CPC Definition - Subclass A47J
This place covers:
- Devices for domestic (or restaurant) use for preparing, cooking, or warming food or for making beverages. Storing and handling arrangements for these devices. Devices for storing food.
- Preparing, cooking, or warming food refers to the various possible stages when preparing a meal:
- food is prepared before cooking / consumption: e.g. peeled, cut, shaped, strained, mashed, sifted, washed, opening of eggs, separating contents of eggs, nut cracking, introducing fat etc. into meat;
- food is cooked: e.g. boiled, fried, deep fat fried, broiled, braised, grilled, roasted, toasted, baked, steamed (i.e. a raw potato becomes a cooked one);
- food is prepared after cooking: e.g. mashed, held or clamped during cutting after being cooked;
- food is warmed: cold prepared or cooked food is warmed for consumption (i.e. a cold cooked potato becomes a warm cooked potato).
- Devices for preparing, cooking, or warming food therefore include:
- Domestic implements or machines for preparing food, e.g.
- for shaping butter or the like,
- for peeling, stringing, or paring foodstuffs,
- for mashing or straining foodstuffs,
- for coring, for stoning, or for removing stalks from, fruit,
- kitchen robots, devices for mixing, beating, stirring, grating, whipping food,
- for holding, gripping or clamping food, e.g. during peeling or during cutting after being cooked.
- Cutting boards
- Coffee mills, spice mills
- Domestic cooking implements, e.g. cooking vessels or accessories therefor
- Household vessels or apparatuses for boiling, frying, deep fat frying, broiling, stewing, grilling, roasting, toasting, baking, steaming, e.g. pressure cookers, steamers, rice cookers, deep fat fryers
- Egg cookers
- Camp cooking devices without integral heating means
- Devices for warming drinks or food
- Warming vessels containing drinks or food
- Heat insulated chambers to warm or to keep food warm
- Devices for gripping, lifting or supporting above devices (pincers, pads)
- Culinary hand implements for handling or supporting food during preparing/cooking/warming.
- Making beverages refers to:
- extracting flavor from solids by a liquid: e.g. extracting flavor from coffee grounds or tea leaves by brewing with hot water;
- diluting concentrate powders or liquids by diluents: e.g. diluting coffee concentrate with hot water;
- changing the consistency of a beverage: shaking a beverage, foaming milk.
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:
- fastening these devices in order to immobilise them for use , irremovably fixing them;
- arranging these devices when temporally not in use or for warming them.
Storing and handling arrangements therefore include:
- Devices for fastening kitchen utensils to tables, walls, or the like;
- Stands, or holders for kitchen articles;
- Grids, racks, or other supports irremovably mounted in, on, or over sinks;
Devices for warming kitchen utensils, e.g. dishes.
Storing food refers to:
- storing food or ingredients to be prepared/cooked/warmed or ingredients for making beverages, e.g. storage containers for flour, sugar, coffee beans, ground coffee, tea leaves or rice, storage boxes for leftovers;
- storing prepared/cooked/warmed food or beverages, e.g. thermally insulated vessels or flasks.
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:
- subclass A01J for machines or implements for shaping butter or the like used in dairies, e.g. for forming slabs of butter;
- subclass A21B for bakers' ovens, machines or equipment for industrial baking;
- subclass A23J for industrial machines for opening eggs;
- subclass A23N for machines for preparing foodstuffs or fruit in bulk, e.g. peeling vegetables or fruit in bulk.
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:
- subclass A23F for the industrial making of coffee or tea;
- subclass C12C for brewing of beer;
- subclass C12G for preparation of wine or other alcoholic beverages;
- subclass B67D for dispensing beverages, e.g. on draught;
- subclass A23L for preparation of non-alcoholic beverages, e.g. by adding ingredients to fruit or vegetable juices.
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.
