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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 16, 2012
Gerbrand Kristiaan DE Graaff, Hillegom, NL;
Ivo Van Os, Utrecht, NL;
Christiaan Johannes Maria Moorman, Moergestel, NL;
Joseph Theodoor Knitel, De Meern, NL;
Gerbrand Kristiaan de Graaff, Hillegom, NL;
Ivo van Os, Utrecht, NL;
Christiaan Johannes Maria Moorman, Moergestel, NL;
Joseph Theodoor Knitel, De Meern, NL;
Koninklijke Douwe Egberts B.V., Utrecht, NL;
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
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.