DEVICE FOR FORMING GLOBULAR GRANULES FROM FOOD SUBSTANCES Russian patent published in 1995 - IPC

FIELD: food industry. SUBSTANCE: device comprises hermetically-sealed container with thermostated jacket connected to compressed air supply, cylindrical vessel with filling funnel disposed between main and auxiliary cooling jackets and forming a gap between them for the forming liquid, at least two nozzles positioned above the funnel, storage container connected with cylindrical vessel, pipe located in internal cooling jacket and intended to maintain working liquid level in the funnel, and a container for finished granules. Internal wall of the main cooling jacket and external wall of the auxiliary one are shaped like a truncated cone with the smaller base facing down and have a cut-off valve in the bottom part while the external surface of the auxiliary cooling jacket is provided with helical ribs spaced at a pitch preventing accumulation of granules on said ribs. EFFECT: higher efficiency of the process and prevention of losses of food substances. 2 cl, 2 dwg