# US 2014/0193559 A1 · Method for shaping and cooling melted cheese which is initially hot and therefore flowable > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0193559 A1 - Document ID: US20140193559A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/123,241 - Filed: 2012-05-24 - Published: 2014-07-10 - Earliest claimed: 2011-06-01 - Assignees: Hochland SE - Inventors: Roland Zeuschner; Walter Hartmann; Franz Stadelmann - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140193559A1 ## CPC - A01J 25/12: Forming the cheese - A01J 25/002: {continuously} - A23C 19/09: Other cheese preparations; Mixtures of cheese with other foodstuffs - A23P 30/10: Moulding - B29C 48/05: Filamentary, e.g. strands - B29C 48/06: Rod-shaped - B29C 48/9145: {Endless cooling belts} - B29C 48/906: {using roller calibration} - B29C 48/914: {Cooling drums} - A01J: MANUFACTURE OF DAIRY PRODUCTS - A23C: DAIRY PRODUCTS, e.g. MILK, BUTTER OR CHEESE; MILK OR CHEESE SUBSTITUTES; PREPARATION THEREOF (preservation thereof A23B11/00) - A23P: SHAPING OR WORKING OF FOODSTUFFS, NOT FULLY COVERED BY A SINGLE OTHER SUBCLASS - B29C: SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING (making preforms B29B11/00; making laminated products by combining previously unconnected layers which become one product whose layers will remain together B32B37/00 - B32B41/00) ## Abstract A method for forming and cooling an initially hot and therefore flowable melted cheese (1), which is applied via a supply nozzle onto a moving metallic cooling belt (3′), wherein individual shaped bodies (6) are formed out of the melted cheese (1) in that a shaping roller (5), which comprises molding cavities (7) located in the surface, impinges upon the cooling belt (3′), wherein a pressure of the shaping roller (5) against the cooling belt (3′) is provided during forming that induces full displacement of the still-hot melted cheese (1) from the region of the separating webs (8) delimiting the individual molding cavities (7) and bearing against the cooling belt (3′), wherein the formed bodies (6) are released from the molding cavities (7) and are cooled by remaining on the moving cooling belt (3′). ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for forming and cooling an initially hot and therefore flowable melted cheese (1), which is applied via a supply nozzle onto a moving metallic cooling belt (3′), wherein individual shaped bodies (6) are formed out of the melted cheese (1) in that a shaping roller (5), which comprises molding cavities (7) located in the surface, impinges upon the cooling belt (3′), wherein a pressure of the shaping roller (5) against the cooling belt (3′) is provided during forming that induces full displacement of the still-hot melted cheese (1) from the region of the separating webs (8) delimiting the individual molding cavities (7) and bearing against the cooling belt (3′), wherein the formed bodies (6) are released from the molding cavities (7) and are cooled by remaining on the moving cooling belt (3′). ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the shaped bodies (6) lying on the cooling belt (3′) are covered by a further, second cooling belt (3″) moving at the same speed. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the shaped bodies (6) lie on one of the cooling belts (3) by way of an interlayer film (9) comprising plastic wherein, after cooling, the product strand formed of the interlayer film (9) and the shaped bodies (6) is oriented such that the shaped bodies (6) lie on the interlayer film (9) and are fed in this orientation to further processing, wherein the formed bodies (6) lying thereupon are separated in further processing by cutting the interlayer film (9). ### Claim 4 A device for forming and cooling an initially hot and therefore flowable melted cheese (1) comprising a supply nozzle (2) for applying the melted cheese (1) onto a moving metallic cooling belt (3′) and comprising a shaping roller (5) disposed downstream of the supply nozzle (2) in the direction of motion, wherein the shaping roller (5) is capable of impinging upon the cooling belt (3′) at a point at which the cooling belt bears against a counter-pressure roller (11), wherein the shaping roller (5) comprises a number of molding cavities (7) formed in the surface, which are separated from one another by separating webs (8), wherein the separating webs (8) are formed by the remaining surface (12) of the shaping roller (5), wherein the shaping roller (5) is capable of applying a pressure by way of the separating webs (8) onto the cooling belt (3′) that results in the full displacement of the still-hot melted cheese (1) from a region of the separating webs (8) lying thereupon, so that shaped bodies (6) of melted cheese (1) released from the molding cavities (7) remain on the moving cooling belt (3′) for cooling. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The device according to claim 4, wherein a further, second cooling belt (3″), which is capable of moving at the same speed as the first cooling belt (3′) and which is capable of covering shaped bodies (6) lying on the first cooling belt (3′). ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The device according to claim 5, wherein the cooling belts (3) are endless steel belts, each of which runs over two deflection rollers (11), wherein the cooling belts (3) are arranged vertically in parallel and form an inlet gap (13) at the top and an outlet gap (14) at the bottom. ### Claim 7 (depends on 4) The device according to claim 4, wherein the device comprises a device (15) for feeding an interlayer film (9) into the inlet gap (13) such that the shaped bodies (6) lie on one of the cooling belts (3) by way of the interlayer film (9) comprising plastic. ### Claim 8 (depends on 4) The device according to claim 4, wherein a calibration roller (4), which is disposed, in the direction of motion, downstream of the supply nozzle (2) and upstream of the shaping roller (5) and which brings about a rolling-out of the hot melted cheese (1) into a cheese band having a specifiable thickness. ### Claim 9 (depends on 4) The device according to claim 4, wherein the surface (12) of the shaping roller (5) equipped with the molding cavities (7) is made of plastic. ### Claim 10 (depends on 4) The device according to claim 4, wherein the shaping roller (5) comprises a core roller (16) and a hollow roller (17) detachably placed onto the core roller, wherein the hollow roller has the surface (12) equipped with the molding cavities (7). ### Claim 11 (depends on 4) The device according to claim 4, wherein the shaping roller (5) and/or the calibration roller (4) and/or at least one of the deflection rollers (11) comprise a device suitable for cooling.