.~ With cutting, or mechanically subdividing solid material, e.g., slicing, comminuting, slitting, etc.
DEFINITION
Classification: 426/518
(under subclass 665) Processes involving the treatment of a
solid food material to reduce the food or a component thereof in size, or to slit or incise a solid food material.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
478+, for a process of separating a starting material into plural different constituents.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS
83, Cutting,
13+, for a process of cutting through thicknesses of dough and paste not involving any molding or plastic flow except that which is incidental to the cutting operation. 225, Severing by Tearing or Breaking,
1+, for a method of tearing or breaking.
241, Solid Material Comminution or Disintegration, for processes of severing a solid material into a number of smaller solid masses wherein no particular desired shape is imparted to the initial solid mass or the resulting smaller solid masses.
452, Butchering, appropriate subclasses for a cutting, severing, or slitting operation peculiar to butchering.
