Patent ID: 8336564
Filing Date: 2012-12-25
Classification: A23G,A23L,B08B

Abstract:
1. A cleanable coating machine for applying a coating mass onto confectionery articles, comprising: a grating belt, said grating belt being designed and arranged to be rotatingly driven, to support confectionery articles to be coated and to move the confectionery articles through said coating machine, said grating belt defining a grating belt plane that is coincident with a top surface of said grating belt; and an automated cleaning apparatus, said cleaning apparatus including a cart positioned above the grating belt plane, said cart being designed to be moved back and forth within said coating machine above the grating belt plane, said cart including a plurality of spraying nozzles that face downward from the cart toward said grating belt so as to be arranged to spray pressurized hot water at least onto said grating belt.