US 12,262,841 B2
Coffee machine
Tim Gerard Tibbe, Eindhoven (NL)
Assigned to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven (NL)
Appl. No. 17/414,772
Filed by KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven (NL)
PCT Filed Dec. 11, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/084701
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 16, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/126755, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 25, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 18212942 (EP), filed on Dec. 17, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0061584 A1, Mar. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. A47J 31/52 (2006.01); A23F 5/26 (2006.01); A47J 31/34 (2006.01); A47J 31/42 (2006.01); A47J 31/44 (2006.01); A47J 31/46 (2006.01)
CPC A47J 31/52 (2013.01) [A23F 5/26 (2013.01); A47J 31/34 (2013.01); A47J 31/42 (2013.01); A47J 31/446 (2013.01); A47J 31/4489 (2013.01); A47J 31/468 (2018.08)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A coffee machine comprising:
a water supply;
a water heater for heating water;
a pump for pumping the heated water;
a controller;
a brewing chamber for receiving coffee grinds and brewing coffee using the heated water delivered by the pump;
an external water delivery nozzle for delivering water from the pump which has not passed to the brewing chamber,
wherein the coffee machine further comprises:
a coffee jug comprising a filter holder for holding a coffee filter and contained coffee grind,
wherein the coffee jug and the coffee machine comprise complementary coupling features to allow the coffee jug to be coupled to and decoupled from the external water delivery nozzle, and
wherein the controller is adapted to:
implement a filter coffee mode of operation and an espresso coffee mode of operation; and
control the pump and/or the water heater such as to deliver water to the external water delivery nozzle during the filter coffee mode of operation and to deliver water to the brewing chamber during the espresso coffee mode of operation, at a different water delivery rate and/or a different temperature.