PERFECCIONAMIENTOS INTRODUCIDOS EN UN METODO DE FORMAR CON- TINUAMENTE FILAMENTOS DE PROTEINA DESUNIDOS O DISCRETOS Y A-LARGADOS A PARTIR DE UN MATERIAL PROTEINICO.

摘要

A method of continuously forming discrete elongated protein filaments from a proteinaceous material is disclosed wherein an aqueous slurry of the proteinaceous material having a solids content of between about 0.5 and 35 percent by weight is conducted under pressure through a heat exchange zone wherein elongated tender protein filaments are separated from the slurry and the heated slurry is continually removed from said zone through a back pressure creating orifice or discharge nozzle whereby elongated filaments are discharged into a collecting zone. A means of controlling the discharge of said filaments into the collecting zone is provided by confining the stream of said filaments exiting the orifice into the collecting zone to within a critically defined total angle of between about 4 DEG and 90 DEG said angle being measured in relationship to a theoretical axis through the center of said orifice. Confining the stream of said filaments to within said angle maintains discreteness and integrity of the individual protein filaments and avoids any undesirable aggregation of said filaments at the periphery of said collecting zone.