IPC 7 English version
A23G-A23G00930

SECTION A – HUMAN NECESSITIES


A 23FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES


A 23 GCOCOA; CHOCOLATE; CONFECTIONERY; ICE-CREAM


Note

 In this subclass, the following term is used with the meaning indicated:

 –"ice-cream" includes any edible frozen or congealed semi-liquid or pasty substance, e.g. slush-ice.  [2]


1/

00Cocoa; Cocoa products, e.g. chocolate; Substitutes therefor (kitchen equipment for cocoa preparation A47J, e.g. apparatus for making beverages A47J 31/00)

1/

02.Preliminary treatment, e.g. fermentation of cocoa (machines for roasting cocoa A23N 12/00)

1/

04.Apparatus specially adapted for manufacture or treatment of cocoa or cocoa products (machines for roasting cocoa A23N 12/00; crushing or grinding apparatus in general B02C)  [3]

1/

06..Apparatus for preparing or treating cocoa beans or nibs

1/

08..Cocoa butter presses (presses for squeezing out liquid from liquid-containing material in general B30B)

1/

10..Mixing apparatus; Roller mills for preparing chocolate

1/

12..Chocolate-refining mills, i.e. roll refiners

1/

14..Longitudinal conches

1/

16..Circular conches

1/

18..Apparatus for conditioning chocolate masses for moulding

1/

20..Apparatus for moulding, cutting, or dispensing chocolate

1/

21...Apparatus for moulding hollow products, open shells or other articles having cavities, e.g. open cavities [3,7]

1/

22...Chocolate moulds (A23G 1/21 takes precedence)  [3]

1/

24...Tapping or jolting tables [1,7]

1/

26...Conveying devices for chocolate moulds [1,7]

1/

28...Apparatus for removing chocolate from the moulds (discharging baked goods from tins A21B 3/18) [1,7]


3/

00Sweetmeats; Confectionery; Marzipan; Coated or filled products

3/

02.Apparatus specially adapted for manufacture or treatment of sweetmeats or confectionery; Accessories therefor

3/

04..Sugar-cookers

3/

06..Batch-rolling, rope-forming, or sizing machines

3/

08..Candy batch cooling tables

3/

10..Candy-pulling machines

3/

12..Apparatus for moulding candy in the plastic state

3/

14..Fondant beating or creaming machines

3/

16..Apparatus for casting fondant in bulk

3/

18..Apparatus for moulding fondants

3/

20..Apparatus for coating or filling sweetmeats or confectionery

3/

22...Apparatus for coating by casting

3/

24...Apparatus for coating by dipping

3/

26...Apparatus for coating by tumbling

3/

28..Apparatus for decorating sweetmeats or confectionery (applying liquids to surfaces in general B05)

3/

30.Processes for preparing chewing-gum

3/

32.Processes for preparing caramel or sugar colours (colouring or flavouring foodstuffs A23L 1/27)


7/

00Other apparatus specially adapted for the chocolate or confectionery industry

7/

02.Cooling or drying apparatus


9/

00Frozen sweets, e.g. ice confectionery, ice-cream; Mixtures therefor  [2]

9/

02.Mixtures for frozen sweets, e.g. ice-cream  [2]

9/

04.Production of frozen sweets, e.g. ice-cream (packages B65D 85/78)  [2]

9/

06..characterised by using carbon dioxide or carbon dioxide snow as cooling medium  [2]

Note

 Group A23G 9/06 takes precedence over groups A23G 9/08 to A23G 9/18.  [2]

9/

08..Batch production (continuous production A23G 9/14)  [2]

9/

10...using containers which are rotated or otherwise moved in a cooling medium  [2]

9/

12...using means for stirring the contents in a non-moving container  [2]

9/

14..Continuous production (A23G 9/20 takes precedence)  [2]

9/

16...the products being within a cooled chamber, e.g. drum  [2]

9/

18...the products being on the outer wall of a cooled body, e.g. drum or endless band  [2]

9/

20..the products being mixed with gas, e.g. soft-ice  [2]

9/

22..Details, component parts or accessories of apparatus insofar as not peculiar to a single one of the preceding groups  [2]

9/

24...for coating or filling the products  [2]

9/

26...for producing frozen sweets on sticks  [2]

9/

28...for portioning or dispensing  [2]

9/

30...Cleaning; Keeping clean; Sterilisation  [2]