Cheese pricker for use in making blue cheeses has system for rotating cheese inside pricking chamber between pricking operations

摘要

The cheese pricker consists of a pricking chamber (11) to receive a cheese (41), and a pricking implement (13) with needles that moves into the chamber to make holes in the cheese. The cheese inside the chamber is set on a rotary support (29) that allows it to be turned between two successive pricking operations. The cheese pricker consists of a pricking chamber (11) to receive a cheese (41), and a pricking implement (13) with needles that moves into the chamber to make holes in the cheese. The cheese inside the chamber is set on a rotary support (29) that allows it to be turned between two successive pricking operations. The implement can be operated by an electromechanical drive and slider (21). The support can also be moved vertically to remove the cheese through the bottom of the chamber after pricking, aided by an upper pressure element (35).