Apparatus for processing a cocoa butter-containing or similar fat-containing mass, particularly a chocolate mass
US5947014A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 27, 1998 |
| Grant date | Sep 7, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 27, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA23G1/18
- WIPO fieldFood chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
An apparatus for continuously processing a cocoa-butter containing or similar fat-containing mass, particularly a chocolate mass, includes an outer stationary cooling cylinder, wherein the mass to be processed is pumped through the interior of the stationary cooling cylinder from one end face thereof into the area of the other end face. The apparatus further includes a driven agitating element in the interior of the cooling cylinder. A driven inner cylinder having a smaller diameter than the cooling cylinder is arranged concentrically in the cooling cylinder. The cooling cylinder and the inner cylinder form an annular interior in which a number of agitating rollers forming the agitating element are arranged. The axes of the agitating rollers extend parallel to the axis of the cylinders. The axes of the agitating rollers are located on a common circle arranged concentrically to the cylinders. The agitating rollers are driven by the cylinder.
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