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Manufacture of dairy products | |
Baker's ovens | |
Baking tins; Baking forms | |
Mixing or kneading machines for the preparation of dough | |
Apparatus for smoking food | |
Manufacture, preparations of coffee, tea as ingredient | |
Manufacture, preparations of cocoa as ingredient | |
Making ice cream | |
Preparation of non-alcoholic beverages, e.g. by adding ingredients to fruit or vegetable juices | |
Apparatus for treating fruit, vegetables or bulbs in bulk | |
Lunch or picnic boxes | |
Household or table equipment | |
Containers with means for keeping food cool | |
Miscellaneous supports, holders, or containers for household use | |
Domestic washing or cleaning; Suction cleaners in general | |
Grinding, crushing, pulverising in general | |
Disintegrating, e.g. mincing | |
Processes for applying fluoropolymers to vessels obtain an anti-adhesive surface | |
Methods or processes of manufacturing specially adapted for cooking-vessels (making cooking pots by processing sheet metal or metal tubes, rods or profiles without removing material) | |
Severing, e.g. cutting, slicing | |
Containers with thermal insulation | |
Refuse receptacles | |
Dispensing of liquids (please refer also to the comments on group A47J 31/00) | |
Gas burners per se | |
Domestic stoves or ranges | |
Thermal insulation of domestic water storage heaters | |
Refrigerators | |
Induction heating hobs |
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.
This place covers:
- Apparatus or utensil for shaping butter or the like, e.g. by forming, slicing slabs or molding.
- Apparatus or utensil for dispensing portions of butter or the like.
- Apparatus or utensil for shaping and spreading on other food items.
Devices for dividing bulk butter or the like are classified in A01J 23/00, and devices for cheese-making are classified in A01J 25/00.
This place does not cover:
Hand devices for forming slabs of butter, or the like for use in dairies | |
Machines for forming slabs of butter, or the like for use in dairies |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Moulding plastic material |
This place covers:
- Hand devices for scraping or peeling vegetables or the like,
- Devices for stringing beans,
- Asparagus peelers,
- Vegetable or fruit grippers or holders for use while peeling,
- Machines for peeling.
This place does not cover:
Peeling, stringing, or paring machines for foodstuff in bulk |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Universal kitchen machines |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Universal kitchen machines |
This place covers:
- Hand devices for straining foodstuffs,
- Citrus fruit squeezers and other fruit juice extracting devices,
- Household implements for mashing potatoes or other foodstuffs,
- Juice presses for vegetables, e.g. garlic presses.
This place does not cover:
Machines or apparatus for extracting juice from foodstuff in bulk |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Preparation of non-alcoholic beverages, e.g. by adding ingredients to fruit or vegetable juices |
This place covers:
Devices for removing stalks, i.e. stems, from fruit.
This place does not cover:
Machines for removing stalks from fruit in bulk |
This place covers:
Devices for removing stone from fruits such as peaches, plums, apricots, cherries, dates, olives.
This place covers:
Devices for coring fruit, i.e. for removing seed-containing sections from stoneless fruit, apples, pears, tomatoes, pineapple, citrus fruits.
This place covers:
- Cooking vessels used in the household as well as in larger environment such as hotels, restaurants and canteens.
- The constructive arrangement of cooking-vessels (not the choice of materials).
- Cooking vessels with integral electrical heating means. Cooking vessels with enlarged heating surfaces. Vessel for cooking food in steam. Steam-heated vessels for domestic use. Pressure cookers. Cooking vessels with water-bath arrangement for domestic use. Ham boilers. Water boiling vessels, e.g. kettles. Devices to prevent boiling over, e.g. of milk.
