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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2020
Societe Des Produits Nestle S.a., Vevey, CH;
Stefano Ceccaroli, Chavornay, CH;
Sandrine Jaccard, Ste-Croix, CH;
Flavien Dubief, Champagne, CH;
Paul Gurevitch-Beacock, Staffordshire, GB;
Stuart Brigante, West Midlands, GB;
Societe des Produits Nestle S.A., Vevey, CH;
Abstract
The invention concerns an apparatus () for roasting coffee beans comprising:—a housing (),—a roasting chamber () presenting a bottom opening (),—an air driver () configured to drive air inside the roasting chamber through the bottom opening of said chamber,—an electrical heater () positioned below the bottom opening of the roasting chamber, said electrical heater being configured to heat air driven inside the roasting chamber,—the air driver and the electrical heater being positioned inside the housing () and the housing comprising a hot air outlet hole () designed to enable the passage of hot air from the housing inside the bottom opening () of the roasting chamber, and the electrical heater () being positioned just below the hot air outlet hole (),—the roasting chamber () being removably mounted to the housing (), the bottom opening () of the roasting chamber cooperating with the hot air outlet hole () of the housing when the roasting chamber is mounted to the housing, wherein the apparatus comprises a movable closure device () configured:—to cover the hot air outlet hole () while the roasting chamber is being removed from the housing, and - to uncover the hot air outlet hole () while the roasting chamber is being mounted to the housing.