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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 1977
Filed:
Apr. 12, 1976
Applicant:
Inventors:
Rupert J Gasser, Old Greenwich, CT (US);
James G Franklin, Union County, OH (US);
Assignee:
Societe d'Assistance Technique pour Produits Nestle S.A., Lausanne, CH;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
159 49 ; 426597 ; 159 / ;
Abstract
Dried tea flakes are prepared by vacuum drum drying a tea extract having a solids content of 40-55% which extract is applied to the drum in a film having a thickness of between 0.065 and 0.005 cm. The drum is maintained at an internal temperature of 95.degree.-125.degree. C. Water is evaporated from the film under vacuum from 3-15 torr over a period of from 10-150 seconds to result in a dried product having an apparent density of less than 12 grams per 100 cc.