Conching machine
Patent 5351609 Issued on October 4, 1994. Estimated Expiration Date: 
September 27, 2013. 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 27, 2013. 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 References 3216706 3570569 3634106 3638920 3663231 3682086 High speed batch mixer Installation for preparing a chocolate paste Food processing machine Continuous compartmented mixer 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 otherExaminersPrimary: Simone, Timothy F.Attorney, Agent or FirmForeign Patent References
International ClassesA23G 001/00A23G 001/10 A23G 001/16 B01F 007/02 Foreign Application Priority Data1991-05-02 CHAbstractA 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.Field of SearchWith stirringMEANS TO TREAT FOOD MECHANICAL, FLUID OR HEAT TREATMENT OF DAIRY FOOD Vacuum-producing means With isolation of a watery constituent Including roller-press and drain By reticulated member With prior mechanical treatment (e.g., churning) By actuated surface Including plural, relatively movable surfaces Plural revolving surfaces having parallel axes With mixing or agitating, e.g., homogenizing, etc. Confection Plural screw conveyors on separate shafts In parallel intercommunicating mixing chambers Screw conveyors intermeshing Intercommunication by conduit Fluid-filled jacket In at least one of intercommunicating adjacent mixing chambers Plural stirrers on parallel axes in adjacent mixing chambers On parallel axes Differing in speed Diverse stirrers Rotating in opposite directions Intermeshing with each other With rotatable or oscillatable stirrer Interrelated with discharge means Discharge effected by stirrer | |
