Cheese brining system

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1987-05-06

1989-03-28

Simone, Timothy F.

Foods and beverages: apparatus

Mechanical, fluid or heat treatment of dairy food

99535, A01J 2500, A23C 1900

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048153680

ABSTRACT:
A system for brining buoyant cheese, such as provolone, includes a brining pit surrounded by a brine-filled canal. A large capacity Archimedian screw pump drives a stream of brine in the canal. A plurality of cages are suspended in the brining pit separated from the canal by doors. A retractable gate is hinged next to each door. Blocks of cheese deposited in the canal float with the stream until deflected into the cage by an opened gate. The loaded cages are submerged, and continually washed by vertical currents of filtered, sterilized, reconstituted and cooled brine that is forced into the bottom of the brining pit. When brining and cooling are completed, the cages are raised and doors opened, allowing the brine streams to carry the cheese out into the canal where it is removed.

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patent: 4206238 (1980-06-01), Rothenbuhler
patent: 4339468 (1982-07-01), Kielsmeier

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