Patent ID: 8556199
Filing Date: 2013-10-15
Classification: A47J,G01F

Abstract:
1. A system for dosing coffee beans, comprising a coffee bean package provided with at least one wall which at least partly encloses an inner space for multiple dosages of coffee beans, and a coffee bean outlet for delivering coffee beans, and an apparatus, provided with a coffee bean grinder, a coffee bean inlet for supplying coffee beans from the coffee bean package to the grinder, a connecting device for connecting and uncoupling the coffee bean package to the apparatus, so that the coffee bean outlet can be connected to the coffee bean inlet and uncoupled, and a dosing device provided with a dosing space which is arranged for feeding-through one predetermined dose of coffee beans from the coffee bean outlet to the coffee bean inlet, wherein the dosing device is provided with closing means for closing off the coffee bean outlet of the coffee bean package, wherein the closing means comprises a reclosable closure, wherein the coffee bean package is provided with the reclosable closure for closing off the coffee bean outlet, and wherein the closure comprises a rotary disc which in a condition connected with the apparatus can be rotated with respect to the outlet, wherein the connecting device is arranged for engagement of the closure, and to stop the closure while the outlet is moved with respect to the closure, so that the outlet in connected condition is released, or closed off.