81 |
Modular mobile dairy plant |
US11511601 |
2006-08-29 |
US20070048403A1 |
2007-03-01 |
Theodore Thuli; Anthony Thuli; Torrence Thuli |
The present invention is a modular, self-contained, mobile dairy-processing plant capable of producing cheese and other dairy products from raw milk stored within the device and able to be moved to various locations in a simple and easy manner using various systems constructed in the mobile plant. The plant takes the form of a trailer connectable to a semi-tractor for transportation of the trailer to any number of locations. The trailer includes storage tanks for holding raw milk, potable water for use in the dairy processing, and for containing gray water and other waste products generated by the plant for later disposal. For a cheese-making plant configuration, the trailer includes a C.I.P. batch pasteurization unit, a multipurpose make vat, a multipurpose finishing table and a brine tank that are used to form various cheeses from the milk held within the storage container on the device. The trailer also includes an observation deck capable of allowing an individual to view the cheese-making process through the exterior of the trailer, a retail area for selling the cheese, a storage area for storing the cheese made in the trailer, and a mechanical area enclosing the various mechanical components utilized in the operation of the plant. The heated and cooled water streams employed by the plant are closed loop systems that avoid creation of additional waste and contamination of the in-process cheese. |
82 |
Automated brine system with a carousel for cooling cheese |
US10041245 |
2002-01-08 |
US06393976B1 |
2002-05-28 |
Joseph H. Abler |
An apparatus has a tank with a vertical carousel holding blocks of cheese. The carousel moves in a closed path which submerges and flips over the blocks of cheese in a chilled brine solution contained in the tank. The movement of the carrousel ensures that the cheese is cooled uniformly without deformation. While the cheese block are held in the carrousel a fluid circulation system forces chilled brine through the tank. |
83 |
Automated brine system for cooling cheese |
US09533717 |
2000-03-23 |
US06379734B1 |
2002-04-30 |
Joseph H. Abler |
An apparatus has a brine tank that is subdivided into cooling cells each having a vertical carousel for submerging blocks of cheese. The cheese blocks are carried through an inlet flume by a flow of brine and then sequentially diverted into the cooling cells where the cheese blocks are loaded into the respective vertical carousel. After the cheese has cooled sufficiently, the brine flow carries the blocks of cheese out of the respective cooling cell. Movement of the cheese blocks and the carousels is controlled automatically, without human intervention. A unique fluid circulation system transfers chilled brine through the tank from a cooling cell containing the coldest cheese to cooling cells with successively warmer cheese blocks. |
84 |
Liquid circulation system for cooling cheese |
US09929674 |
2001-08-14 |
US20020028279A1 |
2002-03-07 |
Joseph
H.
Abler |
An apparatus has a brine tank that is subdivided into cooling cells each having a vertical carousel for submerging blocks of cheese. The cheese blocks are carried through an inlet flume by a flow of brine and then sequentially diverted into the cooling cells where the cheese blocks are loaded into the respective vertical carousel. After the cheese has cooled sufficiently, the brine flow carries the blocks of cheese out of the respective cooling cell. Movement of the cheese blocks and the carousels is controlled automatically, without human intervention. A unique fluid circulation system transfers chilled brine through the tank from a cooling cell containing the coldest cheese to cooling cells with successively warmer cheese blocks. |
85 |
Food processing agitator device |
US822600 |
1997-03-20 |
US5921677A |
1999-07-13 |
Virgil J. Scherping; George H. Schwinghammer; Gary L. Starkson |
An enclosed food processing device is provided having one or more conveyor belts and vertical agitators positioned above the belt. The agitators have forward and backward prongs that stir the food being processed without causing physical damage to it. The food enters the device through an inlet and is evenly distributed across a draining screen by an inlet deflector plate, which is adjustable to account for the different rates at which the food may flow into the device. Ramps are positioned under the device to collect liquid drained from the food, and the ramps have independent segments that separate the liquid based on the stage of the process at which it is drained from the food. A salting apparatus is provided for conveying salt to the food to be processed. The salt is dispensed in proportion to the amount of food to be salted. Salt is moved from a salt hopper into a chamber by a rotating dispensing wheel. The salting apparatus has a pump that moves a fluid, such as filtered air, through a Venturi pickup tee, where it creates a partial vacuum that pulls salt into the airstream from the chamber. The salt then is pushed through stationary salt distribution tubes and applied to the food to be salted. |
86 |
Food processing device |
US567087 |
1995-12-04 |
US5704280A |
1998-01-06 |
Virgil J. Scherping; George H. Schwinghammer; Gary L. Starkson |
An enclosed food processing device is provided having one or more conveyor belts and vertical agitators positioned above the belt. The agitators have forward and backward prongs that stir the food being processed without causing physical damage to it. The food enters the device through an inlet and is evenly distributed across a draining screen by an inlet deflector plate, which is adjustable to account for the different rates at which the food may flow into the device. Ramps are positioned under the device to collect liquid drained from the food, and the ramps have independent segments that separate the liquid based on the stage of the process at which it is drained from the food. A salting apparatus is provided for conveying salt to the food to be processed. The salt is dispensed in proportion to the amount of food to be salted. Salt is moved from a salt hopper into a chamber by a rotating dispensing wheel. The salting apparatus has a pump that moves a fluid, such as filtered air, through a Venturi pickup tee, where it creates a partial vacuum that pulls salt into the airstream from the chamber. The salt then is pushed through stationary salt distribution tubes and applied to the food to be salted. |
