WO2023170294A1 - Dispositif et procédé pour la production de mélanges - Google Patents

Dispositif et procédé pour la production de mélanges Download PDF

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WO2023170294A1
WO2023170294A1 PCT/EP2023/056224 EP2023056224W WO2023170294A1 WO 2023170294 A1 WO2023170294 A1 WO 2023170294A1 EP 2023056224 W EP2023056224 W EP 2023056224W WO 2023170294 A1 WO2023170294 A1 WO 2023170294A1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
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  • Patent Attorney European Patent Attorney
  • the present invention relates to a device and a method that can preferably be carried out with the device for producing mixtures, for example food masses, for example chocolate, starchy dough, mixtures with flour, fat, optionally cheese, or food mass as a meat substitute, which preferably contain ingredients of non-animal origin , optionally egg, preferably herbal ingredients, water, table salt, spice and optionally coloring or consisting of it.
  • the mixture produced by the method, in particular food mass is preferably solid, optionally with a fibrous or meat-like structure, and can form a food that can be used, for example, as a meat substitute.
  • the mixture can be a plastic-containing mixture, for example containing synthetic and/or natural polymers or polymerizable monomers.
  • the device and the method are characterized in that a mixture, for example food mass, is mixed from ingredients in exactly one container and can be dispensed from the container with little or no dead volume.
  • the container has no mixing elements that are movable relative to the container, for example none
  • EP 3 099 178 B1 describes a container which is driven to move back and forth along two axes of movement at different frequencies over a distance of at least 5 mm at a frequency of at least 1 Hz.
  • EP 3 620 067 A1 describes a mixing and kneading process for moving a container back and forth along two axes of movement at different frequencies.
  • WO 2019/129744A1 describes a cooling nozzle that can be connected to an extruder from which food mass emerges.
  • the object of the invention is to provide an alternative device and a method that can be carried out with it for the production of food masses, which preferably have a lower dead volume than extruders.
  • the invention solves the problem with the features of the claims and in particular with a device for use in the production of mixtures, in particular food masses, the device having a container, preferably a cylindrical container, the first end cross-sectional opening of which is formed by a bottom wall which has a means a closure piece has a closable outlet opening, is covered, and the opposite second end cross-sectional opening is covered by a detachable lid, the container being forced to move back and forth along a trajectory, with a piston which runs along the container up to the bottom wall, in particular up to adjacent to the bottom wall, is displaceable, the piston preferably being formed by the cover, and preferably with a cooling nozzle which can be connected to the outlet opening in the absence of the closure piece, the cooling nozzle preferably being connected directly to the outlet opening or to a connector at the outlet opening is. Therefore, the Device preferably has a cooling nozzle and a closure piece, which are interchangeable and one of which is connected to the outlet opening.
  • the container can be vacuum-sealed, preferably by means of a valve attached to the lid or to the bottom wall.
  • the device can be set up to vacuum the container, in particular after moving it back and forth, in order to produce a coherent, preferably compact mass, which particularly preferably has a constant mass, when the piston is moved through the container from the outlet opening, optionally from a cooling nozzle connected to it Has a cross section to emerge.
  • the valve preferably closes flush with the lid or the bottom wall on the side facing the interior of the container. Further preferably, the valve has a closure element which covers or fills the opening of the valve to the container flush with the side of the lid or the bottom wall facing the interior of the container.
  • Such a closure element can be a stamp whose end face matches the opening into which the valve opens on the interior of the container.
  • the closure element is preferably a stamp, for example cylindrical, which is displaceable in a channel of the valve, the end face of the stamp being flush with the side of the lid or bottom wall facing the interior of the container and completely covering the channel, and optionally the peripheral surface of the stamp closes an inlet and outlet port of the valve connected to the channel.
  • the stamp In the open position of the valve, the stamp can be moved away from the container into the channel in order to release the opening in which the valve opens into the container, the peripheral surface of the stamp preferably releasing an inlet and outlet connection connected to the channel.
  • the container can have a solid container wall or a double wall filled with temperature control medium, which can be tempered before the back and forth movement, for example to -10 ° C or below, preferably -20 ° C or below, or to e.g. at least 80 °C, preferably at least 100 or at least 120 °C.
