Patent ID: 9044048
Filing Date: 2015-06-02
Classification: A23P,B05C

Abstract:
1. A scalping screen configured to be attached to and receive seasoning from a distal end of a scarf plate, the scalping screen comprising: a screened base; two side walls attached to the screened base; and a rear wall attached to the side walls and defining a gap between a bottom of the rear wall and a top surface of the screened base, the scalping screen having an open front edge along a side of the scalping screen opposite the rear wall; wherein the scalping screen is configured to deliver a curtain of seasoning therethrough onto one or more food items being conveyed under the scalping screen and reduce clumps in seasoning falling through the scalping screen, and wherein the gap allows seasoning to fall off of both the front edge and a rear edge of the scalping screen to inhibit clogging in of the scalping screen.