|  | B |
SECTION B — PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING

|  | B01 - B07 |
Subsection index
LIQUID/LIQUID, LIQUID/GAS OR GAS/GAS SEPARATION |
Method |
General operations | B01D
by centrifugal force, using centrifuges or free-vortex apparatus | B01D
using magnetic or electrostatic effect | B03C
Apparatus |
General operations | B01D
by centrifugal force, using centrifuges or free-vortex apparatus | B04B, B04C
using magnetic or electrostatic effect | B03C
SOLID/LIQUID OR SOLID/GAS SEPARATION |
Method |
General operations | B01D
by centrifugal force | B01D
using centrifuges or free-vortex apparatus | B01D
using magnetic or electrostatic effect | B03C
Apparatus |
General operations | B01D
by centrifugal force | B01D
using centrifuges or free-vortex apparatus | B04B, B04C
using magnetic or electrostatic effect | B03C
SOLID/SOLID SEPARATION |
Method |
Dry methods |
material in bulk | B07B
Individual sorting | B07C
Screening, sifting, pneumatic sorting | B07B
using pneumatic tables or jigs | B03B
by magnetic or electrostatic effect | B03C
by centrifugal force | B07B
using centrifuges or free-vortex apparatus | B07B
Wet methods |
General operations | B03B
flotation, differential sedimentation | B03D
screening | B07B
Combinations Dry methods - wet methods | B03B
Apparatus |
Dry methods |
material in bulk | B07B
Individual sorting | B07C
Screening, sifting, pneumatic sorting | B07B
using pneumatic tables or jigs | B03B
by magnetic or electrostatic effect | B03C
by centrifugal force | B07B
using centrifuges or free-vortex apparatus | B04B, B04C
Wet methods |
General operations | B03B
flotation, differential sedimentation | B03D
screening | B07B
Combinations Dry methods - wet methods | B03B

TRANSPORTING

|  | B65 |
CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL

|  | 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 Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B21D 43/00, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B23Q 7/00, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B23Q 41/02; vehicle, railway, sea or aircraft aspects Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60-B64; transportation, conveyor or haulage systems specially adapted for motor vehicle or trailer assembly lines Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B62D 65/18; in packaging Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65B; handling thin or filamentary materials Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65H; hoisting, lifting, hauling, e.g. truck loaders Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B66; handling liquids Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B67; specially adapted to underground conditions Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E21F 13/00; storing or distributing gases or liquids Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F17; in handling radioactive materials Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G21C 19/00)

|  | B65G |
Subclass index
HANDLING AND STORAGE |
Loading and unloading | 65/00, 67/00, 69/00
Transfer, trans-shipment | 63/00
Storage | 1/00, 3/00, 5/00
Piling, unpiling |
of articles | 57/00 - 61/00
of loose material | 65/28
Assisting manual handling | 7/00, 9/00
CONVEYERS, CHUTES |
Mechanical |
with endless element | 15/00 - 23/00
with particular movement | 25/00, 27/00, 29/00, 33/00
other kinds | 35/00
combinations or systems of general use | 37/00, 49/00
chutes; roller-ways; projectors | 11/00; 13/00; 31/00
Parts or auxiliary devices applicable to different kinds |
rollers; frames; auxiliary handling | 39/00; 41/00; 47/00
control, safety; maintenance | 43/00; 45/00
Non-mechanical | 51/00, 53/00, 54/00

|  | B65G 1/00 - B65G 5/00 |
Storing; Storage devices

P:10 |  | B65G 1/00 |
Storing articles, individually or in orderly arrangement, in warehouses or magazines (conveyer combinations in warehouses, magazines, or workshops Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65G 37/00; stacking of articles Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65G 57/00; removing articles from stacks Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65G 59/00; loading machines Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65G 65/02; arrangements of articles for drying or baking in kilns or ovens Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F26, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F27)

|  | B65G 1/02 |
· | Storage devices (furniture, shop fittings, table equipment Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A47B, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A47F, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A47G; mechanical garages Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E04H; for data record cards in association with machines for marking or sensing data Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G06K; coin changers or sorters Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G07D; coin-freed apparatus Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G07F)

|  | B65G 1/04 |
· · | mechanical

|  | B65G 1/06 |
· · · | with means for presenting articles for removal at predetermined position or level (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65G 1/12 takes precedence) [3]

|  | B65G 1/07 |
· · · · | the upper article of a pile being always presented at the same predetermined level [3]

|  | B65G 1/08 |
· · · · | the articles being fed by gravity

|  | B65G 1/10 |
· · · | with relatively-movable racks to facilitate insertion or removal of articles

|  | B65G 1/12 |
· · · | with article supports or holders movable in a closed circuit to facilitate insertion or removal of articles

|  | B65G 1/127 |
· · · · | the circuit being confined in a vertical plane [3]

|  | B65G 1/133 |
· · · · | the circuit being confined in a horizontal plane [3]

|  | B65G 1/137 |
· · · | with arrangements or automatic control means for selecting which articles are to be removed (devices for feeding articles to conveyers from several groups of articles Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65G 47/10) [4]

|  | B65G 1/14 |
· · | Stack holders or separators

|  | B65G 1/16 |
· | Special arrangements of articles in storage spaces

|  | B65G 1/18 |
· · | Articles inclined so as to be mutually self-supporting

|  | B65G 1/20 |
· · | Articles arranged in layers with spaces between articles

P:30 |  | B65G 3/00 |
Storing bulk material or loose, i.e. disorderly, articles (filling or emptying storage spaces or containers, spreading-out or piling-up bulk material or loose articles Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65G 65/28, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65G 65/30, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65G 69/04; storing agricultural or horticultural produce Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A01F 25/00)

|  | B65G 3/02 |
· | in the open air (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65G 3/04 takes precedence)

|  | B65G 3/04 |
· | in bunkers, hoppers or like large containers (such containers per se Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65D 88/00)

P:20 |  | B65G 5/00 |
Storing fluids in natural or artificial cavities or chambers in the earth (modification of mine passages or chambers for storage purposes, especially for fluids Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E21F 17/16)

|  | B65G 7/00 - B65G 9/00 |
Devices assisting manual conveyance of articles over short distances, e.g. in storage depots, warehouses, or factories (chutes Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65G 11/00; roller-ways Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65G 13/00; luggage carriers Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A45C 13/38; holders or carriers for hand articles or for use while travelling or camping Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A45F 5/00; vehicles in general, axles, wheels Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60; air-cushion vehicles Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60V; handcarts, sledges, features of hand-propelled wheeled devices or pedestrian-controlled, power-driven vehicles equally applicable to handcarts Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B62B; ship-moving devices Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B63C, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E02C; containers, pallets Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65D; air-cushions as bearing elements Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F16C 29/00)

