443 results about "Ground coffee" patented technology

Various illustrative systems, devices, and methods for espresso machines are provided. In general, an espresso machine is configured to brew and dispense espresso. In an exemplary implementation, the espresso machine includes a grinder configured to grind coffee beans. The grinder is configured to be adjustable to allow for adjustment of coffee bean grind size, which may help that ensure that a particular beverage brewed and dispensed by the espresso machine is prepared using an optimal grind size. The espresso machine is configured to prevent jamming of the grinder automatically in response to grind size adjustment.

The utility model discloses a bean bin fixing structure for a grinding coffee machine, and relates to the technical field of bean grinders, the bean bin fixing structure comprises a bean bin assembly and a top cover assembly; wherein the bean bin assembly comprises a bean bin, a powder blocking cover, a blocking cover, a fixed knob cover and a bean bin cover; the top cover assembly comprises a coffee machine top cover, a left push rod, a left elastic component, a right push rod, a right elastic component, a microswitch fixing component, a microswitch, an adjusting ring connecting frame and a thickness adjusting ring. According to the bean bin fixing structure for the grinding coffee machine, the bean bin fixing mode is convenient to operate, disassembly is convenient, and coffee powder residues in the cutter assembly can be conveniently cleaned.

A tool for homogenizing coffee grounds in a filter basket, the tool comprising: a tool wall (30) for engaging a top end of the filter basket; a structure (50) rotatable with respect to the tool wall; and at least one stirring element (14) connected to the rotatable structure (50) for extending into the filter basket, wherein the at least one stirring element is connected to the structure (50) via a coupling (110) comprising a hinge, allowing movement of the respective stirring element with respect to the rotatable structure, when the stirring element is moved through the coffee grounds by rotation of the rotatable structure.

1. The name of this design product: manual grinder. 2. Purpose of the product of this design: An appliance for grinding food ingredients such as coffee or seasonings. 3. The key point of the design of this product lies in its shape. 4. The picture or photo that best illustrates the key points of the design: Design 1 3D drawing. 5. Designate Design 1 as the base design.

The invention discloses a bean grinding coffee machine capable of adjusting a bean grinding gear by rotating a bean box, belongs to coffee beverage manufacturing equipment, and aims to solve the problems that an existing bean grinding coffee machine adjusts the thickness of ground coffee powder through a rotary knob and a transmission structure which are independently arranged, the structure is complex, the assembly is tedious, and the manufacturing cost is high. A stop pin capable of stretching up and down is arranged at the top of the machine body, a pin hole is formed in the bean baffle, a pushing part is arranged on the box body, and the rotation range of the box body comprises a first continuous rotation angle and a second continuous rotation angle; when the box body rotates within a first rotation angle, the stop pin is inserted into the pin hole to brake the bean blocking plate so that the box body can rotate relative to the bean blocking plate to open or close the discharging opening, and when the box body rotates from the first rotation angle to a second rotation angle, the stop pin is pushed out of the pin hole by the pushing and abutting part. When the feed opening is kept open, the bean grinding gear is adjusted by changing the position of the second grinding wheel relative to the first grinding wheel through the box body. The structure is simple, the assembly is simplified, and the manufacturing cost is reduced.

The present invention pertains to a beverage pod for use in a brewing machine. The beverage pod has a pressurized dairy product canister housed within it. It also contains ground coffee. During the brewing process, hot water is injected into the beverage pod to brew the coffee. At the same time, the canister is triggered to release the pressurized dairy product, thereby creating whipping cream. The coffee and whipping cream flow out of the beverage pod and brewing machine, thereby dispensing a convenient, affordable, delicious cup of cappuccino, latte, or mocha.

A portable automatic coffee machine comprises a grinding bin detachably connected with a machine body, an inner cutter and an outer cutter which are used for grinding coffee beans are arranged in the grinding bin, and a grinding motor and a speed reducing mechanism connected with an output shaft of the grinding motor are arranged in the machine body. One end of a rotating shaft used for driving the inner cutter to rotate is connected with the speed reducing mechanism, the other end of the rotating shaft is connected with the inner cutter, a water bin used for containing liquid and a water pump are further arranged in the machine body, and an electric heating element used for heating the water bin is arranged on the water bin. An inlet of the water pump is communicated with an inner cavity of the water bin through a water inlet pipe, a coffee bean storage cavity is formed in the grinding bin, the inner cutter and the outer cutter are located at the bottom of the coffee bean storage cavity, the top of the detachable filter screen is connected with the bottom of the grinding bin, and a powder outlet gap is jointly defined by the inner cutter and the outer cutter. The portable coffee maker has the advantages of being capable of automatically grinding beans and automatically brewing coffee on the premise of being portable.

