IPC 6 English version  A23G-A23G00930
SECTION A– HUMAN NECESSITIES

A 23

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

A 23 G

COCOA; 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]


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00

Cocoa; Cocoa products, e.g. chocolate; Substitutes therefor (kitchen equipment for cocoa preparation A 47 J, e.g. apparatus for making beverages A 47 J 31/00)

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02

Preliminary treatment, e.g. fermentation of cocoa (machines for roasting cocoa A 23 N 12/00)

1/

04

Apparatus specially adapted for manufacture or treatment of cocoa or cocoa products (machines for roasting cocoa A 23 N 12/00; crushing or grinding apparatus in general B 02 C) [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 B 30 B)

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 articles having cavities, e.g. open cavities [3]

1/

22

. . . 

Chocolate moulds (A 23 G 1/21 takes precedence) [3]

1/

24

. . 

Tapping or jolting tables

1/

26

. . 

Conveying devices for chocolate moulds

1/

28

. . 

Apparatus for removing chocolate from the moulds (discharging baked goods from tins A 21 B 3/18)

3/

00

Sweetmeats; 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 B 05)

3/

30

Processes for preparing chewing-gum

3/

32

Processes for preparing caramel or sugar colours (colouring or flavouring foodstuffs A 23 L 1/27)

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00

Other apparatus specially adapted for the chocolate or confectionery industry

7/

02

Cooling or drying apparatus

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00

Frozen 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 B 65 D 85/78) [2]

9/

06

. . 

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

Note

Group A 23 G 9/06 takes precedence over groups A 23 G 9/08 to A 23 G 9/18. [2]

9/

08

. . 

Batch production (continuous production A 23 G 9/14) [2]

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10

. . . 

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

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12

. . . 

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

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14

. . 

Continuous production (A 23 G 9/20 takes precedence) [2]

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16

. . . 

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

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18

. . . 

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

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20

. . 

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

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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]

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30

. . . 

Cleaning; Keeping clean; Sterilisation [2]

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