Patent ID: 7243867

Claim:
A coffee grinder comprising: a grinding mill having a housing with a top; said top having a stationary opening and having a circular receiving groove; said top having a stationary upper shoulder which forms a closure element over the stationary opening; a coffee bean container having a top and having a circular base collar sized to rotate in the circular receiving groove to a chosen rotational position relative to the closure element; said coffee bean container having a guide cone surrounding its bottom; said guide cone supporting at least one vertical dividing wall, thereby forming at least a first and a second coffee bean compartment; each of said coffee bean compartments having an opening at the bottom which conforms to the closure element; wherein coffee beans from the first coffee bean compartment fall through the stationary opening of the top of the grinding mill in a first rotational position of the circular base of the coffee bean container; and wherein coffee beans from the second coffee bean compartment fall through the stationary opening of the top of the grinding mill at second rotational position of the circular base of the coffee mean container.