P:40 |  | B65G 7/00 |
Devices for moving or tilting heavy loads (for tilting and emptying barrels or casks Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65G 65/24)

|  | B65G 7/02 |
· | Devices adapted to be interposed between loads and the ground or floor, e.g. crowbars with means for assisting conveyance of loads (crowbars per se Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B66F 15/00)

|  | B65G 7/04 |
· · | Rollers

|  | B65G 7/06 |
· · | using fluid at high pressure supplied from an independent source to provide a cushion between load and ground

|  | B65G 7/08 |
· · | for tilting the loads

|  | B65G 7/10 |
· · | for rolling cylindrical loads

|  | B65G 7/12 |
· | Load-carriers, e.g. hooks, slings, harness, gloves, modified for load-carrying

P:50 |  | B65G 9/00 |
Apparatus having suspended load-carriers movable by hand or gravity (manually-operated endless-rope or chain conveyers Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65G 17/00; railway systems Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B61B)

|  | B65G 11/00 - B65G 37/00 |
Chutes; Kinds or types of conveyers; Constructional features, details, or auxiliary devices peculiar to conveyers of particular types (feeding or discharging conveyers by devices incorporated in, or operatively associated with, conveyers Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65G 47/00; loading or unloading Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65G 65/00; escalators or moving walkways Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B66B 21/00; drag-line scraper conveyers Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E02F 3/46) [4]

P:180 |  | B65G 11/00 |
Chutes (used as storage devices Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65G 1/02, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65D 88/26; for sports, games, or amusements Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A63G 21/00; for refuse disposal in buildings Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E04F 17/12)

|  | B65G 11/02 |
· | of straight form

|  | B65G 11/04 |
· | for mail in buildings

|  | B65G 11/06 |
· | of helical or spiral form

|  | B65G 11/08 |
· | with discontinuous guiding surfaces, e.g. arranged in zig-zag or cascade formation

|  | B65G 11/10 |
· | flexible

|  | B65G 11/12 |
· | pivotable

|  | B65G 11/14 |
· | extensible, e.g. telescopic

|  | B65G 11/16 |
· | Interior surfaces; Linings

|  | B65G 11/18 |
· | Supports or mountings

|  | B65G 11/20 |
· | Auxiliary devices, e.g. for deflecting, controlling speed of, or agitating, articles or solids

P:170 |  | B65G 13/00 |
Roller-ways (storage devices comprising roller-ways Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65G 1/02; endless-chain conveyers comprising load-supporting rollers Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65G 17/00; rollers, or arrangements thereof Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65G 39/00; in metal-rolling equipment Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B21B 39/00, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B21B 41/00)

|  | B65G 13/02 |
· | having driven rollers

|  | B65G 13/04 |
· · | all rollers driven

|  | B65G 13/06 |
· · | Roller driving means [3]

|  | B65G 13/07 |
· · · | having endless driving elements

|  | B65G 13/071 |
· · · | with frictional engagement

|  | B65G 13/073 |
· · · | comprising free-wheel gearing

|  | B65G 13/075 |
· | Braking means [3]

|  | B65G 13/08 |
· | of curved form; with branch-offs

|  | B65G 13/10 |
· · | Switching arrangements

|  | B65G 13/11 |
· | Roller frames

|  | B65G 13/12 |
· · | adjustable

P:100 |  | B65G 15/00 |
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 (having load-conveying surfaces formed by interconnected longitudinal links Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65G 17/06)

|  | B65G 15/02 |
· | for conveying in a circular arc

|  | B65G 15/04 |
· | the load being carried on the lower run of the endless surface

|  | B65G 15/06 |
· | with oppositely-moving parts of the endless surface located in the same plane and parallel to one another

|  | B65G 15/08 |
· | the load-carrying surface being formed by a concave or tubular belt, e.g. a belt forming a trough

|  | B65G 15/10 |
· | 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

|  | B65G 15/12 |
· · | with two or more endless belts

|  | B65G 15/14 |
· · · | the load being conveyed between the belts

|  | B65G 15/16 |
· · · · | between an auxiliary belt and a main belt

|  | B65G 15/18 |
· · · | the belts being sealed at their edges (endless- surface conveyers having a single belt with sealed edges Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65G 15/08)

|  | B65G 15/20 |
· · · | arranged side by side, e.g. for conveyance of flat articles in vertical position (for conveying sheets or like thin flat articles Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65H)

|  | B65G 15/22 |
· | comprising a series of co-operating units

|  | B65G 15/24 |
· · | in tandem

|  | B65G 15/26 |
· · | extensible, e.g. telescopic

|  | B65G 15/28 |
· | Conveyers with a load-conveying surface formed by a single flat belt, not otherwise provided for

|  | B65G 15/30 |
· | Belts or like endless load-carriers (co-operating with rails or the like Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65G 21/22; with rollers Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65G 39/20; belts in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F16G)

|  | B65G 15/32 |
· · | made of rubber or plastics

|  | B65G 15/34 |
· · · | with reinforcing layers, e.g. of fabric

|  | B65G 15/36 |
· · · · | the layers incorporating ropes, chains, or rolled steel sections

|  | B65G 15/38 |
· · · | with flame-resistant layers, e.g. of asbestos, glass

|  | B65G 15/40 |
· · · | troughed or tubular; formed with joints facilitating troughing

|  | B65G 15/42 |
· · · | having ribs, ridges, or other surface projections

|  | B65G 15/44 |
· · · · | for impelling the loads

|  | B65G 15/46 |
· · · | formed with guides

|  | B65G 15/48 |
· · | metallic

|  | B65G 15/50 |
· · | Endless load-carriers consisting of a series of parallel ropes or belt strips

|  | B65G 15/52 |
· · · | interconnected by transverse slats

|  | B65G 15/54 |
· · | Endless load-carriers made of interwoven ropes or wires

|  | B65G 15/56 |
· · | with edge-protecting or reinforcing means

|  | B65G 15/58 |
· · | with means for holding or retaining the loads in fixed position, e.g. magnetic

|  | B65G 15/60 |
· | Arrangements for supporting or guiding belts, e.g. by fluid jets (construction of rollers or supports therefor Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65G 39/00, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F16G)

|  | B65G 15/62 |
· · | Guides for sliding belts

|  | B65G 15/64 |
· · | for automatically maintaining the position of the belts

P:110 |  | B65G 17/00 |
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; Endless-chain conveyers in which the chains form the load-carrying surface (railway systems, detachable load-carriers on rails Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B61B; escalators or paternosters neither combined nor associated with loading or unloading apparatus Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B66B 9/00)

|  | B65G 17/02 |
· | comprising a load-carrying belt attached to, or resting on, the traction element

|  | B65G 17/04 |
· · | the belt having loops forming load-receiving pockets

|  | B65G 17/06 |
· | having a load-carrying surface formed by a series of interconnected, e.g. longitudinal, links, plates, or platforms

|  | B65G 17/08 |
· · | the surface being formed by the traction element

|  | B65G 17/10 |
· · | the surface forming a longitudinal trough

|  | B65G 17/12 |
· | comprising a series of individual load-carriers fixed, or normally fixed, relative to traction element

|  | B65G 17/14 |
· · | with two spaced connections to traction element

|  | B65G 17/16 |
· | comprising individual load-carriers which are pivotally mounted, e.g. for free-swinging movement (guides inverting or tilting load-carriers for emptying Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65G 47/34)

