Patent ID: 8722125

Claim:
An apparatus for demucilating, cleaning and washing depulped coffee, comprising: a) a main structure for housing the apparatus; b) a dosing system comprising: a receiving hopper; a dosing shaft connected to the receiving hopper by bearings wherein said dosing shaft is driven by a first set of pinions and chains; c) a depulped coffee feeding system connected to the dosing system, wherein the depulped coffee feeding system comprises: a feeder body; an endless screw horizontally arranged and attached to the feeder body by bearings and screws, wherein said endless screw is driven by a second set of pinions and chains; d) a rotor, housed in the main structure, having a central tube, wherein the central tube is rigidly attached to a vertical spiral thread, metal fingers, an intermediate helix, and two shaft ends supported by rolls and bearings; e) a pulley attached to a first shaft end of the central tube; f) a collection tray, attached to the main structure, for collecting mucilage and impurities; g) a conical lower basket and a cylindrical upper basket constructed with square rods that form a continuous spiral, wherein each of the conical lower basket and the cylindrical upper basket are operatively connected to the central tube; and h) an output channel, attached to the main structure, for transferring the depulped coffee.