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US 6,465,033 B2Granted
Method and apparatus for producing cheese
AssigneeTetra Laval Holding & Finance S.A.
InventorsHugo Menninga, Steven Acreman
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for producing cheese, suitable in particular for producing crumbly cheese. Cheese molds are filled with curd, are subsequently closed with a lid and are pressed, whereafter the obtained cheeses are removed from the cheese molds. Prior to removing the cheeses from the cheese molds, however, the cheese molds still filled with cheese are heated.
Claims20
A method for producing cheese in cheese molds comprising the steps of:
- filling a plurality of cheese molds with curd;
- closing the curd-filled cheese molds with a lid;
- pressing the cheese molds after they have been closed;
- heating the cheese molds after they have been pressed;
- and
- removing the cheese from the cheese molds after they have been heated.
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A cheese-producing apparatus comprising:
- at least one filling station for filling cheese molds with curd;
- at least one station for covering the curd in the cheese molds;
- at least one pressing device for pressing the cheese in the cheese molds;
- at least one unpacking station for removing the cheese from the cheese molds;
- at least one conveyer for conveying the cheese molds through the apparatus;
- and
- at least one heating device configured to heat the cheese molds after they have left the pressing device and before they reach the unpacking station.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.