|  | B65G 17/18 |
· · | and move in contact with a guiding surface

|  | B65G 17/20 |
· | comprising load-carriers suspended from overhead traction chains

|  | B65G 17/22 |
· | with oppositely-moving parts of the conveyer located in a common plane

|  | B65G 17/24 |
· | comprising a series of rollers which are moved over a supporting surface by the traction element to effect conveyance of loads or load-carriers

|  | B65G 17/26 |
· | comprising a series of co-operating units, e.g. interconnected by pivots

|  | B65G 17/28 |
· · | extensible, e.g. telescopic

|  | B65G 17/30 |
· | Details; Auxiliary devices (belts Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65G 15/30; framework Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65G 21/00)

|  | B65G 17/32 |
· · | Individual load-carriers (control Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65G 17/48)

|  | B65G 17/34 |
· · · | having flat surfaces, e.g. platforms, grids, forks

|  | B65G 17/36 |
· · · | having concave surfaces, e.g. buckets

|  | B65G 17/38 |
· · | Chains or like traction elements (chains in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F16G); Connections between traction elements and load-carriers

|  | B65G 17/40 |
· · · | Chains acting as load-carriers

|  | B65G 17/42 |
· · · | Attaching load-carriers to traction elements

|  | B65G 17/44 |
· · · · | by means excluding relative movements

|  | B65G 17/46 |
· · | Means for holding or retaining the loads in fixed position on the load-carriers, e.g. magnetic

|  | B65G 17/48 |
· · | Controlling attitudes of load-carriers during movement (guides Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65G 21/20; inverting or tilting load-carriers to discharge contents Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65G 47/38)

P:120 |  | B65G 19/00 |
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

|  | B65G 19/02 |
· | for articles, e.g. for containers

|  | B65G 19/04 |
· | for moving bulk material in open troughs or channels

|  | B65G 19/06 |
· · | the impellers being scrapers similar in size and shape to the cross-section of the trough or channel

|  | B65G 19/08 |
· · · | and attached to a single belt, rope, or chain

|  | B65G 19/10 |
· · · | and attached to a pair of belts, ropes, or chains

|  | B65G 19/12 |
· · | the impellers being plates having an area substantially smaller than that of the trough or channel cross-section

|  | B65G 19/14 |
· | for moving bulk material in closed conduits, e.g. tubes

|  | B65G 19/16 |
· · | the impellers being elements having an area substantially smaller than that of the conduit cross-section

|  | B65G 19/18 |
· | Details

|  | B65G 19/20 |
· · | Traction chains, ropes, or cables

|  | B65G 19/22 |
· · | Impellers, e.g. push-plates, scrapers; Guiding means therefor

|  | B65G 19/24 |
· · · | Attachment of impellers to traction element

|  | B65G 19/26 |
· · · · | pivotal

|  | B65G 19/28 |
· · | Troughs, channels, or conduits

|  | B65G 19/30 |
· · · | with supporting surface modified to facilitate movement of loads, e.g. friction-reducing devices

P:230 |  | B65G 21/00 |
Supporting or protective framework or housings for endless load-carriers or traction elements of belt or chain conveyers (supporting framework or bases for conveyers as a whole Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65G 41/00)

|  | B65G 21/02 |
· | consisting essentially of struts, ties, or like structural elements

|  | B65G 21/04 |
· · | the ties being formed by longitudinal cables or ropes

|  | B65G 21/06 |
· · | constructed to facilitate rapid assembly or dismantling

|  | B65G 21/08 |
· | Protective roofs or arch supports therefor

|  | B65G 21/10 |
· | movable, or having interchangeable or relatively- movable parts; Devices for moving framework or parts thereof

|  | B65G 21/12 |
· · | to allow adjustment of position of load-carrier or traction element as a whole

|  | B65G 21/14 |
· · | to allow adjustment of length or configuration of load-carrier or traction element (tensioning arrangements for belt or chain Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65G 23/44)

|  | B65G 21/16 |
· | for conveyers having endless load-carriers movable in curved paths

|  | B65G 21/18 |
· · | in three-dimensionally curved paths

|  | B65G 21/20 |
· | Means incorporated in, or attached to, framework or housings for guiding load-carriers, traction elements, or loads supported on moving surfaces (arrangements for supporting belts Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65G 15/60; rollers or roller arrangements Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65G 39/00, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F16G)

|  | B65G 21/22 |
· · | Rails or the like engaging sliding elements or rollers attached to load-carriers or traction elements

P:240 |  | B65G 23/00 |
Driving gear for endless conveyers (control devices for conveyers in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65G 43/00); Belt- or chain-tensioning arrangements

|  | B65G 23/02 |
· | Belt- or chain-engaging elements

|  | B65G 23/04 |
· · | Drums, rollers, or wheels

|  | B65G 23/06 |
· · · | with projections engaging abutments on belts or chains, e.g. sprocket wheels

|  | B65G 23/08 |
· · · | with self-contained driving mechanisms, e.g. motors and associated gearing

|  | B65G 23/10 |
· · · | arranged intermediate the ends of the conveyers

|  | B65G 23/12 |
· · · | Arrangements of co-operating drums or rollers to augment tractive effort applied to the belts

|  | B65G 23/14 |
· · | Endless driving elements extending parallel to belt or chain

|  | B65G 23/16 |
· · · | with dogs engaging abutments on belts or chains

|  | B65G 23/18 |
· · | Suction or magnetic elements

|  | B65G 23/19 |
· · · | Suction elements [3]

|  | B65G 23/20 |
· · | Screws

|  | B65G 23/22 |
· | Arrangements or mountings of driving motors

|  | B65G 23/23 |
· · | of electric linear motors [3]

|  | B65G 23/24 |
· | Gearing between driving motor and belt- or chain-engaging elements (contained in drums, rollers, or wheels Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65G 23/08)

|  | B65G 23/26 |
· · | Applications of clutches or brakes

|  | B65G 23/28 |
· · | Arrangements for equalising the drive to several elements

|  | B65G 23/30 |
· · | Variable-speed gearing

|  | B65G 23/32 |
· | for effecting drive at two or more points spaced along the length of the conveyers

|  | B65G 23/34 |
· · | comprising a single motor coupled to spaced driving elements

|  | B65G 23/36 |
· · | comprising two or more driving motors each coupled to a separate driving element, e.g. at either end of the conveyers

|  | B65G 23/38 |
· | for effecting intermittent movement of belts or chains

|  | B65G 23/40 |
· · | Applications of pawl-and-ratchet mechanisms or Geneva wheels

|  | B65G 23/42 |
· · | Reciprocating members engaging successive abutments on belts or chains

|  | B65G 23/44 |
· | Belt- or chain-tensioning arrangements

P:130 |  | B65G 25/00 |
Conveyers comprising a cyclically-moving, e.g. reciprocating, carrier or impeller which is disengaged from the load during the return part of its movement (jigging Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65G 27/00; pumps Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F04)

|  | B65G 25/02 |
· | the carrier or impeller having different forward and return paths of movement, e.g. walking-beam conveyers

|  | B65G 25/04 |
· | the carrier or impeller having identical forward and return paths of movement, e.g. reciprocating conveyers

|  | B65G 25/06 |
· · | having carriers, e.g. belts

|  | B65G 25/08 |
· · | having impellers, e.g. pushers

|  | B65G 25/10 |
· · · | with impeller pivotally mounted on a reciprocating bar

|  | B65G 25/12 |
· · · | with impeller fixed to a reciprocating bar and the bar being rotated about its longitudinal axis on its return stroke