1. Name of the designed product: coffee grinder. 2. Use of the designed product: the designed product is used for grinding coffee beans and the like. 3. Design points of the designed product: in shape. 4. Picture or photo best indicating the design points: perspective view 1.

1. Name of the designed product: hand-operated coffee grinder. 2. Use of the designed product: for grinding coffee beans. 3. Design points of the designed product: in shape. 4. Picture or photo best indicating the design points: perspective view.

The invention relates to the technical field of coffee, and particularly discloses a fruit coffee formula and a making process thereof.The fruit coffee formula comprises, by weight, 10%-30% of coffee essence, 50%-70% of pure milk and 10%-30% of fruit essence, and the coffee essence is prepared by mixing and extracting coffee beans ground into powder and water. The fruit essence is prepared by crushing or squeezing fruit raw materials. The fruit coffee produced by the production process of the fruit coffee not only has a traditional coffee flavor, but also has a fruit flavor and a mellow taste, and compared with a traditional milk tea beverage, the fruit coffee has a good fat reducing effect and a wide application range.

A method of delivering coffee grounds into a portafilter fitted to a machine for grinding coffee including determining a pre-determined grind to provide the coffee grounds, applying a tamp to form the coffee grounds into a puck, and providing tamp position feedback to a user during and / or after a tamping operation. The invention also relates to a system for implementing the method.

The present invention concerns a method for producing a chitosan-based antioxidant film, the method comprising the steps of autoclaving spent ground coffee with distilled water to obtain a spent ground coffee extract; filtering the spent ground coffee extract; homogenizing the filtered spent ground coffee extract; mixing the homogenized spent ground coffee extract with a chitosan solution comprising chitosan, glycerol, and acetic acid, so as to obtain a chitosan-spent ground coffee mixture comprising 1-10% v / v spent ground coffee extract; filtering and homogenizing the chitosan-spent ground coffee mixture; casting the homogenized chitosan-spent ground coffee mixture into a mold; and drying the casted chitosan- spent ground coffee mixture to obtain the chitosan-based antioxidant film. The chitosan-based antioxidant film obtained from the process of the present invention could be applied to foods and other commodities that are sensitive to lipid and photo oxidation and presents an environmentally friendly alternative to single-use plastics.

The invention relates to a roasting and grinding apparatus for coffee beans comprising a roasting device (50) and an associated grinding device (60); the roasting device (50) being configured for receiving coffee beans of a certain type that will be roasted, the roasting device (50) comprising reading means (53) to identify the characteristics of the coffee beans dispensed to it, the roasting device (50) further comprising a control unit configuring the roasting profile of the beans according to the characteristics retrieved from the reading means (53) and / or from the characteristics of the beans in a database (51) in this control unit and / or according to the user's input; the roasted coffee beans being dispensed into a beans container (10, 20), the beans container (10, 20) comprising programmable identification means where product parameters of the roasted coffee beans of a certain type are encoded on it by an encoder (52) in the roasting device; the grinding device (60) comprising one or more housings for receiving one or more beans containers (10, 20); the grinding device (60) comprising a reader (62) to obtain the information of the product parameters of the roasted coffee beans of the one or more beans containers (10, 20); the grinding device (60) further comprising a control unit configured to adapt the grinding size and the quantity of roasted coffee beans to be delivered from the coffee beans containers (10, 20) for obtaining a certain coffee quantity and / or a certain coffee blend quantity from each beans container to be grinded according to these product parameters and / or according to a recipes database (64), and / or according to the user's input. The invention further relates to a method for roasting and grinding coffee beans using a roasting and grinding apparatus as the ones described, and to the use of such a roasting and grinding apparatus.

