CA2975674A1 - Cheesemaker - Google Patents
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- CA2975674A1 CA2975674A1 CA2975674A CA2975674A CA2975674A1 CA 2975674 A1 CA2975674 A1 CA 2975674A1 CA 2975674 A CA2975674 A CA 2975674A CA 2975674 A CA2975674 A CA 2975674A CA 2975674 A1 CA2975674 A1 CA 2975674A1
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- 235000013351 cheese Nutrition 0.000 claims abstract description 33
- 238000005520 cutting process Methods 0.000 claims abstract description 32
- 239000005862 Whey Substances 0.000 claims description 28
- 102000007544 Whey Proteins Human genes 0.000 claims description 28
- 108010046377 Whey Proteins Proteins 0.000 claims description 28
- 230000009977 dual effect Effects 0.000 claims description 6
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- 229940108461 rennet Drugs 0.000 description 2
- 108010058314 rennet Proteins 0.000 description 2
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- 235000011617 hard cheese Nutrition 0.000 description 1
- 238000004519 manufacturing process Methods 0.000 description 1
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
- A01J—MANUFACTURE OF DAIRY PRODUCTS
- A01J25/00—Cheese-making
- A01J25/10—Devices for removing whey from basins
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
- A01J—MANUFACTURE OF DAIRY PRODUCTS
- A01J25/00—Cheese-making
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
- A01J—MANUFACTURE OF DAIRY PRODUCTS
- A01J25/00—Cheese-making
- A01J25/001—Cheese-making in basins
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
- A01J—MANUFACTURE OF DAIRY PRODUCTS
- A01J25/00—Cheese-making
- A01J25/02—Cheese basins
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Abstract
The invention relates to a cheesemaker (1) with a container interior in the form of a cheese vat or cheese kettle (2), which rotatably incorporates a driven agitator with at least one agitating and cutting blade. The cheesemaker (1) is to be simple in structural design and easy to operate, and also satisfy strict hygiene requirements. This is achieved by providing the agitating and cutting blade (6) with a window (21) that can be detached therefrom, and moved relative to the agitating and cutting blade (6).
Description
Cheesemaker The invention relates to a cheesemaker with a container interior in the form of a cheese vat or cheese kettle according to the preamble to patent claim 1.
In order to make cheese, milk is added to a cheese kettle, rennet is added to a cheesemaker, and the milk is continuously stirred for the cheesing process by means of agitating and cutting blades. Resultant gelatinous cheese blocks are cut by means of the agitating and cutting blades, for example see DE 29812845 Ul. In the cutting process, the cheese curd is cut into grains, if possible grains of a uniform size. The cheese curd is made solid, brittle and fragile through exposure to the rennet and heat. This cheese curd is thus sensitive to mechanical loads, so that the mixing process is performed carefully. The whey must also be siphoned off carefully, so as to transfer the small pieces of cheese curd in a stable, granular state.
According to CH 563142 A, the whey is siphoned off by means of a draining device, in which the whey is siphoned off through a whey collecting chamber that is enveloped by a screen jacket and connected with a drainpipe. The screen jacket is intended to prevent cheese curd from penetrating into the whey collecting chamber.
However, the cheese curd can cause the screen surface to become clogged. In order to prevent this, the draining device can perform alternating swiveling movements in the cheese kettle (CH 573142 A), or the screen jacket or the draining device can be designed to rotate (DE 29812845 Ul or FR
2146532 A).
These two proposals share in common that the draining device for siphoning off the whey is used in the working area of the agitating and cutting blades, and the agitating and cutting blades must therefore be standing still in the siphoning process.
To avoid this disadvantage, it was also proposed that the draining device or whey collecting chamber be arranged in a recess of the cheese kettle wall, so that it cannot come into contact with the rotating agitator (DE 821572), which can have a telescoping design (DE 878577). However, devices of this kind are especially susceptible to blockage, since the screen openings can become easily clogged with pieces of cheese curd.
The object of the invention is to develop a cheesemaker that avoids the described disadvantages of prior art, is correspondingly easy to operate and simple in design, and also satisfies strict hygiene requirements.
The object is achieved with the characterizing features in patent claim 1.
A cheesemaker according to the invention exhibits an agitator with at least one agitating and cutting blade, which is provided with a window that can be detached or completely removed from the latter. This window is situated in such a way that agitating and cutting blade can rotate unobstructed in the cheese kettle with the whey draining device inserted.
