IP Library Granted Patent US 12,433,449
Granted Patent B2
US 12,433,449 · App. 18/038,724 · Granted Oct 7, 2025

Coffee bean grinding machine

Inventors: Masato Saito (Tokyo, JP); Taisuke Torizu (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: DAITO GIKEN, INC.
A47J42/38A47J42/22
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Patent No.
US 12,433,449
App. No.
18/038,724
Granted
Oct 7, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A coffee bean grinding machine with which a taste of coffee can be enjoyed. A coffee bean grinding machine including: a grinder configured to grind coffee beans; and a control device configured to control the grinder, in which the grinder has a plurality of types of particle sizes that can be set for producing ground coffee beans, and the control device controls the production of the ground coffee beans while changing the set particle size of the grinder according to the plurality of set particle sizes.

Claims (15)

1. A coffee bean grinding machine, comprising:

a grinder configured to grind coffee beans; and

a control device configured to control the grinder, wherein

the grinder is configured to grind coffee beans at a particle size specified by the control device for producing ground coffee beans,

the control device is configured to set a plurality of particle sizes based on order information from a user,

the control device performs control to produce the ground coffee beans while sequentially changing the particle size setting of the grinder through the plurality of set particle sizes, and

the plurality of particle sizes are set based on the order information, including by selecting one of a plurality of preset patterns, each pattern defining a plurality of particle sizes.

2. The coffee bean grinding machine according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a receiving device configured to receive the order information via a network.

3. A coffee bean grinding machine, comprising:

a grinder configured to grind coffee beans; and

a control device configured to control the grinder, wherein

the grinder is configured to grind coffee beans at a particle size specified by the control device for producing ground coffee beans,

the control device performs control to produce the ground coffee beans while sequentially changing the particle size setting of the grinder through a plurality of particle sizes, and

the control device is configured to, when the plurality of particle sizes including a first particle size and a second particle size are set, set which of the first particle size and the second particle size the grinder is to use first.

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 May 25, 2023
From: SAITO, MASATO; TORIZU, TAISUKE
To: DAITO GIKEN, INC.
Reel/Frame 063757/0994 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-201272 · Dec 3, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240032732A1 · Feb 1, 2024
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