Foods and beverages: apparatus – Means to treat food – By isolating a fluid constituent
Patent
1995-11-15
1997-12-30
Simone, Timothy F.
Foods and beverages: apparatus
Means to treat food
By isolating a fluid constituent
99453, 99456, 99465, 99483, 100116, 100125, 210346, 210514, A23C 302, A23J 100, A23L 120, A47J 1900
Patent
active
057018103
ABSTRACT:
The apparatus of the invention comprises three stages. The first stage extracts soy milk from soybean go, and comprises a cylindrical pot, a cylindrical filter for receiving go held within the pot, there being an annular gap between the filter and the pot, a wire cloth disk movable within the filter, the disk having a circumferential seal for sealing between the edges of the disk and the sides of the filter, and a press assembly for urging the disk downwardly within the filter, whereby soy milk is extracted from the go, passes through the filter and into the annular gap. The soy milk is cooked in the pot. A solidifier is added while a second stage of the apparatus of the invention creates a gentle turbulence within the soy milk. After the soybean curds are formed, the third stage of the invention compresses the curds into tofu. The third stage comprises a form having openings for escape of whey which fits within the pot. The press assembly is used to urge the form downwardly within the pot to compress the tofu curds and remove the whey. The single pot replaces prior art cauldron, curding barrel and settling box. Ladling of tofu curds from a curding barrel to a settling box is eliminated.
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