Foods and beverages: apparatus – Mechanical – fluid or heat treatment of dairy food – With temperature or atmosphere modification
Patent
1994-07-06
1995-04-11
Simone, Timothy F.
Foods and beverages: apparatus
Mechanical, fluid or heat treatment of dairy food
With temperature or atmosphere modification
99456, 99460, A01J 1106, A01J 2500, A01J 2511, A23C 1900
Patent
active
054048028
ABSTRACT:
A cheese formation tower wherein cheese curds and attendant whey are introduced into the upper portion of a vertical, low friction material lined, tower and the whey is extracted through gravitational, differential pressure/relative vacuum and vibration techniques. As the material reaches the lower portion of the tower the whey has been substantially extracted to provide the formed cheese product. A guillotine or cutting arrangement is provided to cut the formed cheese to suitable lengths which are then extracted from the tower. The invention is particularly directed to cheese units of various shapes and sizes but preferably smaller than the standard, 11".times.14", 40# block. The unit includes cleaning means for cleansing of the entire unit following complete batch formation. The tower ensures satisfactory whey removal and the delivery of properly formed cheeses.
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Blackwell Alan J.
Millerbernd Ralph J.
Schmitz David P.
Cwayna James R.
Millerbernd Design & Fabrication
Simone Timothy F.
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