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US1038032A US66492811A US1911664928A US1038032A US 1038032 A US1038032 A US 1038032A US 66492811 A US66492811 A US 66492811A US 1911664928 A US1911664928 A US 1911664928A US 1038032 A US1038032 A US 1038032A
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  • the method consists essentially in em-i bedding sand, sawdust or other abrading' material in the pulp of the berry, then subf jecting the berry .to a grinding, tumbling and brushing act-ion with a View to cause theabrading material to loosen and detach the pulp from the berry, and finally separating the berry from the removed pulp and abrading material.
  • Figure 1 is a longitudinal central section of the machine;
  • Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectional side elevation of the embedding device; and
  • Fig. 3 is an enlarged section of the berry.
  • Cofi'ee berries as harvested have an outer skin A, next'to that a layer of pulp A, which incloses usually two beans A each inclosed in a shell A".
  • the berry is first treated in a skin remover to remove the outer skin from the berr and to cleave the remaining portion, so t at practically two berries are formed each having a bean A a shell A and pulp A surrounding the shell.
  • the pulp A is a sweet, mucilaginous substance of a light color and clings very tenaciously to the shell A, and the object of the invention presently to be described in detail is to remove this pulp "in a simple, eifective and economical manner.
  • the outer skin A of the berry is removed and the berry is cleft in a skin re mover.- B of any ap roved construction, and the berries with t e skin A removed are discharged from the said skin remover B by way of a spout B into a. central hopper C flanked b hoppers D and E adapted to containsan sawdust or a like material to directly above the drum F.
  • the object of the invention is to provide a new and improved method for treating cofiee berries, whereby the pulp is removed 1 from theberries in a very simple, effective and economical manner and without danof the belt F in a thin layer onto which pass the berries from the hopper C, and the berries are covered up by another layer of abrading material discharged through the spout E of the hopper E, which latter is 2 preferably provided with a second spout E arranged beyond the endless belt F, as plainly indicated in'Fig.
  • the spouts D and E are provided with transversely extending grooved distributing rollers D E to cause an even distribution of the abrading material on the upper run of the belt F. .By. the arrangement described the coffee. berries are interposed between the bottom and top layers of abrading material and this abradingpmaterial is pressed into the pulp A, by t e use of a presser roller G arranged over the discharge end of the belt F so as to embed the abrading material in the pulp A.
  • the endless belt F asses over drums F, F of which the rum F is driven, and the presser roller G is located.
  • the berries with the abrading material embedded therein drop off the forward end of the belt F into a hopper H into which discharges the spout E of the hopper E so as to supply an additional amount of abrading material to the hopper H, the spout E being provided with a distributing or a feeding roller E similar to the rollers D and E
  • the hopper H delivers the berries with the abrading material embedded therein and the additional abrading material received from the spout E to a horizontally disposed casing I of a grinding, tumbling and brushing device I containing a series of grinding rollers 1*, one in front of the other, and provided with spiral ribs and separated from each other by feed wheels I, and the said grinding rollers I and the feed wheels I are secured on a shaft I extending centrally through the casing I and journaled in the ends therein.
  • spiral brushes I secured on the shaft I and also separated from each other by. feed wheels I.
  • the rollers I subject the herries with the abrading material therein and the additional abrading material to a grinding and tumbling action whereby the pulp is loosened and more or less detached from the berries, and the berries and the abrading material are fed forward by the action of the spiral ribs of the rollers I and by the feed wheels I, and the said herries and abrading material are finally sub jected to the action of the brushes 1 to detach as much as possible the pulp from the berries, the berries, pulp and sand being finally discharged through a spout I on the forward end of the casing I to drop into a hopper J of a washing and agitating device J.
  • This washing and agitating device J is provided with a fixed casing J 2 having its lower portion J 3 perforated and extending within a tank K containing water or other washing liquid.
  • the tank K is provided with an inclined bottom K leading to a discharge spout K for discharging the abrading material and pulp from the tank to a suitable place of discharge.
  • feeding and agitating wheels J secured on a shaft J 5 extending centrally through the easing J and journaled in suitable bearings arranged on the ends of the said casing.
  • the wheels J When the machine is running the wheels J agitate the berries in the water so that the berries are thoroughly washed and any pulp that may adhere to the berries is removed therefrom especially as the sand facilitates the final removal of'any particles of the pulp that may adhere to the berries.
  • the forward end J of the casing J 2 extends to within a short distance of the shaft J 5 and leads. to a spout L discharging into a suitable receptacle N for receiving the berries, it being understood that the berries are carried forward in the casing J 2 by the wheels J and finally ass over the end J into the hopper L whi e the sand and pulp pass through the perforations in the lower portion of the casing J 2 and into thetank K to be discharged therefrom through the spout K
  • On the shaft J 5 are secured fastand loose pulleys 0 connected by belt with other machinery for imparting a continuous rotary motion to the shaft J and'the latter is con nected by a suitable drivin gear P such as belt and pulleys with the s aft 1* to rotate the latter in unison wit-h the shaft J and the latter is also connected by a driving mechanism Q, such as a belt and pulleys, with a countershaft R connected by belt

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J. M. 'URGBLLBSF METHOD FOR TREATING COFFEE BERRIBS.
