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US 5,711,805 AGranted
Apparatus for making and coating egg yolks and other articles
OwnerEustathios Vassiliouinventor
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Abstract
Methods and apparatuses are disclosed for coating egg-yolk disks containing egg-yolk materials. The egg-yolk is initially produced in the form of a cylinder, which is cut into disks, which disks after being encapsulated into an edible membrane, are used in combination with egg-white to form egg-products which may be fried or poached in a similar manner as real eggs. The methods and apparatuses of the present invention are useful for coating articles other than egg yolk disks.
Claims11
An apparatus for encapsulating an article with a restrictive barrier comprising:
- (a) a first liquid wetting station for contacting the article with an excess of a first liquid, the first liquid containing a first reactant;
- (b) a first separator for separating the article from the excess of the first liquid;
- (c) a second liquid wetting station for treating the wetted article with an excess of a second liquid containing a second reactant, which second reactant reacts with the first reactant to form the restrictive barrier;
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- (d) a second separator for separating the treated article from the second liquid;
- wherein at least one of the first and second wetting stations is free of movement during operation, and free of mechanically moving parts.
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