87 |
Apparatus for producing shredded cheese |
US473071 |
1995-06-07 |
US5601855A |
1997-02-11 |
Orville C. Fager; Scott G. Andrews; Dennis R. Ferdon; David J. Garnett; Matthew T. Stenzel |
A method and apparatus for producing shredded food products, such as cheese, is disclosed. The method and apparatus permits the production of cheese shreds to be accomplished in a unified operation wherein a sheet of cheese is produced and that sheet of cheese is cut to desired dimensions directly from the casting line. An arrangement of the invention may comprise a sheet former, a casting line, and a shredding assembly, all of which function as a single unit. The shredding assembly, itself a unique arrangement, first slices the incoming sheet of cheese into ribbons, and then cuts each of these ribbons to length. The sheet of cheese may be sliced into ribbons by passing the cheese through a pair of rollers having grooves or slots machined into their surfaces, the width of the slots corresponding to the desired width of the cheese ribbons. The cheese ribbons are presented to a plurality of transversely mounted elongate blades, each of which revolves about a common axis. Each blade cuts off segments of desired lengths from the cheese ribbons. |
88 |
Pressing plate for use in cheese making |
US335762 |
1981-12-30 |
US4440073A |
1984-04-03 |
Guy Quilliou |
To reduce manual handling of a pressing plate in a cheese-making vat and to facilitate its operation and maintenance, the plate is constituted by a case whose inner surface is covered by a series of rigid filtering panels. These panels are pivotal between an operating position and an open position which permits washing the panels. |
89 |
Slat conveyors |
US131929 |
1980-03-21 |
US4326626A |
1982-04-27 |
Ian P. Brockwell |
A conveyor comprises two endless chains mounted on sprockets secured on two transverse shafts, and a plurality of transverse slats mounted on and extending between the chains. The chains are fitted with wheels which roll along rails for supporting the chains and slats. Each slat comprises a main plate made of thin sheet metal and having its longitudinal margins turned down through an angle greater than 90.degree., a rod having the shape of a shallow V which extends along the underside of the plate and has its ends secured to the main plate adjacent the ends of the main plate, and a central upright plate which supports the center of the main plate on the center of the rod. |
90 |
Cheese making method and apparatus |
US131927 |
1980-03-21 |
US4309941A |
1982-01-12 |
Ian P. Brockwell |
A cheesemaking installation comprising means for forming a mat of curd from a slurry of curd and whey, a plurality of endless conveyors for continuously moving the mat of curd in succession through a drying and de-wheying section, a fusing section, a stretching and cheddaring section, a milling section having means for cutting the curd into separate particles or pieces, a salting section having means for applying salt to the curd, and a mellowing section permitting absorption of the salt into the curd, and means for agitating the curd in the de-wheying and salting sections. Additional agitators are selectively operable when the installation is used for production of granular curd, and water sprays are provided for use when producing washed granular curd. The installation is completely enclosed to enable the temperature to be controlled and prevent air-borne contamination. |
91 |
Installation for feeding a curd/whey mixture in the correct ratio to a
cheese stuffing machine |
US487260 |
1974-07-10 |
US3990610A |
1976-11-09 |
Geert de Boer |
A method and an installation for stuffing cheese, in which one feeds a whey/curd mixture through a volumetric pump to the stuffing machine, an additional whey supply being connected to the suction side of said pump via an adjustable valve. |
92 |
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US48726074 |
1974-07-10 |
USB487260I5 |
1976-01-27 |
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93 |
Apparatus for the production of cottage cheese |
US3585721D |
1969-03-25 |
US3585721A |
1971-06-22 |
WAKEMAN ALDEN HARVEY; ROAHEN DAN CRABILL; KNOX RODNEY LEE |
A DEVICE FOR PROCESSING MILK PRODUCTS IN A CONTINUOUS MANNER FOR THE PRODUCTION OF CHEESE AND COMPRISING A LARGE SURFACE HEAT EXCHANGER THROUGH WHICH THE MILK PRODUCTS PASS WHILE BECOMING COAGULATED AT A PARTICULAR ACIDITY; AND FURTHER COMPRISING CUTTING MEANS FOR CUTTING THE EMERGING CURD AND MEANS FOR TREATING THE CURD TO PRODUCE CHEESE.
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94 |
Cheese-hahdliiig- tool |
US1605786D |
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US1605786A |
1926-11-02 |
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95 |
Stuff-chest for paper-mills. |
US1900016562 |
1900-05-14 |
US654961A |
1900-07-31 |
EMORY PASCHAL P |
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96 |
Butter-worker |
US622491D |
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US622491A |
1899-04-04 |
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97 |
Kneader |
US602398D |
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US602398A |
1898-04-12 |
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98 |
Butter-worker |
US581043D |
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US581043A |
1897-04-20 |
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99 |
Grain-drier |
US570662D |
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US570662A |
1896-11-03 |
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100 |
Machine for degranulating cheese-curd |
US346227D |
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US346227A |
1886-07-27 |
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