Coffee degassing method
AssigneeModern Process Equipment, Inc.
InventorsDaniel Ephraim, Sam Lepper, Brian Willebrand
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Abstract
A coffee degassing method is disclosed. A diffusion gas is supplied into a degassing tree in an bin containing roasted coffee. The degassing tree is in the roasted coffee. Carbon dioxide is diffused from the coffee with the diffusion gas. Carbon dioxide and the diffusion gas are exhausted from the bin. Another method of coffee degassing is disclosed. A diffusion gas is supplied into a degassing chamber in a bin containing roasted coffee. The degassing chamber is in the roasted coffee. Carbon dioxide is diffused from the coffee with the diffusion gas. Carbon dioxide and the nitrogen are exhausted from the bin.
Claims23
A coffee degassing method, comprising the steps of:
- flowing a diffusion gas into an at least one branch of a degassing tree in a coffee bin containing a roasted coffee to diffuse a carbon dioxide from the roasted coffee and move the carbon dioxide and the diffusion gas through the at least one branch and a trunk of the degassing tree toward a top end of the bin, where the at least one branch is in the roasted coffee and the branch is open to the roasted coffee, the at least one branch is connected to the trunk and extends from an exterior of the trunk;
- and,
- exhausting the carbon dioxide and the diffusion gas from the bin.
A coffee degassing method, comprising the steps of:
- flowing a diffusion gas into a degassing chamber in a coffee bin containing roasted coffee to diffuse the carbon dioxide from the roasted coffee and move the carbon dioxide and the diffusion gas through a first conduit connected to the degassing chamber toward a top end of the bin, where the degassing chamber is within the roasted coffee in the bin and comprises an at least partially open bottom side that is open to the roasted coffee in the bin;
- and,
- exhausting the carbon dioxide and the diffusion gas from the bin.
A coffee degassing method, comprising the steps of:
- diffusing a carbon dioxide from a roasted coffee in a coffee bin with a diffusion gas supplied in an at least one branch of a degassing tree in the coffee bin, where the at least one branch is in the roasted coffee and the at least one branch is open to the roasted coffee;
- moving the carbon dioxide and the diffusion gas through the at least one branch and through a trunk of the degassing tree toward a top end of the bin, the at least one branch is connected to the trunk and extends from an exterior of the trunk;
- and,
- exhausting the carbon dioxide and the diffusion gas from the bin.
A coffee degassing method, comprising the steps of:
- diffusing a carbon dioxide from a roasted coffee in a coffee bin with a diffusion gas supplied in a degassing chamber in the coffee bin, where the degassing chamber is within the roasted coffee in the bin and comprises an at least partially open bottom side that is open to the roasted coffee in the bin;
- moving the carbon dioxide and the diffusion gas from the degassing chamber into a first conduit toward a top end of the bin, the first conduit is connected to the degassing chamber;
- and,
- exhausting the carbon dioxide and the diffusion gas from the bin.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.