Appeal No. 1998-2642
Application No. 08/697,339
APPENDIX
Claim 12.
A method of coating particulate material, comprising:
placing particulate material to be coated on an elongated
tray having opposite inlet and outlet ends and a support
surface with alternating treads and risers thereon and
perforations therethrough substantially covering at
least the treads between the inlet and outlet ends,
oscillating the tray to cause the material to traverse the
treads and risers as the material moves from the inlet
end to the outlet end of the tray;
spraying a layer of liquid coating solution onto the material
without electrostatic bonding as the material moves
along the tray; and
directing air around the coated material and then through
the perforations to enhance drying of the solution
on the material.
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