Devices for making beverages therefore include:

Household apparatuses for making beverages, e.g. by brewing or diluting;

Beverage shakers, devices for foaming milk.

Storing and handling of devices for preparing, cooking, or warming food or for making beverages refer to:

Storing and handling arrangements therefore include:

Devices for warming kitchen utensils, e.g. dishes.

Storing food refers to:

Devices for storing food therefore include:

Kitchen containers;

Thermally insulated vessels, e.g. flasks, jugs or jars.

This subclass is primarily intended for domestic kitchen equipment for preparing/cooking/warming food. Preparing/cooking/warming foodstuff on an industrial scale is not covered by this subclass and will be classified in the following places:

Implements for table use will be classified in A47G.

Subclass A47J further covers the domestic making of (hot) beverages, in particular the preparing of tea or coffee by extraction with hot water. Other apparatuses and methods for preparing beverages mostly on industrial scale are classified in the following subclasses:

In relation to the subclasses that cover domestic stoves or ranges for solid or liquid fuel in general, this subclass is an application place. Features of stoves or ranges which are of general interest should be classified in the relevant general place, such as F24B, F24C.

Storing arrangements in A47J does not cover cabinets or racks in general even with provision for attachment of kitchen implements. This subject matter is classified with the subclass for cabinets or general details of furniture A47B. Devices for fastening household utensils are classified in A47G (e.g. for storing brooms). Storage containers (both thermally insulated as without thermal insulation) in general are classified in B65D.

In addition to the inventive classification information, inventive aspects of kitchen appliances, for which a classification entry exists in a main group not corresponding to the kitchen appliance concerned, are identified by adding Indexing Codes for these aspects of the kitchen appliance in said main group.

Devices for removing stalks, i.e. stems, from fruit.

Devices for removing stone from fruits such as peaches, plums, apricots, cherries, dates, olives.

Devices for coring fruit, i.e. for removing seed-containing sections from stoneless fruit, apples, pears, tomatoes, pineapple, citrus fruits.

Apparatus for preparing beverages, Parts, accessories and details of such apparatus.

Further details of subgroups.

A47J 31/002:

covers apparatus whose operation follows a specific sequence, e.g. diluting of a concentrate before mixing with other ingredients.

A47J 31/005:

covers portable or compact apparatus, e.g. for travelling, for use in automotive, airplane or other transportation system.

A47J 31/007:

covers apparatus suitable for brewing on a large scale, e.g. for use in restaurants or canteens.

A47J 31/02:

covers coffee machine having removable extraction cups, or brewing vessels, to be placed on top of drinking vessels (or in general beverage containers), into which hot water is poured (means for securing the extraction cups or brewing vessels to the beverage container are classified under A47J 31/0626).

A47J 31/04:

covers apparatus with rising, e.g. vertical, pipes, which are used to convey liquid, that is typically being heated, to higher-located container containing an ingredient. The classical type of drip coffee maker are classified under this subgroup, more precisely in A47J 31/057.

Example of a drip coffee maker (from DE202008015038U by Severin Elektrogeräte GmbH)

A47J 31/06:

covers filters or strainers for coffee or tea makers, as well as holders for filters, e.g. portafilters for the classical bar espresso machine or similar devices that can be detached from the main body of the apparatus for loading an ingredient therein, both in loose form or prepackaged in a cartridge. This subgroup covers also filter holders for drip coffee maker.

The attachment of a filter holder to the apparatus is covered in subgroup A47J 31/446.

Example of a portafilter (from EP2220971 by SS&W Japan)

A47J 31/10:

covers coffee-making apparatus in which the water heating container, is placed above or in the upper part of the brewing vessel. To this subgroup belong also those drip coffee makers having the water heating container in a higher position that the brewing vessel (the classical type of drip coffee maker are classified under A47J 31/057).

A47J 31/14:

Coffee or tea-making apparatus with filters placed in or behind pouring spouts.

A47J 31/16:

Inverting coffee-making apparatus in which water is boiled in the lower part and the apparatus is subsequently inverted to pass the water through the filter.

A47J 31/18:

Apparatus in which ground coffee or tea-leaves are immersed in the hot liquid in the beverage container (infusing bags A47G 19/16). This subgroup covers machines for preparing Turkish coffee as well as "French press" machines, the latter being classified under A47J 31/20.

Example of a coffee machine of the type "French press" (from US6186052 by Huang)

A47J 31/22:

Centrifuges for producing filtered coffee.