This place does not cover:
Egg-cookers | |
Apparatus for making beverages | |
Camp cooking devices without integral heating means |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Parts, details or accessories of cooking vessels, e.g. lids | |
Frying pans | |
Devices for fastening or gripping kitchen utensils (e.g. handles) | |
Methods or processes of manufacturing specially adapted for cooking-vessels (making cooking pots by processing sheet metal or metal tubes, rods or profiles without removing material) |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Cooking-vessels with enlarged bottom | |
Made of specific materials | |
Making cooking pots by processing sheet metal or metal tubes, rods or profiles without removing material |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Tier pressure-cookers | |
Tier cooking-vessels in general |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Cooking-vessels with water-bath | |
Cooking-vessels with steam jacket for hotels, restaurants or canteens | |
Milk-boiling vessels with water or steam jacket |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Cooking-vessels heated by steam |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Inserts for cooking vessels in general |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Tier steam-cookers | |
Tier cooking-vessels in general |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Milk-boilers with water-bath |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Carriers for prepared food |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Tier steam-cookers with steam-tight joints between stacked vessels | |
Tier pressure-cookers |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
For coffee-making machines |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
For coffee makers or the like | |
For cooking vessels in general |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Signalling milk-boiling vessels |
This place covers:
Cooking-vessels preventing boiling over, e.g. of milk
This place does not cover:
Appliances for preventing or destroying foam in dairy apparatus for treating milk |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Preventing foaming in boiling in general |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Cooking-vessels with steam jackets | |
Whistling kettles |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Heat supply regulation in beverage-making machines | |
Timing devices for beverage-making machines |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Devices for automatically lifting eggs from boiling water |
This place covers:
- Devices for cooking whole or poached eggs,
- Grasping devices for eggs,
- Supporting devices for eggs during boiling.
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Holding or clamping devices for fowl, venison or other meat or vegetables during cooking or cutting |
This place covers:
Egg-cookers for eggs or poached eggs, including time-controlled egg-cookers
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Alarm-clock-controlled mechanisms for coffee- or tea-making apparatus; Timers for coffee- or tea-making apparatus; Electronic control devices for coffee- or tea-making apparatus | |
Time-controlled igniting mechanisms or alarm devices for cooking vessels | |
Bread-toasters with automatic bread ejection or timing means |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Devices for automatically lifting cooking-vessels |
Examples of places where the subject matter of this place is covered when specially adapted, used for a particular purpose, or incorporated in a larger system:
Cookers for eggs with devices for automatically lifting the eggs from the boiling water |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Holding or clamping devices for supporting fowl, venison, or other meat, or vegetables, during cooking or during subsequent cutting |
This place covers:
Apparatus for preparing beverages, Parts, accessories and details of such apparatus.
This place does not cover:
Household machines or implements for straining foodstuffs | |
Preparation of non-alcoholic beverages, e.g. by adding ingredients to fruit or vegetable juices | |
Coffee or tea pots | |
Tea infusers | |
Brewing of beer | |
Preparation of wine or other alcoholic beverages |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Coffee roasters in general | |
Disposable cartridges filled with ingredient for beverage making apparatus | |
dispensing beverages on draught |
Further details of subgroups.
covers apparatus whose operation follows a specific sequence, e.g. diluting of a concentrate before mixing with other ingredients.
covers portable or compact apparatus, e.g. for travelling, for use in automotive, airplane or other transportation system.
covers apparatus suitable for brewing on a large scale, e.g. for use in restaurants or canteens.
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).
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)
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)
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).
Coffee or tea-making apparatus with filters placed in or behind pouring spouts.
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.
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)
Centrifuges for producing filtered coffee.
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.
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
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.
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.
In this place, the following terms or expressions are used with the meaning indicated:
Brewing, extraction, infusion | beverage production process during which water is in contact with an ingredient for a certain time, after which the ingredient is separated from the obtained beverage by a suitable filtering means |
Espresso coffee machine | Coffee machine which is arranged to brew a load of coffee by means of hot water under pressure, i.e. above atmospheric pressure |
Portafilter | Cup-shaped element of an espresso machine, usually provided with a handle, which is arranged to be loaded with an ingredient (typically coffee) and then detachably engage an outlet of pressurized hot water of the machine for brewing the loaded ingredient with hot water under pressure |
Drip coffee maker | Coffee machine having a brewing container with a filter (usually in the form of a brewing basket with paper filter) located above the beverage container, the machine having arrangements for having hot water delivered at ambient pressure into the brewing container, with the brewed beverage dripping from the brewing container into the beverage container located below it |
Turkish coffee | Coffee obtained by immersing coffee powder into a beverage container containing hot water for a given time. The obtained beverage is then drunk unfiltered directly from the beverage container, i.e. the coffee powder is not filtered out and remains at the bottom of the container after drinking |
"French press" coffee machine | Coffee machine having a beverage container in which coffee powder is immersed in hot water for a given infusion time. The machine is provided with a movable, immersible filter, typically in the form of a piston, which is actuated by the user to separate the beverage from the coffee powder upon elapsing of the infusion time |
Moka coffee machine | type of espresso apparatus, e.g. to put on a stove, i.e. in which the water is heated in a lower, sealed boiling vessel, raised by the steam pressure through a rising pipe and an extraction chamber and subsequently is collected in a beverage container on top of the water boiling vessel |
This place does not cover:
Filters |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
With integral heating means |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Pressure coffee-makers |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Drip coffee makers only functioning with the water heating container in a higher position than the brewing vessel |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Disposable cartridges to be filled by the user with brewing material | |
Disposable cartridges already filled with brewing material |
This place does not cover:
Coffee-making machines with removable extraction cups, to be placed on top of drinking-vessels |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
With hot water transport by rising pipes |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Infusing bags |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
With a filtering tape |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Coffee or tea filters |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Continuous-flow heaters |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Water-level controls |
This place covers:
Urns with devices for keeping beverages hot or cool a part of the beverage-making apparatus
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Devices for warming-up drink-containers not being a part of the beverage-making apparatus | |
Thermally-insulated vessels, e.g. flasks, jugs, jars, not being a part of the beverage-making apparatus |
This place covers:
Alarm-clock-controlled mechanisms for coffee- or tea-making apparatus.
