IPC Subclass
A01J MANUFACTURE OF DAIRY PRODUCTS
Introduced: September 1968
Classification Context
- Section:
- HUMAN NECESSITIES
- Class:
- AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
- Subclass:
- MANUFACTURE OF DAIRY PRODUCTS
Description
A01J encompasses methods, apparatus, and systems for processing milk and producing dairy products including cheese, butter, yogurt, and other fermented or processed milk-based foods. The classification covers milk handling equipment such as separators, pasteurizers, homogenizers, and churns, as well as techniques for curd formation, fermentation, and product finishing. This subclass excludes general food processing machinery (covered under A23) and focuses specifically on dairy-specific manufacturing processes and equipment used from raw milk collection through final product packaging.
Related Keywords
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15 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- A01J 1/00 Devices or accessories for milking by hand
- A01J 11/00 Apparatus for treating milk
- A01J 13/00 Tanks for treating cream
- A01J 15/00 Manufacturing butter
- A01J 17/00 Kneading machines for butter, or the like
- A01J 19/00 Hand devices for forming slabs of butter, or the like
- A01J 21/00 Machines for forming slabs of butter, or the like
- A01J 23/00 Devices for dividing bulk butter, or the like
- A01J 25/00 Cheese-making
- A01J 27/00 After-treatment of cheese; Coating of cheese
- A01J 3/00 Milking with catheters
- A01J 5/00 Milking machines or devices
- A01J 7/00 Accessories for milking machines or devices
- A01J 9/00 Milk receptacles
- A01J 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass