B
SECTION B — PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
 B01 - 
B07
Subsection index
LIQUID/LIQUID, LIQUID/GAS OR GAS/GAS SEPARATION
Method
General operationsB01D
by centrifugal force, using centrifuges or free-vortex apparatusB01D
using magnetic or electrostatic effectB03C
Apparatus
General operationsB01D
by centrifugal force, using centrifuges or free-vortex apparatusB04B, B04C
using magnetic or electrostatic effectB03C
SOLID/LIQUID OR SOLID/GAS SEPARATION
Method
General operationsB01D
by centrifugal forceB01D
using centrifuges or free-vortex apparatusB01D
using magnetic or electrostatic effectB03C
Apparatus
General operationsB01D
by centrifugal forceB01D
using centrifuges or free-vortex apparatusB04B, B04C
using magnetic or electrostatic effectB03C
SOLID/SOLID SEPARATION
Method
Dry methods
material in bulkB07B
Individual sortingB07C
Screening, sifting, pneumatic sortingB07B
using pneumatic tables or jigsB03B
by magnetic or electrostatic effectB03C
by centrifugal forceB07B
using centrifuges or free-vortex apparatusB07B
Wet methods
General operationsB03B
flotation, differential sedimentationB03D
screeningB07B
Combinations Dry methods - wet methodsB03B
Apparatus
Dry methods
material in bulkB07B
Individual sortingB07C
Screening, sifting, pneumatic sortingB07B
using pneumatic tables or jigsB03B
by magnetic or electrostatic effectB03C
by centrifugal forceB07B
using centrifuges or free-vortex apparatusB04B, B04C
Wet methods
General operationsB03B
flotation, differential sedimentationB03D
screeningB07B
Combinations Dry methods - wet methodsB03B
  
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 B21D 43/00, B23Q 7/00, B23Q 41/02; vehicle, railway, sea or aircraft aspects B60-B64; transportation, conveyor or haulage systems specially adapted for motor vehicle or trailer assembly lines B62D 65/00; in packaging B65B; handling thin or filamentary materials B65H; hoisting, lifting, hauling, e.g. truck loaders B66; handling liquids B67; specially adapted to underground conditions E21F 13/00; storing or distributing gases or liquids F17; in handling radioactive materials G21C 19/00)
 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 65/00
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 B65G 37/00; stacking of articles B65G 57/00; removing articles from stacks B65G 59/00; loading machines B65G 65/00; arrangements of articles for drying or baking in kilns or ovens F26, F27)
 B65G 1/02
·  Storage devices (furniture, shop fittings, table equipment A47B, A47F, A47G; mechanical garages E04H; for data record cards in association with machines for marking or sensing data G06K; coin changers or sorters G07D; coin-freed apparatus G07F)
 B65G 1/04
·  ·  mechanical
 B65G 1/06
·  ·  ·  with means for presenting articles for removal at predetermined position or level (B65G 1/12 takes precedence)  [3]
 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 1/137
·  ·  ·  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 B65G 47/04)  [4]
 B65G 1/14
·  ·  Stack holders or separators
 B65G 1/16
·  Special arrangements of articles in storage spaces
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 B65G 65/00, B65G 69/00; storing agricultural or horticultural produce A01F 25/00)
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 E21F 17/00)
 B65G 7/00 - 
B65G 9/00
Devices assisting manual conveyance of articles over short distances, e.g. in storage depots, warehouses or factories
P:40 B65G 7/00
Devices for assisting manual moving or tilting heavy loads (chutes B65G 11/00; roller-ways B65G 13/00; for tilting and emptying barrels or casks B65G 65/00)
P:50 B65G 9/00
Apparatus for assisting manual handling having suspended load-carriers movable by hand or gravity (manually-operated endless-rope or chain conveyers B65G 17/00; railway systems 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  [4]
P:180 B65G 11/00
Chutes (used as storage devices B65G 1/02, B65D 88/00; feeding or discharging conveyers by devices incorporated in, or operatively associated with, conveyers B65G 47/00; for sports, games, or amusements A63G 21/00; for refuse disposal in buildings E04F 17/00)
P:170 B65G 13/00
Roller-ways (storage devices comprising roller-ways B65G 1/02; endless-chain conveyers comprising load-supporting rollers B65G 17/00; rollers, or arrangements thereof B65G 39/00; feeding or discharging conveyers by devices incorporated in, or operatively associated with, conveyers B65G 47/00; in metal-rolling equipment B21B 39/00, B21B 41/00)
 B65G 13/02
·  having driven rollers
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 B65G 17/06; feeding or discharging conveyers by devices incorporated in, or operatively associated with, conveyers B65G 47/00)
 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 15/30
