US Patent Issued to PROBAT-WERKE VON GIMBORN MASCHINENFABRIK on April 15 for "Drum roaster for roasting beans" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,274,286, issued on April 15, was assigned to PROBAT-WERKE VON GIMBORN MASCHINENFABRIK GMBH (Emmerich, Germany).

"Drum roaster for roasting beans" was invented by Thomas Koziorowski (Muelheim an der Ruhr, Germany) and Kai Denecke (Emmerich, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drum roaster for roasting beans. The drum roaster includes a housing arrangement having as operating elements at least a bean inlet arrangement and a bean outlet arrangement, a roasting drum for receiving the beans, a drive device which rotates the roasting drum, a heating device which heats the beans, and an insulation element which provides a thermal insulation...