The invention concerns A container (10) for storing, metering and dispensing bulk material, the container comprising: —a tank (1) to store the bulk material, said tank comprising a close top end and an opened bottom end, and said tank presenting an essentially cylindrical shape, —a dispensing closure (2) to dispense the bulk material from the opened bottom end of the tank, said dispensing closure comprising: an inner rotatable member (22) with at least one aperture (221), said inner rotatable member being rotatable around a longitudinal central axis (XX), and said inner rotatable member comprising central connecting means (223) designed to removably engage with a rotating shaft extending along the central axis (XX), an outer fixed member (21) with a central aperture (213) and at least one outlet aperture (211) therein, wherein the inner rotatable member (22) is configured for being selectively rotatable with respect to the outer fixed member (21) such that at least in one rotational position of the inner member, the at least one aperture (221) of the inner member overlaps with the at least one outlet aperture (211) of the outer fixed member for enabling the dispensing of the bulk material from the container, wherein the tank comprises at least one longitudinal straight rib (15) projecting inside the internal volume of the tank.

The invention concerns A container (10) for storing, metering and dispensing bulk material, the container comprising: —a tank (1) to store the bulk material, said tank comprising a close top end and an opened bottom end, and said tank presenting an essentially cylindrical shape, —a dispensing closure (2) to dispense the bulk material from the opened bottom end of the tank, said dispensing closure comprising: an inner rotatable member (22) with at least one aperture (221), said inner rotatable member being rotatable around a longitudinal central axis (XX), and said inner rotatable member comprising central connecting means (223) designed to removably engage with a rotating shaft extending along the central axis (XX), an outer fixed member (21) with a central aperture (213) and at least one outlet aperture (211) therein, wherein the inner rotatable member (22) is configured for being selectively rotatable with respect to the outer fixed member (21) such that at least in one rotational position of the inner member, the at least one aperture (221) of the inner member overlaps with the at least one outlet aperture (211) of the outer fixed member for enabling the dispensing of the bulk material from the container, wherein the tank comprises at least one longitudinal straight rib (15) projecting inside the internal volume of the tank.

The present application relates to the technical field of grinding, and in particular, to a small grinder, which solves the problems of complex structure, large volume and inconvenience in carrying in the prior art. A small grinder provided by the present application, comprising a housing; a fixing plate is provided inside the housing, the fixing plate divides an inner portion of the housing into an upper portion and a lower portion, and a feeding assembly is provided on the upper portion of the housing; a bracket is further provided on the upper portion of the housing; the bracket divides the upper portion of the housing into two parts, and the two parts are respectively provided with a power mechanism and a power supply mechanism; and the male grinding head is rotatably fitted in the female grinding head. The small grinder has a small volume, a reasonable layout, a stable structure, and simple and convenient operation, and is easy to maintain and carry.

Apparatuses, systems, and methods for brewing a desired portion of a beverage, such as a single-cup portion of coffee, are provided. The system can include one or more hopper assemblies configured to provide a controlled dose of beverage material to a brew chamber. The system can also include a water input system configured to wet the ground beverage material as the grinds enter the brew chamber and substantially prevent steam from reaching grinder components of the system. Further, the system can include an automatic cleaning mechanism such that a user does not need to manually clean components of a brewing machine between brew cycles.

The invention relates to a roasting and grinding apparatus for coffee beans comprising a roasting device (50) and an associated grinding device (60); the roasting device (50) being configured for receiving coffee beans of a certain type that will be roasted, the roasting device (50) comprising reading means (53) to identify the characteristics of the coffee beans dispensed to it, the roasting device (50) further comprising a control unit configuring the roasting profile of the beans according to the characteristics retrieved from the reading means (53) and/or from the characteristics of the beans in a database (51) in this control unit and/or according to the user’s input; the roasted coffee beans being dispensed into a beans container (10, 20), the beans container (10, 20) comprising programmable identification means where product parameters of the roasted coffee beans of a certain type are encoded on it by an encoder (52) in the roasting device; the grinding device (60) comprising one or more housings for receiving one or more beans containers (10, 20); the grinding device (60) comprising a reader (62) to obtain the information of the product parameters of the roasted coffee beans of the one or more beans containers (10, 20); the grinding device (60) further comprising a control unit configured to adapt the grinding size and the quantity of roasted coffee beans to be delivered from the coffee beans containers (10, 20) for obtaining a certain coffee quantity and/ or a certain coffee blend quantity from each beans container to be grinded according to these product parameters and/or according to a recipes database (64), and/or according to the user’s input. The invention further relates to a method for roasting and grinding coffee beans using a roasting and grinding apparatus as the ones described, and to the use of such a roasting and grinding apparatus.

