(under subclass 340) Apparatus including means compressing an article, e.g., food package, during the freezing thereof.
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60, for processes involving packaging.
75, for sequential stage congelation processes.
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100, Presses, appropriate subclass for pressing processes and apparatus of general application. 156, Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture,
80, for laminating processes involving a step of refrigeration or freezing and subclass 498 for laminating devices with article cooling means.
264, Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes, for shaping or molding processes within the class definition which may include the mere compacting of ice.
28, therein includes the step of cooling and/or freezing to a temperature of zero deg.C and subclasses 109+ pertains to forming of articles by uniting of discrete bulk assembled particles. Subclasses 237 and 348 include cooling steps.
425, Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating: Apparatus, appropriate subclasses for molding apparatus, per se, for shaping particulate ice or dry ice.