  • the container can be heated and the valve can be a vent valve which is closed at a temperature of the container at the boiling point of water, in particular 98 to 105 ° C, in particular when water vapor, in particular only water vapor, escapes from the valve.
  • Emergence of water vapor, in particular only water vapor means that the air is expelled from the container, so that when the piston is subsequently cooled and / or moved through the container, the vapor is condensed and / or compressed.
  • the device can be set up to heat the container, optionally before or after reciprocating movement along a trajectory, to a temperature above the boiling temperature of water while the valve is closed or open, preferably to close the valve by moving the mass of the piston through the container from the outlet opening and moved into a cooling nozzle connected to it, which is cooled to a temperature below the boiling temperature.
  • the device has the advantage that the same container is used for mixing filled ingredients and for discharging the mixture produced therefrom, also generally referred to here as mass, the dispensing being carried out by moving the piston through the container using the outlet opening, and optionally using the The mass is formed using the cooling nozzle connected to it.
  • the device has a significantly smaller dead volume than, for example, an extruder.
  • the bottom wall can be flat and parallel to the cross section of the container or can taper in a funnel shape towards the outlet opening.
  • the outlet opening is preferably mounted centrally in the bottom wall.
  • a connector is attached to the outlet opening, into which a closure piece can be inserted and/or which is enclosed by a closure piece.
  • a closure piece can preferably be inserted into the connector, which is flush with the bottom wall when it closes the outlet opening, for example is arranged in the connector, or which projects over the bottom wall into the container.
  • the piston is formed by the lid, wherein the lid can be arranged to cover the second cross-sectional opening of the container within the terminal cross-section of the container, the lid preferably being locked to the container, for example by means of a thread running around the lid, which engages in an internal thread of the container, by means of a bayonet lock, or by means of a releasable locking device which engages in suitably aligned recesses in the container and the lid.
  • the lid can have a circumferential lid seal on its peripheral edge, which rests against the inner wall of the container, with one Lid seal optionally also includes an end face of the container and can rest against the terminal outer wall of the container.
  • the container is cylindrical on the inside and the piston has a matching round peripheral edge, with a seal optionally being arranged between the cylindrical inner wall of the container and the round peripheral edge of the piston, which includes the peripheral edge of the piston and which is displaceable along the container wall.
  • a seal which encompasses the peripheral edge of the piston, is preferably arranged in a groove running around the piston.
  • the end face of the piston facing the interior of the container can be flat or have a shape that matches the shape of the bottom wall, for example conical with an internally funnel-shaped bottom wall.
  • the container can have an at least triangular cross-section, for example a square, pentagonal or hexagonal cross-section, or a star-shaped cross-section with at least four, at least five or at least six bulges projecting from a longitudinal central axis.
  • the piston has a shape that matches the cross section of the container and is preferably formed by the lid.
  • the piston has an extension piece which protrudes towards the interior of the container, which is suitable for the outlet opening and which more preferably has a length which is equal to the length of a nozzle attached to the bottom wall, optionally equal to 30 to 100%, for example 50 to 80% , which is the length of a nozzle attached to the bottom wall with a cooling nozzle connected to it.
  • the cooling nozzle has the same internal cross-section as the outlet opening in terms of shape and size.
  • the cooling nozzle can preferably be connected to the outlet opening or a connector that forms the outlet opening by means of a snap-in connection, for example by means of a bayonet lock or a thread.
  • the cooling nozzle can have an annular cross-section or a cross-section that does not include a cavity, for example a rectangular, round or oval cross-section.
  • the device preferably has a press as a drive for the piston, which is set up to drive the piston through the container to the bottom wall.
  • the press may be a screw press, the screw nut of which can be attached to the container with a rack or frame so that the spindle can drive the piston into the container by rotating against the screw nut.
  • the end of the spindle loaded against the piston can be rotatable relative to the piston, e.g. guided in a bearing shell on the piston, or can be firmly connected to the piston so that the piston is moved into the container in a rotating manner when the spindle rotates.
  • the press can be a lever press, in particular a toggle press, the lever of which is articulated on a frame or frame on which the container is arranged and held against the pressure of the lever press.
