Apparatus for preparing cheese and the like

Claim 1

AN APPARATUS FOR PREPARING CHEESE COMPRISING A FRAME, AN AUGER HOUSING SUPPORTED ON SAID FRAME, A PAIR OF OPPOSING TURNING SPIRAL AUGERS HAVING FLIGHTS ROTATABLY MOUNTED IN SAID HOUSING, MEANS FOR DRIVING SAID AUGERS CONNECTED THERETO, HOPPER MEANS MOUNTED ON SAID HOUSING COMMUNICATING WITH SAID HOUSING AT ONE END THEREOF FOR FEEDING MIX TO SAID HOUSING, SAID HOUSING HAVING AN OUTLET AT THE OTHER END THEREOF, A COMPRESSION CHAMBER AT SAID OTHER END OF SAID HOUSING AND COMMUNICATING WITH SAID OUTLET, SAID SPIRAL AUGERS CONTINUOUSLY CONVEYING THE MIX INTO THE COMPRESSION CHAMBER FOR THE COMPRESSION THEREOF AND THE SUBSEQUENT DISCHARGE THROUGH SAID OUTLET, THE CONVEYING AND COMPRESSING ACTION OF THE AUGERS CONSTITUTING THE SOLE MEANS FOR EFFECTING A DISCHARGE OF THE MIX THROUGH THE OUTLET, A MOLDING DIE ABOVE SAID HOUSING RECEIVING MIX FROM SAID OUTLET, MEANS FOR MOVING SAID MOLDING DIE, CONNECTING MEANS OPERATIVELY CONNECTING THE LAST RECITED MEANS TO THE MOLDING DIE, SAID DIE COMPRISING A MEMBER ROTATABLY MOUNTED ON A VERTICAL AXIS, A PLURALTIY OF DIE CHAMBERS IN SAID MEMBER, SAID DIE CHAMBERS BEING SUCCESSIVELY ALIGNABLE WITH THE HOUSING OUTLET FOR RECEPTION OF THE MIX AS THE DIE ROTATES, A BASE PLATE MOUNTED ON THE HOUSING BETWEEN THE COMPRESSION CHAMBER PORTION THEREOF AND THE DIE MEMBER, SAID BASE PLATE HAVING AN APERTURE THERETHROUGH OF THE SAME SIZE AS AND IN ALIGNMENT WITH SAID OUTLET, AND AN ELONGATED DISCHARGE OPENING SPACED FROM SAID HOUSING OUTLET, SAID DIE CHAMBERS BEING SUCCESSIVELY ALIGNABLE WITH SAID DISCHARGE OPENING FOR THE GRAVITATIONAL DISCHARGE OF THE MOLDED CHEESE THERETHROUGH.

Claim 2

AN APPARATUS FOR PREPARING CHEESE COMPRISING A FRAME, AN AUGER HOUSING SUPPORTED ON SAID FRAME, A PAIR OF OPPOSING TURNING SPIRAL AUGERS HAVING FLIGHTS ROTATABLY MOUNTED IN SAID HOUSING, MEANS FOR DRIVING SAID AUGERS CONNECTED THERETO, HOPPER MEANS MOUNTED ON SAID HOUSING COMMUNICATING WITH SAID HOUSING AT ONE END THEREOF FOR FEEDING MIX TO SAID HOUSING, SAID HOUSING HAVING AN OUTLET AT THE OTHER END THEREOF, A COMPRESSION CHAMBER AT SAID OTHER END OF SAID HOUSING AND COMMUNICATING WITH SAID OUTLET, SAID SPIRAL AUGERS CONTINUOUSLY CONVEYING THE MIX INTO THE COMPRESSION CHAMBER FOR THE COMPRESSION THEREOF AND THE SUBSEQUENT DISCHARGE THROUGH SAID OUTLET, THE CONVEYING AND COMPRESSING ACTION OF THE AUGERS CONSTITUTING THE SOLE MEANS FOR EFFECTING A DISCHARGE OF THE MIX THROUGH THE OUTLET, A MOLDING DIE ABOVE SAID HOUSING RECEIVING MIX FROM SAID OUTLET, MEANS FOR MOVING SAID MOLDING DIE, CONNECTING MEANS OPERATIVELY CONNECTING THE LAST RECITED MEANS TO THE MOLDING DIE, SAID DIE COMPRISING A MEMBER ROTATABLY MOUNTED ON A VERTICAL AXIS, A PLURALTIY OF DIE CHAMBERS IN SAID MEMBER, SAID DIE CHAMBERS BEING SUCCESSIVELY ALIGNABLE WITH THE HOUSING OUTLET FOR RECEPTION OF THE MIX AS THE DIE ROTATES, A BASE PLATE MOUNTED ON THE HOUSING BETWEEN THE COMPRESSION CHAMBER PORTION THEREOF AND THE DIE MEMBER, SAID BASE PLATE HAVING AN APERTURE THERETHROUGH OF THE SAME SIZE AS AND IN ALIGNMENT WITH SAID OUTLET, AND AN ELONGATED DISCHARGE OPENING SPACED FROM SAID HOUSING OUTLET, SAID DIE CHAMBERS BEING SUCCESSIVELY ALIGNABLE WITH SAID DISCHARGE OPENING FOR THE GRAVITATIONAL DISCHARGE OF THE MOLDED CHEESE THERETHROUGH.