Set comprising a plurality of mutually connected coffee grinders
AssigneeSimonelli Group S.P.A.
InventorMauro Parrini
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Abstract
A set includes a plurality of coffee grinders, each coffee grinder including: a body, a grinding unit, actuation means to activate the grinding unit, a load cell to weigh a filter holder, and booking means to book the activation of the coffee grinder; the set has a central control unit to receive a booking signal from the booking means of each coffee grinder and create an ordered list with an activation sequence of the coffee grinders; the central control unit is connected to the load cell of all coffee grinders to send an activation command of the load cell to a coffee grinder at a time according to the sequence indicated by the ordered list.
Claims8
An assembly comprising:
- a plurality of coffee grinders, wherein each of said plurality of coffee grinders comprises:
- a body having an inlet adapted to allow introduction of coffee beans into said body and an outlet adapted to allow dispensing of ground coffee from said body;
- a grinder disposed in said body and adapted to grind the coffee beans;
- an actuator connected to said grinder and adapted to activate grinding of said grinder;
- a load cell disposed under the outlet and adapted to support a filter-holder so as to weigh the filter-holder;
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- a booker adapted to book an activation of said grinder;
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- a central control unit directly or indirectly connected to said booker of all of said plurality of coffee grinders, said central control unit configured to receive a booking signal from each of said plurality of coffee grinders and to create an ordered list with an activation sequence of said plurality of coffee grinders according to an order in which said central control unit receives the booking signal from said booker, said central control unit being directly or indirectly connected to said load cell of all of said plurality of coffee grinders and configured to send an activation command to said load cell of one coffee grinder at a time of said plurality of coffee grinders according to the activation sequence of the ordered list such that said plurality of coffee grinders are operated individually and never simultaneously.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.