US Patent Issued to Bellwether Coffee on Jan. 13 for "Coffee roasting system with roasting and cooling subsystems, and methods for the same" (California, North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,520,866, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Bellwether Coffee Co. (Berkeley, Calif.).

"Coffee roasting system with roasting and cooling subsystems, and methods for the same" was invented by Peter Schmehl (Berkeley, Calif.) and Stewart Schmehl (Pinehurst, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bean roasting system includes a roasting drum, an air handling system, a bean cooler, and an air exit subsystem. The air exit subsystem is configured to receive and treat a first fluid stream from the air handling system and a second fluid stream from the bean cooler. The air exit subsystem includes a heat sink and a filter. The heat sink defines two...