Apparatus for producing pumpable foodstuffs, in particular processed cheese
AssigneeA. Stephan und Soehne GmbH & Co.
InventorsFriedrich Otto, Albert Dubielzyk
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Abstract
A process for producing pumpable foodstuffs, wherein raw foodstuffs such as raw cheese is pre-comminuted, mixed with further ingredients, thermally treated by steam injection, subsequently cooled and creamed or emulsified and then fed or passed to a further working or processing operation. The present invention further relates to an apparatus for producing pumpable foodstuffs, such as processed cheese, having a treatment apparatus for raw foodstuffs, a mixer, a device or unit for heating and subsequently cooling the cheese mass and having feed pumps for the cheese mass.
Claims15
An apparatus for producing a pumpable foodstuff comprising:
- a) a treatment unit for comminuting and mixing a foodstuff;
- b) a mixing and melting unit for mixing and melting foodstuff from the treatment unit and having
- 1) a mixing chamber within a housing;
- 2) a mixing and feeding shaft extending into the mixing chamber, the mixing and feeding shaft being operatively connected to a drive unit outside the mixing chamber;
- 3) a foodstuff intake provided adjacent to the mixing chamber housing, approximately axially in line with the mixing and feeding shaft;
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- 4) steam injectors opening into or upstream of the mixing chamber in a direction approximately perpendicular to the axis of the mixing and feeding shaft;
- c) an emulsifying unit adjacent to the mixing and melting unit for emulsifying the foodstuff from the mixing and melting unit and having
- 1) an emulsifying chamber within a housing;
- 2) a set of homogenizing and emulsifying tools;
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- 3) a processed foodstuff outlet conduit leading out from the emulsifying chamber.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.