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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2024
Filed:
Aug. 02, 2021
Bellwether Coffee Co., Berkeley, CA (US);
Stewart Schmehl, Pinehurst, NC (US);
John Sandhu, Boulder, CO (US);
Ronald Kappesser, Concord, CA (US);
Peter Schmehl, Berkeley, CA (US);
Bellwether Coffee Co., Berkeley, CA (US);
Abstract
A bean roasting system includes a roasting subsystem, a cooling subsystem, an air exit subsystem that is fluidically coupled to the cooling subsystem, and a controller. The cooling subsystem includes an outer housing containing a holding chamber, a cooling platform defining a lower bound of the holding chamber, a vibration actuator coupled to the cooling platform, and a platform actuator coupled to the cooling platform. The controller is configured to operate the air exit subsystem to maintain a flow of air up through the holding chamber, operate the roasting subsystem to transfer a batch of beans from the roasting subsystem to the holding chamber, operate the vibration actuator to vibrate the cooling platform, operate the air exit subsystem and operate the vibration actuator accelerates cooling of the batch of beans, and operate the platform actuator to transport the batch of beans out of the cooling subsystem.