In order to make cheese, milk is added to a cheese kettle, rennet is added to a cheesemaker, and the milk is continuously stirred for the cheesing process by means of agitating and cutting blades. Resultant gelatinous cheese blocks are cut by means of the agitating and cutting blades, for example see DE 29812845 Ul. In the cutting process, the cheese curd is cut into grains, if possible grains of a uniform size. The cheese curd is made solid, brittle and fragile through exposure to the rennet and heat. This cheese curd is thus sensitive to mechanical loads, so that the mixing process is performed carefully. The whey must also be siphoned off carefully, so as to transfer the small pieces of cheese curd in a stable, granular state.
According to CH 563142 A, the whey is siphoned off by means of a draining device, in which the whey is siphoned off through a whey collecting chamber that is enveloped by a screen jacket and connected with a drainpipe. The screen jacket is intended to prevent cheese curd from penetrating into the whey collecting chamber.
However, the cheese curd can cause the screen surface to become clogged. In order to prevent this, the draining device can perform alternating swiveling movements in the cheese kettle (CH 573142 A), or the screen jacket or the draining device can be designed to rotate (DE 29812845 Ul or FR
2146532 A).
These two proposals share in common that the draining device for siphoning off the whey is used in the working area of the agitating and cutting blades, and the agitating and cutting blades must therefore be standing still in the siphoning process.
To avoid this disadvantage, it was also proposed that the draining device or whey collecting chamber be arranged in a recess of the cheese kettle wall, so that it cannot come into contact with the rotating agitator (DE 821572), which can have a telescoping design (DE 878577). However, devices of this kind are especially susceptible to blockage, since the screen openings can become easily clogged with pieces of cheese curd.
The object of the invention is to develop a cheesemaker that avoids the described disadvantages of prior art, is correspondingly easy to operate and simple in design, and also satisfies strict hygiene requirements.
The object is achieved with the characterizing features in patent claim 1.
A cheesemaker according to the invention exhibits an agitator with at least one agitating and cutting blade, which is provided with a window that can be detached or completely removed from the latter. This window is situated in such a way that agitating and cutting blade can rotate unobstructed in the cheese kettle with the whey draining device inserted.
- 2 -The agitating and cutting blade according to the invention allows a good whey drainage without the agitating and cutting blade standing still while siphoning off the whey, and on the other hand can be easily and completely cleaned or is CIP-capable.
In particular, the cheesemaker according to the invention is also suitable for manufacturing high-fired (relative to temperature) cheese, i.e., hard cheese.
Preferred embodiments are disclosed in the dependent claims.
The agitator is preferably designed as a dual agitator with one left and one right agitating and cutting blade. The draining device is preferably arranged on the cheese kettle so that it can be swiveled or lifted.
The invention will be described in more detail below in an exemplary embodiment. Shown in the drawing on:
Fig. 1: is a side view of a cheesemaker according to the invention, Fig. 2: is a top view of a cheesemaker according to the invention, Fig. 3: is an agitating and cutting blade according to the invention, Fig. 4: is an agitating and cutting blade according to Fig.
In particular, the cheesemaker according to the invention is also suitable for manufacturing high-fired (relative to temperature) cheese, i.e., hard cheese.
Preferred embodiments are disclosed in the dependent claims.
The agitator is preferably designed as a dual agitator with one left and one right agitating and cutting blade. The draining device is preferably arranged on the cheese kettle so that it can be swiveled or lifted.
The invention will be described in more detail below in an exemplary embodiment. Shown in the drawing on:
Fig. 1: is a side view of a cheesemaker according to the invention, Fig. 2: is a top view of a cheesemaker according to the invention, Fig. 3: is an agitating and cutting blade according to the invention, Fig. 4: is an agitating and cutting blade according to Fig.
3 as viewed from the front.
A cheesemaker 1 according to the invention (Figs. 1, 2) encompasses a cheese kettle 2, which can be set up on the floor on feet 18, and whose container interior 16 is covered by a hood 19. The hood 19 is provided with a closable viewing gap 16 that exhibits a grid. The cheesemaker 1 further encompasses a controller 15 and control panel 7 with a touchscreen.
The cheese kettle 2 has a perpendicular container wall 3, which is composed of two wall parts shaped like circular arc sections as viewed from above, and bordered from below by a container floor not described in any more detail.
