US Patent Issued to Societe des Produits Nestle on June 23 for "Roasting apparatus" (Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,660,841, issued on June 23, was assigned to Societe des Produits Nestle S.A. (Vevey, Switzerland).

"Roasting apparatus" was invented by Stefano Ceccaroli (Chavornay, Switzerland), Vincent Martin (Orbe, Switzerland), Manuel Brandle (Schwellbrunn, Switzerland), Christof Niedermann (Munchwiller, Switzerland) and Adrian Ricklin (Zurich).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for roasting coffee beans includes a housing, a roasting chamber presenting a bottom opening and a top opening, a smoke and particles collector configured to collect smoke and particles from the top opening of the roasting chamber. The roasting chamber is removably m...