Strategic Exits LLC

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Srategic Exits LLC

Douglas Weber

Christopher Flechtner

Craig Lyn

An automated coffee grounds homogenizer is disclosed. The homogenizing tool comprises a body having a central axis, a plurality of stirs extending away from the body, and a gear means for randomly rotating the plurality of stirs about the central axis of the body. The gear means has differently sized gears that may be interchangeable with one another whereby the path of rotation of the stirs about the central axis of the body may be changed by switching out one of the plurality of gears with another of the plurality of gears. In a similar vein, each stir is preferably magnetically detachable to the gear means wherein switching out the placement of each stir changes the path of random rotation of the stirs about the central axis.

Automated coffee grounds homogenizer

Immersion brewing device

A novel device for hand grinding coffee is disclosed. The device preferably includes a base, a stanchion disposed about the base, and a gear box, a burr collar, and a flywheel each extending away from the stanchion. The flywheel includes a handle for turning it. The device further includes a gear mechanism including a main driven shaft. The main driven shaft extends downward from the gear box. There also is a burr mechanism driven by the gear mechanism. The device may include a variable transmission mechanism having a first gear set and a second gear set selectively engageable to drive the main driven shaft. The device may also include a tumbler having a ground chamber. A distribution member is configured to rotate within the ground chamber of the tumbler during operation of the device.

Conical burr hand grinder

A novel cleaning container is disclosed for backflushing and hence clean an espresso machine. The container may include a body having a top, an opposing bottom, and an interior cavity for holding water, detergent, and/or other cleaning fluid. A piston is slidably disposed within the interior cavity between up and down positions, wherein the piston and an opening of the body at the top define a variable volume for cleaning the machine. A spring is seated firmly within the body underneath the piston for biasing the piston to the up position. A stopper disposed about the top of the piston limits the motion of the piston at the top of the body. One or more grooves within the body are in fluid communication with one or more outlets to permit fluid to exit the body during cleaning. The body may be transparent or translucent.

Device for cleaning an espresso machine

A back-blush cleaning container may have a spring-biased piston that allows the container to fill with hot water when attached to a group head of the espresso machine. When the hot water of the espresso machine is turned off, the piston due to the spring urges the hot water out and back through a 3-way valve to clean the espresso machine. The backflush cleaning container also may have a steam conduit that allows steam from a steam wand of the espresso machine to clean the group head, 3-way valve and tubes. Moreover, the container may have a window which based on the position of the piston, a particular color is shown. The colors indicate whether the container is safe to remove from the group head of the espresso machine and when the container is full of water.

Unibody portafilter

Coffee grinder

A tamping device is disclosed herein which measures a tamp force applied to ground coffee in a portafilter and provides feedback to the user when a desired tamp force has been achieved so that the user can stop the tamping step when preparing the portafilter to brew espresso. The tamping device may also have a plurality of force sensors, which measure how even the user applied force is being applied to the ground coffee in the portafilter so that a density of the ground coffee is even throughout the compressed ground coffee formed by tamping the ground coffee.

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Incline Village, NV, United States of America

Douglas Weber