Detachable Conical Coffee Grinder for Uniform Fineness Control

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing bean grinding coffee machines face challenges with difficulty in controlling grinding power and uneven fineness, leading to suboptimal coffee taste, and often have complex structures that are hard to clean.

Innovation Solution

A bean grinding coffee machine with a conical grinding wheel system, where the grinding device is detachably connected to the driving device, allowing for easy cleaning and maintenance, and featuring a transmission shaft and conical grinding wheel assembly with bevel gears and adjustment mechanisms for precise control.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Manufacturing precision

If a conical grinding wheel grinding system is used, then grinding power control and fineness uniformity are improved, but device complexity and volume increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvefineness uniformityVSAvoidgrinding components
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The grinding device is divided into detachable components: the grinding assembly (including conical grinding wheel, drive shaft, and drive gear) can be separated from the coffee machine body. This segmentation maintains the precision benefits of conical grinding while reducing operational complexity by allowing easy removal and cleaning of the grinding components without disassembling the entire device.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

2Manufacturing precision

If a conical grinding wheel grinding system is used, then grinding power control and fineness uniformity are improved, but device volume increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvefineness uniformityVSAvoiddevice volume
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSVolume of moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The drive shaft is positioned within the circumferential space around the transmission shaft, utilizing the available radial space efficiently. The grinding assembly components are nested concentrically, with the drive shaft surrounding the transmission shaft, maximizing space utilization and minimizing the overall device volume while maintaining conical grinding precision.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #7Nested doll (Nesting)

3Ease of operation

If the grinding device is made detachable for cleaning, then ease of cleaning is improved, but transmission connection complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveease of cleaningVSAvoidtransmission connection
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The drive gear is extracted as a separate component that can be easily detached from the drive shaft. This allows the grinding assembly to be completely removed from the coffee machine body for cleaning without requiring disassembly of the transmission connection mechanisms, maintaining simple and reliable power transmission while enabling easy maintenance.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Applied Scientific Principles

This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.

Function Achieved in This Case

The solution provides a compact, easy-to-clean coffee machine with precise control over grinding power, resulting in improved coffee taste and user experience.

Implementation Method 1

the inner grinding wheel and outer grinding wheel perform relative rotation... grinding, by the grinding device, the raw material into ground substance

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectFriction: Friction

Implementation Method 2

the driving shaft is in transmission connection with the transmission shaft through the first gear, the second gear, and the bevel gear

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectGear transmission: Gear

Data Source

PatentUS20250160571A1Bean grinding coffee machine and bean grinding coffee machine control method
Publication Date: 2025.05.22 FORTUNE TECH MFG CO LTD
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AI summary

Disclosed in the present invention are a bean grinding coffee machine and a bean grinding coffee machine control method. The bean grinding coffee machine comprises a machine body, a grinding device, and a driving device. The driving device and the grinding device are located on the machine body; the grinding device is provided with a transmission shaft and a conical grinding wheel assembly; the conical grinding wheel assembly comprises an outer grinding wheel and an inner grinding wheel; the outer grinding wheel is sleeved on the inner grinding wheel; the grinding device is detachably connected to the driving device; the driving device is provided with a driving portion; the transmission shaft is transmittingly connected to the driving portion; and the driving device is located on one side of the transmission shaft in the circumferential direction.