Timers for coffee- or tea-making apparatus.
Electronic control devices for coffee- or tea-making apparatus.
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Water-level controls for water boiling vessels in beverage-making apparatus | |
Safety devices in beverage-making apparatus |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
As an independent water-boiling vessel |
This place covers:
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.
This place does not cover:
Travelling cookers with one burner |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Small-size cooking ovens | |
Roasting devices for outdoor use; Barbecues | |
Other travelling cookers heated by petroleum, gasoline, spirit or the like |
This place covers:
- Selection of specific materials for cooking vessels.
- Lids or covers for cooking vessels.
- Pouring spouts for cooking vessels.
- Inserts for cooking vessels, i.e. elements or devices arranged to be inserted in cooking devices during cooking.
- Warming devices. Warming devices for baby bottles. Travelling cookers using petroleum or gasolene with one burner. Warming devices generating heat by exothermic reactions.
- Time-controlled igniting mechanisms or alarm devices, also computer-controlled devices for cooking vessels.
- Supports for cooking vessels.
- Shields or jackets for cooking utensils minimising the radiation of heat, fastened or movably mounted.
- Accessories for withdrawing or condensing cooking vapours from cooking utensils.
- Leak-stopping devices for repairing cooking-vessels.
- Devices to prevent deposition of scale, i.e. fur, or the like.
A47J 27/00 - 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.
This place does not cover:
Cooking-vessels | |
Egg-cookers | |
Apparatus for making beverages | |
Camp cooking devices without integral heating means |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Lids for pressure cookers | |
Heat-insulated warming chambers | |
Handles for cooking vessels | |
Supports for kitchen utensils | |
Containers with means for keeping food cool | |
Processes for applying fluoropolymers to obtain an anti-adhesive surface | |
Packages having self-contained heating means generating heat by an exothermic reaction | |
Heating devices for cooking vessels in general | |
Pan supports or grates for domestic stoves or ranges | |
Devices for removing cooking fumes from domestic stoves or ranges |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Processes for applying fluoropolymers to obtain an anti-adhesive surface |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Eating- or serving-plates for using only once | |
Heat-resistant food-packages |
This place does not cover:
Lids or covers specially adapted for pressure-cookers |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Preventing boiling over of milk |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Lids or covers integrated with deep fat fryers |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Lids integrated with frying pans |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Spouts |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
For preventing boiling over of milk | |
For frying pans |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Perforated supports | |
Basting devices in frying-pans |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Baby bottle warmers | |
Drinking cups |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Baby bottle warmers | |
Drinking cups |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Baby bottle warmers | |
Drinking cups | |
Using solid fuel | |
With electrical heating means |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Packages having self-contained heating means generating heat by an exothermic reaction | |
Materials for producing heat by chemical reactions |
This place covers:
Time-controlled igniting mechanisms or alarm devices for cooking-vessels
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Time-controlled egg-cookers | |
Alarm-clock-controlled mechanisms for coffee- or tea-making apparatus; Timers for coffee- or tea-making apparatus; Electronic control devices for coffee- or tea-making apparatus | |
Bread-toasters with automatic bread ejection or timing means |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
For kitchen utensils |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Removing cooking fumes from domestic stoves or ranges |
This place covers:
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).
