TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS

Introduced: September 1968

Classification Context

Section:: PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
Class:: CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
Subclass:: TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS

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.

Additional Content

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

Related Keywords

BAND(S) conveyers(3) BELT(S) conveyersBRAKE(S) arrangements in conveyersCABLE(S) conveyersCARRIER(S) as conveyers or conveyer partsCHAIN(S) conveyorsCHUTES for conveyingCONTAINER(S) for CONTAINER(S) trafficCONTAINER(S) trafficCONVEYER(S)CONVEYING in generalDE-STACKING of articlesDISCHARGING -devices associated with conveyersdrives or GEAR(S) for conveyerschutes in buildings for LETTER(S)LOADINGsuction NOZZLES for fluid transportPICK-UP(S) devices associated with conveying, stacking, or loading apparatusROLLER(S) conveyersendless ROPE(S) conveyersSTACKING of articlesSTORAGESTORAGE of goods in warehousesTIPPING conveyerscontainer TRAFFICTRANSPORTTRANSPORT of goods, otherwise than by vehiclesUNLOADING

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B65G 1/00 Storing articles, individually or in orderly arrangement, in warehouses or magazines
B65G 11/00 Chutes
B65G 13/00 Roller-ways
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
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 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
B65G 27/00 Jigging conveyors
B65G 29/00 Rotary conveyors, e.g. rotating discs, arms, star-wheels or cones
B65G 3/00 Storing bulk material or loose, i.e. disorderly, articles
B65G 31/00 Mechanical throwing machines for articles or solid materials
B65G 33/00 Screw or rotary spiral conveyors
B65G 35/00 Mechanical conveyors not otherwise provided for
B65G 37/00 Combinations of mechanical conveyors of the same kind, or of different kinds, of interest apart from their application in particular machines or use in particular manufacturing processes
B65G 39/00 Rollers, e.g. drive rollers, or arrangements thereof incorporated in roller-ways or other types of mechanical conveyors
B65G 41/00 Supporting frames or bases for conveyors as a whole, e.g. transportable conveyor frames
B65G 43/00 Control devices, e.g. for safety, warning or fault-correcting
B65G 45/00 Lubricating, cleaning, or clearing devices

Top Applicants

Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor 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