An automatic coffee machine (1) comprising a brewing assembly (2) with a brewing chamber (11) designed to contain a quantity of ground coffee and an electric actuator, which can be operated to cause the brewing chamber (1) to be opened and closed; a grinder (3) comprising an electric actuator operable to cause coffee beans to be ground and ground coffee to be produced; a hydraulic circuit (4) to supply water to the brewing assembly (2) to prepare a coffee beverage by brewing the ground coffee in the brewing chamber (11) and comprising a water pump (7) and a water flow meter (5) to measure a quantity of water supplied by the water pump (5); a sensory system (15) to sense and output an output indicative of different operating quantities of the automatic coffee machine (1) and comprising an electric current (C) absorbed by the electric actuator (14) of the brewing assembly (2), a flow rate (F) of the dispensed coffee beverage and an electric power (P) absorbed by the water pump (5); a user interface (16) to allow a consumer to request a beverage to be dispensed; and an electronic control unit (17) designed to interface with the sensory system (15) and the user interface (16) to receive outputs thereof and with the brewing assembly (2), the grinder (3) and the water pump (7) to provide commands thereto. The electronic control unit (17) is further designed to compute a coffee bean grinding time TN for which the grinder (3) is to be operated in a coffee beverage preparation cycle to produce a quantity of ground coffee necessary to produce a selected coffee beverage, and to control the grinder (3) accordingly. The electronic control unit (17) is further designed to compute the coffee bean grinding time TN for which the grinder (3) is to be operated in a coffee beverage preparation cycle based on the following quantities: a coffee bean grinding time TN-1 used in a previous coffee beverage preparation cycle; a difference ΔCurrentN-1 between an electric current C absorbed by the electric actuator (14) of the brewing assembly (2) during a closing of the brewing chamber (11) in a previous coffee beverage preparation cycle in which the brewing chamber (11) was loaded with ground coffee, the electric current CE absorbed by the electric actuator (14) of the brewing assembly (2) during the closing of the brewing chamber (11) in a previous coffee beverage preparation cycle in which the brewing chamber (11) was empty, and a maximum admissible limit CL for the electric current absorbed by the electric actuator (14) of the brewing infuser (2) during the closing of the brewing chamber (11); a difference ΔFlow N-1 between a measured flow rate F of the dispensed coffee beverage at the end of a previous coffee beverage preparation cycle and a target flow rate FA of the dispensed coffee beverage; and a difference ΔPumpN-1 between an electric power P absorbed by the water pump (5) at the end of a previous coffee beverage preparation cycle and a target electric power PA absorbed by the water pump (5).

To provide a coffee grinding machine which can properly change the functional characteristics of espresso coffee obtained through a ground product.SOLUTION: There is disclosed a coffee grinding machine for grinding coffee beans and forming a dose of ground coffee in a filter basket with a bottom layer of ground coffee having a first mean particle size and an adjacent layer of ground coffee having a second mean particle size. The coffee grinding machine comprises: grinding members for grinding coffee beans; an electric motor 2 for causing rotation of at least one grinding member with respect to another grinding member; and a device configured to cause, during grinding of coffee beans for forming dose, a variation of rotation speed of said electric motor between a first speed and a second speed, wherein either said second mean particle size is smaller than said first mean particle size and said first speed is greater than said second speed or said second mean particle size is greater than said first mean particle size and said first speed is lower than said second speed.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 5

1. Name of the Design Product: Coffee Grinder (CG216). 2. Use of the Design Product: For grinding coffee beans or legume foods. 3. Design Key Points of the Design Product: Lies in the shape. 4. Picture or Photograph that Best Illustrates the Design Key Points: Perspective view.

1. Name of the designed product: electric coffee grinder. 2. Use of the designed product: for grinding coffee beans. 3. Design points of the designed product: in the combination of shape and pattern. 4. Picture or photo best indicating the design points: perspective view.

There is disclosed a coffee grinding machine for grinding coffee beans and forming a dose of ground coffee directly in a filter basket with a bottom layer of ground coffee having a first mean particle size and an adjacent layer of ground coffee having a second mean particle size, comprising: grinding members for grinding coffee beans, an electric motor for causing rotation of at least one grinding member with respect to another grinding member, and a device configured to cause, during grinding of coffee beans for forming dose, a variation of rotation speed of said electric motor between a first speed and a second speed, wherein either said second mean particle size is smaller than said first mean particle size and said first speed is greater than said second speed or said second mean particle size is greater than said first mean particle size and said first speed is lower than said second speed.

1. The name of the design product: coffee grinder. 2. The use of the design product: for grinding coffee. 3. The design points of the design product: in shape. 4. The picture or photograph best indicating the design points: perspective view 1. 5. Other circumstances requiring explanation Other explanation: the A part in perspective view 2 in this application is transparent part.

1. Name of the product in this design: Coffee grinder. 2. Purpose of this design: For grinding coffee beans or bean-based food products. 3. The key design feature of this product is its shape. 4. The image or photograph that best illustrates the design's key points: 3D view 1.

