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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6955462 | Mixing chamber An apparatus is provided for mixing and maintaining particulates in liquid suspension, the apparatus comprising a reservoir for holding a fluid containing dispersed particles, a substantially horizontally-disposed mixing plate mounted inside the reservoir, the mixin... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6942888 | Cheese extruding machine and process for producing pieces of cheese A cheese extruding machine and process for producing pieces of cheese of an exact weight directly from unaged or semi-aged cheese curds of semi-hard and hard cheeses. The cheese extruding machine includes a standard screw-type vacuum filler which receives large bloc... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6367375 | Apparatus for cutting and stirring curd Apparatus for cutting and stirring curd, comprising a curd vat with a shaft drivable for rotation, which shaft carries a number of cutting frames extending radially from the shaft and arranged on the shaft in staggered relation, each cutting frame having ... | 04/09/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6257129 | Apparatus for cutting and stirring curd Apparatus for cutting and stirring curd, comprising a curd vat with a shaft drivable for rotation, which shaft carries a number of cutting frames extending radially from the shaft and arranged on the shaft in staggered relation, each cutting frame having ... | 07/10/2001 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 5988052 | Apparatus for measuring rate of cheese production An apparatus for producing cheese includes a dispenser for applying salt to the cheese at a rate which varies in response to a control signal. The cheese travels across a platform to which a first sensor is attached for measuring the weight of the cheese.... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5953983 | Food processing device An enclosed food processing device is provided having one or more conveyor belts and vertically rotating agitators positioned above the belt. The agitators have forwardly and rearwardly projecting prongs that stir the food being processed without causing ... | 09/21/1999 |
| 5704280 | Food processing device 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... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5701809 | Plant for continuously processing cheese mass A plant for continuously processing cheese mass (7) comprises a first substantially horizontal conveyor (1) conveying the cheese mass (7) in one direction and a second substantially horizontal conveyor (2) conveying the cheese mass (7) in the opposite dir... | 12/30/1997 |
| 5669291 | Apparatus for separating whey from a slurry-like material An apparatus for separating whey from a slurry-like material such as bean and dairy products, includes a screen, a jacket mantling the screen with a first space outside the screen and a second space inside the screen, wherein the first space provides a wh... | 09/23/1997 |
| 5363753 | Machine for producing soybean curd A machine for producing soybean curd comprises a conveyor having coagulating buckets, a device for filling a mixture of soybean milk and a coagulant into the buckets, means for heating the mixture in the buckets to coagulate the mixture into soybean curd,... | 11/15/1994 |
| 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 |
| 5249513 | Apparatus for producing fine-textured soybean curd as placed in containers An apparatus for producing fine-textured soybean curd as placed in containers comprises means for filling a mixture of soybean milk and a coagulant into coagulating buckets, means for heating the mixture to coagulate the mixture into soybean curd, coverin... | 10/05/1993 |
| 5058494 | Apparatus for processing bean curd A process for producing bean curd comprising the steps of cooling soybean milk and bittern individually to below the coagulating temperature of the milk, mixing the cooled milk and bittern together and filling the mixture into buckets, coagulating the mix... | 10/22/1991 |
| 4996916 | Machine for producing bean curd A bean curd producing machine comprising soybean milk coagulating means, means for dewatering and shaping coagulated soybean milk and means for delivering bean curd shaped by dewatering. The coagulating means comprises a bucket conveyor disposed within a ... | 03/05/1991 |
| 4964334 | Apparatus for processing cheese A method and apparatus for continuously processing cheese curd forms the cheese curd into a series of ribbons on a conveyor belt used to separate the whey from the cheese curd and then uses a series of plowshares, augers and other deflection means to disp... | 10/23/1990 |
| 4924769 | Device for manufacturing butter A method of and device for manufacturing butter. A continuous-operation mechanical churn has at least one butter-making cylinder, a buttermilk extractor, and at least one squeeze-off. Once most of the buttermilk has been extracted, fragments chopped from ... | 05/15/1990 |
| 4879946 | Apparatus for matting and milling of cheese curd An apparatus for matting and milling cheese curd. A mixture of curds and whey is fed onto a porous endless belt of a first conveyor to form a layer of curds with the whey draining through the belt. As the leading end of the curd layer reaches the downstre... | 11/14/1989 |
| 4820540 | Method and apparatus for continuously producing cheese utilizing brine salting Appparatus and method for continuously manufacturing cheese from cheese curd via mechanical means in which the curd is drained, matted and cheddared while carried upon a pair of conveyors running in opposite directions; milled and discharged upon a third ... | 04/11/1989 |
