Patents by Inventor Kerry Sachs

Kerry Sachs 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).

  • Coffee roasting process and apparatus
    Patent number: 5287633
    Abstract: A coffee roaster in the form of a rotating drum having internal baffles forming oppositely-pitched helical paths that drive tumbling coffee beans toward the center of the drum in one direction of rotation of the drum and toward the ends of the drum in the other direction of rotation of the drum, the rotating drum being contained within a vessel and providing with a source of gas in the space between drum, the gas being hot enough to effect roasting of coffee beans.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 1992
    Date of Patent: February 22, 1994
    Inventor: Kerry Sachs