Breville Pty Limited

Stephen John Mcclean

Duncan Bruce Hellmers

Johnson Thie

Richard Lehonde Hoare

Pierce James Barnard

Robert Grassia

Andrew Robert Morgan

Caroline Valentina Vasta

Andrew Domenic Gregorace

Caroline Valentina

Andrew Grigor

A kitchen device () having: a base () with a coupling () for receiving an accessory (), the accessory () comprising a magnet and being configured for performing an operation when operated by the kitchen device (); a controller configured to operate the kitchen device (), and thereby the accessory (), to perform the operation; and a magnetometer located in the base () and configured to interact with the magnet when the accessory () is coupled to the base () to provide an accessory signal indicative of a presence of the accessory () to the controller, wherein the magnetometer comprises a magnetoresistor.

Kitchen device having a magnetometer

An appliance including: a vessel to receive a liquid, the vessel having a longitudinal axis, a bottom wall, and a side wall at least partly enclosing a chamber within which the liquid is heated, the chamber having an upper region axially spaced from the bottom wall, and a lower region located between the bottom wall and the upper region; a heating element within the chamber; a heater base including at least a portion of an induction coil; connections to deliver an alternating current to the induction coil to deliver a magnetic field to the lower region; the element being movable relative to the coil between an operative position at which the element is located within the lower region to be energised by the magnetic field to cause heating of the element, and an inoperative position at which the element is located in the upper region to not energize the element.

Induction kettle

A decanting vessel has an internal pump for recirculating a beverage such as wine and aerating it within the decanter.

Wine decanter

An induction heating circuit for an appliance, the induction heating circuit comprising: an AC power supply with an AC monitoring output connected to the active line of the AC power supply, the AC monitoring output providing an indication of current being drawn from the AC power supply; a control circuit comprising at least one processor and a semiconductor current sensor, the semiconductor current sensor arranged to i) detect the current being drawn from the AC power supply and ii) output an output voltage based on the detected current; and an induction driving circuit for driving an inductor of the appliance comprising a semiconductor switch, wherein the semiconductor switch is controlled by the processor based on, at least, the output voltage.

Induction heating circuit, protection circuit and cooling system for an appliance

A coffee puck removal device () to remove a coffee puck () from a portafilter () is disclosed herein. The coffee puck removal device () has an open compartment () containing the coffee puck (), the coffee puck () having an exposed major outer face () and a major inner face () when the coffee puck () is located in the open compartment (). The device () includes: a body () having a rim () surrounding an aperture (), with the rim () being configured to engage the portafilter (), with the open compartment () facing the body () to inhibit air passing between the portafilter () and the rim (); and a vacuum source () to remove air from the aperture () so that air pressure applied to the major inner face () is greater than air pressure applied to the exposed major outer face () so that the coffee puck () is removed from the portafilter ().

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Alexandria, Australia

Stephen John Mcclean