发明名称 Coffee bean packaging cartridge and coffee beverage system including the same
摘要 A coffee beverage system is described including a first coffee bean packaging cartridge, a second coffee bean cartridge and a coffee brewing apparatus. After a first predetermined number of servings of coffee, transportation component of the first cartridge for transporting coffee beans of the first cartridge to a metering chamber of the system are disabled. The transportation component of the second coffee bean cartridge are not disabled or only disabled after a second predetermined number of servings of coffee which is larger than the first predetermined number of servings of coffee.
申请公布号 US8776671(B2) 申请公布日期 2014.07.15
申请号 US201213587582 申请日期 2012.08.16
申请人 Koninklijke Douwe Egberts B.V.;Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. 发明人 Van Os Ivo;de Graaff Gerbrand Kristiaan;Moorman Christiaan Johannes Maria;Dillon Charles Kevin
分类号 A47J31/00;A47J31/42 主分类号 A47J31/00
代理机构 Foley & Lardner LLP 代理人 Foley & Lardner LLP
主权项 1. A coffee beverage system, including a first coffee bean packaging cartridge and a coffee brewing apparatus wherein the first coffee bean packaging cartridge can be removable connected to the coffee brewing apparatus, the first coffee bean packaging cartridge being arranged for holding and supplying multiple servings of coffee beans, the first coffee beans packaging cartridge including: a container comprising an interior volume and at least one exit opening defining a coffee bean outlet, the interior volume holding coffee beans; transportation means adapted for enabling transportation of the coffee beans from the interior volume towards the exit opening of the first cartridge; wherein the coffee apparatus comprises an entrance opening for receiving coffee beans which are transported with the aid of the transportation means towards the exit opening of the first cartridge, a grinder for grinding coffee beans which have entered the coffee apparatus via the entrance opening and a brewing device for brewing coffee on the basis of grinded coffee obtained by means of the grinder, wherein the transportation means of the first cartridge comprise a part which is movable relative to a main body of the first cartridge for transporting the coffee beans towards the exit opening of the first cartridge upon driving of said transportation means, wherein the coffee brewing apparatus includes a motor and a vertically extending drive shaft wherein said drive shaft can be releasable connected with the transportation means of the first cartridge for driving and thereby moving the transportation means of the first cartridge upon rotation of the drive shaft by means of the motor means for transporting the coffee beans towards the exit opening of the first cartridge, wherein the first cartridge is arranged such that, if the drive shaft is connected with the transportation means, after a first predetermined number of revolutions of the drive shaft the transportation means of the first cartridge is automatically disabled for transporting the coffee beans towards the exit opening; and wherein the system is further provided with a second coffee bean cartridge which can also be removable connected to the coffee brewing apparatus, the second coffee bean cartridge being arranged for being filled with and holding and supplying multiple servings of coffee beans, the second coffee beans cartridge including: a container comprising an interior volume and at least one exit opening defining a coffee bean outlet, the interior volume being arranged for holding coffee beans;transportation means adapted for enabling transportation of the coffee beans from the interior volume towards the exit opening of the second cartridge if the transportation means of said second cartridge is releasable connected to said drive shaft;wherein the second cartridge is adapted to the coffee apparatus so that, if the second cartridge is connected to the coffee apparatus, coffee beans which are transported with the aid of the transportation means of the second cartridge towards the exit opening of the second cartridge can be received by the coffee apparatus via the entrance opening for preparing coffee and wherein the second cartridge is arranged such that the transportation means of the second cartridge will not be disabled upon a predetermined number of revolutions of the drive shaft or will only be disabled after a second predetermined number of revolutions of the drive shaft wherein the second predetermined number of revolutions is greater than the first predetermined number of revolutions.
地址 Utrecht NL