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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2005
Filed:
Nov. 01, 2002
Kathryn Melissa Dove, Plano, TX (US);
Ponnattu Kurian Joseph, Irving, TX (US);
Donald Joe Tatsch, Tioga, TX (US);
Mehrnaz Vafaie, Plano, TX (US);
Kathryn Melissa Dove, Plano, TX (US);
Ponnattu Kurian Joseph, Irving, TX (US);
Donald Joe Tatsch, Tioga, TX (US);
Mehrnaz Vafaie, Plano, TX (US);
Frito-Lay North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Abstract
Seasoning for use with snack chips can be recovered and recycled. A seasoning permeable conveyor transports snack chips through a seasoning application. The seasoning applicator deposits seasoning onto the snack chips. The conveyor allows the seasoning not adhered to the moving snack chips to substantially pass through and by toward a seasoning recoverer. The seasoning recoverer, which is positioned beneath the conveyor, collects the seasoning for purification and blending with fresh seasoning. After blending, the seasoning mixture is transported to the seasoning application for use.