P:140 |  | B65G 27/00 |
Jigging conveyers (jigs for wet separation Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B03B; generating or transmitting mechanical vibrations Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B06; jiggers for screening, sifting, or sorting Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B07B 1/28)

|  | B65G 27/02 |
· | comprising helical or spiral channels or conduits for elevation of materials (helical or spiral chutes in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65G 11/06)

|  | B65G 27/04 |
· | Load-carriers other than helical or spiral channels or conduits

|  | B65G 27/06 |
· · | Joints connecting load-carrier sections

|  | B65G 27/08 |
· | Supports or mountings for load-carriers, e.g. framework, bases, spring arrangements

|  | B65G 27/10 |
· | Applications of devices for generating or transmitting jigging movements

|  | B65G 27/12 |
· · | of shaking devices, i.e. devices for producing movements of low frequency and large amplitude

|  | B65G 27/14 |
· · · | hydraulic

|  | B65G 27/16 |
· · | of vibrators, i.e. devices for producing movements of high frequency and small amplitude

|  | B65G 27/18 |
· · · | Mechanical devices

|  | B65G 27/20 |
· · · · | rotating unbalanced masses

|  | B65G 27/22 |
· · · | Hydraulic or pneumatic devices

|  | B65G 27/24 |
· · · | Electromagnetic devices

|  | B65G 27/26 |
· · · | with elastic coupling between vibrator and load-carrier

|  | B65G 27/28 |
· · | with provision for dynamic balancing

|  | B65G 27/30 |
· · · | by means of an oppositely-moving mass, e.g. a second conveyer

|  | B65G 27/32 |
· · | with means for controlling direction, frequency, or amplitude of vibration or shaking movement

|  | B65G 27/34 |
· | comprising a series of co-operating units

P:160 |  | B65G 29/00 |
Rotary conveyers, e.g. rotating discs, arms, star-wheels, cones (mechanical projectors Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65G 31/00; screw or rotary spiral conveyers Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65G 33/00)

|  | B65G 29/02 |
· | for inclined or vertical transit (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65G 15/00, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65G 17/00 take precedence)

P:60 |  | B65G 31/00 |
Mechanical throwing machines for articles or solid materials (distributors for fertilisers Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A01C; moulding machines Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B22C; sandblasting devices Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B24C; implements for applying plaster Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E04F 21/06)

|  | B65G 31/02 |
· | comprising belts

|  | B65G 31/04 |
· | comprising discs, drums, or like rotary impellers

P:150 |  | B65G 33/00 |
Screw or rotary spiral conveyers (screws for extruding, compressing, kneading, mixing, pumping, or other special operations, see the relevant classes)

|  | B65G 33/02 |
· | for articles

|  | B65G 33/04 |
· · | conveyed between a single screw and guiding means

|  | B65G 33/06 |
· · | conveyed and guided by parallel screws

|  | B65G 33/08 |
· | for fluent solid materials

|  | B65G 33/10 |
· · | with non-enclosed screws

|  | B65G 33/12 |
· · | with screws formed by straight tubes or drums having internal threads, or by spiral or helical tubes

|  | B65G 33/14 |
· · | comprising a screw or screws enclosed in a tubular housing

|  | B65G 33/16 |
· · · | with flexible screws operating in flexible tubes

|  | B65G 33/18 |
· · · | with multiple screws in parallel arrangements

|  | B65G 33/20 |
· · · | the housing being rotatable relative to the screw

|  | B65G 33/22 |
· · · | with means for retarding material flow at the delivery end of the housing

|  | B65G 33/24 |
· | Details

|  | B65G 33/26 |
· · | Screws (as gearing elements Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F16H 25/20)

|  | B65G 33/30 |
· · · | with a discontinuous helical surface

|  | B65G 33/32 |
· · | Adaptations of bearings or couplings for supporting or connecting screws (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65G 33/16 takes precedence)

|  | B65G 33/34 |
· · | Applications of driving gear

|  | B65G 33/36 |
· · · | for rotating housing and screw at different speeds

|  | B65G 33/38 |
· · · | for effecting simultaneous rotation and reciprocation of screw

P:210 |  | B65G 35/00 |
Mechanical conveyers not otherwise provided for

|  | B65G 35/02 |
· | comprising an endless traction element, e.g. a belt, arranged to roll cylindrical articles over a supporting surface

|  | B65G 35/04 |
· | comprising a flexible load-carrier, e.g. a belt, which is wound-up at one end and paid-out at the other (reciprocating belt conveyers Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65G 25/06)

|  | B65G 35/06 |
· | 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 (effecting drive at two or more points spaced along the length of an endless conveyer Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65G 23/32)

|  | B65G 35/08 |
· | 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

P:90 |  | B65G 37/00 |
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 (mechanical storage devices Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65G 1/04; series of co-operating belt conveyer units Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65G 15/22; series of co-operating chain conveyer units Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65G 17/26; sequence control of combined conveyers Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65G 43/10; specially adapted for handling radioactive materials Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G21)

|  | B65G 37/02 |
· | Flow sheets for conveyer combinations in warehouses, magazines, or workshops

|  | B65G 39/00 - B65G 47/00 |
Common features or details of, or auxiliary devices applicable to, conveyers of different kinds or types; Feeding or discharging devices incorporated in, or operatively associated with, conveyers

P:270 |  | B65G 39/00 |
Rollers, e.g. drive rollers, or arrangements thereof incorporated in roller-ways or other types of mechanical conveyers (driving gear for rollers of roller-ways Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65G 13/06; drive rollers of endless conveyers Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65G 23/04; arrangement of rollers in metal-rolling equipment Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B21B 39/10; friction members Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F16H 55/32)

|  | B65G 39/02 |
· | Adaptations of individual rollers and supports therefor

|  | B65G 39/04 |
· · | the rollers comprising a number of roller- forming elements mounted on a single axle

|  | B65G 39/06 |
· · | the roller sleeves being shock-absorbing, e.g. formed by helically-wound wires

|  | B65G 39/07 |
· · | Other adaptations of sleeves

|  | B65G 39/071 |
· · · | for aligning belts or sheets

|  | B65G 39/073 |
· · · | for cleaning belts

|  | B65G 39/08 |
· · | the rollers being magnetic (in magnetic belt separators Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B03C 1/00)

|  | B65G 39/09 |
· · | Arrangements of bearing or sealing means

|  | B65G 39/10 |
· | Arrangements of rollers (on a single axle Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65G 39/04)

|  | B65G 39/12 |
· · | mounted on framework

|  | B65G 39/14 |
· · · | Spring-supported sets, e.g. permitting troughing of a load-carrying belt

|  | B65G 39/16 |
· · · | for aligning belts or chains (for aligning tapes or webs Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65H)

|  | B65G 39/18 |
· · · | for guiding loads

|  | B65G 39/20 |
· · | attached to moving belts or chains (belts Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65G 15/30; chains Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65G 17/44)

