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Abstract

A breading apparatus including a table structure, an open top breading pan supported on the table structure, the pan having a central opening in the bottom with a removable closure so that flour or the like may be deposited in the pan and pieces of foods, such as chicken, may be placed in the flour and by manual manipulation the pieces of food are covered with flour, a removable catch pan supported by the table structure below the breading pan, and a sifter apparatus supported by the table structure between the breading pan and the catch pan, the sifter apparatus including an upright basket holder supported on the table structure and rotatable about a vertical axis, a motor supported by the table structure, a crank arm rotated by the motor, a connecting rod extending between the crank arm and the basket holder so that when the motor is energized the basket holder is reciprocated about its vertical axis, and an open top cylindrical sifter having foraminous cylindrical sidewalls and a removable foraminous bottom, the sifter being removably supported on the basket holder and reciprocated about its cylindrical axis by the base member so that flour discharged from the breading pan falls into the sifter and the sifted flour falls from the sifter into the catch pan, the sifter intercepting pieces of dough or other material.

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