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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 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
A coffee beverage system is described including a coffee bean packaging cartridge and a coffee brewing apparatus. The packaging cartridge includes a container holding coffee beans and transportation component for transporting coffee beans towards an exit opening of the cartridge. The coffee apparatus comprises a grinder for grinding the coffee beans from the cartridge and a brewing device for brewing coffee from ground coffee obtained by the grinder. A metering chamber holds a predetermined amount of coffee beans and comprises a bottom portion which forms a part of the grinder, said bottom portion rotates around an axis extending in a vertical direction. A second coffee bean packaging cartridge includes a second dosing device separate from the first dosing device for preparing and/or supplying a dose of coffee beans to the entrance opening of the coffee brewing apparatus independent of the coffee brewing apparatus.