  • the press can be a hydraulic press, which uses water or air as a pressure medium, for example, and which is operated by a motor or by means of a hand pump.
  • the optional cooling nozzle which can be connected to the outlet opening, for example formed by a nozzle, can be a line with a double jacket through which a temperature control medium can flow for cooling, which can be, for example, water.
  • the line can, for example, have a round or rectangular cross-section, with the double jacket optionally only being formed on the wide walls and not on the narrow walls in the case of a rectangular cross-section.
  • the ingredients for producing the food mass are mixed by moving the container in a back and forth movement along a trajectory with a frequency of at least 1 Hz along two axes, each with a different frequency, over a distance along each axis of preferably at least 2.5 mm, at least 1cm, at least 2 cm or at least 3 cm or at least 10 cm, for example up to 50 cm, up to 30 cm, up to 20 or, for shorter distances, up to 10 cm.
  • the back and forth movement of the container can, for example, extend over a distance of at least 1.5 mm, more preferably at least 3 mm, more preferably at least 1 cm, more preferably at least 2 cm or at least 5 cm, at least 10 cm or at least 15 cm, for example up to 50 cm, extend up to 30 cm or up to 20 cm. Further preferred is the back and forth movement of the container along a trajectory.
  • the back and forth movement of the container is non-linear and can be sinusoidal, loop-shaped or arcuate, preferably running along a trajectory that is preferably in the plane or is two-dimensional.
  • a non-linear axis of movement preferably a back and forth movement along a trajectory, which can be a Lissajous figure or hypocycloid, promotes uniform and intensive mixing, even for components of the composition that have a similar or the same specific weight.
  • Each axis of movement can run linearly, so that the non-linear movement of the container is generated from the superposition of the movements along two movement axes.
  • the back and forth movement can also extend into a third dimension, perpendicular to the plane spanned by the first and second axes.
  • the container is driven to move back and forth along at least one trajectory, which can be generated by superimposing the back and forth movement along at least two axes that lie at an angle to one another, preferably two of the axes lying in the plane of the cross section of the container , with the back and forth movement along each axis occurring at different frequencies and/or with a phase shift.
  • the trajectory can be generated by superimposing the back and forth movement along two or three axes with different frequencies and / or with a phase offset and has a sequence of path segments, at least one of which, preferably each, exactly a complete back and forth movement along the Axis along which the reciprocating movement with the lower frequency occurs, comprises or consists of the superimposed reciprocating movements with the higher frequency or the same frequency, each optionally with a phase offset, along the other axis or axes.
  • the lower frequency of the complete back and forth movement forms the frequency of the sequence of path segments.
  • a frequency ratio of the back and forth movement along two axes of a maximum of 1:20 or a maximum of 1:15 or a maximum of 1:10, a maximum of 1:4 or a maximum of 1:3 is preferred, more preferably between 1:1 to 1:2 , more preferably greater than 1:1 to 1:2 or up to 1:1.5, for example with a frequency ratio of 1:1.001 to 1:2 or up to 1:1.5.
  • the axes In a trajectory that can be generated by superimposing the back and forth movement along two axes at different frequencies and/or with a phase offset the axes preferably in the plane of the cross section of the container.
  • two of the axes In the case of a trajectory that is formed by superimposing the back and forth movement along three axes, two of the axes preferably lie in the cross-sectional plane of the container and the third axis is at an angle to this cross-sectional plane. It is generally preferred that the linear axes of movement are at right angles to one another.
  • the trajectory does not include any rotation of the container about its own axis, which is, for example, the longitudinal center axis of the container, which runs perpendicular to the terminal cross-sectional openings.
  • the device is set up to drive the container along a trajectory, which is formed by superimposing the back and forth movement of at least two superimposed linear axes that are at an angle to one another, the back and forth movement along the linear axes at different frequencies and/or with a phase shift.
  • the linear axes along which the overlapping back and forth movements run at different frequencies and/or with a phase offset form the trajectory along which the back and forth movement of the container takes place, for which the device is set up.
