Patents Assigned to La Marzocco International L.L.C.
  • Patent number: 6095032
    Abstract: A coffee grinding, portioning, and pressing device (10) includes a coffee bean storage container (20) and coffee grinding mills (24) located under the storage container. Coffee ground by the mills is delivered from the grinding mills (24) into a ground coffee collection chamber (40) and then passes from the collection chamber through a motor-driven pressing tool (50) directly into a detachable delivery filter (14) which is temporarily attached to the device. The shape and rotational motion of the pressing tool cause the ground coffee to be directed through the tool and into the filter container. The pressing tool (50), which is biased downwardly by a spring tensioning mechanism (70) that transmits force to the pressing tool (50) through a tensioning drive axle (74), incrementally and uniformly tamps the coffee into the filter container as the tool rotates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2000
    Assignee: La Marzocco International L.L.C.
    Inventors: Mark L. Barnett, John W. Blackwell