Device for washing and cooling the granulate of cottage cheese, curd or the like
AssigneeAlpma Alpenland Maschinenbau Hain and Co. K.G.
InventorsGottfried Hain, Bernard Wulff, Johann Stacheter
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Abstract
In a process and device for the washing and cooling of cottage cheese, curd and the like, after scalding, granulate with the whey removed is introduced into a vessel, cooled and washed by means of a flowing washing and cooling liquid, and is then removed from the vessel for further processing. The improvement is provided that the granulate is continuously introduced into the washing vessel filled with washing and cooling liquid at a predetermined rate. The granulate is then moved on in this liquid to a removal position, and is finally continuously removed from the vessel at the same rate.
Claims7
A device, for the treatment of granulate of cottage cheese, curd and the like, comprising:
- (i) an elongated trough-shaped washing vessel having an inlet end and an outlet end and including a semi-circular bottom surface which is inclined upwardly from the inlet end to the outlet end, said vessel containing a washing and cooling liquid,
- (ii) means for freeing the whey from the curd,
- (iii) means for feeding said curd granulate into the inlet end of the washing vessel;
- (iv) a rotary screw conveyor situated at least partially in the washing vessel and partially in the liquid and disposed along and adjacent to the inclined bottom surface, the rotary screw conveyor acting in the direction to sweep curd granulate along the vessel bottom from the inlet end to the outlet end,
- (v) means including a pump providing a flow path for said washing and cooling liquid from the outlet end of the vessel to the inlet end thereof,
- (vi) and a plurality of liquid inlet nozzles disposed along said vessel bottom below said liquid and opening into the vessel, said nozzle communicating with said flow path means downstream of said pump, whereby washing and cooling liquid from said flow path means may be injected into the vessel to maintain curd granulates in a floating state in the liquid in the vessel.
A device, for the treatment of granulate of cottage cheese, curd and the like, comprising:
- (i) an elongated trough-shaped washing vessel having an inlet end and an outlet end and including a bottom surface which is inclined upwardly from the inlet end to the outlet end, said vessel containing a washing and cooling liquid,
- (ii) a whey-removing device, including a screening cylinder, for feeding curd granulate freed of whey into the inlet end of the washing vessel;
- (iii) a conveying means situated at least partially in the washing vessel and disposed along and adjacent to the inclined bottom surface, the conveying means acting in the direction to sweep curd granulate along the vessel bottom from the inlet end to the outlet end,
- (iv) means including a pump providing a flow path for said washing and cooling liquid from the outlet end of the vessel to the inlet end thereof,
- (v) and a plurality of liquid inlet nozzles disposed along said vessel bottom below said liquid and opening into the vessel, said nozzles communicating with said flow path means downstream of said pump,
- whereby washing and cooling liquid from said flow path means may be injected into the vessel to maintain curd granulates in a floating state in the liquid in the vessel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.