are to be removed</text> <entryReference>devices for feeding articles to conveyers from several groups of articles <sref ref="B65G0047100000"/></entryReference> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Stack holders or separators</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Special arrangements of articles in storage spaces</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Articles inclined so as to be mutually self-supporting</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Articles arranged in layers with spaces between articles</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Storing bulk material or loose, i.e. disorderly, articles</text> <entryReference>filling or emptying storage spaces or containers, spreading-out or piling-up bulk material or loose articles <sref ref="B65G0065280000"/>, <sref ref="B65G0065300000"/>, <sref ref="B65G0069040000"/></entryReference> <entryReference>storing agricultural or horticultural produce <sref ref="A01F0025000000"/></entryReference> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>in the open air</text> <entryReference><sref ref="B65G0003040000"/> takes precedence</entryReference> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>in bunkers, hoppers or like large containers</text> <entryReference>such containers <u>per se</u><sref ref="B65D0088000000"/></entryReference> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Storing fluids in natural or artificial cavities or chambers in the earth</text> <entryReference>modification of mine passages or chambers for storage purposes, especially for fluids <sref ref="E21F0017160000"/></entryReference> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Devices assisting manual conveyance of articles over short distances, e.g. in storage depots, warehouses, or factories</text> <entryReference>chutes <sref ref="B65G0011000000"/></entryReference> <entryReference>roller-ways <sref ref="B65G0013000000"/></entryReference> <entryReference>luggage carriers <sref ref="A45C0013380000"/></entryReference> <entryReference>holders or carriers for hand articles or for use while travelling or camping <sref ref="A45F0005000000"/></entryReference> <entryReference>vehicles in general, axles, wheels <sref ref="B60"/></entryReference> <entryReference>air-cushion vehicles <sref ref="B60V"/></entryReference> <entryReference>handcarts, sledges, features of hand-propelled wheeled devices or pedestrian-controlled, power-driven vehicles equally applicable to handcarts <sref ref="B62B"/></entryReference> <entryReference>ship-moving devices <sref ref="B63C"/>, <sref ref="E02C"/></entryReference> <entryReference>containers, pallets <sref ref="B65D"/></entryReference> <entryReference>air-cushions as bearing elements <sref ref="F16C0029000000"/></entryReference> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Devices for moving or tilting heavy loads</text> <entryReference>for tilting and emptying barrels or casks <sref ref="B65G0065240000"/></entryReference> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Devices adapted to be interposed between loads and the ground or floor, e.g. crowbars with means for assisting conveyance of loads</text> <entryReference>crowbars <u>per se</u><sref ref="B66F0015000000"/></entryReference> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Rollers</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>using fluid at high pressure supplied from an independent source to provide a cushion between load and ground</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>for tilting the loads</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>for rolling cylindrical loads</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Load-carriers, e.g. hooks, slings, harness, gloves, modified for load-carrying</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Apparatus having suspended load-carriers movable by hand or gravity</text> <entryReference>manually-operated endless-rope or chain conveyers <sref ref="B65G0017000000"/></entryReference> <entryReference>railway systems <sref ref="B61B"/></entryReference> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Chutes</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Kinds or types of conveyers</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Constructional features, details, or auxiliary devices peculiar to conveyers of particular types</text> <entryReference>feeding or discharging conveyers by devices incorporated in, or operatively associated with, conveyers <sref ref="B65G0047000000"/></entryReference> <entryReference>loading or unloading <sref ref="B65G0065000000"/></entryReference> <entryReference>escalators or moving walkways <sref ref="B66B0021000000"/></entryReference> <entryReference>drag-line scraper conveyers <sref ref="E02F0003460000"/></entryReference> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Chutes</text> <entryReference>used as storage devices <sref ref="B65G0001020000"/>, <sref ref="B65D0088260000"/></entryReference> <entryReference>for sports, games, or amusements <sref ref="A63G0021000000"/></entryReference> <entryReference>for refuse disposal in buildings <sref ref="E04F0017120000"/></entryReference> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>of straight form</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>for mail in buildings</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>of helical or spiral form</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>with discontinuous guiding surfaces, e.g. arranged in zig-zag or cascade formation</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>flexible</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>pivotable</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>extensible, e.g. telescopic</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Interior surfaces</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Linings</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Supports or mountings</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Auxiliary devices, e.g. for deflecting, controlling speed of, or agitating, articles or solids</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Roller-ways</text> <entryReference>storage devices comprising roller-ways <sref ref="B65G0001020000"/></entryReference> <entryReference>endless-chain conveyers comprising load-supporting rollers <sref ref="B65G0017000000"/></entryReference> <entryReference>rollers, or arrangements thereof <sref ref="B65G0039000000"/></entryReference> <entryReference>in metal-rolling equipment <sref ref="B21B0039000000"/>, <sref ref="B21B0041000000"/></entryReference> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>having driven rollers</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>all rollers driven</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Roller driving means</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>having endless driving elements</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>with frictional engagement</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>comprising free-wheel gearing</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Braking means</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>of curved form</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>with branch-offs</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Switching arrangements</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Roller frames</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>adjustable</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Conveyers 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</text> <entryReference>having load-conveying surfaces formed by interconnected longitudinal links <sref ref="B65G0017060000"/></entryReference> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>for conveying in a circular arc</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>the load being carried on the lower run of the endless surface</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>with oppositely-moving parts of the endless surface located in the same plane and parallel to one another</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>the load-carrying surface being formed by a concave or tubular belt, e.g. a belt forming a trough</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>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</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>with two or more endless belts</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>the load being conveyed between the belts</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>between an auxiliary belt and a main belt</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>the belts being sealed at their edges</text> <entryReference>endless- surface conveyers having a single belt with sealed edges <sref ref="B65G0015080000"/></entryReference> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>arranged side by side, e.g. for conveyance of flat articles in vertical position</text> <entryReference>for conveying