P:280 |  | B65G 41/00 |
Supporting frames or bases for conveyers as a whole, e.g. transportable conveyer frames

|  | B65G 41/02 |
· | Frames mounted on wheels for movement on rail tracks

P:190 |  | B65G 43/00 |
Control, e.g. safety, warning, fault-correcting, devices (for elevators, escalators or moving walkways Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B66B; in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F16P, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G08B)

|  | B65G 43/02 |
· | detecting dangerous physical condition of load- carriers, e.g. for interrupting the drive in the event of overheating

|  | B65G 43/04 |
· | detecting slip between driving element and load- carrier, e.g. for interrupting the drive

|  | B65G 43/06 |
· | interrupting the drive in case of driving-element breakage; Braking or stopping loose load-carriers

|  | B65G 43/08 |
· | Control devices operated by article or material being fed, conveyed, or discharged

|  | B65G 43/10 |
· | Sequence control of conveyers operating in combination

P:260 |  | B65G 45/00 |
Lubricating, cleaning, or clearing devices

|  | B65G 45/02 |
· | Lubricating devices

|  | B65G 45/04 |
· · | for rollers [5]

|  | B65G 45/06 |
· · · | forming belt troughing structure [5]

|  | B65G 45/08 |
· · | for chains [5]

|  | B65G 45/10 |
· | Cleaning devices (adaptations of roller sleeves for cleaning belts Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65G 39/073) [5]

|  | B65G 45/12 |
· · | comprising scrapers [5]

|  | B65G 45/14 |
· · · | Moving scrapers [5]

|  | B65G 45/16 |
· · · | with scraper biasing means [5]

|  | B65G 45/18 |
· · | comprising brushes [5]

|  | B65G 45/20 |
· · | comprising screws [5]

|  | B65G 45/22 |
· · | comprising fluid applying means [5]

|  | B65G 45/24 |
· · | comprising plural diverse cleaning devices [5]

|  | B65G 45/26 |
· · | for gathering residue after cleaning [5]

P:250 |  | B65G 47/00 |
Article or material-handling devices associated with conveyers; Methods employing such devices (for sorting, e.g. postal, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B07C)

|  | B65G 47/02 |
· | Devices for feeding articles or materials to conveyers

|  | B65G 47/04 |
· · | for feeding articles

|  | B65G 47/06 |
· · · | from a single group of articles arranged in orderly pattern, e.g. workpieces in magazines (de-stacking devices Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65G 59/00; picking-up flat workpieces Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65H)

|  | B65G 47/08 |
· · · · | spacing or grouping the articles during feeding (during transit by conveyer Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65G 47/28)

|  | B65G 47/10 |
· · · | from several groups of articles

|  | B65G 47/12 |
· · · | from disorderly-arranged article piles or from loose assemblages of articles

|  | B65G 47/14 |
· · · · | arranging or orientating the articles by mechanical or pneumatic means during feeding (during transit by conveyer Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65G 47/24, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65G 47/26)

|  | B65G 47/16 |
· · | for feeding materials in bulk

|  | B65G 47/18 |
· · · | Arrangements or applications of hoppers or chutes

|  | B65G 47/19 |
· · · · | having means for controlling material flow, e.g. to prevent overloading (controlling feed or discharge by weighing a continuous stream of material Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G01G 11/08)

|  | B65G 47/20 |
· · · · | the hoppers or chutes being movable

|  | B65G 47/22 |
· | Devices influencing the relative position or the attitude of articles during transit by conveyers (during feeding Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65G 47/14)

|  | B65G 47/24 |
· · | orientating the articles

|  | B65G 47/244 |
· · · | by turning them about an axis substantially perpendicular to the conveying plane [5]

|  | B65G 47/248 |
· · · | by turning over or inverting them (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65G 47/244 takes precedence) [5]

|  | B65G 47/252 |
· · · · | about an axis substantially perpendicular to the conveying direction [5]

|  | B65G 47/256 |
· · · | removing incorrectly orientated articles [5]

|  | B65G 47/26 |
· · | arranging the articles, e.g. varying spacing between individual articles (stacking or de-stacking Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65G 57/00, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65G 59/00, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65G 61/00)

|  | B65G 47/28 |
· · · | during transit by a single conveyer

|  | B65G 47/29 |
· · · · | by temporarily stopping movement

|  | B65G 47/30 |
· · · | during transit by a series of conveyers

|  | B65G 47/31 |
· · · · | by varying the relative speeds of the conveyers forming the series

|  | B65G 47/32 |
· · · · | Applications of transfer devices

|  | B65G 47/34 |
· | Devices for discharging articles or materials from conveyers (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65G 47/256 takes precedence; sorting in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B07)

|  | B65G 47/36 |
· · | by detaching suspended articles

|  | B65G 47/38 |
· · | by dumping, tripping, or releasing load-carriers

|  | B65G 47/40 |
· · · | by tilting conveyer buckets

|  | B65G 47/42 |
· · | operated by article or material being conveyed and discharged

|  | B65G 47/44 |
· · | Arrangements or applications of hoppers or chutes

|  | B65G 47/46 |
· · | with distribution, e.g. automatically, to desired points (in tube mail systems Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65G 51/36; postal or like sorting Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B07C)

|  | B65G 47/48 |
· · · | according to bodily destination marks on either articles or load-carriers (marking data records Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G06K)

|  | B65G 47/49 |
· · · · | without bodily contact between article or load-carrier and automatic control device

|  | B65G 47/50 |
· · · | according to destination signals stored in separate systems (control by programme Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G05B 19/00)

|  | B65G 47/51 |
· · · | according to unprogrammed signals, e.g. influenced by supply situation at destination (volume, flow, or liquid level meters Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G01F; scales or weighing machines Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G01G; remote controls Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G05G)

|  | B65G 47/52 |
· | Devices for transferring articles or materials between conveyers, i.e. discharging or feeding devices (loading or unloading by means not incorporated in, or not operatively associated with, conveyers Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65G 65/00; transfer of workpieces during metal rolling Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B21B 41/00)

|  | B65G 47/53 |
· · | between conveyers which cross one another [3]

|  | B65G 47/54 |
· · · | at least one of which is a roller-way [3]

|  | B65G 47/56 |
· · | to or from inclined or vertical conveyer sections

|  | B65G 47/57 |
· · · | for articles

|  | B65G 47/58 |
· · · | for materials in bulk

|  | B65G 47/60 |
· · | to or from conveyers of the suspended, e.g. trolley, type

