Patent ID: 11968953
Assignee: nan
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. An apparatus for producing cheese curds to be eaten as a snack, to be used in preparing a dish, or to be pressed together to form a block of cheese, the apparatus comprising:
a container;
a vacuum system coupled to the container and configured to produce a sub-atmospheric pressure in the container, the sub-atmospheric pressure being comprised within a range of about 330 mbar to about 610 mbar;
an input airlock coupled to the container, the input airlock configured to receive curd at atmospheric pressure and to transfer the curd to the container when the container is at the sub-atmospheric pressure, to form a curd stack in the container;
a pH measuring device installed in the container and configured to measure a pH of the curd stack in the containers
a heating apparatus coupled to the container and configured to maintain a portion of the container or the entire container at a temperature comprised within a pre-determined temperature range;
an output device coupled to the container and configured to cut a block of the curd stack formed in the container and to release the block from the container; and
a cutting device configured to cut the block of curd into the cheese curds.