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US 12,514,394 B2Granted
Zero retention coffee bean hopper
AssigneeSharkNinja Operating LLC
InventorsKorkut Bekiroglu, Manan Patel, Steven P. Carter, Scott John Shaw, Eli Piscitelli, Ethan T. Brown
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Abstract
In one aspect, a method of using an automated beverage machine can include causing coffee beans to be dispensed from a hopper configured to contain the coffee beans and into a grinder configured to grind the coffee beans. The method can further include receiving, from a weight sensor configured to measure a total weight of the hopper and the coffee beans, data characterizing a weight of the hopper, and determining, based on the received data, an amount of coffee beans dispensed into the grinder.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- causing coffee beans to be dispensed from a hopper configured to contain the coffee beans and into a grinder configured to grind the coffee beans;
- as the coffee beans are dispensed into the grinder, measuring, by a weight sensor, a total weight of the hopper and the coffee beans and receiving, from the weight sensor, data characterizing a weight of the hopper as the coffee beans are dispensed into the grinder;
- and
- determining, based on the received data, an amount of coffee beans dispensed into the grinder.
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A method comprising:
- causing coffee beans to be dispensed by a dispenser from a hopper configured to contain the coffee beans and into a grinder configured to grind the coffee beans;
- as the coffee beans are dispensed into the grinder, measuring, by a weight sensor, a total weight of the hopper and the coffee beans and receiving, from the weight sensor, data characterizing a weight of the hopper;
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- detecting, based on the data characterizing the weight of the hopper, a deviation of an operating parameter associated with the hopper, the dispenser, or the weight sensor from a preset value.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.