[8209.00.00]

82.09 - Plates, sticks, tips and the like for tools, unmounted, of cermets. The products of this heading are usually in the fonn of plates, sticks, tips, rods, pellets, rings, etc., and are characterised by great hardness, even when hot, and great rigdity. In view of their special properties these lathe tools, milling tools, dnlls, dies, or or other hard materials. They fall in prepared, but not if already mounted tools, particularly heading 82.07. brazed or clamped on to used for workin metals or not, or ot env~se in the headings for The heading also excludes : (a) Unmixed, non-sintered metal carbides (heading 28.49). (b) Prepared but non-sintered metal carbide mixtures (heading 3824). (c) Ceramic plates, sticks, tips and the like, for tools (heading 69.09). (d) Sand blast nozzles and other abrasion resistant parts of machines, of cermets (Chapter 84). 82.10- Hand-operated mechanical appliances, weighin 10 kg or less, used in the preparation, conditioning or serving of food or drin 5. This heading covers non-electric mechanical appliances, generally hand-operated, not exceeding 10 kg in weight, used in the preparation, serving or conditioning of food or drink. For the purposes of this headin8 an ap liance is regarded as mechanical if it has such mechanisms as crank-handles, geanng, ArcLedean screw-actions, umps, etc.; a simple lever or plunger action is not in itself, however, regarded as a mec a n d feature involving classification in this heading unless the appliance is desi ed for fixing to a wall or other surface, or is fitted with base plates, etc., for standing on a ta le, on the floor, etc. % f? The heading thus comprises appliances which would fall either in heading 82.05 or in Chapter 84 but for the fact that they fulfil the following conditions : (I) They weigh 10 kg or less. (2) They have the mechanical features described. The following are examples of goods falling in the heading, provided they conform to the conditions set out above : Coffee or spice mills; vegetable mincers and mashers; meat mincers and slicers; meat pressers; aters for cheese, etc.; vegetable or fruit slicers, cutters and peelers, including potato chippers; gead slicers; macaroni or spaghetti cutters; ap liances for stonin f m t (other than es held independently in the hand); bo e o eners and cor ers; mechanical can i$tg?&ther than the simple can openers of ; can sealers; butter churns; ice cream freezers and portion servers; egg, cream eaters and mixers; fruit or meat juice extractors; ice crushers. f -