  • the device By moving the container along the trajectory, the device is set up to accelerate the mixture relative to the container, so that ingredients contained in the container, which can be solids and / or liquids, are released by the acceleration against the container wall and by the movement along the or sheared against the container wall and thus mixed intensively.
  • the device is able to move the container back and forth along the trajectory and for the relative movement of the ingredients and those mixed therefrom Mass set up opposite the container.
  • the container is not rotationally driven and more preferably is not rotatable or not completely rotatable, for example rotatable by a maximum of 30° or by a maximum of 20° or 10° about its central axis.
  • the container is driven exclusively to move back and forth along a trajectory.
  • the trajectory which can be adjusted or predetermined by the different frequencies and/or the phase offset of the superimposed movements along at least two linear axes, accelerates solids and/or liquids and the mixture of these relative to the container.
  • the back and forth movement of the container causes the ingredients and the mass produced from them to move against the inner wall of the container.
  • the trajectory can be used to determine the angle of incidence and emergence of the ingredients and the resulting mass against the container wall.
  • the device is optionally set up to move the container along the trajectory with adjustable or predetermined acceleration and speed. Because the device is set up for an adjustable or predetermined trajectory and/or an adjustable or predetermined acceleration and/or an adjustable or predetermined speed along the trajectory of the reciprocating movement of the container, ingredients and the mass produced therefrom are supplied with adjustable or Predetermined acceleration and / or speed driven relative to the container and allows a predetermined or continuous adaptation of the process to the ingredients and the mass produced therefrom.
  • a trajectory can be formed by at least two superimposed individual vibrations, preferably a trajectory is similar to the trajectory that can be generated by superimposing back and forth movements along at least two linear axes of movement at different frequencies and / or by phase offset.
  • a back and forth movement along a trajectory which is similar to the back and forth movement along linear motion axes that are superimposed on one another, have different frequencies and/or have a phase offset from one another.
  • a path curve is therefore not a circular path.
  • the difference in frequencies can be, for example, at least 0.01 Hz and/or 0.01% to 900%.
  • the phase offset of the back and forth movements along the linear axes can be, for example, from 0.01° to 180°, preferably 1 to 179° of 360°, which corresponds to a complete back and forth movement. 0.01 to 180° of a complete back and forth movement of 360° is equal to 0.0028% to 50% of a complete back and forth movement, 1 to 179° of 360° is equal to 0.28% to 49.7% a complete back and forth movement.
  • the linear axes of movement are, for example, perpendicular or at another angle, for example 5° to 85°, to one another, in particular in the plane of the cross section of the container and/or perpendicular to a central axis of the container.
  • the trajectory contains at least one straight section, the end of which is, for example, a vertex of the trajectory at which the solids and/or liquids and the mixture of these are accelerated from the container wall or against the container wall.
  • these back and forth movements can be coupled to one another by a gear or a link guide and driven by a motor.
  • a transmission driven by a motor which adjusts the back and forth movement along the trajectory, can have a fixed transmission ratio between the superimposed movements along each axis, or an adjustable transmission ratio, e.g. a continuously or stepwise switchable transmission.
  • the transmission can be subject to slip, for example have a belt drive or a friction gear or consist of one of these.
  • the output speed of the gear that drives the reciprocating movement of the container is preferably at least 1 Hz, more preferably at least 2.5 Hz, more preferably at least 5 Hz, more preferably at least 7 Hz. For example, up to 50 Hz, up to 40 Hz, up to 30 Hz , up to 20 Hz or up to 10 Hz.
  • the output speed of the gearbox is equal to the frequency of the back and forth movement.
  • the reciprocating motion along each of the linear axes of motion may be driven by a separate motor, where for the purposes of the invention the lower output speed is the frequency of the reciprocating motion and forms the frequency of the sequence of path segments.
  • the speed of each drive motor can be controlled, fixed or variable over the duration of the process.
  • the device allows the trajectory to specifically accelerate the solids and/or liquids and the mixture of these in a defined direction to a specific location on the inner wall of the container.
  • the geometry of the container and its inner wall in conjunction with the trajectory can support the mixing process, so that the path curve can be adjusted depending on the shape and size of the container cross section.
