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)
Introduced: September 1968
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.
Title
Titles differ between systems:
IPC: TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
CPC: 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)
Full Title
Full titles differ between systems:
TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
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)
Additional Content IPC
Limiting references
Packaging Handling of thin or filamentary material, e.g. sheets, webs or cables Cranes Portable or movable lifting or hauling appliances, e.g. hoists Devices for lifting or lowering goods for loading or unloading purposes, e.g. fork-lift trucks Delivering or transferring liquids, not otherwise provided for Filling or discharging vessels for liquefied, solidified or compressed gases Pipe-line systems for fluids
Application references
Sowing or planting machines, manure loaders or distributors Conveyors for root crop harvesters Conveyors for mowers, harvesters or combines Loaders for hay or like field crops Conveyors for threshing machines, baling presses or cutting apparatus for hay or straw Storing agricultural or horticultural produce Hydroponic culture on conveyors Baking ovens with moving baking surfaces Dough handling Processing meat, poultry or fish Pasteurising of food in moving packages Conveyors for cigar- or cigarette-making Conveyors for shoemaking Food-conveying devices for tables Dish-washing machines with conveyors Chutes or helter-skelters for amusement purposes Filtering Granulating on conveyor belts Feeding devices for crushing or disintegrating machines Separating solid materials Magnetic separation with material carriers in the form of belts Sieving, screening, sifting or sorting solid materials Sorting of mail or documents Cleaning of containers on conveyors Arrangement of feeding rollers in metal-rolling mills Handling work in processing of metal tubes or profiles Handling work in connection with machine tools , Handling logs or timber in saw mills Transporting material in manufacture of fibre boards Handling material in production of ceramic articles , Mixing concrete on or by conveyors Handling material in shaping or joining of plastics Conveying between operating stations in book-making machines Conveyors for unloading of vehicles , Conveyor systems for motor vehicle or trailer assembly lines Arrangement of conveyors for loading of ships Supplying, feeding, arranging or orientating articles to be packaged Supplying or feeding fluent-solid material or loose masses of small articles to be packaged Feeding containers in association with packaging Gathering or removal of refuse Transferring of refuse between vehicles or containers Elevators for buildings, mines or similar structures Escalators or moving walkways Transporting glass during manufacture Coke-ovens with conveying means , , Charging or discharging coke ovens , Conveying textile fibres between machines Drying cabinets or chambers with conveying means Dredging or soil-shifting Chutes in buildings for transporting refuse Conveying building materials or building elements Garages with mechanical means for shifting or lifting vehicles Removal of material in open-pit mines Transport specially adapted for underground conditions Fuel-feeding grates for combustion chambers Removing ash, clinker or slag from combustion chambers Feeding solid fuel to combustion apparatus Conveyors in freezing or cooling apparatus or cold rooms , , Drying objects with progressive movement Furnaces through which the charge is moved mechanically Charging, discharging or manipulating charge in ovens Feeding of ammunition Weighing apparatus using conveyors , Conveying record carriers Counting of objects carried by a conveyor Coin-freed apparatus dispensing articles from movable containers Arrangements for handling fuel or other materials which are used in nuclear reactors Feeding of components in manufacturing of electric components Handling semiconductor devices during manufacture or treatment
Of 46 combined children, 36 exist in both systems.
10 codes are CPC-only extensions.
Note: 10 CPC extensions are marked as secondary classification only.
16 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.
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) IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- 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) IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- 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) +1 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- 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 +3 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- 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 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- B65G 21/00 Supporting or protective framework or housings for endless load-carriers or traction elements of belt or chain conveyors +1 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- B65G 2201/00 Indexing codes relating to handling devices, e.g. conveyors, characterised by the type of product or load being conveyed or handled 2nd only +3 CPC CPC only CPC only
- B65G 2203/00 Indexing code relating to control or detection of the articles or the load carriers during conveying 2nd only +2 CPC CPC only CPC only
- B65G 2205/00 Stopping elements used in conveyors to stop articles or arrays of articles 2nd only +3 CPC CPC only CPC only
- B65G 2207/00 Indexing codes relating to constructional details, configuration and additional features of a handling device, e.g. Conveyors 2nd only +24 CPC CPC only CPC only
- B65G 2209/00 Indexing codes relating to order picking devices in General 2nd only +5 CPC CPC only CPC only
- B65G 2249/00 Aspects relating to conveying systems for the manufacture of fragile sheets 2nd only +2 CPC CPC only CPC only
- B65G 23/00 Driving gear for endless conveyors; Belt- or chain-tensioning arrangements IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- 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) IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- B65G 2811/00 Indexing codes relating to common features for more than one conveyor kind or type 2nd only +2 CPC CPC only CPC only
- B65G 2812/00 Indexing codes relating to the kind or type of conveyors 2nd only +11 CPC CPC only CPC only
- B65G 2813/00 Indexing codes relating to transport for special purposes 2nd only +1 CPC CPC only CPC only
- B65G 2814/00 Indexing codes relating to loading or unloading articles or bulk materials 2nd only +2 CPC CPC only CPC only
Top Applicants
Top Applicants (IPC)
Class B65,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- CANON 3,755
- SGCC(STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA) 3,721
- YOSHINO KOGYOSHO COMPANY 3,659
- DNP (DAINIPPON PRINTING COMPANY) 3,573
- KRONES DE 3,114
- P&G (PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY) US 2,777
- TOPPAN PRINTING COMPANY 2,720
- SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 2,574
- KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS 2,371
- RICOH COMPANY 2,349
Top Applicants (CPC)
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