US PATENT SUBCLASS 241 / 24.1
.~ With classifying or separating of material

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241 /   HD   SOLID MATERIAL COMMINUTION OR DISINTEGRATION

*  DD  PROCESSES {17}
24.1.~ With classifying or separating of material {9}
24.11  DF  .~.~> Including separating liquid from solid
24.12  DF  .~.~> Of plural, diverse materials {8}
24.25  DF  .~.~> Of metal
24.26  DF  .~.~> Of food
24.27  DF  .~.~> Of rubber
24.28  DF  .~.~> Of plastic
24.29  DF  .~.~> Of fibrous material
24.3  DF  .~.~> Of glass
24.31  DF  .~.~> Of coal

DEFINITION

Classification: 241/24.1

With classifying or separating of material:

(under the class definition) Process in which the material, in addition to undergoing the comminuting or disintegrating operation, is subjected to sorting, (i.e., a classification or separation) according to the physical characteristics of the component separated from other components of the material.

(1) Note. See SEPARATION OF MATERIAL and Lines With Other Classes of the class definition of this class for notes to related art and for a statement of the lines followed with related classes.

(2) Note. Included herein is sorting a single-type material according to size, color, or quality.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

9+, for a process including the combined steps of comminuting

and separating or classifying as applied to cereal and other seed or seeds parts.

19, for a process of comminuting combined with sorting by use of a gas or vapor.

20, for a process directed to the combination of comminuting with separating or classifying by use of a liquid. 68+, for comminuting apparatus combined with means to classify or separate the material.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

209, Classifying, Separating, and Assorting Solids, for a process for subjecting the material to a classification or separation when not combined with significant comminuting.

210, Liquid Purification or Separation, and see the reference to Class 210 in References to Other Classes of the class definition of this class.