A47J 31/24:

Coffee-making apparatus in which hot water is passed through the filter under pressure, i.e. in which the coffee grounds are extracted under pressure. Espresso coffee machines are classified under this subgroup. The espresso machines used in bars or coffee establishments, i.e. having a pump to set brewing water under pressure, are classified under A47J 31/36 and its subdivisions. Moka machines are classified A47J 31/303 or A47J 31/306.

A47J 31/40:

Beverage-making apparatus with dispensing means for adding a measured quantity of (soluble) ingredients, e.g. coffee, water, sugar, cocoa, milk, tea. The preparation process in these machines is based on mixing soluble ingredients with a liquid (typically water). No infusion/brewing takes place in these machines.

Note: dispensers of beverages obtained by mixing liquid ingredients (typically water with syrups or concentrates) without providing any heating are classified under B67D 1/00. The presence of heating means is the decisive factor in these cases:

- heating means are present: classified under A47J 31/00

- heating means are not present: classified under B67D 1/00

A47J 31/42:

Beverage-making apparatus with incorporated grinding or roasting means for coffee. Fully automatic espresso machines, i.e. machines to be loaded with coffee beans. Coffee mills per se are classified under A47J 42/00.

A47J 31/44:

Parts, details or accessories of beverage-making apparatus. Computer-controlled beverage makers are classified under A47J 31/52.

Filters, filter holders or strainers are classified under A47J 31/06.

Outside cooking devices that are intended to be located in the vicinity of a suitable heating means (not integral to the device) and provide some sort of support for a foodstuff to be cooked.

A47J 27/00 to A47J 33/00 take precedence insofar as these parts, details or accessories are restricted to a particular kind of cooking-vessel provided for in a single one of these groups

The warming devices classified under A47J 36/24 are intended for the warming of food. Cupboards with heating arrangements for warming kitchen utensils, e.g. dishes, are classified under A47J 39/025.

Devices for baking, roasting, grilling, frying. Vessels uniquely adapted for baking in a domestic environment. Roasting apparatus with movably-mounted food supports or with movable heating implements. Small-size ovens. Barbecues and accessories thereof. Bread toasters and accessories thereof. Frying pans and accessories thereof (including lids). Deep fat fryers (not pressure fryers) and accessories thereof (including lids or covers).

Further details of subgroups.

A47J 37/0623:

This subgroup comprises small ovens generally to be located on a kitchen countertop, and defining an at least partially closed cooking cavity.

A47J 37/067:

This subgroup comprises horizontally disposed griddles arranged to heated by suitable heating means, the food being disposed in direct contact with the griddle during cooking.

A47J 37/07:

This subgroup comprises barbecues for both indoor and outdoor use. Open grills having a rack not enclosed in a cavity are considered as barbecues and thus classified in this subgroup.

Example of an open grill (from EP1417918 by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.)

Heat-insulated warming chambers, i.e. having a warming cavity, e.g. warming cabinets. Cabinets for keeping dished warm before use. This group covers warming chambers, e.g. devices to keep food warm or to warm precooked food, however the devices in this group are not arranged to perform cooking processes.

Thermally-insulated vessels, e.g. flasks, jugs, jars, for foodstuff, e.g. vacuum bottles.

Domestic mills for grinding coffee or spices in granulated form, as such, i.e. devices performing only the function of grinding. Their parts and details.

Machines for domestic use not covered by the other groups, e.g. for grinding, stirring, neading, emulsifying, whipping or beating foodstuff. Egg whisks. Cream-beaters, i.e. hand implements. Whipping by introducing a stream of gas. Devices for opening raw eggs. Implements for introducing fat, bacon or the like into meat. Larding-pins. Holding or clamping devices for supporting fowl, venison, or other meat, or vegetables, during cooking or during subsequent cutting. Shapes for preparing foodstuffs, e.g. meat-patty moulding devices, pudding moulds. Kitchen sifters. Devices for washing vegetables or the like; Colanders. Devices for grating. Nutcrackers. Devices for mixing drinks; Hand-held shakers. Other culinary hand implements, e.g. spatulas, pincers, forks or like food holders, ladles, skimming ladles, cooking spoons. Spoon-holders attached to cooking pots.

Multi-purpose machines, e.g. capable of preparing food for cooking and then cooking it.

Devices for fastening or gripping kitchen utensils or crockery, i.e. utensils used for food preparation such as cooking, not for food serving or eating.

Handles for hollow-ware articles, both fixed and detachable.

Cutting boards. Containers with dispensing devices as kitchen equipment. Closed containers for foodstuff as kitchen equipment. Carriers for prepared human food. Stands or holders for kitchen articles. Pails for kitchen use. Grids, racks, or other supports removably mounted in, on, or over sinks. Splash guards for sinks.