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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 02, 2007
Donald E. King, Louisville, KY (US);
James Bell, Louisville, KY (US);
Chad Harned, Louisville, KY (US);
Donald E. King, Louisville, KY (US);
James Bell, Louisville, KY (US);
Chad Harned, Louisville, KY (US);
AYR-KING Corporation, Louisville, KY (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for coating or breading food products, such as chicken parts, includes a rotating drum with end caps closing the loading and discharge ends of the drum. Apertures are defined in the end caps for the passage of the food product, in which the apertures are situated along the central axis of the drum. A spiral grate inside the drum receives the food product and conveys it toward the discharge end. The spiral grate supports the food product proximate the central axis so that the product is more fully and uniformly coated with the particulate material. The spiral grate is configured with a gap at the discharge end so that a portion of a discharge ramp may be disposed within the gap to receive the prepared food product for discharge.