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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 16, 2012
Ivo Van Os, Utrecht, NL;
Gerbrand Kristiaan DE Graaff, Hillegom, NL;
Christiaan Johannes Maria Moorman, Moergestel, NL;
Charles Kevin Dillon, Bottisham, GB;
Ivo Van Os, Utrecht, NL;
Gerbrand Kristiaan de Graaff, Hillegom, NL;
Christiaan Johannes Maria Moorman, Moergestel, NL;
Charles Kevin Dillon, Bottisham, GB;
Koninklijke Douwe Egberts B.V., Utrecht, NL;
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A coffee beverage system is described including a first coffee bean packaging cartridge, a second coffee bean cartridge and a coffee brewing apparatus. After a first predetermined number of servings of coffee, transportation component of the first cartridge for transporting coffee beans of the first cartridge to a metering chamber of the system are disabled. The transportation component of the second coffee bean cartridge are not disabled or only disabled after a second predetermined number of servings of coffee which is larger than the first predetermined number of servings of coffee.