Method and equipment for filling, weighing and vacuum pressing of firm or semi-firm cheese
CA 2414959 A1 · Owner: Sicotte, Jean · Inventors: Allard, Louis-R.; Sicotte, Jean; Monast, Josee
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The invention concerns a method and a novel equipment therefor for filling cheese containers, such as boxes or kegs inside a vacuum chamber so as to eliminate the need to remove air trapped in the interstices of the cheese content following the filling of containers. The invention is characterised in that it consists in: introducing the containers to be filled into a vacuum chamber; introducing the cheese in the vacuum chamber by means of a cyclone and/or a column via a cheese airlock; filling the container with the cheese thus introduced; weighing compacting and pressing the cheese in the containers inside the vacuum chamber; removing the filled containers from the vacuum chamber closing …
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- Filed July 6, 2001. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended July 6, 2021.
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