Title:
COFFEE BEAN FEEDER, SELECTING UNIT COMPRISING SUCH FEEDER AND COFFEE MACHINE COMPRISING SUCH SELECTING UNIT
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2020/105011
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a coffee bean feeder (32) for feeding coffee beans from a coffee bean container (22) to a coffee grinder (42), more particularly to a coffee bean feeder (32) for selectively feeding coffee beans from a coffee bean container among a plurality of coffee bean containers (22) to a coffee grinder (42). The coffee bean feeder (32) has an inlet (32a) and an outlet (32b), and a rotatable body (320) with one or more dosing compartments (32c). By rotating the body (320) of the feeder about its longitudinal axis, a dosing compartment (32c) can be brought into alignment with the feeder inlet (32a) or with the feeder outlet (32b) or with neither of them. The invention also relates to a selecting unit (30) comprising one or more of such coffee bean feeder(s) (32), as well as to a coffee machine (10) comprising said selecting unit (30).
Inventors:
BECK PASCAL (CH)
POOPALASINGAM BABEESAN (CH)
MUHEIM CHRISTIAN (CH)
POOPALASINGAM BABEESAN (CH)
MUHEIM CHRISTIAN (CH)
Application Number:
PCT/IB2019/060076
Publication Date:
May 28, 2020
Filing Date:
November 22, 2019
Export Citation:
Assignee:
RANCILIO GROUP SPA (IT)
International Classes:
A47J42/42
Foreign References:
| US20140014680A1 | 2014-01-16 | |||
| FR2755431A1 | 1998-05-07 | |||
| EP0605750A1 | 1994-07-13 | |||
| US6101923A | 2000-08-15 | |||
| US20100224075A1 | 2010-09-09 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
BALDI, Stefano et al. (IT)
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