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AssigneeCreatrix AG
InventorsLouis Deuber, Patrick Schrepfer, Claudio Foscan, Christian Schultheiss
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A unit of a coffee apparatus, in particular a coffee machine for brewing a coffee drink, includes a coffee bean container for storing the coffee beans, a portioner for portioning the coffee beans for an individual portion, and a grinder for grinding the portioned coffee beans. The coffee bean container and the portioner are formed in a common container module. The unit has a module receptacle, by which the container module can be connected during use and removed after use, and the container module has settings for a portion amount and a degree of grinding, which can be selected by the user. The portion amount setting influences the portioner and the degree of grinding setting influences the grinder. A simple, cost-effective and easy-to-use information exchange module between coffee container and coffee apparatus is thereby created.
A unit of a coffee apparatus, comprising a coffee bean container for storing the coffee beans, a portioning device for metering the coffee beans for the coffee beverage, and a grinder for grinding the metered coffee beans, wherein the coffee bean container and the portioning device are configured in a common container module, wherein the unit has a module receptacle to which the container module when in use is connectable and from which said container module after use is removable, and wherein the container module has user-selectable settings of a metered quantity and of a grinding degree, wherein the setting of the metered quantity affects the portioning device so as to vary the metered quantity and the setting of the grinding degree affects the grinder so as to vary the grinding degree, wherein the portioning device has a metering chamber, wherein a received volume of the metering chamber is variable for the purpose of setting the metered quantity and wherein the received volume is varied by varying the size of the metering chamber.
A container module, comprising a coffee bean container for storing the coffee beans and a portioning device for metering the coffee beans for the single portion, wherein the container module has connecting means for releasably connecting to a module receptacle of a coffee apparatus, and wherein the container module has user-selectable settings of a metered quantity and of a grinding degree, and wherein the setting of the metered quantity affects the portioning device so as to vary the metered quantity, and the setting of the grinding degree affects a grinder so as to vary the grinding degree, wherein the portioning device has a metering chamber, wherein a received volume of the metering chamber is variable for the purpose of setting the metered quantity and wherein the received volume is varied by varying the size of the metering chamber.
A unit of a coffee apparatus, comprising a coffee bean container for storing the coffee beans, a portioning device for metering the coffee beans for the coffee beverage, and a grinding degree setting device for mechanically and operatively connecting to a grinder for grinding the metered coffee beans, wherein the coffee bean container and the portioning device are configured in a common container module, wherein the unit has a module receptacle to which the container module when in use is connectable and from which said container module after use is removable, and wherein the container module has user-selectable settings of a metered quantity and of a grinding degree, and wherein the setting of the metered quantity affects the portioning device so as to vary the metered quantity and the setting of the grinding degree by means of the grinding degree setting device affects the grinder so as to vary the grinding degree, wherein the portioning device has a metering chamber, wherein a received volume of the metering chamber is variable for the purpose of setting the metered quantity and wherein the received volume is varied by varying the size of the metering chamber.
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