Did You Know...
...Chester Carlson was a patent agent who tired of having to make multiple copies of patent applications using the only duplication method available at the time: carbon paper. In 1959 he came up with a new copying system and took it to IBM for evaluation. The "experts" at IBM determined potential sales to be only 5,000 units because people wouldn't want to use a bulky machine when they had carbon paper. Carlson's invention was the xerography process, the company founded on the system is Xerox.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7437991 | System for pressing and vacuum treatment of cheese solids A system for pressing and vacuum treatment of cheese solids is disclosed. The system includes a device for continuously treating loaded cheese solids containers with mechanical pressure and vacuum during movement of the containers in a circular path. Preferably, mec... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7168846 | Rotary processing device A rotary product processing device that has a frame made of endplates and at least one sidewall of one piece and unitary construction that encompasses a product processing chamber and product conveyor that is rotatively supported by a plurality of bearings that are ... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7122119 | Sieve separator A sieve separator and a method of slurry separation that uses two or more levels of filtration screens. In some embodiments, the filtration screens on different levels may be used to separate solids of various sizes at each level. ... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7066081 | Device for making cheese and corresponding production method The invention concerns a device for making soft cheese or fresh paste cheese comprising at least a first set of perforated cheese-moulds and at least a second set of perforated cheese-moulds arranged in a chamber. The invention is characterized in that said first an... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7044292 | Cleaning device for utensils during camping activities A cleaning device includes an outer container having an open upper edge and a closed bottom and side wall together with a nesting strainer shaped and sized to be received within the outer container. A plurality of apertures are formed in the lower portion of the sid... | 05/16/2006 |
| 6926839 | Method and apparatus for removing particulate contaminants from commercial laundry waste water A filtration apparatus includes a filter element disposed at a 45 degree angle defining an upper chamber for solids and a lower chamber for liquid. A trough is disposed at the lower end of the filter element. The floor of the trough funnels toward a central drain an... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6705212 | Blockformer apparatus with micropeened surface and method for producing same A stainless steel structural member for a blockformer apparatus has at least one surface along which in operation curd slides. The at least one surface coming into contact with curd is at least partly a substantially sloping undulating surface, viewed on a microscop... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6474225 | Apparatus and methods of forming cheese blocks A number of cheese block forming towers are fed curds from a central vat. Curd accumulates in each tower and its weight causes whey to be expressed. Individual blocks are severed from the bottoms of the columns of curd by guillotine blades. A controller m... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6468570 | Methods and apparatus for making precise weight cheese products A cheese tower system is adapted for producing precise weight quantities of cheese. In an embodiment of the invention, a column of cheese is formed using a tower. Retail portions of cheese may be cut from the cheese column. The cut portions of cheese may ... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6465033 | Method and apparatus for producing cheese A method and apparatus for producing cheese, suitable in particular for producing crumbly cheese. Cheese molds are filled with curd, are subsequently closed with a lid and are pressed, whereafter the obtained cheeses are removed from the cheese molds. Pri... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6324968 | Block former A block former for the production of blocks of cheese, comprising an upright drainage column with a feed opening for curd particles at the upper end, a closed casing and a perforated inner tube. There is an annular space between the casing and the inner t... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6267048 | Block former A block former for the production of blocks of cheese, comprising an upright drainage column with a feed opening for curd particles at the upper end, a closed casing and a perforated inner tube. There is an annular space between the casing and the inner t... | 07/31/2001 |
| 6180153 | Method and apparatus for cheese block forming with vacuum separated tower sections A method and apparatus for cheese block forming with vacuum separated tower sections is disclosed for use in producing large blocks of compressed cheese without having to halt delivery of cheese curd into the tower while discharging a block of cheese. The... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6098528 | Block former A block former for the production of blocks of cheese, comprising an upright drainage column with a feed opening for curd particles at the upper end, a closed casing and a perforated inner tube. There is an annular space between the casing and the inner t... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6079323 | Apparatus and method for making cheese An inner vertically upright perforated conduit is concentric within an outer vertically upright conduit. The chamber between the conduits is separated by fluid impervious rings forming sub-chambers. Hot curd cooking water is injected into the various sub-... | 06/27/2000 |
| 6050179 | Strainer device for draining off whey from a cheese vat A strainer device for draining off whey from a cheese vat comprises an outlet for the whey and a substantially circularly shaped strainer disc (3) arranged in the outlet. This strainer disc is rotatably arranged in the wall (2) of the cheese vat about an ... | 04/18/2000 |
| 5988049 | Fluid removal by mechanized long vacuum blade Fluid is efficiently and uniformly removed from successive bodies of a product by a combination of finely perforated wedge shaped hollow blades sufficiently long as to fully penetrate the product body depth, a series of vacuum suction tubes arranged withi... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5783245 | Method and apparatus for processing dairy product A system for recovery of dairy product from a milk storage tank includes a recovery tank disposed to receive raw milk product from the storage tank, a fluid treatment section disposed to apply treated fluid to the storage tank to loosen residual milk soli... | 07/21/1998 |
