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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2025
Sharkninja Operating Llc, Needham, MA (US);
Korkut Bekiroglu, Newtonville, MA (US);
Manan Patel, Boston, MA (US);
Steven P. Carter, London, GB;
Scott John Shaw, Waltham, MA (US);
Eli Piscitelli, Walpole, MA (US);
Ethan T. Brown, Cambridge, MA (US);
SharkNinja Operating LLC, Needham, MA (US);
Abstract
In one aspect, a method of using an automated beverage machine can include causing coffee beans to be dispensed from a hopper configured to contain the coffee beans and into a grinder configured to grind the coffee beans. The method can further include receiving, from a weight sensor configured to measure a total weight of the hopper and the coffee beans, data characterizing a weight of the hopper, and determining, based on the received data, an amount of coffee beans dispensed into the grinder.