Multiple hopper grinder

A coffee grinding apparatus for use in grinding coffee beans to produce ground coffee, said grinding apparatus comprising:

• a grinding chamber which receives coffee beans therein for grinding;
• a pair of hoppers retained in gravity feed relationship relative to said grinding chamber to dispense coffee beans into said grinding chamber;
• a dispensing control assembly positioned between said pair of hoppers and said grinding chamber for selectively dispensing coffee beans from said hoppers into said grinding chamber;
• said dispensing control assembly including a pair of independently movable plates, each of said plates being associated with a corresponding one of said hoppers, each of said plates being selectively movable between an open position and a closed position for controllably dispensing bean coffee from the corresponding hopper;
• a mechanism for moving said plates being coupled thereto for selectively moving each of said plates between an open position and a closed position;
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• a baffle positioned between each of said plates and said pair of hoppers, each of said baffles facilitating closure of said plate to cease the dispensing of coffee beans from the corresponding hopper.