Device for processing an edible product

US7618251B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Buhler AG · CH

Inventors

• Uwe Steiner · Nümbrecht, DE
• Karl-Jurgen Kasemann · Meinerzhagen, DE
• Michael Paul · Bergneustadt, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 3, 2005
• Grant date: Nov 17, 2009
• Expiry date: May 10, 2026

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A23G9/288
• WIPO field: Food chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The invention relates to a device for processing an edible product in the form a viscous to pasty mass (1), especially an edible product based on a fat mass, such as chocolate, or based on water, such as ice cream. Said device comprises a dosing unit (2) for the dosed delivery of a specific volume of the mass (1) to shaping units (13). The movement of the displacement element (6) determining the dosage volume is performed via servo drive (9) while an inlet (4) and an outlet (5) are closed and opened via servo drive or pneumatic drive, respectively. Preferably, the displacement element is embodied as a combined lifting/rotating plunger (6) which can perform a linear movement for a suctioning lift and a dosing lift while being able to perform a rotary movement for opening and closing the inlet (4) and the outlet (5), i.e. a valve function.