Method and apparatus for operating a conching device
Patent 5156867 Issued on October 20, 1992. Estimated Expiration Date: 
September 6, 2011. 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.
September 6, 2011. 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.Patent ReferencesFast conched candy coating and method Installation for preparing a chocolate paste Patent #: 4679498 InventorsAssigneeApplicationNo. 756179 filed on 09/06/1991US Classes:426/231, MEASURING, TESTING, OR CONTROLLING BY INANIMATE MEANS99/348, With stirring99/485, MEANS TO TREAT FOOD99/486, Automatic control or time means366/601, MOTOR CONTROL426/519, With mixing or agitating, e.g., homogenizing, etc.426/660ConfectionExaminersPrimary: Yeung, GeorgeAttorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassesA23G 001/00B23Q 015/00 Foreign Application Priority Data1990-09-13 DEAbstractIn a conching device (1) at least one rotor (2, or 3, respectively) is driven by an electric motor (9). The driving motor (9) is controlled by means of a motor control unit (8). To establish the amount of energy introduced into the conching device (1), at least one motor-operation parameter is detected and evaluated. To shorten the conching time of a conching process to the necessary extent, it is provided to establish the amount of energy introduced into the conching device at least during the viscous-plastic phase of the chocolate mass and to control the conching process in dependency upon the summation value of energy attained. Since the amount of energy introduced during the viscous-plastic phase determines the properties and the quality of the chocolate, a high reproducibility will be ensured. | |
