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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 9339141 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2016

Filed:

Aug. 16, 2012

Coffee beverage system, coffee brewing apparatus, coffee bean packaging cartridge and method for preparing a coffee beverage

Applicants:

Ivo Van Os, Utrecht, NL;

Job Leonardus Kneppers, Den Hoorn, NL;

Richard Patrick Versluijs, Delfgauw, NL;

Christiaan Johannes Maria Moorman, Moergestel, NL;

Gerbrand Kristiaan DE Graaff, Hillegom, NL;

Inventors:

Ivo Van Os, Utrecht, NL;

Job Leonardus Kneppers, Den Hoorn, NL;

Richard Patrick Versluijs, Delfgauw, NL;

Christiaan Johannes Maria Moorman, Moergestel, NL;

Gerbrand Kristiaan de Graaff, Hillegom, 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:

Hemant Mathew

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47J 31/42 (2006.01); A47J 31/00 (2006.01); A47J 31/40 (2006.01); A47J 31/06 (2006.01); A23F 5/26 (2006.01); B65B 1/12 (2006.01); A47J 42/50 (2006.01); A47J 31/36 (2006.01); B65D 85/804 (2006.01); A47J 31/52 (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); A47J 31/3614 (2013.01); A47J 31/52 (2013.01); B65D 85/8043 (2013.01);
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 the 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 on the basis of ground coffee obtained by means of the grinder. The system is further provided with a metering chamber for receiving coffee beans which are transported with the aid of the transportation component into the metering chamber. In use, the metering chamber will hold a predetermined amount of coffee beans. The metering chamber comprises a bottom portion which forms a part of the grinder, said bottom portion being arranged in the coffee apparatus for rotating around an axis extending in a vertical direction.

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