Foods and beverages: apparatus – Mechanical – fluid or heat treatment of dairy food – With temperature or atmosphere modification
Patent
1997-07-08
2000-08-08
Simone, Timothy
Foods and beverages: apparatus
Mechanical, fluid or heat treatment of dairy food
With temperature or atmosphere modification
99452, 99458, 99459, 99465, A01J 1106, A01J 2500, A01J 2511, A23C 1902
Patent
active
060985283
ABSTRACT:
A block former for the production of blocks of cheese, comprising an upright drainage column with a feed opening for curd particles at the upper end, a closed casing and a perforated inner tube. There is an annular space between the casing and the inner tube and a cutting-off device at the lower end for cutting off blocks of cheese. A discharge device is provided for discharging a cut-off block of cheese after a block forming cycle. A vacuum device is also provided for filling under reduced pressure the inner tube with curd particles via the feed opening and for creating a vacuum in the annular space. The column is divided into an upper and a lower part in such a manner that different pressures can prevail simultaneously in the upper and the lower part during any moment of a cycle.
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Notice of Opposition by Innovative Engineering Limited Filed Dec. 1998 upon New Zealand Patent Application No. 328267.
Simone Timothy
Tetra Pak Tebel B.V.
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