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Patent No.:

US 9265377 B1

PDFFull Text
Expired
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2016

Filed:

Aug. 16, 2012

Coffee beverage system, coffee bean packaging cartridge for use with said system, method of preparing a beverage, method for brewing coffee, method of supplying coffee beans, cartridge for coffee bean material, method of supplying coffee bean material

Applicants:

Gerbrand Kristiaan DE Graaff, Hillegom, NL;

Ivo Van Os, Utrecht, NL;

Christiaan Johannes Maria Moorman, Moergestel, NL;

Joseph Theodoor Knitel, De Meern, NL;

Inventors:

Gerbrand Kristiaan de Graaff, Hillegom, NL;

Ivo van Os, Utrecht, NL;

Christiaan Johannes Maria Moorman, Moergestel, NL;

Joseph Theodoor Knitel, De Meern, NL;

Assignees:

Koninklijke Douwe Egberts B.V., Utrecht, NL;

Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;

Attorney:

Foley & Lardner LLP

Primary Examiner:

Dana Ross

Assistant Examiner:

Ket D Dang

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47J 31/42 (2006.01); B65B 3/04 (2006.01); A23L 1/28 (2006.01); A23F 5/26 (2006.01); B65B 1/12 (2006.01); A47J 42/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47J 31/42 (2013.01); A23F 5/26 (2013.01); A47J 42/50 (2013.01); B65B 1/12 (2013.01);
Abstract

Cartridge for holding and supplying coffee bean material. The cartridge includes a housing enclosing an interior volume. The housing has an outlet for releasing the coffee bean material from the interior volume and for supplying the coffee bean material to an external apparatus. The cartridge further includes a conveyor for transporting the coffee bean material towards the outlet. The conveyor include a moveable structure for contacting the coffee bean material. The moveable structure is, at least partly, present in the interior volume. The conveyor further include manually operable actuation component for manually actuating the moveable structure. The manually operable actuation component is, at least partly, provided outside of the interior volume.

Find Patent Forward Citations

de Graaff, Gerbrand. (2016). Coffee beverage system, coffee bean packaging cartridge for use with said system, method of preparing a beverage, method for brewing coffee, method of supplying coffee beans, cartridge for coffee bean material, method of supplying coffee bean material (U.S. Patent No. 9265377). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9265377

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