Patent ID: 6513450
Filing Date: 2003-02-04
Classification: A23B,A23L

Abstract:
An apparatus for coating meat, comprising:a conveyor traveling a path in a first direction and having at least one bracket configured to hold a piece of meat to be coated; a reservoir configured to hold melted crystalline sugar, the reservoir having at least one opening through which melted sugar can flow to leave the reservoir, the at least one opening being located above and over a portion of the conveyor path an amount sufficient to dispense melted sugar from the reservoir onto any meat placed on brackets as the brackets move along the path below the at least one opening; at least one nozzle in fluid communication with a cooling liquid, the nozzle being located and oriented to dispense the cooling liquid onto any meat held by the brackets to cool the melted sugar from the reservoir that hits any meat held by the brackets; a hopper located above and over the conveyor path an amount sufficient to dispense contents from the hopper onto any meat held by the brackets, the hopper being located further along the first direction than the second openings.