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US 9,295,221 B2Granted
Method for pressing cheese molds and cheese mold pressing machine
AssigneeTecnical Tecnologia Aplicada, S.L.L.
InventorJoan Calvet Puig
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a method and machine for pressing molds in a horizontal manner. More particularly, the disclosure relates to a machine and method for turning molds over from a vertical to a horizontal position before placing in the press device, such that the molds may be pressed while in a horizontal position, even if the molds were previously filled in a vertical position.
Claims11
A mold pressing machine, comprising:
- a frame;
- a machine feeding means;
- a turning over means which turns over molds, previously filled in, from a vertical position to a horizontal position in order to allow exerting a horizontally directed pressing force on the molds;
- a first horizontal structure arranged on a first level, on which said molds are loaded horizontally;
- a second horizontal structure, empty and adjacent to the first horizontal structure;
- a transferring means for transferring said molds from a first transfer structure to the first horizontal structure by raising and lowering said molds to place the molds at a loading level;
- a driving means which moves said first horizontal structure from an initial position to a second position adjacent to the initial position, and which also moves the second horizontal structure from the initial position;
- a pressing means that applies a horizontal pressure at ends of the molds residing with the first and second horizontal structures;
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- a first conveyor belt which transports the molds knocked down horizontally by said turning over means to said first transfer structure, which raises and lowers the molds to one or more loading levels,
- wherein said turning over means is constructed in a shape of a Ferris wheel, comprising blades arranged at an equal distance around a hub which push said molds from the vertical position to the horizontal position and which in turn loads a following mold with a respective blade immediately following to that which has performed a respective turning over action.
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A mold pressing machine, comprising:
- a frame;
- a machine feeding means;
- a turning over means which turns over molds, previously filled in, from a vertical position to a horizontal position in order to allow exerting a horizontally directed pressing force on the molds;
- a first horizontal structure arranged on a first level, on which said molds are loaded horizontally;
- a second horizontal structure, empty and adjacent to the first horizontal structure;
- a transferring means for transferring said molds from a first transfer structure to the first horizontal structure by raising and lowering said molds to place the molds to a loading level;
- a driving means which moves said first horizontal structure from an initial position to a second position adjacent to the initial position, and which also moves the second horizontal structure from the initial position;
- a pressing means that applies a horizontal pressure at ends of the molds residing with the first and second horizontal structures;
- a first conveyor belt which transports the molds knocked down horizontally by said turning over means to said first transfer structure, which raises and lowers the molds to one or more loading levels, and
- an unloading means, which comprises a second transfer structure and a second conveyor belt that collects said molds,
- wherein said turning over means is constructed in a shape of a Ferris wheel, comprising blades arranged at an equal distance around a hub which push said molds from the vertical position to the horizontal position and which in turn loads a following mold with a respective blade immediately following to that which has performed a respective turning over action.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.