| 4658711 | Continuous churn A continuous churn for making sweet-cream or sour-cream butter consists of an initial churning cylinder that contains a beater and creates butter grain and buttermilk, of a rotating second churning cylinder that is downstream of the initial cylinder and i... | 04/21/1987 |
| 4655127 | Apparatus for producing acid and heat coagulated types of cheese Acid and heat coagulated types of cheese such as Ricotta, Mitzithra, and Galotiri as well as cottage cheese are produced from milk and/or whey starting materials, pasteurizing the starting materials followed by cooling and membrane filtration of the start... | 04/07/1987 |
| 4628805 | Apparatus for processing cheese Soft paste cheese is formed by mixing curd forming additives from burettes (12) to milk flowing in a funnel (11) and directing the resulting curd forming milk mixture into a basin-like receptacle (21) in which a mold block (23) made up of an array of vert... | 12/16/1986 |
| 4568554 | Method for preparing cheese Soft paste cheese is formed by mixing curd forming additives from burettes with milk flowing in a funnel and directing the resulting curd forming milk mixture into a basin-like receptacle in which a mold block made up of an array of vertically elongated p... | 02/04/1986 |
| 4538510 | Conveyors A slatted endless plastics conveyor belt preferably with draining slots therethrough is supported over its conveying distance on a bed of runners and passes about end sprockets engaging directly with the belting and one set of which is driven. The edge of... | 09/03/1985 |
| 4510856 | Manufacture of Cheddar and like cheese A method and apparatus for use in the manufacture of cheeses which proceed through a cheddaring stage. The method comprises treating a pre-drained and stirred cheese curd with a compressive and shear force so as to simultaneously expel the residual whey a... | 04/16/1985 |
| 4509413 | Procedure for treating curd particles and cheese mould for applying the procedure The present invention concerns a procedure for treating curd particles (10) produced in a cheese kettle, and a cheese mould (2) for applying the procedure, made of strainer sheet and provided with a separate cover part (4). The cheese mould (2) is placed ... | 04/09/1985 |
| 4485731 | Apparatus for the continuous manufacture of buttermilk curd Buttermilk curd is continuously manufactured by heating whey in a tank to a temperature below that at which curd will form, preferably 75° C., and pumping the heated whey to a treatment channel through a heating chamber in proximity thereto. The whey is ... | 12/04/1984 |
| 4393759 | Cheese making apparatus A cheese making apparatus comprises a rectangular vat, a pressing plate, a filtering sheet supported on the bottom wall of the vat for displacement in a longitudinal direction, and a transverse partition affixed to an end of the filter sheet adjacent a fi... | 07/19/1983 |
| 4374488 | Whey filter A whey filter for removing fine curd particles from a stream of cheese whey includes a mesh screen (30) suspended in a cylindrical portion (17) of a tank (18) with cheese whey being introduced above the screen (30) through inlet ports (36) arranged to dir... | 02/22/1983 |
| 4365545 | Apparatus for making large sized blocks of cheese An apparatus for pressing and draining whey from cheese curd. In particular, this apparatus and method are made suitable for producing large blocks of cheese. A container mold having an internal drain screen is filled with cheese curd particles. Pressure ... | 12/28/1982 |
| 4332831 | Method of preparing salted cheese curd loaves A method and apparatus is disclosed for continuously producing salted cheese curd loaves by separating cheese curd from whey, blending salt with the separated curd in essentially the amount of salt desired in the final cheese being produced, forming the s... | 06/01/1982 |
| 4321861 | Cheese manufacture In the production of cottage and similar fresh cheese, of the kind in which a milk coagulate is cut to curd granules of suitable size, the granular structure of the curd is maintained by stirring the cheese curd-whey mixture, the curd granulate is scalded... | 03/30/1982 |
| 4309941 | Cheese making method and apparatus 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 stre... | 01/12/1982 |
| 4308791 | Enclosed finishing vat for cheese making An enclosed finishing vat for cheese making. The vat has a generally oval configuration and an agitating unit is mounted for reciprocating movement on a frame above the vat and includes a vertical drive shaft that extends through a slot in the top of the ... | 01/05/1982 |
| 4306493 | Device for washing and cooling the granulate of cottage cheese, curd or the like In a process and device for the washing and cooling of cottage cheese, curd and the like, after scalding, granulate with the whey removed is introduced into a vessel, cooled and washed by means of a flowing washing and cooling liquid, and is then removed ... | 12/22/1981 |
| 4244286 | Apparatus and method for making cheese An apparatus and method for preparing a salted cheese curd loaf is provided which includes means for continuously separating and recovering a solid cheese curd from whey in a curd/whey mixture to remove the preponderance of the whey, means for continuousl... | 01/13/1981 |
| 4237781 | Method and apparatus for forming blocks of natural cheese from cheese curd Crumbled cheese curd is fed into the top of a hollow perforated column in a chamber maintained at a sub-atmospheric pressure so as to form in the column a pillar of curd devoid of air pockets, the curd in the lower portion of the pillar being compressed b... | 12/09/1980 |
