US Patent Issued to Bellwether Coffee on Feb. 10 for "Coffee roasting system with roasting and cooling subsystems, and methods for the same" (North Carolina, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,543,768, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Bellwether Coffee Co. (Berkeley, Calif.).

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

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bean roasting system includes a roasting subsystem and an air handling subsystem. The roasting subsystem is configured to receive and to thermally roast a batch of beans. The air handling subsystem is coupled to the roasting subsystem and includes a blower, a cyclone separator, and a heater. The blower is configured to impart air motion. The air pass...