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Cheese making apparatus

CA 1056757 A · Owner: Dec International · Inventors: Hazen, Gretz L.

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Abstract of the Disclosure An apparatus for the continuous matting and milling of cheese curd. The apparatus includes a housing which houses an upper, water-permeable, endless conveyor belt and a lower endless conveyor belt which operates in the opposite direction to that of the first belt. A mixture of cheese curd and whey is deposited as a layer on the upper belt and the whey is drained through the belt and is discharged through the lower end of the housing. The matted curd is transferred from the upper belt to the lower belt and as a result is inverted, and is subsequently discharged to a curd milling unit which acts to cut the mat of curd into cubelike chunks. The curd mill includes a …

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  • Granted June 19, 1979. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended June 19, 1996.
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GrantedJune 19, 1979
Term endedJune 19, 1996
Patent numberCA 1056757 A
Classification (IPC)A01J25/11

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198019821984198619881990199219941996Patent grantedJune 19, 1979Term endedJune 19, 1996

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