sheets or like thin flat articles <sref ref="B65H"/></entryReference> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>comprising a series of co-operating units</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>in tandem</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>extensible, e.g. telescopic</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Conveyers with a load-conveying surface formed by a single flat belt, not otherwise provided for</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Belts or like endless load-carriers</text> <entryReference>co-operating with rails or the like <sref ref="B65G0021220000"/></entryReference> <entryReference>with rollers <sref ref="B65G0039200000"/></entryReference> <entryReference>belts in general <sref ref="F16G"/></entryReference> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>made of rubber or plastics</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>with reinforcing layers, e.g. of fabric</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>the layers incorporating ropes, chains, or rolled steel sections</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>with flame-resistant layers, e.g. of asbestos, glass</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>troughed or tubular</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>formed with joints facilitating troughing</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>having ribs, ridges, or other surface projections</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>for impelling the loads</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>formed with guides</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>metallic</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Endless load-carriers consisting of a series of parallel ropes or belt strips</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>interconnected by transverse slats</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Endless load-carriers made of interwoven ropes or wires</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>with edge-protecting or reinforcing means</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>with means for holding or retaining the loads in fixed position, e.g. magnetic</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Arrangements for supporting or guiding belts, e.g. by fluid jets</text> <entryReference>construction of rollers or supports therefor <sref ref="B65G0039000000"/>, <sref ref="F16G"/></entryReference> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Guides for sliding belts</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>for automatically maintaining the position of the belts</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Conveyers having an endless traction element, e.g. a chain, transmitting movement to a continuous or substantially-continuous load-carrying surface or to a series of individual load-carriers</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Endless-chain conveyers in which the chains form the load-carrying surface</text> <entryReference>railway systems, detachable load-carriers on rails <sref ref="B61B"/></entryReference> <entryReference>escalators or paternosters neither combined nor associated with loading or unloading apparatus <sref ref="B66B0009000000"/></entryReference> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>comprising a load-carrying belt attached to, or resting on, the traction element</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>the belt having loops forming load-receiving pockets</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>having a load-carrying surface formed by a series of interconnected, e.g. longitudinal, links, plates, or platforms</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>the surface being formed by the traction element</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>the surface forming a longitudinal trough</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>comprising a series of individual load-carriers fixed, or normally fixed, relative to traction element</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>with two spaced connections to traction element</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>comprising individual load-carriers which are pivotally mounted, e.g. for free-swinging movement</text> <entryReference>guides inverting or tilting load-carriers for emptying <sref ref="B65G0047340000"/></entryReference> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>and move in contact with a guiding surface</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>comprising load-carriers suspended from overhead traction chains</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>with oppositely-moving parts of the conveyer located in a common plane</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>comprising a series of rollers which are moved over a supporting surface by the traction element to effect conveyance of loads or load-carriers</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>comprising a series of co-operating units, e.g. interconnected by pivots</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>extensible, e.g. telescopic</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Details</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Auxiliary devices</text> <entryReference>belts <sref ref="B65G0015300000"/></entryReference> <entryReference>framework <sref ref="B65G0021000000"/></entryReference> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Individual load-carriers</text> <entryReference>control <sref ref="B65G0017480000"/></entryReference> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>having flat surfaces, e.g. platforms, grids, forks</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>having concave surfaces, e.g. buckets</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Chains or like traction elements</text> <entryReference>chains in general <sref ref="F16G"/></entryReference> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Connections between traction elements and load-carriers</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Chains acting as load-carriers</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Attaching load-carriers to traction elements</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>by means excluding relative movements</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Means for holding or retaining the loads in fixed position on the load-carriers, e.g. magnetic</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Controlling attitudes of load-carriers during movement</text> <entryReference>guides <sref ref="B65G0021200000"/></entryReference> <entryReference>inverting or tilting load-carriers to discharge contents <sref ref="B65G0047380000"/></entryReference> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Conveyers comprising an impeller or a series of impellers carried by an endless traction element and arranged to move articles or materials over a supporting surface or underlying material, e.g. endless scraper conveyers</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>for articles, e.g. for containers</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>for moving bulk material in open troughs or channels</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>the impellers being scrapers similar in size and shape to the cross-section of the trough or channel</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>and attached to a single belt, rope, or chain</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>and attached to a pair of belts, ropes, or chains</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>the impellers being plates having an area substantially smaller than that of the trough or channel cross-section</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>for moving bulk material in closed conduits, e.g. tubes</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>the impellers being elements having an area substantially smaller than that of the conduit cross-section</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Details</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Traction chains, ropes, or cables</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Impellers, e.g. push-plates, scrapers</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Guiding means therefor</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Attachment of impellers to traction element</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>pivotal</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Troughs, channels, or conduits</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>with supporting surface modified to facilitate movement of loads, e.g. friction-reducing devices</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Supporting or protective framework or housings for endless load-carriers or traction elements of belt or chain conveyers</text> <entryReference>supporting framework or bases for conveyers as a whole <sref ref="B65G0041000000"/></entryReference> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>consisting essentially of struts, ties, or like structural elements</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>the ties being formed by longitudinal cables or ropes</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>constructed to facilitate rapid assembly or dismantling</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Protective roofs or arch supports therefor</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>movable, or having interchangeable or relatively- movable parts</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Devices for moving framework or parts thereof</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>to allow adjustment of position of load-carrier or traction element as a whole</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>to allow adjustment of length or configuration of load-carrier or traction element</text> <entryReference>tensioning arrangements for belt or chain <sref ref="B65G0023440000"/></entryReference> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>for conveyers having endless load-carriers movable in curved paths</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>in three-dimensionally curved paths</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Means incorporated in, or attached to, framework or housings for guiding load-carriers, traction elements, or loads supported on moving surfaces</text> <entryReference>arrangements for supporting belts <sref ref="B65G0015600000"/></entryReference> <entryReference>rollers or roller arrangements <sref ref="B65G0039000000"/>, <sref ref="F16G"/></entryReference> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Rails or the like engaging sliding elements or rollers attached to load-carriers or traction elements</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Driving gear for endless conveyers</text> <entryReference>control devices for conveyers in general <sref ref="B65G0043000000"/></entryReference> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Belt- or chain-tensioning arrangements</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Belt- or chain-engaging elements</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Drums, rollers, or wheels</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>with projections engaging abutments on belts or chains, e.g. sprocket wheels</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>with self-contained driving mechanisms, e.g. motors and associated gearing</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>arranged intermediate the ends of the conveyers</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Arrangements of co-operating drums or rollers to augment tractive effort applied to the belts</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Endless driving elements extending parallel to belt or chain</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>with dogs engaging abutments on belts or chains</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Suction or magnetic elements</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Suction elements</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Screws</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Arrangements or mountings of driving motors</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>of electric linear motors</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Gearing between driving motor and belt- or chain-engaging elements</text> <entryReference>contained in drums, rollers, or wheels <sref ref="B65G0023080000"/></entryReference> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Applications of clutches or brakes</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Arrangements for equalising the drive to several elements</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Variable-speed gearing</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>for effecting drive at two or more points spaced along the length of the conveyers</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>comprising a single motor coupled to spaced driving elements</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>comprising two or more driving motors each coupled to a separate driving element, e.g. at either end of the conveyers</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>for effecting intermittent movement of belts or chains</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Applications of pawl-and-ratchet mechanisms or Geneva wheels</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Reciprocating members engaging successive abutments on belts or chains</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Belt- or chain-tensioning arrangements</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Conveyers comprising a cyclically-moving, e.g. reciprocating, carrier or impeller which is disengaged from the load during the return part of its movement</text> <entryReference>jigging <sref ref="B65G0027000000"/></entryReference> <entryReference>pumps <sref ref="F04"/></entryReference> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>the carrier or impeller having different forward and return paths of movement, e.g. walking-beam conveyers</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>the carrier or impeller having identical forward and return paths of movement, e.g. reciprocating conveyers</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>having carriers, e.g. belts</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>having impellers, e.g. pushers</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>with impeller pivotally mounted on a reciprocating bar</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>with impeller fixed to a reciprocating bar and the bar being rotated about its longitudinal axis on its return stroke</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Jigging conveyers</text> <entryReference>jigs for wet separation <sref ref="B03B"/></entryReference> <entryReference>generating or transmitting mechanical vibrations <sref ref="B06"/></entryReference> <entryReference>jiggers for screening, sifting, or sorting <sref ref="B07B0001280000"/></entryReference> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>comprising helical or spiral channels or conduits for elevation of materials</text> <entryReference>helical or spiral chutes in general <sref ref="B65G0011060000"/></entryReference> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Load-carriers other than helical or spiral channels or conduits</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Joints connecting load-carrier sections</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Supports or mountings for load-carriers, e.g. framework, bases, spring arrangements</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Applications of devices for generating or transmitting jigging movements</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>of shaking devices, i.e. devices for producing movements of low frequency and large amplitude</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>hydraulic</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>of vibrators, i.e. devices for producing movements of high frequency and small amplitude</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Mechanical devices</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>rotating unbalanced masses</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Hydraulic or pneumatic devices</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Electromagnetic devices</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>with elastic coupling between vibrator and load-carrier</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>with provision for dynamic balancing</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>by means of an oppositely-moving mass, e.g. a second conveyer</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>with means for controlling direction, frequency, or amplitude of vibration or shaking movement</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>comprising a series of co-operating units</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Rotary conveyers, e.g. rotating discs, arms, star-wheels, cones</text> <entryReference>mechanical projectors <sref ref="B65G0031000000"/></entryReference> <entryReference>screw or rotary spiral conveyers <sref ref="B65G0033000000"/></entryReference> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>for inclined or vertical transit</text> <entryReference><sref ref="B65G0015000000"/>, <sref ref="B65G0017000000"/> take precedence</entryReference> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Mechanical throwing machines for articles or solid materials</text> <entryReference>distributors for fertilisers <sref ref="A01C"/></entryReference> <entryReference>moulding machines <sref ref="B22C"/></entryReference> <entryReference>sandblasting devices <sref ref="B24C"/></entryReference> <entryReference>implements