US4871564A
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Coffee aromatizing method
Assignee: General Foods Corp
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Filing: 1984-07-16
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Granted: 1989-10-03
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Expires: 2004-07-16
Abstract
Abstract Particulate material to be aromatized is fed to the circumferentially grooved surface of a rotating wheel which carries said material from the in-feed to the discharge stage of its rotation during which travel the material is injected with a predetermined quantity of an aroma-enriched carrier liquid.
Inventors
- 👤 Oscar W. Stoeckli
- 👤 David J. Berry
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-26 09:05
CPC Classifications
A; A23; A23F; A23F5/00; A23F5/46; A23F5/48; A23L; A23L27/00; A23L27/70
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 4
Claim 1
Independent Claim
102 words
A method for aromatizing a mass or adsorbent coffee particulates with a carrier oil enriched with coffee aroma, said method comprising: (a) dividing a mass of coffee particulates into a bulk stream and a fraction stream; (b) forming the fraction stream of coffee particulates into at least one continuously moving ribbon of particulates; (c) injecting a carrier oil enriched with coffee-aroma into each continuously moving ribbon of particulates at a predetermined liquid to solids weight ratio; (d) blending the aroma enriched fraction stream into said bulk stream to form a uniform dispersion of aroma-enriched coffee particulates in said mass of coffee particulates.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
102 words
A method for aromatizing a mass or adsorbent coffee particulates with a carrier oil enriched with coffee aroma, said method comprising: (a) dividing a mass of coffee particulates into a bulk stream and a fraction stream; (b) forming the fraction stream of coffee particulates into at least one continuously moving ribbon of particulates; (c) injecting a carrier oil enriched with coffee-aroma into each continuously moving ribbon of particulates at a predetermined liquid to solids weight ratio; (d) blending the aroma enriched fraction stream into said bulk stream to form a uniform dispersion of aroma-enriched coffee particulates in said mass of coffee particulates.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
23 words
The invention according to claim 16, wherein the ratio of fraction stream to bulk stream is 10% fraction stream to 90% bulk stream.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
18 words
The invention according to claim 17, wherein the ratio of liquid to solids weight is 0.1% aroma-enriched liquid.
References Cited (Backward Citations)
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