|  | B65G 47/61 |
· · · | for articles

|  | B65G 47/62 |
· · · | for materials in bulk

|  | B65G 47/64 |
· · | Switching conveyers

|  | B65G 47/66 |
· · | Fixed platforms or combs, e.g. bridges between conveyers

|  | B65G 47/68 |
· · | adapted to receive articles arriving in one layer from one conveyer and to transfer them in individual layers to more than one conveyer, or vice versa, e.g. combining the flows of articles conveyed by more than one conveyer

|  | B65G 47/69 |
· · · | the articles being accumulated temporarily

|  | B65G 47/70 |
· · · | with precedence controls among incoming article flows

|  | B65G 47/71 |
· · · | the articles being discharged to several conveyers

|  | B65G 47/72 |
· · | transferring materials in bulk from one conveyer to several conveyers, or vice versa

|  | B65G 47/74 |
· | Feeding, transfer, or discharging devices of particular kinds or types

|  | B65G 47/76 |
· · | Fixed or adjustable ploughs or transverse scrapers

|  | B65G 47/78 |
· · | Troughs having discharge openings and closures

|  | B65G 47/80 |
· · | Turntables carrying articles or materials to be transferred, e.g. combined with ploughs or scrapers

|  | B65G 47/82 |
· · | Rotary or reciprocating members for direct action on articles or materials, e.g. pushers, rakes, shovels

|  | B65G 47/84 |
· · | Star-shaped wheels or devices having endless travelling belts or chains, the wheels or devices being equipped with article-engaging elements

|  | B65G 47/86 |
· · · | the article-engaging elements being grippers

|  | B65G 47/88 |
· · | Separating or stopping elements, e.g. fingers (attached to star-shaped wheels Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65G 47/84)

|  | B65G 47/90 |
· · | Devices for picking-up and depositing articles or materials

|  | B65G 47/91 |
· · · | incorporating pneumatic, e.g. suction, grippers

|  | B65G 47/92 |
· · · | incorporating electrostatic or magnetic grippers

|  | B65G 47/94 |
· · | Devices for flexing or tilting travelling structures; Throw-off carriages

|  | B65G 47/95 |
· · · | adapted for longitudinal delivery

|  | B65G 47/96 |
· · · | Devices for tilting links or platforms

P:200 |  | B65G 49/00 |
Conveying systems characterised by their application for specified purposes not otherwise provided for (for conveying sheet material Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65H)

|  | B65G 49/02 |
· | for conveying workpieces through baths of liquid

|  | B65G 49/04 |
· · | the workpieces being immersed and withdrawn by movement in a vertical direction

|  | B65G 49/05 |
· | for fragile or damageable materials or articles [4]

|  | B65G 49/06 |
· · | for fragile sheets, e.g. glass (transporting of glass products during their manufacture Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...C03B 35/00) [4]

|  | B65G 49/07 |
· · | for semiconductor wafers (specially adapted for conveying of semiconductor wafers during manufacture or treatment of semiconductor or electric solid state devices or components Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...H01L 21/677) [5,8]

|  | B65G 49/08 |
· · | for ceramic mouldings (charging, discharging, manipulation with charge in kilns Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F27D 3/00) [4]

|  | B65G 51/00 - B65G 53/00 |
Non-mechanical conveying through pipes or tubes (pipe-line systems Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F17D); Floating in troughs

P:70 |  | B65G 51/00 |
Conveying articles through pipes or tubes by fluid flow or pressure (water roundabouts Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A63G 3/00; pneumatic railways Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B61B); Conveying articles over a flat surface, e.g. the base of a trough, by jets located in the surface (pumps Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F04; fluid dynamics Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F15D; valves, taps, cocks Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F16K; pipes, pipe joints, or associated devices Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F16L)

|  | B65G 51/01 |
· | Hydraulic transport of articles (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65G 51/04 takes precedence) [6]

|  | B65G 51/02 |
· | Directly conveying the articles, e.g. slips, sheets, stockings, containers or workpieces, by flowing gases

|  | B65G 51/03 |
· · | over a flat surface or in troughs [4]

|  | B65G 51/04 |
· | Conveying the articles in carriers having a cross-section approximating that of the pipe or tube; Tube mail systems

|  | B65G 51/06 |
· · | Despatch carriers for tube mail

|  | B65G 51/08 |
· · | Controlling or conditioning the operating medium (in compressors Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F04; air-conditioning, e.g. de-watering, in pneumatic systems Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F16L 55/09)

|  | B65G 51/10 |
· · · | at section junctions of pneumatic systems

|  | B65G 51/12 |
· · · · | Pneumatic gates

|  | B65G 51/14 |
· · · · | Pneumatic sluices

|  | B65G 51/16 |
· · · | varying, e.g. starting or stopping, gas pressure or flow

|  | B65G 51/18 |
· · | Adaptations of pipes or tubes; Pipe or tube joints

|  | B65G 51/20 |
· · | Braking arrangements

|  | B65G 51/22 |
· · | Arrangements for stopping the carriers en route in order to control carrier sequence; Blocking or separating devices

|  | B65G 51/24 |
· · | Switches

|  | B65G 51/26 |
· · | Stations

|  | B65G 51/28 |
· · · | for despatch

|  | B65G 51/30 |
· · · | for delivery

|  | B65G 51/32 |
· · · | for despatch, delivery, and transit

|  | B65G 51/34 |
· · | Two-way operation

|  | B65G 51/36 |
· · | 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

|  | B65G 51/38 |
· · · | Contact devices on interior of tubes for detecting passage of carriers

|  | B65G 51/40 |
· · · | Automatically distributing the carriers to desired stations

|  | B65G 51/42 |
· · · · | according to indications on carriers

|  | B65G 51/44 |
· · · · · | without mechanical contact between carriers and controllers

|  | B65G 51/46 |
· · · · | according to separate signal systems

P:80 |  | B65G 53/00 |
Conveying materials in bulk through troughs, pipes, or tubes by floating the materials, or by flow of gas, liquid, or foam (fluidising in connection with loading or unloading Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65G 69/06; loaders for hay or like field crops Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A01D 87/00; fluidising devices facilitating filling or emptying of large containers Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65D 88/72; dredging Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E02F; winning materials out of alluvial deposits Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E21C 45/00; hydraulic or pneumatic mine-filling-up machines Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E21F 15/00; fluid dynamics Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F15D)

|  | B65G 53/02 |
· | Floating material troughs (air slides Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65G 53/04)

|  | B65G 53/04 |
· | Conveying materials in bulk pneumatically through pipes or tubes; Air slides

|  | B65G 53/06 |
· · | Gas pressure systems operating without fluidisation of the materials

|  | B65G 53/08 |
· · · | with mechanical injection of the materials, e.g. by screw

|  | B65G 53/10 |
· · · | with pneumatic injection of the materials by the propelling gas

|  | B65G 53/12 |
· · · · | the gas flow acting directly on the materials in a reservoir

