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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 16, 2014
Koninklijke Douwe Egberts B.v., Utrecht, NL;
Ivo Van Os, Utrecht, NL;
Gerbrand Kristiaan de Graaff, Hillegom, NL;
Job Leonardus Kneppers, Den Hoorn, NL;
Richard Patrick Versluijs, Delfgauw, NL;
Christiaan Johannes Maria Moorman, Moergestel, NL;
Koninklijke Douwe Egberts B.V., Utrecht, NL;
Abstract
A coffee bean packaging cartridge for holding and supplying multiple servings of coffee beans can be connected to a coffee beverage system. The cartridge includes a container having an outer wall defining an interior volume and an opening at one end thereof. A permanent, preferably non-removable closure member is fitted to the one end of the container and substantially covers the opening. An exit passage in the closure member, defines a coffee bean outlet, for transferring coffee beans from the interior volume. The closure member further has relatively movable closing means for selectively closing the exit passage to reduce exposure of the coffee bean contents to surrounding air. The cartridge further includes connecting means for connecting the cartridge to a coffee beverage system.