French press coffee maker with spent grounds removal
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
A47J-031/38
A47J-031/18
A47J-031/20
출원번호
US-0980165
(2012-02-10)
등록번호
US-9192261
(2015-11-24)
국제출원번호
PCT/US2012/024631
(2012-02-10)
§371/§102 date
20130717
(20130717)
국제공개번호
WO2012/115801
(2012-08-30)
발명자
/ 주소
Katz, Paul
Jerstroem, Goeran
출원인 / 주소
Helen of Troy Limited
대리인 / 주소
Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP
인용정보
피인용 횟수 :
4인용 특허 :
6
초록▼
A French press coffee maker includes a carafe, a plunger, and a ladle. The carafe includes a base wall and an upwardly extending generally cylindrical side wall. The plunger includes a rod and a piston connected to the rod. The piston is movable with respect to the carafe in an axial direction. The
A French press coffee maker includes a carafe, a plunger, and a ladle. The carafe includes a base wall and an upwardly extending generally cylindrical side wall. The plunger includes a rod and a piston connected to the rod. The piston is movable with respect to the carafe in an axial direction. The ladle includes a base having a peripheral rim and an upwardly extending arm connected with the base.
대표청구항▼
1. A French press coffee maker assembly comprising: a plunger mechanism including a plunger and a lid, the plunger including a rod and a piston connected to the rod, the lid including an opening that receives the rod of the plunger and a notch extending inwardly from a peripheral edge of the lid, th
1. A French press coffee maker assembly comprising: a plunger mechanism including a plunger and a lid, the plunger including a rod and a piston connected to the rod, the lid including an opening that receives the rod of the plunger and a notch extending inwardly from a peripheral edge of the lid, the piston being movable with respect to the lid in an axial direction; anda ladle including a base and an upwardly extending arm connected with the base, wherein the arm of the ladle is received in the notch in the lid when the base of the ladle is disposed beneath the piston and a center of the base is aligned with a center of the piston, wherein the base of the ladle includes a rigid section and a flexible section attached to the rigid section, wherein a periphery of the flexible section forms a peripheral rim of the base. 2. The assembly of claim 1, wherein the arm of the ladle connects with and contacts the rigid section offset inwardly from the peripheral rim of the base. 3. The assembly of claim 2, wherein the arm includes a vertically oriented section aligned with an offset section of the peripheral rim of the base when viewed along the axial direction, wherein the offset section of the peripheral rim is offset from a curved lower section of the arm of the ladle. 4. The assembly of claim 1, wherein the periphery of the flexible section is disposed above an outer edge of the rigid section. 5. The assembly of claim 4, wherein the rigid section is encapsulated by the flexible section and flexible section is generally cup-shaped. 6. The assembly of claim 1, wherein the base of the ladle is circular and the arm of the ladle is thinnest measured parallel to a radius of the base and the arm is curved to generally follow the radius of the base. 7. The assembly of claim 6, wherein the piston includes a frame and a peripheral gasket connected with an outer edge of the frame, wherein the gasket contacts an inner surface of the arm when the base of the ladle is disposed beneath the piston and the center of the base is aligned with the center of the piston. 8. The assembly of claim 1, wherein the ladle includes a handle portion connected with an upper end portion of the arm, which is opposite the base, wherein the handle portion includes a grip extending from the arm and a retaining lip extending downwardly from the grip, the retaining lip being offset from a vertical section of the arm to define a gap for receiving a side wall of an associated carafe when the ladle is positioned in the associated carafe with the base of the ladle adjacent a base wall of the associated carafe. 9. A French press coffee maker comprising: a carafe having a base wall and an upwardly extending side wall;a plunger mechanism including a plunger and a lid, the plunger including a rod and a piston connected to the rod, the lid including an opening that receives the rod of the plunger and a notch extending inwardly from a peripheral edge of the lid, the piston being movable with respect to the lid in an axial direction, wherein the piston is receivable in and movable in the axial direction with respect to the carafe and when the piston is received in the carafe the piston contacts the side wall; anda ladle including a base and an upwardly extending arm connected with the base, wherein the arm of the ladle is received in the notch in the lid when the base of the ladle is disposed beneath the piston and a center of the base is aligned with a center of the piston, wherein the base of the ladle is receivable in the carafe and when base is received in the carafe with the arm of the ladle received in the notch of the lid the base contacts the side wall. 10. The coffee maker of claim 9, wherein the base includes a peripheral rim, wherein the peripheral rim of the base contacts the side wall of the carafe and the arm extends from the base toward an upper edge of the carafe and is disposed adjacent the side wall of the carafe when the base of the ladle is received in the carafe and disposed adjacent the base wall of the carafe. 11. The coffee maker of claim 9, wherein the piston includes a frame and a peripheral gasket connected with an outer edge of the frame, wherein the gasket contacts both an inner surface of the arm and an internal surface of the carafe when the plunger and the ladle are disposed in the carafe. 12. The coffee maker of claim 9, wherein the ladle includes a handle portion connected with an upper end portion of the arm opposite the base, wherein the handle portion includes a grip extending outwardly beyond an upper edge of the carafe and a retaining lip extending downwardly from the grip, the retaining lip being offset from the arm to define a gap for receiving the side wall of the carafe when the ladle is positioned in the carafe with the base of the ladle adjacent the base wall of the carafe. 13. The coffee maker of claim 12, wherein the handle portion includes a protuberance extending inwardly toward the side wall of the carafe from the retaining lip, wherein the proteburance engages an outer surface of the side wall of the carafe when the ladle is positioned in the carafe with the base of the ladle adjacent the base wall of the carafe. 14. The coffee maker of claim 9, wherein the base of the ladle includes a rigid section and a flexible section attached to the rigid section, wherein a periphery of the flexible section forms a peripheral rim of the base. 15. A French press coffee maker comprising: a carafe having a base wall and an upwardly extending generally cylindrical side wall surrounding a central axis;a plunger including a rod and a piston connected to the rod, wherein the piston is movable with respect to the carafe in an axial direction; anda ladle including a base having a peripheral rim and an upwardly extending arm connected with the base, wherein the ladle is configured to be received in the carafe such that the peripheral rim of the base contacts the side wall of the carafe and the arm extends from the base toward an upper edge of the carafe and is disposed adjacent the side wall of the carafe, wherein the arm of the ladle is thinnest measured along a radius of the generally cylindrical side wall and is curved to generally follow the radius of the generally cylindrical side wall. 16. The coffee maker of claim 15, wherein the base includes a rigid section and a flexible section attached to the rigid section. 17. The coffee maker of claim 16, wherein the piston includes a frame and a peripheral gasket connected with an outer edge of the frame, wherein the gasket contacts both an inner surface of the arm and an internal surface of the carafe when the plunger is moving toward the second position. 18. The coffee maker of claim 15, further comprising a lid for covering the carafe, wherein the lid includes a notch extending inwardly from a peripheral edge, wherein the arm of the ladle is disposed in the notch when the lid is on the carafe and the ladle is positioned in the carafe with the base of the ladle adjacent the base wall of the carafe. 19. The coffee maker of claim 18, wherein the ladle includes a handle portion connected with an end portion of the arm opposite the base, wherein the handle portion includes a grip extending radially beyond an upper edge of the carafe and a retaining lip extending downwardly from the grip, the retaining lip being offset from the arm to define a gap for receiving the side wall of the carafe when the ladle is positioned in the carafe with the base of the ladle adjacent the base wall of the carafe.
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