US 11,089,792 B2Granted

Forming device and method

AssigneeGlanbia Nutritionals Limited

InventorsRichard Byron Geslison, David B. Perry, Cody Lynn Hollibaugh

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Abstract

Disclosed is a device for forming cheese blocks of dimensions that facilitate slicing without first having to larger cut blocks of cheese to appropriate dimensions. The device comprises: (a) a pipe adapter having a proximal end and a distal end; (b) a forming chamber of internal dimensions for forming a sliceable cheese loaf, wherein the forming chamber having a proximal end and a distal end, and wherein the proximal end is fluidly connected to the distal end of the pipe adapter; (c) a portal cover, positioned to open or close a portal located at the distal end of the forming chamber; (d) a packaging attachment adapter located at the distal end of the forming chamber; (e) a packaging support device supporting a package positioned to receive the cheese loaf.

Claims1

Dependent claims

A device for forming extruder-processed cheese, comprising (a) a pipe adapter comprising a proximal end and a distal end;

(b) a forming chamber of internal dimensions for forming a sliceable cheese loaf, the forming chamber having a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end being fluidly connected to the distal end of the pipe adapter;
(c) a slideable portal cover, positioned to open or close a portal located at the distal end of the forming chamber, wherein when in the closed position the portal cover constrains an extruded cheese constituents within the forming chamber;
(d) a packaging attachment adapter, comprising a fitted metal filler head, located and attached to an outside of the portal cover at the distal end of the forming chamber;
and (e) a packaging support device, in contact with the packaging attachment adapter, for supporting a package positioned to receive the cheese loaf after it has been formed in the forming chamber;
wherein the device attaches to the extruder at the proximal end of the pipe adapter.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 15/001,204Filed 19 Jan 2016 · us provisional application
Priority: 19 Jan 2015
Published: US 2016/0205962 A121 Jul 2016
Granted: 17 Aug 2021
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification8 codes

A23C 19/0908
Other cheese preparations; Mixtures of cheese with other foodstuffs: sliced cheese; Multilayered or stuffed cheese; Cheese loaves
A01J 25/15
Forming the cheese: presses therefor
A23C 19/06
Cheese; Cheese preparations; Making thereof: treating cheese curd after whey separation; Products obtained thereby
A23C 19/09
Treating cheese curd after whey separation; Products obtained thereby: other cheese preparations; Mixtures of cheese with other foodstuffs