Today’s Patent – Coffee Machine

The said invention (US11864686B2) was invented by Toshio Saito, patented by USPTO on 03-12-2021. Currently, it stands assigned to Daito Giken KK.

The present invention relates to a coffee machine including a grinder that grinds coffee beans. A coffee machine that performs adjustment using coffee beans has been proposed (for example, Patent Literature 1). The coffee machine proposed in Patent Literature 1 is equipped with a coffee bean grinding mechanism (grinder) and a coffee beverage extraction mechanism. Coffee machines equipped with only a grinder are known.

A coffee machine equipped with a grinder that grinds coffee beans, and a blade that grinds the coffee beans can be replaced with a blade having a different pattern. A main body includes a drive source, first power transmission portions, and a gear portion (gear of a manual setting disc dial), a grinder unit is fitted into the main body, the grinder unit includes a second power transmission portion, and interlocking portions, and is detachable from the main body, and when the grinder unit is fitted into the main body, the second power transmission portion and the like are coupled to the first power transmission portions, and the interlocking portions are coupled to the gear portion (gear of the manual setting disc dial).