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US 10,791,869 B2Granted
System and method for automated coffee grind refinement
AssigneeAuroma Brewing Company
InventorsRayan AL-Shaibani, Pawin Wongtada, Ornicha Srimokla
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Abstract
A system and method for coffee bean processing that includes a bean refinement chute with a bean grind inlet and a refined grind outlet; a filter system integrated into at least one surface within the chute; a vibration system operable in an active state that agitates bean grinds during progression from the bean grind inlet to the refined grind outlet; a refined grind chamber positioned adjacent to the refined grind outlet and thereby collects refined grinds; and a filtered grind chamber positioned beneath the filter system and thereby collects filtered grinds.
Claims20
A coffee bean grind filtering system comprising:
- a bean refinement chute with a bean grind inlet through which bean grinds are received and a refined grind outlet;
- a filter system integrated into at least one surface within the bean refinement chute and wherein the filter system filters the bean grinds into at least refined grinds and filtered grinds, wherein the refined grinds are bean grinds that progress across the filter system from the bean grind inlet to the refined grind outlet, and wherein the filtered grinds are the bean grinds that pass through the filter system;
- a vibration system operable in an active state that agitates bean grinds during progression from the bean grind inlet to the refined grind outlet;
- a refined grind chamber positioned adjacent to the refined grind outlet and thereby collects refined grinds;
- a filtered grind chamber positioned beneath the filter system and thereby collects filtered grinds that pass through the filter system;
- a grind measurement system integrated into the refined grind chamber;
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- a control system configured to control filtering of the bean grinds in targeting a produced refined bean quantity as indicated by the grind measurement system.
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A coffee bean grind filtering system comprising:
- a bean refinement chute with a bean grind inlet through which bean grinds are received and a refined grind outlet;
- a bean grinder configured to dispense bean grinds into the bean grind inlet;
- a filter system integrated into at least one surface within the bean refinement chute and wherein the filter system filters the bean grinds into at least refined grinds and filtered grinds, wherein the refined grinds are bean grinds that progress across the filter system from the bean grind inlet to the refined grind outlet, and wherein the filtered grinds are the bean grinds that pass through the filter system;
- a vibration system operable in an active state that agitates bean grinds during progression from the bean grind inlet to the refined grind outlet, and wherein the bean grinder is mechanically coupled to the filter system in a configuration that transfers vibration and thereby act as the vibration system;
- a refined grind chamber positioned adjacent to the refined grind outlet and thereby collects refined grinds;
- a filtered grind chamber positioned beneath the filter system and thereby collects filtered grinds that pass through the filter system;
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- a grind measurement system integrated into the refined grind chamber;
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- a control system configured to control filtering of the bean grinds in targeting a produced refined bean quantity as indicated by the grind measurement system.
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A coffee bean grind filtering system comprising:
- a bean refinement chute with a bean grind inlet through which bean grinds are received and a refined grind outlet;
- a filter system integrated into at least one surface within the bean refinement chute and wherein the filter system filters the bean grinds into at least refined grinds and filtered grinds, wherein the refined grinds are bean grinds that progress across the filter system from the bean grind inlet to the refined grind outlet and wherein the filtered grinds are the bean grinds that pass through the filter system;
- wherein the filter system comprises a filter chamber;
- a filter cartridge that can removably engage with the filter chamber;
- a vibration system operable in an active state that agitates bean grinds during progression from the bean grind inlet to the refined grind outlet;
- a refined grind chamber positioned adjacent to the refined grind outlet and thereby collects refined grinds;
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- a filtered grind chamber positioned beneath the filter system and thereby collects filtered grinds that pass through the filter system.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.