US 12,440,059 B2
Grinding and extraction apparatus for coffee beans
Youcef Ait Bouziad, Echandens (CH); and Alfred Yoakim, St-Legier-la Chiesaz (CH)
Assigned to Société des Produits Nestlé S.A., Vevey (CH)
Appl. No. 18/002,748
Filed by SOCIETE DES PRODUITS NESTLE S.A., Vevey (CH)
PCT Filed Jun. 4, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/065039
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 21, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/259616, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 30, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 20181832 (EP), filed on Jun. 24, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0255394 A1, Aug. 17, 2023
Int. Cl. A47J 31/42 (2006.01); A23F 5/08 (2006.01); A23F 5/26 (2006.01); A47J 31/44 (2006.01); A47J 31/52 (2006.01)
CPC A47J 31/42 (2013.01) [A23F 5/08 (2013.01); A23F 5/26 (2013.01); A47J 31/4492 (2013.01); A47J 31/52 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A grinding and extraction system for roasted coffee beans comprising a grinding device and an associated extraction device;
the grinding device comprising:
one or more housings configured to receive one or more beans containers with roasted coffee beans of the same or different types,
a first reader configured to obtain product parameters of the roasted coffee beans from the one or more beans containers,
a control unit configured to adapt the grinding size and the quantity of roasted coffee beans to obtain a quantity of roasted coffee beans from the one or more beans containers and to cause the grinding device to grind the roasted coffee beans according to these product parameters and/or according to a recipes database comprising the beverage information associated to the beverage to be prepared, and
an encoder configured to encode the product parameters on a programmable identification member on a product holder in the grinding device to which the grinded coffee is dispensed; and
the extraction device being configured to receive the product holder, the extraction device comprising:
a second reader to identify the product parameters in the programmable identification member, and
a control unit configured to cause the extraction device to extract the beverage according to the product parameters retrieved from the product holder and/or beverage information retrieved from a beverage database in this control unit.