|  | B65G 53/14 |
· · · · | the gas flow inducing feed of the materials by suction effect

|  | B65G 53/16 |
· · | Gas pressure systems operating with fluidisation of the materials

|  | B65G 53/18 |
· · · | through a porous wall

|  | B65G 53/20 |
· · · · | of an air slide, e.g. a trough

|  | B65G 53/22 |
· · · · | the systems comprising a reservoir, e.g. a bunker

|  | B65G 53/24 |
· · | Gas suction systems

|  | B65G 53/26 |
· · · | operating with fluidisation of the materials

|  | B65G 53/28 |
· · | Systems utilising a combination of gas pressure and suction (inducing feed of the materials by suction in gas pressure systems Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65G 53/14)

|  | B65G 53/30 |
· | Conveying materials in bulk through pipes or tubes by liquid pressure

|  | B65G 53/32 |
· | Conveying concrete, e.g. for distributing same at building sites (mixing concrete on or by conveyers Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B28C 5/34)

|  | B65G 53/34 |
· | Details

|  | B65G 53/36 |
· · | Arrangements of containers

|  | B65G 53/38 |
· · | Modification of material containing walls to facilitate fluidisation

|  | B65G 53/40 |
· · | Feeding or discharging devices

|  | B65G 53/42 |
· · · | Nozzles (in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B05B)

|  | B65G 53/44 |
· · · | Endless conveyers

|  | B65G 53/46 |
· · · | Gates or sluices, e.g. rotary wheels

|  | B65G 53/48 |
· · · | Screws or like rotary conveyers

|  | B65G 53/50 |
· · · | Pneumatic devices (incorporated in nozzles Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65G 53/42)

|  | B65G 53/52 |
· · | Adaptations of pipes or tubes

|  | B65G 53/54 |
· · · | Flexible pipes or tubes

|  | B65G 53/56 |
· · · | Switches

|  | B65G 53/58 |
· · | Devices for accelerating or decelerating flow of the materials; Use of pressure generators (controlling pressure of propelling gas Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65G 53/66)

|  | B65G 53/60 |
· · | Devices for separating the materials from propellant gas

|  | B65G 53/62 |
· · · | using liquid

|  | B65G 53/64 |
· · · | in discrete amounts

|  | B65G 53/66 |
· · | 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

P:220 |  | B65G 54/00 |
Non-mechanical conveyers not otherwise provided for [3]

|  | B65G 54/02 |
· | electrostatic, electric, or magnetic [3]

|  | B65G 57/00 - B65G 69/00 |
Stacking or de-stacking; Loading or unloading (by means incorporated in, or operatively associated with, conveyers Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65G 47/00; lift trucks Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60P, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B66F; handling sheet material or flat articles made therefrom Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65H; cranes Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B66C; loading or unloading by soil-shifting or like equipment Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E02F; stacking or de-stacking data record cards in association with machines for marking or sensing data Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G06K)

|  | B65G 57/00 - B65G 61/00 |
Note(s) In groups Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65G 57/00-B65G 61/00, the following term is used with the meaning indicated: "stacking" means disposing articles individually or in layers one above each other.

P:300 |  | B65G 57/00 |
Stacking of articles (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65G 60/00 takes precedence; stacking of jumbo rolls Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B41F; stackable containers Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65D; feeding, piling, or stacking sheets Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65H; stacked delivery of machined products, see the relevant classes for the machines)

|  | B65G 57/02 |
· | by adding to the top of the stack

|  | B65G 57/03 |
· · | from above

|  | B65G 57/04 |
· · · | by suction or magnetic devices

|  | B65G 57/06 |
· · · | Gates for releasing articles

|  | B65G 57/08 |
· · | articles being tilted or inverted prior to depositing

|  | B65G 57/081 |
· · · | alternate articles being inverted

|  | B65G 57/09 |
· · | from alongside

|  | B65G 57/10 |
· · · | by devices, e.g. reciprocating, acting directly on articles for horizontal transport to the top of stack

|  | B65G 57/11 |
· · | the articles being stacked by direct action of the feeding conveyer

|  | B65G 57/112 |
· · · | the conveyer being adjustable in height

|  | B65G 57/14 |
· · · | the articles being transferred from carriers moving in an endless path adjacent to the stacks (conveyer constructions Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65G 15/00-B65G 35/00; combinations of conveyers Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65G 37/00)

|  | B65G 57/16 |
· · | Stacking of articles of particular shape

|  | B65G 57/18 |
· · · | elongated, e.g. sticks, rods, bars

|  | B65G 57/20 |
· · · | three-dimensional, e.g. cubiform, cylindrical

|  | B65G 57/22 |
· · · · | in layers, each of predetermined arrangement

|  | B65G 57/24 |
· · · · · | the layers being transferred as a whole, e.g. on pallets

|  | B65G 57/26 |
· · · · · | the arrangement providing for spaces between the articles

|  | B65G 57/28 |
· | by assembling the articles and tilting the assembled articles to a stacked position

|  | B65G 57/30 |
· | by adding to the bottom of the stack

|  | B65G 57/32 |
· | characterised by stacking during transit

P:310 |  | B65G 59/00 |
De-stacking of articles (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65G 60/00 takes precedence)

|  | B65G 59/02 |
· | De-stacking from the top of the stack

|  | B65G 59/04 |
· · | by suction or magnetic devices

|  | B65G 59/06 |
· | De-stacking from the bottom of the stack

|  | B65G 59/08 |
· | De-stacking after preliminary tilting of the stack

|  | B65G 59/10 |
· | De-stacking nested articles

|  | B65G 59/12 |
· | characterised by de-stacking during transit

P:290 |  | B65G 60/00 |
Simultaneously or alternatively stacking and de-stacking of articles

P:320 |  | B65G 61/00 |
Use of pick-up or transfer devices or of manipulators for stacking or de-stacking articles not otherwise provided for (manipulators Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B25J)

P:0 |  | B65G 63/00 |
Transferring or trans-shipping at storage areas, railway yards or harbours; Marshalling yard installations (transferring of refuse between vehicles or containers Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65F 9/00; dredging, soil shifting Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E02F; conveyers used in co-operation with coal or like winning apparatus Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E21C 47/00)

|  | B65G 63/02 |
· | with essentially-horizontal transit otherwise than by bridge

|  | B65G 63/04 |
· | with essentially-horizontal transit by bridges equipped with conveyers

|  | B65G 63/06 |
· | with essentially-vertical transit (hoppers Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65D 88/26)

