In-line flavoring granular and powder conveyor system

A granular coating conveyor system for coating granular particles along a conveyor member, the conveyor system defining a tubular member through which is axially movable the conveyor member, a drive means powering the conveyor member, the conveyor member defining a plurality of successive compartments for each receiving a plurality of the granular particles, coating fluid feed means feeding a coating fluid onto the granular particles through coating fluid spray means, a blender member coaxially mounted to the tubular member with a tubular member upstream granular particles discharge port from the compartments and a tubular member downstream granular particles return ingress port into the compartments for through passage of coated the granular particles, a rotating means rotating the blender member axially of the tubular member, and a coated granular particles outlet means located on the tubular member downstream of the blender member;

• wherein the blender member consists of an open drum, the coating fluid spray means including at least one stationary radial nozzle member inside the drum, the tubular member upstream discharge port located at an upstream interior portion of the drum for granular particles escape from the compartments into the drum, a mixing and conveying means integral to the drum and axially engaging and moving the granular particles having escaped inside the drum through the upstream discharge port and mixing in tumbling fashion the granular particles with the coating fluid with such a granular particles load that a kidney shape mass of granular particles is dynamically formed, the tubular member downstream return ingress port located at a downstream interior portion of the drum for coated granular particles return ingress from the drum into the tubular member.