Fluidized coating machine

Claim 1

A METHOD OF COATING TACKY RELATIVELY COARSE PARTICLES OF MATERIAL WITH A FINE POWDERY MATERIAL CAPABLE OF ADHERING TO THE TACKY PARTICLES COMPRISING THE STEPS OF FLUIDIZING A BED OF THE FINE POWDERY MATERIAL IN A CONTAINER HAVING AN ASCENDING RAMP, INTRODUCING THE TACKY COARSE PARTICLES INTO THE BED OF FINE POWDERY MATERIAL IN THE CONTAINER, VIBRATING THE CONTAINER ALONG A PATH AT AN AMPLITUDE AND FREQUENCY TO INTERMIX THE COARSE AND FINE MATERIALS TO COAT THE COARSE MATERIAL AND TO CONVEY THE COARSE PARTICLES THROUGH THE BED AND UP TO THE ASCENDING RAMP, AND SEPARATING THE COATED COARSE PARTICLES FROM LOOSE FINE MATERIAL ARRIVING AT THE UPPER END OF THE ASCENDING RAMP.