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AssigneeBreville Pty Limited
InventorsMark Lewis HOLLOWAY, Tae-kyung Kong, Xiang REN, Giovanni BAEZ ALVAREZ, Norman OLIVERIA, Stephen Richard BUTTER, Christopher Peter Hamilton HARDY, Bryce James Gossling, Anthony LADEWIG, Chiu Keung Kenneth LEE, Jinwei Lou, Richard Lehonde HOARE
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A coffee machine (1) with a grinder (10), a grind chute (21) for delivering coffee grounds along a flow path (22) and into a portafilter (40) fitted to the machine (1), and a tamping unit (2) with a tamping mechanism (11) for pressing the coffee grounds held by the portafilter (40) into a puck, wherein the tamping mechanism (11) includes a linkage (30) connected to a tamp (14), the linkage (30) being arranged to press a face (25) of the tamp (14) in an axial direction (24) with respect to the portafilter (40) during a tamping operation, and wherein the linkage (30) returns the tamp (14) to a rest position where the tamp face (25) is moved laterally, out of the flow path (22), wherein the coffee machine (1) includes a chute (21) for directing the coffee grounds along the flow path (22), the chute (21) having a lower opening (21b) for delivering the coffee grounds along the flow path (22) to the portafilter (40), and wherein the lower opening (21b) is located above the rest position of the tamp (14).
A coffee machine with a grinder, a grind chute for delivering coffee grounds along a flow path and into a portafilter fitted to the machine, and a tamping unit with a tamping mechanism for pressing the coffee grounds held by the portafilter into a puck, wherein the tamping mechanism includes a linkage connected to a tamp, the linkage being arranged to press a face of the tamp in an axial direction with respect to the portafilter during a tamping operation, and wherein the linkage returns the tamp to a rest position where the tamp face is moved laterally, out of the flow path,
A cradle for receiving and positioning a portafilter underneath a coffee machine with a grinder, such that coffee grounds are deliverable along a flow path from the grinder to the portafilter, the cradle including a dock to receive the portafilter, for receipt of the coffee grounds, and a retention member to urge the portafilter into the dock.
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