| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 5175014 |
Method and apparatus for collating and consolidating natural cheese blocks |
December 29, 1992 |
| Blocks of natural cheese (11) are packed in layers in an open-ended upright container (17), for maturing by depositing each layer of cheese blocks (11) on an elevator (18) within the container (17) and lowering the elevator (18) as successive layers of cheese blocks (11) are fed into the |
| 5082681 |
Method and apparatus for producing moulded cheese blocks |
January 21, 1992 |
| A curd and whey mixture is drained of loose whey on a conveyor and the dry curd fed into the top of a tubular perforated column (48,49) maintained under sub-atmospheric pressure to form a pillar of curd. A mass of curd severed from the lower end of the pillar is deposited in a mould (14) |
| 5001972 |
Cheese block former |
March 26, 1991 |
| Cheese curd is compressed into blocks by feeding the curd into the top of a hollow tower having a perforated lining while the tower is at a sub-atmospheric pressure to form a pillar of curd supported on a guillotine blade at the bottom of the tower, the guillotine blade is then withd |
| 4770291 |
Slat conveyor |
September 13, 1988 |
| A slat conveyor comprises a plurality of transverse slat units interconnected by links at the sides of the conveyor to form an endless chain-like structure mounted on sprockets at the ends of the conveyor, the slat units being fitted with rollers which roll along endless tracks. Each |
| 4744203 |
Machine for vacuum-sealing a package |
May 17, 1988 |
| A machine for vacuum-sealing a block of cheese in a tube of heat-sealable plastics material forming the lining of a cheese box mounted on a wheeled dolly, the tubular lining having an open end which projects out of the cheese box. The machine comprises a frame having an upright wall fitt |
| 4735817 |
Method of casing a food product in the manufacture of individual slices of the product |
April 5, 1988 |
| A method of manufacturing slices of processed cheese in which a hot cooked mass of the cheese is extruded onto a moving endless belt formed of plastics material provided with a release coating which does not adhere to the cheese, the mass of cheese is spread by a roller into a thin layer |
| 4682538 |
Processing of curd |
July 28, 1987 |
| Apparatus for adding salt to a continuous stream of hot glutinous curd in the manufacture of Pasta Filata cheese, comprises an open-ended trough for passage therethrough of the stream of curd, a measuring roller rotatably mounted on a swing frame pivotally mounted on the trough with the |
| 4539902 |
Cheese block former |
September 10, 1985 |
| Cheese curd is fed into the top of a hollow perforated column in a tower at a sub-atmospheric pressure so as to form in the column a pillar of curd supported on a guillotine blade which closes off an opening in the bottom of the tower. A former unit below the tower has an upright open-en |
| 4526271 |
Slat conveyor |
July 2, 1985 |
| A slat conveyor which can be assembled and dismantled from the sides thereof without the need to provide access from above or below, comprises a pair of endless side chains mounted on guide rails and a plurality of slats mounted on and extending between the side chains. The side chains |
