IP Library Granted Patent US 11,903,517
Granted Patent B2
US 11,903,517 · App. 18/026,150 · Granted Feb 20, 2024

Coffee machine

Inventors: Junya Tsuchida (Tokyo, JP); Takayuki Wakabayashi (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: DAITO GIKEN, INC.
A47J31/42A47J31/60A47J42/40A47J42/52
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Patent No.
US 11,903,517
App. No.
18/026,150
Granted
Feb 20, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A coffee machine, including a grinder configured to grind coffee beans, and a coffee machine made to remove waste, such as chaff, from a separation area, where the waste such as chaff is separated from ground beans. The coffee machine includes a first grinder configured to grind the coffee beans by grinding, a separation area where the waste is separated from the ground beans ground by the first grinder. And, the waste from the separation area is cleaned by wind pressure while the first grinder is in a stop state.

Claims (15)

1. A coffee machine, comprising:

a first grinder configured to grind coffee beans by grinding;

a separation area where waste is separated from the ground beans ground by the first grinder;

a second grinder disposed downstream of the first grinder;

an air aspiration portion configured to aspirate air in the separation area; and

a processing unit configured to control each of the first grinder, the second grinder and the air aspiration portion, wherein:

the separation area is located between the first grinder and the second grinder, and is an area where the waste is separated from the ground beans by air aspiration by the air aspiration portion, and

the processing unit controls the air aspiration portion to clean the separation area by aspirating air in the separation area while the first grinder is in the stop state.

2. The coffee machine according to claim 1 , wherein

the processing unit controls the air aspiration portion to clean the separation area with aspiration that is increased to be stronger than the aspiration for separating the waste from the ground beans.

3. The coffee machine according to claim 1 , wherein

the processing unit makes the air aspiration portion continue the aspiration even if the first grinder stops, and keeps performing the aspiration for cleaning the separation area.

4. The coffee machine according to claim 1 , wherein

the processing unit makes the second grinder stop after making the first grinder stop, and

the processing unit makes the air aspiration portion perform the aspiration for separating the waste from the ground beans until making the second grinder stop, and makes the air aspiration perform the aspiration for cleaning the separation area after making the second grinder stop.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 2, 2025
From: DAITO GIKEN, INC.
To: DAITO ENTERTAINMENT, INC.
Reel/Frame 071286/0197 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 14, 2023
From: TSUCHIDA, JUNYA; WAKABAYASHI, TAKAYUKI
To: DAITO GIKEN, INC.
Reel/Frame 062970/0916 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-186500 · Nov 16, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
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