Patent ID: 7011038

Claim:
A breading machine for coating a food product with a mixture of food particulate and a food liquid comprising: a pair of trays mounted side by side, one of said trays containing food liquid and one of said trays containing food particulate; a slidable and rotatable vertical member passing between said trays, said member being slidable between a resting position and a lowered position; a grate extending from and mounted on one side of said member, said grate being located in the resting position of said member above said trays; means for rotating axially said member between a first position where said grate is above one of said trays and a second position where said grate is above a second of said trays; means on said grate to support solid food product to be breaded with a mixture of said food liquid and said food particulate; means for depressing and retracting said member causing said grate with a solid food product mounted thereon to dip said solid food product into one of said trays for being coated with said food liquid or food particulate, said member being rotatable to place said grate above the other of said trays allowing said grate to be lowered into the other of said trays for coating the food product with the other food liquid or food particulate; and means to rotate said grate 180 degrees to allow another side of said food product to be coated in turn by said food liquid and said food particulate.