Patent ID: 6269739
Filing Date: 2001-08-07
Classification: A23P

Abstract:
In a food product breading machine:a breading material reservoir;a breading station;a food product loading location;a discharge location from which breaded food products are discharged from the machine;a conveyor comprising a perforate conveyor belt extending through said reservoir, loading location, breading station, and discharge location;a breading material support for supporting breading material at said breading station and extending toward said loading location for supporting breading material being conveyed to said breading station;a reservoir intake opening below the conveyor belt between the breading station and the discharge location through which breading material exiting the breading station passes as breaded food products are conveyed to the discharge location; and,a breading director movable to a position beneath said conveyor belt between said breading station and said discharge location for diverting breading material from falling from said conveyor through said reservoir intake opening while supporting breading material adjacent said belt so that the breading material is conveyed to said discharge location and said reservoir empties.