  • the device is set up to change the trajectory of the back and forth movement and/or the acceleration and/or speed of the back and forth movement during the process, for example in a first phase the back and forth movement along a first trajectory and with a Set the first acceleration and speed and set the back and forth movement in a subsequent second phase along a changed trajectory and / or changed acceleration and / or speed.
  • the back and forth movement is a linear back and forth movement in a first phase and a back and forth movement along merging path curves in a second phase.
  • the trajectory can be determined, for example, by a gear that drives the movement of the container.
  • the device By adjusting the trajectory and accelerating the back and forth movement of the container, the device allows a predetermined or dynamically changeable and directed acceleration of the ingredients as process goods relative to the container.
  • the device is set up to move solids and/or liquids and the mixture of these vertically against the container wall with a controllable acceleration is significantly greater than the acceleration due to gravity and therefore essentially independent of the acceleration due to gravity, for example with an acceleration maximum of at least 15 m/s 2 , preferably 25 m/s 2 , preferably at least 50 m/s 2 or at least 100 m/s 2 or at least 200 m/s 2 or at least 350 m/s 2 e.g. up to 500 m/s 2 in each case.
  • the device can be set up to move the container with an acceleration maximum of at least 20 m/s 2 or at least 100 m/s 2 , for example at least 200 m/s 2 , preferably up to 1000 m/s 2 or up to 300 m/s s 2 to accelerate along the path segments, for example in a vertex of the path segments.
  • the container is preferably capable of a back and forth movement with an acceleration maximum of at least 0.5 m/s 2 or at least 1 m/s 2 or at least 2 m/s 2 at least 3.5 m/s 2 , preferably at least 60 m/s s 2 , more preferably at least 100 m/s 2 , at least 150 m/s 2 , at least 160 m/s 2 , at least 200 m/s 2 , for example up to 300 m/s 2 or 450 m/s 2 , up to 260 m/s 2 or up to 250 m/s 2 driven along each of two axes.
  • the container in combination with the acceleration to an average speed of at least 0.5 m/s, preferably at least 2 m/s, more preferably at least 3.5 m/s, for example up to 10 m/s or up to 20 m/s or up to 6 m/s, for example 3 to 4 m/s, each along one of the axes, preferably driven along each axis.
  • the path of movement along at least one axis, preferably along each axis, is for example 0.1 cm to 24 cm.
  • the container may be driven to reciprocate along each axis over a distance of at least 1 mm or at least 2.5 mm, at least 1 cm, more preferably at least 2 cm or at least 5 cm, at least 10 cm or at least 15 cm, e.g. extends up to 100 cm, up to 50 cm, up to 30 cm or up to 20 cm.
  • the back and forth movement of the container is harmonious.
  • the back and forth movement of the container can be linear in a first phase, generally the trajectory is non-linear and can be, for example, sinusoidal, loop-shaped or arcuate, preferably running along a so-called Lissajous figure or hypocycloid, which preferably lies in the plane, or two-dimensional, optionally three-dimensional.
  • the back and forth movement is linear in a first phase and is formed into a trajectory curve in a second phase along at least two merging, non-linear path segments, each of which contains at least one vertex.
  • a non-linear trajectory for example a movement along a trajectory whose path segments each have at least one apex, promotes an impact of solids and/or liquids and the mixture of these, for example perpendicularly onto the container wall, as well as a movement along the container wall.
  • the back and forth movement includes the back and forth movement along a path curve, which comprises at least two, preferably at least three, more preferably at least four different path segments, each of which has at least one apex and preferably merges into one another in time sequence, preferably under program control.
  • Each of the movement axes along which the movements form a trajectory superimpose in itself can be linear or arcuate, so that the non-linear movement of the container along a sequence of path segments is generated from the superposition of the movements along two movement axes.
  • the vertices and intermediate sections of a path segment are determined by the frequency difference and/or the phase position of the superimposed back and forth movements along at least two axes.
  • the device can be set up to change the frequency difference and/or the phase position during the back and forth movement.
  • the container wall is the circumferentially closed wall of the container, which extends around a central axis and between opposing cross sections at each end or covers attached thereto.
  • the container has an optionally circular cross section that extends around a central axis and is spanned by the container wall.
