Coffee Grinder with Selectable Grinding Parameters
AssigneeHamilton Beach Brands, Inc.
InventorsMark Romandy, Paul Diaz
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Abstract
A grinding device includes: a housing that includes a sidewall; a grinding bowl within the housing; a cover that mates with one of the housing and the grinding bowl, wherein the cover together with the grinding bowl defines a grinding chamber; a blade positioned within the grinding chamber; a motor, positioned within the housing, operatively connected with and configured to rotate the blade; and a dial generally radially aligned with the sidewall of the housing, wherein the dial is configured to control at least one operational parameter of the motor; and wherein the dial rotates around a substantially vertical axis.
Claims18
A grinding device comprising:
- a housing that includes a sidewall;
- a grinding bowl within the housing;
- a cover that mates with one of the housing and the grinding bowl, wherein the cover together with the grinding bowl defines a grinding chamber;
- a blade positioned within the grinding chamber;
- a motor, positioned within the housing, operatively connected with and configured to rotate the blade;
- a dial generally radially aligned with the sidewall of the housing, wherein the dial is configured to control at least one operational parameter of the motor;
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- wherein the dial rotates around a substantially vertical axis.
A grinding device comprising:
- a housing that includes a sidewall and a base below the sidewall;
- a grinding bowl within the housing;
- a cover that mates with one of the housing and the grinding bowl, wherein the cover together with the grinding bowl defines a grinding chamber;
- a blade positioned within the grinding chamber;
- a motor, positioned within the housing, operatively connected with and configured to rotate the blade;
- wherein at least the grinding chamber defines a moveable unit;
- and
- wherein the moveable unit is configured to move vertically between (a) a depressed position, in which the moveable unit is closer to the base of the housing, and (b) a raised position, in which the moveable unit is farther from the base of the housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.