Patent ID: 6227698
Filing Date: 2001-05-08
Classification: A23G,B01F

Abstract:
An apparatus for processing matter consisting of dispersions of solids in a fatty phase, comprising:at least one drive means for imparting rotational movement;first processing means being formed as a processing container including at least one supply opening and at least one discharge opening, the processing container being of conical shape having an outer conical surface, an inner conical surface, and a smaller front plane of its conical shape located on a side of said supply opening, said supply opening and said discharge opening being located distant from each other on said first processing means;second processing means substantially concentric to said first processing means and having an outer surface;at least one of said first and second processing means being connected to a respective one of said at least one drive means, at least one of said first and second processing means including shearing tool means which protrude radially toward the other of said processing means, said first and said second processing means being supported in a rotatable manner relative to each other about an axis of rotation, a processing gap being formed therebetween; andjournal means for enabling rotation of one of said first and said second processing means relative to the other of said first and said second processing means;wherein said tool means comprises a first tool and a second tool carried by said one processing means of said first and said second processing means, said first tool having a leading surface inclined relative to a surface of the other processing means of said first and said second processing means for pressing the matter against said surface of said other processing means during relative motion between said first and said second processing means in a first direction of rotation of said one processing means; andsaid second tool has a scraping edge spaced apart from said surface of said other processing means for scraping the matter from said surface of said other processing means during said relative motion, said first and said second tools being spaced apart from said surface of said other processing means by respectively a first gap and a second gap. said first gap being larger than said second gap.