IP Library Granted Patent US 9,844,291
Granted Patent B2
US 9,844,291 · App. 14/407,486 · Granted Dec 19, 2017

Coffee machine

Inventors: Heinz Eicher (Jona, CH); Marek Sidor (Uerikon, CH)
Assignee: Eugster/Frismag AG
A47J31/42A47J42/06A47J42/10A47J42/38
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Patent No.
US 9,844,291
App. No.
14/407,486
Granted
Dec 19, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A coffee machine comprising a coffee machine housing, having a coffee mill ( 2 ) comprising a grinder ( 6 ) for grinding coffee beans ( 32 ) to coffee grounds ( 33 ) and having a brewing device ( 35 ) having a brewing chamber ( 34 ) which is adjustable between a filling position and a brewing position for subjecting the coffee grounds ( 33 ) to extraction with hot water to produce a coffee drink, wherein associated with the coffee mill ( 2 ) is an electric motor ( 1 ) by means of which a grinding ring ( 8 ) of the grinder ( 6 ) can be driven rotatably about an axis of rotation ( 13 ) relative to a grinding cone ( 7 ) disposed radially within the grinding ring ( 8 ) by means of a shaft ( 14 ) spaced apart from the axis of rotation ( 13 ), in order to grind the coffee beans ( 32 ) between the grinding ring ( 8 ) and the grinding cone ( 7 ), wherein the shaft ( 14 ) is disposed such that said shaft extends perpendicular to the axis of rotation ( 13 ), and wherein in the filling position the brewing chamber ( 34 ) is disposed axially below the grinder outlet ( 31 ), in such a way that the axis of rotation ( 13 ) passes through the grinder outlet ( 31 ) and the brewing chamber ( 34 ), such that under the effect of gravity ground coffee powder can be discharged axially from the grinder ( 6 ) into the brewing chamber ( 34 ), and that the electric motor is arranged radially adjacent to the grinding ring ( 8 ).

Claims (14)

1. A coffee machine comprising a coffee machine housing, having a coffee mill ( 2 ) comprising a grinder ( 6 ) for grinding coffee beans ( 32 ) to coffee grounds ( 33 ) and having a brewing device ( 35 ) having a brewing chamber ( 34 ) which is adjustable between a filling position and a brewing position for subjecting the coffee grounds ( 33 ) to extraction with hot water to produce a coffee drink, wherein associated with the coffee mill ( 2 ) is an electric motor ( 1 ) by means of which a grinding ring ( 8 ) of the grinder ( 6 ) can be driven rotatably about an axis of rotation ( 13 ) relative to a grinding cone ( 7 ) disposed radially within the grinding ring ( 8 ) by means of a shaft ( 14 ) spaced apart from the axis of rotation ( 13 ), in order to grind the coffee beans ( 32 ) between the grinding ring ( 8 ) and the grinding cone ( 7 ), wherein the shaft ( 14 ) is disposed such that said shaft extends perpendicular to the axis of rotation ( 13 ), and wherein in the filling position the brewing chamber ( 34 ) is disposed axially below the grinder outlet ( 31 ), in such a way that the axis of rotation ( 13 ) passes through the grinder outlet ( 31 ) and the brewing chamber ( 34 ), such that under the effect of gravity ground coffee powder can be discharged axially from the grinder ( 6 ) into the brewing chamber ( 34 ), and that the electric motor is arranged radially adjacent to the grinding ring ( 8 ).

2. The coffee machine according to claim 1 , wherein the grinder ( 6 ) and electric motor ( 1 ) are arranged exclusively in a region above the filling position of the brewing chamber ( 34 ).

3. The coffee machine according to claim 1 , wherein a shared housing ( 3 ), arranged within the coffee machine housing, is provided for the electric motor ( 1 ) and the grinder ( 6 ).

4. The coffee machine according to claim 3 , wherein in the shared housing ( 3 ), a shaft mount section ( 26 ) for a shaft section of the shaft ( 14 ) and a pin for the arrangement of the grinding cone ( 7 ) are provided, such that the longitudinal extents of the shaft mount and of the pin ( 9 ) are oriented perpendicularly to one another.

5. The coffee machine according to claim 3 , wherein the grinding cone ( 7 ) is secured on the shared housing ( 3 ) via a fixing screw ( 11 ) oriented perpendicularly to shaft ( 14 ), which fixing screw passes through a preferably central opening of a preferably worm-like coffee bean guide ( 10 ).

6. The coffee machine according to claim 1 , wherein the grinding ring ( 8 ) is arranged so as to be adjustable axially relative to the grinding cone ( 7 ).

7. The coffee machine according to claim 1 , wherein the grinding ring ( 8 ) is arranged in a grinding ring mount ( 19 ), which is rotatable via a rolling bearing ( 21 ) relative to a rolling body guide ( 23 ), and wherein an adjustment ring ( 28 ) is associated with the rolling body guide ( 23 ), which adjustment ring is in engagement with the rolling body guide ( 23 ) such that a turning of the adjustment ring ( 28 ) leads to an axial adjustment of the rolling body guide, of the grinding ring mount ( 19 ) and of the grinding ring ( 8 ) relative to the grinding cone ( 7 ).

8. The coffee machine according to claim 7 , wherein an adjustment ring toothing ( 29 ) is associated with the adjustment ring ( 28 ), which toothing is able to be grasped manually and/or is coupled with a servomotor for the automatic adjustment of the adjustment ring ( 28 ).

9. The coffee machine according to claim 7 , wherein the grinding ring mount ( 19 ) and/or the rolling body guide ( 23 ) rest(s) on the shared housing ( 3 ) via at least damping element ( 24 , 25 ).

10. The coffee machine according to claim 1 , wherein a drive, in particular an electric motor for adjusting the brewing chamber between the filling position and the brewing position is associated with the brewing device.

11. The coffee machine according to claim 7 , wherein a central longitudinal axis of the brewing chamber, which in the filling position of the brewing chamber ( 34 ) is preferably in alignment with the axis of rotation of the grinder, forms an angle with the axis of rotation ( 13 ) of the grinder in the brewing position.

12. The coffee machine according to claim 1 , wherein the shaft ( 14 ) has a worm section ( 17 ) which engages into a circumferential output toothing ( 18 ) of a grinding ring mount ( 19 ) or of the grinding ring ( 8 ).

13. The coffee machine according to claim 1 , wherein the axis of rotation ( 13 ) passes through the grinder outlet ( 31 ) and the brewing chamber ( 34 ) centrally.

14. The coffee machine according to claim 3 , wherein the shared housing ( 3 ) is formed from two plastic housing shells.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 12, 2014
From: EICHER, HEINZ; SIDOR, MAREK
To: EUGSTER/FRISMAG AG
Reel/Frame 034485/0168 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 20 2012 102 131 U · Jun 12, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20150157167A1 · Jun 11, 2015