for applying plaster <sref ref="E04F0021060000"/></entryReference> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>comprising belts</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>comprising discs, drums, or like rotary impellers</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Screw or rotary spiral conveyers</text> <entryReference>screws for extruding, compressing, kneading, mixing, pumping, or other special operations, <u>see</u> the relevant classes</entryReference> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>for articles</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>conveyed between a single screw and guiding means</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>conveyed and guided by parallel screws</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>for fluent solid materials</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>with non-enclosed screws</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>with screws formed by straight tubes or drums having internal threads, or by spiral or helical tubes</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>comprising a screw or screws enclosed in a tubular housing</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>with flexible screws operating in flexible tubes</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>with multiple screws in parallel arrangements</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>the housing being rotatable relative to the screw</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>with means for retarding material flow at the delivery end of the housing</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Details</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Screws</text> <entryReference>as gearing elements <sref ref="F16H0025200000"/></entryReference> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>with a discontinuous helical surface</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Adaptations of bearings or couplings for supporting or connecting screws</text> <entryReference><sref ref="B65G0033160000"/> takes precedence</entryReference> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Applications of driving gear</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>for rotating housing and screw at different speeds</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>for effecting simultaneous rotation and reciprocation of screw</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Mechanical conveyers not otherwise provided for</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>comprising an endless traction element, e.g. a belt, arranged to roll cylindrical articles over a supporting surface</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>comprising a flexible load-carrier, e.g. a belt, which is wound-up at one end and paid-out at the other</text> <entryReference>reciprocating belt conveyers <sref ref="B65G0025060000"/></entryReference> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>comprising a load-carrier moving along a path, e.g. a closed path, and adapted to be engaged by any one of a series of traction elements spaced along the path</text> <entryReference>effecting drive at two or more points spaced along the length of an endless conveyer <sref ref="B65G0023320000"/></entryReference> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>comprising trains of unconnected load-carriers, e.g. belt sections, movable in a path, e.g. a closed path, adapted to contact each other and to be propelled by means arranged to engage each load-carrier in turn</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Combinations of mechanical conveyers of the same kind, or of different kinds, of interest apart from their application in particular machines or use in particular manufacturing processes</text> <entryReference>mechanical storage devices <sref ref="B65G0001040000"/></entryReference> <entryReference>series of co-operating belt conveyer units <sref ref="B65G0015220000"/></entryReference> <entryReference>series of co-operating chain conveyer units <sref ref="B65G0017260000"/></entryReference> <entryReference>sequence control of combined conveyers <sref ref="B65G0043100000"/></entryReference> <entryReference>specially adapted for handling radioactive materials <sref ref="G21"/></entryReference> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Flow sheets for conveyer combinations in warehouses, magazines, or workshops</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Common features or details of, or auxiliary devices applicable to, conveyers of different kinds or types</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Feeding or discharging devices incorporated in, or operatively associated with, conveyers</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Rollers, e.g. drive rollers, or arrangements thereof incorporated in roller-ways or other types of mechanical conveyers</text> <entryReference>driving gear for rollers of roller-ways <sref ref="B65G0013060000"/></entryReference> <entryReference>drive rollers of endless conveyers <sref ref="B65G0023040000"/></entryReference> <entryReference>arrangement of rollers in metal-rolling equipment <sref ref="B21B0039100000"/></entryReference> <entryReference>friction members <sref ref="F16H0055320000"/></entryReference> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Adaptations of individual rollers and supports therefor</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>the rollers comprising a number of roller- forming elements mounted on a single axle</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>the roller sleeves being shock-absorbing, e.g. formed by helically-wound wires</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Other adaptations of sleeves</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>for aligning belts or sheets</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>for cleaning belts</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>the rollers being magnetic</text> <entryReference>in magnetic belt separators <sref ref="B03C0001000000"/></entryReference> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Arrangements of bearing or sealing means</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Arrangements of rollers</text> <entryReference>on a single axle <sref ref="B65G0039040000"/></entryReference> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>mounted on framework</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Spring-supported sets, e.g. permitting troughing of a load-carrying belt</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>for aligning belts or chains</text> <entryReference>for aligning tapes or webs <sref ref="B65H"/></entryReference> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>for guiding loads</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>attached to moving belts or chains</text> <entryReference>belts <sref ref="B65G0015300000"/></entryReference> <entryReference>chains <sref ref="B65G0017440000"/></entryReference> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Supporting frames or bases for conveyers as a whole, e.g. transportable conveyer frames</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Frames mounted on wheels for movement on rail tracks</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Control, e.g. safety, warning, fault-correcting, devices</text> <entryReference>for elevators, escalators or moving walkways <sref ref="B66B"/></entryReference> <entryReference>in general <sref ref="F16P"/>, <sref ref="G08B"/></entryReference> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>detecting dangerous physical condition of load- carriers, e.g. for interrupting the drive in the event of overheating</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>detecting slip between driving element and load- carrier, e.g. for interrupting the drive</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>interrupting the drive in case of driving-element breakage</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Braking or stopping loose load-carriers</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Control devices operated by article or material being fed, conveyed, or discharged</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Sequence control of conveyers operating in combination</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Lubricating, cleaning, or clearing devices</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Lubricating devices</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>for rollers</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>forming belt troughing structure</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>for chains</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Cleaning devices</text> <entryReference>adaptations of roller sleeves for cleaning belts <sref ref="B65G0039073000"/></entryReference> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>comprising scrapers</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Moving