John Bean Technologies Corporation

Fmc Technologies, Inc.

Stein, Inc.

Robert M Stacy

Ramesh M Gunawardena

Scott M Kane

Charles McVeagh

Michael E Miller

Jogesh Chandran

John Joseph Bauer

Jeffery L Schoewe

Roy Allen Schippel

Owen Eugene Morey

James E Randall

Peter Liljegren

Andrew A Johnson

Keith A Gildenmeister

A coating system () includes a conveyor system (), a coating distribution assembly (), and a coating adherence system (). The coating material (M) may be recycled via a coating collection and return system (). The coating distribution assembly () includes a container () for receiving and distributing the coating using a coating distribution roller (). The roller () has a plurality of longitudinal channels () extending along the length of the roller to receive the coating material and apply the coating material onto food products by rotation of the distribution roller. A coating distribution device distributes the material metered by the coating distribution roller onto the food products.

Food coating apparatuses, systems, and methods

A method of cooking in a continuous cooking oven system generally includes transporting food products on a continuous, pervious conveyor through a helical path within a cooking chamber, directing a substantially vertical flow of a heated gaseous cooking medium into either a top end or a bottom end of the helical stack and through the plurality of superimposed tiers, and selectively reversing the substantially vertical flow of heated gaseous cooking medium on a user defined interval.

Methods of cooking in continuous cooking oven systems

A breading machine for dispensing a coating material onto a food product includes a breading chamber, a continuous conveyor for transporting food products through the breading chamber, a hopper including at least one downspout and a sloped bottom for dispensing coating material onto the food products, a hopper conveyor positioned within the hopper. At least one of an angular position or a vertical position of the hopper conveyor is adjustable to accommodate a variety of free flowing and non-free flowing coating materials. One or more air knives may be positioned in the downspouts to fluidize the coating material to alleviate bridging and/or build-up of the coating material within the downspout.

Food breader

A cooking oven includes a cooking chamber in fluid communication with respect to a heat exchanger and a conveyor extending through the cooking chamber. A plurality of louvers are connected both above and below the conveyor and adjustably control the air flow between the top of the conveyor and the bottom of the conveyor.

Cooking oven damper system for regulating upper and lower flow paths

A cooking oven manifold system includes a conveyor extending through a housing and a plurality of air manifolds positioned above and below the conveyor, each air manifold having a pair of sidewalls extending between a back wall and an inlet. A pair of outlet nozzles extend along a length of each air manifold. An angled surface between each pair of outlet nozzles extends along a length of the air manifold. Each air manifold is additionally spaced apart from each adjacent air manifold to create an air gap between sidewalls of adjacent air manifolds.

Cooking oven with improved heat distribution manifold system

A cooking oven includes a housing that encloses a chamber having an inlet and an outlet. A conveyor extends between the inlet and the outlet and through the chamber. The cooking oven additionally includes an air distribution system positioned in fluid communication with the chamber and a curved heat exchanger positioned in fluid communication with the chamber, the curved heat exchanger directing air from the air distribution system through the chamber.

Cooking oven having curved heat exchanger

The invention describes a coating machine which includes an endless pervious conveyor belt supported in an elongated frame which provides a food product conveyance path within the machine. A hopper is disposed above the food product conveyance path in which an amount of a coating material is provided to generate a falling curtain of bread crumbs or the like to cover the top and sides of food product pieces passing along the food product conveyance path. The machine also preferably includes a circular drum type conveyor which is rotatably supported along the elongated frame adjacent the hopper and includes a plurality of pockets formed therein which open into the interior of the machine and the hopper. Conveyors are provided in both the elongated frame and hopper to distribute coating material from the frame enclosure to the circular conveyor which will in turn distribute coating material to the hopper to generate the upper layer of breading material. The machine also includes structure to distribute breading material within the frame enclosure so as to continuously and effectively generate a bottom layer of coating material on the food product conveyance path while avoiding congestion of the coating material. The distribution system of the machine is readily adaptable for different kinds of breading materials and allows utilization of the machine for fresh bread crumbs with handling thereof performed in a gentle manner while avoiding congestion or packing of such breading material.

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Sandusky, OH, United States of America

Robert M Stacy