Title:
CRUSHING MACHINE A FOOD PRODUCT THAT IS FROZEN IN BLOCKS, OR IN IQF FORM, AND PLANT COMPRISING SUCH A MACHINE FOR MAKING PUREE, OR JUICE, FROM A FOOD PRODUCT
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2015/097673
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A crushing machine (1) for a vegetable food product (100) frozen in blocks (100'), or in IQF form (100''). The machine (1) comprises a box-like body (10) containing defining a crushing chamber (15). The box-like body (10) has an inlet port (11), through which the frozen food product (100) is put in the crushing chamber (15) and an outlet port (12) through which a frozen crushed product (105) is discharged from the crushing chamber. In the crushing chamber (15) a crushing unit (50) is mounted comprising a plurality of crushing rollers (55), for example three crushing rollers (55a-55c). Each crushing roller (55a-55c) is arranged to rotate about a respective rotation axis (56a-56c) and is having peripherally a plurality of teeth (57) arranged to cut the frozen product (100) into blocks, or IQF form, for splitting it into the above described fragments of predetermined size- In particular, the rotation axes (56a-56c) of the crushing rollers (55a-55c) are parallel to each other. Furthermore, the outlet port (12) is associated with a distribution valve (40) arranged to adjust the amount of crushed product discharged from the machine (1) through the outlet port (12).
Inventors:
BERTOCCHI ALESSANDRO (IT)
Application Number:
PCT/IB2014/067284
Publication Date:
December 17, 2015
Filing Date:
December 23, 2014
Export Citation:
Assignee:
BERTOCCHI ALESSANDRO (IT)
International Classes:
A23N1/02; B02C4/08; B02C18/06; B02C25/00
Domestic Patent References:
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Foreign References:
| FR2127299A5 | 1972-10-13 | |||
| US3933086A | 1976-01-20 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
CELESTINO, Marco et al. (Pisa, IT)
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