PROCESSING OF HARVESTED PRODUCE; HAY OR STRAW PRESSES; DEVICES FOR STORING AGRICULTURAL OR HORTICULTURAL PRODUCE (devices for topping or skinning onions or flower bulbs A23N15/08)

Introduced: September 1968

Description

Covers machines and apparatus for threshing grain crops and processing crop residues, including stationary and mobile balers for compressing straw, hay, and similar materials into bundles or bales. Encompasses manual and powered tools for forming, binding, and cutting dried forage crops, as well as facilities and systems for storing harvested agricultural and horticultural products. Related technologies for conditioning, drying, and protecting stored produce under controlled conditions are included within this classification's scope.

Title

Titles differ between systems:

IPC: THRESHING; BALING OF STRAW, HAY OR THE LIKE; STATIONARY APPARATUS OR HAND TOOLS FOR FORMING OR BINDING STRAW, HAY OR THE LIKE INTO BUNDLES; CUTTING OF STRAW, HAY OR THE LIKE; STORING AGRICULTURAL OR HORTICULTURAL PRODUCE

CPC: PROCESSING OF HARVESTED PRODUCE; HAY OR STRAW PRESSES; DEVICES FOR STORING AGRICULTURAL OR HORTICULTURAL PRODUCE (devices for topping or skinning onions or flower bulbs A23N15/08)

Full Title

Full titles differ between systems:

IPC:

THRESHING; BALING OF STRAW, HAY OR THE LIKE; STATIONARY APPARATUS OR HAND TOOLS FOR FORMING OR BINDING STRAW, HAY OR THE LIKE INTO BUNDLES; CUTTING OF STRAW, HAY OR THE LIKE; STORING AGRICULTURAL OR HORTICULTURAL PRODUCE

CPC:

PROCESSING OF HARVESTED PRODUCE; HAY OR STRAW PRESSES; DEVICES FOR STORING AGRICULTURAL OR HORTICULTURAL PRODUCE (devices for topping or skinning onions or flower bulbs A23N15/08)

Additional Content IPC

Glossary

bale bales baling ("bale" as a noun) a compressed, solid package of harvested material, which is either held together by thread or webs or formed by the material itself (with or without additives) to maintain its shape bundle bundles (noun) a relatively loose package of harvested material, normally consisting of straws or stalks that are oriented in parallel to each other. It can either be held together by thread or webs or be formed by the material itself. combine combines (noun) harvester or mower combined with a threshing device harvest (verb) separate useful parts from growing plants in situ, mow plants, or gather whole plants or their useful parts from the ground or from where the plants grow, with the intention to make use of the separated, mown or gathered plant material mow mowing mower mowers ("mow" as a verb) cut down grass, cereals or other standing plants threshing separation of grains or seeds from harvested plants or plant parts (e.g. cereals, maize/corn, peas, beans or pine cones) by mechanical action (e.g. shaking, stamping, rubbing, beating or applying intermittent pressure)

Limiting references

Threshing . Separation of grains or seeds from plants in the place where they grow , e.g. , , Combines , , , Field threshers with windrow pick-up apparatus Pick-ups for harvested crop Coring or stoning of fruit , , , Removing seed-containing sections from fruit , Hulling, husking or cracking of nuts , Baling . Arrangements for making or setting stacks Pick-ups for harvested crop Bundling . Arrangements for making or setting stacks in connection with harvesting Cutting . Cutting or disintegrating in combination with mowing Pick-ups for harvested crop Shredding tea leaves Fodder mashers for preparing animal feeding-stuffs Cutting tobacco Spice mills Storing . Arrangements for making or setting stacks, used in connection with harvesting Devices for preserving flowers Arrangements in barns for treatment of tobacco Suspending devices for tobacco leaves Cabinets for perishable goods Fruit or potato storage cabinets, racks or tray for domestic use Closed containers for foodstuffs Drying or storing hops , Civil engineering aspects of bulk storage containers, e.g. silos

Application references

Baling . Vehicles for carrying harvested crops with bale-forming means additionally used for loading Packing or pressing tobacco Bundling . Apparatus for binding bouquets or wreaths of flowers Packing or pressing tobacco

Of 14 combined children, 13 exist in both systems.

1 codes are CPC-only extensions.

Note: 1 CPC extensions are marked as secondary classification only.

6 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.

Child Classifications

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A01F 1/00 Stationary apparatus or hand tools for forming or binding straw, hay or the like into bundles (baling apparatus or presses A01F13/00, A01F15/00; mobile binders for use in the field A01D37/00, A01D39/00) IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
A01F 11/00 Threshing apparatus specially adapted for maize; Threshing apparatus specially adapted for particular crops other than cereals IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
A01F 12/00 Parts or details of threshing apparatus (devices, other than safety devices for feeders, for protecting human beings A01D75/20, A01F21/00) IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
A01F 13/00 Hand-operated baling apparatus IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
A01F 15/00 Baling presses for straw, hay or the like +1 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
A01F 17/00 Straw conveyors for threshing machines or baling presses IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
A01F 19/00 Devices for securing threshing machines or baling presses to the ground, e.g. for compensating for unevenness of the ground IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
A01F 2009/00 Threshing machines with flails; Threshing devices with flails for combines 2nd only CPC only CPC only
A01F 21/00 Devices for protecting human beings for threshing machines or baling presses (in combines A01D75/20; for feeders for threshing apparatus A01F12/16) IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
A01F 25/00 Storing agricultural or horticultural produce; Hanging-up harvested fruit (maturing fruit A23N15/06; arrangements in barns for preparatory treatment of tobacco A24B1/02; packing or storing hops C12C3/04) IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
A01F 29/00 Cutting apparatus specially adapted for cutting hay, straw or the like (mowers combined with means for cutting up the mown crop A01D43/08) +1 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
A01F 3/00 Hand-operated implements for cutting-up straw, hay or the like (mechanically-driven straw cutters A01F29/00) IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
A01F 5/00 Hand-operated implements for threshing IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
A01F 7/00 Threshing apparatus IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC

Top Applicants

Top Applicants (IPC)

Class A01,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 6,725
JOHN DEERE US 6,555
MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY US 6,280
DOW AGROSCIENCES US 5,260
BASF (BADISCHE ANILIN & SODA FABRIK) DE 5,106
PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL US 4,609
KUBOTA CORPORATION 4,458
SYNGENTA PARTICIPATIONS CH 4,341
BAYER CROPSCIENCE DE 4,305
CNH INDUSTRIAL AMERICA US 4,024

Top Applicants (CPC)

Class A01,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

JOHN DEERE US 6,949
MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY US 6,297
DOW AGROSCIENCES US 5,458
BASF (BADISCHE ANILIN & SODA FABRIK) DE 5,296
BAYER CROPSCIENCE DE 4,654
PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL US 4,631
SYNGENTA PARTICIPATIONS CH 4,410
CNH INDUSTRIAL AMERICA US 4,128
CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 3,805
BAYER DE 3,607