Coffee maker
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsDongseong KWAG, Imsung YOO
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Abstract
A coffee maker includes: an extractor that is configured to receive ground coffee and water and that is configured to extract liquid coffee from the ground coffee and the water, and a dispenser configured to supply the water to the ground coffee in the extractor. The dispenser includes an arm that is rotatably disposed above an inlet of the extractor and that includes a nozzle configured to supply the water to the extractor, a first actuator that is disposed at the arm and that is configured to move the nozzle to a position where the nozzle is above the inlet of the extractor, and a second actuator that is disposed at the arm and that is configured to rotate the nozzle to orient the nozzle at a predetermined angle relative to the inlet of the extractor.
Claims20
A coffee maker, comprising:
- an extractor that is configured to receive ground coffee and water and that is configured to extract liquid coffee from the ground coffee and the water;
- and
- a dispenser configured to supply the water to the ground coffee in the extractor,
- wherein the dispenser includes:
- an arm that is rotatably disposed above an inlet of the extractor and that includes a nozzle configured to supply the water to the extractor;
- a first actuator that is disposed at the arm and that is configured to move the nozzle to a position where the nozzle is above the inlet of the extractor;
- and
- a second actuator that is disposed at the arm and that is configured to rotate the nozzle to orient the nozzle at a predetermined angle relative to the inlet of the extractor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.