The invention relates to a roasting and grinding apparatus for coffee beans comprising a roasting device (50) and an associated grinding device (60); the roasting device (50) being configured for receiving coffee beans of a certain type that will be roasted, the roasting device (50) comprising reading means (53) to identify the characteristics of the coffee beans dispensed to it, the roasting device (50) further comprising a control unit configuring the roasting profile of the beans according to the characteristics retrieved from the reading means (53) and/or from the characteristics of the beans in a database (51) in this control unit and/or according to the user’s input; the roasted coffee beans being dispensed into a beans container (10, 20), the beans container (10, 20) comprising programmable identification means where product parameters of the roasted coffee beans of a certain type are encoded on it by an encoder (52) in the roasting device; the grinding device (60) comprising one or more housings for receiving one or more beans containers (10, 20); the grinding device (60) comprising a reader (62) to obtain the information of the product parameters of the roasted coffee beans of the one or more beans containers (10, 20); the grinding device (60) further comprising a control unit configured to adapt the grinding size and the quantity of roasted coffee beans to be delivered from the coffee beans containers (10, 20) for obtaining a certain coffee quantity and/ or a certain coffee blend quantity from each beans container to be grinded according to these product parameters and/or according to a recipes database (64), and/or according to the user’s input. The invention further relates to a method for roasting and grinding coffee beans using a roasting and grinding apparatus as the ones described, and to the use of such a roasting and grinding apparatus.

Embodiments of improved systems including and methods for dosing or processing a desired quantity or dose of particles from a storage container by determining the weight of the storage container and processing mechanism as particles are processed. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.

Embodiments of improved systems including and methods for dosing or processing a desired quantity or dose of particles from a storage container by determining the weight of the storage container and processing mechanism as particles are processed. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.

The present disclosure discloses an appliance, suitable for home use, for grinding oil-containing hard produce, in particular oil-containing seeds, to therefore extract an oily substance product. For example, the appliance may grind sesame to obtain Tahini, or peanuts/almonds to obtain butter therefrom. The present disclosure further discloses a capsule to be received in a grinding appliance such as disclosed herein. The appliance incudes two grinding members, configured to grind the hard produce. Each grinding member has a grooved face that is patterned to be configured for grinding. The hard produce is grinded in the interface defined between the two grooved faces, defining a grinding zone. The grinding members typically have a shape of a circle and are aligned one with the other along a common axis. At least one of the grinding members is configured to rotate about the axis to perform the motion carrying out the grinding in the interface between the members. The hard produce is introduced into the grinding zone via one or more openings in at least one of the grinding members. The openings lead directly into the grinding zone, namely the hard produce that is fed through the openings reaches to a part of one of the grooved faces to initiate the grinding process. The grinding zone is constituted by two grinding portions, an inner grinding portion and a peripheral grinding portion, defining inner grinding zone and peripheral grinding zone, respectively. A peripheral collection zone is disposed peripheral to the peripheral grinding zone and is configured to collect the grinded oily substance product that radially flows from the peripheral grinding portions. The oily substance in the collection zone flows towards a substance collector, through which the oily substance flows for being collected.

The present disclosure discloses an appliance, suitable for home use, for grinding oil-containing hard produce, in particular oil-containing seeds, to therefore extract an oily substance product. For example, the appliance may grind sesame to obtain Tahini, or peanuts/almonds to obtain butter therefrom. The present disclosure further discloses a capsule to be received in a grinding appliance such as disclosed herein. The appliance incudes two grinding members, configured to grind the hard produce. Each grinding member has a grooved face that is patterned to be configured for grinding. The hard produce is grinded in the interface defined between the two grooved faces, defining a grinding zone. The grinding members typically have a shape of a circle and are aligned one with the other along a common axis. At least one of the grinding members is configured to rotate about the axis to perform the motion carrying out the grinding in the interface between the members. The hard produce is introduced into the grinding zone via one or more openings in at least one of the grinding members. The openings lead directly into the grinding zone, namely the hard produce that is fed through the openings reaches to a part of one of the grooved faces to initiate the grinding process. The grinding zone is constituted by two grinding portions, an inner grinding portion and a peripheral grinding portion, defining inner grinding zone and peripheral grinding zone, respectively. A peripheral collection zone is disposed peripheral to the peripheral grinding zone and is configured to collect the grinded oily substance product that radially flows from the peripheral grinding portions. The oily substance in the collection zone flows towards a substance collector, through which the oily substance flows for being collected.