Patent ID: 6913773
Filing Date: 2005-07-05
Classification: A23G

Abstract:
1. A method for continuously coating cores of chewing gum material comprising: (a) continuously introducing cores of gum material into an inlet end of a rotating drum member; (b) transporting the cores of gum material from said inlet end to an outlet end of said drum member; (c) applying a plurality of layers of a coating material on said cores of gum material inside said drum member until said layers of coating material form an outer shell on said cores about 0.1-0.5 mm in thickness and about 20-40% by weight of the final products; (d) drying the coated cores of gum material by circulation of heated air inside said drum member; and (e) inclining said drum member relative to the horizontal in order to insure that the first cores of gum material introduced into said inlet end of said rotating drum member are substantially the first cores of gum material to be exhausted from said outlet end of said drum member; wherein smooth, thick shells of the coating material are formed on the cores of gum material comparable to coatings formed by batch-type coating processes but in a faster manner.