Patent ID: 7841294

Claim:
A food glazing apparatus for automatically applying a glaze to an edible object, the apparatus comprising: a sugar feed system comprising a sugar dispenser configured to dispense sugar; an inclined heatable surface disposed in the path of sugar dispensed from the sugar dispenser and positioned to receive and heat the dispensed sugar as the dispensed sugar moves down the inclined heatable surface; and an edible object conveyor configured and positioned to serially transport edible objects along an edible object path that intersects the path of sugar falling from the inclined heatable surface such that the sugar forms a glaze on the edible objects as they pass; the sugar dispenser including a plurality of feed hoppers supported in series above the edible object conveyor; and at least one heatable surface being disposed in the path of sugar dispensed from at least one of the respective feed hoppers of the plurality of feed hoppers and positioned to heat the sugar enroute to falling from the heatable surface onto edible objects passing on the edible object conveyor beneath.