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US 2004/0000269 A1Published application
Doughnut glazing machine
AssigneeHerman & Company, Inc.
InventorEdward E. Herman
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AssigneeHerman & Company, Inc.
InventorEdward E. Herman
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Apparatus for applying glaze to warmed doughnuts includes a base, an oven supported on the base, a food finishing area located below the oven, and a discharge area at an output of the food finishing area. A drive mechanism includes first couplings positioned in the food finishing area and discharge area. Supports, fixed to the base, project outward adjacent to each of the drive mechanism first couplings. Two conveyor units are included, each conveyor unit including a chassis and a driving component having a second coupling and supporting belt. Each conveyor unit chassis is mounted on the supports so that the second coupling engages one of the first couplings to provide power from the drive mechanism to the conveyor units' driving components. The conveyors are releasable as a unit from the supports to facilitate cleaning of the apparatus.
Apparatus for finishing food products comprising a base, a drive mechanism connected to the base and including a first coupling, supports fixed to the base and projecting outward adjacent to the drive mechanism first coupling, a first conveyor unit including a chassis and a driving component having a second coupling and supporting a belt, the first conveyor unit chassis being mounted on the supports so that the second coupling engages the first coupling to provide power from the drive mechanism to the first conveyor unit driving component, the first conveyor unit being releasable as a whole from the support to facilitate cleaning of the first conveyor unit.
Apparatus for finishing food products comprising a base, an oven supported on the base, a food finishing area located below the oven, and a discharge area at an output of the food finishing area, a drive mechanism connected to the base and including first couplings positioned in the food finishing area and discharge area, supports fixed to the base and projecting outward adjacent to each of the drive mechanism first couplings, two conveyor units, each conveyor unit including a chassis and a driving component having a second coupling and supporting an belt, each conveyor unit chassis being mounted on the supports so that the second coupling engages one of the first couplings to provide power from the drive mechanism to the conveyor units' driving components, the conveyors being individually releasable as a unit from the supports to facilitate cleaning of the conveyor units.
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