B65G TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS (packaging B65B; handling thin or filamentary materials, e.g. paper sheets or thread, B65H; cranes B66C; portable mobile or lifting or hauling appliances, e.g. hoists, B66D; devices for lifting or lowering goods for loading or unloading purposes, e.g. fork-lift trucks, B66F9/00; emptying bottles, jars, casks, barrels or similar containers, not otherwise provided for, B67C9/00; delivering or transferring liquids B67D; filling or discharging vessels for liquefied, solidified or compressed gases F17C; pipe-line systems for fluids F17D)
Description
B65G encompasses mechanical systems for transporting and storing materials using conveyors, elevators, and related apparatus. It covers belt conveyors, roller conveyors, screw conveyors, pneumatic tube systems, bucket elevators, and tipping devices for handling bulk or packaged goods in industrial, commercial, and retail environments. This classification also includes shop conveyor systems, loading/unloading equipment, and storage devices integral to material handling operations. Related handling of thin or filamentary materials is covered under the parent class B65, while packaging machinery and wrapping systems are classified separately.
46 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- B65G 1/00 Storing articles, individually or in orderly arrangement, in warehouses or magazines (conveyor combinations in warehouses, magazines or workshops B65G37/00; stacking of articles B65G57/00; removing articles from stacks B65G59/00; loading machines B65G65/02)
- B65G 11/00 Chutes (used as storage devices B65G1/02)
- B65G 13/00 Roller-ways (storage devices comprising roller-ways B65G1/02; endless-chain conveyors comprising load-supporting rollers B65G17/00; rollers or arrangements thereof B65G39/00)
- B65G 15/00 Conveyors 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 B65G17/06)
- B65G 17/00 Conveyors 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 conveyors in which the chains form the load-carrying surface
- B65G 19/00 Conveyors 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 conveyors
- B65G 21/00 Supporting or protective framework or housings for endless load-carriers or traction elements of belt or chain conveyors
- B65G 2201/00 Indexing codes relating to handling devices, e.g. conveyors, characterised by the type of product or load being conveyed or handled
- B65G 2203/00 Indexing code relating to control or detection of the articles or the load carriers during conveying
- B65G 2205/00 Stopping elements used in conveyors to stop articles or arrays of articles
- B65G 2207/00 Indexing codes relating to constructional details, configuration and additional features of a handling device, e.g. Conveyors
- B65G 2209/00 Indexing codes relating to order picking devices in General
- B65G 2249/00 Aspects relating to conveying systems for the manufacture of fragile sheets
- B65G 23/00 Driving gear for endless conveyors; Belt- or chain-tensioning arrangements
- B65G 25/00 Conveyors comprising a cyclically-moving, e.g. reciprocating, carrier or impeller which is disengaged from the load during the return part of its movement (jigging B65G27/00)
- B65G 27/00 Jigging conveyors
- B65G 2811/00 Indexing codes relating to common features for more than one conveyor kind or type
- B65G 2812/00 Indexing codes relating to the kind or type of conveyors
- B65G 2813/00 Indexing codes relating to transport for special purposes
- B65G 2814/00 Indexing codes relating to loading or unloading articles or bulk materials
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