| 5752434 | Form system for tofu production The present invention relates to a form system for tofu production, comprising: a bottom plate; a frame, surrounding the bottom plane; a form grid, further comprising: a border, having a plurality of holes, surrounding an area, which is relatively wide at... | 05/19/1998 |
| 5749287 | Perforated drainage pipe for draining whey/curd mass The invention relates to a drainage pipe with perforations for draining whey from a whey/curd mass, in which the perforations are formed by small holes, and the hole size lies within the range 0.05-3 mm, while the hole density lies within the range 5-50,0... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5660396 | Whey draining apparatus having sealing element The invention relates to a sealing element for forming a liquid-tight seal between two tubular elements running essentially parallel. The sealing element consists of positioning means which are in the form of a flange which is fixed to the inner element o... | 08/26/1997 |
| 5630361 | Sanitary wear button The present invention provides a plurality of two piece wear buttons that insert into the blade of a guillotine and protect the surface of the guillotine as it slide in U-shaped channels within a cheese block forming unit. Each wear button comprises a mal... | 05/20/1997 |
| 5572925 | Multiple column cheese block former Multiple columns of cheese curd are simultaneously compressed and cut into blocks of cheese by feeding curd into the top perforated tubular linings hanging freely within hollow towers, all towers positioned on a single, enclosed sanitary housing. A negati... | 11/12/1996 |
| 5408922 | Automatic food processor An automatic food processor for producing an aqueous extract of protein and oil containing seeds is disclosed. The processor includes a cooking facility as well as seed griding mill and a screened filter. In one embodiment the filter is a centrifuge scree... | 04/25/1995 |
| 5373779 | Yogurt cheese making device A yogurt cheese making device for separating the whey from yogurt having a strainer which receives the yogurt, the strainer having an open top, a bottom, a pair of opposing end walls, and a pair of opposing side walls. The side walls and bottom are covere... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5320031 | Food processor and container A food processing utensil for straining the liquid from food packed in a liquid and for storage of the food product once the liquid is drained therefrom and the method for using the utensil are disclosed. The plastic utensil includes a cylindrical contain... | 06/14/1994 |
| 5303640 | Food press A food press having an elongated body including a forward end to which a perforated cap or the like is removably attached and through which pressed foodstuffs pass, and a chamber means within the body adjacent the forward end of the press for receiving an... | 04/19/1994 |
| 5301605 | Curd ripening apparatus The curd ripening apparatus comprises two perforated, semicylindrical baskets (12, 30), rotatably supported on a common horizontal axis, one within the other. Curds are poured into the inside basket, and the outside basket is then rotated of 180° with re... | 04/12/1994 |
| 5287981 | Collapsible cheese container A collapsible container for making and transporting cheese is made with four interlocking wall panels. Each of the panels is molded from a resin material with ribbed construction and with locking elements for engaging adjacent panels. The locking elements... | 02/22/1994 |
| 5253568 | Cheese-making trays with removable stores A tray for making cheese has a plate having upper and lower faces and a frame having walls having an inner surface connected to the plate about its periphery, thereby defining upper and lower tray portions. The frame has a slot positioned, respectively, a... | 10/19/1993 |
| 5215003 | Support for cheese manufacture A support for manufacturing and storage of cheese, including a mesh which is weared and stretched, and then secured on a peripheral, rigid reinforcement. The mesh has weft threads and warp threads which are interlaced, forming crossing zones. A coating of... | 06/01/1993 |
| 5163362 | Food press A food press, having an elongated body including a forward end with perforations through which pressed foodstuffs can pass, and chamber means adjacent said forward end for receiving and pressing foodstuffs. A reciprocating piston is slidably fitted within... | 11/17/1992 |
| 5146845 | Continuous cheese former for bulk cheese A cheese former for making large batches of cheese in a continuous process includes a tower having a screen along its internal side wall and a central screen extending along the axis of the tower, wherein whey may be separated from a curds and whey mixtur... | 09/15/1992 |
| 5024146 | Cheese drainer pan assembly The present invention provides a drainer pan assembly especially useful in cheese curd processing having an easily removable drainer plate secured to a drainer pan by a plurality of restraints including at least one releasable restraint. Preferably, the r... | 06/18/1991 |
| 5001972 | Cheese block former Cheese curd is compressed into blocks by feeding the curd into the top of a hollow tower having a perforated lining while the tower is at a sub-atmospheric pressure to form a pillar of curd supported on a guillotine blade at the bottom of the tower, the g... | 03/26/1991 |
| 4994287 | Method and apparatus for filling curd into cheese moulds The invention concerns a method and apparatus for filling curd into cheese moulds (6). During the cheese production process, milk is separated in a cheese vat (1) into curd and whey (2), both of which are routed to a piping manifold that distributes the c... | 02/19/1991 |
| 4960044 | Apparatus for preparing a curd mass An apparatus for preparing a curd mass by draining a mixture of whey and curds in an upright column consists of a permeable sleeve or circular or rectangular cross-section, one or more sleeves being surrounded, with some clearance, by a tube monted on a w... | 10/02/1990 |
| 4893554 | Apparatus for distributing cheese coagulum in a vat With the use of a distributor unit, which is reciprocable over and along an oblong prepressing vat for cheese production, it has already been proposed that a uniform distribution of the whey/coagulum mixture can be achieved by a horizontal wing rotors in ... | 01/16/1990 |
| 4811658 | Apparatus and system for draining whey from cheese curd for manufacturing cheese Method and apparatus for draining whey from cheese curd and for manufacturing blocks of cheese. A mould of flat perforated wall panels, a perforated bottom plate and a perforated follower plate, all of plastic material, enclosed by metal hoops is filled w... | 03/14/1989 |
| 4756243 | Continuous coagulator An apparatus suitable for use in the substantially continuous production of cheese from milk retentate (A) in which there is at least one, preferably several, coagulator tubes (I) having an inlet end and an outlet end. The retentate is admitted to the tub... | 07/12/1988 |