The cheese kettle 2 has extending into it a dual agitator 4 supported in the hood 19, whose rotational axis lies parallel to the perpendicular container wall 3. A drive 30 of the dual agitator 4 is also arranged in the hood 19. The dual agitator
A cheesemaker 1 according to the invention (Figs. 1, 2) encompasses a cheese kettle 2, which can be set up on the floor on feet 18, and whose container interior 16 is covered by a hood 19. The hood 19 is provided with a closable viewing gap 16 that exhibits a grid. The cheesemaker 1 further encompasses a controller 15 and control panel 7 with a touchscreen.
The cheese kettle 2 has a perpendicular container wall 3, which is composed of two wall parts shaped like circular arc sections as viewed from above, and bordered from below by a container floor not described in any more detail.
The cheese kettle 2 has extending into it a dual agitator 4 supported in the hood 19, whose rotational axis lies parallel to the perpendicular container wall 3. A drive 30 of the dual agitator 4 is also arranged in the hood 19. The dual agitator
4 encompasses a left and right agitating and cutting blade 5, 6 (Fig. 3), with which the milk is stirred in a known manner, and the arising gelatinous cheese blocks are cut by means of the agitating and cutting blades 5, 6, also in a known manner.
The cheesemaker 1 is further provided with a whey draining device 8, which is arranged in the hood 19 so that it can be made to swivel around an axis 10 by a swiveling cylinder 9.
The whey draining device 8 exhibits a cylindrical screen jacket 13, which forms a cylindrical whey collecting chamber 14 and is joined with a drain pipe 12, which empties into a drain tube 11. In a resting position, the whey draining device 8 is located outside of the filled milk, roughly parallel to the plane of the hood 19. The screen jacket 14 can potentially also be configured as a rotatable screen basket in conjunction with the whey collecting chamber 14.
In order to siphon off whey, the screen jacket 13 is swiveled by the swiveling cylinder 9 by about 90 into the mixture of cheese curd and whey. The whey remaining after the siphoning process is siphoned out of the cheese kettle 2 with the cheese curd in the usual manner by means of a ground drain (not shown in any more detail), and relayed to cheese molds of a cheese press.
The respectively driven agitating and cutting blades 5, 6 each run opposite each other in the container interior 16 around vertical rotational axes each situated in the circle center of the wall parts shaped like circular arc sections, and thereby pass through working circles that overlap each other. The agitating and cutting blades 5, 6 here rotate in such a way that the tools for agitating and cutting cover all areas of the container 16 filled by the mixture of cheese curd and whey.
The one agitating and cutting blade 6 on the right hand side in the exemplary embodiment is made up of two parts, and consists of a fixedly arranged blade 28 and a shape enhancing window 21 (blade element) that can be detached from the latter, see Fig. 3. The window 21 is joined with the blade 28 by means of a guide (not shown in any more detail) and a positioning device. The positioning device is held in a frame 26 of the blade 28 by positioning pins 22 and in a frame 27 of the window 21 by correspondingly formed positioning boreholes 23, wherein the positioning pins 22 and positioning boreholes 23 can also be arranged in reverse. In addition, the window 21 is joined with a lifting guide 24, which is arranged on or in a console 20 of the hood 19. The lifting guide 24 is joined with a lifting cylinder 25, so that the window 21 can be moved relative to the blade 28.
As soon as whey is to be siphoned out of the container interior 16 of the cheese kettle 2, the screen jacket 13 with the whey collecting chamber 14 is swiveled into the whey by means of the swiveling cylinder 9 on the one hand, while on the other hand the window 21 is lifted from the blade 28 by means of the lifting cylinder 25 to a point where the rotational movement of the agitating and cutting blade 5, 6 can be continued without colliding with the whey draining device 8 or without disrupting the siphoning of whey.
The cheesemaker 1 is further provided with a whey draining device 8, which is arranged in the hood 19 so that it can be made to swivel around an axis 10 by a swiveling cylinder 9.
The whey draining device 8 exhibits a cylindrical screen jacket 13, which forms a cylindrical whey collecting chamber 14 and is joined with a drain pipe 12, which empties into a drain tube 11. In a resting position, the whey draining device 8 is located outside of the filled milk, roughly parallel to the plane of the hood 19. The screen jacket 14 can potentially also be configured as a rotatable screen basket in conjunction with the whey collecting chamber 14.