scrapers</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>with scraper biasing means</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>comprising brushes</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>comprising screws</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>comprising fluid applying means</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>comprising plural diverse cleaning devices</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>for gathering residue after cleaning</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Article or material-handling devices associated with conveyers</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Methods employing such devices</text> <entryReference>for sorting, e.g. postal, <sref ref="B07C"/></entryReference> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Devices for feeding articles or materials to conveyers</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>for feeding articles</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>from a single group of articles arranged in orderly pattern, e.g. workpieces in magazines</text> <entryReference>de-stacking devices <sref ref="B65G0059000000"/></entryReference> <entryReference>picking-up flat workpieces <sref ref="B65H"/></entryReference> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>spacing or grouping the articles during feeding</text> <entryReference>during transit by conveyer <sref ref="B65G0047280000"/></entryReference> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>from several groups of articles</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>from disorderly-arranged article piles or from loose assemblages of articles</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>arranging or orientating the articles by mechanical or pneumatic means during feeding</text> <entryReference>during transit by conveyer <sref ref="B65G0047240000"/>, <sref ref="B65G0047260000"/></entryReference> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>for feeding materials in bulk</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Arrangements or applications of hoppers or chutes</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>having means for controlling material flow, e.g. to prevent overloading</text> <entryReference>controlling feed or discharge by weighing a continuous stream of material <sref ref="G01G0011080000"/></entryReference> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>the hoppers or chutes being movable</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Devices influencing the relative position or the attitude of articles during transit by conveyers</text> <entryReference>during feeding <sref ref="B65G0047140000"/></entryReference> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>orientating the articles</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>by turning them about an axis substantially perpendicular to the conveying plane</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>by turning over or inverting them</text> <entryReference><sref ref="B65G0047244000"/> takes precedence</entryReference> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>about an axis substantially perpendicular to the conveying direction</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>removing incorrectly orientated articles</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>arranging the articles, e.g. varying spacing between individual articles</text> <entryReference>stacking or de-stacking <sref ref="B65G0057000000"/>, <sref ref="B65G0059000000"/>, <sref ref="B65G0061000000"/></entryReference> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>during transit by a single conveyer</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>by temporarily stopping movement</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>during transit by a series of conveyers</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>by varying the relative speeds of the conveyers forming the series</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Applications of transfer devices</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Devices for discharging articles or materials from conveyers</text> <entryReference><sref ref="B65G0047256000"/> takes precedence</entryReference> <entryReference>sorting in general <sref ref="B07"/></entryReference> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>by detaching suspended articles</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>by dumping, tripping, or releasing load-carriers</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>by tilting conveyer buckets</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>operated by article or material being conveyed and discharged</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Arrangements or applications of hoppers or chutes</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>with distribution, e.g. automatically, to desired points</text> <entryReference>in tube mail systems <sref ref="B65G0051360000"/></entryReference> <entryReference>postal or like sorting <sref ref="B07C"/></entryReference> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>according to bodily destination marks on either articles or load-carriers</text> <entryReference>marking data records <sref ref="G06K"/></entryReference> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>without bodily contact between article or load-carrier and automatic control device</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>according to destination signals stored in separate systems</text> <entryReference>control by programme <sref ref="G05B0019000000"/></entryReference> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>according to unprogrammed signals, e.g. influenced by supply situation at destination</text> <entryReference>volume, flow, or liquid level meters <sref ref="G01F"/></entryReference> <entryReference>scales or weighing machines <sref ref="G01G"/></entryReference> <entryReference>remote controls <sref ref="G05G"/></entryReference> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Devices for transferring articles or materials between conveyers, i.e. discharging or feeding devices</text> <entryReference>loading or unloading by means not incorporated in, or not operatively associated with, conveyers <sref ref="B65G0065000000"/></entryReference> <entryReference>transfer of workpieces during metal rolling <sref ref="B21B0041000000"/></entryReference> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>between conveyers which cross one another</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>at least one of which is a roller-way</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>to or from inclined or vertical conveyer sections</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>for articles</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>for materials in bulk</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>to or from conveyers of the suspended, e.g. trolley, type</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>for articles</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>for materials in bulk</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Switching conveyers</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Fixed platforms or combs, e.g. bridges between conveyers</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>adapted to receive articles arriving in one layer from one conveyer and to transfer them in individual layers to more than one conveyer, or <u>vice versa</u>, e.g. combining the flows of articles conveyed by more than one conveyer</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>the articles being accumulated temporarily</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>with precedence controls among incoming article flows</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>the articles being discharged to several conveyers</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>transferring materials in bulk from one conveyer to several conveyers, or <u>vice versa</u></text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Feeding, transfer, or discharging devices of particular kinds or types</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Fixed or adjustable ploughs or transverse scrapers</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Troughs having discharge openings and closures</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Turntables carrying articles or materials to be transferred, e.g. combined with ploughs or scrapers</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Rotary or reciprocating members for direct action on articles or materials, e.g. pushers, rakes, shovels</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Star-shaped wheels or devices having endless travelling belts or chains, the wheels or devices being equipped with article-engaging elements</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>the article-engaging elements being