Conveyor system with collection of excess coating from conveyed food products

A conveyor including:

• a. a frame bearing:
• (1) a product transfer pan:
• (a) configured to convey products thereon along a product throughput path defined between a conveyor input end and a conveyor output end,
• (b) having apertures defined therein,
• (2) a chute situated below at least a majority of the apertures defined in the pan, whereby the chute receives excess coating falling from the products and through at least a majority of the apertures,
• c. a shaker base:
• (1) situated below the frame, and
• (2) bearing a shaker motor,
• d. elongated spring arms linking the shaker base to the frame, whereby flexure of the spring arms moves the frame with respect to the shaker base.

A conveyor including:

• a. a shaker base:
• (1) having opposing base sides extending between opposing base ends, with a base interior situated between the base sides and base ends and an opposing base exterior defining an outer perimeter of the shaker base,
• (2) bearing a shaker motor,
• b. a frame having:
• (1) opposing frame sides extending between opposing frame ends,
• (2) a product transfer pan having:
• (a) a conveyor input end situated adjacent one frame end and an opposing conveyor output end situated adjacent the opposite frame end, with:
• i. a pan length extending parallel to a product throughput path extending between the conveyor input end and the conveyor output end, and
• ii. a pan width defined perpendicular to the product throughput path,
• (b) apertures arrayed across the pan width and along the product throughput path,
• (3) a chute:
• (a) spaced from the pan,
• (b) situated directly below at least a majority of the apertures defined in the pan,
• (c) descending from the frame into the base interior,
• (d) having a chute floor descending to a chute output situated outside the base exterior,
• c. elongated spring arms:
• (1) linking the base sides to the frame sides, and
• (2) supporting the weight of the frame with respect to the shaker base.