Douglas C Weber

US Patent:

20180153333, Jun 7, 2018

Filed:

Dec 5, 2016

Appl. No.:

15/369801

Inventors:

CRAIG LYN - LOS ANGELES CA, US
DOUGLAS WEBER - SAN FRANCISCO CA, US
MICHAEL LYN - HOLLYWOOD FL, US

Assignee:

Strategic Exits LLC - LOS ANGELES CA

International Classification:

A47J 31/44

Abstract:

A device for moving coffee grounds from the coffee grinder into a portafilter or other coffee brewing device without spilling coffee grinds. The device may consist of 3 separate parts—a main body, a plug, and a cap—that fit together such that when shaken or agitated coffee grinds on the inside cannot spill out. This allows for easy homogenization without mess of the grinds before brewing, a process that is becoming more prominent in the industry with the advance of specialty coffee. The device fits onto the lip of a portafilter such that removal of the cap and plug allow all of the homogenized coffee grinds to fall directly into the portafilter basket.

US Patent:

20180125300, May 10, 2018

Filed:

Nov 7, 2016

Appl. No.:

15/344685

Inventors:

Craig Robert Lyn - Los Angeles CA, US
Douglas Weber - San Francisco CA, US

Assignee:

Strategic Exits LLC - Los Angeles CA

International Classification:

A47J 42/26
A47J 42/50
A47J 42/40

Abstract:

A device for grinding coffee beans one shot at a time. The device may consist of an inlet funnel attached to a main body, wherein the beans are gravity fed to a set of burrs that grind the coffee into a grounds chamber, where they are then expunged into a grounds receptacle. The grounds receptacle may be adjusted in height via arms attached to the grinder depending on the workflow of the user and the type of receptacle being used. The grounds chamber is a clamshell design easily removable by the user for cleaning and held in place with magnets and alignment pins. As the grinder grinds coffee, wipers on the mounts for the burr create a positive pressure air flow to expunge the ground beans in addition to physically manipulating them out of the exit chute. This allows for grinding and expulsion of all of the input coffee without retention, a common problem in the industry when grinders are used for single shot grinding.