DRUM BREADER

• US 3,648,648 A
• Filed: 02/12/1970
• Issued: 03/14/1972
• Est. Priority Date: 02/12/1970
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Fred Fetzer, Richard T. Johnson
• Original Assignee: Fred Fetzer, Richard T. Johnson
• Inventors: Johnson, Richard T., Fetzer, Fred
• Primary Examiner(s): Jaudon, Henry S.
• Application Number:
  US05/010,776
• Time in Patent Office: 761 Days
• Field of Search: 118/19 68/139
• US Class Current: 118/19
• CPC Class Codes: A23B 4/10 Coating with a protective layer; Compositions or apparatus therefor A23B4/08 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A23P 20/13 involving agitation of the foodstuff inside a rotating apparatus, e.g. a drum

Abstract

A rotatable, generally cylindrical, drum is provided for coating a product, such as pieces of chicken, with bread crumbs or flour. The inside wall of the drum is provided with radially inwardly extending ribs, some of which are shorter for shaking the product and some of which are longer for flipping the product over. A sifter cage may be provided at the discharge end of the drum comprised of parallel rods all lying in a zone which is an extension of the drum wall zone.

Claims

1. In a drum breader consisting of a generally cylindrical hollow drum adapted to be rotated about its axis, said drum open at its product-inlet and product-discharge ends, a continuous series of product manipulating ribs extending radially inwardly from the periphery of said drum and extending substantially from end to end of said drum, all of said ribs being parallel to the axis of said drum, said ribs being arranged in a repetitive pattern of a plurality of shorter ribs followed by a longer rib, said longer rib being of an extent to flip a product in said drum over as said drum revolves but being insufficient in radial extent to carry the product to a point near the top of said drum, said shorter ribs being of an extent to shake said product without flipping it over, all of said ribs being U-shape opening outwardly, and sifter means at the discharge end of said drum.

2. A drum breader as defined in claim 1, wherein said sifter means includes a sifter cage extending away from said drum at the product-discharge end thereof, said cage comprising a plurality of spaced parallel rods all lying substantially in a zone which is an extension of said drum wall and all of said rods extending longitudinally away from said drum.

3. A drum breader as defined in claim 2, wherein said rods are inclined outwardly away from said drum and downstream from the arcuate path of travel of said product at the discharge end of said drum, whereby said rods aid the movement of said product away from the end of said drum.

4. A drum breader as defined in claim 2, wherein said rods are substantially parallel to the axis of said drum.

5. A drum breader as defined in claim 1, wherein said ribs are provided by integral portions of said drum extending inwardly.

6. A drum breader as defined in claim 1, wherein said ribs are separate from said drum and firmly secured thereto.

7. A drum breader as defined in claim 1, wherein said ribs are separate from said drum, circular hoops at opposite ends of said ribs and firmly secured thereto, said hoops and ribs slidable endwise into and out of said drum, and the parts being so arranged that said ribs closely engage the inner face of said drum when inserted therein.

8. A drum breader as defined in claim 7, including, as an integral structure with said hoops and ribs, as said sifter means, a sifter cage extending away from said drum at the product-discharge end thereof, said cage comprising a plurality of spaced parallel rods all lying substantially in a zone which is an extension of said drum wall and all of said rods extending longitudinally away from said drum.