grippers</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Separating or stopping elements, e.g. fingers</text> <entryReference>attached to star-shaped wheels <sref ref="B65G0047840000"/></entryReference> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Devices for picking-up and depositing articles or materials</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>incorporating pneumatic, e.g. suction, grippers</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>incorporating electrostatic or magnetic grippers</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Devices for flexing or tilting travelling structures</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Throw-off carriages</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>adapted for longitudinal delivery</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Devices for tilting links or platforms</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Conveying systems characterised by their application for specified purposes not otherwise provided for</text> <entryReference>for conveying sheet material <sref ref="B65H"/></entryReference> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>for conveying workpieces through baths of liquid</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>the workpieces being immersed and withdrawn by movement in a vertical direction</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>for fragile or damageable materials or articles</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>for fragile sheets, e.g. glass</text> <entryReference>transporting of glass products during their manufacture <sref ref="C03B0035000000"/></entryReference> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>for semiconductor wafers</text> <entryReference>specially adapted for conveying of semiconductor wafers during manufacture or treatment of semiconductor or electric solid state devices or components <sref ref="H01L0021677000"/></entryReference> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>for ceramic mouldings</text> <entryReference>charging, discharging, manipulation with charge in kilns <sref ref="F27D0003000000"/></entryReference> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Non-mechanical conveying through pipes or tubes</text> <entryReference>pipe-line systems <sref ref="F17D"/></entryReference> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Floating in troughs</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Conveying articles through pipes or tubes by fluid flow or pressure</text> <entryReference>water roundabouts <sref ref="A63G0003000000"/></entryReference> <entryReference>pneumatic railways <sref ref="B61B"/></entryReference> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Conveying articles over a flat surface, e.g. the base of a trough, by jets located in the surface</text> <entryReference>pumps <sref ref="F04"/></entryReference> <entryReference>fluid dynamics <sref ref="F15D"/></entryReference> <entryReference>valves, taps, cocks <sref ref="F16K"/></entryReference> <entryReference>pipes, pipe joints, or associated devices <sref ref="F16L"/></entryReference> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Hydraulic transport of articles</text> <entryReference><sref ref="B65G0051040000"/> takes precedence</entryReference> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Directly conveying the articles, e.g. slips, sheets, stockings, containers or workpieces, by flowing gases</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>over a flat surface or in troughs</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Conveying the articles in carriers having a cross-section approximating that of the pipe or tube</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Tube mail systems</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Despatch carriers for tube mail</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Controlling or conditioning the operating medium</text> <entryReference>in compressors <sref ref="F04"/></entryReference> <entryReference>air-conditioning, e.g. de-watering, in pneumatic systems <sref ref="F16L0055090000"/></entryReference> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>at section junctions of pneumatic systems</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Pneumatic gates</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Pneumatic sluices</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>varying, e.g. starting or stopping, gas pressure or flow</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Adaptations of pipes or tubes</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Pipe or tube joints</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Braking arrangements</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Arrangements for stopping the carriers en route in order to control carrier sequence</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Blocking or separating devices</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Switches</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Stations</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>for despatch</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>for delivery</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>for despatch, delivery, and transit</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Two-way operation</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>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</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Contact devices on interior of tubes for detecting passage of carriers</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Automatically distributing the carriers to desired stations</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>according to indications on carriers</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>without mechanical contact between carriers and controllers</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>according to separate signal systems</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Conveying materials in bulk through troughs, pipes, or tubes by floating the materials, or by flow of gas, liquid, or foam</text> <entryReference>fluidising in connection with loading or unloading <sref ref="B65G0069060000"/></entryReference> <entryReference>loaders for hay or like field crops <sref ref="A01D0087000000"/></entryReference> <entryReference>fluidising devices facilitating filling or emptying of large containers <sref ref="B65D0088720000"/></entryReference> <entryReference>dredging <sref ref="E02F"/></entryReference> <entryReference>winning materials out of alluvial deposits <sref ref="E21C0045000000"/></entryReference> <entryReference>hydraulic or pneumatic mine-filling-up machines <sref ref="E21F0015000000"/></entryReference> <entryReference>fluid dynamics <sref ref="F15D"/></entryReference> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Floating material troughs</text> <entryReference>air slides <sref ref="B65G0053040000"/></entryReference> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Conveying materials in bulk pneumatically through pipes or tubes</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Air slides</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Gas pressure systems operating without fluidisation of the materials</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>with mechanical injection of the materials, e.g. by screw</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>with pneumatic injection of the materials by the propelling gas</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>the gas flow acting directly on the materials in a reservoir</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>the gas flow inducing feed of the materials by suction effect</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Gas pressure systems operating with fluidisation of the materials</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>through a porous wall</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>of an air slide, e.g. a trough</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>the systems comprising a reservoir, e.g. a bunker</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Gas suction systems</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>operating with fluidisation of the materials</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Systems utilising a combination of gas pressure and suction</text> <entryReference>inducing feed of the materials by suction in gas pressure systems <sref ref="B65G0053140000"/></entryReference> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Conveying materials in bulk through pipes or tubes by liquid pressure</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Conveying concrete, e.g. for distributing same at building sites</text> <entryReference>mixing concrete on or by conveyers <sref ref="B28C0005340000"/></entryReference> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Details</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Arrangements