Patents Assigned to NICHOLSON DESIGN CONSULTANTS LIMITED
  • Bean grinding apparatus
    Patent number: 11918147
    Abstract: A bean grinding apparatus including a body; grinding burrs mounted in the body, the burrs including a non-driven burr and a rotationally driven burr, the rotationally driven burr having a rotational axis about which it rotates; a drive motor operatively coupled to the rotationally driven burr; a grounds flow path defined within the body; and an exit spout, the exit spout having an inlet in communication with the grounds flow path and an outlet, wherein the exit spout defines a longitudinal axis and the longitudinal axis of the exit spout is angled with respect to the rotational axis of the driven burr.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: NICHOLSON DESIGN CONSULTANTS LIMITED
    Inventor: Martin Nicholson
  • COFFEE GROUNDS COLLECTOR
    Publication number: 20230301463
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a collector for ground beans, for example a collector for coffee grounds and a grounds collection and measurement device for use in a bean grinding apparatus, for example a coffee grinder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2021
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: NICHOLSON DESIGN CONSULTANTS LIMITED
    Inventor: Martin NICHOLSON
  • BEAN GRINDING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20220192425
    Abstract: A bean grinding apparatus including a body; grinding burrs mounted in the body, the burrs including a non-driven burr and a rotationally driven burr, the rotationally driven burr having a rotational axis about which it rotates; a drive motor operatively coupled to the rotationally driven burr; a grounds flow path defined within the body; and an exit spout, the exit spout having an inlet in communication with the grounds flow path and an outlet, wherein the exit spout defines a longitudinal axis and the longitudinal axis of the exit spout is angled with respect to the rotational axis of the driven burr.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicant: NICHOLSON DESIGN CONSULTANTS LIMITED
    Inventor: Martin NICHOLSON
  • Bean grinding apparatus
    Patent number: 11304564
    Abstract: A bean grinding apparatus including a body; grinding burrs mounted in the body, the burrs including a non-driven burr and a rotationally driven burr, the rotationally driven burr having a rotational axis about which it rotates; a drive motor operatively coupled to the rotationally driven burr; a grounds flow path defined within the body; and an exit spout, the exit spout having an inlet in communication with the grounds flow path and an outlet, wherein the exit spout defines a longitudinal axis and the longitudinal axis of the exit spout is angled with respect to the rotational axis of the driven burr.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: NICHOLSON DESIGN CONSULTANTS LIMITED
    Inventor: Martin Nicholson
  • BEAN GRINDING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20200060477
    Abstract: A bean grinding apparatus including a body; grinding burrs mounted in the body, the burrs including a non-driven burr and a rotationally driven burr, the rotationally driven burr having a rotational axis about which it rotates; a drive motor operatively coupled to the rotationally driven burr; a grounds flow path defined within the body; and an exit spout, the exit spout having an inlet in communication with the grounds flow path and an outlet, wherein the exit spout defines a longitudinal axis and the longitudinal axis of the exit spout is angled with respect to the rotational axis of the driven burr.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2018
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Applicant: NICHOLSON DESIGN CONSULTANTS LIMITED
    Inventor: Martin NICHOLSON