US 12,075,748 B2
Apparatus for filling moulds with curd or a mixture of curd and milk
Gerhard Veit, Altenstadt/Filzingen (DE); and Robert Reutlinger, Lautrach (DE)
Assigned to SULBANA AG, Elsau (CH)
Appl. No. 16/982,369
Filed by SULBANA AG, Elsau (CH)
PCT Filed Mar. 20, 2018, PCT No. PCT/EP2018/057054
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 18, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/179609, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 26, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0000063 A1, Jan. 7, 2021
Int. Cl. A01J 25/13 (2006.01); A01J 25/00 (2006.01); A01J 25/12 (2006.01); A01J 25/15 (2006.01)
CPC A01J 25/13 (2013.01) [A01J 25/002 (2013.01); A01J 25/126 (2013.01); A01J 25/15 (2013.01); A01J 25/123 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for filling molds with curd or a mixture of curd and whey, said apparatus possessing at least one production line having at least one trough in which at least one mold can be received, wherein the production line comprises:
a) a loading station which possesses first means for placing the at least one mold into the at least one trough;
b) a filling station which possesses at least one supply line by way of which curd or a mixture of curd and whey can be filled into the at least one mold;
c) a covering station which possesses second means for placing a cover onto the curd filled into the at least one mold, or the mixture of curd and whey filled into said mold;
d) a pressing station which possesses pressure-impingement means by way of which the cover can be pressed using a predefined force onto the curd filled into the at least one mold, or the mixture of curd and whey filled into said mold;
e) a retrieving station which possesses third means for retrieving the at least one mold from the trough;
wherein the apparatus possesses moving means by way of which the at least one trough can be moved sequentially between the loading station, the filling station, the covering station, the pressing station, the retrieving station, and back to the loading station of the at least one production line.