Eugster/frismag Ag

Nestec S.a.

Heinz Eicher

Michael Stieger

Marek Sidor

Mischa Sieger

A coffee grinder, in particular for the installation in a fully-automatic coffee machine, including an electric drive motor () for driving a grinding unit, wherein a reduction gear () formed as a planetary gear is arranged between drive motor () and grinding unit, with the sun gear () of this planetary gear being drivable by the drive motor (). The planetary gear includes multiple planetary rods () arranged in the circumferential direction around the sun gear (), these rods including a first axial portion () meshing with the sun gear () as well as an axially neighboring, second axial portion () with a second diameter different from, preferably smaller than, a first diameter of the first axial portion (), with this second axial portion meshing with a stationary ring gear (). The toothed racks are arranged to drive an output element () with their first axial portions ().

Coffee mill and automatic coffee machine having a coffee mill

A coffee machine comprising a coffee machine housing, having a coffee mill () comprising a grinder () for grinding coffee beans () to coffee grounds () and having a brewing device () having a brewing chamber () which is adjustable between a filling position and a brewing position for subjecting the coffee grounds () to extraction with hot water to produce a coffee drink, wherein associated with the coffee mill () is an electric motor () by means of which a grinding ring () of the grinder () can be driven rotatably about an axis of rotation () relative to a grinding cone () disposed radially within the grinding ring () by means of a shaft () spaced apart from the axis of rotation (), in order to grind the coffee beans () between the grinding ring () and the grinding cone (), wherein the shaft () is disposed such that said shaft extends perpendicular to the axis of rotation (), and wherein in the filling position the brewing chamber () is disposed axially below the grinder outlet (), in such a way that the axis of rotation () passes through the grinder outlet () and the brewing chamber (), such that under the effect of gravity ground coffee powder can be discharged axially from the grinder () into the brewing chamber (), and that the electric motor is arranged radially adjacent to the grinding ring ().

Coffee machine

A brewing-type beverage production device comprising at least one water reservoir, at least two thermoblocks respectively being in fluid connection with the water reservoir, at least brewing chambers, each of the brewing chambers being supplied with heated water from one of the thermoblocks, being adapted to contain a beverage ingredient and being connected with an outlet for draining a brewed beverage, the device furthermore comprising a hot water outlet being adapted to be selectively in fluid connection with the at least two thermoblocks.

Thermoblock-based beverage production device with brewing chambers

A hot beverage machine includes a heating unit having a fresh water intake. A fresh water line supplies fresh water to the fresh water intake of the heating unit. A residual fluid line is coupled to the fresh water intake of the heating unit through an on-off valve for conducting fluids to a collection container. A device for letting off residual steam and residual water from the heating unit includes a heat-exchanging and heat-storing condenser having a residual line section coupled to the residual fluid line, a fresh water line section coupled into the fresh water line and a heat storing medium that is connected for conducting heat between the residual line section and the fresh water line section.

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Jona, Switzerland

Heinz Eicher