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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 1998
Filed:
Sep. 06, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Takeo Ide, Saitama-ken, JP;
Yasunobu Hiraoka, Hannou, JP;
Shoichi Koizumi, Kawagoe, JP;
Minoru Morita, Kawagoe, JP;
Kunio Ueda, Yamanashi-ken, JP;
Assignee:
Snow Brand Milk Products Co., Ltd., Hokkaido, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23C / ; A23C / ; A23C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
426 36 ; 426 34 ; 426 39 ; 426 40 ; 426582 ; 99453 ; 99483 ; 99517 ;
Abstract
A process and an apparatus for continuously and efficiently producing high protein foodstuff such as cheese curd, by continuously sprinkling and pouring a protein solution such as cow's milk or soybean milk from above onto the water surface of a warm water bath through a nozzle having multiple holes. A constant amount of warm water kept at a fixed temperature is supplied to the water bath. This process converts the protein solution into curd useful in producing various types of cheese.