(under the class definition) Subject matter which removes moisture by direct heat, exhaust gases or air blast from the harvested crop prior to its separation or during its separation or after it is separated or threshed.
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34, Drying and Gas or Vapor Contact With Solids, appropriate subclasses, for processes and apparatus of drying and vapor contact with the material.
56, Harvesters,
12.2, for machine which includes means for utilizing exhaust gases to dry the crop.
99, Foods and Beverages: Apparatus, appropriate subclasses, for the heating of food products.
209, Classifying, Separating, and Assorting Solids, 11, for methods and means for heating associated with separation methods.
241, Solid Material Comminution or Disintegration,
8, and 17 for comminuting combined with heating.
426, Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products, appropriate subclasses, for processes involving the application of a fluid to heat cereal or other seeds.
