Patent ID: 6272980
Filing Date: 2001-08-14
Classification: A23C

Abstract:
An apparatus for producing tofu by continuously adding a coagulant to soybean milk in a soybean milk transfer circuit, comprising:a stirring apparatus disposed in said soybean milk transfer circuit for stirring said soybean milk to uniformly disperse said coagulant added to said soybean milk;a soybean milk flow rate detector disposed at that part of said soybean milk transfer circuit positioned upstream of and said stirring apparatus, for detecting the flow rate of said soybean milk;coagulant supply means placed in fluid communication with said stirring apparatus for adding the coagulant to said soybean milk being transferred through said circuit; anda coagulant flow rate adjuster for controlling, on the basis of a detected signal from said soybean milk flow rate detector, the coagulant supplied from said coagulant supply means.