Patent ID: 6244170
Filing Date: 2001-06-12
Classification: A23P

Abstract:
A machine for coating food products with a particulate breading material comprising:a. a battering unit for applying a fluent batter to a food product comprising a batter reservoir and a battering unit conveyor system for delivering food products from said batter reservoir;b. a breading unit for applying particulate breading to the food product comprising a breading material reservoir, a breading station at which breading is applied to the product and a breading unit conveyor system for delivering food products from said battering unit and breading material from the breading material reservoir to said breading station;c. said battering unit supported above said breading unit with said battering unit conveyor system having a discharge section that propels the food product in a first generally horizontal direction from said battering unit reservoir, food products being delivered from a distal end of said discharge section to said breading unit conveyor system;d. said breading unit conveyor system propelling food product toward said breading station in a second direction that is generally opposite to said first direction, said breading unit conveyor system having a product receiving conveyor section located adjacent and below the distal end of said battering unit conveyor, said food product receiving conveyor section located vertically above the level of said breading station and horizontally spaced therefrom for receiving food products from said distal end so that food products received by said breading unit conveyor system are conveyed downwardly and horizontally to said breading station.