Cheese-making apparatus
AssigneeAlfa-Laval AB
InventorsClaes Bertil Sjoholm, Karl J. G. Martensson
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Abstract
An immobile container for the cheese curd is in the form of a body of revolution having a substantially horizontal axis; and a tool which is rotated by a drive shaft about the container axis is arranged to cut and stir curd situated above as well as below the container axis. The tool preferably has several side-by-side sections extending from the drive shaft to the surrounding wall of the container and forming an angle with each other, each section having spaced cutting members and also having swingable flaps movable to and from positions in which they cover at least parts of the interspaces between the spaced cutting members.
Claims16
Cheese-making apparatus comprising an immobile container for cheese curd, said container being in the form of a body of revolution having an axis, a tool movable within the container and having cutting means and separate stirring means for cutting and subsequent stirring of cheese curd, and a drive shaft connected with the tool and arranged to rotate the tool about said axis of the container, said apparatus being characterized in that the immobile container is disposed with its said axis substantially horizontal and that said tool is arranged to cut and stir cheese curd situated above as well as below said axis of the container, said apparatus comprising also driving means for rotating said shaft and tool through a plurality of revolutions during a cutting operation and then through another plurality of revolutions during a stirring operation.
Cheese-making apparatus comprising an immobile container for cheese curd, said container being in the form of a body of revolution having an axis, a combined cutting and stirring tool movable within the container about its axis and including separately movable members arranged, upon relative movement in one direction between the tool and the cheese curd, to take first positions wherein they allow curd to flow through the tool and become cut, said members being movable, upon relative movement in the opposite direction between the tool and the cheese curd, to second positions wherein they oppose flow of curd through the tool, a drive shaft connected with the tool and arranged to rotate the tool about said axis of the container, the immobile container being disposed with its said axis substantially horizontal and said tool being arranged to cut and stir cheese curd situated above as well as below said axis of the container, and driving means for rotating said shaft and tool through a plurality of revolutions during a cutting operation and then through another plurality of revolutions during a stirring operation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.