A device for uniform distribution of the cheese coagulum in a prepressing vat of the press or

摘要

With the use of a distributor unit (4, 8), which is reciprocable over and along an oblong prepressing vat for cheese production, it has already been proposed that a uniform distribution of the whey/coagulum mixture can be achieved by means of horizontal wing rotors in a transverse distributor container (8), such rotor or rotors being rotated to lift the mixture up to an overflowing edge of the container while isolating the mixture from the turbulent mixture receiving area of the container. However, it is experienced that coagulum lumps may build up on the overflowing edge and thus disturb an even overflow. The invention provides for two interengaging wing rotors (22) mounted at the bottom of the container (8) so as to sluice down the mixture along opposite, correspondingly arched bottom/side portions (21) to a central lowermost outlet slot (20), whereby the risk of lump formations is practically eliminated without compromizing the desired uniform distribution of the coagulum.