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

Introduced: September 1968

Classification Context

Section:: HUMAN NECESSITIES
Class:: AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
Subclass:: 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

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.

Scope Notes

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

Related Keywords

BALING -pressesCONTAINER(S) for storage of agricultural produce on farmsthreshing, baling or storing agricultural CROP(S)STORAGE of crops on the farm

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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
A01F 11/00 Threshing apparatus specially adapted for maize; Threshing apparatus specially adapted for particular crops other than cereals
A01F 12/00 Parts or details of threshing apparatus
A01F 13/00 Hand-operated baling apparatus
A01F 15/00 Baling presses for straw, hay or the like
A01F 17/00 Straw conveyors for threshing machines or baling presses
A01F 19/00 Devices for securing threshing machines or baling presses to the ground, e.g. for compensating for unevenness of the ground
A01F 21/00 Devices for protecting human beings for threshing machines or baling presses
A01F 25/00 Storing agricultural or horticultural produce; Hanging-up harvested fruit
A01F 29/00 Cutting apparatus specially adapted for cutting hay, straw or the like
A01F 3/00 Hand-operated implements for cutting-up straw, hay or the like
A01F 5/00 Hand-operated implements for threshing
A01F 7/00 Threshing apparatus