Combined coffee grinding and brewing machine
US4624177A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 5, 1985 |
| Grant date | Nov 25, 1986 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 5, 2005 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA47J31/0573
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A coffee maker comprising both a mill assembly for grinding coffee beans, and a brewer assembly underlying the mill assembly for receiving coffee grains filtered out therefrom and for brewing coffee with heated water poured onto the coffee grains. The mill assembly has a mill housing having its top closed by a mill cap adapted to receive the heated water from a water heater. Projecting from the mill cap, in a position just over a coffee grain filter constituting a part of the mill assembly, a water chute conducts the heated water down onto the coffee grains that have been fed from the mill assembly into the brewer assembly. The interior of the mill housing is therefore not wetted with the heated water during the brewing but can be kept dry to allow immediate resumption of grinding as desired.
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