Title: Method of making cheese

Abstract: Large blocks of cheese are formed in a container having a removable bottom, side walls, and an essentially open top. A plurality of upstanding perforated tapered posts extend from the removable bottom to essentially the desired final height of the cheese block. The posts are longitudinally and laterally spaced from one another so that the curd surrounds each post when the container is filled with curd. Pressure is then applied downward to the curd in the container which compacts the curd and causes draining of whey through the upstanding perforated posts. After the curd has been compacted to the desired height, and the whey has been drained through the upstanding perforated posts, the container is inverted and the tapered posts are withdrawn. Pressure is again applied to cause the curd surrounding each perforated post to knit together and aid in removal of any additional whey, thereby providing a cheese block of uniform texture.

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Inventors: Gustafson, Leon D. (Marshfield, WI)
Mielke, Wayne C. (Marshfield, WI)

Application Number: 06/148990
Filing Date: 1980-05-12
Publication_date: 1981-09-15
Assignee: LAND O LAKES INC

Primary Class(es): 426/491 426/478, 53/438, 426/515, 100/107, 425/85, 99/458, 42
Other Classes: A01J25/12; A01J25/00; A23C19/05
US Patent Ref:

0032820	July, 1861	Codding	100/116
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0216075	June, 1879	Wiselogel	100/107
0537226	April, 1895	Ohl	99/458
0626646	June, 1899	Baggett	100/197
0706104	August, 1902	Piggott	100/124
0709319	September, 1902	Hankins	99/458
0929384	July, 1909	Brown et al.	100/115
1031543	July, 1912	Franke	100/107
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1418242	May, 1922	Fieldman	100/116	Cheese mold
1566496	December, 1925	Maus	100/110
2423300	July, 1947	Faehndrich	426/478	Manufacture of cheese
2494638	January, 1950	Stine	99/458	Manufacture of american type cheese
2538403	January, 1951	Watson	100/211	Compression extractor
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2851776	September, 1958	Czulak et al.	99/458	Cheese-curd fusing machine
3032877	May, 1962	Collins	99/458	Drainer for curd and the like
3100712	August, 1963	Meeker et al.	99/458	Process and apparatus for making and shipping cheese
3140185	July, 1964	Pinckney	426/478	Method and apparatus for making cheese
3221407	December, 1965	Jagoueix	99/458	Cheese making apparatus
3355805	December, 1967	Krueger et al.	99/458	Cheese manufacturing apparatus
3404009	October, 1968	Lambert et al.	426/478	Method of and apparatus for conditioning cheese curd
3468026	September, 1969	Robertson et al.	426/491	CONTINUOUS CHEESEMAKING PROCESS
3541686	November, 1970	Koopmans	426/491	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DRAINING CURDS AND FORMING CHEESE
3592127	July, 1971	Cooley	100/107	APPARATUS FOR EXTRACTING JUICE FROM FRUIT AND THE LIKE
3675570	July, 1972	Mersfelder	100/108	COMPRESSION DEVICE
3744405	July, 1973	Loichinger	31/48	SUPPORT FOR KNIFE ASSEMBLY IN CHEESE PROCESSING EQUIPMENT
3822361	July, 1974	Irvine	426/491
3859453	January, 1975	Bronkhorst et al.	426/491	PROCESS FOR DRAINING AND DENSIFYING CHEESE CURD
3891783	June, 1975	Robertson et al.	426/478	Method and apparatus for cheese manufacture
3969995	July, 1976	Krueger et al.	99/458	Apparatus for making large sized blocks of cheese
4018145	April, 1977	Hensel	99/458	Apparatus for draining whey from cheese
4157680	June, 1979	Charles	99/458	Drainage plates

Other Refs: AT708FR327453FR448302IT592298

June, 1915	100/107
December, 1902	100/107
January, 1913	100/107
April, 1959	100/107

Primary Examiner: Weinstein, Steven L.
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney: Kinney, Lange, Braddock, Westman & Fairbairn

Parent Case Data:

This is a division of application Ser. No. 1,598, filed Jan. 8, 1979.