US PATENT SUBCLASS 99 / 568
.~.~.~ Removing shell

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99 /   HD   FOODS AND BEVERAGES: APPARATUS

485  DF  MEANS TO TREAT FOOD {8}
537  DF  .~ Subdividing into plural products {2}
567  DF  .~.~ Separating one external portion from the remaining food {3}
568.~.~.~ Removing shell {8}
569  DF  .~.~.~.~> With sorting {1}
571  DF  .~.~.~.~> By sudden-impact
572  DF  .~.~.~.~> By means to set, look and actuate separating means according to shell size {1}
574  DF  .~.~.~.~> By rotating separating means {2}
577  DF  .~.~.~.~> By biased breaking member {1}
579  DF  .~.~.~.~> With adjustment of a separating member
580  DF  .~.~.~.~> With discharge feature
581  DF  .~.~.~.~> By relatively movable shell contacting means {2}

DEFINITION

Classification: 99/568

(under subclass 537) Device including a compressing, impacting, or severing means that disjoins* the relatively brittle outer covering of the food.

(1) Note. See the definition of "shell" and "disjoin" in the Glossary.

(2) Note. The device will remove a hard shell and/or a soft skin or an outer covering by breaking, cracking, or fracturing.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

30, Cutlery,

120.1+, for hand- held shell openers.