Patent ID: 8445045

Claim:
A pineapple coating application apparatus comprising: a frame; a pineapple roller conveyor carried by said frame and comprising a plurality of laterally extending conveyor brushes to advance pineapples along a longitudinal path of travel, adjacent ones of said plurality of laterally extending conveyor brushes configured to rotatably capture at least one of the pineapples therebetween, and an endless drive arrangement rotatably mounting said plurality of laterally extending conveyor brushes and configured to advance said plurality of laterally extending conveyor brushes; at least one pineapple coating dispenser; at least one laterally extending applicator brush positioned above said pineapple roller conveyor and configured to cooperate with said plurality of laterally extending conveyor brushes to apply a coating to the pineapples from said at least one pineapple coating dispenser as the pineapples are rotated and advanced along the longitudinal path of travel; and a controller cooperating with said at least one pineapple coating dispenser for preferentially supplying the coating differently along of each applicator brush corresponding of each pineapple.