Patents by Inventor Jean R. Blain

Jean R. Blain 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).

  • Apparatus for the dearomatization of coffee oil
    Patent number: 4232598
    Abstract: This invention relates to an improved process for the separation and isolation of coffee aroma constituents from roasted coffee, combining the aroma constituents with an edible substance and subsequently incorporating the aromatized substance in a food product.The process involves improving the condensation of vapors generated from the distillation of coffee oil by condensing the distilled aroma constituents onto a sleeve cooled by and snugly surrounding a container filled with coolant. The sleeve is removed and the aroma constituents condensed thereon are then preferably combined with an edible substance by manipulating the condensed constituents quickly and efficiently thus minimizing aroma loss and degradation caused by undesirable prolonged contact with air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 1978
    Date of Patent: November 11, 1980
    Assignee: General Foods Limited
    Inventors: Gerald S. Hurlow, Jean R. Blain, Michael Coombes, Jean-Claude Richard, Patrick W. Hitchinson
  • Dearomatization of coffee oil
    Patent number: 4101681
    Abstract: This invention relates to an improved process for the separation and isolation of coffee aroma constituents from roasted coffee, combining the aroma constituents with an edible substance and subsequently incorporating the aromatized substance in a food product.The process involves improving the condensation of vapors generated from the distillation of coffee oil by condensing the distilled aroma constituents onto a sleeve cooled by and snugly surrounding a container filled with coolant. The sleeve is removed and the aroma constituents condensed thereon are then preferably combined with an edible substance by manipulating the condensed constituents quickly and efficiently thus minimizing aroma loss and degradation caused by undesirable prolonged contact with air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 1977
    Date of Patent: July 18, 1978
    Assignee: General Foods Limited
    Inventors: Gerald S. Hurlow, Jean R. Blain, Michael Coombes, Jean-Claude Richard, Patrick W. Hitchinson