US 12,433,449 B2
Coffee bean grinding machine
Masato Saito, Tokyo (JP); and Taisuke Torizu, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to DAITO GIKEN, INC., Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 18/038,724
Filed by DAITO GIKEN, INC., Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Nov. 8, 2021, PCT No. PCT/JP2021/040974
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 25, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/118609, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 9, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-201272 (JP), filed on Dec. 3, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0032732 A1, Feb. 1, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A47J 42/38 (2006.01); A47J 31/42 (2006.01); A47J 42/22 (2006.01); A47J 42/26 (2006.01); G07F 9/00 (2006.01); G07F 13/04 (2006.01); G07F 13/06 (2006.01)
CPC A47J 42/38 (2013.01) [A47J 42/22 (2013.01)] 3 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A coffee bean grinding machine, comprising:
a grinder configured to grind coffee beans; and
a control device configured to control the grinder, wherein
the grinder is configured to grind coffee beans at a particle size specified by the control device for producing ground coffee beans,
the control device is configured to set a plurality of particle sizes based on order information from a user,
the control device performs control to produce the ground coffee beans while sequentially changing the particle size setting of the grinder through the plurality of set particle sizes, and
the plurality of particle sizes are set based on the order information, including by selecting one of a plurality of preset patterns, each pattern defining a plurality of particle sizes.
 
3. A coffee bean grinding machine, comprising:
a grinder configured to grind coffee beans; and
a control device configured to control the grinder, wherein
the grinder is configured to grind coffee beans at a particle size specified by the control device for producing ground coffee beans,
the control device performs control to produce the ground coffee beans while sequentially changing the particle size setting of the grinder through a plurality of particle sizes, and
the control device is configured to, when the plurality of particle sizes including a first particle size and a second particle size are set, set which of the first particle size and the second particle size the grinder is to use first.