Patent ID: 8210094
Filing Date: 2012-07-03
Classification: A47J

Abstract:
1. A coffee dosing device for ground coffee, the device comprising: a receiving chamber for receiving the ground coffee; a plurality of outlet conduits, each outlet conduit comprising one entrance and one exit, the receiving chamber being connected directly to the entrances of each outlet conduit, each outlet conduit conducting the ground coffee from the respective entrance to the respective exit of the outlet conduit; a passage hatch directing the ground coffee from the receiving chamber into an entrance of one outlet conduit while preventing the ground coffee from entering the respective entrances of other outlet conduits; a plurality of intermediate hatches and a plurality of outlet hatches, wherein the intermediate hatch and the outlet hatch of the same outlet conduit are actuated by at least one actuating motor to temporarily store the ground coffee and release the stored ground coffee in a predetermined manner.