Apparatus for glazing frozen foods
OwnerLeslie Multackinventor
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Abstract
Apparatus and method for depositing a uniform protective coating of ice on frozen food products. A conveyor has a belt with individual flights defining a path through a cold water bath with the food articles to be frozen positioned on individual flights. Apparatus is provided to separate food articles within each flight to prevent the articles from freezing together. Apparatus is also provided to prevent the articles from floating from flight to flight while passing through the bath.
Claims4
Apparatus for treating frozen articles by immersion in a liquid bath, said apparatus of the type having a conveyor belt following a path entering and exiting said bath, said apparatus comprising:
- said belt path having a first generally horizontal segment,
- a second generally descending segment descending into said bath,
- a third generally horizontal segment in said bath,
- a fourth generally ascending segment from said bath;
- means formed on said belt to divide said belt into individual flights,
- said dividing means including a plurality of upstanding flexible steps;
- means to limit the migration of said articles from each said flight;
- means to control the temperature of said bath;
- means to control the time during which the articles remain in said bath;
- means to separate said articles to limit the freezing together of said articles during travel through said bath,
- said separating means including means to intermittently flex said belt dividing means during travel of said belt through said bath;
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- means to collect said articles after said articles exist from said bath.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.