Patent ID: 11937617
Assignee: GENERAL MILLS, INC.
Field: Food chemistry (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 11:
12. A system for producing coated food products comprising:
a first conveyor unit;
a carrier sheet located on the first conveyor unit;
a dispensing unit configured to dispense a web of coating material in liquid form laterally across a portion of the carrier sheet;
at least one extruder configured to deliver a plurality of laterally spaced ropes made of a soft and sticky material upon the web;
a second conveyor unit configured to receive the carrier sheet, the web in solid form and the soft and sticky material on the web;
a cutting unit configured to cut the plurality of laterally spaced ropes into food pieces;
a third conveyor unit configured to receive the soft and sticky material upon the solid web, without the carrier sheet; and
an enrober configured to enrobe the food pieces while removing portions of the solid web between the food pieces in forming the coated food products having cores of the soft and sticky material.