Patent ID: 6408899
Filing Date: 2002-06-25
Classification: A21C

Abstract:
An apparatus for encrusting a filling material comprising a screw-transferring apparatus for filling materials to transfer a filling material supplied by a hopper for filling materials, a vane pump for filling materials to transfer a filling material that is fed by the screw-transferring apparatus to a combining nozzle, a screw-transferring apparatus for encrusting materials to transfer an encrusting material that is supplied by a hopper for crusts, and a vane pump for crusts to transfer a crust that is fed by the screw-transferring apparatus for crusts to said combining nozzle, the combining nozzle combining the encrusting material that is supplied by the vane pump for crusts with the filling material that is supplied by the vane pump for fling materials, which filling material is surrounded by the encrusting material, characterized in that each screw-transferring apparatus includes horizontal screws, in that each vane pump has a vertical rotating shaft, and in that the end of each screw is not held and is positioned at the inlet of either vane pump.