-
公开(公告)号:US12121185B2
公开(公告)日:2024-10-22
申请号:US17256972
申请日:2019-06-28
申请人: BREVILLE PTY LIMITED
发明人: Eddie Siu , Khon Thai , Bin Geng , Raymond George Corkin
CPC分类号: A47J43/0772 , A23N1/02 , A47J36/10 , A47J43/0761 , A47J27/0804 , A47J43/075
摘要: A locking mechanism (104) for a kitchen device (101) having a vessel (105), the vessel (105) providing an interior space and having a rim (106) surrounding an opening (105a) of the space, and a lid (121) to engage the rim (106) to close the space, the locking mechanism (104) comprising: a retaining arm (107), the retaining arm (107) being attachable to the device (101) and movable between a free position, wherein the lid (121) is movable with respect to the vessel (105), and a retaining position, wherein the retaining arm (107) is engageable with the lid (121) to retain the lid (121) against the vessel (105) to at least partly close the opening (105a); a securing assembly (108), the securing assembly (108) being attachable to the device (101) to engage the retaining arm (107) and movable between a free position, wherein the retaining arm (107) may be moved between the free position and the retaining position, and a securing position, wherein the securing assembly (108) engages the retaining arm (107) to prevent movement of the retaining arm (107) from the retaining position; a processor; and an electric motor (157) operated by the processor to move the securing assembly (108) between the free position and the securing position.
-
公开(公告)号:US20240324543A1
公开(公告)日:2024-10-03
申请号:US18740643
申请日:2024-06-12
申请人: Breville Pty Limited
IPC分类号: A01J11/04 , A47J43/044
CPC分类号: A01J11/04 , A47J43/044 , A47J2043/04472
摘要: There is disclosed herein a frothing assembly (21) to froth milk in a container (11). The assembly (21) includes: a body (25); a motor (33) fixed to the body and having an output shaft (34) that is rotatably driven about a longitudinal axis (35) of the shaft (34); a frothing device (36) rotatably driven by the shaft (34) and to be submerged in the milk in the container (11); and a perforated member (43) at least partly surrounding the frothing device (36) and spaced from the frothing device (36) by a clearance (44), wherein rotation of the frothing device (36) causes movement of milk in the clearance (44) and movement of milk through the perforated member (43) to be circulated back through the container (11) and the clearance (44) to cause frothing of the milk.
-
公开(公告)号:US12102253B2
公开(公告)日:2024-10-01
申请号:US17042906
申请日:2019-03-29
申请人: BREVILLE PTY LIMITED
发明人: Brendan Foxlee , Gregory Upston , Lichan Meng , Marian Silviu Rosian , Vyvyan Rose , William Shen
CPC分类号: A47J27/10 , A47J27/004
摘要: There is disclosed herein a sous vide appliance (10) including: a tube (12) having longitudinally opposite first and second ends (14, 13), and providing a liquid flow path (26) having an inlet adjacent the first end (14), and an outlet adjacent the second end (13); a heating element (31) mounted adjacent the tube (12) to heat liquid passing along the flow path from the inlet to the outlet; an outer housing (11) within which the tube (12) is located; and a switch (32) located between the tube (12) and the housing (11) and operatively associated with the heating element (31) to provide for the delivery of electric power to the heating element (31).
-
公开(公告)号:US20240315480A1
公开(公告)日:2024-09-26
申请号:US18573166
申请日:2022-06-24
申请人: BREVILLE PTY LIMITED
摘要: There is disclosed herein a coffee bean grinding apparatus including: a transmitter for emitting a signal; a receiver for receiving at least a portion of the signal; a hopper for containing coffee beans, wherein at least a portion of the coffee beans contained by the hopper is located between the transmitter and receiver; a grinding mechanism for grinding coffee beans fed by the hopper; and a controller, in electrical communication with the transmitter, the receiver and the grinding mechanism, configured to: receive, from the receiver, a measurement indicative of a proportion of the signal received from the transmitter; determine, based on the measurement, whether the hopper contains at least a threshold amount of coffee beans; and in response to determining that the hopper contains less than the threshold amount of coffee beans, perform one or more detection functions.
-
公开(公告)号:US12042083B2
公开(公告)日:2024-07-23
申请号:US17311661
申请日:2019-12-09
申请人: Breville Pty Limited
CPC分类号: A47J31/4489 , A47J31/4485 , A47J31/60
摘要: There is disclosed herein a coffee machine (10) including: a body (12); a steam wand (14), to froth milk, attached to the body (12); and a cleaning mechanism (20), the cleaning mechanism (20) including: a stem (22) having a first end portion (24) attached to the body (12), and a second end portion (26) extending longitudinally away from the first end portion (24); and a supply of water under pressure to deliver water to the second end portion (26), wherein water under pressure is delivered to the second end portion (26) to produce at least one water jet directed at the steam wand (14).