of containers</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Modification of material containing walls to facilitate fluidisation</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Feeding or discharging devices</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Nozzles</text> <entryReference>in general <sref ref="B05B"/></entryReference> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Endless conveyers</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Gates or sluices, e.g. rotary wheels</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Screws or like rotary conveyers</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Pneumatic devices</text> <entryReference>incorporated in nozzles <sref ref="B65G0053420000"/></entryReference> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Adaptations of pipes or tubes</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Flexible pipes or tubes</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Switches</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Devices for accelerating or decelerating flow of the materials</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Use of pressure generators</text> <entryReference>controlling pressure of propelling gas <sref ref="B65G0053660000"/></entryReference> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Devices for separating the materials from propellant gas</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>using liquid</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>in discrete amounts</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Use of indicator or control devices, e.g. for controlling gas pressure, for controlling proportions of material and gas, for indicating or preventing jamming of material</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Non-mechanical conveyers not otherwise provided for</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>electrostatic, electric, or magnetic</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Stacking or de-stacking</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Loading or unloading</text> <entryReference>by means incorporated in, or operatively associated with, conveyers <sref ref="B65G0047000000"/></entryReference> <entryReference>lift trucks <sref ref="B60P"/>, <sref ref="B66F"/></entryReference> <entryReference>handling sheet material or flat articles made therefrom <sref ref="B65H"/></entryReference> <entryReference>cranes <sref ref="B66C"/></entryReference> <entryReference>loading or unloading by soil-shifting or like equipment <sref ref="E02F"/></entryReference> <entryReference>stacking or de-stacking data record cards in association with machines for marking or sensing data <sref ref="G06K"/></entryReference> </titlePart> In groups , the following term is used with the meaning indicated: "stacking" means disposing articles individually or in layers one above each other. <titlePart> <text>Stacking of articles</text> <entryReference><sref ref="B65G0060000000"/> takes precedence</entryReference> <entryReference>stacking of jumbo rolls <sref ref="B41F"/></entryReference> <entryReference>stackable containers <sref ref="B65D"/></entryReference> <entryReference>feeding, piling, or stacking sheets <sref ref="B65H"/></entryReference> <entryReference>stacked delivery of machined products, <u>see</u> the relevant classes for the machines</entryReference> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>by adding to the top of the stack</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>from above</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>by suction or magnetic devices</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Gates for releasing articles</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>articles being tilted or inverted prior to depositing</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>alternate articles being inverted</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>from alongside</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>by devices, e.g. reciprocating, acting directly on articles for horizontal transport to the top of stack</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>the articles being stacked by direct action of the feeding conveyer</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>the conveyer being adjustable in height</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>the articles being transferred from carriers moving in an endless path adjacent to the stacks</text> <entryReference>conveyer constructions <mref ref="B65G0015000000" endRef="B65G0035000000"/></entryReference> <entryReference>combinations of conveyers <sref ref="B65G0037000000"/></entryReference> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Stacking of articles of particular shape</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>elongated, e.g. sticks, rods, bars</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>three-dimensional, e.g. cubiform, cylindrical</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>in layers, each of predetermined arrangement</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>the layers being transferred as a whole, e.g. on pallets</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>the arrangement providing for spaces between the articles</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>by assembling the articles and tilting the assembled articles to a stacked position</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>by adding to the bottom of the stack</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>characterised by stacking during transit</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>De-stacking of articles</text> <entryReference><sref ref="B65G0060000000"/> takes precedence</entryReference> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>De-stacking from the top of the stack</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>by suction or magnetic devices</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>De-stacking from the bottom of the stack</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>De-stacking after preliminary tilting of the stack</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>De-stacking nested articles</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>characterised by de-stacking during transit</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Simultaneously or alternatively stacking and de-stacking of articles</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Use of pick-up or transfer devices or of manipulators for stacking or de-stacking articles not otherwise provided for</text> <entryReference>manipulators <sref ref="B25J"/></entryReference> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Transferring or trans-shipping at storage areas, railway yards or harbours</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Marshalling yard installations</text> <entryReference>transferring of refuse between vehicles or containers <sref ref="B65F0009000000"/></entryReference> <entryReference>dredging, soil shifting <sref ref="E02F"/></entryReference> <entryReference>conveyers used in co-operation with coal or like winning apparatus <sref ref="E21C0047000000"/></entryReference> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>with essentially-horizontal transit otherwise than by bridge</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>with essentially-horizontal transit by bridges equipped with conveyers</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>with essentially-vertical transit</text> <entryReference>hoppers <sref ref="B65D0088260000"/></entryReference> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Loading or unloading</text> <entryReference>of vehicles <sref ref="B65G0067000000"/></entryReference> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Loading or unloading machines comprising essentially a conveyer for moving the loads associated with a device for picking-up the loads</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>with pick-up shovels</text> <entryReference>construction of shovels <sref ref="E02F"/></entryReference> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>with endless scraping or elevating pick-up conveyers</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>with reciprocating pick-up conveyers</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Raking or scraping devices</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>operations at positions off-set from the conveyer centreline</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>with jigging pick-up conveyers, e.g. duck-bills</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>with rotary pick-up conveyers</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Discs</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Paddle wheels</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Screws</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Devices for tilting and emptying of containers</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>for