Patents by Inventor Torben Malykke

Torben Malykke has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20090127363
    Abstract: Automatic dosage unit for dosage of a product into a collecting unit, said dosage unit comprising a grinding device, which is arranged to prepare, e.g. grind or mill, a product, and an identification device. The collecting unit comprises a handle, which is adapted to hold a container, such as a bag, and an adjustable part, and in that the identification device is arranged to identify a setting of the adjustable part of the collecting unit and on the basis of this setting dose a predetermined amount of the product into the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2006
    Publication date: May 21, 2009
    Inventor: Torben Malykke
  • Patent number: 7464888
    Abstract: Automatic dosage unit comprising storage unit, conic grinder driven by a motor, identification unit, funnel, fastener, and locking device, arranged to grind a programmed amount of a given product directly into a specific collection unit. E.g. in connection with the storage unit being filled with coffee beans, a caffetier is inserted into the fastening mechanism, whereupon the dosage unit automatically registers the size of the caffetier and a pre-programmed amount of coffee is ground directly into the caffetier. The new in this invention is that it can identify the size of the collection unit, that the product is ground directly into the collection unit by means of a hollow drive shaft, that the storage unit is opened upon installation and closed upon de-installation, as well as that the collection unit is fastened by the dosage unit for the entire duration of the grinding process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2008
    Inventor: Torben Malykke
  • Publication number: 20070034088
    Abstract: Automatic dosage unit (1) comprising storage unit (2), conic grinder driven by a motor, identification unit, funnel, fastener, and locking device, arranged to grind a programmed amount of a given product directly into a specific collection unit. E.g. in connection with the storage unit (2) being filled with coffee beans, a caffetier is inserted into the fastening mechanism, whereupon the dosage unit automatically registers the size of the caffetier and a pre-programmed amount of coffee is ground directly into the caffetier. The new in this invention is that it can identify the size of the collection unit, that the product is ground directly into the collection unit by means of a hollow drive shaft, that the storage unit is opened upon installation and closed upon de-installation, as well as that the collection unit is fastened by the dosage unit for the entire duration of the grinding process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2004
    Publication date: February 15, 2007
    Inventor: Torben Malykke