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Control circuit for a coffee grinder

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  • US 6,700,340 B2
  • Filed: 03/19/2002
  • Issued: 03/02/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/19/2002
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A control circuit that controls a coffee grinder, the coffee grinder having a grinder motor, the control circuit comprising:

  • a timer portion; and

    a first switch functioning as a two-condition switch to place the control circuit in one of (1) an off condition when the first switch is open and the timer portion and the grinder motor are de-energized and (2) a run condition when the first switch is closed, the timer portion is energized, and the grinder motor is energized once in the run condition, the control circuit remaining in the run condition until the timer portion times out or until the first switch is re-opened thereby returning the control circuit to the off condition.

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