Patent ID: 11950728
Assignee: FRITO-LAY TRADING COMPANY GMBH
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC A  B | IPC A  B

Claim 14:
15. A method of supplying vegetable pieces, the method comprising the steps of:
(a) providing a flume according to claim 1; and
(b) providing a supply of liquid containing the vegetable pieces into the gulley section of the flume thereby forming (i) a first flow of the vegetable pieces in the liquid from the upstream inlet end of the gulley section at the flume inlet to the downstream outlet end of the gulley section and thereafter (ii) a second flow, downstream of the first flow, of the vegetable pieces in the liquid from the downstream outlet end of the gulley section to the downstream end of the spreader section, wherein in the second flow, the vegetable pieces are spread across the width of the spreader section.