P:340 |  | B65G 65/00 |
Loading or unloading (of vehicles Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65G 67/00)

|  | B65G 65/02 |
· | Loading or unloading machines comprising essentially a conveyer for moving the loads associated with a device for picking-up the loads

|  | B65G 65/04 |
· · | with pick-up shovels (construction of shovels Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E02F)

|  | B65G 65/06 |
· · | with endless scraping or elevating pick-up conveyers

|  | B65G 65/08 |
· · | with reciprocating pick-up conveyers

|  | B65G 65/10 |
· · · | Raking or scraping devices

|  | B65G 65/12 |
· · · · | operations at positions off-set from the conveyer centreline

|  | B65G 65/14 |
· · | with jigging pick-up conveyers, e.g. duck-bills

|  | B65G 65/16 |
· · | with rotary pick-up conveyers

|  | B65G 65/18 |
· · · | Discs

|  | B65G 65/20 |
· · · | Paddle wheels

|  | B65G 65/22 |
· · · | Screws

|  | B65G 65/23 |
· | Devices for tilting and emptying of containers [3]

|  | B65G 65/24 |
· · | for manual tilting of barrels or casks [3]

|  | B65G 65/28 |
· | Piling or unpiling loose materials in bulk, e.g. coal, manure, timber, not otherwise provided for (by soil-shifting or like equipment Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E02F)

|  | B65G 65/30 |
· | 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 (devices for tilting and emptying containers Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65G 65/23; such containers having means facilitating filling or emptying Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65D 88/54) [3]

|  | B65G 65/30 |
Note(s) Methods or devices for filling bunkers, hoppers, or containers are only classified in group Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65G 65/30 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. [5]

|  | B65G 65/32 |
· · | Filling devices (pneumatic conveyers Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65G 51/00, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65G 53/00)

|  | B65G 65/34 |
· · | Emptying devices (conveyer construction Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65G 15/00-B65G 35/00; devices similar to vehicle tipplers Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65G 67/48)

|  | B65G 65/36 |
· · · | Devices for emptying from the top

|  | B65G 65/38 |
· · · · | Mechanical devices

|  | B65G 65/40 |
· · · | Devices for emptying otherwise than from the top

|  | B65G 65/42 |
· · · · | using belt or chain conveyers

|  | B65G 65/44 |
· · · · | using reciprocating conveyers, e.g. jigging conveyers

|  | B65G 65/46 |
· · · · | using screw conveyers

|  | B65G 65/48 |
· · · · | using other rotating means, e.g. rotating pressure sluices in pneumatic systems

P:330 |  | B65G 67/00 |
Loading or unloading vehicles (by means incorporated in the vehicles Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60-B64; ground or aircraft-carrier-deck installations Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B64F; transferring of refuse between vehicles or containers Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65F 9/00)

|  | B65G 67/02 |
· | Loading or unloading land vehicles

|  | B65G 67/04 |
· · | Loading land vehicles

|  | B65G 67/06 |
· · · | Feeding articles or materials from bunkers or funnels

|  | B65G 67/08 |
· · · | using endless conveyers

|  | B65G 67/10 |
· · · | using conveyers covering the whole length of vehicle trains

|  | B65G 67/12 |
· · · | Loading elongated articles, e.g. rails, logs

|  | B65G 67/14 |
· · · | Loading hardened bricks, briquettes, or the like

|  | B65G 67/16 |
· · · | Loading coke-oven products (discharging coke ovens Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...C10B 33/00)

|  | B65G 67/18 |
· · · | Refuelling locomotives with solid fuels (servicing locomotives Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B61K 11/02)

|  | B65G 67/20 |
· · · | Loading covered vehicles

|  | B65G 67/22 |
· · · | Loading moving vehicles

|  | B65G 67/24 |
· · | Unloading land vehicles

|  | B65G 67/26 |
· · · | using rakes or scrapers

|  | B65G 67/28 |
· · · · | External transverse blades attached to endless conveyers

|  | B65G 67/30 |
· · · | using transportable tipping apparatus

|  | B65G 67/32 |
· · · | using fixed tipping installations

|  | B65G 67/34 |
· · · · | Apparatus for tipping wagons or mine cars (inverting wagons Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65G 67/48; platform-lifts with tiltable platforms Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B66F 7/22)

|  | B65G 67/36 |
· · · · · | endwise

|  | B65G 67/38 |
· · · · · · | comprising a turntable

|  | B65G 67/40 |
· · · · · · | toward one end only

|  | B65G 67/42 |
· · · · · | sideways

|  | B65G 67/44 |
· · · · · · | by passing the vehicles over a stretch of transversely-inclined rails

|  | B65G 67/46 |
· · · · · | Apparatus for lifting and tilting

|  | B65G 67/48 |
· · · · | Vehicle tipplers (devices for washing or cleaning railroad vehicles Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60S)

|  | B65G 67/50 |
· · · · · | Rotary vehicle tipplers, i.e. rotating through 360°

|  | B65G 67/52 |
· · · · · · | having several decks

|  | B65G 67/54 |
· · · · · | Vehicle-locking means

|  | B65G 67/56 |
· · · · · | Vehicle and tippler interlocking controls

|  | B65G 67/60 |
· | Loading or unloading ships (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65G 67/02 takes precedence; arrangement of ship-based loading or unloading equipment for cargo or passengers Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B63B 27/00) [3]

|  | B65G 67/62 |
· · | using devices influenced by the tide or by the movements of the ship, e.g. devices on pontoons (horizontal loading or unloading platforms Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65G 69/22; loading ramps Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65G 69/28) [3]

P:350 |  | B65G 69/00 |
Auxiliary measures taken, or devices used, in connection with loading or unloading (preventing, minimising, or fighting fire Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A62C; in vehicles, see the relevant subclasses)

|  | B65G 69/02 |
· | Filling storage spaces as completely as possible, e.g. application of vibrators

|  | B65G 69/04 |
· | Spreading-out the materials conveyed over the whole surface to be loaded; Trimming heaps of loose materials

|  | B65G 69/06 |
· | Fluidising

|  | B65G 69/08 |
· | Devices for emptying storage spaces as completely as possible (devices preventing the formation of bridges Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65D 88/64)

|  | B65G 69/10 |
· | Obtaining an average product from stored bulk material (for measuring or testing Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G01)

|  | B65G 69/12 |
· | Sieving bulk materials during loading or unloading

|  | B65G 69/14 |
· | Pulverising loaded or unloaded materials

|  | B65G 69/16 |
· | Preventing pulverisation, deformation, breakage, or other mechanical damage to the goods or materials

|  | B65G 69/18 |
· | Preventing escape of dust

|  | B65G 69/20 |
· | Auxiliary treatments, e.g. aerating, heating, humidifying, de-aerating, cooling, de-watering, or drying, during loading or unloading; Loading or unloading in a fluid medium other than air

|  | B65G 69/22 |
· | Horizontal loading or unloading platforms (pile tables Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65H; as road or railway equipment Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E01F 1/00)

|  | B65G 69/24 |
· · | having platform-level adjusting means

|  | B65G 69/26 |
· · | Rotatable platforms

|  | B65G 69/28 |
· | Loading ramps; Loading docks (as road or railway equipment Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E01F 1/00) [1,8]

|  | B65G 69/30 |
· · | Non-permanently installed loading ramps, e.g. transportable [8]

|  | B65G 69/32 |
· · | Shelters, surrounds or sealing arrangements for loading docks [8]

|  | B65G 69/34 |
· · | Accessories, e.g. vehicle restrainers, wheel blockers, positioners or bumpers [8]