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US 2017/0280922 A1Published application
Coffee machine
AssigneeMelitta Europa GmbH & Co. KG
InventorsAndreas SACHTLEBEN, Markus SCHAEFER
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Abstract
A coffee machine includes a brewing unit, a grinding mechanism to process coffee beans into coffee grounds that are used by the brewing unit to brew coffee, and a container for coffee beans. The container has a bottom surface with an outlet opening that leads to the grinding mechanism. The bottom surface is inclined toward the outlet opening and includes ridges extending in a direction of the outlet opening.
Claims12
A coffee machine, comprising:
- a brewing unit;
- a grinding mechanism to process coffee beans into coffee grounds that are used by the brewing unit to brew coffee;
- a container for coffee beans, the container having a bottom surface with an outlet opening that leads to the grinding mechanism, the bottom surface being inclined toward the outlet opening and including ridges extending in a direction of the outlet opening.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.