Process for coating frozen products
AssigneeConopco, Inc.
InventorsNarun Arampongpun, Anthony George Bird, Paul Edward Cheney
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Abstract
A process for coating frozen confection stick products (20) is provided, the process comprising providing a chamber (2) having two open ends (3,4), two sides (5,6) and a base (7); providing at least one pair of apertures (10A-10D), wherein one aperture of each pair is located on each side of the chamber, and wherein the apertures are vertical slots; supplying a liquid coating material to each aperture thereby forming curtains of the liquid coating material (14A-14D); and conveying the frozen confection (20) through the chamber with the stick uppermost so that the frozen confection passes through the curtains of coating material. An apparatus for operating the process is also provided.
Claims11
A process for coating frozen confection stick products, the process comprising providing a chamber having two open ends, two sides and a base;
- providing at least one pair of apertures, wherein one aperture of each pair is located on each side of the chamber, and wherein the at least one pair of apertures are vertical slots which are from 0.5 to 5 mm in width;
- supplying a liquid coating material to each of the at least one pair of apertures thereby forming curtains of the liquid coating material wherein the curtains are at an angle of from 45 to 85° to the sides of the chamber;
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- conveying the frozen confection through the chamber with the stick uppermost so that the frozen confection passes through the curtains of coating material.
An apparatus for coating frozen confection stick products, the apparatus comprising
- a chamber having two open ends, two sides and a base;
- a stick-holder for conveying the products through the chamber whilst holding them with the stick uppermost;
- at least one pair of apertures, wherein one aperture of each pair is located on each side of the chamber and wherein the at least one pair of apertures are vertical slots which are from 0.5 to 5 mm in width;
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- a coating material supplier for supplying a liquid coating material to each of the apertures wherein the liquid coating material forms curtains directed at an angle of from 45 to 85° to the sides of the chamber.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.