Installation for preparing a chocolate paste
Patent 4679498 Issued on July 14, 1987. Estimated Expiration Date: 
January 30, 2006. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.
January 30, 2006. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.InventorsAssigneeApplicationNo. 06/824333 filed on 01/30/1986US Classes:99/483, NON-COOKING HEAT TREATMENT OF FOOD366/75, With specified vent means366/85, Screw conveyors intermeshing99/485MEANS TO TREAT FOODExaminersPrimary: Simone, Timothy F.Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassesA23G 1/10 (20060101)A23G 1/04 (20060101) Foreign Application Priority Data1983-08-26 FRAbstractApparatus for preparing a chocolate paste in which the various ingredients comprising at least cocoa and powdered sugar are subject to operations of grinding to a predetermined degree of particle size, of fluidification by dispersion of the particles of sugar and of cocoa into a continuous fatty phase and of degasification for the removal of water and undesirable volatile compounds. At least part of the treatment is carried out in a conveyor with several screws and an arrangement for regulating the temperature of the entrained material. After preliminary grinding of the ingredients to obtain a refined paste having the desired degree of particle size in the screw conveyor, dry-conching of the refined paste is carried out and then the liquefaction of the paste is obtained by the incorporation of additives in accordance with the receipe.Other References
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