  • the terminal cross-sectional openings of the container are each covered by a lid, at least one of which optionally has a through opening.
  • At least one path segment has a vertex in which the direction of the path segment changes by at least 90°, more preferably by at least 120°, even more preferably by at least 180°, for example within a maximum of 24.5%, a maximum of 24% , maximum 23%, maximum 22%, maximum 21%, maximum 20%, maximum 15%, or maximum 10%, more preferably maximum 5%, maximum 3% or maximum 2% or maximum 1% of the length of a web segment.
  • the control of the drive of the container is optionally controlled depending on the signal of a sensor, preferably an acoustic sensor, which records vibrations, in particular noises, of the container during the back and forth movement, in particular during the first and/or during the second phase.
  • the acoustic sensor can, for example, be attached to the outer surface of the container or be fixed at a distance from the container in a position past which the reciprocating movement of the container passes.
  • the acoustic sensor is preferably fixed at a short distance, for example from 0.5 to 5 cm, from the apex of the back and forth movement, for example fixed on a rack or frame relative to which the container is moved along the path curve.
  • the acoustic one Sensor can be a vibration sensor, for example a microphone.
  • control of the back and forth movement can be set up when the signal that the acoustic sensor emits changes by a predetermined deviation within a predetermined time of the back and forth movement, and / or when a predetermined signal that the acoustic sensor emits to allow the back and forth movement to proceed at a changed speed and/or with a changed phase offset and/or to control it from a linear movement into a trajectory, in particular from a first phase to a second phase of the back and forth movement control and/or stop the back and forth movement.
  • the mass which is produced by mixing the ingredients in the container and is then optionally pressed through a cooling nozzle, can be reduced to a total of 100% by weight, for example 27-80% by weight of water, 20-40% by weight of protein, preferably vegetable protein, 2-20% by weight, preferably 5-10% by weight of starch, optional, for example 1-10% by weight of fat, for example fat that is liquid or solid at room temperature, and additives such as spices and table salt, flavors and contain dyes.
  • Vegetable protein and vegetable starch can come, for example, from soybeans, grains, beans, peas, pumpkin, each as flour, as starch and/or as protein isolate.
  • foods with a solid structure in particular plant parts, e.g. fruits, whole or in pieces, can be filled into the container as ingredients, e.g. olives, vegetables, fruit.
  • the ingredients without fat are first filled into the container as a separate ingredient and mixed into a preliminary mass by moving back and forth along a trajectory and then the separate fat is added to the container and through a further phase of moving back and forth along a trajectory mixed to complete mass.
  • the device is preferably set up so that the further phase of moving back and forth along an at least partially arcuate or circular trajectory, which is optionally repeated in a floating manner, in order to produce a kneading effect in which the fat is introduced into the preliminary mass in individual layers and, for example, is not distributed homogeneously.
  • the mass in the container can be heated by heating the container and/or by the back and forth movement, or solely by the back and forth movement, for example to 90-180°C, preferably 100-155°C, more preferably 115°C. 120°C.
  • a cooling nozzle is preferably set up and a temperature control medium flows through it in order to cool the mass to a temperature of 40-110 ° C, for example 55-90 ° C, more preferably 70-85 ° C, in each case measured directly after exiting the cooling nozzle.
  • the lid and bottom wall of the container are designed as electrodes and the container wall 2 extending between them can consist of insulating material, in particular non-electrically conductive plastic or ceramic.
  • the electrodes can be connected to contacts of opposite polarity of a voltage source, which is set up, for example, to apply electrical current to the electrodes for ohmic heating of a mixture that contacts both electrodes, or to apply electrical voltage pulses to generate pulsed electric fields in the mixture .
  • the electrodes can preferably be connected to the voltage source and subjected to an electrical current during and optionally after completion of the back and forth movement or only after completion of the back and forth movement, generally preferably before moving the piston to the bottom wall.
  • the lid can be moved along the container until the lid and the bottom wall contact the mixture and optionally pressed between them until the interior space between the lid and the bottom wall is completely filled with the mixture, and then the from
  • the first electrode formed by the cover and the second electrode formed by the bottom wall are subjected to electrical voltage of opposite polarity, in particular for heating the mixture to 68 to 100 ° C.
