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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2008
Takeshi Fukumori, Chiyoda-ku, JP;
Shigeharu Kanemoto, Chiyoda-ku, JP;
Hidenori Mizuno, Chiyoda-ku, JP;
Syuji Morito, Chiyoda-ku, JP;
Hiroyuki Maehara, Chiyoda-ku, JP;
Keishi Wakabayashi, Chiyoda-ku, JP;
Takeshi Fukumori, Chiyoda-ku, JP;
Shigeharu Kanemoto, Chiyoda-ku, JP;
Hidenori Mizuno, Chiyoda-ku, JP;
Syuji Morito, Chiyoda-ku, JP;
Hiroyuki Maehara, Chiyoda-ku, JP;
Keishi Wakabayashi, Chiyoda-ku, JP;
Satake Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
There is provided a coating apparatus capable of continuously producing coated rice having powdered coating material adhered to the grains and including a drying process to prevent the grains from being bonded to one another and make the grain surfaces smoother upon drying of the grains. The coating apparatus comprising a binder coating unit for applying liquid binder to the grains being conveyed through a coating and stirring chamber to coat the grain surfaces with the binder; a adhering unit for adding powder material to the grains conveyed through a adhering and stirring chamber to adhere the powdered material to the grain surface by the binder; and a drying unit including a drying and stirring chamber through which the grains are conveyed while being stirred, a blow passage for blowing hot air into the drying chamber to dry the grains, and an exhaust passage for exhausting the hot air from the drying chamber.