Ricardo J Lopez

US Patent:

20190320702, Oct 24, 2019

Filed:

Apr 17, 2019

Appl. No.:

16/386650

Inventors:

- Berkeley CA, US
Arno HOLSCHUH - Berkeley CA, US
Ricardo LOPEZ - Bolinas CA, US
Jeremiah PEEVYHOUSE - Berkeley CA, US
Peter SCHMEHL - Berkeley CA, US
Neil SANDHU - Boulder CO, US
Jeff WYATT - Bozeman MT, US
Mose O'GRIFFIN - San Francisco CA, US
Andrew DAMELE - San Francisco CA, US
Michael SHAWVER - Baltimore MD, US

Assignee:

Bellwether Coffee Co. - Berkeley CA

International Classification:

A23N 12/10
A23N 12/08
A23F 5/04

Abstract:

A bean roasting system includes a roasting chamber, a blower, a variable diverter and a controller. The roasting chamber, the blower and the variable diverter each is disposed at least partially within a recirculating gas flow path. The blower is configured to provide a flow stream of gas through the recirculating gas flow path. The variable diverter is configured to split the gas flow path into at least two flow paths including a treated flow path and a bypass flow path. The treated flow path includes a series arrangement of a gas heater and a catalytic converter. The variable diverter is configured to control a percentage of a flow stream of gas that is diverted into the bypass flow path. The controller is configured to activate different predetermined operating modes for the bean roasting system by controlling a state of the variable diverter and a state of the heater.

US Patent:

20190320703, Oct 24, 2019

Filed:

Apr 17, 2019

Appl. No.:

16/386727

Inventors:

- Berkeley CA, US
Arno HOLSCHUH - Berkeley CA, US
Ricardo LOPEZ - Bolinas CA, US
Jeremiah PEEVYHOUSE - Berkeley CA, US
Peter SCHMEHL - Berkeley CA, US
Neil SANDHU - Boulder CO, US
Jeff WYATT - Bozeman MT, US
Mose O'GRIFFIN - San Francisco CA, US
Andrew DAMELE - San Francisco CA, US
Michael SHAWVER - Baltimore MD, US

Assignee:

Bellwether Coffee Co. - Berkeley CA

International Classification:

A23N 12/10
A23F 5/04
A23N 12/08
A23N 12/12

Abstract:

A bean roasting system includes a roasting drum, an agitator, and a door. The roasting drum has an inside surface extending from a back end to a front end. The agitator has blades mounted to an axial shaft. The axial shaft has an anterior end portion. The door is mounted rotationally relative to the roasting drum and includes a glass plate and a bearing assembly. The glass plate provides visual access to contents inside the roasting drum when the door is closed. The bearing assembly includes an outer housing and an inner bearing. The outer housing is mounted to the glass plate. The inner bearing defines a receiving hole that receives and supports the anterior end portion of the axial shaft when the door closed.