US 12,446,587 B2
System and method for placing toppings on a product
Jerry Pack, Purcell, OK (US); and Scott Clemons, Blanchard, OK (US)
Assigned to BURFORD CORP., Maysville, OK (US)
Appl. No. 18/266,989
Filed by Burford Corp., Maysville, OK (US)
PCT Filed Dec. 10, 2021, PCT No. PCT/US2021/062881
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 13, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/140083, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 30, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/128,553, filed on Dec. 21, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0081346 A1, Mar. 14, 2024
Int. Cl. A21C 9/04 (2006.01); A21D 13/22 (2017.01)
CPC A21C 9/04 (2013.01) [A21D 13/22 (2017.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for placing toppings on a product, the system comprising:
a mandrel configured to dispense toppings from a supply hopper;
a topping distributor disposed at least partly downstream to the mandrel, the topping distributor comprising at least one opening; and
a reclaim hopper, wherein at least some of the toppings that fail to exit through the at least one opening of the topping distributor are directed into the reclaim hopper.