A sensor assembly for determining the level of oil in a filter pan is disclosed herein. The assembly includes a load cell for sensing the amount of oil in the filter pan. The filter pan is pivotable about an end of the pan within a frame for supporting cooking equipment. The load cell is attached on one end to the frame. The assembly also includes a lever pivotable about a fulcrum, such that the first end of the lever supports the other end of the oil filter pan, and the second end of the lever urges against the load cell.

An improved fluid level sensor includes a radially magnetized magnet integrated into a float, and a Hall sensor adapted to monitor the magnet field emitted from the magnet. This arrangement provides a continuously variable signal across a range of travel, such that a controller receiving the signal can produce precise fluid level measurements and detect operational states of an associated device based on fluid behavior. In addition, the present fluid level sensor is suitable for use in harsh service environments, both because it is physically resilient to fouling, and because the controller is capable of detecting fouling by sensor behavior. In the context of a steam cooker, the present fluid level sensor can also sense low-water, overfill and fouling conditions, while remaining relatively insensitive to food residue, water scale buildup, corrosion and foaming.

The present application discloses a new steamer and steamer baskets that can be used with the new steamer. The new design provides a water-level window for observing the water level in the bottom tray of the steamer and an aperture for adding water to the bottom tray when the water level is low. Unlike a traditional multi-tier steamer in which food trays must be removed in sequence from top to bottom, the new design disclosed herein allows each streamer basket to be individually removed and placed.

An integrated device including a vessel, a gas reservoir, a pressure regulation device, a primary filter, and a tap assembly. The vessel is configured to contain a beverage. The gas reservoir is configured to supply pressurized gas within the vessel. The pressure regulation device is configured to maintain an infusing pressure within the vessel and also a dispensing pressure within the vessel. The primary filter is configured to hold solid brewing media, to fit inside the vessel, and to be removable from the vessel. The tap assembly is configured to dispense the beverage from the vessel. Methods are also disclosed.

A coffee dose adjustment tool has interchangeable or adjustable blades for adjustment of the coffee fill height within a portafilter dosing tool.

A portable smoothie maker with solar panels including a base assembly, a container assembly and a lid assembly. The base assembly includes a hollow base. The base encloses a motor. The base is covered with solar panels. The solar panels power the motor to rotate a blade. The blade is at the top end of the base. The container assembly includes a container. The container is threadably coupled to the top end of the base. The container encloses the blade. The lid assembly includes a lid removable attached to an open top end of the container. Fruits, vegetables and liquids are deposited into the container to make a smoothie by rotating the blade.

A beverage brewing system includes a case, a reservoir, a pump, a heating element, and a holder. The case defines a cup reception bay for receiving a cup and a nozzle assembly positioned above the cup reception bay. The reservoir is positioned within the case for containing a fluid. The pump is positioned within the case for pumping the fluid from the reservoir to the nozzle assembly. The heating element is positioned within the case for heating the fluid as the fluid is pumped to the nozzle assembly. The holder holds a pour over bag that has an opening configured to receive a beverage precursor. The nozzle assembly pours the fluid into the pour over bag through the opening, and the fluid flows through the beverage precursor and through the pour over bag into a cup positioned within the cup reception bay.

A robust hot beverage level display system and method for use in a hot beverage dispenser (12) having a sensing element (105), a level display (28), a controller (50) and an elongate probe carrying at least one elongate electrically conductive trace (202) made from annealed rolled copper with a macrocrystalline structure with elongate, metal, granule-like, cohered metal elements that are aligned with each other in parallel relationship (FIGS. 25 and 28), and an electronics module housing (108), for protectively surrounding the controller (50), formed from a pair of housing sections (109, 110) with a pair of mating connective surfaces (220, 224), potting material with adhesive properties (226) filling the housing (108) and protectively enveloping the controller (218, FIG. 39) and display (217, FIG. 3), and a gapless, voidless adhesive layer made of a contiguous, comingling of cured adhesive and cured potting material interposed between the mating surfaces (220,224).

In accordance with various embodiments, a brewing machine or apparatus is disclosed. The brewing machine is a cold brewing automated plant-based milk maker that brews more than 10 kinds of plant-based milk. The cold brewing process uses filtration and vacuum to maximize milk extraction and minimize vitamin and mineral losses. The brewing machine includes a mesh filter disposed inside the container and configured to receive a food article, a blade assembly disposed inside the mesh filter and configured to fragment the food article to produce a liquid, and a vacuum assembly fluidically coupled to the container and configured to remove the liquid from the container. During brewing operation, the mesh filter is configured to capture the fragmented food article, and the vacuum assembly is configured to suction the liquid produced from the fragmentation of the food article.

The invention relates to a container (2) for receiving a liquid comprising a thin film capacitive sensor (100) comprising a level sensor for detecting the liquid filling level of the container (2) over time, wherein the sensor (100) further comprises a settable device allowing setting one or more desired liquid filling levels of the container (2), of the same or of different liquids. Preferably, the settable device is configured as a touch screen, arranged in the external layer of the sensor (100). The invention further relates to a beverage production system (S) comprising a beverage production machine (1) having a beverage production unit (10) for preparing and dispensing a beverage and a control unit (50) for controlling a beverage production of the beverage production unit (10), and a container (2) as the one described. Yet further, the invention relates to a method for setting one or a plurality of liquid filling levels of a container (2).