IPC Subclass
A23N MACHINES OR APPARATUS FOR TREATING HARVESTED FRUIT, VEGETABLES, OR FLOWER BULBS IN BULK, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; PEELING VEGETABLES OR FRUIT IN BULK; APPARATUS FOR PREPARING ANIMAL FEEDING-STUFFS
Introduced: September 1968
Classification Context
- Section:
- HUMAN NECESSITIES
- Class:
- FOODS, FOODSTUFFS OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; PREPARATION, TREATMENT OR PRESERVATION THEREOF
- Subclass:
- MACHINES OR APPARATUS FOR TREATING HARVESTED FRUIT, VEGETABLES, OR FLOWER BULBS IN BULK, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; PEELING VEGETABLES OR FRUIT IN BULK; APPARATUS FOR PREPARING ANIMAL FEEDING-STUFFS
Description
A23N encompasses machines and apparatus for post-harvest bulk treatment of fruits, vegetables, and flower bulbs, including specialized peeling equipment for removing skins or outer layers from produce at industrial scale. This classification also covers apparatus designed for mechanical preparation and processing of animal feed and feedstuffs. Excluded are specific treatment processes already covered in other A23 subclasses (such as washing, sorting, or preservation methods with dedicated classifications) and machines for initial agricultural harvesting operations.
Related Keywords
machines for CORING fruit in bulkDRESSING fruits, nuts or vegetablesdevices for coring, destalking or stoning FRUIT in bulkPULPING of fruit or vegetablescrushing ROOT(S) for foodcoring or stoning fruittreating edible SEED(S) or nuts in bulkSTRAINING of foodstuffs in bulkSTRINGING foodstuffs in bulkTOPPING of fruitpreparation of VEGETABLE(S)
9 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- A23N 1/00 Machines or apparatus for extracting juice
- A23N 11/00 Removing pith from stems
- A23N 12/00 Machines for cleaning, blanching, drying or roasting fruits or vegetables, e.g. coffee, cocoa, nuts
- A23N 15/00 Machines or apparatus for other treatment of fruits or vegetables for human purposes; Machines or apparatus for topping or skinning flower bulbs
- A23N 17/00 Apparatus specially adapted for preparing animal feeding-stuffs
- A23N 3/00 Machines for coring or stoning fruit, characterised by their feeding device
- A23N 4/00 Machines for stoning fruit or removing seed-containing sections from fruit, characterised by their stoning or removing device
- A23N 5/00 Machines for hulling, husking, or cracking nuts
- A23N 7/00 Peeling vegetables or fruit
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class A23, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- KVASENKOV OLEG IVANOVICH RU 6,158
- NESTLE CH 4,562
- NESTEC CH 3,354
- JIANGNAN UNIVERSITY 2,699
- DSM IP ASSETS (DUTCH STATE MINES IP ASSETS) NL 2,320
- SUNTORY HOLDINGS JP 1,926
- CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 1,804
- CJ CHEILJEDANG CORPORATION KR 1,653
- CARGILL US 1,588
- REPUBLIC OF KOREA (RURAL DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION) KR 1,314