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AssigneeJ.M. De Jong Duke Automatenfabriek B.V.
InventorsMaarten WASSINK, Karen HARBERS, Kees DE GROEN, Yvo PLUYMAKERS
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A grinding device comprises a grinding housing with mutually co-acting grinding bodies. A lower of the two grinding bodies is both driven and axially adjustable for the purpose of setting a grind size. An upper grinding body is removable. A grind size of the grinding device can be adjusted in absolute manner between a first extreme position and a second extreme position, corresponding to a fixed setting range between a minimal clearance between the two grinding surfaces and a maximum clearance between the two grinding surfaces. An extreme position of the adjustable grinding body is imposed by a stop which is encountered by the adjusting means in the relevant extreme position. A coffee machine uses the absolute grind size and/or a fine-tuning for an optimal contact time between coffee and through-flowing water.
Grinding device comprising drive means and a grinding housing, which grinding housing comprises a set of mutually co-acting grinding bodies with mutually facing, at least substantially parallel grinding surfaces which maintain a mutual clearance, wherein at least a driven grinding body of the set of grinding bodies is suspended rotatably about a central axis thereof in the grinding housing and is coupled, or at least can be coupled, operatively to the drive means for performing a rotation about the central axis during operation, and wherein adjusting means are provided whereby at least an adjustable grinding body of the set of grinding bodies is axially adjustable for imposing a desired mutual clearance between the grinding surfaces, wherein a first and lower of the set of mutually co-acting grinding bodies is both driven and adjustable, wherein a second and upper grinding body of the set of mutually co-acting grinding bodies is arranged in stationary manner, and wherein the second grinding body is connected to the grinding housing in manually detachable manner.
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