Abstract: A method and a device for pressing a liquid extract from a material to be pressed include a screw press which conveys the material to be pressed along a pressing route and applies pressure to it. In addition, at least one extracting agent is added to the material to be pressed and is removed, together with the extract, from the pressed material. The extracting agent is supplied to the material to be pressed in an amount that is no more than twice the weight of the extract contained in the material to be pressed. At least a portion of the extracting agent dissolves in the extract.

Abstract: A method and a device for pressing a liquid extract from a material to be pressed include a screw press which conveys the material to be pressed along a pressing route and applies pressure to it. In addition, at least one extracting agent is added to the material to be pressed and is removed, together with the extract, from the pressed material. The extracting agent is supplied to the material to be pressed in an amount that is no more than twice the weight of the extract contained in the material to be pressed. At least a portion of the extracting agent dissolves in the extract.

Abstract: A method and a device for pressing a liquid extract from a material to be pressed include a screw press which conveys the material to be pressed along a pressing route and applies pressure to it. In addition, at least one extracting agent is added to the material to be pressed and is removed, together with the extract, from the pressed material. The extracting agent is supplied to the material to be pressed in an amount that is no more than twice the weight of the extract contained in the material to be pressed. At least a portion of the extracting agent dissolves in the extract.

Abstract: A method of and an apparatus for recovering oil, especially edible oils, from oil-containing fruit and seed in which immediately upon cleaning the fruit and seed, this oil-bearing material is subjected to cold pressing without prior heat treatment to recover a portion of the oil and the residue is thereupon extracted.

Abstract: A worm press, especially for pressing vegetable matter, e.g. in the pressing of oil from oil-bearing seeds and fruits, comprises a worm having a plurality of worm sections and a housing within which the worm rotates and which is formed with rings defining axially spaced constrictions for the pressed mass between the worm sections. The worm has annular frustoconical shoulders juxtaposed with frustoconical flanks of the respective rings so that the flanks of each ring and shoulder define a respective constriction which is of a width adjustable by relative axial displacement of the worm and the housing, the rings being fixed in the housing and the shoulders being fixed on the worm.

Abstract: Apparatus for recovering oil, especially edible oils, from oil-containing fruit and seed in which immediately upon cleaning the fruit and seed, this oil-bearing material is subjected to cold pressing without prior heat treatment to recover a portion of the oil and the residue is thereupon extracted.The apparatus comprises a worm press formed with a perforated cylinder and a worm rotatable in said cylinder, said worm and said cylinder are subdivided along their lengths into a plurality of sections by respective shear gaps and throttles. The depth of the helical groove between flights progressively decreases toward the shear gaps and, in general, along the worm. The thread depth can range between 2 and 12% of the outer diameter of the worm which is preferably constant over the entire length thereof. Each flight may have a progressively decreasing pitch angle toward the outlet side and can be between 7.5 and 15.

Abstract: In the pressing of liquids from solid materials, especially for the pressing of liquids from oil-containing solids such as edible-oil seeds, using a filter press, the pressing is carried out in a plurality of stages each of which is followed by a pressure reduction. According to the invention, the material in each stage is initially subjected exclusively to a progressively increasing pressure, is then spontaneously expanded to the ambient pressure and thereafter is at least partially subdivided into particles which are compressed in the next stage in accordance with the same pressing sequence.

Abstract: A pressing worm or screw, especially for filter presses of the type used to press liquids from solids, e.g. oils from eatable-oil-bearing seeds, is formed with an outwardly opened groove along its flight or thread which is filled with a harder metal than the flight by deposit welding.

Abstract: Fruits, such as nuts and the like, are loaded at an inlet end into an elongated housing having a passage provided with a rotatable screw. At the end adjacent the inlet the screw serves to crush and thoroughly comminute the fruit so that the oil therefrom can be drawn off through strainers. The screw is formed with a thread having gaps which receive flow-interruptors which project inwardly from the housing and which insure complete mixing of the crushed fruit. In addition the screw is formed with a ridge defining a narrow gap with the inner wall of the housing so that no large particles can be left in the finished product. The screw also has a region of lesser diameter where the crushed fruit is degassed by withdrawal of air and vapor through the wall of the housing. The housing and the screw are heated so that as the fruit is being crushed and the oil extracted this fruit is roasted. At the downstream end the paste-like pulp of the fruit is extruded.