manual tilting of barrels or casks</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Piling or unpiling loose materials in bulk, e.g. coal, manure, timber, not otherwise provided for</text> <entryReference>by soil-shifting or like equipment <sref ref="E02F"/></entryReference> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Methods or devices for filling or emptying bunkers, hoppers, tanks, or like containers, of interest apart from their use in particular chemical or physical processes or their application in particular machines, e.g. not covered by a single other subclass</text> <entryReference>devices for tilting and emptying containers <sref ref="B65G0065230000"/></entryReference> <entryReference>such containers having means facilitating filling or emptying <sref ref="B65D0088540000"/></entryReference> </titlePart> Methods or devices for filling bunkers, hoppers, or containers are only classified in group if they are of general application apart from their use in particular processes or their application in particular machines or if they are not covered by a single other subclass. <titlePart> <text>Filling devices</text> <entryReference>pneumatic conveyers <sref ref="B65G0051000000"/>, <sref ref="B65G0053000000"/></entryReference> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Emptying devices</text> <entryReference>conveyer construction <mref ref="B65G0015000000" endRef="B65G0035000000"/></entryReference> <entryReference>devices similar to vehicle tipplers <sref ref="B65G0067480000"/></entryReference> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Devices for emptying from the top</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Mechanical devices</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Devices for emptying otherwise than from the top</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>using belt or chain conveyers</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>using reciprocating conveyers, e.g. jigging conveyers</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>using screw conveyers</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>using other rotating means, e.g. rotating pressure sluices in pneumatic systems</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Loading or unloading vehicles</text> <entryReference>by means incorporated in the vehicles <mref ref="B60" endRef="B64"/></entryReference> <entryReference>ground or aircraft-carrier-deck installations <sref ref="B64F"/></entryReference> <entryReference>transferring of refuse between vehicles or containers <sref ref="B65F0009000000"/></entryReference> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Loading or unloading land vehicles</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Loading land vehicles</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Feeding articles or materials from bunkers or funnels</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>using endless conveyers</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>using conveyers covering the whole length of vehicle trains</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Loading elongated articles, e.g. rails, logs</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Loading hardened bricks, briquettes, or the like</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Loading coke-oven products</text> <entryReference>discharging coke ovens <sref ref="C10B0033000000"/></entryReference> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Refuelling locomotives with solid fuels</text> <entryReference>servicing locomotives <sref ref="B61K0011020000"/></entryReference> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Loading covered vehicles</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Loading moving vehicles</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Unloading land vehicles</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>using rakes or scrapers</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>External transverse blades attached to endless conveyers</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>using transportable tipping apparatus</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>using fixed tipping installations</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Apparatus for tipping wagons or mine cars</text> <entryReference>inverting wagons <sref ref="B65G0067480000"/></entryReference> <entryReference>platform-lifts with tiltable platforms <sref ref="B66F0007220000"/></entryReference> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>endwise</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>comprising a turntable</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>toward one end only</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>sideways</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>by passing the vehicles over a stretch of transversely-inclined rails</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Apparatus for lifting and tilting</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Vehicle tipplers</text> <entryReference>devices for washing or cleaning railroad vehicles <sref ref="B60S"/></entryReference> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Rotary vehicle tipplers, i.e. rotating through 360<degree/></text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>having several decks</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Vehicle-locking means</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Vehicle and tippler interlocking controls</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Loading or unloading ships</text> <entryReference><sref ref="B65G0067020000"/> takes precedence</entryReference> <entryReference>arrangement of ship-based loading or unloading equipment for cargo or passengers <sref ref="B63B0027000000"/></entryReference> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>using devices influenced by the tide or by the movements of the ship, e.g. devices on pontoons</text> <entryReference>horizontal loading or unloading platforms <sref ref="B65G0069220000"/></entryReference> <entryReference>loading ramps <sref ref="B65G0069280000"/></entryReference> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Auxiliary measures taken, or devices used, in connection with loading or unloading</text> <entryReference>preventing, minimising, or fighting fire <sref ref="A62C"/></entryReference> <entryReference>in vehicles, <u>see</u> the relevant subclasses</entryReference> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Filling storage spaces as completely as possible, e.g. application of vibrators</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Spreading-out the materials conveyed over the whole surface to be loaded</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Trimming heaps of loose materials</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Fluidising</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Devices for emptying storage spaces as completely as possible</text> <entryReference>devices preventing the formation of bridges <sref ref="B65D0088640000"/></entryReference> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Obtaining an average product from stored bulk material</text> <entryReference>for measuring or testing <sref ref="G01"/></entryReference> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Sieving bulk materials during loading or unloading</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Pulverising loaded or unloaded materials</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Preventing pulverisation, deformation, breakage, or other mechanical damage to the goods or materials</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Preventing escape of dust</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Auxiliary treatments, e.g. aerating, heating, humidifying, de-aerating, cooling, de-watering, or drying, during loading or unloading</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Loading or unloading in a fluid medium other than air</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Horizontal loading or unloading platforms</text> <entryReference>pile tables <sref ref="B65H"/></entryReference> <entryReference>as road or railway equipment <sref ref="E01F0001000000"/></entryReference> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>having platform-level adjusting means</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Rotatable platforms</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Loading ramps</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Loading docks</text> <entryReference>as road or railway equipment <sref ref="E01F0001000000"/></entryReference> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Non-permanently installed loading ramps, e.g. transportable</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Shelters, surrounds or sealing arrangements for loading docks</text> </titlePart> <titlePart> <text>Accessories, e.g. vehicle restrainers, wheel blockers, positioners or bumpers</text> </titlePart>