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MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING (bundling and pressing devices for cigars A24C 1/44; devices for tensioning and securing binders adapted to be supported by the article or articles to be bound B25B 25/00; applying closure members to bottles, jars or similar containers B67B 1/00-B67B 6/00; concurrent cleaning, filling and closing of bottles B67C 7/00; emptying bottles, jars, cans, casks, barrels or similar containers B67C 9/00)
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Note(s)
This subclass does not cover:operations of the types mentioned in Note (2) (a) to (f), employed in the manufacture of articles other than packages, which are covered by other appropriate subclasses, e.g. making confectionery products by casting in moulds formed by wrappers A23G, filling ammunition, e.g. cartridges, F42B 33/02;methods of packaging, which are wholly characterised by the form of the package produced, or the form of the container or packaging-element used, which are covered by B65D. In this subclass, the following terms are used with the meanings indicated:"packaging" includes mainly the following operations:filling portable containers or receptacles with materials or small articles to form packages;inserting articles or groups of articles into containers or receptacles;closing filled containers or receptacles otherwise than by metal-, glass-, or wood-working operations;enclosing, or partially enclosing, articles or quantities of material, in sheets, strips, blanks, webs, or tubes of thin flexible material, e.g. wrapping;bundling articles, e.g. holding articles together in groups by applying string or wire;attaching articles to cards, sheets, or webs. "package" means the end product of a packaging operation, e.g. a filled and closed container, an article enclosed in a wrapper, a group of articles held together by string or wire, a crate of bottles."materials" includes matter, or masses of articles, which are to be packaged, as distinct from separate or individual articles.
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Subclass indexes
METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PACKAGING | Of general application | in individual receptacles: for materials; for objects; closing after filling | 1/00, 3/00; 5/00; 7/00 | enclosing successively in webs; wrapping; by attachment to carriers | 9/00; 11/00; 15/00 | for objects: bundling; joining | 13/00; 17/02 | other processes and apparatus | 17/00 | For particular objects or materials; under particular conditions | for fragile rod-shaped or tubular objects; for bottles; for other articles presenting special problems | 19/00; 21/00; 23/00, 25/00 | bundling particular articles | 27/00 | using removable coatings | 33/00 | for particular materials: fibrous; other | 27/00; 29/00 | under particular atmospheric or gaseous conditions | 31/00 | DETAILS OF APPARATUS AND AUXILIARY DEVICES OR OPERATIONS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR | Relating to contents | supply arrangements; introducing into containers or wrappers; preservation, purification | 35/00, 37/00; 39/00; 55/00 | other devices or methods | 63/00 | Relating to containers | supplying container-forming material; forming containers; forming pockets; holding wrappers during wrapping | 41/00; 43/00; 47/00; 45/00 | bendling wrappers round contents; shrinking; closing; preserving, purifying | 49/00; 53/00; 51/00; 55/00 | other devices or methods | 61/00 | Relating to apparatus: control, safety; adaptation to different requirements; other details | 57/00; 59/00; 65/00 | PACKAGING BY HAND | 67/00 | UNPACKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR | 69/00 |
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