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US Patent 5351609 - Conching machine
US Patent Issued on October 4, 1994
Estimated Patent Expiration Date:
September 27, 2013Estimated 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.
Estimated Patent Expiration Date:
September 27, 2013Estimated 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.AbstractA continuously operating conching machine (1) according to the invention is divided into a plurality of compartments (10-12) divided by at least one partition wall (8), transfer of the material from one compartment (10-12) to the next being effected via at least one opening (e.g. 16) in the particular partition wall. However, with a conching machine continuously processing the chocolate paste, it is possible expediently to carry out a method according to the invention, in which additives are added only batchwise to the essentially continuously processed chocolate paste, in order to permit more accurate metering. | InventorAssigneeApplicationNo. 127284 filed on 09/27/1993US Classes:99/485, MEANS TO TREAT FOOD99/348, With stirring99/472, Vacuum-producing means366/158.4, Including upstream agitator366/196, Discharge effected by stirrer366/297, On parallel axes366/301Intermeshing with each otherField of Search99/348, With stirring99/485, MEANS TO TREAT FOOD99/452, MECHANICAL, FLUID OR HEAT TREATMENT OF DAIRY FOOD99/472, Vacuum-producing means99/456, With isolation of a watery constituent99/457, Including roller-press and drain99/458, By reticulated member99/459, With prior mechanical treatment (e.g., churning)99/460, By actuated surface99/461, Including plural, relatively movable surfaces99/462, Plural revolving surfaces having parallel axes426/519, With mixing or agitating, e.g., homogenizing, etc.426/660, Confection366/83, Plural screw conveyors on separate shafts366/84, In parallel intercommunicating mixing chambers366/85, Screw conveyors intermeshing366/86, Intercommunication by conduit366/149, Fluid-filled jacket366/290, In at least one of intercommunicating adjacent mixing chambers366/291, Plural stirrers on parallel axes in adjacent mixing chambers366/297, On parallel axes366/298, Differing in speed366/299, Diverse stirrers366/300, Rotating in opposite directions366/301, Intermeshing with each other366/194, With rotatable or oscillatable stirrer366/195, Interrelated with discharge means366/196Discharge effected by stirrerExaminersPrimary: Simone, Timothy F.Attorney, Agent or FirmUS Patent References3216706, 3570569, 3634106, 3638920, 3663231, 3682086, 4630930, High speed batch mixerIssued on: 12/23/1986 Inventor: Seiling4679498, Installation for preparing a chocolate paste Issued on: 07/14/1987 Inventor: Chaveron , et al.4733607, Food processing machine Issued on: 03/29/1988 Inventor: Star , et al.5083506, Continuous compartmented mixer Issued on: 01/28/1992 Inventor: Horn, et al.5156867Method and apparatus for operating a conching device Issued on: 10/20/1992 Inventor: Leuthold, et al. Foreign Patent References
International ClassesA23G 001/00A23G 001/10 A23G 001/16 B01F 007/02 Foreign Application Priority Data1991-05-02 CH |
