Coffee grinder apparatus
AssigneeBreville Pty Limited
InventorsCon Psarologos, David Davenport, Richard Hoare
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Abstract
An espresso machine has a built-in coffee grinder. A coffee grinding apparatus cooperates with a removable portafilter having a handle, the apparatus including: a cradle for supporting the portafilter; an actuator adjacent to the cradle for co-operating with the portafilter; a downward facing ledge engages a front tab of the portafilter for resisting imbalance of the portafilter when supported by the cradle. Wherein, when the portafilter is supported by the cradle and advanced forward, the front tab of the portafilter further contacts the actuator to operate an electrical switch, thereby causing a signal to be sent to a microprocessor for delivering coffee grinds to the portafilter.
Claims4
An espresso machine comprising:
- a removable tamper comprising a ferromagnetic material;
- a chassis;
- a recess formed in the chassis and sized to removably receive the tamper;
- a magnet disposed adjacent an upper portion of the recess, the magnet arranged to retain the tamper in the recess;
- a grinder mounted within the chassis, the grinder including a dispensing chute arranged to communicate grinds out of the chassis;
- and
- wherein the recess and the dispensing chute are arranged side by side on the chassis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.