IPC Subgroup
B65G 47/52 Devices for transferring articles or materials between conveyors, i.e. discharging or feeding devices
Introduced: September 1968
Last revised: January 2006
Full Title
Article or material-handling devices associated with conveyors; Methods employing such devices > Devices for transferring articles or materials between conveyors, i.e. discharging or feeding devices
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
7 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- B65G 47/53 between conveyors which cross one another
- B65G 47/56 to or from inclined or vertical conveyor sections
- B65G 47/6 to or from conveyors of the suspended, e.g. trolley, type
- B65G 47/64 Switching conveyors
- B65G 47/66 Fixed platforms or combs, e.g. bridges between conveyors
- B65G 47/68 adapted to receive articles arriving in one layer from one conveyor and to transfer them in individual layers to more than one conveyor, or , e.g. combining the flows of articles conveyed by more than one conveyor
- B65G 47/72 transferring materials in bulk from one conveyor to several conveyors or
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