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Hamilton Beach Brands, Inc.

Hamilton Beach Brands, Inc. surprisingly shows a significant focus on Kitchen Equipment, comprising 53.7% of its portfolio, with a notable 75.0% growth in 2025, yet a sharp decline of 42.9% so far in 2026. While maintaining a core in consumer goods, the company also demonstrates an unexpected, albeit smaller, interest in manufacturing-related categories like Mixing and Cleaning Processes, which saw growth in 2025 but have experienced a 100.0% decline so far in 2026, indicating a potential shift away from these areas.

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67 US filings (since 2023) · 7 categories · 9 themes

Smart Blending & Agitation

Blenders, mixers, and cooking appliances featuring intelligent controls, load sensing, or specialized agitation mechanisms to optimize food processing, achieve desired consistency, and enhance performance.

Kitchen Equipment
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24since 2023
+300.0%YoY
Automated Beverage Preparation

Systems and devices designed for automated or semi-automated brewing, grinding, and dispensing of beverages, often utilizing capsules, specialized filters, or integrated components for efficiency and user convenience.

Kitchen Equipment
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23since 2023
+100.0%YoY
Specialized Cooking & Heating

Appliances and containers designed for specific cooking methods (e.g., air frying, sous vide), automated food preparation, or temperature-controlled storage and transport to maintain food quality.

Kitchen Equipment
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11since 2023
+400.0%YoY
Microparticle & Lint Management

Systems and methods for filtering microplastics, lint, and other foreign particulates from water or air streams within laundry appliances, often including self-cleaning or blockage detection mechanisms.

Laundry / Dry Cleaning
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9since 2023
-50.0%YoY
Specialized Garment Treatment Devices

Appliances or modules designed for specific garment care tasks beyond conventional washing and drying, such as steaming, ironing, or autonomous dry-cleaning processes.

Laundry / Dry Cleaning
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7since 2023
-33.3%YoY
Food Preparation Tools & Hygiene

Accessories and devices focused on improving the convenience, safety, or cleanliness of food preparation tasks, including specialized cleaning tools, food shaping apparatus, and produce sanitization systems.

Kitchen Equipment
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6since 2023
-33.3%YoY
Modular Kitchen & Grill Systemsfiltered

Equipment designed with interchangeable, attachable, or configurable components, allowing for flexible setup, expansion, or integration of cooking, serving, and storage units.

Kitchen Equipment
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5since 2023
new
Medical Sterilization Technologies

Methods and apparatus for disinfecting or sterilizing medical devices, waste, or environments, often employing radiation, chemical agents, or thermal processes, and including monitoring systems.

Sterilization & Biocompatible Materials
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2since 2023
+100.0%YoY
Water Contaminant Remediation

Systems and methods specifically engineered for removing pollutants and impurities from water sources, ranging from groundwater decontamination to point-of-use filtration, often employing adsorption, membrane, or distillation techniques.

Separation Processes (Filtration, Distillation)
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2since 2023
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Patents

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Modular Kitchen & Grill Systems
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US 20260108096 A1APPLICATION
A47J31/06

PORTAFILTER ASSEMBLY FOR A BEVERAGE MAKER

Filed:2025-10-07Pub:2026-04-23
Applicant:Hamilton Beach Brands, Inc.

A portafilter for a beverage-making machine includes: a main basket with a cavity; a filter holder positioned at least partially in the main basket; and a lifting ring that engages the filter holder and the main basket. One of the lifting ring and the main basket has a first recess that defines a first partial helix and the other of the lifting ring has a first nub received in the first recess, and one of the lifting ring and the filter holder has a second recess that defines a second partial helix and the other of the lifting ring and the filter holder has a second nub received in the second recess. The first partial helix and the second partial helix are of opposite rotative directions. Rotation of the cover causes the lifting ring and the cover to change elevation relative to the main basket and further causes the filter holder to change elevation relative to the main basket.

US 12593937 B2GRANTED
A47J37/06

Multi-functional oven with air fryer capability

Filed:2020-07-10Pub:2026-04-07
Applicant:Hamilton Beach Brands, Inc.

