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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2018
Modern Process Equipment, Inc., Chicago, IL (US);
Daniel Ephraim, Wilmette, IL (US);
Sam Lepper, Chicago, IL (US);
Brian Willebrand, Chicago, IL (US);
Modern Process Equipment, Inc., Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A coffee degassing device is disclosed and method. The coffee degassing device comprises a coffee bin and a hollow tree within the bin. The hollow tree has an opening in communication with the interior of the coffee bin. The tree provides an exit path for carbon dioxide off-gassing from the coffee. The device may have a diffusion gas supply conduit. The diffusion gas supply conduit is in communication with the hollow tree and is configured to supply nitrogen, or another diffusion gas, to the degassing tree for accelerating the degassing of coffee.