Cheese treating systems

Abstract

Abstract For use in cheese production, a system for treating cheeses with a liquid medium such as salt brine, comprising a plurality of relatively flat trays each having a height or depth slightly exceeding the thickness of the cheese to be treated and each being able to receive one layer of cheese, said trays being stackable into a pile of trays, means being provided for supplying brine to the uppermost tray whereby when this tray is full the brine will be let out through an overrun down into the next tray for filling the same, and so forth all the way down through the pile whereby all cheeses in the trays will be subjected to the brine. Preferably, in order to facilitate emptying of the trays, each tray has one or more narrow bottom holes through which, after closing of the brine supply to the uppermost tray, the rest of the brine may leave the single tray down into the underlying tray whereby the tray will be consecutively emptied. The tray pile or piles are easily movable by means of e.g. a fork truck whereby the system contributes to an easy handling of the cheeses.

Inventors

• 👤 K Gasbjerg

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