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US 2017/0280925 A1Published application
Coffee tamper
AssigneeClockwork Espresso Ltd.
InventorPeter SOUTHERN
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Abstract
The invention relates to a coffee tamper. More specifically, the invention relates to a device for tamping coffee grounds in a basket or portafilter of an espresso machine, by which device a reproducible pressure is applied to the coffee grounds and which is designed to reduce occupational-related diseases among professional users, like e.g. baristas.
Claims15
A coffee tamper, comprising:
- a circular punch unit and a top,
- wherein:
- said punch unit comprises a blind hole with an internal thread arranged in the center of the punch unit thereby forming a stay and a tamping surface on an opposite side of the blind hole, and
- said top comprises a circular recess corresponding to the stay of the punch unit and a post comprising an external thread corresponding to the internal thread of the punch unit,
- or wherein:
- said top comprises a blind hole with an internal thread arranged in the center of the top thereby forming a stay, and
- said punch unit comprises a circular recess corresponding to the stay of the top and a post comprising an external thread corresponding to the internal thread of the top,
- and wherein:
- said punch unit and said top are configured to be screwed together by the corresponding threads, wherein the outer diameter of the punch unit corresponds to the inner diameter of a basket or portafilter to receive coffee grounds, and wherein the outer diameter of the top is larger than the outer diameter of the punch unit thereby forming a rim
- when the top and the punch unit are screwed together, and
- wherein the top has an essentially flat handling surface.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.