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US 2019/0239692 A1Published application
Coffee grinder and sleeve
AssigneeBlack Rifle Coffee Company LLC
InventorsEvan Hafer, Jeffrey B. Kirkham, Haase Robert Andreas
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Abstract
A grinding unit is provided, which includes an elongated body, a top cap, a bottom cap, a grinding lever, and a supporting sleeve. The supporting sleeve surrounds the elongated body and includes a support channel. The support channel is structured so that the grinding lever can be removably affixed to the support channel with a friction fit.
Claims11
A grinding unit comprising:
- an elongated body;
- a top cap;
- a bottom cap;
- a grinding lever;
- and
- a supporting sleeve, the supporting sleeve surrounding the elongated body and including a support channel, the support channel being structured so that the grinding lever can be removably affixed therein with a friction fit.
3 more elements
A method for assembling a grinding unit, the method comprising:
- affixing a top cap of the grinding unit to an elongated body of the grinding unit;
- affixing a bottom cap of the grinding unit to the elongated body of the grinding unit;
- sliding a supporting sleeve onto the elongated body such that the supporting sleeve surrounds the elongated body, wherein the supporting sleeve includes a support channel, the support channel being structured so that a grinding lever can be removably affixed to the support channel with a friction fit;
- and
- affixing the grinding lever within the support channel with a friction fit or, alternatively, affixing the grinding lever within a crank hole of the top cap.
2 more elements
A supporting sleeve that is removably attachable to a coffee grinder that includes a detachable grinding lever, the supporting sleeve including:
- a sleeve body structured to surround the coffee grinder via friction fit such that the sleeve body is removably affixable to the coffee grinder with a friction fit;
- and
- a support channel structured to receive and removably secure the detachable grinding lever of the coffee grinder within the support channel with a friction fit and such that the grinding lever is detachably securable and removable from the support channel of the supporting sleeve.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.