摘要 |
Apparatus for pressing and vacuum treating cheese curd to remove residual whey from the curd and form a cheese block. The apparatus has a receptacle (11) for the curd which is used as part of a vacuum chamber and includes a cover (25) for the curd receptacle (11) whereby the curd within the receptacle can be pressed by pressure means (33) while at the same time the curd is deaerated with vacuum by means of vacuum duct (29). |