  • FIG. 2 shows the container from FIG. 1 with the piston moving therein
  • FIG. 3 A shows an embodiment of a hydraulic press with a container
  • FIG. 3B shows an embodiment of a screw press with a container
  • Fig. 4 an embodiment of a lever press with a container
  • Fig. 5 a container in section
  • Fig. 6 is a view of a lever press with a cooling nozzle
  • FIG. 9 shows an embodiment of the container with a lid and bottom wall as electrodes show.
  • the same reference numbers designate functionally identical elements.
  • FIG. 1 shows a container 1 with a cylindrical shape, which in the embodiment shown here is formed by a cylindrical container wall 2 in the form of a double wall through which a temperature control medium can flow in order to cool or heat the container 1.
  • the container wall 2 of the container 1 which is designed as a cylinder, can alternatively be solid, so that it itself forms a heat reservoir that can be cooled or heated before the back and forth movement.
  • the first terminal cross-sectional opening is covered by a bottom wall 3, which tapers towards an outlet opening 4 in a funnel shape.
  • a nozzle 5 is attached to the bottom wall 3.
  • the outlet opening 4 can be closed, for example by a closure piece 10 arranged in the nozzle.
  • the second cross-sectional opening is closed by a lid 6, which can be locked to the container 1 in that a clip 8 engages along a groove 7 in the lid 6 which is guided in a groove 9 of the container 1.
  • the groove 9, which is formed here at the end in the container, preferably extends in at least two opposite areas of the container, so that a clamp 8 can engage in opposite areas of the circumference of the lid 6 and lock the lid 6 with the container 1.
  • the lid 6 has a peripheral edge along which it can be displaced to fit through the container 1 along its longitudinal axis, so that the lid 6 forms a piston 11 which can be displaced through the container 1.
  • the end face 12 of the piston 11 facing the interior of the container has a shape that matches the bottom wall 3, so that in a position of the piston 11 in which it contacts the bottom wall, it rests at a small distance or fits.
  • the end face 12 of the piston 11 facing the interior of the container 1 has a convex shape with a flatter angle than the angle of the concave inside of the bottom wall 3, so that when the piston 11 moves from one to the concave inside of the bottom wall 3 Position away from the bottom wall 3 allows the contact surface to be continuously reduced, which facilitates the retraction of the piston 11 away from the bottom wall 3, particularly in the presence of mass between the bottom wall 3 and the end face 12.
  • the cover 6, which forms the piston 11, has a connection 13 for a press opposite its end face 12.
  • the container 1 can be vacuumed using a valve 40 attached to the lid 6.
  • Fig. 2 shows the container 1, in which the lid 6 is pushed into the container 1 as a piston 11 after the latching of the lid 6 with the container has been released by removing the clamp 8.
  • a seal can be arranged in the groove 7 of the cover 6 running around the peripheral edge. 2 shows, as an alternative to arranging the valve 40 in the cover, which forms the piston 11, the arrangement of the valve 40 in the bottom wall 3.
  • Fig. 3 A shows the container 1 with a cooling nozzle 20 connected to the nozzle 5 by means of its inlet opening 26.
  • the piston 11 is loaded against the container 1 by a hydraulic press 30, shown schematically as a hydraulic cylinder 32 with a hydraulic piston 33 moving therein, the bottom wall 3 of which is against a frame 31 rests, with the press 30 being supported against the frame 31 compared to the bottom wall3.
  • the cooling nozzle 20 has an open internal cross section 21 in order to form a product with a solid cross section from the mass.
  • the cooling nozzle 20 has a constant internal cross section 21 over its entire length and an outlet opening 22 with the same internal cross section 21.
  • the cooling nozzle 20 has a double jacket 23 for the flow of temperature control medium, which can flow in and out through connecting pieces 24, 25.
  • FIG. 3B shows a screw press which has a spindle 34 which is displaced against the piston 11 by means of a spindle nut 35 supported against a frame 31.
  • the frame 31 holds the container, as also described for FIG. 3A.
