Apparatus for coating frozen portions with a granulated product
AssigneeSociete d'Assistance Technique pour Produits Nestle S.A.
InventorNoel Launay
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Abstract
Apparatus and process for coating frozen portions of a foodstuff with a granulated product with a conveyor carrying plates for supporting the portions and adapted to advance stepwise and sequentially to: depositing the granulated product on the plates, positioning the portions on the plates, supplying heat to the surfaces of the portions, coating the portions with granulated product and discharging the coated portions from the conveyor.
Claims7
Apparatus suitable for coating frozen portions of a foodstuff with a granulated product, said apparatus comprising a conveyor, plates carried on said conveyor, said conveyor being operable to advance said plates stepwise and sequentially to a number of stations along a fixed conveyor travel course, means disposed at a first of said stations for depositing granulated product on the plates, means disposed at a second one of said stations for depositing and positioning frozen foodstuff portions on top of the granulated product on the plates, means disposed at a third one of said stations for heating the surfaces of the frozen foodstuff portion to soften same, means disposed at a fourth one of said stations for coating the softened surfaces of the frozen foodstuff portions with granulated product and means disposed at a fifth one of said stations for discharging the coated portion from the conveyor.
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