PRODUCING, WORKING OR HANDLING ICE

Introduced: September 1968

Last revised: July 1974

Classification Context

Section:: MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
Class:: REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION OR SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
Subclass:: PRODUCING, WORKING OR HANDLING ICE

Description

F25C encompasses machinery and processes for manufacturing ice, shaping ice products, and managing ice in industrial or commercial contexts. This includes ice-making equipment, ice-breaking apparatus, ice-molding systems, and storage or transport solutions for ice. The classification covers both mechanical methods for ice formation and subsequent processing operations, excluding general refrigeration systems themselves (covered under F25D) and the underlying thermodynamic principles of cooling (F25B).

Additional Content

Glossary

Ice Any frozen liquid and also covers frozen semiliquids or pasty substances

Application references

Frozen sweets, including ice-cream, their production

Related Keywords

CONGELATION of liquids or pastesFREEZING of liquids or pastesmanufacture, working, or storage of ICEfreezing of LIQUID(S)

3 direct subcodes

Child Classifications

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F25C 1/00 Producing ice
F25C 3/00 Processes or apparatus specially adapted for producing ice or snow for winter sports or similar recreational purposes, e.g. for sporting installations; Producing artificial snow
F25C 5/00 Working or handling ice

Top Applicants

Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class F25, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

HAIER SMART HOME 13,215
LG ELECTRONICS KR 8,561
MIDEA 7,315
GREE ELECTRIC APPLIANCES 6,041
HEFEI MIDEA REFRIGERATOR COMPANY 5,211
MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION JP 4,905
HEFEI HUALING COMPANY 4,633
BSH (BOSCH UND SIEMENS HAUSGERAETE) DE 3,697
QINGDAO HAIER INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH ANDDEVELOPMENT COMPANY 3,376
HAIER SMART HOME CN 3,265