Apparatus for coating products
AssigneeLIF Hospitality Mints LLC
InventorCharles Mitchell Minges
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Abstract
A process and apparatus for coating a food, confectionery or pharmaceutical product wherein the product is prepared in rotary pans and wherein separate adjustable double piston metering pumps are used to automatically supply a coating substance to each pan on a predetermined schedule.
Claims12
An adapted for use in supplying doses of a coating material to products retained in a coating pan comprising, a pan pump means, means for supporting said pan pump means relative to said coating pan, a coating solution container, said pan pump means including a metering cylinder and a solution dispensing cylinder, a first metering piston mounted within said metering cylinder to a piston rod, means connected to said metering cylinder for moving said first piston between a first position and a second position within said metering cylinder, said piston rod extending into said solution dispensing cylinder and supporting a second piston member, means for connecting said solution dispensing cylinder to said coating solution container such that as said metering piston is moved from a first position to a second position said second piston is moved from a first position to a second position drawing coating solution into said coating dispensing cylinder, a coating solution injector adapted to introduce coating solution into said coating pan, and means for connecting said injector to said solution dispensing cylinder such that coating solution within said solution dispensing cylinder is urged from said solution dispensing cylinder and through said solution injector as said metering piston is moved from said second position toward said first position thereby moving said second piston from said second position toward said first position thereof.
A apparatus for use in supplying a coating material to products retaining in a coating pan comprising, a pan pump means, means for supporting said pan pump means relative to a coating pan, said pan pump means including first and second pump chambers which are spaced in sealed relationship with respect to one another, said first pump chamber functioning as a metering pump and said second pump chamber functioning as a dispensing pump and wherein said dispensing pump is controlled by operation of said metering pump, a coating solution supply, means for connecting said coating solution supply to said dispensing pump and means for connecting said dispensing pump to an injector adapted to introduce coating solution into the coating pan, and means for regulating said metering pump for regulating a volume of coating solution to be dispensed from said dispensing pump and for regulating intervals between subsequent dispensing of coating solutions from said dispensing pump.
An apparatus for use in supplying a coating material to products comprising, a coating pan, a pan pump means, means for supporting said pan pump means relative to said coating pan, said pan pump means including first and second pump chambers which are spaced in sealed relationship with respect to one another, said first pump chamber functioning as a metering pump and said second pump chamber functioning as a dispensing pump and wherein said dispensing pump is controlled by operation of said metering pump, a coating solution supply, means for connecting said coating solution supply to said dispensing pump and means for connecting said dispensing pump to an injector mounted so as to introduce coating solution into said coating pan, and means for regulating said metering pump for regulating a volume of coating solution to be dispensed from said dispensing pump and for regulating intervals between subsequent dispensing of coating solutions from said dispensing pump.
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