Device for grinding roasted grains
AssigneeRancilio Group S.P.A.
InventorCarlo Carbonini
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Abstract
A device (1) for grinding roasted grains, in particular coffee beans, of a kind including a grinding chamber (9) in which one or more electrically operated grinders grind coffee beans in order to reduce them to powder. The grinding chamber of the device is equipped with a plurality of cooling fins (29) that assist in removing heat produced during grinding, without the need to use cooling fins or similar cooling devices. Thanks to the provision of the cooling fins (28), the device (1) is inexpensive and compact and avoids an excessive increase in coffee temperature during grinding, thereby preserving the organoleptic qualities of the coffee.
Claims22
A device for grinding roasted beans comprising
- a case comprising a container for said roasted beans, and
- a grinding chamber connected to the container, said grinding chamber having a cylindrical shape, and comprising one or more grinders, the one or more grinders are one or more flat grinders or one or more conical grinders, said grinders configured for grinding the roasted beans;
- wherein
- the container and the grinding chamber arranged so that said roasted beans are transferred to the grinding chamber by gravity,
- said grinding chamber comprises along a lateral surface of said grinding chamber, a plurality of vertically oriented ribs parallel to a longitudinal axis of said grinding chamber,
- said ribs arranged to cool the grinding chamber by natural air convection.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.