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US 4,448,116 AGranted
Apparatus for the dry salting of curd for cheese production
OwnerGabriele Muzzarelliinventor
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Abstract
Apparatus for the dry salting of plastic or pliable curd for cheese production comprises a hopper for the salt, dispensing means at the hopper outlet for sprinkling the salt onto the plastic curd, a comb member disposed downstream of the dispensing means and cooperating therewith, and means for operating the comb in such a manner that it penetrates into the curd in order to introduce the salt uniformly therein.
Claims9
Apparatus for use in the production of cheese and, in particular, for introducing salt into and mixing salt within a mass of curd in its plastic or pliable state, comprising:
- means for conveying the plastic curd in a stream having a free surface along a path in a downstream direction;
- a hopper adapted to contain salt, said hopper having an outlet;
- means disposed at said hopper outlet for dispensing metered quantities of salt onto the free surface of the stream of plastic curd at a first upstream region along the path of movement of the curd stream as the same is being conveyed;
- a movably mounted comb member situated over a second region along the path of movement of the curd stream, said second region being located downstream of said first region;
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- means for movably driving the comb member so that the comb member penetrates the free surface of the plastic curd stream moving on said conveying means to substantially uniformly introduce the salt dispensed onto the curd stream by said dispensing means through the mass of the curd stream.
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