公开(公告)号：US20210137150A1

公开(公告)日：2021-05-13

申请号：US17042288

申请日：2019-03-06

申请人： NICHIREI FOODS INC.

发明人： Yoshito FUJIMORI ,  Hirokazu CHUKYO ,  Jiro KITAMURA ,  Shunichi WATANABE ,  Nao SATOU

IPC分类号： A23P20/15 ,  B65G49/04

摘要： The invention provides a food coating apparatus and a food production method in which an impact applied when a food material is put can be reduced, misalignment or deformation of a food material can be suppressed, and even a soft food material, an easily-crumbled food material, or the like can be efficiently coated. A food coating apparatus comprises: a flow channel through which a liquid coating material flows; a conveyor to be immersed in the liquid coating material and to make the liquid coating material to flow in a travel direction, the conveyor being arranged on an upper side of a bottom surface of the flow channel; a drive device configured to drive the conveyor; and a putting device configured to put a food product, wherein the conveyor is immersed in the liquid coating material at a putting position where the putting device puts the food product, and the food product is conveyed and coated with the liquid coating material in the flow channel in a state where the food product is supported by the conveyor or is supported by the liquid coating material that is flowing.