Discharge manifold for cheese casting machine

摘要

An elongated discharge manifold for dispensing a sheet of hot processed cheese upon a cooling belt, the manifold is juxtapositioned across the width of the belt and comprises upper and lower chambers wherein a hot cheese product is introduced under pressure into the upper chamber, flows from the upper chamber into the lower chamber through individually adjustable valves and leaves the lower chamber by passing under an adjustable thickness control bar. Adjustment blocks are provided at each end of the manifold to control the width of the dispensed sheet of cheese.