Apparatus for forming blocks of natural cheese from cheese curd

Details Apparatus for forming blocks of natural cheese from cheese curd Apparatus for forming blocks of natural cheese from cheese curd

1977-09-28

1979-05-01

Briggs, William R.

Plastic article or earthenware shaping or treating: apparatus

With foraminous or absorbent means for removal of vehicle or...

Vacuum means

99456, 425147, A01J 2512

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041521013

ABSTRACT:
Crumbled cheese curd is fed into the top of a hollow column in a chamber maintained at a sub-atmospheric pressure so as to form in the column a pillar of curd devoid of air pockets, the curd in the lower portion of the pillar being compressed by the weight of superimposed curd to press out whey therefrom and consolidate the curd, the whey passing through perforations in the wall of the column, and the pillar of curd is repeatedly lowered, the bottom end of the pillar severed to form a block of cheese, and fresh curd added to the top of the pillar. The curd is fed into the chamber through a feedpipe connected between the top of the chamber and the outlet of a hopper containing curd under atmospheric pressure, the differential pressure between the hopper and the chamber causing curd to flow along the feedpipe. The feedpipe discharges into a cyclone separator in the top of the chamber for separating air from the curd. During the lowering of the pillar of curd, the top of the pillar is subjected to a higher pressure than that acting on the bottom of the pillar so that the differential pressure exerts a force on the top of the pillar urging the pillar downwards and prevents fracture of the pillar due to frictional resistance with the walls of the column.

REFERENCES:
patent: 2630060 (1953-03-01), Horneman et al.
patent: 3079263 (1963-02-01), Foster, Jr. et al.
patent: 3468026 (1969-09-01), Robertson et al.
patent: 3891783 (1975-06-01), Robertson et al.

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