Patent ID: 6183792
Filing Date: 2001-02-06
Classification: A23P

Abstract:
A method of operating a food product breading machine that comprises a breading reservoir, a food product loading location, a discharge location, and a food product breading station between the loading location and the discharge location, the method comprising:depositing breading material in the breading reservoir;depositing a food product in said breading machine at the food product loading location;conveying the food product and breading material to said breading station where the food product is coated with breading material;conveying the breaded food product from the breading station to the discharge location where the breaded food product is discharged from the conveyor;recycling unused breading material from the breading station through the reservoir; andemptying the breading material reservoir comprising the step of directing breading material from said breading station to said discharge location, discharging said breading material from the machine, and diverting said breading material from said reservoir.