|  | A |
SECTION A — HUMAN NECESSITIES

FOODSTUFFS; TOBACCO

|  | A23 |
FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES

|  | A23 |
1. Note(s) Attention is drawn to the following places:
   Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...C08B | Polysaccharides, derivatives thereof |
   Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...C11 | Animal or vegetable oils, fats, fatty substances or waxes |
   Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...C12 | Biochemistry, beer, spirits, wine, vinegar |
   Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...C13 | Sugar industry. [4] |
Processes using enzymes or micro-organisms in order to: liberate, separate or purify a pre-existing compound or composition, or to treat textiles or clean solid surfaces of materials are further classified in subclass Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...C12S. [5]

|  | A23N |
MACHINES OR APPARATUS FOR TREATING HARVESTED FRUIT, VEGETABLES, OR FLOWER BULBS IN BULK, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; PEELING VEGETABLES OR FRUIT IN BULK; APPARATUS FOR PREPARING ANIMAL FEEDING-STUFFS (machines for cutting straw or fodder Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A01F 29/00; disintegrating, e.g. shredding, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B02C; severing, e.g. cutting, splitting, slicing, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B26B, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B26D)

|  | A23N |
Subclass index
APPARATUS FOR DRAINING | 1/00
MACHINES FOR STONING OR REMOVING SEED CONTAINING SECTIONS | 3/00, 4/00
MACHINES FOR HULLING, HUSKING, CRACKING, OR PEELING | 5/00, 7/00
APPARATUS FOR PREPARING ANIMAL FEEDING-STUFFS | 17/00
MACHINES FOR OTHER TREATMENT | 11/00 - 15/00

P:10 |  | A23N 1/00 |
Machines or apparatus for extracting juice (preparation of non-alcoholic beverages, e.g. by adding ingredients to fruit or vegetable juices, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A23L 2/00; apparatus for making beverages Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A47J 31/00; extracting presses Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B30B)

|  | A23N 1/02 |
· | combined with disintegrating or cutting

P:30 |  | A23N 3/00 |
Machines for coring or stoning fruit, characterised by their feeding device (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A23N 4/00 takes precedence) [2]

|  | A23N 3/02 |
· | with feeder-drums

|  | A23N 3/04 |
· | with endless feeder-belts

|  | A23N 3/06 |
· | with feeder-tables

P:20 |  | A23N 4/00 |
Machines for stoning fruit or removing seed-containing sections from fruit, characterised by their stoning or removing device (for peeling fruit and removing seed-containing sections Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A23N 7/08; domestic devices for stoning fruit Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A47J 23/00, for coring fruit Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A47J 25/00) [2,3]

|  | A23N 4/02 |
· | for stoning fruit [2]

|  | A23N 4/04 |
· · | for peaches, plums, apricots or the like [2]

|  | A23N 4/06 |
· · | for cherries or the like (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A23N 4/04 takes precedence) [2]

|  | A23N 4/08 |
· · | for dates, olives or the like oblong fruits [2]

|  | A23N 4/10 |
· · | for fruit with very small pips e.g. raisins [2]

|  | A23N 4/12 |
· | for coring fruit [2]

|  | A23N 4/14 |
· · | for apples, pears or the like [2]

|  | A23N 4/16 |
· · | for tomatoes or the like [2]

|  | A23N 4/18 |
· · | for citrus fruits [2]

|  | A23N 4/20 |
· · | for pineapples [2]

|  | A23N 4/22 |
· | for both splitting and stoning [2]

|  | A23N 4/24 |
· | for removing seed-containing sections from cut fruit [2]

P:40 |  | A23N 5/00 |
Machines for hulling, husking, or cracking nuts

|  | A23N 5/01 |
· | for peanuts [2]

|  | A23N 5/03 |
· | for coconuts (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A23N 5/08 takes precedence) [2]

|  | A23N 5/08 |
· | for removing fleshy or fibrous hulls of nuts (for peanuts Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A23N 5/01)

P:50 |  | A23N 7/00 |
Peeling vegetables or fruit (devices for skinning onions Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A23N 15/08; peeling machines of the household type Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A47J 17/00) [3]

|  | A23N 7/01 |
· | using chemical substances, e.g. lye [2,3]

|  | A23N 7/02 |
· | Peeling potatoes, apples or similarly shaped vegetables or fruit (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A23N 7/01 takes precedence) [3]

|  | A23N 7/04 |
· | Peeling asparagus (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A23N 7/01 takes precedence) [3]

|  | A23N 7/08 |
· | for peeling fruit and removing seed-containing sections

|  | A23N 7/10 |
· | Driving mechanisms

P:60 |  | A23N 11/00 |
Removing pith from stems

P:70 |  | A23N 12/00 |
Machines for cleaning, blanching, drying or roasting fruits or vegetables, e.g. coffee, cocoa, nuts (methods for treating, e.g. roasting, coffee or cocoa Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A23F, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A23G; cleaning, e.g. washing, or drying grain Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B02B 1/00; separating solids from solids for cleaning Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B07B; cleaning in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B08B; heating devices per se, see the relevant classes, e.g. Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F24; drying machines in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F26B) [3]

|  | A23N 12/02 |
· | for washing or blanching (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A23N 12/06 takes precedence; blanching methods Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A23B 7/06) [3]

|  | A23N 12/04 |
· · | for blanching [3]

|  | A23N 12/06 |
· | for washing or blanching, combined with subsequent drying [3]

|  | A23N 12/08 |
· | for drying or roasting (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A23N 12/06 takes precedence) [3]

|  | A23N 12/10 |
· · | Rotary roasters [3]

|  | A23N 12/12 |
· · | Auxiliary devices for roasting machines [3]

P:80 |  | A23N 15/00 |
Machines or apparatus for other treatment of fruits or vegetables for human purposes; Machines or apparatus for topping or skinning flower bulbs [2]

|  | A23N 15/01 |
· | for stripping brussels' sprouts from stalks [2]

|  | A23N 15/02 |
· | for stemming, piercing or stripping fruit; Removing sprouts of potatoes

|  | A23N 15/04 |
· | Devices for topping fruit or vegetables (topping onions Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A23N 15/08) [2]

|  | A23N 15/06 |
· | Devices for other treatment of fruit, e.g. marking, maturing, polishing

|  | A23N 15/08 |
· | Devices for topping or skinning onions or flower bulbs [2]

|  | A23N 15/10 |
· | for shelling peas or beans [2]

|  | A23N 15/12 |
· | for snipping or stringing beans [3]

P:0 |  | A23N 17/00 |
Apparatus specially adapted for preparing animal feeding-stuffs

|  | A23N 17/02 |
· | Fodder mashers (household implements for mashing potatoes or other foodstuffs Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A47J 19/04)