| Breville Pty Limited Patent applications |
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| 20120103203 | Citrus Reamer and Dome - A motorised citrus press has a reamer and a pivoting arm that carries a fruit dome. The reamer has primary ribs that protrude from a rib supporting surface. Each primary rib has an upper profile and a lower profile that comprise a compound profile. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120103202 | Safety Switch for Citrus Press - A motorised citrus press has a reamer and an actuating arm. The arm supports a fruit dome. The movement of the arm causes the activation of a first switch and the reamer is associated with a second switch. The motor receives electrical power only when both the first and second switches cooperate. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20110283889 | Espresso Machine with Grinder Dosing Control - An espresso machine has a built-in coffee grinder. An electrical switch toggles between a one cup dose and a two cup dose, The switch works in conjunction with a dose strength adjustment. Alteration of the dose strength adjustment alters the dose strength for both the one cup of two cup dose settings. The internal coffee grinder dispenses into a portafilter that is held in a hand free support cradle. In some embodiments, the upper burr head of the grinder is retained by a bracket. The combination of upper burr head and bracket allows the upper burr head to removed and replaced without having to re-set the grind size. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110048240 | Semi-Automatic Tea Maker - An electric tea maker device has a vessel with a reservoir having an opening that removably receives a tea brewing chamber. The chamber has an upper portion and a lower portion. The upper portion lacks perforations and the lower portion has perforations. The device has a plunger for the chamber that, when in a depressed position within the chamber, isolates tea from the reservoir. The vessel has a sensor for detecting when the chamber is inserted into the reservoir in a brewing position, a brew countdown timer that is activated by the sensor, and an indicator for alerting a user that a brew countdown is complete. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110023861 | COUNTERTOP OVEN AND ACCESSORIES - A combination oven and cutting board has a front opening door and a metal upper surface with features that cooperate with the cutting board. The oven may have an internal heating cavity and a front opening door that incorporates a magnet that is used to pull a rack out of the oven. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20100288777 | Filter Coffee Maker - A float may be provided within an insulated carafe so that a user may read the carafe fill level. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100270284 | Kettle and Base - A kettle or other appliance that generates water vapour or steam has a hinged, transparent lid. The lid has two lenses, being an upper lens and a lower lens. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20100206175 | Reservoir Level Sensing - A coffee machine has a single serve function that utilises a reservoir level sensing mechanism so that a single serve dose of water can be dispensed into the grounds regardless of the water level In the machine's reservoir. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100170404 | Multiple Blade Accessory for a Food Processor - A multiple blade accessory device for a food processor is provided. The accessory has a hollow hub that is adapted to carry a pair of lower blades and a pair of upper blades. The lower blades and the upper blades being similar, each formed from a single blank. Each blank is formed to present two cutting edges, diametrically opposed. The upper blade pair is moulded into a separate sleeve. The hub is adapted to be assembled with the sleeve. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20100132566 | Thermostat for sandwich press and grill - There is provided a toaster grill having a lower housing that supports a lower cooking surface and an upper housing that supports an upper cooking surface. The upper housing pivots with respect to a “U” shaped frame that is hinged with respect to the lower cooking surface. A locking hinge allows the pivoting motion of the frame to be automatically arrested in an intermediate orientation between the fully closed and fully open grill orientations. The locking hinge automatically resets when the upper housing is rotated from the fully open grill orientation to the fully closed orientation. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100018403 | Tea Maker - A tea maker comprises a vessel in which is located a conveyor. The conveyor, preferably vertically, transports a carriage. The conveyor and a carriage are surrounded by a tube and are protected from the water in the vessel. An enclosed basket coupled to the carriage. An external user interface allows a user to select brewing parameters such as the type of beverage brewed, the brewing temperature, and the steeping time. The selection is sent to a processor. The processor then encodes the selection into a control data for the heating assembly or the conveyor. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20100011964 | Coffee Maker with Single Serve Setting - A coffee maker comprises a filter basket assembly that enables two coffee dispensing modes. The assembly comprises a filter basket, an actuator that cooperates with a carafe and a motor driven valve. The actuator stops coffee from dispensing when the carafe is removed, but can be defeated by the user to dispense into a cup or mug when the carafe is absent. | 01-21-2010 |
| 20100006561 | Toaster Oven - A countertop toaster oven has an internal compartment heated by at least four heating elements and a door for the compartment. At least two of the heating elements are top elements, located adjacent to a ceiling of the compartment. Two of the heating elements are lower elements, located along a floor of the compartment. At least one of the elements is controllable to provide a variable wattage including one or more operational wattages that are for at least a portion of the heating cycle, intermediate between zero power and full power. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20090320695 | Press and Grill - There is provided a toaster grill having a lower housing that supports a lower cooking surface and an upper housing that supports an upper cooking surface. The upper housing pivots with respect to a “U” shaped frame that is hinged with respect to the lower cooking surface. A locking hinge allows the pivoting motion of the frame to be automatically arrested in an intermediate orientation between the fully closed and fully open grill orientations. The locking hinge automatically resets when the upper housing is rotated from the fully open grill orientation to the fully closed orientation. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20090308878 | Carafe with Off Centre Opening - A vacuum insulated carafe has a stainless steel body, with a stainless steel outer sidewall closed off, in part, by a cap. The cap has an eccentric opening and a reservoir affixed to the rim. The eccentric opening of the cap forms an off centre mouth that leads into the interior of the reservoir. | 12-17-2009 |
| 20090031902 | DRIP FILTER COFFEE MAKER - Disclosed in this specification is a drip filter coffee maker that includes features to improve the taste of the brewed coffee and to enhance to ease of use. In one embodiment, an integral plate burr grinder sends coffee ground down a coffee chute that feeds the filter cone. A chute door at the end of the coffee chute prevents vapours or condensation from entering the coffee chute. In another embodiment, the eject tray that carries the filter cone may be coupled with a dampened spring biasing mechanism which moderates the eject motion. Further, a pivot float may be provided within the carafe so that the user may read the carafe fill level easily. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20090013875 | AUTOMATED DOSE CONTROL FOR ESPRESSO MAKER - A coffee machine has a flow sensor located upstream of the boiler or thermal block for the purpose of sensing changes in flow rate in a system for automating dose control. | 01-15-2009 |
| 20080203085 | TOASTER WITH SUPPLEMENTAL CYCLE - A toaster has a user selectable supplementary toasting cycle that is intended to change the shade of a food after or during a toasting cycle. | 08-28-2008 |