-
公开(公告)号:US20240164566A1
公开(公告)日:2024-05-23
申请号:US18552523
申请日:2022-04-04
申请人: Breville Pty Limited
CPC分类号: A47J27/10 , A23L5/13 , A47J2202/00 , H05B3/26 , H05B3/82 , H05B2203/013
摘要: A sous vide device (10) for at least partial immersion in a liquid (16) contained in a vessel (30), the sous vide device (10) comprising:
a housing (12) defining a cavity (14) for fluidic communication with the vessel (30) to at least partially fill the cavity (14) with the liquid; and,
a heater (32) for heating the liquid (16) in the cavity (14) to generate vapour that displaces some of the heated liquid (16) from the cavity (14) into the vessel (30).-
公开(公告)号:US11980319B2
公开(公告)日:2024-05-14
申请号:US17256220
申请日:2019-06-27
申请人: BREVILLE PTY LIMITED
发明人: Duncan Bruce Hellmers , Stephen John Mcclean , Pierce Barnard , Caroline Valentina Vasta , Andrew Robert Morgan , Andrew Domenic Gregorace , Robert Grassia
CPC分类号: A47J31/60 , A47J31/0663 , B08B5/04 , A47J31/44
摘要: A coffee puck removal device (10) to remove a coffee puck (24) from a portafilter (20) is disclosed herein. The coffee puck removal device (10) has an open compartment (22) containing the coffee puck (24), the coffee puck (24) having an exposed major outer face (26) and a major inner face (28) when the coffee puck (24) is located in the open compartment (22). The device (10) includes: a body (12) having a rim (14) surrounding an aperture (16), with the rim (14) being configured to engage the portafilter (20), with the open compartment (22) facing the body (12) to inhibit air passing between the portafilter (20) and the rim (14); and a vacuum source (30) to remove air from the aperture (16) so that air pressure applied to the major inner face (28) is greater than air pressure applied to the exposed major outer face (26) so that the coffee puck (24) is removed from the portafilter (20).
-
公开(公告)号:US20240057806A1
公开(公告)日:2024-02-22
申请号:US18269151
申请日:2021-12-22
申请人: Breville Pty Limited
发明人: Mark Lewis HOLLOWAY , Tae-kyung KONG , Xiang REN , Giovanni BAEZ ALVAREZ , Norman OLIVERIA , Stephen Richard BUTTER , Bryce James GOSSLING , Anthony LADEWIG , Chiu Keung Kenneth LEE , Christopher Peter Hamilton HARDY
CPC分类号: A47J31/42 , A47J31/525 , A47J31/404 , A47J31/4403
摘要: A machine with a grinder, a grind chute for delivering coffee grounds along a flow path and into a portafilter fitted to the machine, and a tamping unit with a tamping mechanism for pressing the coffee grounds held by the portafilter into a puck, wherein the tamping mechanism includes a linkage connected to a tamp, the linkage being arranged to press a face of the tamp in an axial direction with respect of the portafilter during a tamping operation, and wherein the linkage returns the tamp to a rest position where the tamp face is moved laterally, out of the flow path. The invention also relates to a machine for delivering coffee grounds to a portafilter, a tamping mechanism and a coffee grinding machine.
-
公开(公告)号:US20240023759A1
公开(公告)日:2024-01-25
申请号:US18264009
申请日:2022-02-03
申请人: BREVILLE PTY LIMITED
IPC分类号: A47J43/07
CPC分类号: A47J43/0777 , A47J43/0794
摘要: A food processing device including: abase having a drive motor; a vessel removably mounted on the base and including a bottom wall, a side wall extending upwardly from the bottom wall to a cover member, the cover member including a feed tube extending upwardly therefrom; a pusher member adapted to be slidably received in the feed tube; and an interlock system operatively associated with the drive motor to enable operation of the drive motor, the system including: a light transmitter and a light sensor, the transmitter being operable to provide a path of light that is receivable by the light sensor; a light channel having an input end portion associated with the light transmitter and an output end portion associated with the light sensor to allow the path of light to travel therethrough; and a light blocker located between the input and output end portions of the light channel, the light blocker being movable between: a closed position to block the path of light travelling through the light channel, and an open position to permit the path of light through the light channel such that the sensor receives the path of light, thereby enabling operation of the drive motor, wherein the light blocker is movable to the open position by engagement of the pusher member.
-
公开(公告)号:US11849880B2
公开(公告)日:2023-12-26
申请号:US16762477
申请日:2018-11-07
申请人: BREVILLE PTY LIMITED
发明人: Xiang Ren , Con Psarologos
CPC分类号: A47J31/525 , A47J27/21008 , A47J31/30 , A47J31/545
摘要: An appliance for making a beverage, the appliance comprising: a plurality of heating components for heating a liquid, and a power management system, wherein the power management system comprises: an energy storage device, wherein at least a first function of the appliance requires simultaneous operation of a first heating component and a second heating component of the plurality of heating components, and wherein at least the first heating component comprises a first heater element and a second heater element, where the first heater element is powered using mains power, and the second heater element is powered using the energy storage device.
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-