US 11,089,810 B2 · Vibratory batter application

Abstract

Batter is applied to food products by depositing the products atop a coating pan which vibrates such that the products are transported along the pan. As this occurs, batter is supplied atop the coating pan and the products. The coating pan is preferably configured such that the products tumble across the pan, thereby better ensuring that the products are coated on all sides with batter. The products are then received on a vibrating drainage pan having a perforated drainage pan surface, whereby excess batter drains from the batter-coated products through the perforations as the products are transported across the drainage pan. Batter-coated products leaving the drainage pan can then be received by a fryer, oven, conveyor, or other food processing equipment.

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Dependent claims

A batter applicator for applying batter to food products, the batter applicator including:

a. a coating pan having a coating pan surface extending between a coating pan input end to a coating pan output end, the coating pan having a series of steps descending from the coating pan input end to the coating pan output end;
b. a batter supply assembly:
(1) situated above the coating pan surface, and
(2) having one or more apertures through which batter flows atop the coating pan surface;
c. a drainage pan:
(1) situated:
(a) to receive food products from the coating pan output end, and
(b) lower than the coating pan input end, and
(3) being perforated, whereby batter flows through the perforations;
d. a vibrator coupled to the coating pan and drainage pan such that vibrations from the vibrator move food products along a product travel path from the coating pan to the drainage pan,
wherein each step has a greater length along the product travel path than a height with respect to any adjacent step.

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