Patents by Inventor Jean Crouzet

Jean Crouzet has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Process for roasting an agro-food product in a fluidized bed of inert particles
    Patent number: 4215151
    Abstract: The invention concerns a process and a device for roasting an agro-food product in the form of grains.The process consists of fluidizing an auxiliary body in the form of fine solid particles in an enclosure 1, and putting the grains of the product to be roasted in flotation in the fluidized bed of particles of which the temperature is adapted to roasting, to generate the roasting by the effect of the shocks of the fine particles of the auxiliary body with the grains of the product.The invention can be applied particularly for the roasting of grains of a product such as coffee, cocoa, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 1978
    Date of Patent: July 29, 1980
    Assignee: Agence Nationale de Valorisation de la Recherche (ANVAR)
    Inventors: Gilbert M. Rios, Henri Gibert, Jean Crouzet, Jean-Claude Vincent