Cheese making apparatus

Claim 1

IN A CHEESE-MAKING APPARATUS, A CURD-PREPARING AND MOLDING ASSEMBLY COMPRISING IN COMBINATION A TANK ADAPTED TO RECEIVE A BODY OF MILK COMPOSITION TO BE CURDLED THEREIN, SAID TANK BEING FLAT-BOTTOMED WITH GROOVES THEREIN AND HAVING UPSTANDING SIDE WALLS, SAID WALLS AT THEIR FREE ENDS HAVING A FLANGED RIM AND A FLARED INNER EDGE, A DISTRIBUTOR FRAME STRUCTURE HAVING AN OUTER PERIPHERAL FRAME REMOVABLY ENGAGEABLE WITH THE SIDE WALL SURFACES OF SAID TANK AND HAVING INTERCROSSED PARTITION MEANS THEREIN DEFINING A NUMBER OF FLARE OPEN-ENDED SOCKETS, SAID FLARE ENDS BEING ENGAGEABLE WITH THE GROOVES IN THE BOTTOM OF THE TANK TO DIVIDE SAID BODY INTO PORTIONS, SAID UPSTANDING WALLS AND SAID PERIPHERAL FRAME BEING MADE OF RESILIENT MATERIAL, THE SIDE WALLS OF SAID PERIPHERAL FRAME HAVING OUTWARDLY TAPERED EDGES ADAPTED TO FIT WITHIN SAID UPSTANDING WALLS IN A YIELDING, FRICTIONAL ENGAGING, SCRAPING RELATION THEREWITH, AND MOLDS REMOVABLY CONNECTABLE TO THE OTHER ENDS OF THE RESPECTIVE FRAME SOCKETS WHEREBY INVERSION OF THE ASSEMBLY WILL FILL ALL THE MOLDS WITH CURD FROM THE TANK.