Title:
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTINUOUSLY COATING CONFECTIONARY PRODUCT
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2012/166785
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
Disclosed is a system for continuously coating individual pieces of confectionary product, the system including a product feed device, at least one drum coating arrangement configured to continuously receive the individual pieces of confectionary product from the product feed device, the drum coating arrangement including a first rotating drum rotatable about a first drum axis and a second rotating drum rotatable about a second drum axis, a first drum volume defined by the first rotating drum, and a second drum volume defined by the second rotating drum, the first drum volume being communicable with the second drum volume, wherein the drum coating arrangement is configured such that the confectionary product has a longer residence time in the second drum volume than the first drum volume.
Inventors:
ELEJALDE CESAR C (US)
VAN NIEKERK MILES (US)
COTTEN GERALD B (US)
VAN NIEKERK MILES (US)
COTTEN GERALD B (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2012/039973
Publication Date:
June 09, 2016
Filing Date:
May 30, 2012
Export Citation:
Assignee:
INTERCONTINENTAL GREAT BRANDS LLC (US)
ELEJALDE CESAR C (US)
VAN NIEKERK MILES (US)
COTTEN GERALD B (US)
ELEJALDE CESAR C (US)
VAN NIEKERK MILES (US)
COTTEN GERALD B (US)
International Classes:
A23G3/00; A23G3/26
Domestic Patent References:
| WO2001011984A1 | 2001-02-22 |
Foreign References:
| EP0212824A2 | 1987-03-04 | |||
| US3911860A | 1975-10-14 | |||
| DE19518721A1 | 1996-11-28 | |||
| DE2324946A1 | 1974-12-05 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
GIBSON, Daniel R. (20 Church Street22nd Floo, Hartford Connecticut, US)
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