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US 12,550,927 B2Granted
Systems, apparatuses, and methods of substance processing
AssigneeBellwether Coffee Co.
InventorsJens Peter Voges, Fong Liu, John Laird, Scott Whitman, Zachary Russell Heineman, Dylan Hilmer Bird, Nicholas Scott Reimnitz, Pietro Valsecchi
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Abstract
A substance processing system includes a pressurizer configured to pressurize air and a processing chamber configured to process a substance. The system also includes a heat exchanger coupled between the pressurizer and the processing chamber. A nozzle is coupled to the processing chamber such that output from the nozzle comprises a substantially even pressure distribution.
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A method, comprising:
- providing a flow of air to a recirculating air path by a blower coupled to the recirculating air path;
- accelerating the flow of air via a nozzle coupled to the recirculating air path between the blower and a roasting chamber coupled to the recirculating air path;
- receiving, after the accelerating, the flow of air in the roasting chamber;
- roasting coffee beans within the roasting chamber based at least in part on the flow of air received in the roasting chamber;
- outputting the flow of air from the roasting chamber after the roasting;
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- receiving, after the outputting, the flow of air at a catalytic oxidizer coupled to the recirculating air path.
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A method, comprising:
- providing a flow of air to an air flow path by a blower coupled to the air flow path, the blower configured to pressurize ambient air;
- accelerating, via a nozzle coupled to the air flow path between the blower and a roasting chamber coupled to the air flow path, at least a portion of the flow of air that is input to the roasting chamber;
- receiving, at a cyclonic separator coupled to the air flow path, air that is output from the roasting chamber;
- separating, at the cyclonic separator, a portion of a substance from the air;
- receiving the air at a catalytic oxidizer coupled to the air flow path after the separating;
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- mixing in the air flow path ambient air pressurized by the blower and heated air previously circulated through the air flow path.
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A method, comprising:
- providing air to a recirculating air path by a blower coupled to the recirculating air path;
- modulating, via a non-linear portion of a nozzle coupled to the recirculating air path, an output of the air into a roasting chamber coupled to the recirculating air path such that the air is configured to loft at least a portion of coffee beans within the roasting chamber;
- roasting the coffee beans within the roasting chamber, the roasting chamber configured to mechanically circulate the coffee beans within the roasting chamber during the roasting;
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- circulating the air through a cyclonic separator, a heater and a catalytic oxidizer, the cyclonic separator being disposed between the roasting chamber and the heater, the heater being disposed between the cyclonic separator and the catalytic oxidizer.
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