APPLICATION FILED DEU.11, 1911.
Patented Sept..10, 1912.
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METHOD FOR TREATING COFFEE-BERRIES.
Specification of Letters Patent.
Patented Sept. 10, 1912.
Application filed December 11, 1911. Serial No. 664,928.
To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, Josii MARCELINO UReELLIis, a citizen of the United States,
and a resident of Baracoa, Cuba, have invented a new and Improved Method for Treating Coffee-Berries, of which the fol-Q lowing is a full, clear, and exact description.
ger of injury to the beans.
The method consists essentially in em-i bedding sand, sawdust or other abrading' material in the pulp of the berry, then subf jecting the berry .to a grinding, tumbling and brushing act-ion with a View to cause theabrading material to loosen and detach the pulp from the berry, and finally separating the berry from the removed pulp and abrading material.
In order to carry the method into effect, use is made of a machine such, for instance, as shown in the accompanying drawings, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.
Figure 1 is a longitudinal central section of the machine; Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectional side elevation of the embedding device; and Fig. 3 is an enlarged section of the berry.
Cofi'ee berries as harvested (see Fig. 3) have an outer skin A, next'to that a layer of pulp A, which incloses usually two beans A each inclosed in a shell A". The berry is first treated in a skin remover to remove the outer skin from the berr and to cleave the remaining portion, so t at practically two berries are formed each having a bean A a shell A and pulp A surrounding the shell. The pulp A is a sweet, mucilaginous substance of a light color and clings very tenaciously to the shell A, and the object of the invention presently to be described in detail is to remove this pulp "in a simple, eifective and economical manner.
The outer skin A of the berry is removed and the berry is cleft in a skin re mover.- B of any ap roved construction, and the berries with t e skin A removed are discharged from the said skin remover B by way of a spout B into a. central hopper C flanked b hoppers D and E adapted to containsan sawdust or a like material to directly above the drum F.
be used as a grinding material for loosen ing or'removing the pulp from the berries, as hereinafter more fully described. The hoppers C and D discharge onto an endless belt F mounted to travel in the direction of the arrow a, so that the abrading' material is discharged from the hopper D I by way of its s out D onto the upper run The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved method for treating cofiee berries, whereby the pulp is removed 1 from theberries in a very simple, effective and economical manner and without danof the belt F in a thin layer onto which pass the berries from the hopper C, and the berries are covered up by another layer of abrading material discharged through the spout E of the hopper E, which latter is 2 preferably provided with a second spout E arranged beyond the endless belt F, as plainly indicated in'Fig. l. The spouts D and E are provided with transversely extending grooved distributing rollers D E to cause an even distribution of the abrading material on the upper run of the belt F. .By. the arrangement described the coffee. berries are interposed between the bottom and top layers of abrading material and this abradingpmaterial is pressed into the pulp A, by t e use of a presser roller G arranged over the discharge end of the belt F so as to embed the abrading material in the pulp A. The endless belt F asses over drums F, F of which the rum F is driven, and the presser roller G is located. The berries with the abrading material embedded therein drop off the forward end of the belt F into a hopper H into which discharges the spout E of the hopper E so as to supply an additional amount of abrading material to the hopper H, the spout E being provided with a distributing or a feeding roller E similar to the rollers D and E The hopper H delivers the berries with the abrading material embedded therein and the additional abrading material received from the spout E to a horizontally disposed casing I of a grinding, tumbling and brushing device I containing a series of grinding rollers 1*, one in front of the other, and provided with spiral ribs and separated from each other by feed wheels I, and the said grinding rollers I and the feed wheels I are secured on a shaft I extending centrally through the casing I and journaled in the ends therein. On the shaft I in front of the last grinding roller I are arranged spiral brushes I secured on the shaft I and also separated from each other by. feed wheels I. When the machine is running and a rotary motion is given to the shaft I then the rollers I subject the herries with the abrading material therein and the additional abrading material to a grinding and tumbling action whereby the pulp is loosened and more or less detached from the berries, and the berries and the abrading material are fed forward by the action of the spiral ribs of the rollers I and by the feed wheels I, and the said herries and abrading material are finally sub jected to the action of the brushes 1 to detach as much as possible the pulp from the berries, the berries, pulp and sand being finally discharged through a spout I on the forward end of the casing I to drop into a hopper J of a washing and agitating device J. This washing and agitating device J is provided with a fixed casing J 2 having its lower portion J 3 perforated and extending within a tank K containing water or other washing liquid. The tank K is provided with an inclined bottom K leading to a discharge spout K for discharging the abrading material and pulp from the tank to a suitable place of discharge.
