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Gerard Andrew White

Richard Lehonde Hoare

Ali Tofaili

David Davenport

Xiang Ren

Tristan Brega

Nicholas McColl

Chiu Keung Kenneth Lee

Sathia Thangamuthu

Scott Fryer

Sam Walker

Tee Smith

Alastair Dover

Richard Llewelyn Jones

Robert Grassia

Eddie Siu

Stephen J McClean

Richard Harrod

Duncan Bruce Hellmers

Daniel Robert Corkin

Simon James Chalk

Adam Preston

James George Morton

Nicholas Edmonds

Johnson Thie

Andrew John Grigor

Warren Preston

Tae-Kyung Kong

Alex Ming Duk Leung

Eugenie Barnet

Philip McKnight

Daniel Philip Machen

Sathiaseelan Thangamuthu

Barnaby Ward

Lee Man Ho Kelvin

A temperature sensing assembly for a milk frothing apparatus. The assembly including: a temperature sensor element and a resilient support element that receives and biases the temperature sensor element towards thermal communication with the underside of a vessel; wherein the assembly is located towards the end of a protruding portion that extends from the body of the a milk frothing apparatus; and wherein an upper surface of the temperature sensor assembly is adapted to promote liquid movement into a drip tray reservoir. The apparatus may include: a steam source; an air source coupled to an air injector module for mixing the air and steam; a user interface for receiving input from a user; and wherein the apparatus is configurable by receiving input parameters through the user interface, whereby the parameters includes final milk temperature, and an indication of froth amount.

Apparatus and method for frothing milk

A liquid heating appliance for making a beverage, the liquid heating appliance comprising: a plurality of heating components for heating a liquid, where at least a first of the plurality of heating components is powered using mains power, a power management system, wherein the power management system comprises: a controller, and an energy storage device, wherein the controller is arranged to: control an amount of the mains power applied to the first of the plurality of heating components, control an amount of stored power from the energy storage device to be applied to at least a second of the plurality of heating components, and switch polarity of the voltage of the stored power from the energy storage device to be applied to the second of the plurality of heating components after one or more heating cycles associated with the second of the plurality of heating components.

Liquid heating appliance for making a beverage and associated method, power management system and microcontroller readable medium

An appliance () to heat a liquid, the appliance () including: a vessel () to receive the liquid to be heated, the vessel () having a generally central upright longitudinal axis (), a bottom housing (), and a side wall () extending upwardly from the bottom housing (), with a portion of the bottom housing () and side wall () at least partly enclosing a chamber () within which the liquid is heated; and a heating element () in thermal communication with the chamber () so that heat generated by the element () can be delivered to the liquid via convection, wherein the housing () includes a deformable sealing member () sealingly associated with the element () to sealingly connect the element () and bottom housing (), with the member () inhibiting transmission of sound from the chamber ().

Kettle

A kitchen device comprising a cooking vessel, a heating plate, a first temperature sensor and a second temperature sensor, wherein the first temperature sensor is thermally connected to, at least part of, the heating plate of the kitchen device for measuring the temperature of the heating plate, and the second temperature sensor is located in a position to measure the temperature of one or more ingredients that are inside the cooking vessel and the second temperature sensor is thermally isolated from the cooking vessel by a sensor isolation seal.

Temperature monitoring and control system for a kitchen device

A drip filter coffee making device has a filter basket with a lid. The lid supports a water dispenser for wetting grounds in the filter basket. The basket is removable from a body of the device. The lid may have a dampened opening motion, biased into an open position by a spring.

Advanced drip filter coffee maker

An appliance for making a beverage, the appliance comprising: a plurality of heating components for heating a liquid, and a power management system, wherein the power management system comprises: an energy storage device, wherein at least a first function of the appliance requires simultaneous operation of a first heating component and a second heating component of the plurality of heating components, and wherein at least the first heating component comprises a first heater element and a second heater element, where the first heater element is powered using mains power, and the second heater element is powered using the energy storage device.

Appliance for making a beverage and associated method, power management system and microcontroller readable medium

There is disclosed herein a toaster () including: a housing (); a pair of opposing food guards () located within the housing () and defining a toasting cavity () for receiving foodstuff to be toasted; a pair of heating elements () located within the housing (), each heating element () being located on a respective side of the pair of food guards (), wherein each food guard () is spaced from the corresponding heating element () by a clearance (); and wherein each food guard () has an upwardly-extending portion () that extends upwardly to a portion () that extends transversely from the upwardly-extending portion so as to extend above the corresponding heating element (), the transversely-extending portion () of each food guard () projecting away from the opposing food guard ().

Toaster

A steam wand assembly for an espresso machine has features for preventing overheating of the tip of the steam wand. In a first aspect there is provided a steam wand device comprising a metallic main body tube, a steam hose that passes through the tube, the steam hose also passing through a flexible spacer that is within the tube. In a further aspect there is provided a steam wand device comprising a main body tube having a metallic primary tube and a metallic tip, the primary tube and the tip being attached to one another by a polymeric steam nozzle, the nozzle having a central bore that extends from an inlet adjacent to a lower end of a steam hose to an exit opening.

Steam wand

An espresso machine has a built-in coffee grinder. A coffee grinding apparatus cooperates with a removable portafilter having a handle, the apparatus including: a cradle for supporting the portafilter; an actuator adjacent to the cradle for co-operating with the portafilter; a downward facing ledge engages a front tab of the portafilter for resisting imbalance of the portafilter when supported by the cradle. Wherein, when the portafilter is supported by the cradle and advanced forward, the front tab of the portafilter further contacts the actuator to operate an electrical switch, thereby causing a signal to be sent to a microprocessor for delivering coffee grinds to the portafilter.

Coffee grinder apparatus

A toaster () having a side wall () with a reflective surface () to reflect radiant heat towards a toasting chamber (), and an external surface to which there is attached a sensor assembly (). The sensor assembly () provides a source beam to illuminate part of the product and receives a reflected beam that is received by a sensor, with the sensor providing a signal indicative of a property of the reflected beam and therefore a chromatic property of the product.

Toaster sensing device

A domestic beverage carbonator for carbonating a liquid in a bottle comprising temperature and pressure sensors that communicate with a processor to improve the carbonation process. The device further comprises a CO2 cylinder coupling and a cylinder discharge valve, an exhaust valve, a fill head and a user interface. The user interface further comprises user controls and a graphic display and the fill head has a pressure sensor to sense a pressure in the attached bottle and communicate a pressure signal to the processor and the processor uses the pressure signal to regulate the cylinder valve and the exhaust valve.

Carbonator

An apparatus for grinding coffee. The apparatus including: a grinder mechanism; a ground discharge region; a user control for enabling a user to select grind preferences; a display element for displaying data indicative of user inputs to the user control; a processor element coupled to the user control and a display element for controlling operation of the grinder mechanism. The apparatus being adapted to provides fine control over grind size and dispense discreet doses according to a users preference and control inputs; and display depictions representing a range of coffee grinder functions.

Conical burr grinder

A method and apparatus for measuring a resultant flow delivered by a pump coupled to an over pressure valve, the method comprising the steps of: measuring, using a first flow meter, feed flow to the pump; measuring, using a second flow meter, return flow from the over pressure valve; and calculating resultant flow, at least in part, by subtracting measured return flow from measured feed flow. A pump power modification module can further modifying the pump output pressure to enable pressure profiling.

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