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US 6,689,406 B2Granted
Chocolate coating process and device for same
AssigneeNestec S.A.
InventorsEdward M. Kuehl, Robert W. King
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Abstract
A process and apparatus for applying to confectionery or ice cream products whereby the coating dispensing devices moves in a path along or between one or more rows of ice cream or confectionery products, thereby applying a patterned coating that is preferably reproducible.
Claims21
A process for preparing a coated confectionery or ice cream product comprising:
- providing a row of confectionery or ice cream products:
- and
- providing a partial coating onto the products by projecting a coating material from a coating dispensing device directly onto at least a portion of each product in the row as the coating dispensing device moves in a path along the row of products wherein the row of products remains stationary as the coating dispensing device moves along the path and coating material is projected from the coating dispensing device by centrifugal force as the coating dispensing device rotates.
A process for preparing a coated confectionery or ice cream product comprising:
- providing a row of confectionery or ice cream products,
- providing a first partial coating onto the products by projecting a coating material from a coating dispensing device directly onto at least a portion of each product in the row as the coating dispensing device moves in a path along the row of products, applying a full coating onto the products by dipping, enrobing, or spraying before the coating material is projected from the coating device, and
- applying a second partial coating onto the products after applying the full coating.
A process for preparing a coated confectionery or ice cream product comprising:
- providing a row of confectionery or ice cream products;
- and
- providing a partial coating onto the products by projecting a coating material from a coating dispensing device directly onto at least a portion of each product in the row as the coating dispensing device moves in a path along the row of products,
- wherein the coating is applied by an apparatus that includes a positioning device to hold a plurality of confectionery or ice cream products to be coated in a plurality of rows;
- at least one coating dispensing device that moves reversibly along a row between a home position at one end of the rows to a displaced position at the opposite end of the rows to apply at least one coating material onto at least a portion of the products;
- and an indexing device capable of advancing the rows of products in stepwise fashion to advance at least one row of products past the at least one coating dispensing device after it moves from one position to the other.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.