KITCHEN EQUIPMENT; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; APPARATUS FOR MAKING BEVERAGES

Introduced: September 1968

Last revised: January 1995

Classification Context

Section:: HUMAN NECESSITIES
Class:: FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
Subclass:: KITCHEN EQUIPMENT; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; APPARATUS FOR MAKING BEVERAGES

Description

A47J encompasses mechanical and electrical appliances designed for food preparation, grinding, and beverage production in domestic and light commercial kitchen settings. This classification covers coffee mills, spice grinders, mixers, blenders, food processors, and apparatus for brewing or preparing beverages such as coffee makers and tea infusers. The scope includes both the machines themselves and their functional components (e.g., grinding mechanisms, mixing elements, heating elements) where not classifiable under more specific sections of IPC Class A47 or other classes covering specialized food processing. Adjacent divisions address broader kitchen furniture (A47B) and general domestic appliances, while more specialized food processing equipment may fall under Class A23 when industrially focused.

Scope Notes

Glossary: cooking boiling, braising, steaming, pressure cooking, frying, baking, roasting, grilling or barbecuing food. boiling cooking food by submerging it in boiling water, or other water-based liquid ( e.g. broth or milk); keeping liquid foodstuff (or water) at a boiling temperature. braising cooking food with moist heat, e.g. stewing or pot roasting. steaming cooking food in an atmosphere with hot steam. pressure cooking cooking food at a pressure different (i.e. higher or lower) than that of the atmosphere. frying cooking food in hot oil or fat, e.g. pan frying or deep frying. deep (fat) frying deep frying fat frying cooking food by submerging it in hot oil or fat. baking cooking food by dry heat acting by conduction, normally in an oven, but also in hot ashes, or on hot stones. roasting cooking food with dry high heat. grilling applying direct dry high heat to food, most commonly from above, with heat transfer primarily via thermal radiation, e.g. by using the upper heating element of an electric oven, or inside a drawer below the flame of a gas oven. barbecuing cooking food with a barbecue by the heat and hot gases of a fire, smoking wood or hot coals of charcoal, or of an electrical heating element. toasting browning food by exposure to dry radiant heat, e.g. grilling of sliced bread on both sides. warming raising the temperature of food but not cooking it. grating disintegrating food, e.g. cheese, with a tool having several sharp protrusions. | Limiting references: Apparatus for treating milk in dairies, e.g. appliances for preventing or destroying milk foam, aerating or de-aerating milk Hand devices for forming slabs of butter in dairies Machines for forming slaps of butter in diaries Apparatus for smoking food Machines or apparatus for treating harvested fruit or vegetables in bulk Machines or apparatus for extracting juice Machines for coring or stoning fruits in bulk Machines for stoning fruits or removing seed containing sections Peeling vegetables or fruit in bulk Machines for removing stalks from fruit Making ice cream Washing or rinsing machines for crockery or table-ware Apparatus or implements used in manual washing or cleaning of crockery, table-ware, cooking-ware or the like Drying devices for crockery or table-ware, e.g. tea-cloths Polishing of table-ware, e.g. knives, forks, spoons Table devices or equipment, e.g. table ware Brewing of beer Preparation of wine or other alcoholic beverages Traveling cookers heated by gaseous fuels Domestic stoves or ranges , Microwave ovens , Induction heating hobs | Application references: Lunch boxes, picnic boxes or the like Table service Vessels or pots for table use Coffee or tea pots Tea infusers, e.g. tea eggs Table ware Devices for fastening household utensils, or the like, to tables, walls, or the like Weighing spoons

Related Keywords

CONTAINER(S) for cookingHOLLOW-WARE for table or kitchen useKITCHEN equipment in generalPIPING of foodstuffskitchen apparatus for PREPARATION(S) of foodPULPING of fruit or vegetablespreparation of VEGETABLE(S)

19 direct subcodes

Child Classifications

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A47J 17/00 Household peeling, stringing, or paring implements or machines
A47J 19/00 Household machines for straining foodstuffs; Household implements for mashing or straining foodstuffs
A47J 21/00 Devices for removing stalks from fruit
A47J 23/00 Devices for stoning fruit
A47J 25/00 Devices for coring fruit
A47J 27/00 Cooking-vessels
A47J 29/00 Egg-cookers
A47J 31/00 Apparatus for making beverages
A47J 33/00 Camp cooking devices without integral heating means
A47J 36/00 Parts, details or accessories of cooking-vessels
A47J 37/00 Baking; Roasting; Grilling; Frying
A47J 39/00 Heat-insulated warming chambers; Cupboards with heating arrangements for warming kitchen utensils
A47J 41/00 Thermally-insulated vessels, e.g. flasks, jugs, jars
A47J 42/00 Coffee mills; Spice mills
A47J 43/00 Implements for preparing or holding food, not provided for in other groups of this subclass
A47J 44/00 Multi-purpose machines for preparing food
A47J 45/00 Devices for fastening or gripping kitchen utensils
A47J 47/00 Kitchen containers, stands or the like, not provided for in other groups of this subclass; Cutting-boards, e.g. for bread
A47J 9/00 Apparatus or utensils for shaping butter or the like