EQUIPMENT FOR ROASTING COFFEE, HAZELNUTS, PEANUTS AND SIMILAR COMMODITIES

摘要

EQUIPMENT for ROASTING COFFEE. HAZELNUTS.PEANUTS and SIMILAR COMMODITIESABSTRACT of the DISCLOSURERaw coffee bean, or nuts are put in a revolvingdrum divided into at least four independent modularsectors eafh of wnich carries a civen quantitv ofthe product throuch a succession of similarlyindependent work stations to be heated. roasted,cooled and discharged ultimately throuch an outlet.The air used to cool the product is recycled fromthe roastinc station, being drawn from the druminto a separator, freed of any skins or husks thatmav be entrained from the roast, then directed intoa cooling system that lowers its temperature tosub-ambient level before returnino it to the drum:the option exists of enriching the recycled airwith additional aromas before it finally enters thecooling station.f i g 1