Shaping and cooling device for a flowable, melted food mass

US8740603B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• HOCHLAND SE · DE

Inventors

• Andreas Biggel · Hergatz, DE
• Franz Stadelmann · Opfenbach, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 14, 2010
• Grant date: Jun 3, 2014
• Expiry date: Dec 14, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A01J25/12
• WIPO field: Other special machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a forming and cooling device for a flowable, melted food mass 1, more particularly processed cheese, comprising two parallel, oppositely rotating cooling belts 2, 3, which are each guided over an upper 4 and a lower 5 deflection roller and are separated from each other in order to form a continuous strip 6 of the food mass, wherein the cooling belts 2, 3 are each acted upon by a cooling fluid 7 on the side facing away from the strip, characterized in that a tubular supply channel 8 is formed at the upper region of each cooling belt 2, 3 and is equipped with a plurality of outlet conduits 9 arranged side by side, the central recess of which is cylindrically formed and by way of which a laminar, non-turbulent cooling-liquid stream 10 can be placed upon the cooling belt 2, 3.