Aromatizing apparatus
AssigneeGeneral Foods Corporation
InventorsOscar W. Stoeckli, David J. Berry
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Abstract
Particulate material to be aromatized is fed to the circumferentially grooved surface of a rotating wheel which carries said material from the in-feed to the discharge stage of its rotation during which travel the material is injected with a predetermined quantity of an aroma-enriched carrier liquid.
Claims10
In an aromatizing apparatus for dispersing an aroma-enriched liquid throughout a mass of adsorbent particulate material comprising, a circular member mounted for rotation in an assembly which includes a material in-feed chute and a material discharge chute, said member containing at least one peripheral groove of uniform cross-section disposed to receive material from said in-feed chute, said member while rotating carrying a ribbon of said material within the confines of said groove from said in-feed to said discharge chute, an injector member disposed to continually dispense said liquid into said ribbon carried from said in-feed to said discharge chute, and a pump member in liquid communication with said injector and driven in synchronism with said circular member for supplying said injector with said liquid at a predetermined weight ratio to the material discharged by said circular member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.