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Coffee grinder with coffee bean container

US7243867B2 · kind B2 · utility

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5Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJan 22, 2004
Grant dateJul 17, 2007
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Expiry dateFeb 19, 2024

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA47J31/42
  • WIPO fieldFurniture, games
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A coffee grinder with a coffee bean container 9 divided into at least two compartments 13, 14, with a bottom-side output shaft 20 common to both compartments 13, 14. The coffee bean container has a grinding mill 10 disposed beneath the output shaft 20 and a closure element 22 for the optional closing of the output 17, 18 of the compartment(s) 13, 14. The closure element 22 forms with the grinding mill 10 a concrete unit and the coffee bean container 9 is disposed rotatably relative to the unit formed of the closure element 22 and the grinding mill 10. Such a coffee bean container 9 could also be used on an automatic coffee maker with a coffee grinder.

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