MACHINES OR EQUIPMENT FOR MAKING OR PROCESSING DOUGHS; HANDLING BAKED ARTICLES MADE FROM DOUGH

Introduced: September 1968

Description

A21C covers machinery and equipment designed for the mechanical processing of dough materials and the handling of finished baked products derived from dough. This includes mixers, kneaders, dividers, shapers, proofing equipment, and conveying systems used in commercial and industrial bakery operations. The classification encompasses both the primary transformation of raw ingredients into dough and the post-baking handling, movement, and processing of bread, pastries, and similar baked goods. Related dough formulations and chemical aspects are covered separately under other A21 subclasses.

IPC and CPC are identically structured here. All 9 subcodes exist in both systems.

Child Classifications

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A21C 1/00 Mixing or kneading machines for the preparation of dough +2 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
A21C 11/00 Other machines for forming the dough into its final shape before cooking or baking +2 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
A21C 13/00 Provers, i.e. apparatus permitting dough to rise IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
A21C 14/00 Machines or equipment for making or processing dough, not provided for in other groups of this subclass since 2006 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
A21C 15/00 Apparatus for handling baked articles +2 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
A21C 3/00 Machines or apparatus for shaping batches of dough before subdivision IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
A21C 5/00 Dough-dividing machines +2 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
A21C 7/00 Machines which homogenise the subdivided dough by working other than by kneading +1 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
A21C 9/00 Other apparatus for handling dough or dough pieces IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC