COFFEE MACHINE

Abstract

A coffee machine equipped with a grinder that grinds coffee beans, and a blade that grinds the coffee beans can be replaced with a blade having a different pattern. A main body includes a drive source, first power transmission portions, and a gear portion (gear of a manual setting disc dial), a grinder unit is fitted into the main body, the grinder unit includes a second power transmission portion, and interlocking portions, and is detachable from the main body, and when the grinder unit is fitted into the main body, the second power transmission portion and the like are coupled to the first power transmission portions, and the interlocking portions are coupled to the gear portion (gear of the manual setting disc dial).

Description

Claims

1. A coffee machine comprising: a main body;a grinder unit configured to grind coffee beans between a first blade and a second blade;a rotation drive mechanism configured to rotationally drive the second blade; andan interval adjustment mechanism configured to adjust an interval between the first blade and the second blade, wherein the rotation drive mechanism includes a drive source configured to rotationally drive the second blade, a first power transmission portion configured to transmit power of the drive source, and a second power transmission portion configured to transmit the power transmitted from the first power transmission portion to the second blade,the interval adjustment mechanism includes a gear portion and an interlocking portion that is interlocked with the gear portion,the main body includes the drive source, the first power transmission portion, and the gear portion, and the grinder unit is fitted into the main body,the grinder unit includes the second power transmission portion and the interlocking portion, and is detachable from the main body, andwhen the grinder unit is fitted into the main body, the second power transmission portion is coupled to the first power transmission portion, and the interlocking portion is coupled to the gear portion.

2. The coffee machine according to claim 1, wherein when the grinder unit is released from the main body, the coupling between the second power transmission portion and the first power transmission portion is released, and the coupling between the interlocking portion and the gear portion is also released.

3. The coffee machine according to claim 1, wherein the grinder unit includes an outlet through which the ground beans ground between the first blade and the second blade flow down to an outside, and is fitted into the main body from below, andthe outlet is positioned below a coupling position between the second power transmission portion and the first power transmission portion and below a coupling position between the interlocking portion and the gear portion.

4. The coffee machine according to claim 1, wherein the main body includes a frame member, and the grinder unit includes a case body defining an outer shape, and is attached to the main body by a fitting structure between the case body and the frame member.

5. The coffee machine according to claim 4, wherein the main body is provided with an attachment hole,the grinder unit includes an arm portion extending in one direction below the case body, andwhen the case body is fitted into the frame member, a tip end portion of the arm portion coincides with the attachment hole, and the arm portion is fixed to the main body by a fixing screw inserted into the attachment hole from the tip end portion.