Patent ID: 6119589
Filing Date: 2000-09-19
Classification: A01J

Abstract:
Apparatus for obtaining cheese material from milk comprising an elongated trough made of a flexible material and an inner wall formed by the material, the trough being substantially continuously movable in a longitudinal direction of the trough between a filling zone and a discharge zone; a plurality of spaced-apart partition walls located along a length of the trough and dividing the trough into a plurality of cells each defined by a portion of the inner wall and opposing sides of proximate partition walls; and a clamping device for and operatively coupled to each partition wall, the clamping device securing the partition wall to the trough so that a peripheral region of the partition wall confronts and engages the inner wall of the trough to form a mechanically stable connection and a seal between the peripheral region and the inner wall and thereby also form a seal between proximate cells divided by the partition wall, the clamping device positioning at least one of the partition walls so that it is angularly inclined with respect to a vertical direction.