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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7703411 | Vibrational excited frame food coating apparatus and methods of use thereof The present invention is directed to an excited apparatus for coating food product with a coating. The apparatus includes an elongate pan having proximal and distal portions; a screen located in the distal portion and adapted to screen coating; an elongate frame; a ... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7275498 | Flowable solids dispensing apparatus and method of use An apparatus and method for depositing flowable solids onto articles located on a moving conveyor. A flowable solid is placed on a vibrating trough and dispensed to an article on the moving conveyor through a slot in the trough. A third planar surface placed beneath... | 10/02/2007 |
| 6619226 | Sifter seasoning applicator The seasoning applicator applies seasoning onto snack food products such as potato chips, corn chips, tortilla chips, and the like in a two-dimensional seasoning pattern. A two compartment sifting assembly has a first top layer having a screen where seaso... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6588363 | Seasoning system and method An improved seasoning system 10,11,13 uniformly coats a food product with the desired amount of seasoning, with the seasoning rate preferably being controlled as a function of the product volume signals from the sensors 26, 34, 108 and 110. The seasoning ... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6531170 | Method of and apparatus for applying and distributing a charge of a particulate material onto a top surface of a substrate, such as a pizza batter A method of applying and distributing a charge of a particulate edible material onto a top surface of a substrate made of an edible dough product includes the steps of: (1) providing a charge of particulate edible material from an overhead hopper; (2) del... | 03/11/2003 |
| 6526908 | Fluent material applicator A machine for applying sauce to a pizza crust rapidly and accurately. The crust is placed on a turntable, is centered by stationary platforms having terraced surfaces, and the turntable raises the crust to beneath a plurality of nozzles. The nozzles are m... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6363880 | Device for coating foodstuff articles with cocoa butter-containing substances or similar fat-containing substances A device for coating food articles with a fat-containing substance has a circulating endless mesh belt having an upper belt portion for transporting the foodstuff articles in a transport direction and a lower return belt portion. A shaking device is posit... | 04/02/2002 |
| 5866193 | Apparatus for encapsulating seed by gel An apparatus for encapsulating seed by gel comprising a seed supplying portion and a processing portion, wherein seed has fallen from a hopper of a seed supplying portion are carried to a plurality of processing nozzles of a processing portion, for encaps... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5846324 | Seasoning spreader An apparatus and process for coating food products with seasoning, powder or other dry or granulated material while the food products are rotated in a drum uses a trough which extends into the drum from outside of the drum. The trough provides a plurality... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5554221 | Apparatus for dispensing portions of material A system and apparatus for producing seasoned food products where seasoning is performed at individual packaging lines. The product is conveyed from the preparation area to a packaging area in an unseasoned condition. Upon reaching the packaging lines, wh... | 09/10/1996 |
| 5437723 | Coating machine for the processing of chocolate and similar masses A coating machine for the processing of chocolate and similar masses having a frame and a circularly driven grating belt supported thereon for the reception of the articles to be coated. The grating belt is guided by deflectors and has a tensioning device... | 08/01/1995 |
| 5134956 | Chicken breading machine A chicken breading machine including a basket, with a mesh bottom, which is adapted to be rocked while holding floured chicken pieces. The mesh bottom of the basket allows loose flour and cracks to fall from the basket. The basket includes at least one tu... | 08/04/1992 |
| 5133278 | Food breading assembly A food breading assembly which includes a grid member sandwiched between an upper bin for holding food items to be breaded and a lower bin for holding breading material such as flour, bread crumbs, and the like. The upper and lower bins have aligned handl... | 07/28/1992 |
| 4981101 | Vibratory article coater A vibratory coating apparatus may be used to coat articles, such as chocolate pieces, with discrete coating materials. The coating apparatus features a feed bowl assembly with an attached ramp system. The feed bowl and ramp system are mounted upon a vibra... | 01/01/1991 |
| 4979463 | Coating machine with shaking device An arrangement for coating articles with chocolate in which a grating conveyor belt receives the articles to be coated. A shaking device is provided in a region below an upper run of the belt for the purpose of shaking excess liquid chocolate off the arti... | 12/25/1990 |
| 4936246 | Apparatus for separating dough balls An apparatus for separating dough balls from reusable breading having a container for holding breading containing dough balls, the container having an aperture in the bottom thereof for selectably discharging the breading having dough balls commingled the... | 06/26/1990 |
| 4862824 | Breader having improved dough ball separation An apparatus for separating dough balls from reusable breading having a container for holding breading containing dough balls, the container having an aperture in the bottom thereof for selectably discharging the breading having dough balls co-mingled the... | 09/05/1989 |
| 4650410 | Machine for producing small mounds of an almond fragment/chocolate mass substance A machine for producing small mounds of a solidifiable substance, especially an almond fragments/chocolate mass mixture, includes a plurality of adjacent troughs which delimit respective substantially coextensive parallel channels, each of which includes ... | 03/17/1987 |
| 4477483 | Apparatus and method for controlling the application of liquid substances to surfaces of fruit An apparatus and method for controllably applying a liquid substance to the surfaces of a plurality of discrete fruit moving along a path at a selected rate of speed and in accordance with the quantity of fruit on said path, the application of liquid subs... | 10/16/1984 |
| 4458586 | Combination breader, marinator and preparation unit Disclosed herein is a device to aid in the preparation of foodstuffs that combines the functions of a breader, a marinator and a preparation unit in a single apparatus. This device is comprised of a tiltable mixing head supported by a mobile service cart ... | 07/10/1984 |
| 4214548 | Apparatus for pre-dusting food products Apparatus is disclosed for providing a very light pre-dusting coating on a food piece intended for batter-coating. The apparatus includes a movable belt on which is provided a preliminary coating of breading material on which the product pieces are placed... | 07/29/1980 |
| 4182260 | Hand breader A breading apparatus including a table structure, an open top breading pan supported on the table structure, the pan having a central opening in the bottom with a removable closure so that flour or the like may be deposited in the pan and pieces of foods,... | 01/08/1980 |
| 4022933 | Wire enamelling machinery and the use thereof In a machine for coating wire with organic enamel, especially solventless enamel, an applicator (3) is placed at the top of a baking oven (5) and the wire (1, 7) passes downwardly through the applicator and oven. The applicator unit preferably forms part ... | 05/10/1977 |