This place does not cover:
Pressure fryers |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Devices for withdrawing or condensing cooking vapors |
Further details of subgroups.
This subgroup comprises small ovens generally to be located on a kitchen countertop, and defining an at least partially closed cooking cavity.
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.
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.)
In this place, the following terms or expressions are used with the meaning indicated:
Small-size cooking oven | small oven generally to be located on a kitchen countertop |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Field-cookers |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Specially adapted for "raclettes" | |
Barbecues |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Field-cookers |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Electric heating elements |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Meat roasting |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Non-integrated lids specially adapted for frying pans |
This place covers:
Frying in a fluid fat, e.g. oil.
Frying in a fluid fat, e.g. oil is classified in A47J 37/12, whereas "frying" by means of small-sized ovens with forced air circulation, whereby the vapour can contain fat, e.g. air fryers, is covered by group A47J 37/0641.
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Frying under pressure | |
Devices for withdrawing or condensing frying vapours | |
Small-size ovens with forced air circulation, e.g. air fryers |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
For bakery products |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Non-integrated lids specially adapted for deep fat fryers |
This place covers:
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.
This place does not cover:
Warming devices (not comprising chambers) | |
Small-size cooking ovens |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Force circulation in ovens |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
For either storing and preparing or for preparing food on serving trays, e.g. heating, thawing, preserving |
This place covers:
Thermally-insulated vessels, e.g. flasks, jugs, jars, for foodstuff, e.g. vacuum bottles.
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Containers with thermal insulation in general | |
Thermal insulation of domestic water storage heaters |
This place covers:
- 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.
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Beverage-making apparatus with incorporated grinding means for coffee | |
Mills forming part of universal domestic machines for processing foodstuff | |
Mills forming part of multi-purpose domestic machines for processing foodstuff | |
Grinding or pulverising in general |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Attachment of household machines in general to tables, walls, or the like |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Combinations of coffee mills with coffee-making machines | |
Coffee-roasting devices |
This place covers:
Machines for domestic use not covered by the other groups in this subclass, e.g. for grinding, stirring, kneading, 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.
Examples of places in relation to which this place is residual:
Household food straining implements | |
Milk-foaming devices for coffee-making machines | |
Multi-purpose machines for preparing food with several driving units |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Appliances for aerating or de-aerating milk | |
Ice confectionery; Ice cream | |
Machines for washing potatoes, beets, apples on an industrial scale | |
Plates with integral holders for spoons | |
Hand implements for table use | |
Measuring spoons for powders | |
Measuring flasks | |
Machines for washing grain | |
Weighing spoons |
This place does not cover:
Basting devices integrated in frying pans |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Food straining implements | |
Devices for grating | |
Multi-purpose machines |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Hand-held shakers |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Milk-foaming devices adapted to coffee-making machines | |
Aerating or deaerating milk | |
Making ice-cream |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Openers for boiled eggs |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Machines for washing potatoes, beets, apples on an industrial scale | |
Machines for washing grain |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Pliers |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Measuring spoons for powders | |
Measuring flasks | |
Calibrated capacity measures for fluids or fluent solid material | |
Weighing spoons |
This place covers:
Multi-purpose machines, e.g. capable of preparing food for cooking and then cooking it.
This place covers:
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.
This place does not cover:
Kitchen cabinets with provision for attachment of kitchen implements or utensils | |
Supports, holders or containers for household or table equipment utensils (i.e. not for cooking) |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
For household utensils |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Handles for metallic holders |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Of detachable type |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Egg grasping devices | |
Plate-holders |
This place covers:
- 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.
This place does not cover:
Bowls for food processors |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Dispensing devices for butter | |
Lunch or picnic boxes | |
Containers used as table equipment | |
Containers with dispensing devices for table use |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
For butter or the like | |
For table use |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
For table use |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Racks |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Splash guards for sinks |