·  Belts or like endless load-carriers (co-operating with rails or the like B65G 21/20; with rollers B65G 39/10; belts in general F16G)
 B65G 15/32
·  ·  made of rubber or plastics
 B65G 15/60
·  Arrangements for supporting or guiding belts, e.g. by fluid jets (construction of rollers or supports therefor B65G 39/00, F16G)
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 (feeding or discharging conveyers by devices incorporated in, or operatively associated with, conveyers B65G 47/00; railway systems, detachable load-carriers on rails B61B; escalators or paternosters neither combined nor associated with loading or unloading apparatus B66B 9/00)
 B65G 17/06
·  having a load-carrying surface formed by a series of interconnected, e.g. longitudinal, links, plates, or platforms
 B65G 17/12
·  comprising a series of individual load-carriers fixed, or normally fixed, relative 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 B65G 47/34)
 B65G 17/20
·  comprising load-carriers suspended from overhead traction chains
 B65G 17/30
·  Details; Auxiliary devices (belts B65G 15/30; framework B65G 21/00)
 B65G 17/32
·  ·  Individual load-carriers (control B65G 17/30)
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 (feeding or discharging conveyers by devices incorporated in, or operatively associated with, conveyers B65G 47/00)
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 B65G 41/00)
 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 B65G 15/60; rollers or roller arrangements B65G 39/00, F16G)
P:240 B65G 23/00
Driving gear for endless conveyers (control devices for conveyers in general B65G 43/00); 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 B65G 27/00; feeding or discharging conveyers by devices incorporated in, or operatively associated with, conveyers B65G 47/00; pumps F04)
 B65G 25/04
·  the carrier or impeller having identical forward and return paths of movement, e.g. reciprocating conveyers
P:140 B65G 27/00
Jigging conveyers (feeding or discharging conveyers by devices incorporated in, or operatively associated with, conveyers B65G 47/00; jigs for wet separation B03B; generating or transmitting mechanical vibrations B06; jiggers for screening, sifting, or sorting B07B 1/28)
 B65G 27/10
·  Applications of devices for generating or transmitting jigging movements
P:160 B65G 29/00
Rotary conveyers, e.g. rotating discs, arms, star-wheels or cones (mechanical projectors B65G 31/00; screw or rotary spiral conveyers B65G 33/00; feeding or discharging conveyers by devices incorporated in, or operatively associated with, conveyers B65G 47/00)
P:60 B65G 31/00
Mechanical throwing machines for articles or solid materials (feeding or discharging conveyers by devices incorporated in, or operatively associated with, conveyers B65G 47/00; distributors for fertilisers A01C; moulding machines B22C; sandblasting devices B24C; implements for applying plaster E04F 21/02)
P:150 B65G 33/00
Screw or rotary spiral conveyers (feeding or discharging conveyers by devices incorporated in, or operatively associated with, conveyers B65G 47/00; screws for extruding, compressing, kneading, mixing, pumping, or other special operations, see the relevant classes)
 B65G 33/08
·  for fluent solid materials
P:210 B65G 35/00
Mechanical conveyers not otherwise provided for (reciprocating belt conveyers B65G 25/04; feeding or discharging conveyers by devices incorporated in, or operatively associated with, conveyers B65G 47/00)
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 B65G 1/04; series of co-operating belt conveyer units B65G 15/00; series of co-operating chain conveyer units B65G 17/00; sequence control of combined conveyers B65G 43/10; feeding or discharging conveyers by devices incorporated in, or operatively associated with, conveyers B65G 47/00; specially adapted for handling radioactive materials G21)
 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 B65G 13/02; drive rollers of endless conveyers B65G 23/00; arrangement of rollers in metal-rolling equipment B21B 39/02; friction members F16H 55/32)
 B65G 39/10
·  Arrangements of rollers (on a single axle B65G 39/00)
P:280 B65G 41/00
Supporting frames or bases for conveyers as a whole, e.g. transportable conveyer frames
P:190 B65G 43/00
Control, e.g. safety, warning, fault-correcting, devices (for elevators, escalators or moving walkways B66B; in general F16P, 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 (adaptations of roller sleeves for cleaning belts B65G 39/00)
P:250 B65G 47/00
Article or material-handling devices associated with conveyers; Methods employing such devices (for sorting, e.g. postal, B07C)
 B65G 47/02
·  Devices for feeding articles or materials to conveyers
 B65G 47/04
·  ·  for feeding 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 B65G 47/24, B65G 47/26)
 B65G 47/22
·  Devices influencing the relative position or the attitude of articles during transit by conveyers (during feeding B65G 47/14)
