CPC Definition - Subclass B27J

Last Updated Version: 2016.11
MECHANICAL WORKING OF CANE, CORK, OR SIMILAR MATERIALS
Definition statement

This place covers:

Mechanical working of cane or similar materials and cork or similar materials (examples of similar materials to cane are flexible, woody stalks such as bamboo, wicker, rattan; examples of similar materials to cork might include some plastics) where it is the cane that is the product (sugar cane crushers for sugar juice C10B13/06)

Peeling osier rods (removing bark from trunks of trees B27L 1/00)
Definition statement

This place covers:

Machine for removing the bark from an osier by scraping or rubbing.

An "osier" comprises a branch or "slender trunk" or twig of any of several willow trees (or trees related to the willow) and in particular long rodlike willow twigs for use in basketry or basket making.

The product of this subclass is commonly used in basket making.

Mechanical working of tree or plant materials not otherwise provided for
Glossary of terms

In this place, the following terms or expressions are used with the meaning indicated:

Plant

Any of a kingdom (Plantae) of multicellular eukaryotic mostly photosynthetic organisms typically lacking locomotive movement or obvious nervous or sensory organs and possessing cellulose cell walls