PLANT FOR CONTINUOUS PRODUCTION OF QUICK-RIPENING CHEESE Russian patent published in 1994 - IPC

FIELD: dairy industry. SUBSTANCE: plant has batchers for milk and whey, coagulator, conveyor, molding device, device for withdrawal of whey, cheese salting device, and devices for cheese cutting and packaging. The molding device has two open-bottom half-cylinders suspended parallel with the conveyor from vertical rods which are components of a longitudinal dividing beam having a drive for lifting. The device also has a box formed, at the moment of molding, by two side plates and two end-face vertical plates in combination with the conveyor belt. The device for withdrawal of whey is a perforated tray mounted between the coagulator and box. A chute with whey receptacle is located under the tray. The batchers, coagulator, and tray are located beside the molding device. The salting device is a container for salt with two bottoms. A slide valve with holes is mounted between the lower bottom and upper bottom. As the valve is in position I, its holes are in register with holes of the upper bottom, and with the valve in position II its holes are in register with the lower bottom holes and channels of the upper bottom. The vertical plates and conveyor belt are perforated. EFFECT: higher efficiency. 2 cl, 8 dwg