US PATENT SUBCLASS 426 / 237
DIRECT APPLICATION OF ELECTRICAL OR WAVE ENERGY TO FOOD MATERIAL

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426 /   HD   FOOD OR EDIBLE MATERIAL: PROCESSES, COMPOSITIONS, AND PRODUCTS

237DIRECT APPLICATION OF ELECTRICAL OR WAVE ENERGY TO FOOD MATERIAL {7}
238  DF  .~> Involving wave energy of the sonic or pulsating type
239  DF  .~> Movement of material by an applied electromotive force, e.g., electrodialysis, etc.
240  DF  .~> Involving ionizing radiation, e.g., beta rays, X-rays, gamma rays, etc.
241  DF  .~> Heating by electromagnetic wave {2}
244  DF  .~> Involving dielectric heating or passage of electric current through food material
245  DF  .~> Including step of shaping in mold to form final desired configuration {2}
248  DF  .~> Treatment with ultraviolet or visible light

DEFINITION

Classification: 426/237

(under the class definition) Processes directed to applying electrical or wave energy directly to a food material.

(1) Note. The energy must be applied directly as such to the food material in the form of electrical or wave energy. Conversion of energy such as electrical to heat and the application of the heat to the food material is excluded from this subclass.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

156, Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture,

272+, for a laminating process including direct application of electrical or radiant energy to the work, and see the "SEARCH CLASS" notes thereunder.

204, Chemistry: Electrical and Wave Energy, appropriate subclasses for processes of treating material, in general, by

electrical or wave energy. 205, Electrolysis: Processes, Compositions Used Therein, and Methods of Preparing the Compositions, appropriate subclasses for electrolytic processes, in general.