In order to siphon off whey, the screen jacket 13 is swiveled by the swiveling cylinder 9 by about 90 into the mixture of cheese curd and whey. The whey remaining after the siphoning process is siphoned out of the cheese kettle 2 with the cheese curd in the usual manner by means of a ground drain (not shown in any more detail), and relayed to cheese molds of a cheese press.
The respectively driven agitating and cutting blades 5, 6 each run opposite each other in the container interior 16 around vertical rotational axes each situated in the circle center of the wall parts shaped like circular arc sections, and thereby pass through working circles that overlap each other. The agitating and cutting blades 5, 6 here rotate in such a way that the tools for agitating and cutting cover all areas of the container 16 filled by the mixture of cheese curd and whey.
The one agitating and cutting blade 6 on the right hand side in the exemplary embodiment is made up of two parts, and consists of a fixedly arranged blade 28 and a shape enhancing window 21 (blade element) that can be detached from the latter, see Fig. 3. The window 21 is joined with the blade 28 by means of a guide (not shown in any more detail) and a positioning device. The positioning device is held in a frame 26 of the blade 28 by positioning pins 22 and in a frame 27 of the window 21 by correspondingly formed positioning boreholes 23, wherein the positioning pins 22 and positioning boreholes 23 can also be arranged in reverse. In addition, the window 21 is joined with a lifting guide 24, which is arranged on or in a console 20 of the hood 19. The lifting guide 24 is joined with a lifting cylinder 25, so that the window 21 can be moved relative to the blade 28.
As soon as whey is to be siphoned out of the container interior 16 of the cheese kettle 2, the screen jacket 13 with the whey collecting chamber 14 is swiveled into the whey by means of the swiveling cylinder 9 on the one hand, while on the other hand the window 21 is lifted from the blade 28 by means of the lifting cylinder 25 to a point where the rotational movement of the agitating and cutting blade 5, 6 can be continued without colliding with the whey draining device 8 or without disrupting the siphoning of whey.
- 5 -If necessary, the lifting movement of the window 21 can also be combined with a swiveling movement of the latter, or , alternatively take place only as a swiveling movement.
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1 Cheesemaker 2 Cheese kettle 3 Container wall 4 Dual agitator 5 Left agitating and cutting blade 6 Right agitating and cutting blade
1 Cheesemaker 2 Cheese kettle 3 Container wall 4 Dual agitator 5 Left agitating and cutting blade 6 Right agitating and cutting blade
7 Control panel
8 Whey draining device
9 Swiveling cylinder
10 Axis
11 Drain tube
12 Drain pipe
13 Screen jacket
14 Whey collecting chamber
15 Controller
16 Container interior
17 Viewing gap
18 Foot
19 Hood
20 Console
21 Window
22 Positioning pin
23 Positioning borehole
24 Lifting guide
25 Lifting cylinder
26 Frame
27 Frame
28 Blade 30 Drive
Claims (6)
1. A cheesemaker provided with a container interior (16) in the form of a cheese vat or cheese kettle (2), which incorporates an agitator with at least one rotatably driven agitating and cutting blade, characterized in that the agitating and cutting blade (6) is provided with a window (21) that can be detached from the latter, and can be moved relative to the agitating and cutting blade (6).
2. The cheesemaker according to claim 1, characterized in that the agitator is designed as a dual agitator (4) with one left agitating and cutting blade (5) and one right agitating and cutting blade (6), wherein the window (21) is allocated to the right agitating and cutting blade (6).
3. The cheesemaker according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the window (21) can be joined with the blade (28) of the agitating and cutting blade (6) by means of a guide and a positioning device.
4. The cheesemaker according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the window (21) is arranged so that it can be lifted and/or swiveled, and suspended on a hood (19) of the cheesemaker (1).
5. The cheesemaker according to one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the relative movement of the window (21) can be coupled with the handling of a whey draining device (8).
6. The cheesemaker according to one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the working chamber of the agitating and cutting blade (6) is designed so as not to collide with the working chamber of the whey draining device (8) in the container interior (16).
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| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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| CA2975674A CA2975674A1 (en) | 2017-08-08 | 2017-08-08 | Cheesemaker |
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| CA2975674A CA2975674A1 (en) | 2017-08-08 | 2017-08-08 | Cheesemaker |
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| CA2975674A Abandoned CA2975674A1 (en) | 2017-08-08 | 2017-08-08 | Cheesemaker |
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Effective date: 20231107 |