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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 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;
Koniklijke Douwe Egberts B.V., Utrecht, NL;
Abstract
A coffee beverage system is described, including a coffee bean packaging cartridge and a coffee brewing apparatus comprising a grinder wherein the coffee bean packaging cartridge is removably connectable to the coffee grinder apparatus. The coffee bean packaging cartridge is arranged for holding and supplying of coffee beans and includes a transportation component adapted for enabling transportation of the coffee beans. The coffee brewing apparatus comprises a motor for driving the transportation component of the first coffee bean packaging cartridge. The system further comprises a ground coffee packaging cartridge, preferably having a transportation component for enabling transportation of ground coffee which transportation component is also removably connectable to the coffee grinder apparatus.