Drying and gas or vapor contact with solids – Apparatus – Houses – kilns – and containers
Patent
1981-07-10
1984-06-26
Schwartz, Larry I.
Drying and gas or vapor contact with solids
Apparatus
Houses, kilns, and containers
34237, 34238, 126275E, 426113, 99450, 219386, 219405, 219521, 220 35, F26B 2518
Patent
active
044557639
ABSTRACT:
Roaster for green coffee beans and other beans and nuts comprising a dish or tray, preferably of lightweight, disposable construction having a rim of sufficient height to contain the beans or nuts during roasting and a bottom which is formed with openings, the number, size and pattern of openings being such as to support the beans or nuts yet to allow free and uniform flow of hot air and gases from below the roaster through a mass of beans or nuts on the bottom. The tray bottom is preferably formed with downward extensions of the material, e.g., material resulting from piercing the tray bottom. Also, the same roaster but with a downwardly extending rim or legs to support the bottom above an open source of heat and a cover fitting the upper edge of the rim with an opening permitting escape of air and gases. Also, such roasters with a supply of green beans or nuts to be roasted and a disposable cover or enclosure enclosing the roaster and beans. The roaster is preferably made of metal, e.g., aluminum foil.
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Ukers--"All About Coffee"--The Tea & Coffee Trade Journal Company--1935, pp. 575-596.
Gregg Edward B.
Schwartz Larry I.
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