Apparatus for making cheese |
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| 申请号 | US38854873 | 申请日 | 1973-08-15 | 公开(公告)号 | US3859905A | 公开(公告)日 | 1975-01-14 |
| 申请人 | KRAFTCO CORP; | 发明人 | ROBERTS MIRON J; RUNGE HEINZ F; | ||||
| 摘要 | Apparatus for the manufacture of close-knit natural ripened cheese from curd which is in particulate form. A cheese-producing medium is made into curd in accordance with conventional procedures for the particulate type of cheese to be produced. Since later treatment steps do not permit or result in moisture separation, the curd preparation procedure is adjusted to provide curd at a desired and legal moisture level for the cheese which is to be produced. The particulate curd is then transferred to apparatus wherein the curd is transferred and formed into a curd mass without damage to the curd particles. The curd is subjected to vacuum deaeration during the transfer. Thereafter, the curd mass is subjected to a second vacuum deaeration step. The curd mass is then cured to provide natural ripened cheese and the cheese is cut into suitable sized pieces and wrapped or otherwise packaged. As an optional feature, the curd may be subjected to tension loading during the curing step to provide a more closely knit texture. | ||||||
| 权利要求 | 1. A system for forming cheese curd into a curd mass to be made into natural type cheese comprising means for holding cheese curd particles having the moisture level of finished cheese, means for forming said curd particles into a curd mass of desired shape, transfer means providing a series of separate, continuously, forwardly moving pockets for accepting units of curd particles from said holding means and for transferring said units of curd particles to said forming means, first vacuum means for estaBlishing a vacuum within said transfer means and second vacuum means for establishing a vacuum on said curd mass after it is formed. 2. A system in accordance with claim 1 wherein said forming means comprises at least one tube for receiving curd particles from said transfer means and a container for receiving curd particles from said tube, said tube being open at the end outermost from said transfer means so as to permit said curd particles to pass therethrough and into said container. 3. A system in accordance with claim 2 wherein said forming means further comprises back pressure means for establishing a back pressure on said container as it is being filled with said curd particles. 4. A system in accordance with claim 1 wherein said transfer means comprises a pair of intermeshing helical cams. 5. A system in accordance with claim 2 which further comprises means for establishing sustained compressive tension on said curd in said container. 6. A system in accordance with claim 5 wherein said compressive tension means comprises a sleeve for receiving said container with said curd mass, a spring, and retaining means for holding said spring in compression within said sleeve, said spring being positioned on said container within said sleeve and under compression intermediate said retaining means and said container so as to exert compressive tension on said container with said curd mass. |
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