Patents by Inventor Steven M. Schecter

Steven M. Schecter 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).

  • Controlled coffee roasting
    Patent number: 4501761
    Abstract: A coffee roasting method permitting control of final product properties is disclosed. Gases, usually air and combustion gases, are heated to a temperature selected from the range between 200.degree. C. and about 240.degree. C. A bed of coffee beans is suspended in a bubbling bed by the heated gas and maintained that way for about 2 minutes to about 10 minutes. The roasted coffee beans are subsequently discharged from the bubbling bed and cooled. The density of the roasted coffee beans is determined by the specific roasting conditions selected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 1982
    Date of Patent: February 26, 1985
    Assignee: General Foods Corporation
    Inventors: James P. Mahlmann, Steven M. Schecter, Lawrence Scher