PROCESSING OF HARVESTED PRODUCE

**Definition:** This place covers:

The scope of this subclass is composed of five separate parts, relating to the five parts of the subclass title. For ease of reference each section of these definitions is separated under five corresponding simplified headings: "Threshing", "Baling", "Bundling", "Cutting" and "Storing".

Threshing (relating to main groups A01F5/00 - A01F12/00 and A01F17/00 - A01F21/00 ):

Methods and apparatus for separating grains or seeds from harvested plants or plant parts by mechanical action.

Baling (relating to main groups A01F13/00 - A01F21/00 ):

Methods and apparatus for forming bales of straw, hay or like harvested products of plant origin.

Bundling (relating to main group A01F1/00 ):

Stationary apparatus or hand tools for forming or binding bundles of straw, hay or like harvested products of plant origin.

Cutting (relating to main groups A01F3/00 and A01F29/00 ):

Apparatus specially adapted for cutting or disintegrating straw, hay or like already harvested products of plant origin.

Storing (relating to main group A01F25/00 ):

Mechanical aspects (e.g. material handling aspects) of apparatus (e.g. silos) or methods that are specially adapted for storing harvested agricultural or horticultural crops.

**Limiting references (this place does not cover):** - Separation of grains or seeds from plants in the place where they grow -> A01D - Combines, i.e. harvesters or mowers combined with threshing devices -> A01D41/00 - Combines which thresh before the stalk is cut -> A01D41/08 - Field threshers with windrow pick-up apparatus -> A01D41/10 - Harvesting of standing crops -> A01D45/00 - Picking of fruits, vegetables, hops or the like; Devices for shaking trees or shrubs -> A01D46/00 - Delivering mechanisms for harvesters or mowers -> A01D57/00 - Elevators or conveyors for binders or combines -> A01D61/00 - Accessories for harvesters or mowers -> A01D75/00 - Pick-ups for harvested crop -> A01D89/00 - Machines for coring or stoning of fruit -> A23N3/00 - Machines for removing seed-containing sections from fruit -> A23N4/00 - Hulling, husking or cracking of nuts -> A23N5/00 - Peeling fruit and removing seed-containing sections -> A23N7/08 - Devices for stoning fruit -> A47J23/00 - Devices for coring fruit -> A47J25/00 - Nutcrackers -> A47J43/26 - Arrangements for making or setting stacks -> A01D85/00 - Pick-ups for harvested crop -> A01D89/00 - Arrangements for making or setting stacks in connection with harvesting -> A01D85/00 - Cutting or disintegrating in combination with mowing -> A01D43/08 - Pick-ups for harvested crop -> A01D89/00 - Shredding tea leaves -> A23F3/12 - Fodder mashers for preparing animal feeding-stuffs -> A23N17/02 - Cutting tobacco -> A24B7/00 - Spice mills -> A47J42/00 - Arrangements for making or setting stacks, used in connection with harvesting -> A01D85/00 - Devices for preserving flowers -> A01G5/06 - Arrangements in barns for treatment of tobacco -> A24B1/02 - Suspending devices for tobacco leaves -> A24B1/08 - Cabinets for perishable goods -> A47B71/00 - Fruit or potato storage cabinets, racks or tray for domestic use -> A47B75/00 - Closed containers for foodstuffs -> A47J47/02 - Drying hops -> C12C3/02 - Storing hops -> C12C3/04 - Civil engineering aspects of bulk storage containers, e.g. silos -> E04H7/00

**Glossary:** - bale: ("bale" as a noun) a compressed, solid package of harvested material, which is either held together by thread or webs or formed by the material itself (with or without additives) to maintain its shape - bundle: (noun) a relatively loose package of harvested material, normally consisting of straws or stalks that are oriented in parallel to each other. It can either be held together by thread or webs or be formed by the material itself. - combine: (noun) harvester or mower combined with a threshing device - harvest: (verb) separate useful parts from growing plants in situ, mow plants or gather whole plants or their useful parts from the ground or from where the plants grow, with the intention to make use of the separated, mown or gathered plant material - mow: ("mow" as a verb) cut down grass, cereals or other standing plants - threshing: separation of grains or seeds from harvested plants or plant parts (e.g. cereals, maize/corn, peas, beans or pine cones) by mechanical action (e.g. shaking, stamping, rubbing, beating or applying intermittent pressure)