FOOD PRODUCT COATING APPARATUS FOR PANKO CRUMB AND THE LIKE

摘要

A food product coating apparatus has a main conveyor, a coating-material spreading system for spreading coating material across the main conveyor, and a coating-material recirculation system for recirculating excess-coating material spilling out the discharge end of the main conveyor. The recirculation system has at least one transverse collection conveyor and at least one counter-flow return conveyor, both of which like the main conveyor made of solid web material. The coating-material spreading system comprises a first overhead sifting loader near the intake end and a spaced away second overhead sifting loader. A food-product inflow conveyor transfers an inflow of food product to the main conveyor between the first and second loaders.

主权项

1. Food product coating apparatus comprising:
a main conveyor elongated along a longitudinal food-product flow direction between an intake end and a discharge end, and comprising an endless belt having a food-product carrying run and a return run; a coating-material spreading system for spreading coating material over the food-product carrying run of the main conveyor; and a recirculation system for collecting excess-coating material from the discharge end of the main conveyor and returning the excess-coating material to the coating-material spreading system; wherein the endless belt of the main conveyor comprises a web of solid material.