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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 1997
Filed:
May. 12, 1995
Francis-Victor Bertrand, Laversines, FR;
Christian Mange, Beauvais, FR;
Nestec S.A., Vevey, CH;
Abstract
An apparatus for applying substances for coating articles of ice confectionery has a conveyor having an endless belt for transporting articles, and a refrigeration table is positioned below an upper run of the belt for cooling the upper run. A unit is provided for coating articles of ice confectionery with a fatty material and transporting the fatty-coated articles to the belt upper run. A unit for delivering particulate material is positioned above the endless belt upper run for delivering the material towards a position on the upper run above the refrigeration table for covering upper and side surfaces of articles transported on the upper run for forming a bed of particulate material about the articles for obtaining articles which are coated with particulate material and positioned within the bed. A further unit is positioned for separating particulate material of the bed from the coated articles and for recycling the separated particulate material.
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