(under subclass 485) Device wherein gaseous or liquid matter contacts the food for modifying the food for immediate, or ultimate, consumption.
(1) Note. In a device where the gas and/or liquid is to handle (move, transport, etc.) the food bodily; or, to clean the food of inedible material; or, to both clean and handle, as above described, classification is in a handling or cleaning class, as appropriate. See paragraphs (c) and (d) under "Search Class" of Class 99, subclass 324.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
323.1, for apparatus for treating a beverage with a gas.
453+, for apparatus for atmospheric modification of a dairy food.
467+, for apparatus for subjecting food to an enclosed modified atmosphere. SEE OR SEARCH CLASS
15, Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning,
3.1+, for fruit washers.
68, Textiles: Fluid Treating Apparatus, for bleaching apparatus for textile materials.
83, Cutting,
169, for applying a fluid to a cutter or material, and see the search notes thereunder.
