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84.67 - Tools for working in the hand, pneumatic, hydraulic or with self-contained electric or non-electric motor. - Pneumatic : 8467.1 1 - - Rotary type (including combined rotary percussion) 8467.19 - - Other - With self-contained electric motor 8467.21 - - Drills of all kinds 8467.22 - - Saws 8467.29 - - Other - Other tools : 8467.81 - - Chain saws 8467.89 - - Other - Parts : 8467.91 - - Of chain saws 8467.92 - - Of pneumatic tools 8467.99 - - Other This heading covers tools which incorporate an electric motor, a compressed air o erated piston), an internal combustion motor or hydraulic turbine?; the compressed air motor is compressed air, and in the case of the internal sometimes s arate. In pneumatic tools the supplemented y hydraulic connections. ?I The headin covers such tools only if for workin in the hand. The expression "tools for working in the hand1means tools designed to be he d in the hand during use, and also heavier tools (such as earth rammers) which are portable, that is, which can be lifted and moved by hand by the user, in particular while work is in progress, and which are also designed to be controlled and directed by hand durin operation. To obviate the fatiwe of taking their full weight durin operation they may be use wtth auxiliary supporting devlces (e.g., tnpods, jacklegs, overhea lifting tackle). f f f However, certain tools for working in the hand of this heading have fittings permitting them to be temporarily fixed to a sup ort. The remain classified here, to ether mth the suyport if it is presented therewith, provide$ the too s are essentially "for wori?ing in the hand' as defined above. K Some of the tools covered by this heading may be fitted with auxiliary devices (e.g., a fanwheel and its dust-bag to remove and collect dust during working). The heading excludes tools which, because of their weight, size, etc., obviously cannot be used in the hand as described above. It also excludes tools (whether or not portable) fitted with a base plate or other device for fixin to the wall, bench, floor, etc., those yith provisions for runping on rails (e.g., machines for slotting or killing railway sleepers) and walk-behnd or smlar hand-d~rectedmachines on wheels, e.g., floor grinding machines, for concrete, marble, or wood, etc. The heading further excludes combinations consisting of a tool holder with one or more tools, and a separate spark-ignition internal combustion piston en ine or a se mate electric motor with a flexlble shaft; the tool holder is classified in headin 84.66,e!t rnotqr wi% its flexible shaft in heading 84.07 or 85.01, as the case may be, and the tools in eir own appropnate headings. The tools of this heading include tools for working various materials and are used in various industries. Subject to the conditions above, the tools of this heading include, inter alia : (1) Drilling, tapping or reaming machines. (2) Boring machines, rock drills and the like. (3) Wrenches, screwdrivers, nut setters. (4) Planing, gauging, surfacing or similar appliances. (5) Filing machines, grinders, sanders, polishers and the like. (6) Wire brush machines. (7) Circular saws, chain saws and the like. (8) Hammers of various types, such as chi ping hammers, de-scaling hammers, caulking hammers, riveting hammers, concrete bre em. (9) Squeeze-type riveters; rivet busters and other chisel-operated appliances. (10) Sheet metal cutters (shear type or nibbler type). (1 1) Sand rammers, de-coring tools for removing cores from castings, mould vibrators for foundries. (12) Earth compacting rammers for road building or maintenance. (13) Automatic spades. (14) Concrete vibrators to facilitate the flow and setting of concrete. (15) Hedge trimmers. (16) Hydraulically driven boiler type de-scalers. (17) Compressed air type greasing pistols for garages, etc. (18) Portable machines for trimming lawns, cutting grass in comers, along walls, borders or under bushes, for example. Such machines have a self-contained motor in a light metal frame and a cutting de.ce usually consisting of a thin nylon thread. (19) Portable brush-cutters with a self-contained motor, a drive shaft (rigid or flexible) and a tool holder, presented together with various interchangeable cutting tools for mounting in the tool holder. (20) Cutters for cutting textiles in the ready-made clothing industry. (2 1) Engraving tools. (22) Electric hand scissors, comprising a fixed cutter blade and a mobile cutter blade operated by a built-in electrical motor, for use in dressmakers' and milliners' workrooms, households, etc. PARTS Sub'ect to the general provisions regarding the classification of parts (see the General Exp anato Note to Secaon XVI), the heading also covers parts (other than tool holders of heading d 6 6 ) of the tools of this heading. The heading also excludes : (a) Grinding, sh olishing, cutting wheels and the like, of stone, ceramics or agglomerated abrasives (he..fn?&.f4). (b) Tools of Chapter 82. (c) Air compressors (heading 84.14). (d) Liquid or owder sprayers, hand controlled spray guns, sand blasting apparatus and the like (heading 8B.24)). (e) EIectric lawn mowers (heading 84.33). (f) Electro-mechanicaldomestic appliances (heading 85.09). (g) Electric shavers, hair clippers and hair-removing appliances of heading 85.10. (h) Electro-mechanicalhand tools for medical or dental purposes (heading 90.18). -
1.- This Chapter does not cover : (a) Millstones, grindstones or other articles of Chapter 68; (b) Machinery or appliances (for example, pumps) of ceramic material and ceramic parts of machinery or appliances of any material (Chapter 69); (c) Laboratory glassware (heading 70.17); machinery, appliances or other articles for technical uses or parts thereof, of glass (heading 70.19 or 70.20); (d) Articles of heading 73.21 or 73.22 or similar articles of other base metals (Chapters 74 to 76 or 78 to 81); (e) Vacuum cleaners of heading 85.08; (f) Electro-mechanical domestic appliances of heading 85.09; digital cameras of heading 85.25; (g) Radiators for the articles of Section XVII; or (h) Hand-operated mechanical floor sweepers, not motorised (heading 96.03). 2.- Subject to the operation of Note 3 to Section XVI and subject to Note 11 to this Chapter, a machine or appliance which answers to a description in one or more of the headings 84.01 to 84.24, or heading 84.86 and at the same time to a description in one or more of the headings 84.25 to 84.80 is to be classified under the appropriate heading of the former group or under heading 84.86, as the case may be, and not the latter group. (A) Heading 84.19 does not, however, cover : (i) Germination plant, incubators or brooders (heading 84.36); (ii) Grain dampening machines (heading 84.37); (iii) Diffusing apparatus for sugar juice extraction (heading 84.38);