Pineapple coating application device with applicator and conveyor brushes and related methods

A pineapple coating application apparatus comprising:

• a frame;
• a pineapple roller conveyor carried by said frame and comprising a plurality of laterally extending conveyor brushes to advance pineapples along a longitudinal path of travel, adjacent ones of said plurality of laterally extending conveyor brushes configured to rotatably capture at least one of the pineapples therebetween;
• a plurality of pineapple coating dispensers;
• a longitudinally extending pineapple guide rail above said pineapple roller conveyor and configured to maintain the pineapples in laterally extending pairs with bottoms thereof facing one another and separated by said longitudinally extending pineapple guide rail;
• and
• a plurality of rotatably driven laterally extending applicator brushes positioned above said pineapple roller conveyor and configured to cooperate with said plurality of laterally extending conveyor brushes to apply a coating to the pineapples from at least one of said plurality of pineapple coating dispensers as the pineapples are rotated and advanced along the longitudinal path of travel;
• at least some of said plurality of pineapple coating dispensers being adjacent said longitudinally extending pineapple guide rail and configured to supply the coating to the bottoms of the pineapples.

A method of pineapple coating comprising:

• advancing pineapples along a longitudinal path of travel on a pineapple roller conveyor;
• using adjacent ones of a plurality of laterally extending conveyor brushes from the pineapple roller conveyor to rotatably capture at least one of the pineapples therebetween;
• and
• using at least one laterally extending applicator brush and the plurality of laterally extending conveyor brushes to apply a coating to the pineapples from at least one pineapple coating dispenser as the pineapples are advanced along the longitudinal path of travel.