Abstract: A rendered fat separator comprising a bowl having a perforated bottom for receiving cooked fatty meat to be compressed by a rotary press threadedly engaged with the bowl, the rotary press having a socket for accepting a driving sprocket provided with flutes and having a handle which rotates the driving socket in threaded engagement with engageable means on the inner surface of the bowl.

Abstract: A press for expressing liquids from liquid-containing substances, especially musts, contains an at least partially cylindrical sieve wall and a pressing apparatus disposed therein which has a rotatable shaft and separators radially fastened to the latter which form a plurality of press chambers. These are separated by a radially acting pressing means into a pressure chamber and a press chamber. To fill and empty the press chambers a charging station and a discharge station are provided. The sieve wall is stationary and the pressure chambers are sealed hermetically one from the other. Lastly, means are provided for rotating the shaft step-wise and thereby placing the press chambers step-wise successively at the charging station and at the discharge station.

Abstract: A press particularly useful as a garlic press that includes a two-piece bowl having a plurality of holes through one surface thereof (e.g. the bottom surface). The bowl is preferably hinged along one side wall so that the bowl can be opened into two separate portions connected at the hinge. Each portion of the bowl includes a plurality of grooves on the contacting edges of the two portions. An arm is connected on the side of each bowl opposite the hinge, and when the two arms are brought together, the bottom surface of the bowl is unified with the grooves forming the openings in the bottom surface. A plunger depressed over the garlic minces the garlic or other pressable article placed in the bowl. Then the bowl may be opened about the hinge so as to permit the sidwall of the openings to be exposed for easy cleaning.

Abstract: A filter is described which is particularly designed for use in a high pressure separating press, e.g. a cocoa press, so as to considerably increase the useful life of the filter by avoiding breakage of metal screen components. The filter is characterized by positioning of the screen components in a metal ring provided with a peripheral flange which extends in a radially inward direction towards the axis of the filter, the inner diameter of which flange differs from the inner diameter of the ring by about half the difference between the diameter of the pitch circle of the outer groove of the press platen and the inner diameter of the ring.

Abstract: An appliance for dewatering wet laundry articles includes a vessel (12) for receiving the laundry articles to be dewatered and a pressure plunger (26) which is located above the vessel and which can be pressed onto the top edge of the latter or can be moved into it. A device for monitoring the top vessel edge (13) to check for laundry articles (10-1) possibly left lying on the edge when the laundry articles are introduced is designed in such a way that complete monitoring of the vessel edge (13) is provided.

Abstract: The hand-operated press for treating vegetables or fruit comprises two levers, which are connected by an articulated joint and in at least part of their length constitute handles. The material to be treated is forced through at least two holding chambers, one or more of which may be provided on one or each lever. Each holding chamber provided on one lever has associated with it a ram provided on the other lever. As the handles are forced toward each other, each ram enters the associated holding chamber and forces the material to be treated through openings in the bottom defining the holding chamber. The holding chambers are provided with different openings, which may be square or elongated so that the hand-operated press may be used to disintegrate the fruit or vegetables into disc-shaped or prismatic pieces as the fruit or vegetable is forced through the openings.

Abstract: Garlic press which includes a plastic transparent cylindrical body one end of which is closed and through which is threaded an elongated rod. The rod on the outside has a turning handle and on the inside detachably connects to a piston. An end piece threads on to the open end of the cylindrical body and contains a number of perforations through which the garlic is extruded. Garlic may be stored in the cylinder and the end piece covered with a closure member for preventing escape of odors when the press is not in use.

Abstract: The recycling machine is provided with a baling chamber having a cyclable hydraulic ram. The ram cycles continuously, and each time it retracts, no more than a predetermined number of cans are admitted to the baling chamber for crushing and adding to the bale therein. A counting mechanism is provided as well as a mechanism for separating steel cans before baling.

Abstract: In a mechanism for releasably securing a longitudinal and flexible drainage element to a press-plate of a press which has a press-space for squeezing juice from fruits, and wherein the press-plate defines a passage, a securing device which includes a collar is provided which is received in the passage, and at least partially surrounds the drainage element near an end thereof. A securing sleeve is connected to the collar, and is formed with a shoulder, which abuts the press-plate on a side thereof facing the press-space. The drainage element is releasably secured by the securing device to the press-plate.

Abstract: A power operated press for moist, fibrous waste employing a pair of spaced grates which are moved relative to each other only when a waste collection chamber above the press discharges to a space between the grates a predetermined amount of waste. A ram is provided for moving the grates relative to each other to compress the waste and remove a predetermined amount of moisture therefrom in timed sequence with the movement of the waste into and out of the press.

Abstract: The garlic squeezer comprises a first rectilinear arm, pivoted at one end to one end of a second rectilinear or straight arm: on the first arm there is formed, at an intermediate position, an open seat, provided with a perforated bottom, and on the second arm there is formed, at a position corresponding to the open seat, a smooth surface ridge, capable of being inserted into the seat and opposite to a ridge provided with tooth members which may be inserted, from the bottom, into the perforations formed in the bottom of the seat, upon rotating the two arms about the pivot axis.

Abstract: A garlic press with a cylindrical outer shell having a large open top end and a slightly smaller open bottom end. The botton end supports a foraminous plate onto which is placed the herb, such as garlic, which is to be crushed for juice. An inner cylindrical ram is integrally connected to a cap portion, which cap portion threads onto the outside of the larger open end of the outer shell. The ram is grooved with radial slots which contact the herb to be crushed and cooperate with holes in the foraminous plate to extract juice from the herb.

Abstract: A perforated drainage plate for use as a lining in a cheese mould has parallel strips punched out of the plane of the plate to one side thereof to form two narrow slots on each side of each strip with the ends of the strips merging smoothly into the undeformed part of the plate. The plate is arranged with the strips abutting against the wall of the mould so that a narrow passageway is formed between the undeformed portion of the plate and the wall of the mould for draining away when forced through the slots. The strips are aligned in the direction in which a cheese block slides out of the mould after removal therefrom. The angle of inclination of the ends of the strips relative to the adjacent portion of the plate does not exceed 30 degrees, the width of the slots does not exceed 0.6 mm, and the radius of curvature of the recessed surfaces of each strip is not less than 1 mm.

Abstract: A hand press for a vegetable, herb, spice or fruit, such as garlic, comprises two doublearmed levers having arms of unequal length. The shorter arms constitute a pressing member and a sieve member. The longer arms constitute handles. A pinned plate is provided, which is set with pins, which protrude from the plate and are arranged in the same pattern as the holes in the sieve member. The pins are adapted to enter the holes of the sieve member when the pressing operation has been terminated and the pressing member has been removed from the sieve member.

Abstract: A drainage system for fruit presses including a pressing cylinder and a pressure plate and back pressure plate assembly moveable toward each other. A flexible traction means including an elongate flexible core and a flexible perforated casing for allowing juice to pass therethrough while filtering same. The core having a substantially larger cross-sectional area at its central portion than at its ends. The core defining longitudinally extending channels throughout its length.