Within the casing J 2 are arranged feeding and agitating wheels J secured on a shaft J 5 extending centrally through the easing J and journaled in suitable bearings arranged on the ends of the said casing.
When the machine is running the wheels J agitate the berries in the water so that the berries are thoroughly washed and any pulp that may adhere to the berries is removed therefrom especially as the sand facilitates the final removal of'any particles of the pulp that may adhere to the berries.
The forward end J of the casing J 2 extends to within a short distance of the shaft J 5 and leads. to a spout L discharging into a suitable receptacle N for receiving the berries, it being understood that the berries are carried forward in the casing J 2 by the wheels J and finally ass over the end J into the hopper L whi e the sand and pulp pass through the perforations in the lower portion of the casing J 2 and into thetank K to be discharged therefrom through the spout K On the shaft J 5 are secured fastand loose pulleys 0 connected by belt with other machinery for imparting a continuous rotary motion to the shaft J and'the latter is con nected by a suitable drivin gear P such as belt and pulleys with the s aft 1* to rotate the latter in unison wit-h the shaft J and the latter is also connected by a driving mechanism Q, such as a belt and pulleys, with a countershaft R connected by belts and pulleys S with the drum F and by a driving mechanism T with the feed rollers D E and E, whereby atraveling motion is given to the belt F and a rotary motion to the said feed rollers D E and E. r
It is understood that when the machine is running the berries are placed between two layers of abrading material and then the latter is pressed into the pulp of the berries by the presser roller G, after which the berries with the abrading material embedded therein are subjected to a grinding, tumbling and brushing action in the device I to loosen the pulp and separate the same from the berries. It is further understood that the embedded abrading material and the loose additional abrading material tends to cut up the pulp in the device I and by subjecting the berries, pulp and abradingmaterial to a subsequent washing and agitating operation in the device J the berries are cleaned of the pulp and the latter and the abrading material are separated and separately discharged from the machine.
Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent: a
1 The herein described method for removing the pulp of coffee berries, consisting in embedding an abrading material in the pulp of the berry, then subjecting the berry to a grinding action to cause the abrading material to remove the pulp from the berry, and then separating the berry from the removed pulp and abrading material.
2. The herein described method for removing the pulp of coffee berries, consisting in pressing an abrading material into the pulp of the berry, then subjecting the berry with the abrading material thereon to a grinding action, and subsequently to a cleaning action to detach the pulp and abrading material from the berry, and finally separating the berry from the detached pulp and abrading material.
3. The herein described method for removing-the pulp of coffee berries, consisting in pressing an abrading material into the pul of the berry, then subjecting the berry wit the abrading material thereon to a grinding action, then to a polishing action, then washing the berry and separating the berry from the removed pulp and abrading material.
4:. The herein described method for removing the pulp of coffee berries, consisting in feeding the berries onto a layer of an abrading material, then covering the berries with another layer of abrading material, then subjecting the berries and layers of abiading material to pressure to embed the abrading material in the pulp of the berries, then subjecting the berries with the abrading material to a grinding action and tumbling action to loosen and detach the pulp from the berries, then subjecting the berries to abrushing action to completely detach the pulp and abrading material from the berries, then washing the berries and separating the berries from the pulp and abrading material.
5. The herein described method for removin the pulp of coffee berries, consisting in fee g the berries onto a layer of an abrading material, then covering the berries with another layer of abrading material, then subjecting the berries and layers of abrading material to pressure to embed the abradin material in the pulp of the berries,
, then ad g abrading material to theberries,
then subjecting the berries with the abrading material to a grinding action and tumbling action to loosen and detach the pulp from the berries, then subjecting the berries to a brushing action to completelfy; detach the pulp and abrading material om the berries, then' washing the berries and separating 15 the berries from the pulp and abrading material; I 1 a In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.
JOSE MAROELINO URGELLES.
Witnesses:
Tmco. G. Hos'rnn, PHILIP D. -ROLLHAU8.
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US2579245A (en) * 1947-12-03 1951-12-18 Kelling Nut Co Process for preparing nuts for blanching
US3419056A (en) * 1966-05-13 1968-12-31 Magdy F. Girgis Method for peeling and processing grain
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US2526872A (en) * 1946-05-22 1950-10-24 Standard Brands Inc Preparation of green coffee
US2557555A (en) * 1947-12-03 1951-06-19 Kelling Nut Company Process for preparing nuts for blanching
US2579245A (en) * 1947-12-03 1951-12-18 Kelling Nut Co Process for preparing nuts for blanching
US3419056A (en) * 1966-05-13 1968-12-31 Magdy F. Girgis Method for peeling and processing grain
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