A multi-functional oven includes: a housing having a floor, a rear wall, a ceiling, and first and second side walls; a door that serves as a front wall of the housing; an internal side wall that divides the housing into a cooking cavity and an control cavity; a removable cooking rack that defines a cooking surface; a lower heating element positioned in a lower region of the cooking cavity beneath the cooking surface; an upper heating element positioned in an upper region of the cooking cavity above the cooking surface; and a fan residing in a recirculation duct in the control cavity configured to draw air from the cooking cavity through lower vents located in a lower area of the internal side wall, thereby creating an airstream above and below the cooking surface that flows into the lower vents, and to force air from the control cavity through upper vents into the cooking cavity.

US 20250331679 A1APPLICATION
A47J37/06

MULTI-FUNCTIONAL OVEN WITH AIR FRYER CAPABILITY

Filed:2024-04-24Pub:2025-10-30
Applicant:Hamilton Beach Brands, Inc.

A multi-functional oven includes: a housing; a door attached to the housing, the door configured to move between an open position and a closed position, wherein in the closed position the housing and the door define an enclosed cooking cavity, and in the open position the door is positioned above the housing to provide access to the cooking cavity; a fan positioned within the housing outside of the cooking cavity, the fan positioned and configured to circulate air within the cooking cavity; a rotation assembly mounted in the housing configured to rotate a pan positioned in the cooking cavity about a vertical axis of rotation; a heating element positioned in the cooking cavity; and a controller operatively connected with the fan, the rotation assembly, and the heating element, the controller configured to selectively operate each of the fan, the rotation assembly, and the heating element.

US 20250302226 A1APPLICATION
A47J27/00

2-in-1 AIR FRYER AND SLOW COOKER

Filed:2024-03-29Pub:2025-10-02
Applicant:Hamilton Beach Brands, Inc.

A cooking appliance includes: a housing; an inner liner positioned within the housing, the inner liner defining a vessel cavity; a motor mounted in the housing, the motor attached to a first fan positioned within the vessel cavity; a heating element mounted within the vessel cavity; and a controller operatively connected with the motor and the heating element. The controller is configured such that, in a first cooking mode, the heating element is activated but the motor is deactivated, and in a second cooking mode the heating element is activated and the motor is activated so that the fan rotates within the inner liner.

US 20250049261 A1APPLICATION
A47J37/07

INDOOR GRILLING APPLIANCE WITH FLAVOR-INFUSION MODULE

Filed:2023-08-07Pub:2025-02-13
Applicant:Hamilton Beach Brands, Inc.

A grilling appliance includes: a lower housing including a cooking surface; a lid overlying and spaced from the cooking surface to define a cooking cavity; a heating element positioned to heat the cooking surface; a power source operatively connected with the heating element; and a flavor-infusion module attached to at least one of the lower housing and the lid. The flavor-infusion module comprises: a smoke generation chamber; and a flavor-infusion conduit fluidly connected between the smoke generation chamber and the cooking cavity.

US 20220007888 A1APPLICATION
A47J37/06

MULTI-FUNCTIONAL OVEN WITH AIR FRYER CAPABILITY

Filed:2020-07-10Pub:2022-01-13
Applicant:Hamilton Beach Brands, Inc.

A multi-functional oven includes: a housing having a floor, a rear wall, a ceiling, and first and second side walls; a door that serves as a front wall of the housing; an internal side wall that divides the housing into a cooking cavity and an control cavity; a removable cooking rack that defines a cooking surface; a lower heating element positioned in a lower region of the cooking cavity beneath the cooking surface; an upper heating element positioned in an upper region of the cooking cavity above the cooking surface; and a fan residing in a recirculation duct in the control cavity configured to draw air from the cooking cavity through lower vents located in a lower area of the internal side wall, thereby creating an airstream above and below the cooking surface that flows into the lower vents, and to force air from the control cavity through upper vents into the cooking cavity.

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