US PATENT SUBCLASS 99 / 635
.~.~.~ Removing stem-end or blossom-end

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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}
635.~.~.~ Removing stem-end or blossom-end {4}
636  DF  .~.~.~.~> Including blossom-end
637  DF  .~.~.~.~> Stemming {4}
642  DF  .~.~.~.~> By penetrating cutter
643  DF  .~.~.~.~> With conveyor and positioning means

DEFINITION

Classification: 99/635

(under subclass 567) Device wherein a portion of the food, which is distinct from but naturally attached to the food, is detached; or, wherein the stem-end* or blossom-end* of the food is detached.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

539+, particularly subclass 546, for separating an external portion of food and an internal portion.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

56, Harvesters,

121.4+, for removing

171, Unearthing Plants or Buried Objects 26+, for removing the ends from food after removing it from

the ground.

452, Butchering,

154, and 166+ for removing the extremities of animals in a butchering type operation.