Methods and Apparatus for Powder and/or Topping Deposition

• Main Authors: Waite, Jonathan, Hetherton, Paul, Kew, Simon, Lawton, Simon, Dobson, Lindsay
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 25.05.2023
• Subjects: APPARATUS FOR APPLYING LIQUIDS OR OTHER FLUENT MATERIALS TOSURFACES, IN GENERAL; APPLYING LIQUIDS OR OTHER FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL; BAKING; CHEWING GUM; COCOA; COCOA PRODUCTS, e.g. CHOCOLATE; CONFECTIONERY; EDIBLE DOUGHS; FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; HANDLING BAKED ARTICLES MADE FROM DOUGH; HUMAN NECESSITIES; ICE-CREAM; MACHINES OR EQUIPMENT FOR MAKING OR PROCESSING DOUGHS; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PREPARATION THEREOF; PROCESSES FOR APPLYING LIQUIDS OR OTHER FLUENT MATERIALS TOSURFACES, IN GENERAL; SHAPING OR WORKING OF FOODSTUFFS, NOT FULLY COVERED BY ASINGLE OTHER SUBCLASS; SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; SUBSTITUTES FOR COCOA OR COCOA PRODUCTS; THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES; TRANSPORTING

A production line for powder coating items, such as food pieces, having a conveyor and a powder depositor arranged having a powder reservoir, a screen, a vibratory actuator to apply intermittent vibrations to the screen to cause powder to pass through apertures in the screen; and a controller to control the interval between the intermittent vibrations so that powder is deposited predominantly onto the items as they pass below the screen.