HEADING 85.09 - ELECTRO-MECHANICAL DOMESTIC APPLIANCES WITH SELF-CONTAINED ELECTRIC MOTOR.

84 COMMODITIES

8509.10 - Vacuum cleaners

8509.20 - Floor polishers

8509.30 - Kitchen waste disposers

8509.40 - Food grinders and mixers; fruit or vegetable juice extractors

8509.80 - Other appliances

8509.90 - Parts

This heading covers a number of domestic appliances in which an electric motor is incorporated. The term " domestic appliances " in this heading means appliances normally used in the household. These appliances are identifiable according to type by one or more characteristic features such as overall dimensions design capacity volume. The yardstick for judging these characteristics is that the appliances in question must not operate at a level in excess of household requirements.

Subject to the exclusions and in appropriate cases the limitations of weight given in Chapter Note 3 the heading covers apparatus which fulfil the above criteria. The heading does not cover appliances driven by a separate electric motor (whether by means of a flexible shaft transmission belts or other transmission equipment) nor appliances which though similar in construction and use are clearly intended solely for industrial use (e.g. in the food industries in chimney sweeping machine cleaning or road cleaning); these are classified in general in heading 82.10 or in CHAPTER84. The appliances of this heading are of two groups (see Chapter Note 3) :

(A) A limited class of articles classified here irrespective of their weight.

This group consists of the following only :

(1) Vacuum cleaners including those with rotating brushes or carpet beating devices. They perform two functions : the suction of dust and the filtering of the air stream. Suction is effected by means of a turbine fixed directly onto the shaft of the motor turning at high velocity. The dust is collected in an internal or external dust bag whereas the air sucked in and filtered is also used to cool the motor.

(2) Floor polishers (whether or not with a waxing attachment and whether or not with a heating element for liquefying the wax).

(3) Food grinders and mixers e.g. grinders for meat fish vegetables or fruit; multi-purpose grinders (for coffee rice barley split peas etc.); milk shakers; ice cream mixers; sorbet mixers; dough kneaders; mayonnaise beaters; other similar grinders and mixers (including those which by means of interchangeable parts can also be used for cutting or other manipulations).

(4) Fruit or vegetable juice extractors.

(B) A non-limited class of articles classified in this heading provided their weight is 20 kg or less.

This group includes inter alia :

(1) Floor scrubbing scraping or scouring appliances and appliances for sucking up dirty water or soap suds after scrubbing.

(2) Appliances for spraying polish on to floors before polishing. These are usually fitted with heating elements to liquefy the wax.

(3) Peelers chippers cutters etc. for potatoes.

(4) Slicers of all kinds (e.g. for meat sausages bacon cheese bread fruit or vegetables).

(5) Knife sharpeners and cleaners.

(6) Kitchen waste disposers. These devices are designed to be attached to the kitchen sink and are used to grind kitchen waste.

(7) Electric tooth brushes.

EQUIPMENT PRESENTED WITH THE APPLIANCES OF THIS HEADING

Many of the appliances listed above may be presented with interchangeable parts or auxiliary devices to make them suitable for various purposes. For example vacuum cleaners with brushing polishing insecticide spraying etc. attachments; vacuum cleaners with food mixing or grinding attachments; food mixers which can be used for cutting grinding whipping mincing etc.; slicers with honing and sharpening devices;  floor scrubbers with a polishing brush set; scrubbers with a soap feeder and suction device for removing dirty water or soap suds. Such an appliance is classified here together with the parts and accessories presented with it provided they are of a kind and number commonly used with the appliance. The weight of the extra interchangeable parts or detachable auxiliary devices is to be ignored in determining whether the appliance falls in the heading under the terms of paragraph (B) above.The appliances of this heading may be mounted on runners castors or similar devices to facilitate use.

PARTS

Subject to the general provisions regarding the classification of parts (see the General Explanatory Note to Section XVI) parts of the appliances of this heading are also classified here.

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The heading does not cover :

(a) Fans or ventilating or recycling hoods incorporating a fan whether or not fitted with filters (heading 84.14).

(b) Refrigerators (heading 84.18).

(c) Roller or other ironing machines (heading 84.20 or 84.51).

(d) Centrifugal clothes-dryers (heading 84.21) and household washing machines (heading 84.50).

(e) Dish washing machines (heading 84.22).

(f) Grass mowers (heading 84.33).

(g) Dairy type butter churns (heading 84.34).

(h) Vacuum cleaner type grooming apparatus for horses or cattle even if they have a subsidiary use for cleaning stable walls (heading 84.36).

(ij)Appliances for cleaning carpets in situ other than by the dry cleaning process designed for use in establishments (other than domestic premises) such as hotels motels hospitals offices restaurants and schools (heading 84.51).

(k) Sewing machines (heading 84.52).

(l)Hair-removing appliances (heading 85.10).

(m) Electro-thermic domestic appliances (heading 85.16).

(n) Massage appliances (heading 90.19).

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