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US 4,907,502 AGranted
Home chocolate processing apparatus
AssigneesOlaf Kayser, George Meyerie
InventorFrancis H. Snyder, Jr.
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Abstract
A bowl, which accommodates a coating, is removably mounted in a casing. A moving device in the casing is coupled to the bowl for rotating said bowl. A heater is positioned in the casing in operative proximity with the bowl for melting the chocolate. A cooling unit is positioned in the casing in operative proximity with the bowl for cooling the coating. A control circuit is electrically connected to the heater and cooling unit for controlling the heating and cooling of the coating.
Claims13
A chocolate processing apparatus, comprising:
- a casing suitable for home use and having a surface with an opening;
- a bowl having a cavity in which chocolate is to be processed;
- said bowl being easily removably mountable in the opening of the casing while being shaped to enable rotation when mounted in the opening;
- releasably mounted baffle means extending into the cavity of the bowl to establish a first region where bulk chocolate is to be placed and a second region where a pool of molten chocolate is to form;
- means in said casing to releasably couple to the bowl and cause relative rotation between the bowl and the baffle means;
- heating means for generating heat and directing said heat at the bowl;
- means for effectively sensing the temperature of chocolate in the molten pool and producing a temperature signal representative thereof;
- means for generating an ambient air flow and directing said air flow at the bowl without the influence of waste heat generated by said means for causing said relative rotation;
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- control means responsive to the temperature signal for controlling said heating means to establish a desired heating and cooling of the temperature of the chocolate in the molten pool so as to form tempered chocolate.
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