Interchangeable grinding cartridge device

An interchangeable material containing device for use in grinding ingestible substances, comprising:

• a container body that defines a volume to hold a substrate to be ground;
• a first assembly coupled to the container body in a manner that affords rotational movement of one of the container body and first assembly relative to the other;
• a first grinding element associated with the container body, and a second grinding element associated with the first assembly;
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• a releasable attachment structure provided towards an exterior of the container body and adapted to afford, in part, releasable attachment of the device to an actuator;
• a drive force receiving structure provided towards an exterior of the container body and adapted to engage a drive mechanism of a complementary configured actuator in such a manner that a driving force from that actuator causes movement of one of the first and second grinding elements relative to the other;
• wherein the first and second grinding elements are arranged proximate one another and the space between them is an output of the container body;
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• wherein the first and second grinding elements move relative to one another in a manner proportional to movement of the drive force receiving structure.

An interchangeable container device, comprising

• a container body that define a volume to hold a substance to be ground;
• a first assembly coupled to the container body in a manner that affords rotational movement of the first assembly relative to the container body;
• first and second grinding elements;
• a connecting shaft traversing at least a portion of the container body and connected to the first grinding element;
• a releasable attachment structure provided towards an exterior of the container body and adapted to afford releasable attachment of the device to a complementary configured actuator;
• a drive force receiving structure provided towards an exterior of the container body and adapted to engage a drive mechanism of complementary configured actuator in such a manner that a driving force from that actuator causes rotation of the drive force receiving structure and, in turn, rotation of the connecting shaft and first grinding element connected thereto;
• wherein the first and second grinding elements are arranged proximate one another and define therebetween an opening that is an output of the container body;
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• wherein the first grinding element moves relative to the second grinding element in a manner proportional to rotation of the drive force receiving structure.

An interchangeable cartridge device for use in grinding ingestible substances, comprising:

• a container housing;
• a base frame coupled to the container housing and defining therewith a volume to hold a material to be ground;
• first and second grinding elements positioned proximate one another and defining therebetween an output of the container housing, the second grinding element held by the base frame;
• a releasable attachment structure provided towards an exterior of the device and configured to be releasably engaged by a complementary configured actuator;
• a drive force receiving structure having an axis of rotation and one or more drive force receiving faces that are spaced from the axis and configured for movement in an annular path about the axis in response to a drive force from a complementary configured actuator;
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• a shaft segment coupled to the drive force receiving structure and configured to rotate when the drive force receiving structure is rotated;
• wherein the first grinding element is coupled to the shaft segment and driven to rotate as the shaft segment rotates, thus achieving rotation of the first grinding element relative to the second grinding element.