Machine for continuously and uniformly coating confectionery products
AssigneeTransitube Projet
InventorBlaise Rastoin
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Abstract
This invention relates to machines for manufacturing confectionery products which comprise a solid, gelatinous or pasty core uniformly coated with liquid and/or powdery products. Such machines comprise one or more helicoidal brushes composed of bristles which are implanted radially along helices over one or two shafts which are driven in rotation at a speed of less than 100 rpm in a trough which is open in its upper part and which has a height greater than that of the brushes and a cylindrical bottom.
Claims11
A machine for continuously and uniformly coating confectionery products comprising solid gelatinous or pasty cores, with liquid and/or powdery products, of the type comprising a substantially horizontal fixed trough provided with lateral walls, an endless screw which is driven in rotation in this trough, and means for introducing said cores and for pouring said liquid and/or powdery products into said trough, wherein said machine comprises at least one helicoidal brush composed of bristles implanted radially and helically on at least one drive shaft which is driven in rotation in said trough at a speed of less than 100 rpm and said trough is upwardly open, has a height greater than the diameter of said brush and has a cylindrical bottom which envelops said brush in an area located beneath said drive shaft.
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