Tower screen relief step
AssigneeTetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A.
InventorMichael Olson
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Abstract
A block former (1) for the production of blocks of cheese (19) includes an upright drainage column (2) having a feed opening (3) for curd particles (4) at an upper end (5) of the drainage column (2). The drainage column (2) includes an inner wall (6) having an interior surface (7) against which a pillar of curd (8) formed of the curd particles (4) slides as the pillar of curd (8) moves downwardly through the drainage column (2). The upright drainage column (2) is divided into an upper part (9) and a lower part (10). The upper part (9) has an inner cross-sectional area that is less than an inner cross-sectional area of the lower part (10).
Claims15
A block former for the production of blocks of cheese, the block former comprising an upright drainage column having a feed opening for curd particles at an upper end of the drainage column, the drainage column including an inner wall having an interior surface against which a pillar of curd formed of the curd particles slides as the pillar of curd moves downwardly through the drainage column, the upright drainage column being divided into an upper part and a lower part, wherein the upper part has an inner cross-sectional area that is less than an inner cross-sectional area of the lower part.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.