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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:
May. 30, 1978
Filed:
Dec. 06, 1976
Applicant:
Inventors:
Dennis L MacDonald, West Lafayette, IN (US);
James August Weikel, Forest Park, OH (US);
Assignee:
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23F / ; A23F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
426478 ; 426386 ; 426432 ; 426435 ; 426431 ; 426506 ;
Abstract
An improved method of stripping flavorful essential volatiles from a substrate, such as coffee or tea, which comprises contacting a uniform admixture of finely ground ice and the substrate in a suitable vessel with a stream of water vapor and thereby melting said ice, uniformly wetting said substrate and stripping said essential volatiles from said substrate; and collecting said volatiles in a cold trap.