System and method for dispensing ground coffee
AssigneeBreville Pty Limited
InventorsLochana Subasekara WIDANAGAMAGE DON, Con PSAROLOGOS, Jack Duncan GILMORE
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Abstract
A dispensing system configured to dispense ground coffee and located adjacent a coffee grinder, the dispensing system comprising an outlet connected to a chamber containing the ground coffee, the outlet having an opening through which the ground coffee is dispensed, at least one electrode located in the outlet, and a booster circuit configured to generate an output voltage higher than an input voltage, the booster circuit being connected to the at least one electrode, wherein the output voltage is used to generate an electric charge on the at least one electrode.
Claims15
A dispensing system configured to dispense ground coffee and located adjacent a coffee grinder, the dispensing system comprising:
- an outlet connected to a chamber containing the ground coffee, the outlet having an opening through which the ground coffee is dispensed;
- at least one electrode located in the outlet;
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- a booster circuit configured to generate an output voltage higher than an input voltage,
- the booster circuit being connected to the at least one electrode,
- wherein the output voltage is used to generate an electric charge on the at least one electrode, and
- wherein the output voltage is adjustable by a user.
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A method of dispensing ground coffee from an opening located adjacent a coffee grinder, the method comprising:
- causing the ground coffee contained in a chamber to flow through an outlet, the opening being located at a distal end of the outlet;
- generating, by a booster circuit, an output voltage higher than an input voltage, the booster circuit being connected to at least one electrode located in the outlet;
- generating, with the output voltage, an electric charge on the at least one electrode;
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- dispensing the ground coffee from the opening subsequent to the ground coffee having flowed past the at least one electrode, wherein the output voltage is adjustable by a user.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.