 B65G 47/24
·  ·  orientating the articles
 B65G 47/26
·  ·  arranging the articles, e.g. varying spacing between individual articles (stacking or de-stacking B65G 57/00, B65G 59/00, B65G 61/00)
 B65G 47/28
·  ·  ·  during transit by a single conveyer
 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 47/34
·  Devices for discharging articles or materials from conveyers (B65G 47/24 takes precedence; sorting in general B07)
 B65G 47/46
·  ·  with distribution, e.g. automatically, to desired points (in tube mail systems B65G 51/00; postal or like sorting B07C)
 B65G 47/48
·  ·  ·  according to bodily destination marks on either articles or load-carriers (marking data records G06K)
 B65G 47/50
·  ·  ·  according to destination signals stored in separate systems (control by programme G05B 19/00)
 B65G 47/51
·  ·  ·  according to unprogrammed signals, e.g. influenced by supply situation at destination (volume, flow, or liquid level meters G01F; scales or weighing machines G01G; remote controls 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 B65G 65/00; transfer of workpieces during metal rolling B21B 41/00)
 B65G 47/53
·  ·  between conveyers which cross one another  [3]
 B65G 47/56
·  ·  to or from inclined or vertical conveyer sections
 B65G 47/60
·  ·  to or from conveyers of the suspended, e.g. trolley, type
 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 47/70
·  ·  ·  with precedence controls among incoming article flows
 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 47/78
·  ·  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 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
P:200 B65G 49/00
Conveying systems characterised by their application for specified purposes not otherwise provided for (for conveying sheet material B65H)
 B65G 49/05
·  for fragile or damageable materials or articles  [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 H01L 21/67)  [5,8]
 B65G 51/00 - 
B65G 53/00
Non-mechanical conveying through pipes or tubes; Floating in troughs
P:70 B65G 51/00
Conveying articles through pipes or tubes by fluid flow or pressure (water roundabouts A63G 3/00; pneumatic railways B61B); Conveying articles over a flat surface, e.g. the base of a trough, by jets located in the surface (pumps F04; fluid dynamics F15D; valves, taps, cocks F16K; pipes, pipe joints, or associated devices F16L)
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 B65G 69/00; loaders for hay or like field crops A01D 87/00; fluidising devices facilitating filling or emptying of large containers B65D 88/00; dredging E02F; winning materials out of alluvial deposits E21C 45/00; hydraulic or pneumatic mine-filling-up machines E21F 15/00; fluid dynamics F15D; pipe-line systems F17D)
 B65G 53/04
·  Conveying materials in bulk pneumatically through pipes or tubes; Air slides
 B65G 53/34
·  Details
 B65G 53/40
·  ·  Feeding or discharging devices
P:220 B65G 54/00
Non-mechanical conveyers not otherwise provided for  [3]
 B65G 57/00 - 
B65G 61/00
Stacking or de-stacking; Loading or unloading
 B65G 57/00 - 
B65G 61/00

Note(s)

In groups 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 (B65G 60/00 takes precedence; stacking of jumbo rolls B41F; stackable containers B65D; feeding, piling, or stacking sheets B65H; stacked delivery of machined products, see the relevant classes for the machines)
 B65G 57/02
·  by adding to the top of the stack
P:310 B65G 59/00
De-stacking of articles (B65G 60/00 takes precedence)
 B65G 59/02
·  De-stacking from the top of the stack
 B65G 59/06
·  De-stacking from the bottom of the stack
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 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 B65F 9/00; dredging, soil shifting E02F; conveyers used in co-operation with coal or like winning apparatus E21C 47/00)
P:340 B65G 65/00
Loading or unloading (by means incorporated in, or operatively associated with, conveyers B65G 47/00; of vehicles B65G 67/00)
P:330 B65G 67/00
Loading or unloading vehicles (by means incorporated in, or operatively associated with, conveyers B65G 47/00; horizontal loading or unloading platforms or loading ramps B65G 69/00; by means incorporated in the vehicles B60-B64; arrangement of ship-based loading or unloading equipment for cargo or passengers B63B 27/00; ground or aircraft-carrier-deck installations B64F; transferring of refuse between vehicles or containers B65F 9/00)
 B65G 67/02
·  Loading or unloading land vehicles (platform-lifts with tiltable platforms B66F 7/00)
P:350 B65G 69/00
Auxiliary measures taken, or devices used, in connection with loading or unloading (by means incorporated in, or operatively associated with, conveyers B65G 47/00; preventing, minimising, or fighting fire A62C; in vehicles, see the relevant subclasses)