Patent ID: 7013796

Claim:
A coffee dosing apparatus comprising: a holder for coffee powder and a dosing mechanism, the dosing mechanism being provided with a dosing chamber bounded at a lower side by a bottom wall with a discharge opening and bounded at an upper side by an upper wall with a feed opening, the feed opening being rotationally staggered relative to the discharge opening, such that the upper wall extends above the discharge opening, a dosing element bounding portion spaces and being rotatable about a substantially vertically extending axis arranged in the dosing chamber, a driving element connected with the dosing element, wherein the driving element comprises a manually operable handle, a coupling provided between the handle and the dosing element such that the dosing element is rotatable in subsequent discrete steps, wherein at the end of a first discrete step a first of the portion spaces is located above the discharge opening, and a subsequent discrete step is startable only after the first discrete step has been rounded off completely, the coupling comprising a double ratchet mechanism.