  • a spindle guide 36 with an internal thread can be attached to the frame 31, the spindle 34 forming a screw drive with the spindle guide 36, which, when the spindle 34 rotates, leads to a movement of the spindle 34 along its longitudinal extent, in particular to the movement of the piston 11 the container 1, with the piston 11 rotating with the spindle 34.
  • FIG. 4 shows a container 1, the lid 6 of which is loaded against the container 1 as a piston 11 by a press 30, which is designed as a toggle press.
  • the bottom wall 3 of the container 1 is supported against a frame 31 to which the press 30 is articulated.
  • Attached to the outlet opening 4 is a nozzle 5 to which a cooling nozzle 20 is connected.
  • Fig. 5 shows a container 1 in cross section, which can be arranged between the press 30 and the frame 31 after the container 1 has been moved back and forth along the trajectory in order to produce a mass from the filled contents, which passes through the outlet opening 4 can be pressed.
  • 6 shows, in a side view rotated by 90° compared to FIG. 4, that the cooling nozzle 20 can have a rectangular internal cross section 21 that is constant over its length up to and including the outlet opening 22.
  • valve 40 which has a channel 41 which is surrounded by a wall 43.
  • the channel 41 opens into the container in an opening 42, the wall 43 being flush with the inside of the lid 6 or the bottom wall 3, which faces the interior of the container 1.
  • the stamp which forms the closure element 44
  • the peripheral surface 45 of the closure element 44 in the open position exposes a connection piece 46 of the valve 40 connected to the channel 41, which forms an inlet or outlet.
  • valve 40 in the closed position, in which the closure element 44 designed as a stamp covers and fills the opening 42 of the valve to the container flush with the side of the lid 6 or the bottom wall 3 facing the interior of the container.
  • the end face 47 of the closure element 44 is in the plane of the opening 42 and in a common plane or is flush with the cover 6 or the bottom wall 3.
  • the peripheral surface 45 of the closure element 40 closes an inlet and outlet port 46, which is connected to the channel 41.
  • FIG. 9 shows a container 1, the lid 6 of which is made of electrically conductive material and has a first electrode 50, for example made of metal, by means of a clamp 8 which is guided through a groove 9 in the container 1 and engages in a groove 7 in the lid 6. is locked on container 1.
  • the first electrode 50 can be connected to a connection of a voltage source
  • the second electrode 51 which can be connected to a connection of opposite polarity of the voltage source, is formed by the bottom wall 3 made of electrically conductive material.
  • the bottom wall 3 is locked to the container 1 by means of a further clamp 8, which is guided through a groove 9 in the container 1 and engages in a groove 7 in the lid 6.
  • the valve 40 is mounted in the cover 6 and in the closed position contains a bolt which, as a closure element 44, fills the valve channel 41 and, by means of its end face 47, covers the opening 42 of the valve channel flush.
  • the container 1 here has a cylindrical container wall 2 as a representative of other cross-sections.
  • Pea protein, wheat flour, gluten, water, table salt and spices for 20-35% by weight of protein, 5-10% by weight of starch and water ad 100% were weighed into a container according to FIG. 1.
  • the container was closed and moved along a trajectory for 90 s at 10 Hz, preferably subsequently evacuated, and emptied through the outlet opening by pressing the lid as a piston.
  • a cooling nozzle whose double jacket was cooled with tap water was connected to the outlet opening.
  • the food mass produced had a solid structure.

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Dispositif destiné à être utilisé dans la production de préparations alimentaires, lequel dispositif présente un récipient (1), de préférence un récipient cylindrique dont la première ouverture de section terminale est recouverte par une paroi de fond (3) qui présente une ouverture de sortie (4) pouvant être fermée au moyen d'un élément de fermeture (10), et dont la seconde ouverture de section terminale opposée est recouverte par un couvercle (6) amovible, le récipient étant guidé de manière forcée pour effectuer un mouvement de va-et-vient le long d'une trajectoire. Le dispositif présente un piston (11) pouvant se déplacer le long du récipient, ce piston étant de préférence formé par le couvercle, et présente de préférence une buse de refroidissement qui peut être reliée à l'ouverture de sortie en l'absence de l'élément de fermeture.
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