Patent ID: 9277838
Filing Date: 2016-03-08
CPC Classification: A23F,A47J,B65B,B65D

Claim Text:
1. A coffee beverage system, including a coffee brewing apparatus and a first coffee bean packaging cartridge, wherein the first coffee bean packaging cartridge is removable connected to the coffee brewing apparatus, the first coffee bean packaging cartridge being arranged for holding and supplying 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 coffee bean packaging cartridge; wherein the coffee brewing apparatus comprises an entrance opening for receiving coffee beans which are transported with the aid of the transportation means towards the exit opening, 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 ground coffee obtained by means of the grinder, wherein the system is further provided with a metering chamber for receiving coffee beans which are transported with the aid of the transportation means into the metering chamber wherein the metering chamber comprises a bottom portion which forms a part of the grinder, said bottom portion being arranged in the coffee brewing apparatus for rotating around a first axis extending in a vertical direction wherein the system is arranged such that upon activation of the grinder the bottom portion is rotating around the vertical axis for transporting the coffee beans from the metering chamber into the grinder and for grinding the coffee beans, wherein the system comprises a first dosing device for providing and supplying a predetermined dose of coffee beans from the first coffee bean packaging cartridge to the grinder, said first dosing device at least for a portion thereof being formed by the coffee brewing apparatus and comprising the metering chamber of the system when the first coffee bean packaging cartridge is or has been connected to the coffee brewing apparatus; a second coffee bean packaging cartridge, said second coffee bean packaging cartridge being arranged for holding and supplying coffee beans and preferably being also removably connectable to the coffee brewing apparatus, said second coffee bean packaging cartridge including a second dosing device separate from the first dosing device of the brewing apparatus and the first coffee bean packaging cartridge for independently of the first dosing device preferably preparing a dose of coffee beans and/or supplying a dose of coffee beans to the entrance opening of the coffee brewing apparatus if the second bean packaging cartridge is connected to the coffee brewing apparatus.