The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a coffee product, the method comprising the steps of: a) spraying an aqueous liquid onto a mixture of sugar and roasted and ground coffee particles to wet the sugar and roasted and ground coffee particles; b) adding one or more beverage ingredient powders to the mixture formed in step a) to attach the one or more beverage ingredients and sugar to the surface of the roasted and ground coffee particles; and c) drying the roasted and ground coffee particles to form a coffee product comprising roasted and ground coffee particles having one or more beverage ingredient powders and sugar attached to the surface thereof. The present invention also relates to a product obtainable by the above-mentioned method.

A process for manufacturing roast and ground coffee particles having beverage ingredient powder(s) and sugar attached onto their surface. The method comprises the steps of: a) spraying an aqueous liquid onto a mixture of sugar and roast and ground coffee particles; b) adding beverage ingredient powder(s); and c) drying the product. Preferably, the beverage ingredient(s) is instant coffee powder, chocolate beverage powder, milk powder, dairy creamer, and / or non-dairy creamer powder. Preferably, the process further comprises the step of adding a flavouring. Preferably, the process further comprises the step(s) of densifying the coffee particles after and / or during step b) and / or filling a granulator with the coffee particles and sugar before step a). Preferably, the product comprises 15-65wt.% coffee, 1-35wt% sugar, 1-30wt% beverage ingredient and / or 0.1-1wt% flavouring. Preferably, the beverage ingredient powder(s) and sugar discontinuously cover the surface of the coffee particles. Preferably, the product has a mean density of 250-850g / l. Also claimed is a container comprising the product. Preferably the container is a pad or pod for use in a beverage preparation machine.

In the case of making coffee, a coffee machine is provided comprising a main unit and a handle filter (20), where the handle filter (20) is removably mounted to the main unit and emptied from the outside by a user as part of normal operation of the coffee machine. After the handle filter (20) is first positioned at the coffee receiving position, the handle filter (20) is blocked from reaching the coffee receiving position again after being moved from the coffee receiving position to the brewing position. To this end, the coffee machine comprises suitable blocking means (80). Based on the function of the blocking device (80), the opportunity that the coffee machine is operated to supply ground coffee to the handle filter (20) is minimized when used coffee powder from a previous coffee making process is still present in the handle filter (20).

1. The name of the design product: graphical user interface (G83E) for setting operation of coffee grinder. 2. The use of the design product: the design product is used for grinding coffee. 3. The design points of the design product: in the graphical user interface. 4. The picture or photo that best indicates the design points: design 1 front view. 5. The design product is a conventional design, omitting the rear view, left view, right view, top view, and bottom view of designs 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5. 6. Design 1 is designated as the basic design. 7. The use of the graphical user interface: for setting function operation of the coffee grinder; design 1 for working mode function operation of the coffee grinder setting function; design 2 for knife disc resetting function operation of the coffee grinder setting function; design 3 for time setting function operation of the coffee grinder setting function; design 4 for temperature display function operation of the coffee grinder setting function; and design 5 for factory resetting function operation of the coffee grinder setting function. 8. The man-machine interaction mode of the graphic user interface: 1) the main view of the coffee grinder startup display design 1; click the main view of the design 1 to jump to the design 1 interface change state diagram 1, enter the menu; select the setting icon under the menu to change to the design 1 interface change state diagram 2; click the setting icon to jump to the design 1 interface change state diagram 3; click the working mode icon under the setting to jump to the design 1 interface change state diagram 4, and the touch and handle can be selected; 2) the main view of the coffee grinder startup display design 2; click the main view of the design 2 to jump to the design 2 interface change state diagram 1, enter the menu; select the setting icon under the menu to change to the design 2 interface change state diagram 2; click the setting icon to jump to the design 2 interface change state diagram 3; click the cutter disc reset icon under the setting to jump to the design 2 interface change state diagram 4; click the reset icon to jump to the design 2 interface change state diagram 5, and whether to reset the cutter disc can be selected; 3) the main view of the coffee grinder startup display design 3; click the main view of the design 3 to jump to the design 3 interface change state diagram 1, enter the menu; select the setting icon under the menu to change to the design 3 interface change state diagram 2; click the setting icon to jump to the design 3 interface change state diagram 3; click the time setting icon under the setting to jump to the design 3 interface change state diagram 4, and the “+ or -” setting year, month and day time can be selected, and the lower left swipe “>” icon is clicked to jump to the design 3 interface change state diagram 5, and the “+ or -” setting specific time can be selected; 4) the main view of the coffee grinder startup display design 4; click the main view of the design 4 to jump to the design 4 interface change state diagram 1, enter the menu; select the setting icon under the menu to change to the design 4 interface change state diagram 2; click the setting to jump to the design 4 interface change state diagram 3; click the temperature display icon under the setting to jump to the design 4 interface change state diagram 4, and the on and off can be selected; 5) the main view of the coffee grinder startup display design 5; click the main view of the design 5 to jump to the design 5 interface change state diagram 1, enter the menu; select the setting icon under the menu to change to the design 5 interface change state diagram 2; click the setting to jump to the design 5 interface change state diagram 3; click the factory reset icon under the setting to jump to the design 5 interface change state diagram 4; click the factory reset setting icon to jump to the design 5 interface change state diagram 5, and whether to restore the factory can be selected.

