Patent ID: 6598519
Filing Date: 2003-07-29
Classification: A21C,A23G,A23L,A23P

Abstract:
An apparatus for breaking up agglomerated particulate and distributing it on a discrete portion of a substrate moving beneath the particulate, the apparatus comprising:(a) a housing mounted to a machine frame, said housing having a throat for guiding particulate poured therein; (b) an axle rotatably mounted near, and aligned with, the housing throat, said axle having radially extending paddles mounted thereto, each paddle mounted to the periphery of the axle at a radially inwardly facing paddle end and extending transversely from the axle for striking and distributing particulate that passes through the throat; (c) a plurality of stationary rods disposed radially outwardly of the axle forming an obstruction to particulate distributed by the paddles; and (d) a shroud having an inner shroud surface disposed radially outwardly of the stationary rods, said shroud extending from an upper shroud edge to a lower shroud edge for limiting the trajectory of particulate distributed by the paddles to the inner shroud surface.