US 12,274,286 B2
Drum roaster for roasting beans
Thomas Koziorowski, Muelheim an der Ruhr (DE); and Kai Denecke, Emmerich (DE)
Assigned to PROBAT-WERKE VON GIMBORN MASCHINENFABRIK GMBH, Emmerich (DE)
Appl. No. 17/792,709
Filed by PROBAT-WERKE VON GIMBORN MASCHINENFABRIK GMBH, Emmerich (DE)
PCT Filed Jan. 12, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/050431
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 14, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/144239, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 22, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2020 100 949.6 (DE), filed on Jan. 16, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0049983 A1, Feb. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. A23N 12/10 (2006.01)
CPC A23N 12/10 (2013.01) 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A drum roaster for roasting beans, the drum roaster comprising:
a housing arrangement comprising as operating elements at least a bean inlet arrangement and a bean outlet arrangement each of which are arranged at a front side of the housing arrangement;
a roasting drum for receiving the beans, the roasting drum being rotatably mounted in the housing arrangement;
a drive device which is configured to rotate the roasting drum;
a heating device which is configured to heat the beans; and
an insulation element which is configured to provide a thermal insulation, the insulation element being arranged at the front side in a region of the bean outlet arrangement, the insulation element comprising a cavity arrangement,
wherein,
the front side comprises a cover part on which the cavity arrangement is arranged, the cover part comprising a bean outlet opening in which is arranged a rotatably mounted closure flap element.