operations of the types mentioned in Note (2) (a) to (f), employed in the manufacture of articles other than packages, which are covered by other appropriate subclasses, e.g. making confectionery products by casting in moulds formed by wrappers Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A23G, filling ammunition, e.g. cartridges, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F42B 33/00;
methods of packaging, which are wholly characterised by the form of the package produced, or the form of the container or packaging-element used, which are covered by Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65D.
In this subclass, the following terms are used with the meanings indicated:
"packaging" includes mainly the following operations:
filling portable containers or receptacles with materials or small articles to form packages;
inserting articles or groups of articles into containers or receptacles;
closing filled containers or receptacles otherwise than by metal-, glass-, or wood-working operations;
enclosing, or partially enclosing, articles or quantities of material, in sheets, strips, blanks, webs, or tubes of thin flexible material, e.g. wrapping;
bundling articles, e.g. holding articles together in groups by applying string or wire;
attaching articles to cards, sheets, or webs.
"package" means the end product of a packaging operation, e.g. a filled and closed container, an article enclosed in a wrapper, a group of articles held together by string or wire, a crate of bottles.
"materials" includes matter, or masses of articles, which are to be packaged, as distinct from separate or individual articles.
B65B
Subclass index
METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PACKAGING
Of general application
in individual receptacles: for materials; for objects; closing after filling
Machines, apparatus, or methods of general application for packaging articles or materials
P:130
B65B 1/00
Packaging fluent solid material, e.g. powders, granular or loose fibrous material, loose masses of small articles, in individual containers or receptacles, e.g. bags, sacks, boxes, cartons, cans, jars (under special atmospheric or gaseous conditions Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65B 31/00)
B65B 1/04
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Methods of, or means for, filling the material into the containers or receptacles
B65B 1/06
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by gravity flow
B65B 1/10
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by rotary feeders
B65B 1/16
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by pneumatic means, e.g. by suction
B65B 1/30
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Devices or methods for controlling or determining the quantity or quality of the material fed or filled
P:140
B65B 3/00
Packaging plastic material, semiliquids, liquids, or mixed solids and liquids, in individual containers or receptacles, e.g. bags, sacks, boxes, cartons, cans, jars (packaging under special atmospheric or gaseous conditions, adding propellants to aerosol containers Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65B 31/00; filling bottles or other containers with liquids or semi-liquids by bottling machines Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B67C; filling of gas bottles at high pressure for storing gases Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F17C)
B65B 3/04
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Methods of, or means for, filling the material into the containers or receptacles
Closing semi-rigid or rigid containers or receptacles not deformed by, or not taking-up shape of, contents, e.g. boxes, cartons (closing cans by metal-working operations Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B21D 51/26)
B65B 7/28
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by applying separate preformed closures, e.g. lids, covers
P:110
B65B 9/00
Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material, e.g. liquids or semiliquids, in flat, folded, or tubular webs of flexible sheet material; Subdividing filled flexible tubes to form packages
B65B 9/06
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Enclosing articles, or quantities of material, in a longitudinally-folded web, or in a web folded into a tube about the articles or quantities of material placed upon it
B65B 9/10
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Enclosing articles, or quantities of material, in preformed tubular webs, or in webs formed into tubes around filling nozzles, e.g. extruded tubular webs (sausage making Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A22C 11/00)
Wrapping articles, or quantities of material, by conveying wrapper and contents in defined paths
B65B 11/48
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Enclosing articles, or quantities of material, by folding a wrapper, e.g. a pocketed wrapper, and securing its opposed free margins to enclose contents
B65B 11/50
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Enclosing articles, or quantities of material, by disposing contents between two sheets, e.g. pocketed sheets, and securing their opposed free margins (apparatus or devices for forming pockets in or from sheets, blanks or webs Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65B 47/00)
Details of, or auxiliary devices used in, bundling machines
P:160
B65B 15/00
Attaching articles to cards, sheets, strings, webs, or other carriers
P:210
B65B 17/00
Other machines, apparatus, or methods for packaging articles or materials
B65B 19/00 - B65B 33/00
Machines, apparatus, or methods adapted for packaging articles or materials presenting special problems, or for special packaging operations; Unpacking bottles or eggs
Packaging paper or like sheets, envelopes, or newspapers, in flat, folded, or rolled form
P:80
B65B 27/00
Bundling particular articles presenting special problems using string, wire, or narrow tape or band; Baling fibrous material, e.g. peat, not otherwise provided for (bundling articles in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65B 13/00)
B65B 27/08
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Bundling paper sheets, envelopes, bags or other thin flat articles; Bundling newspapers
P:190
B65B 29/00
Packaging of materials presenting special problems
P:20
B65B 31/00
Packaging articles or materials under special atmospheric or gaseous conditions; Adding propellants to aerosol containers (auxiliary treatments during loading or unloading in a fluid medium other than air Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65G 69/00)
B65B 31/02
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Filling, closing, or filling and closing, containers in chambers maintained under vacuum or superatmospheric pressure or containing a special atmosphere, e.g. of inert gas
B65B 31/04
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Evacuating, pressurising, or gasifying filled containers or wrappers by means of nozzles through which air or other gas, e.g. an inert gas, is withdrawn or supplied (nozzles for introducing articles or materials into containers Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65B 39/00)
Forming, feeding, opening, or setting-up containers or receptacles in association with packaging (forming pockets in sheets, blanks, or webs, by pressing the material into forming dies or moving it through folding dies Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65B 47/00)
B65B 43/24
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Breaking creases to facilitate setting-up cartons
B65B 43/26
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Opening or distending bags; Opening, erecting, or setting-up boxes, cartons, or carton blanks
B65B 43/38
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Opening hinged lids
B65B 43/40
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Removing separate lids
B65B 43/41
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Opening drawer-and-shell cartons
B65B 43/42
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Feeding or positioning bags, boxes, or cartons in the distended, opened, or set-up state; Feeding preformed rigid containers, e.g. tins, capsules, glass tubes, glasses, to the packaging position; Locating containers or receptacles at the filling position (by means of filling nozzles Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65B 39/00); Supporting containers or receptacles during the filling operation (by filling nozzles Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B65B 39/00)
Apparatus or devices for forming pockets or receptacles in or from sheets, blanks, or webs, comprising essentially a die into which the material is pressed or a folding die through which the material is moved
P:250
B65B 49/00
Devices for folding or bending wrappers around contents
P:300
B65B 51/00
Devices for, or methods of, sealing or securing package folds or closures, e.g. twisted bag necks
responsive to absence, presence, abnormal feed, or misplacement of binding or wrapping material, containers, or packages
P:30
B65B 59/00
Arrangements to enable machines to handle articles of different sizes, to produce packages of different sizes, to vary the contents of packages, or to give access for cleaning or maintenance purposes
P:330
B65B 61/00
Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on sheets, blanks, webs, binding material, containers or packages
B65B 61/04
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for severing webs, or for separating joined packages
B65B 61/18
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for applying or incorporating package-opening or unpacking elements, e.g. tear-strips