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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 15, 2020
Societe Des Produits Nestle S.a., Vevey, CH;
Stefano Ceccaroli, Chavornay, CH;
Flavien Florent Dubief, Champagne, CH;
Vincent Martin, Orbe, CH;
Stuart Brigante, West Midlands, GB;
Paul Gurevitch-Beacock, Staffordshire, GB;
Societe des Produits Nestle S.A., Vevey, CH;
Abstract
The invention concerns an apparatus () for roasting coffee beans comprising: —a roasting chamber () presenting a bottom opening (), —an air driver () configured to drive a flow of air inside the roasting chamber through the bottom opening of said chamber, —an electrical heater () positioned below the bottom opening of the chamber configured to heat said flow of air driven to the bottom opening of the roasting chamber, wherein the apparatus comprises a conduit () to drive the flow of hot air from the heater () to the bottom opening () of the roasting chamber, and wherein said conduit () comprises a local transversal constriction (), and wherein at least one temperature probe is positioned at said local transversal constriction () of the conduit.