B65B MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING (bundling and pressing devices for cigars A24C1/44; devices for tensioning and securing binders adapted to be supported by the article or articles to be bound B25B25/00; applying closure members to bottles, jars or similar containers B67B1/00-B67B6/00; concurrent cleaning, filling and closing of bottles B67C7/00; emptying bottles, jars, cans, casks, barrels or similar containers B67C9/00)
Description
B65B covers machines, apparatus, and devices for packaging articles or materials, encompassing both the mechanical systems and methodologies used in commercial packaging operations. This subclass includes filling machines, wrapping equipment, sealing apparatus, case-packing machinery, and labeling devices used across industries such as food, pharmaceuticals, consumer goods, and chemicals. It also addresses unpacking equipment and related automated or semi-automated processes integral to the packaging workflow. Related conveying, storing, and material-handling aspects are covered in the broader B65 class, while specific container design is addressed in other classifications.
38 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- 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, or jars
- B65B 11/00 Wrapping, e.g. partially or wholly enclosing, articles or quantities of material, in strips, sheets or blanks, of flexible material (bundling articles by applying narrow strips or bands of flexible material B65B13/00)
- B65B 13/00 Bundling articles
- B65B 15/00 Attaching articles to cards, sheets, strings, webs, or other carriers
- B65B 17/00 Other machines, apparatus, or methods for packaging articles or materials
- B65B 19/00 Packaging rod-shaped or tubular articles susceptible to damage by abrasion or pressure, e.g. cigarettes, cigars, macaroni, spaghetti, drinking straws or welding electrodes
- B65B 21/00 Packaging or unpacking of bottles (bundling bottles B65B27/04)
- B65B 2210/00 Specific aspects of the packaging machine
- B65B 2220/00 Specific aspects of the packaging operation
- B65B 2230/00 Aspects of the final package
- B65B 23/00 Packaging fragile or shock-sensitive articles other than bottles; Unpacking eggs (embedding articles in shock-absorbing media B65B55/20)
- B65B 25/00 Packaging other articles presenting special problems (bundling B65B27/00)
- 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
- B65B 29/00 Packaging of materials presenting special problems
- 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, or jars
- B65B 31/00 Packaging articles or materials under special atmospheric or gaseous conditions; Adding propellants to aerosol containers
- B65B 33/00 Packaging articles by applying removable, e.g. strippable, coatings (B65B11/52 takes precedence)
- B65B 35/00 Supplying, feeding, arranging or orientating articles to be packaged
- B65B 37/00 Supplying or feeding fluent-solid, plastic, or liquid material, or loose masses of small articles, to be packaged (methods of, or means for, filling individual containers with such materials or articles B65B1/04, B65B3/04)
- B65B 39/00 Nozzles, funnels or guides for introducing articles or materials into containers or wrappers
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class B65, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- P&G (PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY) US 3,369
- KRONES DE 3,304
- TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE CH 2,227
- CANON JP 2,051
- AUTOSTORE TECHNOLOGY NO 1,731
- GPI (GRAPHIC PACKAGING INTERNATIONAL) US 1,707
- CANON 1,693
- G.D IT 1,678
- MURATA MACHINERY JP 1,664
- DAIFUKU COMPANY JP 1,654