DE1582931A1 - Device for removing milk from curd - Google Patents

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Device for removing whey from curd (addendum to patent application A 49 915 IIl / 45g)

The invention relates to a device for removing whey from cheese curd, in particular for making soft cheese, using a movable filter belt on which the curd to be demolished is poured and drained the whey is transported on it, with the curd-whey mixture in a thin, even layer on the filter belt is spread out and means are provided to the curd at least once during the belt movement to rearrange, according to patent application A 49 915 IIl / 45g.

In the main patent, the filter belt runs around rollers that are arranged essentially in a horizontal plane. To catch the duroh stepping through the filter tape

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Whey are under the promotional run of the Filter band collecting trays. In order to be able to lead the filter belt over a longer collecting tray, a additional lanyard required.

It has now been found that the solution form according to the main patent can still be improved if the filter belt is arranged ascending in one direction and in one that supports the filter belt Sliding floor drainage channels are provided.

It is advantageous to use the sliding floor for the flexible, filter belt carrying the curd with sliding ribs which extend in the running direction of the belt and between which the drainage channels for the whey are designed to be provided. At the lower end of the sliding base, the Whey is collected and discharged into a collecting container, from where it can then be pumped out.

The inclined arrangement of the filter belts has proven to be particularly favorable because it is provided by a filter belt emerging whey runs off by itself immediately without the need for suction devices. The filter tape and so that the cheese curds on top become danX ° 8 flowing underneath Whey no longer wetted. The inside-like design of the sliding floor enables the use

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formation of a simple flexible filter belt for transport of the cheese curd. The longitudinal channels also divide and separate the draining whey from each other, so that larger blockages or accumulations cannot arise.

The drawing shows an embodiment of a whey removal device according to the invention. Is represent:

Fig. 1 is a side view of the two upper filter belts

this device and
Fig. 2 shows a cross section through a filter belt.

The whey removal device shown schematically in FIG. 1 is fed, for example, by a feed hopper 1 with a slot-shaped drain opening 2 with a Käsebruoh-whey mixture 3 on an endless filter belt 5 »which rotates over rollers 7, charged. In the exemplary embodiment are the two upper filter belts 5 and 5 * of a multi-level device shown. The mixture 3 to be freed from whey is spread out in a thin layer on these filter belts. This layer moves forward with the belts and is transferred to the one below at the end of each belt released, for which purpose guide plates 10 and 10 'are used to prevent the break from falling off. The belts arranged one above the other can rotate at the same or at different speeds.

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According to the invention, the FiItorbander 5, 5 'in arranged in ascending order of a sighting. The slope is so covered that a liquid such as whey is good runs on the inclined surface, but the curd moving on the filter belt itself not significantly in its Locomotion is impaired. Since there is no essential difference in terms of effect whether a band is in or increases against the direction of conveyance, it is advisable for structural reasons, all belts in parallel Position.

The filter belt 5 can be made of a sufficiently strong and resistant filter fabric belt of suitable material be educated. In an advantageous embodiment, this filter belt slides over a fixed sliding base 20 made of hard rubber, steel or the like. This sliding floor 20 is used as a support and to form drainage channels 21 equipped with longitudinal sliding ribs 22 (Fig. 2). These sliding ribs are at such a distance from each other arranged that the filter cloth lying thereon does not sag. This creates cheap drainage channels that the Drain off any whey that runs off and prevent large amounts of whey from accumulating. Open at the lower end these drainage channels into a collecting trough 23 leading to the side, which in turn by means of a drainage pipe 24 with can be connected to a collecting container (not shown).

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The number and the width of the slide ribs 22 can of course vary. Mostly the texture, especially the flexibility of the filter belt is on it Influence.

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Claims (2)

Claims 1. Apparatus for removing whey from curd, in particular for soft cheese production, consisting of a movable filter belt on which the curd to be milked The whey is poured up and transported to the drainage point, the filter belt rotating over rollers and the whey is discharged through the filter belt, according to patent (patent application A 49 915 III / 45g) characterized in that the filter belt (5.5 ') is arranged rising in one direction and drainage channels leading to the lower end of the belt under the filter belt (21) are provided. 2. Device according to claim 1, characterized in that the filter ^{belt (5, 5!} ) Rests on a sliding base (20) which is provided with sliding ribs (22) to form drainage channels (21). 3, · Device according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that that filter belts (5, 5 ') arranged one above the other are parallel to one another regardless of their conveying direction are arranged. 109886/0007