| 摘要 |
An apparatus for coating a foodstuff with particulate material comprising: - a drum (29) capable of rotating about a substantially horizontal longitudinal axis; - a first conveyor (24) adapted to travel through the drum; - a second conveyor below the first conveyor, the second conveyor comprising at least first (12), second (14) and third (15) successive endless belts each having a substantially horizontal upper run and a gap between each successive pair of belts, the second belt having an inclined portion extending to a position below the first belt, the gap between the second and third belts being situated within the drum; - means for feeding particulate material onto the first conveyor; and - means for feeding a foodstuff onto the first belt; such that in operation, particulate material is fed from the first conveyor onto the foodstuff on the first belt for coating the foodstuff on an upper side, the coated foodstuff is transported to the second belt with excess particulate material falling off the first belt onto the portion of the second belt below the first belt and is conveyed to the substantially horizontal upper run of the second belt to form a layer on which the coated foodstuff lies after being transported from the first belt to the substantially horizontal upper run of the second belt for coating the foodstuff on a bottom side, the coated foodstuff is fed to the third belt with further particulate material falling through the gap between the second and third belts onto an inside wall of the drum which rotates for conveying the further material to a position above the first conveyor upon which the further material falls by gravity, and the first conveyor transports the further material back to the second conveyor characterised in that an adjustable plate (18) is positioned beneath the level of the upper run of the first belt of the second conveyor to control the amount of particulate material falling onto the portion of the second belt of the second conveyor which lies below the first belt of the second conveyor. |
