Applicator for applying liquid coatings
AssigneeSociete des Produits Nestle S.A.
InventorThomas Aloisius Valentinus Amend
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Abstract
The present invention relates to an apparatus for applying stripes of liquid coating on a confectionery product comprising a rotatable applicator for liquid coating, at least one shield positioned above the rotatable applicator to collect coating material not applied onto the product, a manifold for providing the rotatable applicator with the coating material in a liquid form, and wherein the rotatable applicator is arranged to spin about an axis which is orientated from horizontal and up to 30 deg of deviation from horizontal, and wherein the applicator has openings along it's circumference through which coating material may be projected upon spinning of the applicator. The invention also relates to a method for decorating confectionery products and to the products.
Claims10
An apparatus for applying stripes of liquid coating on a confectionery product comprising:
- a rotatable applicator for the liquid coating;
- at least one shield positioned above the rotatable applicator to collect the liquid coating not applied onto the confectionary product;
- a manifold for providing the rotatable applicator with the liquid coating;
- the rotatable applicator is arranged to spin about a spin axis which is orientated between 0 to 30 degrees of from a horizontal plane, and wherein the rotatable applicator has openings along a circumference of the rotatable applicator through which the liquid coating may be projected upon spinning of the rotatable applicator;
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- wherein the at least one shield positioned above the rotatable applicator comprises a plate oriented at an angle of 40 to 80 degrees as measured from the spin axis of the rotatable applicator and at an angle of 0 to 60 degrees as measured from a horizontal line extending perpendicular to the spin axis of the rotatable applicator into the direction where the confectionary product is located.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.