Coffee grinding, portioning, and pressing device

A portioning and pressing device for compacting a preselected quantity of coffee into a filter container attached to the device, the device comprising:

• a biasing mechanism;
• a ground coffee directing chamber;
• a rotating pressing tool operatively associated with the biasing mechanism, said tool configured to allow ground coffee to pass from the collection chamber through the tool and be substantially uniformly and incrementally compressed underneath the tool into the filter container attached to the device by the rotation of the pressing tool, said tool transmitting a preselected downward force against the ground coffee underneath the tool from the biasing mechanism, said pressing tool being forced upward against the biasing mechanism during rotation by the accumulation of compressed coffee underneath the tool;
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• a ground coffee volume quantity portioning mechanism configured to cease further introduction of ground coffee into the filter container attached to the device after the pressing tool has been raised a preselected distance by the accumulation of compressed coffee underneath the tool, thereby shutting off the device after a preselected amount of ground coffee has passed through and been compressed by the pressing tool into the filter container.

A portioning and pressing device for compacting a preselected quantity of coffee, the device comprising:

• a pre-compaction chamber for delivering ground coffee into a container;
• a compaction mechanism located above the container and configured to consistently and incrementally tamp a preselected amount of ground coffee into the container as the coffee is delivered, thereby producing substantially uniform ground coffee density therethrough;
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• a volume quantity dosing calibrator configured to shut off the compaction mechanism when the container has been filled a predetermined amount.

A portioning and pressing device for compacting a preselected quantity of coffee, the device comprising:

• means for grinding whole coffee beans;
• means for directing ground coffee beans into a collection chamber;
• means for biasing a rotating compaction mechanism downward;
• means for actuating the compaction mechanism to rotate and direct ground coffee from the collection chamber through the compaction mechanism and incrementally tamp the ground coffee underneath the compaction mechanism into a container as a result of the downward biasing, wherein the compaction mechanism is continually forced upward against the downward biasing during the compaction mechanism's rotation by the accumulation of compressed coffee underneath the mechanism;
• means for regulating the volume quantity of ground coffee that is tamped into the container by sensing when the upwardly rotating compaction mechanism has reached a predetermined level;
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• means for terminating the actuation of the rotating compaction mechanism, thereby terminating the flow of ground coffee into the container.