Patent ID: 8727177

Claim:
A combination of a grinder container and a lid, for insertion into a coffee grinder, the combination comprising: a grinder container having a base and a container wall having an inside surface, the container wall terminating at an opening rim which bounds a container opening, the grinder container having a height and defining an interior; and a lid with a central introduction opening, adapted to ensure a sealed connection between a coffee grinder and the lid in the region of the introduction opening by compensating for dimensional tolerances in the height of the grinder container, the lid comprising: a deformation-resistant central lid part, produced from a hard plastics material, in which central lid part the central introduction opening is arranged; and an elastically deformable lid-rim part made of a soft rubber material, the lid-rim part being connected to the central lid part, the lid-rim part defining a peripheral lid rim, the lid resting on said opening rim by way of said peripheral lid rim, the lid-rim part comprising a circumferential web projecting from said lid-rim part, at a distance from the peripheral lid rim, into the interior of the grinder container and being located opposite the inside surface of said container wall, wherein the central lid part has a curvature which begins in the region of the transition from the lid-rim part to the central lid part and ends at a rim of the introduction opening, such that the rim of the introduction opening projects away from the interior of the grinder container beyond the rim of the container opening.