Patents Assigned to Demus S.p.A.
  • Process for removing micotoxins from a load of green coffee
    Patent number: 6376001
    Abstract: Green coffee is introduced into a container where it is subjected to continuous mixing in temperature continuous mixing in temperature ranging between environment and values close to 120° C. and water vapor is introduced into said container until the single beans of coffee have become porous and permeable; micotoxins are removed by extraction with a solvent in an acid environment obtained with a given acid or with a buffer solution with a given acid pH.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2002
    Assignee: Demus S.p.A.
    Inventor: Missimiliano Fabian
  • Process to remove micotoxins from a load of green coffee
    Patent number: 6048559
    Abstract: The green coffee is kept mixed in a container (1) wherein steam is introduced until the coffee beans become porous and permeable; hence a solvent suited to removing waxes from the surface of the coffee and the micotoxins is introduced and extracted again as soon as it has removed the desired amount of micotoxins from the coffee.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2000
    Assignee: Demus S.p.A.
    Inventor: Massimiliano Fabian