A grinding unit (100), for example for a coffee machine, comprises a grinder (106), a grinding chamber (108), an inlet opening (102), an outlet opening (104), and an orifice. The inlet opening (102) is designed to supply the grinder with material to be ground. The outlet opening (104) is designed to discharge ground material from the grinding chamber (108). The orifice (110) is designed to cover at least part of the outlet opening (104) and to define an effective cross-section (105) of the outlet opening (104). The orifice (110) is designed to selectively assume either a first position or a second position with respect to the outlet opening (104). A first size of the effective cross-section (105) of the outlet opening (104) in the first position of the aperture (110) differs from a second size of the effective cross-section (105) of the outlet opening (104) in the second position of the aperture (110).

1. Name of the design product: Adjusting ring of coffee bean grinding device. 2. Use of the design product: Used to grind coffee beans; Use of the part of the design product claimed: As an adjusting and controlling component of the coffee bean grinding device, the grinding time or degree of coffee beans can be adjusted by rotating this adjusting ring. 3. Design key points of the design product: Lies in the shape of the adjusting ring of the coffee bean grinding device. 4. Picture or photo that best shows the design key points: Perspective view. 5. This application claims partial protection. The dashed lines in the attached drawings are only for illustrative purposes and do not form part of the design claimed.

1. Name of the designed product: coffee grinder. 2. Use of the designed product: for grinding coffee beans. 3. Design points of the designed product: in shape. 4. Picture or photo best indicating the design points: perspective view. 5. The bottom view of the designed product is omitted because it is not easily seen or not seen when in use.

A ground coffee dispensing apparatus (100) for dispensing ground coffee into a coffee brewing container (102) is provided. The ground coffee dispensing apparatus includes a reservoir (120) having an outlet through which ground coffee can be delivered from the reservoir. The baffle (126) is movable between an open position allowing delivery of ground coffee via the outlet and a closed position blocking delivery of ground coffee via the outlet. The position determining element (130) is arranged to be triggered by the outlet and the coffee brewing container in a defined position relative to each other. A shutter mover (132) is arranged to cause movement of the shutter from the closed position to the open position in response to the position determining element being triggered. The defined position permits delivery of ground coffee into the coffee brewing container when the baffle is in the open position. A coffee machine (116) including the ground coffee dispensing apparatus is also provided.

A method of manufacturing of a micro-ground coffee powder having a D90 of <75μm, comprising milling whole or cracked coffee beans with a moisture content <5wt% in a vibrating rod mill (VRM). Preferably, the VRM has rods 110 in a chamber 105 on sprung supports 115. Preferably, the roasted coffee beans are obtained using a post-roasting quenching step to produce a roasted bean moisture content of 1-2wt%. Preferably, 100wt% Arabica coffee beans are used. Preferably, the micro-ground coffee powder has a D50 of 20-30μm and a D90of 30-60μm. Preferably, the coffee beans are milled for 5-7 minutes in a single batch milling step with a coffee weight capacity of 3-15kg. Preferably instant coffee powder is made by mixing the micro-ground coffee powder with a soluble coffee powder or a liquid coffee extract, where the micro-ground coffee powder forms 5-15wt% of the instant coffee powder. Preferably, the micro-ground coffee powder has a number weighted average sphericity of at least 0.8 for a first fraction of particles of the micro-ground coffee powder sized 20-77.5μm and at least 0.6 for a second fraction of particles sized 94-114μm.

1. Name of the product in this design: Electric grinding mill. 2. Purpose of this design: For grinding coffee beans. 3. The key design feature of this product is its shape. 4. The image or photograph that best illustrates the design's key points: a 3D model.