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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 05, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Shigeru Ishii, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23L 1/20 ; A23L 1/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A23L 1/20 ; A23L 1/00 ;
Abstract
A method for the steam treatment of beans in which beans are inserted into a chamber (,). Steam at high pressures (“pressure” hereinafter indicates a gauge pressure) of 5 to 7 Kg/cm,, and at high temperatures 158 to 169° C. is jetted into the chamber. Beans in chamber (,) are exposed to the saturated steam at high pressures of 5 to 7 Kg/cm,and high temperatures of 158 to 169° C. for a period of 15 to 30 seconds so that boiling of beans achieved in a sterilized state.