Draining element for presses
US5361691A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 28, 1993 |
| Grant date | Nov 8, 1994 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 28, 2013 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB30B9/262
- WIPO fieldMachine tools
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
The rod-shaped flexible core (6) of a drainage element (2) mounted in a pressing space (1) of a fruit press has several longitudinal grooves (8, 13) on its periphery, through which the extracted juice is conveyed to juice collecting spaces (5). The free ends of each drainage element (2) are detachably fastened by drainage locks (3) to juice collecting plates (4) bordering the pressing space (1). In the area of rigid drainage lock (3), through which the juice is guided, the longitudinal grooves (8) are widened, so that in this area, in which the flexibility of core (6) to assist the flow process is absent, the risk of clogging by solid sediment particles in the juice is prevented.
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