ROASTING AND GLAZING APPARATUS, ROASTING AND GLAZING METHOD, AND METHOD FOR CLEANING A ROASTING AND GLAZING APPARATUS

• Main Authors: MONTOYA, THOMAS, CHUNG-YING, HANIF, WURZEL, LAWRENCE, WURZEL, MARK, ANTES, KENNETH, TESSLER, BARNETT, LEVIN, JUDITH, HARRISON, CHRISTA, SAXTON, DUANE, NAGLE, STEVEN, SANK, DAVID, DELAURO, ROBERT, WHATLEY, MARK, IRWIN, ANDREW, BLAKELOCK, KEVIN, RIORDAN, BARBARA, BEILIN, RONALD
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 18.08.2020
• Subjects: APPARATUS FOR MAKING BEVERAGES; APPARATUS FOR PREPARING ANIMAL FEEDING- STUFFS; CHEWING GUM; COCOA; COCOA PRODUCTS, e.g. CHOCOLATE; COFFEE MILLS; CONFECTIONERY; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; FOODS, FOODSTUFFS, OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT COVERED BYSUBCLASSES A23B - A23J; FURNITURE; HUMAN NECESSITIES; ICE-CREAM; KITCHEN EQUIPMENT; MACHINES OR APPARATUS FOR TREATING HARVESTED FRUIT, VEGETABLESOR FLOWER BULBS IN BULK, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; PEELING VEGETABLES OR FRUIT IN BULK; PREPARATION THEREOF; PRESERVATION OF FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS, IN GENERAL; SHAPING OR WORKING OF FOODSTUFFS, NOT FULLY COVERED BY ASINGLE OTHER SUBCLASS; SPICE MILLS; SUBSTITUTES FOR COCOA OR COCOA PRODUCTS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL; THEIR PREPARATION OR TREATMENT, e.g. COOKING, MODIFICATION OFNUTRITIVE QUALITIES, PHYSICAL TREATMENT; THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES

A roasting and glazing apparatus comprising an agitator rotatably mounted within the roaster bowl for mixing the mixture. The agitator also includes a central hub and two blades extend from the central hub. Each horizontal component of the two blades has a bottom surface that is disposed adjacent to the floor of the roaster bowl, and the bottom surface extends upward from its front edge to its rear edge at a relief angle of at least 5° relative to the roaster bowl floor. The agitator with such structure is able to prevent/minimize build-up of sugar from the underside of its blades, which in turn prevents blade seizure during operation, among providing other benefits. Each blade may also beneficially have a top surface that extends from the front edge to the rear edge at substantially a 30° angle relative to the roaster bowl floor to provide enhanced mixing and other benefits. Un appareil de torréfaction et de glaçage comprenant un agitateur monté de manière rotative dans le bol de rôtissage pour mélanger le mélange est décrit. Lagitateur comprend également un moyeu central et deux lames sétendent à partir du moyeu central. Chaque composant horizontal des deux lames a une surface intérieure disposée adjacente à la base du bol de rôtissage, et la surface inférieure sétend vers le haut de son bord avant vers son bord arrière à un angle de dépouille dau moins 5 degrés par rapport à la base du bol de rôtissage. Lagitateur ayant cette structure peut empêcher ou réduire au minimum laccumulation de sucre à partir de la face inférieure de ses lames, qui, à leur tour, empêchent le grippage de la lame pendant le fonctionnement, parmi dautres avantages. Chaque lame peut également avantageusement avoir une surface supérieure qui sétend du bord avant au bord arrière à un angle sensiblement égal à 30°dégrées par rapport à la base du bol de rôtissage pour fournir un mélange amélioré et dautres avantages.