Patent ID: 9320255
Filing Date: 2016-04-26
CPC Classification: A01J,A23C

Claim Text:
1. Press machine for producing mozzarellas having a thickness between 5 and 40 mm, comprising a station for sorting preformed balls of mozzarella and obtained with a milk-based paste and a press station for shaping said preformed mozzarella balls into pieces of mozzarella having a thickness between 5 and 40 mm, said press station in turn comprising a plane defining at least one seat suitable for containing at least one of said preformed mozzarella balls and coming from said sorting station, also comprising at least one pressing element that is mobile between a resting position, in which said pressing element is located distant from said plane for arranging said preformed ball of mozzarella in said seat, and a pressing position, wherein said pressing element is located above said seat for pressing said preformed ball of mozzarella, wherein said pressing element comprises a main body fixed to a hoisting beam located in said press station and mobile for moving said pressing element from said resting position to said pressing position and vice versa, said pressing element also comprising a piston with a disc-shaped head slidingly associated with said main body along a pressing direction in contrast and by action of elastic means interposed between said main body and said piston for generating a constant pressing pressure with said pressing element located in said pressing position substantially in contact with said preformed ball of mozzarella.